Review: #850
Name: Gairyu
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Decepticon
Line: Generations - Legacy: United
Year of Release: 2024
Size Class: Core
Mold Status: retool of Legacy United Scarr
ALTERNATE MODE:
Gairyu transforms into a green and black robotic Ankylosaurus. Since this alternate mode isn't part of the original Dinobots, he doesn't look like a knockoff redeco.
This is a fairly decent robotic dinosaur mode, although the tail ends in what is obviously a robot fist.
His proportions aren't too bad either, which is surprising. He doesn't have much articulation, just the legs can swing forwards and backwards.
A decent alternate mode.
TRANSFORMATION:
Detach the tail, and then you can flip the back to form the legs. Fold out the halves of the remaining part to get the arms.
ROBOT MODE:
Gairyu's robot mode is okay, he looks stocky thanks to the wide shoulders, and bulky limbs.
Look from the back, you can see the hollow legs (due to transformation), and quite a bit of kibble.
The head sculpt is great and very G1 looking.
Articulation is its weak point, mostly due to having to have a combined mode as well. He had joints for his head, shoulders, hips and knees.
The tail piece forms his weapon, and there's a barrel on top.
Thus Gairyu can hold it in his hand as a sort of gun, which doesn't work very well given that the fist is clearly visible.
Due to transformation, his arms can flex inwards, which really helps with articulation even though he lacks elbows.
Given the limitations of the size class and what it is trying to do, this is a decent robot mode as he doesn't have too many compromises.
OVERALL:
Gairyu is a solid figure, but only if you take into account that it is in the small Core class, and that it is part of a combiner. The color scheme is meh, but the sculpting and design is generally good.
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