Mastermind Creations Boreas - Cyclonus

Mastermind Creations Boreas - Cyclonus

Jaegertron is my least favorite of Mastermind Creations offerings. I don't dislike the figure, but I'm not as fond of it as others in the line. Boreas doesn't bring anything new to the sculpt to change my opinion on it, but I still enjoy the figure.

I like his space fighter mode more than Jaegertron's. It seems to hold together a little better. There are still gaps in the body. His nose cone looks like it should close up more securely, but it doesn't. Although his cockpit canopy doesn't open, he has working landing gears that let him roll along pretty smoothly. Generations Brainstorm still has my favorite space fighter mode though. The guard of his sword has a magnet that lets it attach to metal circles underneath either wing.

As is usually the case, transformation to robot mode is pretty straightforward. On my copy, the wing of his left leg won't stay tight against his leg. Going back to his space fighter mode, I had trouble getting his right side to stay tabbed together. His feet keep popping up and his instep covers won't stay down. When I saw stress marks forming on the backpack pieces of his wings along the joints, I stopped trying to squeeze him together.

Like Jaegertron, his arms reach to his knees and his legs are never really straight. I wish the wings would either have a solid click for being extended or tab to his backpack instead of flapping about loosely. I'm not sure that I like the pink lines running throughout his body. Perhaps red or purple lines would look nicer. The paint is clean though. I like the face sculpt on the head with the missing horn. As expected, there is no shortage of line work for lots of visual interest. 

I think his head is on a rod at the end of a ball joint, but it is effectively a limited swivel with virtually no vertical articulation. His shoulders are on swivels and hinges. The swiveling plates they rest on stay in place more readily than they did on Jaegerton. Unfortunately, he can only raise his arms to about 45 degrees before his shoulders hit his head. He swivels at his biceps, forearms, wrists, waist, and thighs. His elbows and knees are double-jointed, but only his knees have ratchets. He can almost perform full curls at both joints. His fingers are fixed in an open grip. His hips are on universal joints, with ratchets in the frontal axis. He can achieve a full side splits, but not quite a full front splits. His feet are on ball joints. 

His accessories include a sword and two heads. It's more or less the same style of swords we've been getting with the Reformatted figures. There is some metallic gold paint application on the base of the blade and the guard. He holds it just fine in his hands. One head has both horns intact and gold eyes while the other has a missing horn and red eyes. I wish he came with a rifle.

Boreas will stand on my Reformatted shelf. This is not my favorite Mastermind Creations mold so I hope it's the last we will see of it. However, I've yet to tire of these figures so I can't wait to get more.

Maketoys MCB-03P Devil Stinger and MTCD-01 Striker Noir, now in-stock!

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Look at what arrived! We now have Maketoys MCB-03P Devil Stinger and MTCD-01 Striker Noir, and we're processing them for your. Once we're done with pre-orders, we'll likely have limited stock of these items. Make sure to get yours by following the links below. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!

Unique Toys M02 Gahz'ranka, now up for pre-order!

Unique Toys M02 Gahz'ranka

Unique Toys M02 Gahz'ranka is the second member of the Ragnaros Combiner. This is their version of Swindle. Coming out in July 2017. Reserve yours today by using the links. Thank you for choosing The Chosen Prime!

Unique Toys M01 Archimonde, now up for pre-order!

Unique Toys M01 Archimonde

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Bandai Chogokin TAMASHII MIX Mechagodzilla (Ohrai Noriyoshi Poster Ver.), now up for pre-order!

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Mech Planet THS-05 Soundboard with THS-06 Bat Soldier, now in-stock!

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Fans Hobby Megatooth - Repugnus

I only have vague memories of the Monsterbots. I think I had the Doublecross figure when I was a kid. Fans Hobby Megatooth is a big and chunky version of Repugnus that I'm glad I finally decided to pick up.

Beast mode is really odd looking, but so was the original character. He's huge and is practically the same height as in robot mode. His claws and and mandibles are chromed. The bug head really creeps out my daughters. I love it.

His articulation is mostly the same in both modes. His beast neck is on a ball joint. His mouth can open quite a bit. While his mandibles can only widen a little, his claws can spread pretty wide. His arms are on swivels and hinges, with swivels just above the elbows. His double-jointed elbows let him bend his arms 90 degrees in both directions, but the lower joints are really loose. His feet claws can tilt upward.

Transformation between both modes is extremely simple. Not only are there really few steps, but there is absolutely no fiddliness. Everything lines up easily and readily. Those looking for a challenge may be disappointed.

In robot mode, his chest proportions are a little odd and his backpack is pretty large. Despite that, he is very well-balanced. Although the few paint application that is present is cleanly applied, I do not care for the Fans Hobby branding on his legs and crotch. It's nothing that can't be fixed in Photoshop if I use him in a project.

His head is on a ball joint and his neck sits on a tilting platform for transformation. He can look down more than up. His shoulders are on hinges and ratcheted swivels. They can raise outward and upward to 90 degrees. He swivels at his biceps, wrists, waist, and thighs. His thumbs are fixed. The rest of his fingers are single-pinned and articulate as one unit, but his pointing fingers have an additional articulating knuckle. His elbows and knees are ratcheted and double-jointed. His elbows can achieve full curls. It seems as if his knees would be able to as well but for the claws hitting the back of his body. He also has an ab crunch. His hips are on ratcheted universals that allow him to achieve full front and side splits. His feet are on hinged ball joints for a wide range of motion for ankle tilts and rockers. Although he doesn't need it, the claws on the back of his feet can be folded down to act as heel spurs.

His only accessory is his rifle. It is white plastic with panel lines but no paint. The barrel detaches. The handle and his hands use a slot and groove mechanism, similar to that of the Maketoys Headmasters. Unfortunately, it is not as secure as it should be because of the hand sculpt. The rifle will eventually rise up and fall out of his hands as you manipulate his arms, but it's nowhere near as bad as most Masterpiece-styled tabs.

I've reorganized my display along companies and lines. Megatooth will stand next to the Headmasters from Maketoys. His beefy proportions may not be completely true to the original character, but I find it sets him apart from most of the other figures on my shelves. Although I'll probably skip their Archenemy figure, I'm definitely looking forward to getting my hands on the rest of the Monsterbots from Fans Hobby.