DevilSaviour DS-04 Smash, is now in-stock!

 

DevilSaviour DS-04 Smash

 

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Devil Saviour DS-05 Landslip, is now up for pre-order!

Devil Saviour DS-05 Landslip

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ToyWorld TW-C07H Constructor (Black Version), is now in-stock!

ToyWorld TW-C07H Constructor (Black Version)

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Generation Toy Gravity Builder Black Version, now up for pre-order!

Generation Toy Gravity Builder Black Version

We have the pre-orders up for Generation Toys Gravity Builder Black Version Set. This is going to have a limited release of 600 sets world wide. Get your reservations in by following the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!

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-C07Y Constructor Yellow Version is now in stock!

ToyWorld TW-C07Y Constructor Yellow Version

We've got our stock for ToyWorld TW-C07Y Constructor Yellow Version. Orders are being processed and shipped out. Get yours by following the links. Thank you for your continued support of The Chosen Prime!

ToyWorld TW-C Constructor Yellow Version set, now on pre-order!

ToyWorld TW-C Constructor Yellow Version set

We have the full set for ToyWorld TW-C Constructor (Yellow Version) now up for pre-order! We are expecting this to be in-stock in about two weeks. Reserve yours today! The set will come individually boxed for each member of the team. Thank you for choosing The Chosen Prime!

Generation Toy GT-1S Gravity Builder Green Shadow set, now up for pre-order!

Generation Toy GT-1S Gravity Builder Green Shadow set

We now have the Generation Toy GT-1S Gravity Builder Green Shadow set up for pre-order. This is a limited release from GT and will only have 888 sets available worldwide. Follow the links to reserve yours. We will only have a small number reserved for our store, so make sure you get in line as early as you can. Thank you for choosing The Chosen Prime!

Toyworld Unearth - Scavenger

Continuing with the next box that happened to be at the top of my unopened stack, Toyworld Unearth is another good entry in this line. Despite a couple of headaches I didn't experience with Toyworld Bulldozer, Unearth is an enjoyable figure that I'm glad to have.

Unlike Bulldozer and Shovel, Unearth has a cab for the driver. It doesn't open, but at least it's there. The treads are purple instead of green, but are of the same style. Neither side works very well because they are really tight. I suppose I can take some of the extra links to loosen both sides. The bucket is at the end of an articulated arm. It is ratcheted at the base and hinged in the middle and at the bucket. The hydraulics are functional, which is always a nice touch. Unfortunately, the platform that the cab sits on doesn't rotate.

Transformation is similar to Bulldozer, but I had a lot of trouble with the combiner peg and the crotch section. The combiner peg has extremely tight ratchets. I had to disassemble it to move it because I didn't feel comfortable exerting pressure on the hinges it sits in. Even then, I had trouble rotating it to the proper angle. The crotch pegs don't seem to line up with the slots. I had to take a blind leap of faith that I wouldn't crack the hinge or the slots and just shove really hard. The one transformation mechanic I hate more than having to yank on legs to extend them, is having to yank on a head to pull it out of a cavity. I always worry the pegs of the panel will eventually give way.

He has light-piping, but it's blocked by the large combiner peg behind his head. I didn't knock the feet design on Bulldozer quite enough. It makes a return here with Scavenger, and it's not appreciated. From a visual standpoint, it breaks up the form of the leg. From a functional standpoint, it doesn't work all that well. The purple treads are a welcome change to Bulldozer's green treads, but it could have still used some paint applications to break up the solid block of purple from the hips down. His red nipple paint is a bit sloppy, but the rest of the silver and yellows are cleanly applied. I think he's closer to his G1 animation model than Bulldozer is to his. His iconic abdomen plate is present. The rest of the sculpt doesn't veer off too far.

His head is on a swivel and hinge, but the downward articulation is nonexistent. His shoulders are on swivels and hinges and do not butterfly. He swivels at the biceps, wrists, and waist, but suffers the same thigh swivel limitation as Bulldozer. 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 bend past 90 degrees and single-jointed knees that just reach 90 degrees. His hips are on balljoints. Those springy shins make a return. His toes and heels tilt as a unit, but rock individually. Surprisingly, the bucket and its arm doesn't really get in the way of his posability. It works great as a third leg.

His accessories are the same as Bulldozer - a rifle, a forearm, a hand, a drill, extra treads, and some screw hole covers. His rifle is done in the same style as his teammates - black with red highlights. It uses a reverse Masterpiece-style tab. It works much better than most Masterpiece-style tabs. It can also peg in vehicle mode. The combiner hand is a right hand, done in the same style. 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. In the Bulldozer write-up, I'd forgotten to mention that the wrist peg is on a ratcheted hinge. The drill is black plastic. The extra treads are purple. The screw hole covers are mostly for the back of the figure.

Scavenger doesn't dissuade me from using this group in my Masterpiece display, for the time being. He scales well with his teammates and Masterpiece figures. He suffers from the same flaw as Bulldozer in regards to posability, but you can work around it. Unlike other Toyworld figures, I probably won't transform him too much because of that tight combiner port ratchet. Overall this is a good representation of Scavenger. Even if it weren't, if you're in for one, you're pretty much in for all.

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.

Generation Toy GT-1E Dump Truck is now in-stock!

Generation Toy GT-1E Dump Truck

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Generation Toy GT-1F Crane Video Preview

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Generation Toy GT-1E Dump Truck Video Preview

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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-C03 Burden Video Review

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ToyWorld​ TW-C04 Allocator Video Review.

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Toyworld TW-C02 Unearth Video Review

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ToyWorld TW-C02 Unearth, now in-stock!

ToyWorld TW-C02 Unearth

The second member of ToyWorld's TW-C Constructor - TW-C02 Unearth is now in-stock! Pre-orders are being processed. Get yours by following the links. Remember to take advantage of the Prime Diretives, and thank you 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!

Toyworld TW-C06 Concrete is now in-stock!

Toyworld TW-C06 Concrete

The 4th crew member of the Toyworld Constructor combiner, TW-C06 Concrete, is now available. You'll be two-thirds of the way to building Constructor. Follow the links to order yours! Thanks for choosing The Chosen Prime!