Toy Review - Age of Extinction Dinobot Slash (Deluxe)

[BigTransformerTrev]

Picked this guy up for half his usual price due to a price scanning snafu at TRU on the weekend. Kinda glad because I get the feeling I may have felt a little ripped paying the full $30 for him.

It's not a bad toy per-se, but it's certainly not great. The colour scheme is a bit full on, the transformation is not hard but not particularly intuitive and I cant say his robot mode or his feathers turning into weird club thingies are particularly impressive. That said, his dino mode is ok (like they went out of the way to make him the missing link between dinosaurs and birds), the head of his robot mode looks good and the head of the raptor looks awesome - so angry & evil with a mouthful of chompers!

I'd recommend picking Slash up if like me you are A: Getting a full set of the AoE Dinobots, and/or B: You can find him for $15 like I did

I think we will look back on Slash after the movie comes out and realise he is the first non-screen character we got in the line.

I get the feeling you may be right. Either way, I reckon they could/should have made this toy a commander or Legion class size, then people might have a chance of buying the Dinobot toys in a relatively realistic scale with each other based on the dinosaurs they are modeled on. But then Strafe has got two heads so that has thrown the chance of making these robotic transforming dinosaurs from an alien planet in any way realistic anyway

[MayzaPrime]

I really think so far Slash is the weakest Dinobot figure.

Having said that I still have him

[Omega Metro]

I got mine today. I must say I quite like it. I turned the feathers on his knees around as they were annoying me. Better figure than I was expecting.

[M-bot]

Easily the worst of the Dinobots so far. A really disappointing toy. Small, garishly coloured, terrible articulation (especially the arms and the shoulders). It's a Scout class toy if I've ever seen one. The only positives are the axe weapons that can be stored in the dino forearms, but I'm not sure why they had to be made of the rubbery plastic that adorns so many of the AOE toys.

[i_amtrunks]

Only bought men cheap on sale, still not happy with the value for money.

Aside from line wide issues like the hint size and rubberised parts, the transformation is annoying and the breastplates don't like staying in the right spot for robot mode. The knee feathers get in the way and the arms are ridiculous, they can barely move, cannot be put in decent poses and generally look terrible.

I okay with the colours and the inclusion of feathers, but the toy itself is a bad design with an awful transformation. Only get it if, like me, you wanted the whole set if Dinobots.

[GoktimusPrime]

Mild Spoiler: Slash doesn't appear in the film. So Slash isn't an 'essential' toy for those who are looking to collect screen characters.

Only bought men cheap on sale,

LOL!