Review: #543
Name: Impactor
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Generations - War for Cybertron: Siege
Year of Release: 2019
Size Class: Deluxe (Wave 4)
Mold Status: new
TANK MODE:
Impactor gets a new mold in the Siege toyline and he transforms into a tank.
The tank looks pretty good. It is surprising but the yellow-orange and purple works well together.
While the turret cannot rotate due to transformation, the cannon can tilt up and down. A neat aspect is how there are sculpted cannons on the side as well.
Impact is a fairly big figure, one of the biggest in the line actually. Granted, the front is fairly hollow. Above is a comparison against Studio Series Lockdown.
A great looking figure, and the silver battle damage that permeates the line looks okay only on the sides of the tank.
TRANSFORMATION:
Impactor's transformation doesn't try anything new. The turret splits to form the arms (and the shoulder cannon is permanently attached) and the front splits to form the legs. The only fun part is because the lower portion of the tank forms the legs, and the turret forms the upper robot body, you can have a walking tank by only transforming the lower half.
ROBOT MODE:
Robot mode is Impactor through and through. This is the first time the character has gotten his own unique mold instead of being a retool.
He barely has any kibble and is a solid figure overall.
The headsculpt is simple but looks good. There is quite a number of paint applications on the figure.
Impactor is one of the tallest Deluxe figure in the line, rivaling Ironhide. Like Ironhide though, that is fairly deceptive since Impactor has hollow legs (no reason other than to save on plastic), a hollow waist and hollow torso.
Articulation, as you'd expect, is excellent. Impactor has joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips, knees and ankles.
He comes with two weapons, a traditional gun and a smaller drill.
By flipping the hand back into the forearm, you can plug the drill as a replacement for a look that's more suitable to the character.
He can hold the gun in the other hand. As mentioned earlier, the shoulder cannon is permanently attached.
The ankle tilts are also not as useful as you would expect. The joint is on the outside of the ankle, not the middle, so it can look weird once you tilt it too much.
A decent robot mode. His bulkiness coupled with a few weaponry options give it plenty of play value.
OVERALL:
While Impactor may not be the best figure in the Siege line, that is evidence of the high standard of figures Hasbro has been releasing recently. Impactor is still a solid figure packing in quite a punch in both modes.
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