Toy Review - Titans Return Wolfwire (AKA WeirdWolf)

[davieanix]

Posted this elsewhere, but just check his wrist hinges for cracks and stress marks.

[SharkyMcShark]

Yeah there are a few reasonably widespread QC issues on this figure it seems.

The main two are the cockpit hinge cracking and the wrists showing stress marks.

The cockpit hinge on mine is fine but the inside of the right wrist has a small stress mark.

[UltraMarginal]

I'm not overly impressed with the hind leg articulation in wolf mode. there are barrels of joints but because of the limitations in movement of the upper part of the leg the lower legs can't really do many different poses that still look reasonable when taking the rest of the figure into account.

some interesting transformation steps but i'm not blown away.

[Lint]

Best TR figure so far for all the reasons already mentioned. I think the lack of wrist articulation is compensated for with the arm swivel and elbow hinge (instead of a cheap floppy ball joint). My only criticism is that his yellow toe pieces tend to pop off too easily during transformation.

I have also just realised that I've had him mistransformed with beast feet in bot mode the whole time. I actually think he looks better that way though, more balanced from both a proportions and colour perspective.

[GoktimusPrime]

Managed to see a Wolfwire toy in hand and took some side by side comparison pics with Weirdwolf.

L: Weirdwolf, R: Wolfwire


I actually prefer the more uniform grey on Wolfwire's sword. Unfortunately Hasbro's gone with a cheaper shade of grey whilst TakaraTOMY's grey looks much nicer.


STR INT SPD


Cross Head On!


L: Weirdwolf, R: Wolfwire. Weirdwolf has silver teeth with dark burgundy coloured inner mouth while Wolfwire's entire inner mouth and teeth are all red.


Wolfwire has more colours happening in alt mode.


Monzo and Monxo


Wolfwire doesn't really have fewer paint ops than Weirdwolf - all told, both toys have about the same amount of paint ops as each other. But I think that overall TakaraTOMY have made better decisions in terms of where to use their paints. Hasbro could've easily skipped a paint op or two on from another part of the toy in order to paint Monxo's face (e.g. skipped painting that red strip on the back of the blade). IMHO Weirdwolf looks much nicer, but granted that it does cost twice as much as Wolfwire. So both toys are pretty good given their respective prices.

[SharkyMcShark]

Thanks for the photos GP.

I genuinely prefer the Hasbro version, mismatched yellow and all, though I do agree that I'd have sacrificed the splash of red on the sword for a painted Monxo face.

[shockNwave]

I know I'm in the minority when I say I have a soft spot for Snarl (Cybertron series) but Wolfwire is what Snarl should have been.

When compared to Snarl, Wolfwire has the better head sculpt in both modes. In alt. mode the limbs are bulky and therefore better proportioned to match the body and the tail is more dynamic looking due to the curvature and therefore more closer to being realistic.
All up I find him to be the best deluxe in the TR series partly because I prefer beast alt. modes over vehicle alt. modes (no offense to the Hardhead fans).

P.S. Wolfwire has a better cockpit than Skullsmasher.