Toybiz Sentinel Review

Sentinels, yeah, this isn't the most "recent" incarnation of it from the ML series. This is the pre marvel legends version. The animated version if you will. I got this at the flea market, still in the original box with the stickers not applied. The figure itself has some minor play scratches. Nothing too bad though, all for $4.

The pre ML Sentinel is nothing as good as the ML Sentinel BAF. The paint is bland, not a lot of detailed sculpt, but there is some, and the articulation is just meh. To start things off, paint... There are really only a few colors, Some magenta, purple, black, red eyes, and skintone for the face. It's basically Sentinel colors, so it's most recognizable to the comic fan.

The sculpt is good, not great like the BAF Sentinel, but it does feature some wiring here and there on the boots. The head has a great sculpt, definitely cartoon accurate to some points. The skull cap is kinda flat and not rounded on the top. The face sculpt a shocked face look, with it's internal mouth circuits showing. It's definitely more humanized than the BAF Sentinel with wires and such some the mouth AND jaw internals. There are no panels or nuts and bolts sculpted like the BAF Sentinel...

Articulation is okay, considering it's from the 90s. Two points of articulation, swivel shoulders. Moving on...

Action features, being labeled a robot playset on the box, it's bound to have some features, let alone the whole body. Lets start from head to toe. His head is like a trigger, when you hit his head, his chest armor shoots out to reveal a hollow interior fit perfectly for a pre ML X-Men figure. They said they are prisoners, but I don't know how the X-Men gets in there in the first place. Plus they show a Sabretooth jumping out the chest on the artwork, so it could be like a insurance back up to house more mutant baddies. Sadly the newer figures won't fit.

His hands feature two features. on his right hand, a stringed orange segmented claw can grab figures, then it has a button to pull it up. It's an alright feature. His left hand shoots out when you press the trigger on his upper arm. KA POW!

His last feature in his knees. Shoot his knee caps and the corresponding front foot shoots forward. Shoot both knee caps and TIMBER the Sentinel falls over. This and the head/chest feature is the coolest of the bunch. I think the hand features could been cooler.

It's really a cool figure at the price of $4. They released the same mold of it, for the X-Men Classics line. They retooled it a bit, like the head, paint, not sure on the chest compartment though. I think I might do a little paint app to it to show some detail, or I might keep it as a vintage figure. I'd give this a 8/10. It's pretty cool, not as cool as the BAF Sentinel, but it has tons of play value. For the price I got it for, it's a great value too. It's a Sentinel after all, yo gotta have it for your X-Men.

*Another note to make, this version isn't as tall as the BAF Sentinel, just a head size smaller...