Toy Review - POTP VOY Grimlock

[G1Optimal]

Got it in late feb-early march ..
I feel thatthe back kibble is not as bad as i was expecting but if you are fussy i do notthink it will bug you very much.

[Sutton]

Wow, that is one fat dinosaur. Too many late-night Sharkticons and energon goodies, bozo.

Other than that it's not a bad update. Now I just need his buddies upsized to match - at least Sludge if no-one else.

[bowspearer]

After seeing POTP Predaking, one thing which disappoints me is that the enigma isn't a transforming Prime Master like Predaking's is.

[shockNwave]

I feel I have to review Volcanicus because historically it's the first time Hasbro have made a dinobot combiner.

It's an awkward one due to it's lanky frame which is reminiscent of FOC Bruticus but the POTP feet are larger than the CW combiners feet and that helps to minimise instability. I like the feature of a swivelling waist which can add to better battle poses.

The best limb arrangement I find is to have Swoop and Snarl as the arms which allows Swoop's wings to be folded out in various ways and the same applies to Snarl's spiny tail which results in a combiner with very fearsome shoulders.

P.S. It's worthy of posing alongside PCC Grimstone ( the nearest equivalent ).

[GoktimusPrime]

I feel I have to review Volcanicus because historically it's the first time Hasbro have made a dinobot combiner.

That's not true, but it is certainly better than their previous attempt in 2005. But one of the dumbest things about the Unicron Trilogy Dinobots is that they were given no weapons and their fists are incompatible with the 5mm post. This made absolutely no sense because one of the greatest things that Armada established was the universal standardisation of the 5mm weapon post. So the frustrating thing about those Dinobots is that not only did they not come with any weapons of their own, but you can't even share weapons from any other UT figure or even give them Mini-Con weapons like the Star Sabre etc. And yeah, on top of that the individual figures are pretty poor and the combined mode is terrible.

I have zero interest in ever combining Volcanicus (I skipped POTP Grimmie), but I enjoy the other Dinobots as stand alone figures. And if you enjoy them as a combined gestalt, that's fine too. The toys work well either way. The Energon Dinobots suck as both stand alone figures and as a gestalt.

[shockNwave]

That's not true, but it is certainly better than their previous attempt in 2005. But one of the dumbest things about the Unicron Trilogy Dinobots is that they were given no weapons and their fists are incompatible with the 5mm post. This made absolutely no sense because one of the greatest things that Armada established was the universal standardisation of the 5mm weapon post. So the frustrating thing about those Dinobots is that not only did they not come with any weapons of their own, but you can't even share weapons from any other UT figure or even give them Mini-Con weapons like the Star Sabre etc. And yeah, on top of that the individual figures are pretty poor and the combined mode is terrible.

I have zero interest in ever combining Volcanicus (I skipped POTP Grimmie), but I enjoy the other Dinobots as stand alone figures. And if you enjoy them as a combined gestalt, that's fine too. The toys work well either way. The Energon Dinobots suck as both stand alone figures and as a gestalt.

I'm glad I didn't know of the existence of that Energon dinobot combiner. It's substandard enough to be overlooked because such a combiner should include the whole team rather than just Swoop and Grimlock.