Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance [Decepticon] RePack Torrent
Janoc Florez
Official images and text below in italics are from Entertainment Earth and Hasbro Pulse:
Let's see what you can see! The War for Cybertron is on with this combiner in a box! Heroes and villains join the Siege with Transformers Generations War for Cybertron: Siege Deluxe Refraktor 3-Pack (G1 Toy Colors) - Exclusive! This Decepticon warrior takes fun to the third power - and you get three figures inspired by the original mail-away Reflector toy, complete with unique faces and decoration. Merge all three for a "camera" mode!
Build the ultimate battlefield with Siege figures. Siege plunges fans into the epic fight to survive on the final day of the Autobot and Decepticon battle to control Cybertron. The Decepticon resistance army and the Autobot counter-resistance fighters gear up with the C.O.M.B.A.T. (Cybertronian Omnifuctional Modular Battlefield Assault Tech) System, the universe's most advanced modular weaponry -- including the sneaky Decepticon army raider and recon specialist, Refraktor. Includes 4 figures, 11 accessories, and instructions. Ages 8 and up.
More about Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Refraktor Reconnaissance Team 3-Pack
The 3 included Spectro, Viewfinder, and Spyglass figures combine to form one camera alt mode, called Refraktor. Refraktor is an evil marauder -- not a working camera. The Refraktor Reconnaissance Team 3-pack comes with 3 Telefocal Shields, Shutter Blaster, Lens Laser, Optic Blaster, Flash Launcher, Shutter Armor, and 3 Bioscale Compression Rotor accessories.
Product Features
Refraktor Reconnaissance Team Pack comes with Spectro, Viewfinder, and Spyglass figures. All 3 figures feature classic conversion between robot and G1-inspired Cybertronian spacecraft modes in 17 steps.
In Summer 2019 Hasbro released a Deluxe Class Refraktor figure. Just as this figure hit the mass market, Hasbro announced at San Diego Comic-Con that they would be releasing a three pack featuring the Refraktor sculpt in colors based on the Generation One Reflector set. Even better? This set would feature accessories exclusive to this boxed set. Interestingly enough, once the figure shipped to fans in September of 2019, the packing slip inside revealed that this set was originally intended to be a HasCon exclusive! For a time, Hasbro was planning to hold a 2019 HasCon convention but it did not pan out but it is great to see that Hasbro found a way to release this exclusive to fans.
Refraktor is another name for Generation One Reflector. In G1, the character was portrayed in two distinctive ways. In the toy line, "Reflector" was almost a team name or the name of the combined form of Spectro, Spyglass and Viewfinder. In the G1 cartoon however, Reflector was portrayed as three identical Decepticons who could combine into a camera in their alt-mode. All three would talk at the same time, perhaps suggesting a linked mind. The mass release of Refraktor in Siege appears to take after the "cartoon model" of three identical robots. This exclusive however separates the personalities out into three distinct characters: Spectro, Spyglass and Viewfinder.
This is not the only recent Reflector-based figure. In 2014 one was released as a Targetmaster-esque weapon with Generations Skrapnel. Later in 2016, a Legends Class figure of the character was released as part of Botcon 2016.
Packaging:
The Refraktor Reconnaissance Team 3-Pack comes in an awesome package. The box is designed to look like a digital camera package that you would purchase in an electronics store. The box is cube shaped with a black background and a blend of tech details and Siege style artwork overlaid on top. The front has a clear plastic window with a targeting reticle in the center. This is intended to simulate the lens of a camera. Around that detail are Cybertronian glyphs. The top of the box has the Siege logo and a "battle damaged" Decepticon symbol. One side of the box features a groupshot of the three team members while the other side shows the Ark launching. The back has a brief description of Refraktor over a metallic blue graphic. That blue is partially "torn away" at the bottom, exposing faux "wires".
Open up the box and the instruction booklet is inside. The instructions are printed on glossy paper and it looks like the manual for a real life camera (I mean, a really expensive one but still). Take the instructions out and there is a panel underneath with several graphics on it including a Decepticon symbol, a line drawing of Refraktor in camera mode and Megatron's Siege artwork. Pull open that flap and inside Refraktor is sitting in a cardboard tray in camera mode along with Kremzeek. The tray has a purple, hex grid background and looks fantastic. Hasbro really knocked it out of the park with this packaging. I can see how it was special enough to warrant being a convention exclusive!
Considering this was originally planned as a convention exclusive, I am very happy to see the extra parts included with this set. The Viewfinder lens pieces, flash bulb and shutter armor really help add to the illusion of the camera mode and look great.
Kremzeek skirts the line between being an accessory and a character. In the G1 cartoon he definitely was a character with his own motivations and personality. Over the years he has popped up now and then in fiction including being a special attack item in the Transformers: Earth Wars game.
This Kremzeek figure is not a repack of the one included with Masterpiece Megatron. Instead, it is a new sculpt in a similar, but different pose. His legs and arms are both more bent at 90 degree angles compared to the previous Kremzeek. Like his animated counterpart he has an oval body with several "spikes" representing energy at the top of his head, arms and legs. His tail is shaped like a line of electricity with jagged angles. He looks fantastic and is instantly recognizable as the mischievous creature from G1.
Kremzeek is cast in translucent yellow plastic with red paint details on his eyes and mouth. Interestingly, he has ports on the bottom of his feet that essentially make him a Blast Effect, allowing him to attach to figures and weapons in the Siege toy line.
For the purposes of this review I will call this form "Refraktor" since it is labeled "Refraktor" right across the front of the camera mode. Instead of trying to modernize this mode to look like a sleek, modern day camera, the designers looked towards the G1 Reflector toy as inspiration. The result is a camera that has a shape that has some fun, retro design elements. This includes the center section with a top coming up to a point at angles. It also includes the very retro looking flash bulb and the dial on the front of the camera (which, once upon a time would have been used to move the film inside the camera). Sure modern day cameras have similar features, but it is clear the designers wanted this camera to have an older "feel". This particular set benefits from the addition of parts such as the flash bulb, "Viewfinder" armor and "Shutter armor" as they help add to the illusion that this is a "real" camera.
Each member of the team essentially transforms into a cube that forms 1/3 of the camera. You really do not need to put them in any particular order. If we were to call out an "official" order, Viewfinder generally forms the middle while Spectro forms the right side and Spyglass forms the right. This is how it came out of the box. However, I personally prefer the configuration that you see in my photos for the very simple reason that when you have Spectro and Viewfinder as the "sides" of the camera. If you put Spectro on the left side (with you facing the back of the camera as if you are going to use it to take a photo) and Viewfinder on the right, then attach the "Shutter armor" to Viewfinder, the result is that both sides have black details facing forward. This helps "even out" the colors on both sides of the camera.
Deco-wise this mode borrows many elements from the G1 Reflector's colors. This includes the middle section being silver with a Decepticon symbol and the name "Refraktor" on it. The black and silver on the sides and the colors of the zoom lens also call back to the G1 Reflector toy. Overall, the camera mode looks great.
There are six exposed 5mm ports in this mode for you to attach weapons if you wanted to turn this into a weapon emplacement of some sort. There are also five small pegs that allow you to attach Blast Effects (and Kremzeek, of course).
The three team members that make up the Refraktor team are all identical sculpts. This section of the review will focus on this base sculpt and then each individual character section below will focus on the decos and distinguishing features/accessories.
Robot Mode:
In the G1 cartoon, the animation model for Reflector was a rather generic looking robot made up mostly of rectangles and angular shapes. Their most distinctive features were the chests, which had a ten sided shape and "back packs" which then came up on either side of the robot head. The three were nearly identical, with only the "Viewfinder" member of the team having the camera lens in the middle of his torso.
This figure is based on this basic design using all of the elements described above. He even has a silhouette that is very close to the animation model, including having a wide chest that narrows at the mid-body before widening out around the hips and the details that come up on either side of the head.
All that said, there is a ton of sculpted detail on this sculpt that the animation model did not have. This includes a complex set of mechanical details on the panels inside the chest, plenty of details on the arms, waist and legs. Even from a distance he looks like he has some nice, complex detail. Overall the sculpt is absolutely fantastic.
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