After several attempts of raiding city malls, I've finally got my hands on the four coveted on-sale Kre-o items last month. At a very cheap price, leading malls have cleared out their warehouses with these Micro Changers Combiners, which include Obsidian, Volcanicon, Lazerbolt, and Grimstone. The sets have 70+ pieces at the price of 3 knockoff minifigures. Yes! I'll review a cheap original.
First up - Volcanicon. Along with his brother Obsidian, he seeks to avenge their planet Dinosaur destroyed by an unnatural force. Surfing the net, I did not find any animated or comic book sketches of Volcanicon. It appears that he only exists in dialogues and in the form of toys.
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| Microchangers Combiners Volcanicon |
The box has 5 individual bags, 1 sheet of stickers, and an instructions manual.
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| Transform! |
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| How to Build a Transformers |
This mech has 4 minifigures combined to make the Volcanicon figure. The individual bags obviously contain minifigures, accessories, and weapons. The bricks in scheme of beige, red, and gold, boast of 74 pieces, with gorgeous-looking samurai helmet, claws, wings, and bluish gray curved blades.
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| Chopped parts anyone? |
I didn't want to exhaust the pieces and characters altogether, so I'm doing installment reviews, beginning with one of the minions, Liftoff. Similar to Volcanicon, Liftoff is not on the grid of Transformers universe of comics and animation.
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| The Eagle has Landed |
Product
Brand/Model: Hasbro Kre-o Microchangers Combiners
Condition: Bought with box in clear plastic bags, as set
Price: ~2 USD
Character
Name: Liftoff
Transforming to: Pterodactyl
Planet: Dinosaur
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| Bare model of Liftoff |
The prints on the head, torso, and legs are decent, with intricate silver and orange patterns. The printing in the head looks badass like Dr. Doom's metallic feature.
The legs are way different from Lego and its knockoff counterparts, which can be moved sideways. Though well articulated, they are not compatible with other major brands, but can stand on regular studs.
The hip joining the torso and legs have a similar insertable part as the neck that holds the head, hence incompatible with major brands.
The arms are also well articulated and longer than that of a Lego minifigure, but they are similarly unable to bend the forearms. The hands are not capable of being twisted off.
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| Blank Space |
The back of the minifigure is featureless, due probably to the mechanism of transformation being attached to the back.
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| Liftoff Equipped |
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| Game On |
Equipping Liftoff with red dragon-like wings, two-pronged claws, and triangular headpiece, makes him battle-deadly. These parts are compatible with Lego and other knockoffs, for customizable builds or moc.
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| Dare You To Move |
The wings are worn through the neck like a jetpack and secured by the length of the helmet. The assemblage is easily broken apart by gentle pressure and the neck piece adjoining the backpack can easily break.
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| Roll Out! |
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| Go Fly! |
By bending Liftoff in the hip, it creates an illusion of transforming to a pterodactyl, an ancient flying reptile. The claws are switched to the feet through 2 brown bricks and additional gun-like brown bricks are attached to the hands - which I'm not certain what function or illusion they serve.
Next time: Farside
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