Company: Hasbro
Year: 2016
So after buying Crashbash, I got pretty excited and went back to Hobbyco the next day, with plans for
picking up another Titan Master figure. The only other Decepticon Titan Master
released so far is the subject of today’s review – Terri-Bull.
Back in the 1980s, he was known as Horri-Bull, and was a
Headmaster who transformed into a bull. Here he’s been reimagined into a small
head who rides a miniature tank, which in turn can be transformed to a jet. Not
the most faithful interpretation of the character, but hey, times change. It would've been nice to see a bull Transformer, but I assume the moulding vs the reuse potential wouldn't necessarily cost out. Such are the economics of modern toys, I guess... 
But what’s more annoying for me is that the colours of the
promotional images vs the actual figure are incredibly inaccurate. Hasbro has
been using renders for a while now, and that’s okay in theory, it’s sometimes a
little…misleading. This is one of those times. What’s rendered as gold on the
package is more akin to some kind of unpleasant beigey-orange. That may not
sound like a big deal, but it makes the whole thing look much more toy-ish, and
the colour scheme isn’t anywhere near as appealing. You'll also notice that mine has a chip on his faceplate, though there's no way to be able to tell this when he's in the packaging, Good luck!
The jet mode is pretty cool, and it’s good to have another
Titan Master figure. So Terri-Bull isn’t from…terrible. But he’s a bit of a poor
cousin to his prehistoric friend Crashbash. Fun, but not really essential
unless you were a big fan of the character as a kid. Don't worry -- it shouldn't take the sheen of the Titan Masters for you. I've got a really fun one coming up soon...
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