Review: #761
Name: Battletrap
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Generations - Studio Series
Year of Release: 2023
Size Class: Voyager (Wave 19)
Mold Status: new
VEHICLE MODE:
Battletrap transforms into a licensed GMC tow truck, and given he is an older model, he had some paint to add to the weathered and worn look.
This is a nice little truck, even if the back is quite messy with the robot arms just squeezed in there in full view.
As a Voyager size, he is around similar sizes as past figures, although because he's so short and stout, it can feel a bit too compressed length-wise.
The towing arm cannot be adjusted, so it's fixed like that. He doesn't really have any gimmicks in this mode either.
The robot mode weapon, being a wrecking ball, attaches at the end of the towing arm for storage.
This is a very good vehicle mode, something that's really compact.
TRANSFORMATION:
Battletrap has an involved enough transformation to keep him interesting. The legs does remind you of previous figures that had done this before, which is by unfolding the sides of the vehicle, leading to skinnier looking legs. The arms are from the middle of the truck and takes the whole towing arm assembly with it. The front forms the torso, but can be annoying getting the clearance for the panels to move around.
ROBOT MODE:
Battletrap's robot mode is quite impressive, perhaps surprisingly so for a Movie toy because he blends in the complexity of Movie designs, with enough blockiness to still make him quite recognizable as a robot with a humanoid silhouette.
He carries some kibble, namely the front of the truck on his back, as well as the halves of the towing arms behind each of his robot arms.
The head sculpt is another area where it looks really good, he's not a Decepticon, despite what the head sculpt may imply, he's also not really an Autobot, but is a Terrorcon.
Like most Voyager toys these days, he expands from a compact vehicle into a robot that's taller and bigger.
As part of the Studio Series line, he comes with a cardboard stand with a scene from the movie as a backdrop.
Poseability is fine, with joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, hips, knees and ankles.
His only weapon is a wrecking ball / metal ball.
The ball can open up so that it covers his fist.
The ball can also peg onto his back for storage.
Alternatively, the other type of weapon you can kind of do is fold out the towing arm kibble out, so it looks kind of like claws.
Despite the visible joints, those towing arm kibble are actually more restrictive in its movements than you would expect, so there's not that much you can do with them.
The color scheme works well, despite being an odder neon orange that would be hard to pull off.
A fantastic robot mode that doesn't have any real major flaws.
OVERALL:
Battletrap is a fantastic figure in the Studio Series line. He looks amazing in both modes, and that is definitely his biggest appeal.
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