Toy Review - Generations FOC Soundblaster & Buzzsaw

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Picked up mine today. Like Gok, I decided to go with Soundblaster over Wave, as I have Wave from WFC. Which is a nicer toy.

Its ok for the price I paid, special price. I am surprised at how fun Buzzsaw is and disappointed at the foo-barred gimmick not working properly. If you give it a good whack it's fine, but considering how most of the toy is compromised by the launcher gimmick, you'd think they'd have it spot on, not slightly stuffed.


Wouldn't mind hunting down the rest of the datadisc guys now!

Is there a way to have buzzsaw sitting on his shoulder that I can't work out, or is it photographic Majiks?

[GoktimusPrime]

I've worked out a way to make Buzzsaw eject consistently. Place your thumbs on the two bits that connect the front wheels to the body, the place your fingers on the back panel. Push the panel in toward you. I find this works every time, and it doesn't require excessive force.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I got nored one day and made this video of Buzzsaw transforming

http://tetstoys.blogspot.com.au/2012...ill-alive.html

[UltraMarginal]

I got nored one day and made this video of Buzzsaw transforming

http://tetstoys.blogspot.com.au/2012...ill-alive.html

That was really interesting thanks.

It's interesting seeing the shock of parts hitting their motions limits, rolling back through the structure of the toy. Lots of vibrations through the entire structure in a very small period of time.

A work mate posed the question of what sort of design life these fellas have. Fatigue in metals is a very serious design consideration, if these were metallic, you wouldn't expect more than a hundred or so transformations before fatigue cracking and failure occurred.

Being plastic however, if they have actually been designed so that the stress/strain on the plastic is below the elastic limit, they could last for as long as it takes for the plastic to become brittle from age/UV exposure.

I love these little guys