The second ever review sample that Fans Hobby kindly sent to me.
Overall the figure quite solid and have a good amount of heft. Now as a kid
during Beast Wars, I didn't know about Grotusque and the Monsterbots. It was
only in 2000 that I got what turned out to be a member of the team,
Doublecross. Though still don't have the other two G1 figures. So it is rather
cool to have a figure of the character now, quite tall one in that. Towers over
my G1 Doublecross and Titans Return Twinferno figures.
The figure has bonus parts, two optional faces, a load of flame
parts, and new parts for the earlier MB-02 Megatooth and MB-03
Feilong. Which as I don't have them, I can't show off those parts on the
figures. Just new face options for both figures and for MB-03 Feilong, a
set of hands for the robot mode. The additional flame parts are meant to go
with them. As I've found out, they can be used for props on other figures too
if one is like me and doesn't have them.
Beast Mode:
To be honest, I'm getting a Beast Wars Fuzor vibe when I look at
it. Just reminds me so much of a dragon crossed with a beaver, well
a beaver with sharp fangs. As mentioned it earlier, this figure has some
weight to it. So for flying displays, use something sturdy. The articulation is
rather nice on the figure. Wings can bend in two places for flapping
and they can rotate. The head can move around a bit and the mouth
can open quite wide. Mainly for inserting a flame part into it for a nice
looking fire breathe feature. The beast mode fingers are individual
pieces, so one can make them appear however they want. The waist can still
move in this mode. The legs have some tight ratchet joints around the feet.
Though as this is a review sample, that might be different with the official release
in the near future. No movement on the tail.
Transformation:
As I don't own Grotusque, I have no idea if this
transformation shares anything in common with that figure. Just be aware for the first
time transforming it into beast mode. Pull the robot mode body upwards as it is
packaged with part of the body tabbed into the crotch section.
Robot mode:
Standing close to MB-04 Gunfighter II's height, Flypro has a
nice brute vibe. One can arrange the wings to be however they like, but I
mainly keep them compact as much as possible. The articulation is pretty good
for a figure of this size. Flypro has ankle tilts, a waist rotation, hands
that can swivel around and open up. Like Gunfighter II, the head is on a ball
join. So it can look up and down slightly and do a full 360 spin if one
wanted to do that. The figure does have metal parts, mostly in the beast mode
legs and feet.
To have access to the face swap gimmick, turn the head
around and just unscrew the front half of the head will come off and then
just remove the face section. Take the eye piece off and insert that into
either the angry face or the happy face. Then put the new face on the front
half of the head and screw everything back together.
Should one get this?
Honestly if one has MB-02 Megatooth and MB-03 Feilong in
the collection, oh then I would easily suggest getting this to complete the
team. If one's like me who didn't have those two, read and watch the reviews of
this figure. If this looks tempting, go for it and this could lead to wanting
to buy other figures than Fans Hobby have done in the past. This and Gunfighter
II at least for have been quite solid figures.
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