Review: #834
Name: Jawbreaker
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Terran
Line: Earthspark
Year of Release: 2024
Size Class: Deluxe (Wave 6)
Mold Status: new
ALTERNATE MODE:
Jawbreaker transforms into an orange robotic dinosaur, as seen in the Earthspark TV show.
Reviewing it on its merits alone, this mode is okay, but the proportion feels a bit off, with a long neck and a shorter stumpy body that just abruptly ends, with the tail (the robot weapon) sticking out.
The dinosaur head is also a bit weird in that it looks oddly proportioned and liked it is really "old". The jaw can open and close though which is nice.
The two robot guns can peg onto the hips.
The tail is a thin affair, and pegs in between the robot legs on the back. It feels insubstantial.
It's not a horrible alternate mode by any means, just has some things that feels a bit off.
TRANSFORMATION:
Like with most Earthspark toys, the transformation scheme is simple. He also transforms much like you would expect. The back unfolds to form the robot legs. The dinosaur legs are the robot arms, and the head and neck folds onto the back to reveal the robot head.
ROBOT MODE:
Jawbreaker's robot mode has a short stocky look to him, thanks to the huge arms.
Despite his chunky look, he has hollow limbs, so he feels very light in hand.
The head sculpt is good, with some more of the teal coming out.
He's shorter in robot mode, which is is to be expected.
Articulation is solid, with joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, hips, knees and some ankle.
He comes with a pair of small guns, and a weapon that was his tail in alternate mode.
He can hold the tail as like a type of sword / whip thing. It's not too convincing but it isn't too terrible either.
The guns are better, and they fit in either hand.
The guns can also peg onto his shoulders, in the same slots as in alternate mode.
While not as bright orange as his Warrior version, he is still very orange, and definitely feels like either they could have darken the shade used even further, or giving him some more paint to help break it up.
He's also somewhat uninspiring in terms of design and gimmicks, which can made the figure feel too bland.
An average robot mode.
OVERALL:
Jawbreaker is an average figure. He's not bad, and there are no major flaws with him, apart from the usual light hollow feel. Both modes are relatively accurate to the show mode, has a simple but working transformation, and he's stable in both modes. However, it just feels he's lacking some spark that makes him interesting.
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