I enjoy the Michael Bay movies for their loud and bombastic action scenes, but I was never that enamored with the design of any of the characters. Unique Toys Peru Kill grabbed my interest from the first colorless test shots. The figure does not disappoint.
Vehicle mode is absolutely stunning. Panel lines mar the form, but that is to be expected. It doesn't deter much from the aesthetics. I wish all Transformer figures have metallic paint. It really conveys a high-end feel. Transparent headlights and taillights are nice accents. I especially like the brake pad details on each tire. Despite some visible robot parts, his undercarriage is fairly clean. He rolls very well on rubber tires. His rifle can peg onto the back.
Transformation is pretty involved, but not stressful. Everything moved very smoothly. The sideview mirrors can stay in place as another set of toes or be removed and plugged onto the side of his arms. Going back to car mode was surprisingly not very aggravating.
I usually don't go for the aesthetics of the live-action movies, but Unique Toys really knocked this one out of the park. Robot mode is gorgeous. Even more metallic paint details are revealed. The line work is done very well. His face sculpt is almost as detailed as the official Movie Masterpiece figures and looks very good. His metallic blue eyes are strangely menacing. He has Die-cast in his butt flap and thighs.
His head is on a hinge and swivel. He can look up and down a good amount, but not much to the sides. His shoulders are on hinges and swivels. He can raise his arms out and up almost to 90 degrees. His double-jointed elbows can perform full curls. He swivels at just below his elbows, wrists, waist, and thighs. His wrists are also on hinges. His thumbs are on ball joints while the rest of his fingers are single-pinned and articulate as a single unit. He has two sets of knuckles on his fingers, except for his thumbs. His waist swivel is limited by his thigh and crotch sculpts. I would be cautious so as to not scratch his thighs. His hips are on ball joints that can't perform much of front or side splits. He has double-jointed knees that can also perform full curls. I'm not a huge fan of his knee engineering. Both the upper and lower parts of the knee joints can bend in the reverse direction. I don't think he had it in the movies, but you could give him chicken legs. His feet are on rockers and tilts.
His accessories include a battle mask, his face rifle, a claw, a Steeljaw, and the Seed. The battle mask swaps with his face very easily - no screws are involved. His extremely large rifle has the same metallic paint treatment and line detail as the main figure. It is very impressive. He can hold his rifle normally. His hands slip through the handles and wrap around it while a peg tabs into his forearm. Unfortunately, his elbow joints are not strong enough to hold it up. Of course, it can situate right over his head to give him that ridiculous but awesome rifle face. It seems to work better with the regular face than the battle mask. The Seed is done in a metallic silver with some line work. It is a decent accessory for some film related lore.
Steeljaw is not simply a static figure. His neck, hips, and paws are on ball joints. Each leg has a single joint. His jaw can open and close. He can hold Peru Kill's rifle for him.
Unique Toys Peru Kill will definitely go my Movie Masterpiece shelf/bucket. It is a very impressive figure that I was surprised by. I wasn't originally going to go for their Optimus Prime figure, but now I am.
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