I have lost track of how many of these crossover Transformers we have gotten but it’s a pretty neat line that for the most part has been done pretty well. I particularly like that they are mostly original molds. It feels like it would have been easy to just do some mediocre repaints. I suppose making actual meaningful molds was probably part of the deal for getting some of these IPs.
The TMNT crossover is pretty good, it’s not perfect, but I like it. Party Wallop definitely has the “Ninja Turtle” look in Robot mode, with a few spots of added armor that sort of resembles Samurai armor. The neat gimmick here is that the head has a swappable bit that lets Party Wallop wear a bare green head or one of the four TMNT colored bands.
I am not sure I would suggest anyone order 4 of these. Mostly because he is very large. Not quite Leader class large, but he is bigger than a standard Voyager. Plus the alt mode is the Turtle’s Party Wagon, and having 4 of those doesn’t really make any sense.
Back on the largeness though, a lot of it is that he is really chonkey and wide all around. Almost too much so. The robot mode has plenty of articulation, but his mass makes it kind of awkward to use, or just awkward looking. Like a Sumo Wrestler doing Karate.
I am not real sure how much could have been done to slim him down, but there is some interesting techniques used in the transformation to make the Party Wagon smaller. There is a lot of crunching and compression and some of it seems a little hard to keep held together. I have trouble with the front wheel panels holding in place.
The Party Wagon looks really nice though when transformed. It’s missing the Red Door on the one side, but that could be painted if one wanted that bad enough. It would mean one shoulder pad becomes asymmetrically red though.
Considering the lack of red plastic anywhere else, I am sure they just opted not to make one red for cost savings.
He has some other nice features though. There are weapons for each of the 4 Ninja Turtles available, and everything has a place to store on Robot mode. The front of the Party Wagon forms the entire torso of the robot, but it can also be removed to reveal a more “Turtle Shell” looking torso. The front piece can be used as a shield as well, though the Turtles didn’t really ever use shields like that. It’s a nice bonus feature though. The front circle on the front of the van comes off to become a little pizza as well.
One last nitpick to mention, the package is not collector friendly at all, which I kind of hate.
It also feels like a missed opportunity not giving him a Mechaturtle head.
Overall, I really like this one. The thick chonkey body makes it a little awkward as a Ninja Turtle, but it’s still a very nice robot and transformer otherwise. That chonkey body isn’t really a problem in basically any other context that isn’t “Ninja Turtle.”
