Universe 2.0 Galvatron (Part 2)

The mighty Galvatron in Robot mode.

Robot mode:

Galvatron in his robot mode is a beauty. I am glad it work out pretty well as I cannot accept any imperfection after the cry out for a voyager/leader class figure is ignored. 
 

The 1st look at the figure shows a very strong resemblance to the G1 version of the character. Many of his signature features like the purple tone, the orange clear cannon as well as the red squared 'six packs' are well transferred over to this 20th century reboot. I am also amazed by the amount of purple tone armor that he had in Robot mode given that there were no clear sight of them in the tank mode. Hasbro had clearly taken much effort to preserve the earthly tank mode as real life as possible.

I had seen many online reviewers mentioned about the complexity of his transformation. If you take a close look at each of the parts and how it snaps into place, the tough transformation is surely valid. A few good examples are the missile pack that end up as his back pack, the tank side armors that folds to extend his heels to help improve his standing posture/stability as well as the tank turret that splits and snap to form his arms. 

Head & Face shot: 

The head of Galvatron is well sculpt and has the G1 touch all over. This is especially so for the head gear which is very similar to the G1 crown design. 

For the face, this 20th century interpretation certainly looks mean. This is in fact by far the 2nd meanest villain face that Hasbro had ever come up for Galvatron after Energon. The face features a pair of red clear eyes that brightens when a light source is placed behind his head. The face itself is painted silver. Somehow, the face looks very much like an old Japanese samurai king.

Details: 

Left: The left upper arms that is formed from the turret.
Right: The signature red square abs previously seen in the G1 design. 

Left: The left hand features an open palm with pointed finger design.
Right: The silver painted Decepticon logo just below his left shoulder. Also notice the grey hook feature on top of his left shoulders that doesn't seems to have any use in this mode.

The leg and feet design.

Articulation & pose-ability:

To be honest, I expect this figure which is packed with some unique joints throughout to be highly articulated and possess high pose-ability. Sad to say, this is not the case.

The pose-ability is very limited which is mainly due to the obstruction from neighboring parts. The biggest complain I had is the inability to properly pose him taking aim with his cannon. This is due to the cannon being jointed to his upper arm instead of his foreman resulting in the need to lift up his entire arm like the above picture in order to take aim.  Second, some joints are not secured and drops out quite easily. and some are very loose. especially the connector on his rigt arm 

Size comparison:

It's probably unfair to compare a voyager class figure with a deluxe class figure but I just want everyone to see for yourself how small Galvatron is.

This picture tells it all. Both deluxe class but Galvatron looks like wimp beside the classics Optimus Prime from the Ultimate Battle set.

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