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Write a Review link for that item. Transformers - Collaborative (Hasbro)Last year marked the 40th anniversary of two pop culture giants: Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. While Transformers already made a name for itself through toys, comics, and an animated series, TMNT was just a simple indie comic spawned from a one-shot, and it'd take a few more years to branch out like Transformers did. To celebrate the milestone both franchises achieved, the two were brought together by Hasbro's Collaborative series. While there have been third-party toys and pseudo-TF TMNT products (remember the old Auto Mutations?), the Party Wallop served as the first official collaboration between the two. Considering how Hasbro was utilizing plastic-free packaging for a time, I was a little surprised by how they used a cardback for this release. The graphics are what Nickelodeon mandates for some licensors, and it looks pretty cool, having both the iconic 80s toon Turtles and a bit of a ripped paper motif. As nice as it looks, however, it's a real pain to get open. A good chunk of the accessories are tied down to the cardback, and you pretty much have to tear the box apart just to get everything out. It's not collector-friendly, and I wish they just went with a plastic-free box instead. I will give them props for making the bubble look like a mechanical carapace, though. I imagine turning the Turtles' mode of transport into a robot wasn't an easy task, but Hasbro's team of designers got it done. At 6 1/2" tall to the top of the head, the Party Wallop stands a bit between Voyager and Leader Class figures, and he's a pretty good size. Every exterior detail of the vehicle mode is visible in robot mode, including the wheels on the soles of the feet and hanging off the hips, windows on the forearms and behind the shoulders, and a detachable spoiler on the "carapace," made from the van's roof. The design in general is great, and the paint utilizes various bold colors, primarily green and yellow, and has very clean work and metallic accents for certain parts. The head looks to be modeled after the original toys, judging by the shape of the head and the grimacing expression. The forehead seems a little on the tall side, but it's probably because we don't often see the older turtle designs unmasked. Speaking of which, there are four additional scalps for the Party Wallop, giving him the mask of each Turtle: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. They swap with ease, and the extra pieces can be stored inside the roof/carapace. This brings me to the belt buckle, which can be flipped up, and the piece underneath can be turned to the matching initial. That's some pretty clever engineering on Hasbro's part. The articulation is pretty standard for Transformers, with a ball-jointed head, swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, and hips, hinged knees, swivel wrists, waist, and thighs, and ankles that hinge inward. The shoulder pads and thigh covers are articulated as well, allowing you to get them out of the way for dynamic poses. The robot-to-vehicle conversion is done in twenty steps, and it involves a lot of folding in/out and rotating parts. It can be a little hard to get everything connected properly, but the more often you transform him, the easier the process becomes. Despite being called the "Party Wallop," the toy's vehicle mode is actually modeled after the Turtle Van from the cartoon. The van scales about 5 1/2" long, 4" tall, and 3 1/2" wide (counting the lights), and the sculpt is very accurate to the show. If you have the little Jada die-cast figures, the Super Impulse "World's Smallest" Turtles, or the elusive and costly Mini Mutants, I believe those should scale very well with it. The front of the vehicle has another grimace, this time on its bumper, and the spare wheel cover in the front, bearing the TMNT logo, can be removed to reveal a pizza on the inside, because you know how much the Turtles love their pizza. The wheel cover isn't the only removable piece of the van, as the entire front can come off as well. The vehicle front serves two purposes in robot mode: you can either leave it on the chest to serve as armor, or you can flip down a peg on the inside to turn it into a shield that plugs into the forearm panels. The wheels spin, of course, but the lights, radar, and turrets move as well, and the former two are removable, but why you'd want to take them off I'm not sure. The Turtles' signature weapons are here as well, with a pair of katanas, a bo staff, a pair of sai, and a pair of nunchucks. All of the weapons can be stored on the bot, with the staff folding up to go under the roof, the katanas plugging into the sides of the roof, and nunchucks concealing under the shoulder pads, and the sai attaching to the thighs. The sharp weapons can also be hidden on the bottom in vehicle mode, and the storage mechanism as a whole is a great idea to ensure nothing goes missing. A crossover forty years in the making, the Party Wallop is something fans of both TMNT and Transformers have been waiting to have officially. Once you can get past the pain of opening him up, you'll find a fun and well-made figure with plenty of display options and unique engineering. Hopefully, this isn't the only time Transformers and TMNT cross paths in toy form, because I would like to see how they execute a Foot vehicle in this style. - 5/13/25   by RMaster007 |
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