Toy Review - PotP Legends Cindersaur

[FatalityPitt]

Good review mate

Yeah, completely agree - far more an homage than an update. With a different alt-mode and gender it's certainly not that indicative of the G1 character, except for the purple paintjob and the name of course.

Plus with the gender change I don't think you can really describe it as the same character. I have zero problems with gender changes in Transformers when it is a different universe (Animated Red Alert, Timelines Drag Strip etc) but if it's meant to be the G1/Generations universe then it's a bit odd. Unless Jhaxius got hold of them of course

I was going to grab this figure but now I'm wondering if I will bother. Maybe if I see it on sale. Feels like they were simply trying to get another use out of the Slash mold and Cindersaur was the only Con character they could think of. If it had been a completely new Female Con character I'd probably be searching the shops right now

I reckon the Beast Hunters version of Cindersaur did a better job of recreating the character than this toy has.

Thanks, I just wanted to share some thoughts, because to me some of the details around this figure are somewhat strange/interesting.

It's weird because within the same lore/continuity surrounding these toys, this character is addressed and both male and female (see his/her Alpha Trion and Micronus cards). I've just thrown my hands up in the air and decided it should be at the discretion of the customer, so I picked female. It's ok if other people prefer to think of this as male.

I think at the end of the day, this is just a Decepticon version of Slash with Cindersaur's name and colours. That's all it has in common with the G1 Firecon. The packaging bio reads "Likes to roast Autobots and guzzle lava", which is quite vague and can be used to describe any Decepticon with a dragon mode. The description on the Hasbro website even refers to him/her/it as a Terrorcon (really).

As to whether to pick it up or not; I'd say eye-ball it at the store if you get a chance and decide from there, but if you already have Slash; you wouldn't be missing out on much by skipping this toy.

EDIT: I just looked up the original toy's tech spec bio. Huh, so the PotP packaging bio is consistent with the G1 toy's bio ("Hobbies include barbequeing Autobots and drinking lava...")... My bad! I should have done my research beforehand. So, this is suppose to represent G1 Cindersaur... huh...

(it's just a toy, not worth over-analysing)

[GoktimusPrime]

That's kinda cool as it makes Cindersaur the first (or one of the first) gender fluid Transformers. Yeah, I know that it makes no sense from a scifi POV for genderless robots - but none of the gender stuff does. But for gender-fluid fans out there this would be something that might resonate with them.

[FatalityPitt]

That's kinda cool as it makes Cindersaur the first (or one of the first) gender fluid Transformers. Yeah, I know that it makes no sense from a scifi POV for genderless robots - but none of the gender stuff does. But for gender-fluid fans out there this would be something that might resonate with them.

Putting the Trans in Transformers

[GoktimusPrime]

Gender-fluid's not the same as transgender.

Back on topic, here are some comparison pics...