Review: #694
Name: Blurr
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Generations - Shattered Class Collection
Year of Release: 2021
Size Class: Deluxe
Mold Status: remold of Studio Series 86 Blurr
PACKAGING:
As part of the Shattered Glass Collection, a set of exclusives, Blurr comes in a fancier box than normal.
It's also shaped oddly too, no idea why the sides are sloped more than usual as it makes the packaging easier to be crushed during postage (which is exactly what happened to my copy).
VEHICLE MODE:
Using the mold that was based on the appearance of regular Blurr in the 1986 movie, SG Blurr transforms into a black and dark blue hovercraft.
This is a pretty good mode overall, although there are no plastic wheels underneath. He cannot roll on the table, only lay flat on top of it, which kills what limited play value he could have had.
The robot weapon can peg underneath the front. Of note are the lightning paint applications on the front, a bit cheesy, but also suits the evil Autobot theme.
There is an open cockpit with limited detail inside. Otherwise, this is a solid vehicle mode for what it is.
TRANSFORMATION:
It's quite easy and actually very reminiscent of the Titans Return figure, but it is a completely new mold and design. The sides form the arms, while the front folds onto his back. The rear of the vehicle then unfolds to form the legs, and that's it, kind of too simple at times.
ROBOT MODE:
Unfortunately, Blurr has quite a bit of kibble. The most atrocious are the vehicle fenders behind his arms, which are way too long and big. The vehicle's front on his back sits flush so that's not a problem.
Blurr is a retool, with this figure getting a new head and this is where the figure is at. This is a fantastic sculpt, with the black helmet, eyepatch and claw marks beneath s left eye really selling the evil Autobot theme, it's amazing.
For size, above is a comparison against Siege Sideswipe. Nothing much to say except Blurr is what you'd expect of a Deluxe nowadays.
For articulation, Blurr has joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips, knees and ankles.
Even though this is the second use of the mold, there appears to be some mold degradation, or just poor quality control. In particular, the kibble behind his arms do not peg solidly and tends to detach, which is really annoying.
Blurr comes with two accessories, a welding tool accessory and a gun.
The welding tool just covers up his hand, and it works well enough. Although the unpainted grey plastic looks kind of bad in person.
His gun on the other hand, looks good and can be held in either hand.
The big pieces of kibble behind each arm does get in the way sometimes, and looks so bad. It feels really lazy of the designers (but more likely cost-cutting), as having it maybe fold in half once more would have solved this issue.
Despite its flaws, this is still a decent robot mode.
OVERALL:
Shattered Glass Blurr is an awesome figure if only for the concept. The new head sculpt works amazingly well, and while the mold is okay, this is a worthwhile figure to grab if you don't have the original Studio Series version, or you're a fan of the execution.
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