Toy Review - Beast Hunters Legion Twinstrike

[griffin]

(Please post photos, comments or even a fully comprehensive review - these are just brief details to get you started)

Series - Transformers Prime
Sub-line - Beast Hunters - Cyberverse
Size/class - Legion
New/remould/redeco - new
Wave - 1
Released here - March 2013
Approximate Retail Price - $7-9
Approximate Size - 7cm
Allegiance - Predacon
Alt-mode - two-headed beast
Main Features/Gimmicks - Combiner, Terrorcon homage (Sinnertwin)
Main Colours - Yellow, blue, purple
Main Accessories - weapon

[i_amtrunks]

While he has a relatively straightforward transformation, it is the little things that impress with Sinnertwin. The simple modification of being able to rotate his calves in alt mode into his robotic mode thighs makes a massive world of difference and is such an easy to implement step that more creature based alt mode should have utilised.

Great colours, the metallic sheen is supurb, it is a figure that looks better in real life as opposed to the photoshopped images.

Worth every cent.

[Trent]

So what's the go with this guy and Abominus? Is he part of the combiner or is it just the Target 5 pack that is getting released?

[GoktimusPrime]

Excellent toy. It's simple, but elegant and efficient. The engineering and design of this toy is really quite refreshing - they've really put in a notable effort to avoid this being yet another "stand up" transforming quadruped. The weapon can be both a melee hammer or a gun. This is really quite a fun toy that offers impressive value for its relative small size and cheaper price point.

Probably not worth Myer/Target's full $9 RRP, but for about $7 it's a great toy.

[griffin]

So what's the go with this guy and Abominus? Is he part of the combiner or is it just the Target 5 pack that is getting released?

It looks like these don't need any extra bits to combine, so if you get the five individual figures, you will still be able to create Abominus. I think the 5-pack is just a convenient way of getting the set all at once, instead of waiting several months for the individual toys. (and it is likely to be redecoed too, but not sure if it will, or needs to)

[Omega Metro]

Looks ok. Just so cheaply made and feels very delicate with all the twisting and turning.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Nice little figure, and the only one to incorporate his robot weapon into his beast mode. Colours are very good in homage to G1 Sinnertwin too.




For the record - I think 'Sinnertwin' is a cooler name than 'Twinstrike'. Sinnertwin sounds like some devil creature that is going to do painful and explicit things to you that you will not enjoy no matter your personal kink. Certainly more evocative than 'Blot' which sounds like a way you get red wine out of the carpet with a vinegar covered napkin