Long time no see...REVIEW TIME!

True, long time no see. doubt anyone missed me. Anyways I got DCUC Despero Wave today. Reviews are going to be short, not like those super long ones, which I struggled to finish.

Wonder Woman- The old decent articulation of DCUC figures. She's in the outfit as above, 'cept not as many stars on the panties, high heels instead of flat, not as shiny and of course to glitter. Mattel will charge you twice as many for glitter... She's about the average height of regular male DCUC figures. She comes with an axe with the Wonder Woman Ws in the shape of an eagle. Also a shield with eight stars and something that looks like a sun in the middle. The axe works best in her right hand, as for my figure, the shield can clip on either wrist and it has a peg for rotary action! No I just kid, it can spin though...Am I missing anything, you ask? No I'm not, the Golden Lasso is not removable, it's glued onto her waist. No worries, making one shouldn't be to hard, it's just I haven't gotten time to make it.

Cyborg- Still same articulation as the others. Same appearance as above (Chain not included). A lot of sculpting to make this guy. He's one of the best detailed in the whole series. He comes with two accessories. A thing and...another thing? I have no idea what to call them. A claw that can shoot stuff I'm assuming, it has a little nozzle in between the claw grips. The other thing looks like a USB Drive. maybe it shoots stuff too. It has three little nozzles as well. The right fist pops off to accommodate either of the two. The left fist does not, so he can USB and claw people at the same time. Damn...

Captain Atom- Same POA. Same as pictured above. This is the "variant", but i see more of these than the silver, actually I saw one silver and four gold. He seems to shiny in the pic, This figure isn't in chrome by the way...Well this one was so easy for mattel. No sculpt on the body what so ever. Great for customs, bad for the figure. The red lines don't line exactly with the others. For say, line the front shoulder to the torso and the lines running across his shoulders don't line to the back. The boots and gloves are a nice shiney red. Not to be mean to the figure but he needs help in the paint department. He looks fine when in package and then open him up and turn him around, he's scraps all over. Lines don't match up. I see it's a hard thing to do to not have any carved in guideline for the painter to use. Pose wise he is awesome, nothing like armor or cloths get is the way. For me the left fist feels like it's tight and about to tear off, so no upper cuts from that hand.

Ares- Same POA as all of them. I wish they had more pictures to pick from but this is the most like the figure. The figure has skulls on his knee pads as well, not the design shown in the pic. The helmet seems a bit small compared to the figure. The figure has the helmet that's just big enough to give him a hulking look. Also the cape in the pic...that's bull, the figure features the best cape ever, a stiff, non flowing cape, it can't get better than that! The figure also has hooks on his waist, I'll talk about it later... Well yeah, this guy is my favorite out of the series. Great, no excellent, wait, not quite, superb? I think so... The chest armor has dents in it like it was made from the black smith, plus it has scratches in it. The helmet is bloody cool (no pun intended). Horns, coiled with snake like things, designs that looks cool. The horse brush on top is somewhat flexible, it is molded so the end sweeps to the left. I really like the skulls on his forearms. Really cool. How can he be the god of war without weapons? He comes with an axe and a long sword. Both painted with silver, black handles, and seems like Sapphire jewels embedded in the blades. The handles are dry brushed silver. Now the hooks... the axe has one of those "leather" loops so you can wrap it around his wrist, like Thor's hammer. Well he can't wrap it around his wrist, it can hook onto the hook and hand there. Either one is good. The sword is left to carry in his hand. I can't see how to hook it on anyways. On the value side he's the bigger DCUC in the series.

Batman Beyond- Looks like the body of Captain Atom with the little spikes coming out his forearms. I can't fully review him. Both of his legs snapped off, after super tight hip joint. He's all shiny black. He's not like the pictured picture above. He was either pumping iron or steroids. He comes with a little batarang. I tried fixing his hips, but it would stick, there was all this grease in the joint. I'm returning him tomorrow for another one. Hoping it would bet better.

Despero- Huge, big, elephant, walrus, pink. Whatever you may, he's bulky. Pictures of him are limited on the Internet. He's supposed to be wearing a cape, or ripped shirt, pants, or an orange jumpsuit. I guess the figure is based off the toy above. He comes with a pistol and a rifle. The rifle can attach to his back via a clip and the pistol hangs from a holster from his belt. My Despero is left armless. Thanks a lot Batman Beyond... I don't know but my right shin/knee joint is actually a left one. He's kind of hard to make him stand.

My first near completed DCUC wave and they look pretty cool. These are on sale at Target for $8.99 each. Two dollars cheaper than normal price. Out of the whole Despero Series, I really like Ares, he alone is worth it. If I didn't know, I would've just bought him alone and maybe Wonder Woman. My only thing to watch out if parts, Some are not attached correctly, and soon you'll have two right biceps. My Ares has two inverted biceps, no big though. I rate this series 8.5 out of 10. A good line up of figures, the accessories fit well with the characters. Hope you enjoy this review, and i hope it's an improvement of my previous reviews. Thanks. DTM Outz...

(On a side note, I did not write this review on November 9th. It just happens I edited an old draft and the date seems permanent. Today is December 30th...)

GI Joe Round Up

I have no idea what I got, or if I mentioned it from previous post. I'm not updating as much and too lazy to hit the back button to check. Though I did get the Trouble Bubble and the GI Joe Motorcycle Two-Pack. Not sure if I reviewed that...Then this Giant-ass Walmart Supercenter opened near me. I mean it's big, who ever saw Walmart with a grocery store in it (please, I know many have, but this is my first time, I know it's sad...)? Well they were packing there. I got the IG and IG Destro comic pack. Plus it seems they are really stocked up and they had the new wave of the rereleases. So I picked up Snake Eyes when I saw him, last one too. I feel bad I didn't get him when he was first released...

Oh well...Well back on track, the Vehicle Two Pack is nice. It's Cpl. Breaker I believe with a motorcycle, yep, it's boring the way I put it. He comes with a side gatling gun, that attaches to the right side of the vehicle. On both sides he has two removable and opening storage cases. One is already stocked with a pistol. He has some sturdy issues. His tail piped are a bit loose if it's just picked at. No prob just a nit pick. The figure itself is Snake Eyes' Torso, waist, and lower legs, Duke's arms, and thighs, and the Cpl. Breaker head which is HUGE! I bet one headbutt by him and you'd be knocked out. He comes with Snake Eyes Webgear with the pistol included and the giant helmet for his noggin'. He didn't come with the featured radio head set or backpack, but I guess that's ok with all the features.

The Trouble Bubble, or Cobra Flight Pod if you must, is nice. It has a opening dome and flip down controls. It has missiles on the side that are removable. Nothing much about it, just a good vehicle. It comes with a Tele- Viper. It's made from the Cobra Viper stripped to it's base. The new stuff is the head and I believe the vest is new. Unlike Viper's hands, it's suitable for controlling the Bubble. My only complaint is he didn't come with the mine. It'd be a nice accessory since he doesn't come with one (I don't count the Bubble as an accessory).

Stickers- pain in the ass. You know how they put half the stickers on? Well watch out for that. Some are uneven, some are sloppy. It's hard to compare when stores put one case out per shelf, I think. Atleast that's the way I see it. The only thing to watch out for is the uneven Cobra Symbol on the Trouble Bubble. It may not be centered correctly. The sticker should atleast have cuts to fit the roundness of the bubble. The missile stickers either stick or not. One missile sticker didn't stick, just coat the sticker back with superglue and hold it tight until it sticks, it won't be fast either. I held it for atleast 10 minutes.

Nice set none the less. This set is mostly communication soldiers, and the vehicles are nice. I can't really think about anything else to say. The vehicles are made for other figures that have a thin "groin" section. Early version had "panties" while later releases have "thongs", you get the idea... Well it's a great set none the less. Go get it, but make sure of the flaws I told you about. DTM outz...

Universe Classics 2.0 Galvatron

"Galvatron is a bitch. Ok I am done..."

Yeah that's what I said on OAFE. First impressions? Yeah...

Well Galvatron is based on a tank in this version. His G1 version was a "standing cannon", which doesn't clarify it any better. The tank mode is nice. It's molded a plastic grey, some silver paint is applied on some panels, the treads are black. His cannon is a nice translucent orange. Which is a nice homage to the G1 version. It shoots out a translucent orange missile. It doesn't shoot far or strong enough to knock any thing over (except some cardboard...). On the cannon base it says "GALV-25", signifying Galvatron and the upcoming 25th anniversary line. He also has a missile housing for 6 missiles. The detail on the tank is amazing. Again he has some panels of a real tank, some intakes. In the back sides he has 2 molded missiles on the left and right side. The treads are sculpted well.

Transforming him is a pain, so when ever you get him, you'll know...My only advice is to snap off the right arm off. It's one of those joints where it just fits in a hole and pretends to be secure. I'd add the arm after you're done the other transformation. People say the left arm easily snaps off? Well I just hold the arm peg and the purple shoulder and hold it between my thumb and finger, and just bend it out. People want to just bring it down, that won't happened if you don't want it to break.

His robot mode is ok looking. It grew on me a bit. He has a bit of homage to the G1 Galvatron. You will see his head, duh...The three crowned head, His "4 pack" abs. The body is mostly grey, from the tank, but some purple show up on the left shoulder, head, torso, forearm/ hand, and the feet. For some reason I noticed Hasbro put these bright orange plastic on him. In both modes rather. You'd expect it to be for the cannon only. All the orange is located at the joints of the figure. Like his wheels are orange because the can move. The only non orange parts are his knees and elbows. Some problems I faced at first was weak joints. The legs would flop, the arms swings around heavily. I just used my easy method by sticking paper between the joints. Speaking of joints he moves at the neck, elbows, bicep, waist, hips, thighs, "knees", and ankles. The knees are so high I don't know what they would be classified as. You see the thighs are supposed to be longer that the shin. Well in this case the shins are twice as long as the thigh. The knees are pretty high up...Also as a note in the instructions his left arm has this hook looking thing, that they say to pull out. It really has no significance really, maybe for a future attachment.

There is a secret transformation not mentioned in the instructions. From tank mode he has four "feet" You just pull them out and he's a standing tank. It's a nice homage, but it doesn't work in this case. It does look cool if you are blasting an Autobot or Starscream, since the cannon can't "look" up.

Like I said first impressions kill, it took me about 20 minutes just to change him back and forth the first time. Everything was swinging around. It wouldn't stand. All the crap of a KO figure if you will. Well just a bit of getting to know the figure and fixing up some of him and I am pleased with this figure. He's pretty cool, to me, but it's whatever you think. Based on the hundreds of reviews who gave him a low score (below 5). I'll give him an 8, he's not perfect, some parts of the robot are just clumped together for happy happy kibble. Until then, I'll be waiting for a Sideswipe to go along with my recently purchased Sunstreaker. Which will be reviewed sometime...DTM Outz...