Generation Toy GT-6 Duron Drill is now up for pre-order!

Generation Toy GT-6 Duron Drill

We now have the pre-order up for Generation Toy GT-6 Duron Drill. ETA of late 4th Quarter 2017 release. Reserve yours today using the links. Thank you for choosing The Chosen Prime!

Toyworld TW-C Constructor Yellow Version, now in-stock!

Toyworld TW-C Constructor Yellow Version

Just arrived today, ToyWorld TW-C Constructor Yellow Version. Order yours by following the link. Thank you for choosing The Chosen Prime!

Toyworld Bulldozer - Bonecrusher

I originally thought that Toyworld Constructor would be my definitive Masterpiece Devastator. Thanks to FansToys I may have to rethink that stance. Toyworld Bulldozer is a solid entry to the line, but it does suffer a small flaw in design.

I think Generation Toy Bulldozer looks better as a bulldozer, but this one looks closer to the cartoon model. His blade seems a bit small, but I have no experience with construction vehicles. It articulates vertically on two hinges. Like Shovel, there's no real cockpit for a driver to sit. The treads are plastic and functional, but they don't work that well. One side is really tight and doesn't move easily. The other side is loose, but still gets stuck occasionally. Like the other figures, there is silver and yellow paint applications to break up all that green.

Transformation back and forth is pretty easy to figure out, even without instructions. I find it pretty neat how his blade becomes his chest. Although it kind of hooks into place, it is easy to knock loose. 

Bulldozer looks like someone who does a lot of upper body workouts at the gym. I like his head sculpt. His little smirk works better than the one on Concrete. He has red light-piping that works pretty well. I find extending his arms all the way gives him monkey-man arms. Although I don't mind the way the treads look on his legs, I wish there were some paint applications to break up all that green. There are a couple of shoulder panels that you have to close yourself if you raise his arms to the sides.

His head is on a swivel and hinge. The platform his neck rests on can also tilt forward so he can look down even further, to the point of stabbing himself in the eye on a spike of his chest. His shoulders are on swivels and hinges. They do butterfly forward ever so slightly, but his chest gets in the way. He swivels at the biceps, wrists, and waist. His thigh swivels don't work because of the treads. His fingers are on individual ball joints, but there are no articulating knuckles so they are all fixed in a curve. He has double-jointed elbows that get well past ninety degrees. His single-jointed knees are ratcheted and get to a right angle despite the treads. His hips are on ball joints. His shins can compress on springs, to what purpose, I don't know. His toes and heels tilt as a unit, but rock individually. The tilt is sort of limited by the heal. Posing is more difficult than other similar figures. It comes down to the lack of mid-thigh swivel because the treads are constraining.

His accessories include his rifle, a combiner forearm and fist, some extra links for the treads, and some screw hole covers. His rifle is black with red paint applications. It uses a reverse Masterpiece-style tab.The port is on the gun handle and the tabs are on his palms. It works pretty well. I couldn't find a spot to store it in vehicle mode. The forearm piece is mostly black plastic with some silver paint and purple pieces. In place of the purple hand, you can plug in the black drill. Trying to remember the episode where this happened; drawing a blank. The hand design is different than most other combiner hands. The thumb is on a swivel and hinge with two knuckles. The other fingers are not pinned, but seemed to be on a post of some sort. They have the expected three articulating knuckles, but there are also hinges near the first knuckles so the fingers can spread apart. The knuckles stay together pretty well, but the finger pieces can come apart. You can attach the forearm piece, with either the drill or fist, in vehicle mode, taking you most of the way to arm mode. This is going to be a big figure. The extra links may come in handy to loosen that tight tread. Individual links attach by clips to posts and are easy to add or remove. The screw hole covers are appreciated, but in robot mode most of the screw holes appear to be on his back. The screw holes in his forearms seem to be too shallow to work with the covers.

I will use Bulldozer and his fellows in my Masterpiece Display. They aren't exactly G1 toon accurate, but they are good enough for now. Despite his limited posability beause of the treads, Bulldozer can still get into some fun poses. FansToys has teased a silhouette of their Devastator. If that set were to be released, I will end up using the Toyworld set on my DX9 / Unique Toys / Toyworld display.

Toyworld TW-C Constructor (Yellow version), now up for pre-order!

Toyworld TW-C Constructor (Yellow version)

We have the upcoming yellow version of Toyworld's Constructor figures. Just follow the links to reserve yours. ETA of August release. Thanks for choosing The Chosen Prime!

ToyWorld TW-C Constructor Combiner Video Review

ToyWorld TW-C01 Bulldozer Video Review

Here's our video review for Toyworld TW-C01 Bulldozer. Enjoy the video and if you haven't ordered yours, just follow the links. Thanks for choosing The Chosen Prime!

ToyWorld TW-C01 Bulldozer, now in-stock!

ToyWorld TW-C01 Bulldozer

ToyWorld TW-C01 Bulldozer is now in-stock! Pre-orders are currently being processed. Get yours today at The Chosen Prime!

Generation Toy Bulldozer - Bonecrusher

Generation Toy Bulldozer is exactly what it says on the tin - a bulldozer. He rolls on tiny plastic wheels on the underside of the fake treads. Aesthetically, the vehicle looks great. He is finished in the same green as the previous figures, with the same style of painted highlights and line work. Bulldozer has less play value as a construction vehicle than his teammates. The blade doesn't articulate very much or very well. Having no familiarity with real bulldozers, I can't say how true to life this is. The blade itself holds together decently, but the surrounding armature does not. The lower pistons don't even peg in, but they do slide along rails. The upper pistons look functional, but really aren't.

Transformation is simple and straight forward. The leg transformation is pretty much identical to Navvy. His wrists don't lock into place, giving him hinged wrists that break the sculpt. The halves of his hips interconnect together, but don't stay together very well. The outer parts of the blade fell off while I was transforming him, but they peg back on two tiny nubs each. I wish more thought had been put into hiding away the blade and the cab of the vehicle. Honestly, I would rather have had the blade just come off entirely.

The default head sculpt has a mouth plate and is decent if somewhat generic. He has red light-piping, but the helmet blocks the light. His aesthetic matches his teammates very well. The paint application and line work is also of the same high quality. If Mixer's shoulder kibble bothered you, you're probably not going to like this figure. More aggravating is how much that kibble gets in the way of his articulation. You can't manipulate his arms without also having to also move those blades and armatures. The half bucket head bothers me too.

His head is on a ball joint. His shoulders are on hinged swivels, with reverse butterflies if you unpeg them. He swivels at the biceps, but the kibble gets in the way, and at the wrists. His thumbs are fixed and his fingers are single pinned. He has double jointed elbows, but the kibble gets in the way. He swivels at the upper torso and waist. His hips are on ball joints. He swivels at the thighs, but the missile pods gets in the way. His knees are single jointed. His toes and heel spurs are on swivels. He can rock his toes up, but not down. He also has an ab crunch because of transformation.

His accessories include a pistol, the combiner arm, and an alternate head. The pistol plugs into his fists perfectly fine. In vehicle mode, the pistol can peg into the undercarriage for storage. The alternate head is probably a little more G1 accurate, but I'll just stick with the default head in keeping with the style of this set. The combiner arm turns into a trailer for vehicle mode. In robot mode, it serves as a winged backpack, but causes him to be really back heavy.

This line is not going for G1 accuracy. They have a style entirely their own; one that I really enjoy and appreciate. I'll be displaying them on my CHUG shelf, where I collect figures from disparate lines. I really liked Scraper, Mixer, and Navvy so am a little disappointed with how Bulldozer turned out. If the shoulder kibble had pegged into a couple of more places and the "hydraulics" had been designed better such as working when you bend his elbows, then all would have been forgiven. I love the rest of the figure. In the end, this set will probably be displayed in combined mode anyhow.

Generation Toy GT1C Navvy and GT1D Bulldozer, product samples.

Generation Toy GT1C Navvy and GT1D Bulldozer

We just got some product samples from Generation Toy. Here are GT1C Navvy and GT1D Bulldozer. Check out the pics below and then follow the links to reserve yours. More pictures to come. Thanks again for choosing The Chosen Prime!

Toyworld TW-C01 Bulldozer figure details

Toyworld TW-C01 Bulldozer

Toyworld sent us a picture of what's coming with TW-C01 Bulldozer. Make sure to follow the links and reserve yours. Don't forget to take advantage of the Prime Directives!

ToyWorld TW-C Combiner Figures are now up for pre-order!

Toyworld TW-C Combiner

Toyworld TW-C Combiner Figures are  now up for pre-order. Click on the image above, use the form at the bottom or click on the Images shown below for each figure. Make sure to take advantage of the Prime Directives! Thank you for choosing The Chosen Prime!

Toyworld TW-C01 Bulldozer (Bonecrusher)

Toyworld TW-C02 Unearth (Scavenger)

TW-C03 Burden (Long Haul)

Toyworld TW-C04 Allocator (Hook)

Toyworld TW-C05 Shovel (Scrapper)

Toyworld TW-C06 Concrete (Mixmaster)