[Bionichute]

i managed to find the boomtower figure, alongside vargoyle, so i got both of them.

vargoyle is good! obviously missing paint in places, his eyes not being blue is the weirdest part, but the accessories and ball-jointed arms allow for some cool poses even without proper leg articulation.

boomtower is... bad. straight up bad. tons of missing paint apps, he's flattened down from his actual design (presumably to fit in the box, but still), and he overall looks way too skinny for the big bruiser bad guy.

the missing paint apps are inexcusable for the most part too, because almost all of it is the gold checker patterns, when the figure ALREADY has gold paint! i cannot tell you how much better the figure would look with just those pits of paint, he's so beige without them. i can count at least 15 spots on the figure that should have colors that are already on it. and obviously there's the ugly foil stickers.

he doesn't have balljoints despite those being the standard on most of the beast morpher villain figures, maybe because of his shoulder pads, but it makes it impossible to actually put him in any poses.

like i said, it barely looks like him, his shoulder pads are smaller, his chest is flat, his crest is shortened... ultra disappointing after even the bandai of america villain toys tried to be super accurate to the suits, but especially after the beast morphers figures.

also inexplicably his forearms are separate pieces? they're incredibly loose and can pop off with very little force. they're on pegs so you'd think it would be for forearm articulation but it really does not work.

his weapon is good though, even if its missing paint, but i can at least excuse that.

it'd be a real shame if this is the only villain figure we're getting for dino fury, like everything seems to be pointing to. even when they only released a single general, bandai of america at least TRIED to make them on par with the rangers. fury is still one of the best figures period of the last 5 years