Phil's Beast Wars Fuzor Bantor Review


Bantor

Bantor is a cross between a tiger and a baboon - tiger body and baboon head & tail. The rear legs have just a ball joint at the hip, but the front legs have ball joints at hip, knee & ankle. The mouth can close as part of the TF.

The toy has a spring loaded gimmick - there's a trigger behind the brown fur that when pressed sends the entire head section shooting forward.

TF: Unpeg the front legs where they meet the body, fold down under the beast and bring the tops together to form the robot's waist. Turn till the waist is flush under the beast's body. Fold the tiger striped it of body back to form an arm and bend down at the shoulder. Fold the other arm out from under the beast's mouth, the fold the beast head down to form the other shoulder. Raise the robot head by a lever in the back.

Robot: Well he's got a huge chunk of beast on one shoulder and a pair of legs & a tail hanging under the other arm. The legs have the articulation of the front beast legs. The beast head arm rotates at the shoulder, bends to the side and bends at the elbow. The gimmick still works on this arm causing the majority of the arm to shoot forward. The other arm has a ball jointed shoulder & bends at the elbow. The head should turn but doesn't really raise high enough for you to be able to.

Overall: OK beast but not great in the arm dept for the robot - limited articulation for a BW toy and lots of beast kibble.


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