Welcome to Kimia Room 113 Generation 1 Sky-Lynx

So with my move to the United States all of my PCC toys are boxed up and are either at my Dad's house or on their way to me via the USPS.
I've yet to make a set up for photos so I'd like to thank my balcony and the Florida sun for my current photos.
I wanted to keep writing the reviews so I'll be going over the toys I had waiting for me here. The first of my USA toys is a unique toy of a unique character, it's also my first Generation 1 toy review.

So where do we start on the magnificence that is Sky-Lynx?
Sky-Lynx transforms from a shuttle with a giant “carrier”to a four legged dinosaur/dragon type thing which then splits into two separate forms. The carrier turns into a lynx and the shuttle turns into a dinosaur bird kind of thing.

I want to talk about his dinosaur bird mode first, Sky-Lynx transforms by spreading his wings (from his shuttle wings), the thrusters open up allowing you to fully extend the tail (I didn't do this at first and I always thought he had a really short tail, the shame!) and the neck and head extend from the main body of the shuttle.
He neck and tail are multi jointed but over all he doesn't have a lot of articulation, it's mostly there because it's needed for the transformation. The legs are the weakest part of this part of the toy, they're small and a little thin for my liking but it's understandable why they're like this, if they were much bigger they'd interfere with the combined mode.
With the tail fully extended he's got some serious length to him, which is always a good thing.
He's got some nicely sculpted detail, plenty of tech gubbins on the non shuttle parts and plenty of panelling on the shuttle parts.
One thing I've always liked about the Sky-Lynx design is his head (something they've nicely carried over into his upcoming Combiner wars release), it's just a shuttle nose cone that splits open to reveal a gun barrel (this is the reissue so it's painted, the original wasn't picked out according to the TFWiki, thanks guys) and a fearsome set of teeth. I have no idea why I like the head so much, I just do. It's like Twinkies. I can't explain why I like them I just do (the delicious yellow bastards...).

Lets talk about the Lynx part of Sky-Lynx next.
Because of Sky-Lynx's walking/rolling gimmick he has no articulation, the closest he comes to any articulation is the way the feet are set up so that he can walk and that's about it. This thing is a brick but then it's supposed to be. It's where all of the gears, engines and batteries go.
As a lynx the head pops out of the front (It's gold chrome, hmmm shiny) and two “tails” pull out of the back. There's very little to say about the lynx part of this figure, it turns from a brick that sits under a shuttle into a vaguely cat shaped brick.  

So what happens when you mash the cat like brick into the dinosaur bird? Awesomeness.

happens....In his combined mode Sky-Lynx really comes into his own, it's basically just the dinosaur bird with his legs tucked up pegged onto the lynx body which has the tails and head tucked back in.
This Sky-Lynx in all of his unleashed glory! There isn't much to say about this mode apart from the fact it's awesome.  

In his altmode you have a shuttle stuck on top of a brick. You can split the two so you have a shuttle and a brick.
The shuttle looks like a good representation of a shuttle, I'm sure someone out there is pushing their glasses up getting ready to pull me on why he doesn't accurately represent a shuttle but if you are save your breath/typing, I think it looks like a shuttle and so do most people. 

I should mention the gimmick before I wrap things up, depending on how you have him transformed (and which way you flick his switch) he will roll or walk across your best hard topped surface, he doesn't like anything to soft but if you have the right surface he will majestically stride across it letting you bask in his glory. A glory accompanied by that “wonderful” whirring sound. In shuttle mode he will roll majestically as well.
Well that's all I can really say about Sky-Lynx, he's one of the more unique Generation 1 molds out there, not many Transformers out there even do the animal to vehicle “thing”, it's for that reason I wanted to own him, even when I do get the Combiner Wars version I'll keep this guy.
Well I've got a selection of toys here but I have no idea what I'll review next. It'll be a surprise!

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Stu "Darkageis" Murray is a founding member of The Old Oilhouse, a lifelong transformers nut and collector of Sentai and Kamen rider in most of it's forms.

He sometimes takes epic trips to Newcastle, and tells tales of these sagas often. 
When not watching people in spandex fight each other he paints miniatures, go HERE to take a look.

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