Compared to the stuff aimed at kids that’s being released nowadays, that’s a steal. In fact, you can get the set new for the same retail price as back in 2011 which is about RM120 ($30). The Ark is pretty uncommon these days but it’s still pretty reasonably priced used or new. Last thing transforming the Ark activates the iconic transformation sound effect and the lights. The ramp on the front also lights up and makes noise when you put a vehicle on it you can use the trigger on the side to launch the vehicle off the ramp. In base mode, the prison cell at the back is spring-loaded, the medic bay has a swivelling arm and the gun emplacement parts can be removed then rearranged however you like they have 5mm handles.įor lights and sounds, pressing the round button on the front makes the gun turret in the middle of the base light up and make firing noises the turret also can swivel around. Putting a figure inside the cockpit makes the Ark play powering up and lifting off noises. Seriously, would it have killed Hasbro to put in two spring-loaded guns?įor lights and sounds, pressing the orange button on top of the Ark lights up the two guns below the cockpit while they make firing noises. The other gun just stores the spare missile. Starting in vehicle mode, there’s one gun that has a firing missile.
HASBRO AUTOBOT ARK FULL
The Ark is full of neat doohickeys for your Cyberverse/Legends/Legions Transformers to mess around with. He has ball-jointed hips and bending knees. His left arm is ball-jointed at the shoulder. Roller has quite a bit of posability for a Legends/Legion. He’s got a big, Hulk arm and has a really eye catching colour scheme. Roller is supposed to be one of the generics on the Ark at the beginning of DOTM but he’s pretty unique looking for a generic. The transformation is about what you’d expect from a Legends/Legion Transformer. The solar panel (?) as well as control panel also move up and down. His arm emplacement thing also moves from side to side. He’s detailed well and from anywhere but straight underneath he looks great.įor playability, Roller has tiny rolling wheels on the bottom of his treads. Roller is a rather convincing moon buggie. There’s pegs and holes on the sides of the base mode for it. A watchtower, a prison cell, a space bridge, a medic bay, multiple gun emplacements and even a deployment ramp.Īlso, it’s not in the instructions but you can hook up all the Cyberverse playsets from DOTM with the Ark. There’s a bunch of sections and stuff here. Well, apart from the fact that it has no walls or a roof. Now usually base modes get a bad rep for being half-hearted but the Ark looks like something that’s meant to be stayed in. The rest of the transformation is dead simple opening up of panels to reveal parts of the base. Pulling out both sides of the ship raises the base mode tower automatically. The Ark has a nifty Automorph style gimmick. There’s light and sound action in this mode but I’ll cover that in the gimmicks section. And one of the guns fires a missile only one. The cockpit opens and you can sit a Legends/Legion figure inside. All the grey just looks boring and drab.įor playability, the guns on the back can swivel as well as go up and down. I don’t usually harp on the differences between the details in Bayverse and G1 but the Ark would have benefitted a lot from a brighter colour scheme. The Ark has a lot of molded detail but is a bit scarse on paint. Here on the actual toy, only one Legends/Legion Transformer can fit in the cockpit. What’s disappointingly not accurate though is the size and scale of the Ark in the movie, the head of the ship fit a whole crew of Autobots. Now the Ark looks pretty close to what you see in the movie, if a bit simplified.
Well, I’ve unearthed the Ark and we may as well take a look at this relic from a bygone era. Playsets aren’t really a thing in Transformers anymore since the Legends/Legion class has been left on the wayside. Hasbro apparently thought the same thing so they packaged Roller with the Ark instead of Sentinel.
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