Toy Review - Titans Return Highbrow

[SMHFConvoy]

I had a look at a video of it, when I eventually get one I'll just paint the forearms blue so it sort of blends in

[GoktimusPrime]

I don't mind the gaps in the arms. Works better than having flimsy arm doors like on Weirdwolf, and it doesn't appear to affect structural integrity. The clashing rotor blades do bother me though, but otherwise I think that Highbrow's transtector is really well done. And Xort is reasonably well done too, even if the paint apps are pretty lazy and make him look more like Battletrap. I also like how the guns are incorporated into the alt mode, forming landing gears beneath each wing. The main drawback of this toy - as mentioned by SharkyMcShark, is the incredibly loose Headmaster port. It's such a small yet critical flaw for what I find is otherwise a pretty nice toy. I hope that TakaraTOMY can at least address this issue for their version, and hopefully Hasbro might want to fix it for subsequent releases (but odds are they won't).

I'd vote "Only If" you really want a Classicsverse Highbrow.

[SharkyMcShark]

I don't mind the gaps in the arms. Works better than having flimsy arm doors like on Weirdwolf, and it doesn't appear to affect structural integrity.

Can't really agree on this at all.

I'd prefer to see an imperfect attempt to implement the feature > it not being done at all. Wolfwire's arm doors aren't the best you'll ever see, but they're also certainly far from a poor implementation (eg Generations Brainstorm v1).

As above, the forearms on this toy are particularly bad. They're hollow and the fists have no hard stopping point once they're folded out. There's a small notch you can feel they're meant to click into when they're straight but it's not the strongest of connections. It certainly doesn't hold in any useful way if you try and use Highbrow with any of the Titan Master companion vehicles in weapon mode.

[GoktimusPrime]

We'll just have to agree to disagree on this point.

[SMHFConvoy]

Btw as a quick no mod fix to the HM port: cut 6mm squares from the toy packaging or a piece of acetate and slot them on either side of the port

[GoktimusPrime]

Would clear nail polish also work?

[SMHFConvoy]

Haven't tried, so really I can't say.