MoonbaseTom

Well I’m back from my 3 month long hiatus. There were lots of little life problems I had to deal with and now that they’re dealt with I can get back to neglecting them once more. So lets not waste any time and get the toy ball rolling again. Enjoy Black Convoy.

-Vehicle-

The same sexy Nissan GT-R, now with a slick glossy black paint job.

So very very hard to keep this guy clean. It’s a total dust/fingerprint magnet.

The mono-chrome Convoys.

-Transformation-

Video to be the soon. I’z promiss.

-Bot-mode-

The Black Convoy characters usually have red windows, but this one has white windows, it’s a little bit of a fan-boy gripe.

The paint apps could have had a few more silver accents, as it is, the robot mode looks bare and a little unimpressive.

Black Convoy didn’t come with any new weapons, he only has his seat-warmer blasters. This figure would really benefit from the gear of war 2 set.

It would have been better if Black Convoy had more of  an inverted Silver Convoy color scheme.

Bi-plane Red Convoy is still the best color scheme of this mold, too bad it’s so hard to find now.

-Score-

Aesthetics -3- The glossy black paint looks gorgeous on the GT-R car-mode, but a lack of silver paint apps hurts the robot-mode’s appearance. It looks flat and bit underwhelming when compared to it’s predecessors.

Quality -4- It’s built just as well as the other AT Convoys I have, a few paint defects here and there, and a few scars where the parts were cut from their runners.

Pose-ability -2.5- No improvement over it’s predecessors. The feet are odd, and awkward to pose. The arms are limited in what they can do. And the die-cast metal in the waist make the toy a little difficult to balance.

Transformation -4.5- Same great transformation.

Features -1- This is the third incarnation of this mold, and Taka-Tomy still couldn’t give him a gun?

Overall -3- This is a good toy, but it’s a pass if you have either (or both) the Silver or Red version of AT Convoy. The weak appearance in Bot-mode is a big letdown especially sense the Car-mode looks so sweet with it’s glossy black goodness. And seriously, why dose Convoy still not have a gun?

-Tom.B

Tags: Alternity, Convoy, Optimus, Prime, Transformers

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