* sighs *
I've recently picked up some of the Earthrise Transformers since I have a birthday coming up (I consider any fun shopping to be birthdays
), and most of them have been pretty good. The new versions of Sky Lynx and Snapdragon are pretty nice.
I also picked up Grapple and Hoist, and the latter copy is sadly kind of screwed. :/ While I was trying to transform him to truck mode, I realized that the left shoulder was seriously misassembled and effectively compromised. Essentially it's a black, boxy tab with a ratcheting pin that inserts to connect it with the torso, allowing the shoulder to move and to form part of Hoist's side windshields in his vehicle mode. The right shoulder is fine, but it seems the pin wasn't inserted properly on the left shoulder for whatever reason. It missed the intended hole and the shoulder is not properly aligned, so it will not sit flush for vehicle mode and any attempt to do so will actually cause it to press up against the plastic forming the truck's cab (Hoist's chest and head), damaging it. It's not something you'd easily notice unless you attempt the transformation.
I'm rather bummed, as I keep up with some of the known issues that occur with certain figures but have never had this sort of problem before. I'm debating whether to see if the local Target could hook me up with a replacement, as this error doesn't seem to be widespread and might just have been random on mine.
I could take pics if anyone wants to see what I mean. It looks as though because the shoulder part wasn't entirely aligned to begin with, the pin damaged the parts through which it was actually inserted. It will still provide basic arm motion, but not the functionality it's intended to have for transformation.
Space Captains need to play a little sometimes too!
That is awesome!
