Review: #950
Name: Razorclaw
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Decepticon
Line: T-SPARK Adamas Machina
Year of Release: 2026
Size Class: N/A
Mold Status: new
BEAST MODE:
An extremely stylized rendition of the iconic G1 character, Razorclaw transforms into a gold and black robotic lion.
He... is not very well proportioned in this mode. Basically, with the set, the focus was on the combined mode, and everything else was compromised as a result.
Razorclaw is a bit bigger than a typical Deluxe. However, he is much much heftier, given that he doesn't have many hollow parts and has plenty of die-cast metal in him.
The jaw can open and close, and that's the extent of the poseability in beast mode.
The proportions are not great, and the mode is too blocky, in a bad way. It's passable but when the figure is this expensive, it can be a bit offputting.
The thing with the set is that there are a ton of accessories and for Razorclaw, he has the job of not only carrying two cannons which can peg on either side...
But also the combined mode's dual swords, combined mode's fists, and a smaller gun.
Those can peg on the back and the two swords in particular, to be honest, they actually give him a nice caped look.
The one thing you cannot fault the figure for is the paint applications, as they did not cheap out on those.
A quick shot of the team in beast mode, and you can immediately tell that there are compromises made to each of them, and the set as a whole is very small.
Let's be honest, it's not a great beast mode, but then again, that's not the mode you are buying the set for.
TRANSFORMATION:
The beauty of the set is that despite how amazing the combined mode looks, the figures themselves aren't overly complicated. Razorclaw has a simple transformation, since his four beast limbs become the four robot limbs. The back legs form the robot legs, and the front form the robot arms. The lion head then just fold down.
ROBOT MODE:
Razorclaw's robot mode is better than his beast mode, but it still has its own proportion issues as well.
Surprisingly, he doesn't carry a lot of kibble, he's relatively clean in this regard.
The head sculpt is good, and the metallic gold paint looks amazing in person.
You can see he is more like a Voyager size in robot mode, but he's also the biggest team member, and by a big margin too.
Articulation is also surprisingly good, with joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, wrists, waist, hips, knees and ankles.
He comes with a plethora of accessories and weapons, although not all of them can be wielded by Razorclaw.
First up is the smaller gun which he can just hold in either hand.
Second are the twin cannons, which attach to his shoulders and looks great there.
Lastly are the giant swords. Sadly, they aren't designed to be used by the individual robots, but they peg onto his back and again, they give a nice caped look to the robot mode, and really adds to the stylized aesthetic.
In robot mode, the team looks fairly decent together, and has a cohesive aesthetic.
The main issue with Razor is the proportion. As the waist doubles up as the combined mode's waist, it is proportionally too big for him, so it's like he is wearing diapers.
Combined with the smaller arms, and he does look off. Add in the various accessories and weapons helps to alleviate this look.
He's well balanced too, despite the die-cast, the designers did a good job at making sure the weight distribution was spot on.
OVERALL:
Razorclaw, despite all his flaws, is one of the better figures in the set... which tells you all you need to know. There are a lot of compromises made for the combined mode, but perhaps we should just be glad that they all even have individual beast and robot modes.
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