Airrazor came in a two-pack with Inferno, so this post is a follow up to that one.

Airrazor, much like Tigatron, feels her bird mode as keenly as she feels her Maximal nature. Unlike Tigatron, though, she also sees the importance of her community, and regularly tries to convince him to become closer to the Maximals. This dynamic, and the closeness between the two that develops over time, becomes pivotal to the main story arc throughout the seasons of Beast Wars, and culminates in Tigerhawk.

I’m not sure why this toy was paired with Inferno, rather than with Tigatron, but I’m also not a Hasbro/Takara marketing decision-maker. The box and packaging material were beautiful, and definitely created the sense that I wasn’t just opening up a two-pack of toys – I was opening up something special. This may be the first box in a long time that I keep. Then again, it DOES take up a lot of space. So, we’ll see.

The robot mode is clean, and very poseable. There’s virtually no kibble. Everything folds neatly away, and there’s an extremely clever (if hard to discern) use of double hinges above her waist and in each wing that allow this. She’s got two little arm pew-pews, and her robot mode is very show accurate. As with many modern instructions, the pictures do a lot of implying that don’t always convey what needs to be conveyed. But not to worry, there’s… oh, wait, no, these are in Japanese, because they’re imports. Whoops. On the upside, because it’s an import, it’s got a slightly different – and much better! – paint job. The wing tips are frosted, the orange contrasts very nice with the dark brown of the feathers, and she is very much a Maximal.

As for the birb mode, it’s just as clean as the robot mode, and just as accurate to the show. Again, the double hinging allows for the bird to look like a bird, rather than a bird-human-hybrid-monster-thing. Listen, they’ve made some mistakes in the past. Anyway, as with Inferno, I’m flat-out impressed with how close to the show these recently-released Beast Wars toys have been. It warms my geeky, nostalgic heart.