![]() ![]() The poseability is again good here - the head is fixed since it's part of the tail, but his shoulders are ball jointed and the elbows hinged. The mace is a lot cooler, and more useful with the three joints, but at least the blade is workable now. It sticks up and forward, giving Undermine a sort of headbutt of doom option. Again you can stow it or push it right in to deploy the blade, which is more useful now since the beast head is no longer in the way. You can swing them back if you prefer, or deploy them if you feel the need.įor some reason there seem to be few Cybertron toys that can stow the Planet Key in both modes, but Undermine is able to do so - the slot is on the back and remains available. The foreclaws sit on either side of the chest, although for some reason Hasbro's picture on the card shows them in attacking poses - which looks ridiculous. The legs are a simple straighten-out affair, but this I can deal with since the other aspects are interesting and it gives both modes poseable legs. The beast head is now the forearms, with the lower jaw halves on top (usually when a beast head splits it's the other way round - Undermine's beast head is upside down now). There's a hint of a hunchback and the sail is effectively a giant crest. The sail sits directly behind his head, which is the front tip of that sail. ![]() There are some interesting aspects to the transformation which create some unusual aspects here. The grey peeks out here and there, again this is a nice colour scheme. There's no distinct mouth, there's more of a beak in fact. The head is gold with eyemask and red eyes, and has a piranha sort of look about it. Straighten the legs and give him his tail as a handheld mace.Īgain two shades of green dominate, with the darker green on his chest, shins and upper arms and the grass green on his forearms, groin, thighs and feet. Split the beast head and swing out to the sides to form his arms, rotate the shoulderplates and then swing the arms into position. All told a good beast mode.ĭetach the tail, swing down his pelvis and fold away the tail's base. My main complaint here is about two gaps on either side of the ball on his tail (if they wanted to make it hollow, the underside would have been the best spot for a gap). The gimmick doesn't quite work, but it's not a liability either. The poseability is great for a basic and the colours work. This is a nifty dinosaur, and while the concept is a little odd, the mashed dinosaur aspects come together fairly well, making a cool beast mode. ![]() The green key also matches the toy's colour scheme which is a bonus. This blade will only sit behind his head, so it's not the most useful key gimmick, but I like the fact that the key can slot in part of the way and stay put without activating the blade. There's a slot at the back of the sail into which you can plug his green Planet Key (code: s48a), pushing it in firmly will cause a grey blade to flick forward from the top of the sail. I've currently got Undermine in a stomping pose on the table, with his tail up as a counterweight. The knees, ankles and mid-foot false ankles are all hinged, making for very versatile legs. His hips rotate and lift to the sides, giving full movement. Both jaws open and shut, the head lifts up and down, the shoulders are hinged and there are three hinges in the tail. There's a lot of play value here for a basic, since this is a poseable beast mode. There's a Decepticon logo stamped on his right hip while his eyes and the inside of his lower jaw are painted red. The sail on the back adds some bulk to the figure, and sports moulded cannons on either side. Spindly yet ferocious looking, Undermine's menace is supplied by the spiked ball on his tail and open clawed velociraptor claws. SD informs me that Undermine is (somewhat loosely) based on Spinosaurus. The sail, along with the spiked grey ball at the tip of his tail, make Undermine a mecha monster rather than an accurate dinosaur, while the mix of sauropod elements are enough to make sure he's identifiably Dinosaur-like. The bodyshape and head look like those of a T-Rex while the limbs suit the velociraptor. There's some grey on his shoulderplates and gold highlights here and there - notably on his claws and sail. Height: 9cm Length: 15cm Width: 4cm exact dimensions depend on poseĪ grass green and dark green dinosaur, Undermine has dark a green body and tail along with dark green ankles, while the head, forelimbs, feet, thighs and sail on his back are grass green. ![]()
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