What's the haps, chapettes and chaps?
So, somehow it's been two and a half years since Gigapower rocked my face off
and while the world of Dinobot third party Masterpieces - or
has for years been so oversaturated as to be reasonably described as a quag,
Gigapower's MO is just so on my wavelength!
Just huge thunkin' chunks of big dumb dino love done right!
So we're officially in this for the long haul - not that one -
and it's time for round 2, baby!
Let's get ass-deep into the mighty mound of mass that is
Gigapower Gigasaurs HQ-02 Grassor!
So this Cretaceous crushlump is Guttur's bruttur from anuttur muttur
and as such is precisely as luxurious and gargantuan!
Just an indomitable, inflated-budget remake of the 80s classic with everything dialled up to eleventy billion!
I mean, check it out! This is hands-down the most massive Slag I've ever seen!
Y'know, apart from your mum.
So, Grassor's gone for a markedly more extrovert look than Guttur's decidedly stoic styles.
Like, the bod's a heroically hunky techno-boulder with the outstretched dino jaw motif!
Face is a rather sexy pouty cubehead nestled against a truly epic dino hood!
Check him out with the sensational shoulder frills and splayed kibble wings
and hot red head spikes just smoulderin' away there.
Arms are lookin' swole there, with these see-through shoulder orbs
and the hands are just knuckled up to the max!
He definitely seems to enjoy a good pose, as well -
like, the ratchets are so springy and vibrant it's like he kinda responds to you!
You love it, you slag!
Legs are just monumentally meaty down there!
I fancy Domino's.
Check out these monstrous dino boots, with the tail folded up at the back
like the world's bulkiest Achilles tendon!
Love the slidey, pointy toes and the transparent patella panels!
Shins are awash with pleasant, space-station-y detail, and refreshingly little kibble.
Check it out, the dino legs actually fold away into these inner calf caves, which - thank God.
But if you wanna be a total G1 stick-in-the-mud which the Giga boys have clearly anticipated
then you can implant these implants to bulk out the gape gap, and boom.
Full, comprehensive, exhaustive G1 accuracy,
ya nerd.
Stances can be a bit of a weird beast though!
Like, he's got leg joints for days, but his feet are just so tectonically massive
that it can turn into a bit of a brawl down there
so you HAVE to give it a bit of clearance and you kinda always end up bustin' out these huge operatic gestures -
I love it! It's pure drama.
So anyway, being the breakout icons of pop culture they are,
the Dinobots kinda mean different things to different people.
Like, some dorks prefer the cartoon look, some dweebs prefer the toys,
and some alpha nerds reckon they prefer the original Diaclone ones.
No you don't. Come on.
All of which inspired Gigapower to jam the box full of
absolutely everything you could possibly ever ask for ever
and just let you sort yourself out.
Like, check it out, you got this bomb-ass laser rifle,
this hefty light-up bastard sword with awesomely cheesy plastic flames,
couple of zappy zap zappers,
alternate silver thighs, and like, an extra waist?
What are you, a kit?
And as for the head, they've just gone nuclear with the options!
Black bonce, red bonce, grey face, red face, chill face, mad face,
universal electro-eyes, and like, two different flavours of synthwave shades -
basically, whatever flavour of Slag you're after, Grassor's got you covered!
All of which adds up to a thoroughly convincing dino robo lad
with absolutely all the trimmings and a magnitude of attitude!
It's like, how much more Slag could this be?
And the answer's none.
None more Slag.
[sweet retro synth jam]
Dinomation pretty much just gets you to the dino mode
with a neato hind-quarters legectomy and a surprise jaw pop.
Max impact, minimal faff - like a pro!
Yes indeed, Grassor delivers a deliciously divine dino mode as this heavenly heavy-set chubular Triceradude!
Man, there's just something so "hell yeah" about a big chunky Triceratops
with a face full of spikes and a big thicc ass.
Triceratops is still cool, right?
Like, they haven't discovered that it had a soft fluffy down
and it breathed through its mouth [gross heavy mouth breathing]
and its eyes were actually extra bumholes?
So, he's got the look absolutey down with this pudgy powerhouse of a dinobod!
It's just MASSIVE, and like, all these sizzlin' circuits definitely bring the visual noise!
Legs are seriously stocky and look sorta Star Wars-y with these TIE Fightery hips!
Plus they're variable, so you can go for the sweet chibi squanch, or the full big boy stomp!
And if you want you can bash in these plug-in electro-blasters for full rampage mode!
A pew pew pew pa pyow pyow pyow!
Head's packin' a bit of a nod and a waggle and an adorable curious pup head tilt.
Jaw's actually on a ball on a stick in there so you can get a good old flap 'n' chew on the go
and there's even a surprise gob-mounted shotgun
where you can smoosh on the sword flames for some ass-blastin' fire flob!
Anyway, there's swathes more Dino style add-ons for the discerning Diaclone devotee -
like, you can encase the extremities in these clear grey covers
and swap out the horns for a subtler metallic pair
or you can just pop 'em off altogether for a bonus Monoclonius mode!
Seriously though, it's actually kinda weird how much that changes the vibe.
And the tail can do a sassy slag wag.
Niceratops!
So all in all, Grassor's kind of exactly what he looks like.
I dunno if he packs many surprises, but he definitely gives you a slammin' bang-to-buck ratio
and a sublimely satisfying Tricerasperience!
'Cos, honestly, the bulk of third party stuff these days just leaves me cold, but I feel like Gigapower get me.
No 508-point transformation, no wise-guy try-hard gimmicks,
just - it's got all the bits, it does all the stuff,
and it's really, really big!
It's Gigapower Grassor, and ain't nobody badasser.
Slagnificent!
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