Review: #305
Name: Drift
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Robots in Disguise (2015)
Year of Release: 2016
Size Class: Legion (Wave 6)
Mold Status: new
VEHICLE MODE:
Drift transforms into an orange and black sports car. Not sure why he is now orange when the original character was white and red. Anyway, there is an insignia that can be scanned to temporary unlock the character in the mobile game.
Surprisingly, the back is sculpted and filled out, just that it's a differently colored plastic which hides the detail somewhat.
Drift is fairly small, as you'd expect of a toy this size. His only play value is the rolling wheels. Annoyingly, he lacks paint on his side windows (they've only partially painted it...) and the back windows.
Overall, a nice figure but needs more paint for the windows.
TRANSFORMATION:
Very simple but love the way the legs fold up to form the rear of the car. Other than that, it's a generic transformation and it's really hard to innovate on something this size.
ROBOT MODE:
Drift's robot mode is quite good. Sure, he is still quite orange but there is a bit more black to break it apart.
Due to transformation, his shins are effectively panels and doesn't look that great from any angle except the front.
The headsculpt is okay. He has his beard but if they couldn't paint the Warrior classed figure properly, they wouldn't do it for the Legion class. Thus, his beard is silver along with the rest of his face. Still, they painted the black outline on the helmet, the crest red and the eyes blue.
He is decently sized but feels distinctly hollow. He has plenty of sculpted details and does enough to make it recognizable as the character.
Poseability is good, he has knee joints thanks to transformation but you need to be careful not to bend it too much as it'll create gaps.
His feet has up/down ankle joints which can help with the balance. He only has shoulder joints so arm poseability will be limited.
A nice robot mode Drift has his flaws but in some ways, better proportioned than his bigger Warrior classed self.
OVERALL:
Drift is a solid toy. He doesn't stand out but just is. Thanks to his small size and a cheap price, Drift is worth purchasing.
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