The transformation between the two forms is a little less tricky than the Bumblebee, but still a little more fiddly than the Siege figures I’ve been getting. Whatever the case, this figure maintains its accuracy by giving him the proper alt mode. While Jazz’s original alt mode was a Porsche, for the 2007 movie, it was changed to a Pontiac Solstice, which is still a reasonably sporty model, though it’s decidedly less distinctive. Ultimately, it’s just down to needing a little bit of compromise to actually make things work at this scale and in order to maintain transformability. It’s really the remaining elements of the car form that are slightly throwing off the look, and mostly limited to the arms. Not all of the details match up 100%, but the general proportions are there, and the robot specific parts are pretty much spot on. Given the scaling and price-point, Jazz is a fairly respectable recreation of his robot mode from the movie. Size-wise, he’s just a little bit taller than Bumblebee. In his Robot mode, the figure stands a little over 5 1/4 inches tall and he has 19 practical points of articulation. This figure marks his first domestic release since all the way back in 2010, which is a pretty big deal. Given his demise during the first film, Jazz has been less lucky with releases since the original 2007 line. Needless to say, I generally avoid Bay-inspired figures, though I’ve made my first exception for the subject of today’s review, one of my personal favorite Autobots, the aptly named Autobot Jazz!Īutobot Jazz is a Deluxe Class offering from Hasbro’s Transformers: Studio Series, where he is numbered figure 10, and hit shelves in July of last year. In fact, I think a good argument could be made that the film scared me off the franchise for a bit. I was never a huge Transformers fan, but I was still in the audience opening weekend, and I still came out…less than satisfied. That July saw the release of the first of the oft-reviled Michael Bay Transformers films. ![]() But before Marvel could re-brand their film franchises, another one was just starting up. We had two Marvel movies, which isn’t that odd these days, but they were neither one an MCU entry (because the MCU didn’t exist yet). For review #2007, I’m jumping back to the year 2007. “ Autobot Jazz brings all he’s got to defeat the Decepticons”
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