Motorcycle mode looks gorgeous. The orange flame on the gas tank is done well, but there are chips on the yellow paint at the front of the bike. The suspensions in front are somewhat functional, but are mostly for show. The kickstands are on hinges. Although the tires do roll, I wouldn't do it often because of the orange spikes. The brakes and side view mirrors are prone to falling off.
Getting into bike mode, there is a bit of parts-forming for the wheels and some optional parts-forming for the front of the bike. I found it better for my sanity to simply remove all the plastic orange spikes and replace them when done. The only tricky section was feeding the handle bars and windshield through the front of the bike. This finagling could have been avoided if the front could separate into halves. To avoid squishing his mustache and beard, or deforming them, I had removed his head and chest piece during the process. Getting back into robot mode, I absolutely hated having to figure out how to stuff the handle bars, brakes, sideview mirrors, and the double hinge back into the chest cavity while leaving room for the head and waist pieces to peg securely. I seemed to have introduced some stress marks to one of his feet covers.
The head sculpt pretty much nails the cartoon character. If only he had a smirk. His metallic red eyes look great. There is some die-cast in the legs and feet to give some heft to the figure. The paint application is less evident in robot mode. The line work is decent and not overly complicated, as befitting a Masterpiece aesthetic. I do wish the butt flap could have been avoided. It's an eyesore how far it sticks down in the back.
I like that his mustache and beard are made from soft plastic. Hopefully this will keep them from snapping off. The four orange spikes are also made from soft plastic. They can be attached to various ports on his body. His nipple guns are hard plastic and had stress marks out of the box. They are also removable.
His head is on a swivel and hinge. His shoulders are on ratcheted swivels and hinges. He swivels at the biceps, wrists, waist, and thighs. His waist also has a ratchet. He has double-jointed elbows and single-jointed knees. His hips are on universal joints, with ratchets along the frontal axis. His feet are on rockers and tilts. They can also rotate.
All of his fingers are on those tiny ball joints common to KFC hands. Even for individually articulated fingers, I prefer single pinned fingers than individual ball joints. The thumbs have a single knuckle each, while the other fingers have two. The joints are all nubs. Although the knuckles haven't popped off yet, one whole pointing finger was loose in the box. I find KFC style hands more finicky then they are worth.
His accessories include three rifles, a battle axe, a television, and two pegs. The rifles are nicely detailed with metallic silver highlights. They use Masterpiece style tabs that work well with his hands. They also have pegs on the sides to plug into various ports on his body. The battle axe is several pieces of colored plastic. The head of the axe detaches, leaving him with a stick for banging on the drum piece that comes with Dumpyard. There are various parts all over the bike for attaching the axe head and rifles. The television has some cleanly applied paint details and fits nicely in his hands or the saddlebags at his hips.
Dumpyard comes with two rifles of his own, a sword, the "drum", and a couple of extra spikes and pegs. All his weapons are done in the same style as Crash Hog's, but one of his rifles seems to have metallic flakes throughout the gray portions. The fridge is green plastic with a little bit of messy yellow paint. It has a flap on the bottom. Everything also uses Masterpiece style tabs.
With a little finagling, either figure can sit on the other in motorcycle mode. The handlebars are a little too short to be grasped. Another fun aspect is that all the little orange spikes, Dumpyard's shoulder pauldrons and armor pieces, both pairs of arms, and chest and head pieces are swappable between the two figures.
Crash Hog is a great Masterpiece representation of Wreck-Gar, with a transformation marred by one or two finicky spots. Although I don't really need one, I do hope KFC makes a Nancy figure. As for an army of Junkions, I can simply clone up a bunch of Dumpyards and Unique Toy Splinters.
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