Toy Review - TFSS Spinister

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Name: SPINISTER with Shrute and Singe
Series - Timelines
Sub-line – TFSS 4.0
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - Redeco of CW Alpha Bravo
Wave - Third figure of the service
Released here - Nope
Approximate Retail Price - US$50+Shipping
Approximate Size - 15cm
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-mode - Helicopter
Main Features/Gimmicks - Combiner limb, Double Targetmaster
Main Colours – Purple, Pink, Blue
Main Accessories - gun, combiner fist/foot, 2 x Targetmasters




Robot Mode
The head is a little squarish and the optics a tad big but otherwise pretty good. Nothing new otherwise physically with the mold. Certainly a lot less stocky than G1 Spinister and the colour scheme is dead on.




Vehicle Mode
I’m not a great fan of how slim this mold is, it didn’t quite work for me as Blades and Vortex and I get the same feeling with Spinister. Still, they got that garish 1988 colour scheme just right!




Targetmasters
Not bad, the same molds they used for Needlenose and Scoops partners. Colours good. One thing – do NOT try to put them into the little black exhaust hubs on the sides of Spinisters vehicle mode. I tried and not only are they that mill too thick but trying to push them in will wear the black paint off very easily and show the pink underneath. You have to attach them via turning his arms around so the fist is up which puts his missiles in an awkward position.





Transformation
You KNOW how this works by now people!

Overall
Well, I’m not quite as impressed as I was with Needlenose and Grabuge but he is still a decent Timelines rendition of Spinister. There has been one before but this guy has his TM partners so he wins. Colours and mold are good and nice to have another member of Kroks crew onboard.