Toy Review - Titans Return Galvatron

[doublespy]

I voted no. As the lack of head articulation kills it for me. I think it's a must have for any modern action figure. It gives the figure personality.

I agree with you Goktimus that it's absolutely unnecessary to make Galvatron a headmaster, but I personally don't have any problem with him being one. In fact I'm enjoying this gimmick a lot more than I thought I'd be. The problem I have is surely they could've found a better way to make the gimmick work better and preserve the neck rotation. I don't think an external helmet would work though as it'll make the head look too big on a Voyager body. That's why only the Leaders have integrated masks (with roughly the same sized heads across the board, Deluxes look a bit bobble headed and Voyagers without any add on mask like Astrotrain and Alpha Trion look quite beefy)

I've seen him in person and he's so close to be that perfect modern Galvatron for me. The sculpt is incredibly strong and expressive and the cannon mode just captures the essence of that ridiculous design so well, better than some of the 3rd party takes imho.

Think I will pick him up eventually and mod the neck. But I don't want to compromise the head master gimmick and compatibility either.

[philby]

I just acquired mine this morning and it opened it up. This is my first ever Galvatron toy. Initial first up thoughts are that this mask thing is stupid and why can't he have rotating wrists. Hmmm.

[Dimi194]

Just got this guy today and hmmm....

I think he looks great (except the head), but the actual figure is a bit painful. Legs are nice, but the tiny side armour pieces keep popping off on mine and disappearing into the never never.

Arm are okay, but the awkward attachment of the big cannon is a pain and the hollow forearms are the worst on any TR/CW figure that I've noticed (not sure why, maybe the colouring?)

Jet mode is fun, cannon mode doesn't mean anything to me (know nothing about G1 hahaha).

Now the head.... I actually think it looks okay (would be nice if Nucleon was purple like TT) but the biggest annoyance for me is the lack of rotation; considering they knocked Alpha Trion, Sentinel/Astro and Blaster out of the park re: add on mask-y things, idk why they mucked this one up so much, esp considering the need to turn the figure sidewards to get any meaningful poses with the arm cannon!

Overall great idea, but a lot of small niggles... he was the Voyager I was most keen for but he's coming in a solid last :P

[philby]

yeah i pretty tempted actually to check out some options for this. I know there are at least an arm/cannon thingy from people 3d printing on shapeways and possible a head thingy as well.

[CHILENO20]

yeah i pretty tempted actually to check out some options for this. I know there are at least an arm/cannon thingy from people 3d printing on shapeways and possible a head thingy as well.

Shapeways 3rd party cannon joint is recommended. I have it on my TT Galvatron and it works really well.

[philby]

I've transformed him to cannon then spaceship spaceship spaceship! and back to robot again. I voted 'only if something else' - if you have no other galvatron like me. I just don't feel very wowed about it. You can't move his head. Pretty much at all! That's just not on. The tailfin thing gets in the way of the waist rotation. There are no swivels or anything on the arms or wrists. The cannon and attachment are really bulky on the arms. The tank treads just sit there behind his arms. In cannon mode there is no attempt to hide or smooth out any of the robot mode leg details. I don't know if my expectations are too high but I feel like in this day and age there should have been more effort on some of these aspects for this size and price toy.

I dunno, it is a bit of a letdown and I'm surprised at how negative I am about it. The robot mode has heaps of fantastic detail but it seems a bit of a waste.