I caved and got robotic Rocksteady. He's basically an impulse buy. Now I'll have to brave the internet to get Bebop... So Shredder is pissed at the constant incompetence of the duo. He took mattwrs into his own hands. By using Krang's technology, he built his own Robotic versions of Rocksteady and Bebop (but I only have Rocksteady at the moment.)
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| Shredder: I'm tired of your incompetence! Rocksteady: Sorry boss, my bladder is a bit weak! Shredder: I said confidence not incontinence you big buffoon! Rocksteady: Ain't those two things the same thing, boss? Shredder: This is why I'm replacing you with a robot! |
Articulation:
He has standard ultimates articulation on paper. The execution leaves a lot to be desired because the sculpting interferes with most of the articulation. I hate to do this but I have to go in detail pointing out all the issues:
The arms are borderline useless. The bicep swivel is useless, because the shoulder sculpt blocks the bicep from turning. The elbows have a Hasbro style Construction but the bulky forearms block some of the articulation this also applies to the wrist.
The sculpting gets in the way of the waist cut articulation and the figure cannot turn at the waist, despite having an articulation point there.
The legs are mostly acceptable. Once you reach the ankles, the articulation decides to be sucky again. Ironically the ankle rocker is really great... if the lower legs were reversed. I know some folks are going to let it slide because he's a robot he doesn't need that much articulation or some other excuse.
2.5
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| Shredder: He has a portable energy field generator, a beam saber... Rocksteady: Careful boss, the mouse can sue us! |
Paint and sculpt:
As much as the articulation sucks, the sculpting on this figure is beautiful it has this '80s robot vibe and kind of reminds me of Masters of the Universe's Multibot because the Torso is very similar and the blockiness of the forearms and legs remind me a lot of Mosquitor. And the arm Cannon accessory combined with the body blockiness and being mostly silver and the reddish accents I'm getting Megatron vibes too! This freak screams '80s evil robot. The paint job is mostly flawless there are some silver paints scuffs on his legs were his thigh meet the crotch; but I believe that's due to the soft plastic of the crotch piece bleeding into the black plastic of the thigh. But the 80s Transformers light piping
5.0
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| Shredder: that's why this chainsaw is his backup... Rocksteady: See IDW I had the chainsaw, not a sledgehammer! |
Accessories:
This one isn't as bad as the articulation but not as great as the sculpt. Sure he has 4 extra hands (fists and c-grips to the relaxed hand that I'mcounting as default) none of his weapons require the c-grip hands. Sure you could post the shoulder cannons on his hands but they are shoulder cannons for a reason! Not to mention that his hands are too wide for most weapons. He has a wrist blaster which is really cool, but it doesn't have a firing effect like the shoulder cannons do.
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| Shredder: He also has a wrist cannon. Rocksteady: I am Megatron!! Cool! Shredder: I should've hired Igor Smith... Rocksteady: Is that a Cam Clarke reference. Shredder: No, you nincompoop! If I wanted to make a reference, I'd throw you out like Jazzy Jeff! |
He also has a beam saber which plugs or the hands would go same thing as the futuristic weird chainsaw weapon.
4.0
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| Shredder: Now that is a lot of firepower!! Rocksteady: I'm getting the feeling that you don't like me an Bebop anymore... |
Overall:
Oh God this thing is awesome... well his posability it's not that great, and the wrist Cannon needed a little extra oomph! with its own firing effect. This figure got so close yet so far to being super mega awesome. I like the blockiness on chunkiness of the figure but at the same time, it's failures overshadow its triumphs. He gets a 3.83 as his final score. Now watch as 2025 has GITD Electric Blue Robotic Rocksteady and this idiot would be tempted to get the most likely $85 GITD Rhino... the GITD blue effects and beam saber would be bitchin'!
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| Cam Clarke, check! Big bipedal robot, check! Reptilian dude with a blue bandana, check! Hideo kojima's pretentiousness, not checked! I can'take a Metal gear reference without Kojima's pretentiousness!! |
I got to be honest if this figure has been $45 I would have been a bit more forgiving. But at $65 plus shipping, handling taxes, Etc; every little flaw will be magnified! Also I'm glad that he didn't get vac metal,.. of he had I wouldn't have bought him or I would've and bitched a lot about it. I know I flip flop on the vac metal topic, but the silver used on Rocksteady is decent enough for a Chromedome figure without the vac metal. I'd rather have a Chromedome figure without the vac metal than no figure at all.
Fuck, me! I just had an idea for a redeco: painting the body to emulate Rocksteady's scheme. Keeping the robotics silver, using black on the torso, and brown with camo print on the legs. (Same thing could be applied to Bebop while using copper for his skin)
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