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The long awaited Haslab Deathsaurus has finally shipped, and I was fortunate enough to receive it actually on schedule, right before the Christmas. This figure was funded last summer I think, and reached all its goals, so the bonus parts of the throne, the Micromasters, and the various weapons were all produced.
LIke Victory Saber, the figure came iin a giant box within a shipper box. Skipped the slip cover this time for a secondary brown box, with smaller boxes holding the contents of the set itself. Box art leaned heavy into the Japanese side of things, just like Victory Saber did.
Like Victory Saber, Deathsaurus is very much unknown to a large number of Hasbro only collectors, and featured gimmicks that were never sold by Hasbro, namely the Breastmasters. Deathsaurus is a double Breastmaster with both Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast fitting into the cavity of his chest.
While I am not a fan of skimped paint, most notable being the lack of silver and loss of colour on the throne, the lack of needing to deal with combining robots did allow for Hasbro/Takara to crate a much more solid figure, or more accurately, one that's less finnicky. The chrome used for the wings of Tigerbreast is undoubtedly much better than the material used for Victory Leo and Star Saber, resulting in people actually resorting to using chrome tape to fix issues with that set. To be fair, it seems ALL of the paint work on Deathsaurus is better than on Victory Saber, and I imagine the sheer number of complaints Hasbro received probably caused them to double check their QC procedures. No lame decals to apply this time around.
Also, unlike Victory Saber, Deathsaurus actually came with all the necessary parts AND cavities in the figure itself, and as such transformation was not affected in any way.
Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast retain that G1 aesthetic while offering some modern conveniences,whereas the degree of modernization on Deathsaurus himself is more obvious., Additional points of articulation added just for the purposes of being able to pose the figure, including a slight ab crunch, and I really like how the Beast mode claws flare out and the wings have some articulation options. The shoulders feature a collection of thin panels that give the arms more range of motion and are used in transformation, which is great, but I feel that the material used warrants the owner to be weary when operating said shoulders.
Otherwise, range of articulation is pretty much what you'd expect from a larger mainline figure., including the articulated hands.
Transformation into Beast Mode isn't too difficult, with the shield folding up into a tail. The head actually has a ball joint so you can actually pose that a bit, and there are some articulation points for the smaller claws.
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The long awaited Haslab Deathsaurus has finally shipped, and I was fortunate enough to receive it actually on schedule, right before the Christmas. This figure was funded last summer I think, and reached all its goals, so the bonus parts of the throne, the Micromasters, and the various weapons were all produced.
LIke Victory Saber, the figure came iin a giant box within a shipper box. Skipped the slip cover this time for a secondary brown box, with smaller boxes holding the contents of the set itself. Box art leaned heavy into the Japanese side of things, just like Victory Saber did.
Like Victory Saber, Deathsaurus is very much unknown to a large number of Hasbro only collectors, and featured gimmicks that were never sold by Hasbro, namely the Breastmasters. Deathsaurus is a double Breastmaster with both Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast fitting into the cavity of his chest.
While I am not a fan of skimped paint, most notable being the lack of silver and loss of colour on the throne, the lack of needing to deal with combining robots did allow for Hasbro/Takara to crate a much more solid figure, or more accurately, one that's less finnicky. The chrome used for the wings of Tigerbreast is undoubtedly much better than the material used for Victory Leo and Star Saber, resulting in people actually resorting to using chrome tape to fix issues with that set. To be fair, it seems ALL of the paint work on Deathsaurus is better than on Victory Saber, and I imagine the sheer number of complaints Hasbro received probably caused them to double check their QC procedures. No lame decals to apply this time around.
Also, unlike Victory Saber, Deathsaurus actually came with all the necessary parts AND cavities in the figure itself, and as such transformation was not affected in any way.
Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast retain that G1 aesthetic while offering some modern conveniences,whereas the degree of modernization on Deathsaurus himself is more obvious., Additional points of articulation added just for the purposes of being able to pose the figure, including a slight ab crunch, and I really like how the Beast mode claws flare out and the wings have some articulation options. The shoulders feature a collection of thin panels that give the arms more range of motion and are used in transformation, which is great, but I feel that the material used warrants the owner to be weary when operating said shoulders.
Otherwise, range of articulation is pretty much what you'd expect from a larger mainline figure., including the articulated hands.
Transformation into Beast Mode isn't too difficult, with the shield folding up into a tail. The head actually has a ball joint so you can actually pose that a bit, and there are some articulation points for the smaller claws.