Toy Review - Robots In Disguise Stormshot
Coup de Tempête^STORMSHOT
Série - Robots Déguisés
Taille/classe - Gurrier
Nouveau/modifié - Nouveau
Assortiment - 9
sortie - Février 2017
Prix de vente conseillé - $29
Taille approximative - 13,1cm
Allégeance - Autobot
Transformation - Aéronef à décollage et atterrissage verticaux d'un avion de combat
caractéristique principale - non applicable
Couleurs principales - bleu, blanc, rouge et noir
Accessoires - Deux pistolets
Robot Mode
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Stormshot stands out wearing the colours of the Tricolore with black accents throughout. This may also be the first Autobot in this series to have red eyes (which is good as it contrasts with the blue helmet). Stormshot has a decent range of posability with 11 points of articulation, although the head joint on mine is really stiff. The two shoulder pylons obstruct with Stormshot's side view much in the same way as the G1 Seekers (although RiD Starscream's pylons have been moved to sit behind the shoulders and thus doesn't present this issue for the character). The toy also comes with two black guns, one large and one small. The vertical stabilisers on the back of the lower legs act as heel spurs and give this toy superior balance.
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Vehicle Mode
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I had raised hopes for this toy being one that isn't based on a show character, thus allowing HasTak greater creative freedom. But alas, it's not much better than other recent RiD Warrior Class figures. Having said that, the level of design/engineering in recent Warrior Class figures seems to be notably better than in early RiD Warriors. But basically the body is an immovable block with the limbs and kibble forming around it. Note that I didn't transform the shoulders properly in my photo, they do sit more flush to the body when transformed properly. :o
I do like how the shoulders become intake vents rather than just sitting there as blocks as with Windblade and Starscream. I also like the way that they've incorporated the Combiner Wars style open-swing-and-close style transformation with the legs, and we've seen this in other recent RiD Warriors too (even MPs have been using this feature on some parts). The underside of the cockpit/nosecone looks incomplete. The toy makes no effort to conceal the head (whereas Windblade and Starscream do), which I find pretty disappointing for a Warrior Class figure.
Overall
Unless Stormshot originated as a cartoon character (whose show model has already been made but has yet to appear in the cartoon), then this toy really should've been better. It's not a bad toy but it's not fantastic either. But points to Hasbro for originality. It's nice to have a toy that is an entirely new character and design that isn't based on derived from any other existing Transformer. Strongarm and many of the Decepticons fall into this category too, but we don't see too many really original Autobots in RiD.
