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Now Sludge here was a early arrival from Amazon.com just in time for my birthday. Yes, today is my birthday. I am 49 years old and I still play with Transformers. That's awesome, I love it. Never grow up. So real quick let's take a look at the packaging. We've got Sludge right there in Dino mode taking on the Shark Decoz. And I love that artwork. It is so cool. Transformers, Studio Series 86, Transformers the Movie, Dino Bot Sludge. Side of the box, a up close shot of that same picture. Back of the packaging, we've got Sludge in Robot Mode, Dinosaur Mode. And right here shows that you can use the insert as a backdrop for your display. This side we've got an even closer review of that artwork, Studio Series 86. So now without further ado, let's get my birthday gift all opened up and check him out. And welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. Now once you get Sludge all opened up and now the packaging, you'll see he does come with a sheet of instructions that as usual is very well illustrated and easy to follow. But man, I hate these instructions that just stretch out so long. I prefer the more booklet style. He also comes with his gun that is molded to look pretty much like his G1 toy gun even with the little launching mechanism up here on top. And I love that, especially the paint applications. That looks so good. And then of course you've got Sludge himself. And man, let me tell you, this is a big Transformers figure just like the other Studio Series 86 Dinobots. This is what I want with a leader class figure, a big bulky, massive toy. And he looks awesome just like he did in the 1986 movie. Great head sculpt, great paint applications. I mean that's Sludge right there. He's got that perfect Sludge face. I love it. Paint applications. He's got a silver crest, silver face and blue eyes. You've got the Autobot insignia right there. And this little section right here also looks like the Generation 1 toy Diaclone Pilot canopy. But this does not open, so don't try to force it. Let me show you real quick. I'm going to kind of halfway transform him. It is screwed in. So I guess if you want to unscrew it and take it apart, you can do that. But don't try to force that open. He doesn't really have a lot of paint applications, some dark gray down here on the legs, some gold feet. And really that's about it. But man, the sculpted detail on this figure is awesome. And one of the things I am happy to report with my Sludge, I've been seeing a lot of posts on Facebook that he has really loose hips and knees. But mine, you've got a soft ratchet. Bring those hips up to a nice sitting position. And yeah, he's golden. And as you see, the knees are not floppy as well. I don't know if you can hear that. Soft ratchets for the knees. Soft ratchets for the hips. So I really lucked out with mine. Hopefully you will luck out with yours as well. Now as far as the rest of the articulation goes, the head is on a little hinge right here. So it can look up. But I believe the head itself is attached to a mushroom peg. It only rotates. It doesn't have any wiggle waggle whatsoever. So you have the hinge and 360 rotation. The arms here can go out. They can go in. They can do a complete 360 as well. And as you can hear, ratchets also in the shoulder joint. But if you try to do a 360, it is going to hit the wings here on the back. There is a bicep rotation. A nice deep bicep bend. Wrist rotation. Waist rotation. And of course you already saw the hips. Legs out. Legs in. Big deep knee bend. And ankle tilt. So he's got lots of articulation. And I love the fact that mine is nice and tight. I was really worried seeing some other posts on Facebook. You can take the blaster. Put that in his hand as such. And there you've got sludge all armed and ready for battle. Now I do wish he would at least have come with his sword. Since he didn't come with a crappy little extra figure like Grimlock at Slag. But it is what it is. And I'm sure some company, and I think some already have, will make a sword for him. So that's pretty much it for robot mode. I did want to show you the back of the figure real quick. He's got the big wings, just like the G1 figure. And the dinosaur head along the back. And he cleans up really good. There's no hollow bits, no waffling until you get down here to the feet. So a really, man, big old truck went by. So a really nice looking robot mode. So now let's get sludge transformed into his dinosaur mode. And I love this transformation. Go ahead and pop the weapon out of his hand. And you want to rotate the fists around to where they're facing up. Like so. And then you're going to fold those back inside his wrist. Do the same with the other side here. And now you're going to rotate at the bicep a 180. Do this for the other side. And just go ahead and rotate at the waist of 180 as well. Now you're going to take the chest right here. As I showed earlier, pull this down. Kind of get the legs out of the way. Fold the head into the chest. And then bring the dinosaur head up. You've got some tabs right here. Go ahead and tab that in. So you've got that going on. Take the chest section. Rotate it around like so. So you've got that mess. You're going to take the wings from the back. Bring these up. And you've got the front dinosaur legs here. Just bring these out. And they're going to tab in right there. So go ahead and bring that down. Tab in. You actually hear it pop into place. So there's the front of the dino. Go ahead and bring the legs together so you can take this chest section. Fold the chest section down like so. And then just bring the wings up and over forming the dinosaur body. They kind of collapse back in on themselves. Now for the legs and the tail section. This is wild. I love this transformation here. You're going to go ahead and move the tail sections here out of the way. I'm confused. Where is the... Okay, here at the top. This is a big figure to mess with. You're going to unpeg this section here from the leg and unfold and bring this out. So the legs just explode. Do this again on this leg. Right above the gold toe here. Bring this out. Fold that out. And bring that over. So you've got a heck of a mess down here. So now you're going to collapse the legs in and fold the toes down here toward the body. Always easier said than done when you're doing it on camera. Now once you get the legs folded up and under like that, go ahead and peg them together. You can see the pegs right here in the center. Get those peg together there. Now once you get that all tabbed together right there, you got the toes folded down like so. Bring the tail, little tail tip section around. Peg those together. Bring these up and over. So the gold section here is going to cover up the chest piece. Get those squeezed together. Get the top half squeezed together. Get this all cleaned up. And the toes or these gold section here is going to tab in here. Get this tab together. Get them all cleaned up. You also want to make sure that the little tabs right here go in behind this section. The little holes and pegs will line up. Get your thumbnail in. Get those popped in. Chest popped together. Get this little gold section. I have transformed this guy so many times and on camera, nothing is fricking working. And now once you have everything tabbed in, there you have sludge in his dino mode. And I wish that this section here would tab in a little bit tighter, but doesn't look bad at all. Big ol' chunky tail right there. I love how the paint applications work with sludge. You've got the gold here for the dinosaur head and part of the neck. Then you've got the gray into silver into gold with the red down to the gray, black and then silver again for the tip of the tail. He looks great and so much like his Generation 1 toy counterpart. As you can see right here. Well, long time since I've transformed my original sludge figure. I do wish the tail could have been a little bit longer, but you know, it is what it is. It's got his Autobot logo right there on the head. Got the blue eyes. The mouth can open and close. And if you look inside, there is a blast effect port to which you can take a blast effect and attach there on the inside. Only certain ones are going to fit. But now you can have him opening fire out of his mouth just like it was shown on his package art. So yeah, I love the dino mode. It looks so cool, big and beefy. It does have a big gap right there though, but you don't really see it. Now one of the things that it strikes me funny, it may just be me, is the two gold sections right there. Looks like he's pretty well endowed. He's got some dino nuts, if you will. So you can take his blaster right here and he's got these two pegs on the side and these will match up to these little slots right there above his dino nuts. Just plug that in and they've got weapon storage. So now let's bring in one of his fellow Studio Series dino bots so we can take a look at them together in dino mode. So here he is, Studio Series Grimlock and yes, they look great together. So there you go guys, Studio Series 86 sludge in dino mode. And now for some quick size comparisons. Here is Transformers Studio Series 86 sludge with Generation 1 Optimus Prime, Generation 1 sludge, Power of the Primes sludge, Studio Series 86 slag, and Studio Series 86 Grimlock. Transformers Studio Series 86 sludge is another fantastic Studio Series dino bot edition. I love this figure, he's big, he's beefy, he's got loads of articulation and a very fun transformation, except when you're doing it on camera, and I love this guy. He was a very highly anticipated figure and man was he worth the wait. So now we just need Studio Series 86 to hurry up and release swoop and snarl. So there you go guys, Transformers Studio Series 86 sludge. So does a Transformers Studio Series 86 dino bot sludge belong in your collection? Absolutely, I love this figure. I love all of the Studio Series 86 dino bots, they are big, beefy, and just so much fun to play with and they look so good both in robot mode and dinosaur mode. My only real complaint with sludge right here is I wish he at least came with his sword, since he didn't come with a little extra crappy figure, they could have gave us the sword instead. But all in all, this is still a great figure, he cleans up so good, great articulation. He's just awesome, so yeah, you see a sludge on the shelf, pick him up, you are not going to be disappointed. Now guys, if you enjoyed the video, don't forget to like, don't forget to subscribe, and don't forget to click that bell icon to get notified when I upload new videos. Also, if you're in any position to help out the channel, I do offer channel memberships here on YouTube and I also have this new super thanks button. And I want to give a huge shout out to all my current channel members because it's support like yours that helps keep this channel going. Once again guys, this is Patriot Prime, signing out.