Plastic Addict 25: Animorphs Tobias (5th Worst)

TJ Omega starts this video by looking at some of his collection to take a look at what he can review. However, after taking quick look at some of the Transformer toys he already reviewed, he screams in horror.

With the show back after a long hiatus, TJ decides to come back in a big way. To celebrate 6000 subscribers, TJ announces that he will be doing a countdown review on 5 of the worst Transformer toys he has. He then states that toys he already reviewed (like Armada Hot Shot) will not be on this list, and they are ones that are set in stone so he won't be changing the list up midway. #5 is pulled out, and it's revealed to be Animorphs Tobias.

TJ gives a short synopsis on the Animorph book series, and mentions the TV series as well before getting into the actual toy line. TJ notes that the toy line is so bad, he can do any Plastic Addict episode about anyone of them.

TJ singles out Tobias for this list because the beast mode looks awful. He criticizes the human legs being a poor attempt of being the hawks chest, with the shoes being very visible. He also notes that the beak doesn't go all the way to the face, leaving some of Tobais's face revealed. He then sarasticlly notes that Hasbro probably didn't have experience with bird Transformers before revealing Beast Wars basic class Airazor as a prime example of good disguising. He then criticizes that Tobias's hands aren't covered, and the falcon is so wide legged it's not even accurate (even thought there are some leg articulation). He also notes that the hawk head has barely any articulation. He does like the airbrush color on the wings and tail though, though wonders why it's not on the back as well. The wings have a nice splay feature when openings, and they can move to look like a perched position, but that's the closest the figure will look as a bird.

The human mode isn't any better. TJ freaks out that the head looks more like him than the actor on the show, causing him to switch to the mutant head mode. He criticizes the back heaviness of the mode (a result of the wings being folded into the back) causing it to look slouched. The articulation is fine, though some are hindered by the beast modes wings. He then criticizes the fact that unlike other Animorph toys, it looks more human like, resulting in terrible designs for both modes. The worst flaw with this toy is that it's boring. Without the possibility, there's no fun to be had with it.

TJ declares it the worst designed Transformer toy ever, but notes the other four on the list could beat it out. TJ then mentions he could look at other Animorph toys sometime in the future.