Toy Review - AIRAZOR (Kingdom)
Airazor
Series - Generations
Sub-line - War For Cybertron
Sub-sub-line - Kingdom
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - 2
Released here - March 2021
Approximate Retail Price - $30
Approximate Size - 12 cm
Allegiance - Maximal
Alt-mode - Hawk/Falcon (forgive me I am no birdperson)
Main Features/Gimmicks - Beast Wars Nostalgia, being an awesome transformer
Main Colours - Natural Brown, Fake Gold, Bright Orange
Main Accessories - Arm missiles
SUMMARY
- Sharp looker in both modes and the best articulated BW figure in Kingdom thus far (both modes)
- Can't really do much with the beast mode without a flight stand
- Transformation is solid but bland as expected
https://i.imgur.com/8OGmr2uh.jpg
She's a lady, wo wo woah put that missile down!
https://i.imgur.com/114tUV7h.jpg
Flying to the rescue
https://i.imgur.com/onVm3txh.jpg
Quit the superhero poses already
https://i.imgur.com/F2D0TpLh.jpeg
Totally not a predacon
THICK
Very rarely do I struggle to find criticism with a Transformers figure. Airazor is a near perfect execution of a deluxe figure and quantitatively is the best Beast Wars Kingdom offering yet. To say she looks extremely sharp in both modes is an understatement. Sculpting and colours are 100% on point. There is very little to nitpick at with regards to appearance and further to this she has phenomenal poseability to show off this beauty. This is thanks to the well weighted backpack of wings. Each wing has no less than 5 points of articulation which enables that minimal weight to get thrown around in every x-y direction as required. In birdy mode the balance is not so favourable, there are only so many ways you can balance 57 grams of plastic on those twiggy little bird legs, so a flight stand (which Airazor has a 3mm peg hole to accommodate) goes a long way in exploiting her beast mode goodiness. Up in the air, Airzazor's wings can flap any which way as do her legs, and beast head neck articulation and opening beak allow you to reinact any swoopy-stalky-screechy sequence from nature. Airazor's beast mode is far from wooden which is such a refreshing change given many the offerings so far. She's even better with a flight stand in bot mode, with the real look of a superhero floating gracefully and formidably around in the air. Transformation of Airazor doesn't provide any thrills being very seeker-esque but at least there are clever ways of hiding those robofists now. Airazor's accessories are nothing to write home about either (an arm mounted missile on each forearm which is somewhat faithful to the original BW show) but could prove to be good bolt-ons/decorations to existing WFC weapons. There is a huge lost opportunity in not putting a blast effects peg on the back end of each missile. That would have been awesome.
PROS
- Looks truly amazing in both modes, colours, sculpted detail, all of it!
- Best in class articulation and balance. Finally a beast with enough articulation to do justice to it's spirit animal!
- The above two cannot be understated
CONS
- Transformation is not awful at all, but a bit dullsville
- Accessories, while thematically accurate, are a bit blah. There is a big lost opportunity in not putting a blast effects peg at the end of each missile.
In conclusion: She's awesome and you'd be a fool to pass over her if you see her on a shelf!
