Sunday, June 29, 2025

Toy Review: Transformers Generations Legacy United Kakuryu (Core)


Review: 
 #847
Name:  Kakuryu
Brand:  Transformers
Allegiance:  Decepticon
Line:  Generations - Legacy: United
Year of Release:  2024
Size Class:  Core
Mold Status:  retool of Legacy United Slug

BEAST MODE:


Kakuryu is a retool of Legacy United Slug, and transforms into a triceratops.  It's a yellow one, so not exactly the most realistic.


He has a retooled tail so it looks somewhat stumpy and weird, plus, it colored blue, which clashes a lot with the yellow and white.


Above is a comparison against a Deluxe figure.  Kakuryu is a Core classed figure, so he's quite small.


The various robot weapons can combine into one and peg onto his back for storage.


There is little articulation here, he doesn't feature many joints, and his legs are effectively fixed.


It's an okay beast mode, to be honest, you're really only here for the combined mode anyway...

TRANSFORMATION:

One thing's for sure, at least this set isn't in want of more interesting transformations.  The front legs are the arms.  The back unfolds to become the legs, and then you fold the bottom half of the dinosaur's head down to reveal the robot head.

ROBOT MODE:


Kakuryu's robot mode is fine, although like the rest of the set, looks very much like a recolored version of the Dinobot it's original use was for.


Unfortunately, he carries a lot of kibble, and they're all situated on his back.


He features a new head sculpt at least, and looks very G1.  Although given that it is sculpted as part of the triceratops' head, it's like half the depth.


As a Core class, he remains quite small in robot mode, above is a comparison against Deluxe Siege Sideswipe.


Articulation is okay, he has joints for his head, shoulders, hips and knees.


Most impressively, he comes with some nice weapons, such as a gun and a huge axe.


The two weapons can be held in his hands, and the axe in particular looks really nice, it's not super oversized (especially given that it is more in scale for the combined mode).


The last piece which is the tail, is the combined mode's head, and that just pegs onto his back.


He doesn't have ankle tilts, but doesn't really need them at this size.  Unfortunately, the lack of elbows really hurts.


Surprisingly, a strong robot mode that isn't too compromised by its need to combine.

OVERALL:


Kakuryu is one of the better molds in the set.  He isn't too compromised in both modes, just that he's still very much inspired by the original usage of the mode.

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