Robo-Hulk, ROBO-SMASH!!!

I suppose I should have made this more of a review, but there doesn't seem to be a way to put more than one picture in a review here at Multiply, so we go the route of the blog. On Sunday, I stopped by a Wal-Mart to pick up something easy for dinner (ham steaks and frozen mac & cheese), but as always when I'm at a Wal-Mart, or anywhere that sells toys, I check out the toy department.

So, as I'm looking over the multitude of Star Wars pegwarmers and the leftovers from whatever Transformers were put out a few days previously, I come across a new line of toys. The Transformers Crossovers. This is a line where, as the story on the back of the package goes, Mr. Fantastic and Iron Man use alien technology to build enhanced robotic suits for the Marvel heroes to use that can transform into vehicles. Dr. Doom stole the technology to make bad guy mechs, and now the world can get even more blown up by super heroes pretending to be Transformers. I picked up the Hulk since he looked the coolest and seemed like the most absurd candidate for this program.

I mean, c'mon, the Hulk isn't exactly a stable character as it is, do we really want to make him even stronger and harder to control? But, it's a toy line, so what the hell?

Hulk starts out as as tank right out of the package. It's not a real model as far as I can tell, but that's the glory of this line; the characters don't have to look like anything real so their designs don't suffer, unlike the Star Wars Transformers line. The tank mode rolls well and the barrel pivots up and down and that's about it. I think it looks pretty nifty and find it's a little ironic that the Hulk would transform into the one vehicle he's known for smashing more than anything else.

The transformation is a little tricky in parts, but not too bad. The turret becomes the legs and the treads become the arms. There are a lot of panels that fold in and around themselves, but they lock into place pretty well. Hulk has great articulation, including spring-loaded shoulders and waist for extra punching power. Unfortunately, that means he's limited in how he's posed, since you can't keep the shoulders extended out or the waist turned. But, he's fun to play with.

Since I'm still mad at Sunstreaker for causing Duke to wake me up yesterday morning, I put him in an action shot here for scale purposes. Hulk is only slightly larger than a deluxe class Transformer, the $10 range, but costs $5 more. I assume some of the extra cost is due to licensing agreements with Marvel as he really isn't quite worth the extra dough, but is a lot more fun to play with than, say Transformers Animated Megatron. But, that's for another blog.

While I'm not the biggest Hulk fan, this was the one toy out of the initial assortment (Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Venom) that I thought looked cool enough to give a try. So, if you like things that transform and value my friendship, you'll buy this toy. I'm kidding about that last part... or... am I? Dun dun DUN DUN dun duuuun!