Toy Review: Fans Hobby MB-0 Double Evil

Is Double Evil the Overlord that we’ve all been waiting for?

Producer: Fans Hobby

Price: Approx. $225

Release Date: Feb. 2019

Item Height: Approx. 14″

Item Weight: N/A

Batteries: N/A

WHERE TO BUY: TFSource

Fans Hobby keeps the Master Builder Series line going strong with MB-08 Double Evil. This Masterpiece-scaled homage to the TRansformers: Masterforce character Overlord does a great job of encompassing the look and imposing size of the character. Check out the video above as well as my breakdown and gallery below and let me know what you think in the comments.

Presentation: Double Evil comes in two boxes for the Tank and jet halves. The cardboard of the boxes is nice and thick and 928Toys did awesome graphics for the boxart per normal. Everything is very well packed inside of the plastic trays as well.

Build: Fans Hobby Double Evil is an entirely plastic piece which certainly makes sense given the size for both cost and engineering effectiveness, however it just doesn’t have a very crisp level of engineering that I feel should be expected on a Masterpiece-scaled figure of this magnitude. Things like ratchet gaps being too wide in the ankles and leading to balancing issues because they rock, the slider portion inside of the hands being thin, outer pieces versus a cut inside of the palm, etc. are really odd attention to detail which takes this down significantly for me. While those issues compromise the integrity of the bot mode I will say that both of the alt. modes for this piece are incredibly solid and fun.

Accessories: MB-08 Double Evil comes with a Blaster and in traditional Overlord fashion the front end of the jet can be used as a giant shield which can be stored on its shoulder as well. There are also some modular pieces like satellite dishes and a robotic arm for the fortress mode.

I don’t know if the “Robot Pilots” (Giga and Mega) should be considered accessories but since they transform and combine as breastmasters for the figure, I will include them as well. They’re certainly nice looking and have nice articulation but as stated in the video review, Fans Hobby as well as other 3rd party companies need to begin implementing something on the feet of the head and breastmasters to allow for solid balance as the articulation becomes worthless when they can’t stand up.

Articulation: The articulation on Double Evil is certainly solid but not anything that I would consider higher level or advanced. It has things like ab crunch but there’s so little range that it really serves no purpose and the balancing make it not very fun to play with and pose.

Overall Score: 7.0/10 – Fans Hobby’s Double Evil certainly brings it in terms of size and look and I absolutely love the alt. modes but the general quality of the robot mode is a bit sub par by my standard. The balancing (rocking) issue with the ankles and just the overall “toy” feel that I get from this one really don’t match up to the standard previously set by their Master Builder toy line. However, I do feel that those who can look past those things will have a nice time with this piece.