Toy Review - Generations Darkmount

[Sleeve]

I haven't even transformed him yet and I'm blown away. Loving his alt-mode, and I'm honestly thinking he's one of my favourite CHUG figures.

EDIT:

Transformed him. Turret mode is meh, a little more gangly than it looked in photos, but would still go great with human figures from the HA series. Robot mode.......where's the drooling smiley?

[Stompy]

This is one impressive figure. The alt mode is alright, the battlestation alt mode is ok but obviously forced, but the robot mode is the winner here. Conversion I completely didn't expect, especially what previous tank figures conversions have been like. This breaks the trend and was blown away on what part of the tank became the legs and how everything folds and shuffles around to make a pretty bulky robot mode. The pick-axe is an awesome weapon and allows me to forgive the back pack kibble. JUST. This is a must have.

[dirge]

Excellent toy with a great transformation as Stompy mentioned. Good weapons, poseability & looks quite a bit like Straxus. It's just a shame the name got lost in translation.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Different vehicle mode. Very cool robot mode and a cool weapon plus he can reach across his chest. Instructions are crap, how do I mount his hook for storage? The picture is useless.

[5FDP]

So... this is available locally now?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

So... this is available locally now?

Yep, I picked mine up with WFC Megs from a Toyworld.

[kaiden]

great toy except for his ankles! they are so weak and awkward...

[Nightscreech]

really like this figure in vehicle and robot mode though i must admit i havent been able to do his turret mode properly... either way really cool figure looks nice and menacing.

[kurdt_the_goat]

Put me in the camp of people who don't know Straxus... When i first saw the online pics i didn't really get it.. didn't think much of his head (doesn't look very robotic to me) and I thought the ball-jointed ankles with gap would seriously bug me. But... decided to get him after watching some HD vid reviews... showing off the colours nicely. I think the colours are one of his strong points, nice primarys with highlights here and there.. unobtrusive hasbro grey. The head has grown on me and is fitting with the rest of the robot design. Pick-axe is cool and a first in my collection which is always welcome! Ankles are fine really and gaps don't bother me at all! He has good proportions and just looks cool. Shame they didn't do more with the backpack, when so much attention was clearly put into the rest of the figure.

Alt mode is nicely done, no obvious seams and holds together well. A bit more paint on the treads would have been nice though. I'm not a fan of the clippy-weapons which pop off too easily and don't think so many pieces to lose is a good idea! Would have preferred more solid, traditional mounting points.

Overall highly recommended!

[Paulbot]

Another Generation toy where my feelings seem to go against the love the rest of the board is feeling.

I've known who Straxus is since I was 8 years old, and that familarity with the character is why I'm keeping this one. It's a nice version of the character that looks like Straxus. Not that keen on an earth mode for such a character, but the way it hides the ax is interesting. Transformation of the legs and shoulders could be better, I dislike the way both end up in robot mode. I find the little add on guns annoying and like that they can be taken off and discarded. The Ax weapon is cool.

I'd hoped to really like the figure to justify getting the Skullgrin repaint (Skullgriin being one of the Pretenders I got as a kid) but I can't. One of this toy is enough. I would say if you don't know who Straxus is, avoid or only buy if cheap.