[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by KibouNoRyu

ahh, nothing like fiddleing With a New transformer. unfortunatly I never got my hands on any version of Dreadwing. not even a cyberverse.

I can recommend this one. The paint is typical Takara, really good and lots of it. Transformation is similar to the cyberverse from what I get. But he is a Beast Hunters toy, he has beast influences in both jet and robot mode. The jet-nosecone is shaped and painted like the beak of a hawk, his feet are bird-like and the wings fold open like feathers in robot-mode, although that's optional.

If you don't like beastformers this might be a deal-breaker for you. I quite enjoy it (I am a Beast Wars-fan after all ), and without the bright and IMO misplaced colors of the Hasbro version it actually looks like a robot with animal-like features instead of Dreadwing in a bird costume.

But he also didn’t appear like this in the show, at all, so if you want the Dreadwing from the Prime-cartoon this one's no good.

Since I can't start a photo-session with him right now, Takara Tomy's YouTube channel has videos up for their Adventures line where you can see how the toy is transformed, that gives some great understanding on how the figure looks in hand: http://tinyurl.com/q4f44ru

And since the release was like 3 weeks ago you should still find him for cheap. I think AmiAmi still has him in stock too, for that price he's definitely worth it!

If you missed toys from that era in general, like I did, you should follow what Takara's doing with this line, there are lots of Animated and Prime-repaints in there.