Review: #607
Name: Yule B. Bored
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: N/A
Line: BotBots
Year of Release: 2020
Size Class: BotBots (Series 3)
Mold Status: repaint of Goob Toob
ALTERNATE MODE:
Yule B. Bored transforms into an old fashioned CRT TV, complete with an antenna on top. To fit in with the Seasons Greeters theme, he has a fireplace as the video showing on the screen.
While the front and sides are fairly good, the alternate mode is the weakest part since the robot parts, which are painted a different color, sticks out.
As a BotBot, Yule B. Bored is very small, above is a size comparison against Legion Barricade.
This is a great alternate mode overall and instantly recognizable for what it is.
TRANSFORMATION:
Transformation is very simple and if this was done on a larger figure, one would say lazy. Anyway, the front of the TV stays the same, with the arms popping out from the sides and the torso and legs folding down from the back.
ROBOT MODE:
The robot mode is decent, although using the TV screen as the face / head is hard to pull off.
As expected, the back is quite hollow since that is where everything is stored in alternate mode.
The face is the picture of the burning log, which doesn't work quite that well. However, it is easy to imagine the whole screen is his face and so is acceptable.
Yule B. Bored is a bit taller in robot mode but still falls much shorter than a typical Legion figure.
Poseability is only limited to swinging his arms around. Nevertheless, this is still a decent robot mode, especially with the additional paint on his arms and torso.
OVERALL:
Yule B. Bored is a great BotBot. The TV alternate mode can be quite nostalgic, and the way the repaint managed to integrate it into the theme of the Seasons Greeters is quite clever.
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