Review: #647
Name: Unreelz Dealz
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: N/A
Line: BotBots
Year of Release: 2020
Size Class: BotBot (Series 5)
Mold Status: new
ALTERNATE MODE:
Unreelz Dealz is yet another BotBot with a unique alternate mode, this time transforms into a fishing rod.
Naturally, both as a BotBot, and its choice of alternate mode, but he is very small with most of the bulk being in the reel section. Above is a comparison against Legion Barricade and you can see how much less bulk Unreelz Dealz has.
Nevertheless, this is such a unique alternate mode that you can't help but think it's pretty awesome.
TRANSFORMATION:
Transformation is fairly involved for such a small figure. The rod itself becomes one of its arms, while the handles form the legs. You gotta rotate it from the waist, and handle on the reel forms the other robot arm.
ROBOT MODE:
With such a unique alternate mode, and given that the designer don't have much bulk to work with, it stands to say that the robot mode is equally unique.
It's asymmetrical and oddly proportioned. Unfortunately, its biggest flaw is the fact that the footprint is not large enough with too much bulk in the upper body. This means it is extremely difficult to balance Unreelz Dealz such that he can stand without falling over, and this can get very aggravating.
The head is basically just a painted eye. It works fairly well though.
Since you can't even balance the figure most of the time, you can give up on putting Unreelz Dealz in a meaningful pose, not that it has any meaningful articulation either.
OVERALL:
Unreelz Dealz is a tough one. On the one hand, it has one of the most unique alternate mode we've seen, even from the BotBots line. On the other hand, the robot mode's inability to even stand up is frustrating.
-----------------------------------------
For other Transformers reviews, have a look at this page.