Toy Review - Cyberverse Deadlock

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DEADLOCK
Series - Cyberverse
Sub-line - Power of the Spark
Size/class - Warrior
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - IV
Released here - August 2019
Approximate Retail Price - $29
Approximate Size - 12.5cm
Allegiance - Amputeecon^Decepticon
Alt-mode - car
Main Features/Gimmicks - flip out swords
Main Colours - white with blue and red highlights
Main Accessories - none



It's better than most other Cyberverse Warriors but that's not saying much. The transformation is bit more involved but overall still really ordinarily underwhelming. This toy sports all the sparse paint ops of a Happy Meal toy. The arms have sacrificed having elbows for the sword gimmick. The swords out from under the arms instead of over like a Triggerbot/con. This is fine if the spring is tight, as it is on the left arm of my Deadlock, but if the spring is loose like on my Deadlock's right arm then the sword is floppy and cannot be "held" properly. The swords are also permanently sculpted with "swoosh" effects but coming from the reverse side of the blade which only makes sense of the blades deployed from above the arms like a Triggerbot/con! Deadlock can do something that I haven't seen any other Cyberverse Warrior do -- turn his head! Oh, and thanks to further QC issues on mine, the right arm on my Deadlock is prone to just falling right off. Yaaaay.