Waspinator Review:
Bio on back of card says that after some experiments performed by Blackarachnia on Waspinator, he became a wasp with the ability to survive even after being blown to bits. His hatred for Bumblebee still lingers strongly.
I guess he shares a common vendetta as Blackarachnia has with Sentinel & Optimus.
Waspinator's new alt mode is of a wasp. The paintjob consists of black on the abdomen neck, back and waist. There's also some silver for the insignia and on the side of his torso. Some light green paint apps on the wasp mode forehead and antennae. There's plenty of clear purple plastic used for the wings, eyes, elbows and thighs. Just enough to break the monotony of dark green for the arms and legs. Play value isn't much in this mode. The back legs can be positioned easily enough in all sorts of angles. Although the four front legs share the one "shoulder" joint. The way the "shoulder" is positioned doesn't allow for much poses for the front 4 legs. Especially when the two are joined on the same arm. The head is pretty much stuck in that one position and cannot swivel or spin at all.
There's a small knob just behind the wings that when pulled back will make the wings flap out by about 2cm. Otherwise it has very little play value and is merely a display piece in alt mode.
The conversion to botmode is pretty much what you would expect just by looking at the two modes. Which is a little simple and somewhat uninteresting conversion.
The bot mode looks great but much like the alt mode, has very little play value besides the flapping wings. There are no new paint apps featured. The robot mode reminds me a lot of Swoop but a little chunkier. There are no included weapons but at least the proportions are perfect.
Articulation is excellent and the tail/abdomen is quite light that balance issues are very limited. There's four points of articulations on each leg, including a horizontal swivel on the thighs. Which I love in figures as it allows for great poses.
The head sculpt reveals a very large serrated jaw and clear purple light piped eyes. It's on a ball joint so it can be moved around as expected with a ball jointed head. Also note the two mini-arms (probably lent to him by Grimlock) that appears on his chest for some "fly-like" hand rubbing action. This isn't present in the alt mode but there is an option for you to make them a little visible in the alt mode.
Overall a very nice looking figure with very little play value. The lack of a weapon is to blame. Even if they incorporated a missile launcher for his tail, especially since the bio at the back says he has paralyzing stingers. A bit of a missed opportunity since the tail is just solid and has no conversion purposes. Definately a display piece.
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