Toy Review: Transformers Generations Legacy United Goryu (Core)

Review:  #846

Name:  Goryu

Brand:  Transformers

Allegiance:  Decepticon

Line:  Generations - Legacy: United

Year of Release:  2024

Size Class:  Core

Mold Status:  retool of Legacy United Grimlock

BEAST MODE:

Goryu, a remold of Grimlock, was what this mold was always meant to be.  He transforms into a green and white T-rex, and the green is one of those puke looking shades.

Given the reuse of the mold, he still very much looks like a green Grimlock, which is a shame that this character wasn't given priority.

As a Core class, Goryu is small, above is a comparison against a Deluxe figure.

The robot weapon can peg sideways onto his back.

Being such a small size, he comes with plenty of compromise.  In beast mode, that mainly comes in the form of an odd shape, given that his robot legs are huge and stick out the back here.

Otherwise, this is a passable beast mode.

TRANSFORMATION:

Transformation is fairly easy, as you would expect.  The back unfolds to form the robot legs.  The beast legs are the robot arms, and you just need to rotate them so that the fists face the right way.  The torso of the beast mode then unfolds into two halves to reveal the robot torso and the head.

ROBOT MODE:

The robot mode here is also still very much Grimlock, but it is a case of close enough is good enough.

There are proportion issues here due to the small size, and the fact that it needs to be a combiner as well.  With all the joints at this size, he can feel a bit floppy and insubstantial.

He gets a new head though, to help solidify the character.

Above is a comparison against a Deluxe figure to give you a sense of his size.

Articulation is probably his weakest part, even for a Core class figure.  He doesn't have any elbow joints, which is a big sin...

He comes with two weapons, a club, and a gun that was formed from his tail.

He can hold both in his hands, and they look semi decent.  He actually holds the gun upside down to reveal the two barrels.

He lacks ankle tilts as well, not that you'll expect them at this size.

An okay robot mode, there are a lot of flaws.

OVERALL:

Goryu is an okay figure.  His strength is basically that this is a character you don't really expect to get an update, and it's also a combiner.  You'd wish that they could have made him at least Deluxe size (given how small Deluxes are nowadays as well) as there are too many compromises trying to make a combiner in the Core size class.

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