Review: #418
Name: Crosshairs
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: The Last Knight
Year of Release: 2017
Size Class: Deluxe (Wave 2)
Mold Status: new
VEHICLE MODE:
Crosshairs transforms into a green and black sports car. The figure actually has a lot more paint applications than others in the same size class.
This is a great vehicle mode despite being able to see the balljoints in the rear. You can see that he has taillights sculpting.
In terms of size, this is a small vehicle as you'd expect. Above is a comparison against Legion Prime Evac.
A good sports car for its size.
TRANSFORMATION:
Converting Crosshairs into robot mode is a simple affair. He is also a massive shellformer just so he can be screen accurate as nearly the whole vehicle mode forms his backpack. Interestingly is that the robot torso folds out such that you can flip the head up, something that would increase the cost of the figure so you'd expect that the designers would have tried to avoid it as much as possible.
ROBOT MODE:
Crosshairs' robot mode is surprisingly good. The sculpting on his legs evoke the look of his iconic "trench coat" amazingly well.
He wears nearly the whole vehicle on his back as the trench coat. You can't fault the design for using the kibble like this since the original movie design was rubbish anyway (a fluid cape that flutters just like cloth but made of metal?!).
The headsculpt is nice. It's very busy since Crosshairs is from the movie.
He is a little bit shorter than some other Legions.
Poseability is severely limited. The only meaningful articulation are the balljointed shoulders. As he lacks knees and the joints on his ankles are only useful for transformation, the balljointed hips don't do much.
Once again, there's a lot of extra black paint applications in this mode, coupled with the intricate sculpting and Crosshairs doesn't feel as if he suffered budget cuts.
A strong robot mode in conveying the movie's design especially at this size.
OVERALL:
Crosshairs is a great toy. He has two strong modes and while he is fairly static in both, he looks good though. The intricate sculpting and the number of paint applications are impressive. Definitely worth a purchase if you find him cheap or even at RRP.
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