Toy Review - RID-15 Steeljaw (Warrior)

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STEELJAW
Series - Robots In Disguise
Sub-line - n/a
Size/class - Warrior (similar to Deluxe)
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - 1
Released here - scheduled for March 2015 (out in Asia & America December 2014)
Approximate Retail Price - AU$?? (probably about $30) US$15
Approximate Size - 13cm
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-mode - Sports Car
Main Features/Gimmicks - game "barcode"
Main Colours - Blue, grey, black
Main Accessories - Claw

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/tran...5/rid15a07.jpg
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It annoys me that Steeljaw is the most wanted Decepticon. Surely Starscream or Shockwave would be the most wanted...

He's the weakest of the wave one Warriors, but I'm still very happy to have him on the shelf.

When these were first released this was the one I was most keen on, but he's disappointing in person. Took two transforms before I noticed in package his arms weren't properly extended which improved things a bit with playability.

The beast mode head still throws me off a bit. I like the idea, but I kind of wish it was a mutant head and interchangeable with a normal head (like first year deluxe Predacons). The tail also just kind of hangs there in the way. Be curious to see if the show will sell me on the character.

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Originally Posted by MayzaPrime

It annoys me that Steeljaw is the most wanted Decepticon. Surely Starscream or Shockwave would be the most wanted...

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Someone else can't be in the spotlight every now and then? I actully like that it's not the same old formula over again.

I was honestly too distracted by the numerous flaws of this toy to be bothered by the bestial robot head. :p The forearm panels on mine don't lock into place and are highly prone to moving out of place when you move the forearms. The elbows on mine also can't bend, or at least don't seem able to -- I've applied a bit of excessive force and they still won't budge, and I'm too scared to push too hard in fear of breaking them. But the worst part IMO is the lack of heel spurs, causing the toy to fall over backwards easily. The only way to compensate for this is to make him drag his tail on the ground like a freakin' reptile, despite the mammalian/lupine motif of his robot mode. :rolleyes:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22..._shoulders.gif

I actually liked this figure more than I thought I would, since I'm not a great fan of the whole beast-robot concept.

Pro's:
*Nice stylized alt-mode. Not sure what its supposed to be though - a sports jeep?
*The dexterity and posability of the bot-modes tail is quite nice
*Transformation is intuitive
*Colour scheme and robots head indicative of AoE Steeljaw

Cons
*The biggest one for me is that his scanner badge is in the middle of his alt-modes windscreen - thats just an awful place for it! :mad:
*Transformation may be intuitive but for us old hands its too simple
*Toy is too small for the pricetag

Overall I don't think its a bad toy at all, just wish I had paid less for him. Also on a side note, from watching both AoE and the new RID cartoon, I find it very weird that in the movie he is just a snarling animal and in this cartoon he is a smooth talking con artist. Anyway, thats my two cents :)

I reckon that it is good for a Decepticon other then Megatron/Galvatron are Decepticon Leader. But only one Decepticon Warrior, out of all 3 Waves? (Sorry if you haven't seen Wave 2 is Drift and Optimus 3 is Jazz and Sideswipe) I think he doesn't look to bad, but CW definately is the dominant toyline.

I'm really not liking the big white faction logos in this line.

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Originally Posted by Gehirn

I'm really not liking the big white faction logos in this line.

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Yup, a big ugly sticker so you can scan it into a poorly made mobile game. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

I was honestly too distracted by the numerous flaws of this toy to be bothered by the bestial robot head. :p The forearm panels on mine don't lock into place

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The figure doesn't have clips to lock into place, every youtube review I've watched has mentioned it. Also the toy comes with the forearms not extended fully.

So I finally buckled and bought the steeljaw warrior class figure. Skinny, spindly arms that you gently have to bend in fear of breaking the arm, no heels for balance (although I think thats what the tail is for) and the hood of the car doesn't peg together securely.

Probably best to save 12 bucks and just buy the Legion class figure or wait and see if a newer version of the warrior class is released.

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Originally Posted by Trent

Someone else can't be in the spotlight every now and then? I actully like that it's not the same old formula over again.

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Agreed, he's an appropriate big bad for Bee and his team.

Pleasantly surprised; the lack of heel is annoying but I'm actually really digging the look (esp alt mode!)