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            So I mistakenly ordered the Magic Square Light of Victory 2.0 by accident, completely forgetting they made a larger version of this figure, but just the cab.

Well, figured I'd take a look anyway as their Mukudo lineup has been impressive thus far.

For the asking price, the set offers a pretty good value proposition. You get the main figure and the usual items, like the tTailer, Roller, Repair Drone, Matrix and Ion Blaster. You also get a nice number of extra hands  (with only the hands meant to open the chest cavity being truly articulated at the wrist), extra heads (that I couldn't get on the figure for the life of me), Starscream shoulder air intakes, Jet Pack with thruster effects, Ion Blaster effect, Energon Axe, and alternate Stacks).

Hands you need to trim yourself so get your snippers handy.

Convoy himself is about 5 inches standing and the trailer is about 7 inches off. 

Clearly this set takes a few inspirations from the MP Convoy 3.0 set, which includes the aforementioned Starscream parts and a Repair Drone with wheels that can also connect to the trailer.

The overall silhouette of Convoy is also very much influenced by the most recent MP Convoy and the articulation isn't terrible either, including a few aspect from the MP such as implementing an ab crunch/back arch that is part of the transformation, and a whole slew of thin panels that are used for the transformation process. Actual articulation I'd say would satisfy most posing fans, even the shoulders have three swivel joints crammed in there to give the figure good arm motion. 

Paint and Build are alright, but not quite as good as the Mukudo line. Now, to be fair, the Mukudo line has was fewer paint applications, and the ones that are there are actually larger, but you do seem some sloppy paint work in areas of more minute details.

Build is probably the bigger issue. There are a lot of tabs and slots on this figure, and while pretty good, the level of QC on this figure is JUST enough to make it work, and I'm confident that many of the steps to transformation are only possible due to some of the plastic being softer as opposed to engineering adequate clearance. Smaller size of course also brings up some question and concerns about play wear and breakage (I lost a tab that I don't think even made it out of the factory). The general fit of loose parts is actually pretty good, but the Energon Axe really doesn't like the arm socket very much, being incredibly loose. But perhaps the most frustrating part is that the instructions are very much useless unless all you want to do is transform the cab.

Taken on: March 17, 2024

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Sets appears in: • Magic Square Light of Victory 2.0

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