Intro:
I
have to admit, although the Car Robots/ Robots in Disguise series was first
broadcasted in 2001, I haven’t watched it before. Still, I do recognize the
characters from the series, and some of them are also on my hit list such as
Gigatron, Fire Convoy and Ultra Magnus, just to name a few.
But
one particular set that I had never intended to get was the Buildmasters. The
Buildmasters is a special team of engineers and architects tasked to build the
Global Space Bridge. Unlike most special teams ever since G1, the Buildmasters
were never meant to be warriors and fighters, thus making them quite unreliable
in battles.
The
members of the Buildmasters are also capable of combining to form a super robot
called Build King, or Landfill in the Robots in Disguise (RiD) series, which we
will be reviewing in Part 5 of this series of reviews.
It
was pure coincidence that I managed to find this group, and with a proper nudge
from my pal Big Daddy V, I finally relented to what I already wanted to do.
The
members of the Buildmaster that I will be reviewing are sold in a different
packaging, and all of them are Takara releases.
Build
Typhoon, or better known as Heavy Load in the RiD continuity, is the tough guy cum
joker in the group. He’s strong and very agile, since he is a master martial
artist.
Alternate
Mode:
Build
Typhoon transforms into a yellow-colored dump truck.
Just
like his other comrades, Build Typhoon is quite detailed. And has just the
right size.
He
doesn’t have that much gimmick, except that the dump-bed at the back does tilt
down as if Built Typhoon is emptying trash. The kibbles are less obvious and
are very minimal.
Robot
Mode:
Build
Typhoon’s robot mode is very stout. In Lord of the Rings terms, I kind of
imagine Build Boy as the Hobbit; Build Hurricane as an Ent; and Build Typhoon
is analogous to being a Dwarves – short and stout.
Typhoon
stands at about 5-inches tall. In terms of physical proportions, apart from
being stout, Typhoon has huge feet! To the point it almost feels like duck
feet.
That
aside, I especially love the head sculpt – the smirk really gave this guy some
character. Being the joker of the team, I guess that’s essential.
Articulations
–wise, the head turns 360°; the shoulders, although they are on ball joints,
they can’t really do anything much, apart from rotating 360°. Because of its
designs and shape of the shoulders, you can’t really lift the arms outward,
which is ashamed really.
The ball joints
on the hips and elbows, on the other hand, work just fine – they are able to do
what they were set out to do.
So, yeah, the
articulations aren’t exactly stellar, but it’s just okay , and a bit below
average if you ask me.
In this mode, Typhoon
also wields the Dump Claw, formed by his dump-bed.
Overall:
Build Typhoon is
an okay figure. On its own, he doesn’t do much and I probably won’t go out on a
limb to find this particular figure.
Final
verdict: 6.5/10.
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