Review: #845
Name: Calcitron
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Star Seeker
Line: Generations - Legacy: United
Year of Release: 2024
Size Class: Deluxe
Mold Status: retool of Legacy United Nucleous
VEHICLE MODE:
Calcitron transforms into a rocky vehicle mode, which in concept, shouldn't, but in reality, it does.
It's a unique vehicle mode, and for something that is fantastical, there aren't any massively exposed robot parts.
His robot weapon, which is a pickaxe, can peg onto the back.
There are wheels so that he can roll on a flat surface. He's a retool of Legacy United Nucleous, and the only difference in vehicle mode is the robot weapon, which suits the icy theme.
Officially per the instructions, you can unpeg the back, combine it with the weapon and then attach it up front as some sort of ramming weapon (or to clear the ice?).
He comes in a three pack with Thundertron and Nightstriker, which is a weird theming combination to be fair.
A neat vehicle mode, where the rocky appearance also nicely doubles up as an icy appearance.
TRANSFORMATION:
Calcitron doesn't partsform which is great (the flipside is that he doesn't have a good weapon mode for other Transformers). The back unfolds to become the legs, while the arms are from the sides. Fold the two front wheels in and flip up the head and you're good. It's a simple transformation but one that works well.
ROBOT MODE:
Robot mode is not bad looking either, if you are not fully against the theme.
He wears a semi-significant backpack, which is the roof of the vehicle mode, although this isn't too bad especially when it is detachable (more on that later).
The other retool from from Nucleous is the new head, and it looks great. It gives him a rocky monster type vibe.
Articulation is really good, even by the standards of contemporary Generations figures. He has joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, wrists, waist, hips, knees and ankles. It's not just the articulation but the range of them that's great.
This is mentioned in the instructions and still not sure why this is emphasized but you can remove the wing shaped pieces from behind his forearms and peg them to behind the shins. Maybe to fill them out a bit? Not sure, it looks better underneath the arms anyway.
He comes with two weapons, an axe, and the roof of the vehicle mentioned earlier, which can be a shield.
First up is the axe and it looks awesome as a weapon.
The roof of the vehicle? Not so much. It's held awkwardly so it can't even really pass off as a gun.
You're better off just stowing the roof away on his back and ignore it completely.
A fun robot mode that looks great, despite only having two shades of blue.
OVERALL:
Calcitron benefits from a great mold, so he is a fun figure. Although he would not be the reason you would get the set (that would be Thundertron). Nevertheless, at least it is not a lazy retool, as some thought has been put into it with the icy theme, new head and new weapon. So much that he doesn't feel like a rip-off.
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