Review: #709
Name: JP93
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Autobot
Year of Release: 2021
Size Class: Deluxe
Mold Status: new
VEHICLE MODE:
A collaboration with Jurassic Park, JP93 transforms into the Ford Explorer from the first film and yes, it is definitely iconic and instantly recognizable.
This is an awesome vehicle mode and well painted. It looks spot on with no corners cut.
JP93 is roughly Deluxe sized, although he is fairly hollow underneath the shell of the vehicle. Above is a comparison with TLK Bumblebee.
The robot gun can store underneath or peg on top of the roof.
As mentioned, he has plenty of details which match his onscreen appearance, from the logos on the hood and sides, to the rear sculpting of the model name, it's quite impressive.
By himself, there's barely any play value apart from rolling him on a flat surface, but combined with Tyrannocon Rex, and that's plenty enough.
TRANSFORMATION:
Unlike previous Collaboration figures, JP93 is a unique brand new mold (or at least appears to be). However, this is a very simple figure though. The hood folds down to form the chest, and the doors open to form the shoulder wings. The legs are the unfolded back half of the vehicle, while the arms fold out from the sides.
ROBOT MODE:
Despite the simple transformation, the robot mode is still passable and looks pretty good.
He wears the roof of the vehicle as a backpack though and he's quite hollow overall, JP93 definitely feels lighter and more fragile than he should.
The head sculpt is okay, hard to tell what the inspiration was though.
Due to the simple (or lazy) transformation, his feet is not that distinctive so his legs look like a solid block.
Articulation is decent, he has joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, hips, knees and ankles.
He has a black gun for a weapon.
JP93 can hold the gun in either hand, and while it definitely does seem less effort was placed in robot mode in comparison to vehicle mode, the simple blocky aesthetics works well here.
The transformation joints doubles as a knee joint, which is just a tad bit lower than what the molding would suggest. It's not bad enough to ruin the look but just surprising.
A decent robot mode although does feel he's lacking that distinctive character look to him.
OVERALL:
JP93 is a simple figure. The vehicle mode is simply perfect, looking just like the onscreen appearance. The robot mode is a bit more of a disappointment purely due to the fact that expectations were high from the vehicle mode. It's not bad, just very average and does the bare minimum job. However, JP93 does still feel like a good concept and execution in the end.
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