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Beast Wars Fuzor Noctorro
Review
Notrorro: A toy ruined by an action feature. Noctorro is a cross between a bull & a bat melded entirely in very dark blue plastic with gold paint over the top of it in places on the back and wings. He's got a bull's head & body, a bat's arms & wings and to be honest the moulding is so poor that the back legs - ball jointed at hip, knee & ankle - could be either creature. The front arms are pegged to the wings so should be immobilised save the ball jointed wrist but the pegs don't fit securely and have a habit of popping out making the ball joints at shoulder & elbow operational. The wings are the real problem though. The intention is that they're controlled by a button in the beast's back that when you press down on it both wings & arms flap together under the toy. In practice the wings aren't properly secured by the mechanism and have a habit of springing down if you look or breath at them. It's a pain in the backside especially as the default position for the wings mechanically is down but for display purposes you want them folded to the sides.
TF: Unpeg the arms from the wings and fold the wings up locking the front of them into a groove on the robot's armpit. Pull the arms as far up as possible folding out the robot's shoulders. Look at the underside of the beast. Straighten the legs out and turn at the knee and ankle so the knee and the three toes face front. Fold the bull head down into the robot's chest and fold the robot head up.
The robot isn't that bad - limb articulation we covered above but he's also got a waist and neck joint. The head has the bull horns sticking out the sides and is painted red - though the style of the head is more Predacon than Maximal.
Overall: Beast mode wrecked by the gimmick is the dominant feature of this toy.
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