Friday, July 6, 2012

MUDFLAP



This is one of the twins in the Transformers Movie saga. Although I have no interest in both of them, I picked it off the shelf because it was going at clearance price.




Out of the package Mudflap looks rather simple & sleek in the Chevrolet Spark mode.




Here, you can see that there are two holes on the roof where you can attach his MechTech weapon. The weapon itself has a gimmick. When you pull the top switch on the blaster back, a battle axe will flip out from the side.

Transformation is a real pain as a number of joints are super tight such as the leg, rear spoiler and toes while the arm joints and front hood are very flimsy. They tend to detach during transformation.




Once in robot mode, Mudflap looks just plain weird, like the previous molds in ROTF & TFTM. He has an oversized left arm, while his twin brother Skids an oversized right.




The weapon however does not fit snugly in either of the hands. However for display purposes, they look just fine as you can see. 

Lastly the pain of transformation comes again when you try to convert it back to its vehicle mode. If you don't tuck the legs in nicely, it'll be difficult to clip on the rear spoilers. If the arms are not tucked in properly, the lower skirting of the car, and the windows will be jutting out.


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