Toy Review - AIRAZOR (ROTB Deluxe)

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AIRAZOR
Series - Generations
Sub-line - Studio Series
Hypo-line - Rise of the Beasts
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - New (that's right)
Wave - 19
Released here - February 2023
Approximate Retail Prize - $35
Approximate Size - 14cm
Allegiance - Maximal
Alt-mode - Technorganic peregrine falcon
Main Features/Gimmicks - N/A
Main Colours - gold and beige
Main accessories - x2 photon blasters















First up, this toy is NOT a retool of Kingdom Airazor, she is a whole new mould with shared engineering with KD Airazor (just as ROTB Bumblebee has shared engineering with every other Studio Series Bumblebee toy, but is a new mould). This toy is larger than her Kingdom counterpart (in both robot and falcon modes) and has a few more tricks with the transformation, such as the torso being able to become longer or shorter thanks to a pair of Zed-joints. I'm not a fan of the decision to make the Maximals in this film all Technorganic, but this toy is so well done that I've ended up really liking it!

I nearly passed this toy up, but there's really more to her than meets the eye. Much like Cheetor, I didn't have high hopes for the Airazor (or the Maximals in general), but both toys have truly exceeded my expectations and turned this skeptic into a fan of both figures. If the other ROTB Maximals can at least match the standard set by Cheetor and Airazor, then I'm going to be one very happy chappy. It's one thing for a toy to impress someone who was expecting to like it; but in this case, Airazor has impressed someone who was expecting not to be impressed. I am impressed!

Recommended.