Particularly the insane oversight on Priss kneejoints for the Motoslave combination.

The MotoslavePriss package is like a really nice toy thats trying its damnedest to be a bad toy.odd explanation, I know.

Nothing felt like itd snap in half, though there are some -very- thin parts.

However, the bike does need to be pulled into 4 separate components for the transformation.

What surprised me was, I didnt mind the parts-forming all that much.

Though its not as cool as a perfect transform, it doesnt feel like a COMPLETE hemmoraging of bits.

Also, the front hood piece is held on with a magnet.

Um. Cool My major problem with the Motoslaves robot mode is that its shoulders dont really seem to lock into anything, and this is -after- a lot of other parts rather painstakingly lock together for solidity.

It also has non-round pegs on the various hands, which means no easy wrist swivel.

Priss is decently posable, except for her completely limited shoulder joints.

That is, completely limited while being double-balljointed.

Yeah. She does, however, ride the bike mode rather well This was nice to see- I find its rare to easily get a good bikin pose on toys like this.

She also comes with a few extra hands and a weapon arm, but the lack of an unmasked head is a bigtime shame.

The real kicker for me where I do dock serious marks is the way Priss wears the Motoslave.

But the true ludicrous moment comes when you realize the differences between the shoulders and the knees.

See, you need to remove the double-ball from the two shoulder sockets, and plug in one with a slightly longer stem between the two balls, so her hands can reach the Motoslaves forearms.

I can dig that. Okay.

But her knees also need such an extension, and what do the instructions tell you to do Pull out the pegs on her knee joint, but only kinda.

These pegs have no notches whatsoever, so this part is REALLY irritating.

More often than not, her shins simply fall off, which looks rather embarassing.

Why Yamato chose not to include a second set of kneejoints with stoppers on them to elongate Priss legs, I cannot tell you (outside of We just invented this improvement for the repaint).

Its the fact that you get completely new shoulder joints to plug into the figure WHILE having to halfways-dissassemble the knees that really bothered me.

Hell, even a peg-and-hole on the shins would have made this less irritating.

Anyway. The stand is really nice, and solid Not to mention easy to plugclip the two figures in place.

However, the rotating joint on the Motoslaves flying stand.doesnt rotate.

It has gear teeth to hold it in place, but if you want to change the angle you have to physically remove the clip and plug it back on at a different angle.

I assume this is for the sake of not having the stand flop.

Overall, I.dont feel ripped off.

But only just. That said, my knowledge of Bubblegum Crisis lineart and whatnot is rather nonexistant.

I just liked the show when I was little and this toy gave me a huge pang of nostalgia, as when I was a youngun I always thought a Motoslave toy would be awesome.

That said, the toy is riddled with niggling irritations that may put you off.

Bubblegum Crisis Hardsuit