The latest enormous Transformers figure takes some time to set up, but it impresses once you’ve got it all together.
Let’s say, just for the sake of argument, that you’ve already got the Transformers Generations Titans Return Titan Class Fortress Maximus in your collection and you say to yourself, “Self, this just isn’t taking up enough room. I need Trypticon too.”
In reality, no one would ever say that — except for the last part, because the Transformers Generations Titans Return Titan Class Trypticon figure is every bit as impressive as its Autobot counterpart, and perhaps has even more of a wow factor due to one highly publicized feature which is as fun as advertised. We got to open one up and put its through its paces, and this is what we found.
Some patience is necessary before you get to the good parts
Surprisingly, Trypticon ships in only three parts, so it’s not that hard to put together. It took us a little while to figure out where the legs hooked onto the body, but once you find the connectors, they slide in easily and click into place securely.
The real labor is in applying decals — well over 100 of them. Some are insanely tiny, but you won’t want to skip them because they have a shiny, metallic look that pops against Trypticon’s largely gray plastic body. We’re not professional Transformers collectors by any means, but with the help of some tweezers, we did an acceptable job with the stickers.
It’s not that hard to transform
With all it has going on, you’d expect that Trypticon might be difficult to convert between its three forms: T-Rex, spaceship and city. But it’s pretty easy to put it in spaceship mode, and not that difficult to transform into T-Rex mode either, where we’ll assume yours will be spending most of its time.
The city or base mode gave us a little more trouble, particularly in the final few steps where parts of the legs swing out to become the furthest parts of the city (where you can actually connect Leader Class Titans Return Transformers to create Nemesis Command if you’re so inclined). Still, the individual steps aren’t difficult, and everything snaps into place for the most part and feels like it will stay together once it does.
This is a really big toy
The official size of Trypticon is listed as 18 inches, but that’s a bit deceptive because it also takes up some serious room from front to back as a T-Rex. And with the “arms” of the city mode extended, we couldn’t even fit it in a picture.
To put its T-Rex mode in perspective, Trypticon towers over Superion …
… but he’s still a bit shorter than the Fortress Maximus convention exclusive from 2016.
That said, this is still a very large figure that is going to produce a “wow” factor that few other Transformers will, or any other figures for that matter.
It really does swallow Titan Master figures
Yep, you heard that right. Maybe they shouldn’t even be called Titan “Masters” any more since this guy can swallow them. You get the Titan Masters back simply by swinging open a door and taking them out.
If you’re buying this for a kid, there’s little chance they won’t love it, especially if they’re into the idea of a giant robot T-Rex in the first place. A Titan Master can also be used to activate an extra gun that pops up from the dinosaur head.
Trypticon also comes with the Deluxe Class Decepticon Full-Tilt, which converts from robot to a sort of car/tank hybrid that connects to the chest of the dinosaur or can drive right down the main ramp in city mode.
Final thoughts
Trypticon definitely takes some time and determination to assemble and get the decals on, but once that’s done, it’s as enjoyable as you’d hope, something that could be a true centerpiece of any Transformers or general toy collection. The high price (suggested retail of $149.99) is worth noting, but you get a lot of Transformer for it.
Plus, if you’ve already made space for Fortress Maximus, what’s one more Titan Class figure, right?
Disclosure: FanSided was provided with a Transformers Generations Titans Return Titan Class Trypticon figure free of charge for the purposes of this review.