It's been awhile since I've posted a BeastBOX review, but that doesn't mean that I haven't added a few new releases to the collection. I understand the appeal of a robotic animal transforming into a box/cube may not float everyone's boat, but I love this series and with each release they keep getting better and better.
Today we are taking a look at Leviathan, a (blue) whale. Up until this release the aquatic animals have just been OK. Leviathan however takes it to the next level. The packaging as seen above is now the standard fare. The box features a window that shows a portion of the figure, along with large artwork of the character. A character specific logo appears in the top right corner, while the code number and name appear in the bottom right portion. The 52Toys logo is on the lower left corner.
The back of the packaging features more artwork of the character, along with a diagram of some of it's features. In this case it shows a diagram of the included small aquatic creatures/weapons and a small figure of Jojo (ape). The left side of the box gives credit to the designer of the character. Most of the recent releases have featured a large sticker that appears to be covering (wrong?) information. You can see this sticker was applied upside down. Whoops!
Images from the left and right sides of the box include some nice artwork of the character as well as drawings of the beast mode and box mode.
From the rear view you can see the two small gray turbines on each side of the tail. Just behind the cockpit are two yellow air tanks.
I'm amazed at what the designers are able to do with these figures and Leviathan is no different. This looks like a robotic whale, complete with curves and fins. The fact that this folds up into a box/cube is amazing.
the included small blue figure of Jojo (one of the earlier BeastBOX figures) can fit inside the cockpit. Even though there are two chairs, Jojo must be position in the middle in order for him to stay in place.
The included accessories include this small orange/gray whale torpedo and blue/gray manta ray. Both of these accessories can be attached to the underside of Leviathan.
Some of these BeastBOX figures have a tricky transformation required to get all of the pieces folded up and neatly tucked away to form the box mode. Leviathan however has a pretty straight forward transformation that didn't give me any fits. Everything folded together with ease and made a convincing box/cube. All of the accessories can be nearly stored inside the cockpit.
Leviathan comes with a translucent Box Charger crate. This allows the figure to be stored in box mode. The Charger can also be connected to additional Box Chargers, or stacked on top of each other. In my display case I've started to store my less favorite characters inside their Chargers and make a display of sorts, effectively using them as risers.
This is by far one of my favorite BeastBOX figures yet...and that says a lot since just about everyone I've opened thus far are so much fun. 52Toys has a winner on their hands with this series.
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