STAR CATS Dino Combiner: BIAO SHEN (AOE STRAFE)

One of the best and probably tied with another figure as my favorite on the line up.. I'm not a fan of swoop or strafe (whatever you wanna call it) since I hate flying dinosaur.. But this one is by far the best Pterodactyl Transforming figure I ever have. Even better with the Hasbro releases.. 

PACKAGING:

I forgot to differentiate the sizes of these figures.. Grimlock is a voyager size toy packaged on a leader class box.. While the remaining four figures are all deluxe class on a voyager size packaging..

LEFT GRIMLOCK ----  RIGHT STRAFE (SWOOP)

ROBOT MODE:

FRONT

BACK

BIAO SHEN resembles Strafe from the AOE toy line.. And for the sake of this review, I'll be calling it Strafe to avoid frustration of pronouncing it's chinese name.. 

Strafe's robot mode is sleek and well proportion.. I really like how the blue and silver gray mixed together, specially the black linings on the feet.. It compliments the overall appearance greatly of the figure.. This is something I forgot to discuss on the last review.. The whole STAR CATS dino team has fantastic PAINT DETAILING!!! they made an effort to properly paint each part of the figure without going sloppy like the usual china company does.. THUMBS UP!!!

And unlike the Grimlock.. Strafe has an incredible articulation able to execute dynamic aerial poses.. Due to time constraint, I'm limiting myself to one to two dynamic poses shot in order for me to cover the rest of the figures.. But trust me, you'll love this figure for it's playability.. 

Maybe a small nitpick would be the two pegs on each side of it's head.. Making it look frankensteinish.. But it adds to it's appeal.. so yeah

DINO MODE:

Strafe transform into a Pterodactyl flying dinosaur.. And I like how they designed this to be similar with the G1 toy with a bit of modern touches.. I don't know how to properly describe it but it has this jet like vibe.. Maybe it has something to do with the wings or missiles.. 

IMPRESSION:

Just when I start to loose hope, this figure quickly revives my interest and excitement on the dino combiner team! Both the robot and dino mode is a winner!  CHEERS!!

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