Toy Review - DotM Human Alliance Drag Strip

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Got him today, and am quite liking him. Nothing exceptional, but a decent little guy. I'm pretty much ignoring the 3rd/weapon mode (much like all the other HA Scouts), but both the robot mode and the alt-mode are pretty solid (and the latter as mentioned is surprisingly large). The human/hologram doesn't entirely fit in well, but works alright standing next to it - not something that really bothers me personally, but a bit disappointing from a line whose gimmick is playability with the human accessories.
I only really have 2 complaints: firstly, the 'bot-mode hands are sculpted such that for him to have working elbows requires his hands to face palm-up, and his blades to point to the ground. Second, the blades don't really work with the alt-mode - in fact, the blades just don't work period. They don't mesh with the alt-mode, and the least obtrusive place I've been able to find for them in 'bot-mode is attached to his purple back-shield-thingy - which makes him look like that old Pokemon with the head-horns. It's not quite possible to store them underneath the vehicle-mode, as they're just a bit too wide to work with the front wheels. On the upside, if you push the c-clip joints together they make a reasonable boomerang-type weapon and/or glider wings for the HA figure. All in all, I'd suggest just leaving out his accessories - human/hologram included - altogether.

I got mine loose/complete for about $5 (with the intent of repurposing it as an Odieverse Spastic, because having a mook named Spastic amuses me), but I don't know if I'd have been happy for much over $10 for it.

In summary: it's a good toy in it's own right for its price point, but with slightly remolded arms and better accessories it could have been very good.
7/10