Review: #300
Name: Quillfire
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Decepticon
Line: Robots in Disguise (2015)
Year of Release: 2016
Size Class: Warrior (Wave 6)
Mold Status: new
ALTERNATE MODE:
Quillfire transforms into a beige and dark brown off-road truck that is reminiscent of Prime Bulkhead. While the two shades of brown isn't that horrible, it is weird when the doors are noticeably different in color to the rest of the vehicle.
This is actually one of the unfortunately rare Transformers nowadays that have a good sculpted rear (i.e. no gaps showing off exposed robot parts). The sculpting is there, but since it forms the robot feet which are cast in a different color of plastic, it masks all the detailing. It could be worse.
In terms of size, Quillfire feels good in your hands. While still shrunken down from the Deluxes pre-2011, he is one of the bigger and bulkier Warrior classed figures, as you can see, he looks quite a bit bigger than FOC Sideswipe.
What's really cool (purely because it's unexpected from Hasbro) is the painted rims on the tires, it's one step towards the right direction in recreating the constant glowing effects of the characters.
On the whole, this is an excellent vehicle mode.
TRANSFORMATION:
As you'd expect, getting Quillfire from vehicle mode to robot mode is quick and easy. The transformation scheme is fairly predictable but does not bore you. There are no ingenious elements here, Quillfire on the whole just has a solid transformation.
ROBOT MODE:
Quillfire's robot mode looked like he just stepped out from the TV screen, it's that good and faithful.
As with all Decepticons from the show, he has an animal motive and in this case, Quillfire has a bunch of spikes behind his head, so something like a hedgehog or echidna or something other animal with spikes.
His headsculpt is very inspired by a beast, since it's not your typical robot head. It gives Quillfire a lot of character and makes him much more menacing.
A neat feature is that they jointed the mouth so that you can open and close it, very cool.
Quillfire is short in this mode but he makes up for it by being bulk and wide. You don't quite get the same sense of feeling ripped off with a lightweighted toy with Quillfire, he feels he is worth every dollar used to purchase him.
In terms of articulation, he has the joints you would want, such as double-hinged shoulders, waist swivels and up/down ankle tilts. However, what lets Quillfire down are his short legs, meaning his knee and hip articulation goes to waste since it doesn't give you much to work with when trying to do dynamic poses.
One minor annoyance is the fact that his head doesn't snap into place, or rather, the panel above it. Therefore, opening his mouth may cause his head to drop down to face the ground.
He has a small brown gun which is very flat and thin for some reason.
He can hold the gun in either hand and it does look there.
The gun can store on his back when not in use. His head can also turn side to side but the range is very limited.
Quillfire is an easy guy to balance thanks to his large legs. There is also a limited amount of kibble too, mainly being the roof that's folded into his back. Quillfire on the whole feels very solid.
Something that was unusual is that Quillfire comes with a quill, that comes separated in the packaging. You can plug it onto the back of his head to complete the look and let him have a solid bunch of quills ready to fire. Or you can get him to hold it in his hand, even though he never used it like this in the cartoon.
A fantastic robot mode that captures the character model well. It is not your typical robot mode and that's what makes Quillfire all the better.
OVERALL:
Quillfire is an excellent toy, one that some might say is the best figure in the RiD (2015) Warrior class line. He has two excellent modes, and the robot mode is fantastic, from the hunched posture to the screen accurate look. It's really awesome that Hasbro picked this character to make into a toy. Quillfire is highly recommended and you should get out there it pick him up now.
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