At long last Menasor is complete! Without further delay, lets review the final member of the Stunticons and let's get started!
Boxing
I'll admit his artwork looks great.
Out of the box
So BD is a remold use of Wild-Rider. I remember when I fidgeted with his UW version years ago, I was not impressed by this character. His UW version felt boxed in. However, the Legacy version feels more free. The only thing that felt really off was his split looking back; you don't necessarily need to do this but this is supposedly how he looks toywise. But in general, his backpack does look a little too big for him. He is given two weapons which one is a small rifle which works and a boomerang spoiler. The latter is what irks most fans. For me, I wish I could split it in half so you can place it vertically behind his hind legs. Would had helped if he had a peg on his back as well. If you like WR, then BD plays fine as well.
Alt mode
I have the Legacy Evolution pamphlet. I heard the early versions came without the Evo sign and the booklet was a different color. Anyhow, transformation is fairly easy. The spoiler is where its supposed to be, however Breakdown has no real way to implement weapons on this mode. There is a way and that is if you remove his spoiler. Otherwise, it belongs on the bottom of his front hood. He also has the slant peg wheels on his back tires which Hasbro have been using for quite sometime. This mode looks nice overall sans the lack of weapon placement.
Merge to become Menasor!
He is finally complete! How do you like the positioning of the cars? Front or back? For me it doesn't matter but the cars up front bring out more of a personality for him imo. I don't know if I stuck BD into the pegs too tight but I had trouble getting him back out to test play with him a few more times before I wrote this review. You can see the shin flaps don't close all the way for mines. A few collectors have this issue as well.
Conclusion
I wasn't expecting much because he was my least favorite in the UW line. Here he is a definite improvement despite being a lazy remold of Wild-Rider. Cutting costs I believe. They could had done something better with his weapon situation. Like I said, at least have a storage option for it on his robot mode. Once again, you can slice the bugger in half but I'm not that accurate so I rather not try it (yes, some fans did this online). Well, if you are a Menasor fan, here you have it! The good thing about BD is that he isn't difficult to play with nor is he a terrible figure. Works just fine.
