"Jawbreaker - this toy is a menace to society - I have difficulty getting the robot mode to hold together properly. The robot arms form the forebody and head of this toy, and are only held together by 2 pegs on the forelegs' hips. Sawblade in the back operated in the same manner as Rhinox's blade. Sword forms the tail. Robot chest with head folded inside it hangs under the arms. Pull the arms apart, fold the chest sections into the right place and stand on the forelegs. Simpleish transformation."
For a start I think there's a typo in there - I must have meant the beast mode ! The hyena doesn't look took bad with red chromed shoulders and a rotary saw blade sticking out the back Most of the rest of the fur is coloured black with some metallic blue robot parts. If anything my problems with it holding together have intensified over time - the saw blade has a crank handle which to operate it should be over the back panel, except it then rubs against some fur sticking up. You can have the panel pressing down on the crank, but then it doesn't work so well. Or you can have the tip of the crank resting against the side of the panel but that's hard to do. *then* we have the panel with the robot head in under the toy where the head won't fold away properly and the panel doesn't lock in place correctly. For the record the beast bends at the ankles, knees and hips/shoulders - with the back hips being ball joints. The tail moves up & down - but is yet another bad design feature on the toy: The tail needs to be removed as the hand weapon, but is held in place by 2 small bumps on it's base fitting into a slot with 2 small holes in. This had resulted in the plastic for the slot becoming distorted when the tail is removed - maybe a peg hole like TM Cheetor or even a peg hole in a ball joint might have been better ?
TF: Remove the tail. With the beast facing you unpeg the front leg on the right and swing to one side taking a robot arm with it. Swing the rest of the head and body out to the other side. Unfold the robot head from the panel under the chest and face downwards. Fold the entire body section down at where the robot's waist would be. Fold the chest up so that the space in the sides locks into the shoulders. Fold the lower leg on the arm on the right into the upper leg and swing the entire leg panel up onto the shoulder. Repeat for the head arm. Turn the head arm at the elbow so the hand faces in. Fold the teeth out the beast head a bit to form the hand. Straighten the legs and fold the feet down. Stand.
Robot doesn't look in proportion. Very thin upper arms with huge amounts of beast leg hanging off them. One thin lower arm and one absolutely huge one - the one with the sword blade in it. The legs look too thick and tall for the body which is then made to look small. The legs bend at ankle, halfway up the lower leg and at the knee. They're ball jointed at the hips as are the shoulders. The arm with the hand is ball jointed at the elbow, while the other has a low bicep swivel above the elbow and bends at the elbow. The head turns. Either hand or beast jaw can hold the sword.
Overall: Hugely flawed and a bit of a mess.
Interesting note about the toy: When released in the UK & Europe on Biocombat cards Jawbreaker was named Cackle !