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Titans Return Blurr Photo Gallery

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Titans Return Blurr Video Review

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Unique Toys Buzzing - Blurr

I was never a big fan of Blurr's hovercraft alt mode in the cartoon, but it seems to be pretty faithfully represented here. There are a couple of mount points for the included rifle. Haywire doesn't fit in the cockpit. A display stand would have been a nice accessory to include.

Transformation from robot to vehicle starts off easy enough, but it's easy to get a little turned around when dealing with the legs. I also had a little trouble getting the thrusters on the arms to go into the undercarriage and the seats to tab together. I'm not sure what to do with the dark blue panels in the cockpit.

Buzzing really shines in robot mode. The face sculpt looks fantastic and features metallic painted eyes. There are three different shades of blue throughout, interspersed with yellow, white, and metallic silver. On mine, the cockpit window has some paint globs, some of the edges aren't well-defined, and there are tiny paint splashes in a few places. The blades behind his elbows are a little exaggerated, but don't get in the way of articulation. If you lower the knee caps, you can make use of a shin swivel.

His head is on a swivel and hinge. His shoulders are on ratcheted swivels that hinge. He also swivels at the waist, biceps, forearms, wrist, and upper thighs. His fingers are single pinned, but the pointing finger is independent of the lower three. He has double jointed elbows and knees that go well past 90 degrees. His hips are soft ratcheted universals that can hold the weight of the leg. He has ankle rockers and feet tilt, but the sculpt of the legs gets in the way of the rockers.

His accessories include Haywire, a rifle, and a transformation cog. Haywire doesn't make a convincing rifle on his own, but he can combine with the other rifle to make a longer rifle. The longer rifle isn't that great either. Whatever configuration, Buzzing holds the rifles very securely in either hand without the need for that silly Masterpiece-style tab. As a Nebulon, Haywire is pretty well-articulated, but his legs keep popping off. It's nowhere near as bad as Grax from Toyworld Swamper. The transformation cog has accents in translucent plastic and fits nicely in the palm of Buzzing's hand.

I'll be displaying Buzzing on my Masterpiece shelf because of his size, quality, and likeness to the character. SXS Overclocking already works very well on my CHUG shelf. The paint application could be better applied, but I love how he's not simply a solid block of blue. This is a great figure. We are so close to having a full cast of Masterpiece Autobots from The Movie. Fans Toys is almost done with the Dinobots. I believe KFC is working on the Junkions. We just need a Masterpiece style Arcee, Kup, and Springer. Ugh, Wheelie, too.

Prime Spotlight: SXSToy R-02 Overclocking

Prime Spotlight presents: 

SXSToys R-02 Overclocking

By Stygian360

Bottom Line (**** stars- <out of a possible 5>)


Introduction:

I’ll just say it; I’ve never been a Blurr fan.  His character on the G1 cartoon had perhaps the most annoying cartoon voice ever and for a landscape rife with cartoon voiceovers that could very easily grind even the heartiest teeth to powder that’s saying something.  Also, his character was essentially two colors- blue and a lighter shade of blue.  This made for perhaps the most uninteresting color scheme imaginable.  Lastly, he never really did much of value on the cartoon and was pretty much relegated to ‘uninteresting Transformer does something’ on each episode in which he appeared.  So, when SXS announced plans to do their version of Blurr I was less than excited.   Not only was there zero nostalgia there on which to build a foundation of good will, the version they were choosing to do- his Cybertronian alt mode and no version of his robot mode that I’m familiar with- I was more puzzled than elated.  That said, now that I have Overclocking in hand I can only sing his praises.  So, does he do a good job of erasing John Moschitta’s awful scattershot G1 voiceover from my mind?  Let’s find out.


Articulation:

Better than I was hoping for, I’ll just start there.  Anytime a figure I wasn’t expecting much from blows me away I’ll definitely doth my hat to it, and Overclocking deserves as much ‘dothing’ (is that a word?) as I can manage.  He’s got all of the requisite swivels, pivots, and joints you’d expect from a standard third party figure plus a few surprises; like really good ankle tilts and hip/leg swivels.  All of his joints are nice and tight as well.  The one concern area is the somewhat loose wrists, which one hopes will not become a problem down the road.  Why would they?  After all they only hold his gun and make his all-important gesticulating movements.  The very same movements that could signal his fellow Autobots to safety or, if they broke off in mid battle, could mean certain death for all involved!  Seriously though, the aforementioned wrists don’t interfere with holding weapons or any other functionality fortunately, but again may be something to keep an eye on or at the very least treat with care.


Paint:

Well, there’s not much here.  I think he has a grand total of roughly two paint apps- silver on all of his exhaust vents and on several pistons near his neck/head.  Otherwise he’s molded in color.  Having silver paint on his face would have been a nice touch, but it also would have ruined the G1 feel that SXS is going for.  Sometimes less is more and at other times less is less.  In this case I’d say it’s a clear case of the former working in favor of the whole.  Had they gone crazy with paint apps it wouldn’t be Blurr, and since this version of the character is more interpretational it might have been more dangerous to stray too far from what’s expected.


Transformation:

His transformation is fairly simple and straight forward, but definitely manageable and not vexing.  That’s probably the best way to describe what’s going on with this figure.  The one area of concern for some might be creating the ‘sluice tunnel’ on his back in bot mode that allows his head assembly to slide back on pivot joints, but otherwise he should be a fairly straight forward and fun transformation.

 
Bottom Line:

Overclocking surprised me on many levels- all of them good.  No one gets me to like a character I’ve formally found lackluster without really trying their best, and to that end SXS has done a wonderful job in convincing me that, under the right conditions, Blurr can actually be cool.  In other words I’m officially a convert!  That’s not to say that I’m now a fan of John Moschitta’s voiceover, but hey you can’t ask for everything all at once.  Ultimately this figure is well deserving of a purchase.

SXS Toys R-02 Overclocking now in-stock!!

SXS Toys R-02 Overclocking

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