Today we take a look at FireFair’s first offering: The King of Fire set! This upgrade of Masterpiece Grimlock definitely adds a lot more”sizzle” to it.
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Straightforward overview: Not divided into segments!
I love that this kit is very straightforward in what it is and does. Once you open the box, you see the pieces for the fiery sword as well as the fire dagger, fire crown, and fiery fist covers. Everything goes on relatively easily, but I personally have had trouble consistently getting the left fist cover to stay on (both fist covers are identical: One fist just doesn’t seem to hold as well.). The “fiery breath” alternate use for the sword effects looks awesome when Grimlock is transformed into alt. mode!
Something also has to be said for the presentation. The box design by Spike Art is magnificent and I love the “hand drawn” instructions and double sided collector’s card as well. It’s refreshing to see so much effort put into the presentation of a very simple upgrade kit.
If anything, my drawback on this would be price. It’s around $30 shipped regardless of where purchasing from, and it feels like some of the pieces like the fiery fist covers could have been omitted to bring the price down and only included pieces like the sword covers and crown that it seems will be the more popular/used items. Regardless, I was pleasantly surprised when I got this kit in-hand, seeing as I didn’t think too much of it from the promotional photography.
Overall Score: 6.0/10
Enjoy a few more pictures of this figure below! Remember to click the pictures to view larger resolutions:
