TRANSFORMERS TOYS AND MERCHANDISE SECTION

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Blackjack's review: Cryo Scourge

After watching Transformers: The Movie, I was compelled to collect Transformers all over again. Going to my local retail store, I found this cool dragon figure and bought it. (Besides I was a fan of G1 Scourge) Since this is my first review, it will be a little jumpy, so bear with it...

Name: Cyro Scourge
Alligeance: Decepticon
Function: Jungle Despot
Sub-Group: Jungle Planet

Long exposure to the freezing waste of deep space has irreversibly mutated Scourge. No longer a flame-spewing monster consumed by his passions, he is now a creature of ice and cold. Calculating, cruel, and without mercy, he radiates a freezing aura that causes circuitry to short out, and renders AUTOBOT alloys brittle and easily shattered. His breath, once a raging firestorm, is now a creeping cold that sneaks into joints and mechanisms, destroying them from within. The blade of his axe is a razor-sharp shard of supercooled hydrogen ice that leaves a deadly numbness wherever it strikes.

Alternate Mode: Dragon
This toy has a great sculpt. Basically a repaint of the earlier Scourge figure, it is a great toy nevertheless. The heads, the shoulder spikes (they look like wings), and the legs are all great, with multiple joints and poseability). The whites and blues blend nicely together, and he is a direct contrast to his earlier toy, with fire. All over the toy are tiny mechanical panels, which resembles Transmetals from the Beast Wars era - nicely done. The articulation in the ankles and foot are great, but the tails and neck(s) could use more joints for posing reasons... but a small complaint anyway. The tech specs give a different story for Scourge after the TV series. Instead of being a good guy, he turns into an even more cruel Decepticon. Now THAT is something they should put in the anime.

Features Inserting the cyber Key makes the two dragon heads flip up from the shoulders with a G1 transformation sound. A button makes a roaring sound, which also makes the main head and eyes light up with a green light. If the cyber Key is in the slot, the button instead activates a laser kind of noise.

Robot Mode:The robot mode is basically the beast mode stood on its hind legs, with the beast head tucked in, arms from the forelegs and the robot head tucked out... Very similar to many beast figures (i.e. G1 Wierdwolf, Beast Wars Waspinator etc) What amazes me is that the simple transformation still manages to create a majestic-looking robot, with the shoulder spikes looking like wings. The tail/axe drops easily from Cryo Scourge's hands, but is a small problem. The poseability is great, with joints at the neck, shoulders, elbows, and ankles. The ankles are flexible, a great surprise to me... Cryo is a great figure and easy to pose.

FeaturesThe tail becomes the battle axe. Sounds and cyber key is the same with the beast mode.

Transformation: 4-very simple.
Durability: 8-His axe's tip breaks easily but the rest of the toy is very durable. Pity there is no place to store the Cyber Key, unlike, say, Armorhide.
Fun: 9-Great design and gimmicks.
Price: 8-Very cool, worth the money on looks alone... I mean, how many transformers become dragons?
Overall: 9-Has a chilling name, three heads, sounds, nice sculpt, multi jointed, flexible ankles... What more do you want?