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The featured button this video is the brand new Transformers Legacy Core Class Iguanas. Now, this figure right here is the one I was most looking forward to out of Wave 1. I am a huge Pretenders fan. Granted, the original G1 toys weren't the greatest Transformer figures, but I've really grown to appreciate the concept behind them. And I love the Decepticon Pretenders. They're all these cool monsters while the Autobot Pretenders were mostly just humans in giant fat spacesuits. So I am really happy that Hasbro is attempting to bring the Pretenders back. Now, taking a quick look at the packaging. We've got Iguanas right here in Hasbro's new tamper-proof packaging. Transformers here on the side, Transformers Legacy, some great artwork of Iguanas in Motorcycle Mode. Back of the packaging features Iguanas in Robot Mode, Motorcycle Mode once again, and Transforms in 15 Steps. We've got some artwork right here featuring Megatron, Dragstrip, Iguanas, Skywarp, and I've always missed him. There's kickback right there. This side of the box has some great artwork of Iguanas shooting eye lasers. You don't see that happen often. I think the last figure I saw with eye lasers was Dino Bot. But enough about the packaging. Let's get this Pretender opened up out of his shell and check him out. And welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. Now once you get Iguanas all opened up and out of his packaging, you'll see he does come with a sheet of instructions that, as usual, is very well illustrated and easy to follow. And right here on the back of the instructions is the QR code you can scan for Iguanas's Bio. Normally this is on the box, but for the core class it's on the instructions. And just for a moment, I never really look at the artwork on the instructions, but look at that. That looks awesome. Iguanas also comes with his weapon, which is a piece of that mega sword or whatever it is that the core class figures come with. I don't have the other two open to do the combined mode just yet, but stay tuned to this channel. This thing actually looks really good. Great paint applications. I believe this is all purple, but it's got gold paint and that looks like flames. It's kind of like flames coming there along the side. I dig it. That thing looks really, really good. And then of course we've got Iguanas himself. And oh my God, does this figure look amazing? I am just blown away by this guy. I mean the paint applications are spot on. The original, let me bring his pretender shell in. This is the G1 original. Now look at that. Hasbro had a pretender fan and Iguanas fan design that core class figure. That is spot on. The details, the belt, the scales, the head. I am really impressed. This is Iguanas bro. My God, you knocked it out of the park. And if you look on the back of Iguanas here, he's got the wheels. That's an homage to the inner robot. The wheels could store on his back if you didn't use them as a weapon for the shell. So I think that's really cool how they combine the shell with the inner bot. These is what tumbling off the table to create this fantastic looking core class figure. I mean, I love this guy. Taking a closer look at the paint applications and the sculpted details. Look at the head. You can see the scales, the yellow eyes, the teeth. I do wish the teeth were painted though. Details there on the chest plate, the belt. Now I want to see something. Bring in the, the belt is exactly the same as G1. Oh my gosh Hasbro, you are just hitting me with those nostalgia waves. I mean, this is just an amazing looking figure. I can't get over it. It even has the tail on the back. I love this great job. I mean, he's got some waffling there on the back of the legs and the arms. But man, you're not going to see this when you have him displayed. This is just awesome. I keep getting over how good this figure looks. Now let's get into articulation with the head. It's on a ball joint and can look up and down slightly. And really doesn't have a lot of articulation because of the sculpting. But man, that's enough. He can kind of look to that shit. Got tongue tied. I'm so excited with this figure. He can kind of look at you over his shoulder there. Arms out and you can't do a complete 360 because the wheels on his back, but they are on a ball joint. You got the bicep bend right there. It's a ball joint as well. There's also a rotation thanks to the ball joint. There is a waist rotation. Very tight though. Legs can go back. They can go forward. I just did that in reverse. Man, I'm all screwed up tonight. It's like legs can go forward. They can go back. They can go out. They can go in. They're on a ball joint as well at the hip. The knees on a ball joint so they can bend back and forth. And he does have ankle tilt. The ankles or the feet are on ball joints as well. So lots of articulation for this figure. And then of course we've got his weapon. You can put the weapon in his hand like so. So you've got that going on or flip it around. Like I said, those look like flames. So it kind of looks like he's shooting that way. And what's really cool, this little weapon is blast effect compatible. So you've got that going on. I love it. This is a great little figure. Now let's get into transformation. Now the first thing you want to do is remove a guanosas weapon and then take his backpack, flip this down and bring it up over his head. There's going to be a soft click right here. And then just fold this down. And it's going to have into these little slots there on the chest. So there you have the front of the vehicle. Now you've got these sections back here. You want to bring these down and around. Now the key is the one on the smaller arm is the front wheel. The one on the longer arm is the back. Go ahead and bring the robot arms up. And then for the legs, what you're going to do is do a 180 at the knees and then a 180 with the feet. Now go ahead and bring the legs. Excuse me. You want to rotate at the waist. I forget that every time for some reason. So that turns his tail into a seat and I dig that. Now what you're going to do is bend the knees. They're now facing backwards. And what you want to do is there are these tabs on the outside or the inside of the knees now that are going to tab into the tail. Plus you have these ports on his feet that are going to plug into the wheels. And it can be difficult because these little tail tabs can be a pain to get in. The man, once they get in, they are secured. There's one that didn't peg the wheel in right there. Now for this one, I'm going to go ahead and peg the wheel into the foot first. And now get that peg lined up. And this one, there we go. Those can sometimes be a pain, but they went in perfect that time. Now for the arms. You want to bring the arms down and rotate the fists around. So it's underneath the hand. See how it has a larger hole right there? That is going to line up to the hole on the wheel. Now, there's these little spaces right here in the arms. And you got this little space right here. So you want to make sure the arm goes over that. You can get the fists turned around just right. Get the arm to tab over that little tab over that tab right there. And then just peg the fist into the wheel. Do that with the other side. And there we go. There is a Guanas in his motorcycle mode. And yeah, that is not the greatest vehicle mode. You're using a lot of imagination with that. I mean, that doesn't even look like a Cybertronian mode. That is a robot folded up, holding on to some wheels with his hands and feet. But the way I look at this is a Guanas isn't really trying to disguise himself. It's kind of like the Transmetal Beast Wars. This is his transportation mode. So you look at it like that, it's not too bad. Great paint applications on the motorcycle as well. You've seen everything in robot mode already, except for the red here on the front, along with the white for the windshield and the Decepticon logo right there. I really dig this. This is so cool. But man, that never happens. I was about to say he does not stand real good, but if you get him just right, there you go. And man, he's freewheeling. I mean, really good wheel rotation there. I dig it. Now you can take his weapon, peg it here on top, which doesn't look the greatest. I guess you put a blast effect in there to help a little bit. But I am not a fan of that look whatsoever. I wish he had a port somewhere on the back, just like the G1 toy. But I guess you could take this. Well, you can't even plug it into his hand. I mean, the only option is up here on top. So we'll put that on there one more time. See if I can get him to stand. We'll do it now. Take that off, see if it helps. And we'll bring in G1 iguanas in vehicle mode. And seeing these two side by side, Legacy knocks G1 out of the park with his robot mode because G1 had fake wheels. I mean, those aren't even wheels. This guy, he can roll all day. But you can see the similarities and the love letter to the Generation 1 toy. And I totally applaud Hasbro for that. I think that's awesome. I mean, they did a great job with this figure. And I couldn't be happier. Now he won't stand at all. So there you go guys. There is core class iguanas in vehicle mode. And now for some quick size comparisons. Here is Transformers Legacy core class iguanas with Generation 1 iguanas. And just take a moment to drink that in. Beast Wars crocodile Megatron. Kingdom core class Megatron. And Titan's return, Legend. Iguanas is a vast improvement. So these little guys at least could do the Pretender gimmick. I don't know if you guys can tell or not, but I absolutely love this figure. Great paint applications, great sculpted details, great articulation. I mean, this figure has it all. Yes, his vehicle mode is a little weak, but man, it's a vast improvement over the original. So there you go guys. Transformers Legacy core class iguanas. So does a Transformers Legacy core class iguanas belong in your collection? Well, if you're an old school G1 or like me, absolutely. I love this figure. I think Hasbro knocked it out of the park with this guy. I love how they blended the G1 Pretender shell with the inner robot. He just looks so cool. I mean, my only complaint with the figure, I wish he was bigger. Deluxe size would have been perfect. So maybe it's a start. Maybe we'll start seeing more Pretenders because there are some awesome characters that Hasbro could really pull from if they continue doing this. I mean, I love this. This is definitely one of the best core class figures in my collection and a nice reimagining of one of my favorite G1 toys. 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