Review – Transformers: Titans Return Scourge

This makes the seventh toy in Hasbro’s Transformers: Titans Return series (find at Amazon.com*) to find its way to battlegrip.com as a review. You can find the earlier reviews listed below, and I can safely say that this is Hasbro’s best Transformers line in years. Seriously, Titans Return is amazing!

• Transformers: Titans Return Nightbeat
  
• Transformers: Titans Return Loudmouth
  
• Transformers: Titans Return Hardhead
  
• Transformers: Titans Return Terri-Bull
  
• Transformers: Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime
  
• Transformers: Titans Return Crashbash

Once you’ve read through all of the older reviews then hurry back; Titans Review Scourge* is photographed and all set for his big review. Read on to find out what I think of this Deluxe class Decepticon toy.

Vehicle Mode

The new Titans Review Scourge* looks more like the 1986 character design than what we got from the 2011 Transformers Generations Scourge toy (review here), meaning the new toy’s vehicle mode is more of the Cybertronian Hovercraft design of the original than it is a stealth bomber. I’m torn; I love that Hasbro went back to the original, but the stealth bomber vehicle mode is definitely far cooler than this strange boat-like contraption.

Below you can see Fracas, the “Titan Master” that is one of today’s Headmaster-like designs that Hasbro has constructed to give the latest series its gimmick. In 1987, Fracas was the Targetmaster weapon included with Scourge, so this newest figure is inspired by two different *Master concepts from 1987. Cool and all, but now I want to find a Targetmaster weapon to give the Titans Review Scourge* toy to really make things fun.

Robot Mode

The Titans Review Scourge*, as with other Deluxe class Titans Return toys, is slightly smaller than some of the earlier toys, but it actually scales and poses quite nicely with that 2011 Transformers Generations Scourge toy (review here). I was surprised to see that the two toys are roughly the same height, but what surprised me even more is how nicely the two go together on a shelf. Clearly, after this, I’ll have to find another Scourge to pose alongside these two.

This Titans Review Scourge* features fairly decent articulation, with the only significant joint missing a waist swivel. Putting that aside, we can instead focus on what the toy does have in the way of articulation:

• Head – A ball-jointed neck (like all of the other Deluxe class toys in this line).
  
• Arms – Swivel-hinge shoulders, swivel biceps, hinged elbows, and wrist hinges that swing in for the transformation design.
  
• Legs – Swivel-hinge hips, swivel thighs, hinged knees, and minimal hinge joints on the feet (again, part of the transformation design).

The toy isn’t going to win any poseability contests, but there’s enough articulation here that it is playable and fun. And it is those two words — playable and fun — that continue to come up as I go through the entire series of Transformers: Titans Return toys (find at Amazon.com*). It is about time we got toys that are toys first and collectible objects second. Thanks, Hasbro!

Closing Thoughts

I’ve been a bit swamped with work the last few months, and taking a holiday to open and play with Titans Review Scourge* tells me I truly do need to take some time for myself more than I have been. I opened the toy last night, and within moments of pulling Scourge from his packaging I was playing with him and loving the design. The transformation design is quick and easy, the sculpt perfect, and everything here reminds me that Hasbro really can make some fantastic Transformers toys.

Highly recommended!