Name: Iguanus
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Decepticon
Line: Generations - Legacy
Year of Release: 2022
Size Class: Core (Wave 1)
Mold Status: new
VEHICLE MODE:
Iguanus transforms into a purple motorcycle, and looks somewhat retro futuristic.
Due to how thick his wheels are, he can actually remain upright even without a kick stand.
While he looks fine at first glance, look at the motorcycle from the side and you can see how insubstantial and how gappy it is. It's quite disappointing, this is a folded up robot and looks like it.
The robot weapon can peg on top of the windshield in this mode.
This is not a great motorcycle. It may pass a cursory glance but look at it for a bit longer and you can see how terrible it is.
TRANSFORMATION:
Given the motorcycle was a folded up robot, the transformation scheme is self-explanation. The back are the legs which unfold. The front are the arms. While the windshield folds onto his back along with the two wheels.
ROBOT MODE:
Given the compromises in motorcycle mode, the robot mode unsurprisingly comes out to be pretty decent. Also note that this figure tries for a robot mode that looks like the Pretender shell while the alternate mode was the robot inside the shell.
He carries a lot of kibble, so much that it is overwhelming. The seat of the motorcycle cleverly doubles as a tail in robot mode though.
The head sculpt is good, and the head is proportionally large compared to normal, which helps in giving this robot mode a beastly look.
Articulation mostly comes from balljoints, with joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, hips, knees and even ankles.
He comes with a weapon, which is supposed to be a gun of sorts. The first wave of Legacy Core figures each came with a piece that can combine into a bigger sword, and Iguanus got stuck with the hilt.
Iguanus can hold the weapon like a gun and when held like that, it's actually not too bad.
The weapon can store in the same place as motorcycle mode, just now that it is on his back.
The biggest thing against him is his small size which can make him a tiny bit fiddly to pose with.
Otherwise, this is a strong robot mode, whether it justifies the poor motorcycle mode is hard to say though.
OVERALL:
Iguanus sacrifices one mode for the other. The robot mode is really good though, as it is a unique blend of design, such that he stands out amongst the others.
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