Machine Robo Unitroborn Unitrobo: Pancakedumptruck

 

One of the first figures from this new line from Bandai that I took a look at was Bulldozerburger and keeping with the construction/food theme today we have Pancakedumptruck. Want to take a wild guess as to what this comprises this set? Well, at least the combined form is a little of a surprise for this combo.

The dump truck portion of the set is a large heavy construction type vehicle. Molded in a bright orange plastic with a splash of black paint applied in the area of the windows, the truck does have a decent amount of sculpted detail. The sides of the truck are a little hollowed out, which is unfortunate, but almost expected in today's scene of toys. The large black wheels roll freely across a smooth hard surface. The truck's grill has the two connection points for the combination. As for the overall size of the truck, I'd say it's comparable to a modern day deluxe class Transformer figure.

The companion food piece in the set is a stack of pancakes. Maybe it's just me, but I think these pancakes look a little off. Perhaps it's how thick it appears each individual pancake is, or the fact that the top is so dark. Did that top layer get burnt, or is that supposed to be a layer of syrup sitting on top? Either way, there is also a dollop of whip cream added and a few blueberries added to the stack of wheatcakes. On the backside you'll find the combination connection ports.

Lining up the connection ports on each piece requires the pancakes to be placed on their side and butted up against the grill of the dump truck. Once you add some pressure pushing the two pieces together, the spring loaded transformation takes over and converts the pair to a large robotic elephant. Fold down the legs located at each wheel to complete the transformation.

The pancake forms the elephant's face including it's trunk and tusks along with the ears while the dump truck forms the rest of the body. It's pretty large and commands a decent amount of space in your collection. Keeping with the music theme, the elephant's eyes are shaped like musical notes and inside of the elephant ears contain audio equalizer bars.

So far I haven't met a Unitroborn set that I didn't like, in fact this one is one of my favorites thus far. The whole idea of a vehicle combining with another object to create some sort of robot or robotic animal is so far out there that it falls right in my lane. Goofy, yes, but the execution of these is fantastic. Like with most sets, it's fun to disassemble the pair only to combine them again and again. If I worked at a desk in an office environment, toys from this line would easily be my "desk bots".