Title:
Judge, Quintesson
Description:
Quintesson Judge (Voyager Class, 2020)
Hasbro ID number: WFC-E22
TakaraTomy ID number: ER EX-08
TakaraTomy release date: August 29, 2020
Accessories: Blaster, cage, throne, levitation beam
Known designers: Ken Christiansen (concept artist)
The Earthrise Quintesson Judge is the first release of a "Generation 1” Quintesson toy. A trigger on his "back” activates a face-spinning gimmick. The faces of Death, Wisdom, and Wrath have opening jaws; the faces of Wrath and Doubt come detached in the package, requiring owners to clip them into their respective sides, with Wrath reported by many owners to be quite a challenge to attach correctly.
The order of the faces matches the arrangement from The Transformers: The Movie, with Wisdom and Wit surrounding Death, which is slightly different from that used in the cartoon, which flanked Death with Wrath and Doubt. Unscrewing and detaching every face except Wrath can be used to replicate Deseeus cutting off his faces in the Netflix cartoon, although the bare plastic under the faces can be considered unsightly.
To replicate the ability of the Judge to levitate, the figure also includes a transparent "levitation beam”, which pegs onto the throne via a 5mm post-hole, then attaches to the Judge’s underside via a clip; it does not function as an effects part. Promotional renders color the beam in translucent yellow, but on the finalized figure, it is instead sculpted in clear plastic and is therefore uncolored.
The lower body’s five soft-plastic tentacles are on swivel joints to raise and lower, and each has three 3mm effects pegs designed to accommodate War for Cybertron blast effects parts. Using these pegs, the Quintesson can hold its blaster accessory, and the tentacles can also be pegged into specifically-positioned holes on the Judge’s body to better "aim” the weapon forward. If one so wishes, the blaster can also be plugged into one of two ports underneath the throne for... sneakier judgement passing.
Because it has to transform into something, the Judge converts via partforming into a tower with a prison cage in 16 steps. The top of the tower and the cage do not actually attach to the base; they only balance on it. The cage and the tower are large enough to fit a Battle Master (or other similarly-sized figures). Additionally, the cage also has two ports into which the blaster can be fitted. One on the top, as well as another in its interior. The latter might be preferable as a form of storage if one is wary of misplacing the blaster, as it is a small accessory that does not peg well into the figure’s arms. The throne/platform and the panel under the Death face have A.I.R. Lock System ramp connections, allowing it to connect to ramps from other compatible toys, notably the Quintesson-allied Slitherfang.
Like all Earthrise toys, the inside of the back of the Judge’s package includes an exclusive clip-and-save piece of a larger star map. Also in the box is a thin red piece of transparent plastic with which to read the star map. The Judge’s piece of the map contains the labeled location of the planet "QUINTESSA”. Like most Earthrise figures from wave 2 onward, however, it is misprinted, and overlays the "decodable” red graphics from the map piece included with Earthrise Starscream on top of the details unique to the Judge’s piece.
The Judge was originally supposed to be released in the second wave, but was pushed back to the third for unknown reasons, with Starscream taking his place in wave 2 cases. In Japan, the Quintesson Judge was released as a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive.
The cage accessory was repurposed as the Recreator in the Generations Selects Special Comic.
Hasbro ID number: WFC-E22
TakaraTomy ID number: ER EX-08
TakaraTomy release date: August 29, 2020
Accessories: Blaster, cage, throne, levitation beam
Known designers: Ken Christiansen (concept artist)
The Earthrise Quintesson Judge is the first release of a "Generation 1” Quintesson toy. A trigger on his "back” activates a face-spinning gimmick. The faces of Death, Wisdom, and Wrath have opening jaws; the faces of Wrath and Doubt come detached in the package, requiring owners to clip them into their respective sides, with Wrath reported by many owners to be quite a challenge to attach correctly.
The order of the faces matches the arrangement from The Transformers: The Movie, with Wisdom and Wit surrounding Death, which is slightly different from that used in the cartoon, which flanked Death with Wrath and Doubt. Unscrewing and detaching every face except Wrath can be used to replicate Deseeus cutting off his faces in the Netflix cartoon, although the bare plastic under the faces can be considered unsightly.
To replicate the ability of the Judge to levitate, the figure also includes a transparent "levitation beam”, which pegs onto the throne via a 5mm post-hole, then attaches to the Judge’s underside via a clip; it does not function as an effects part. Promotional renders color the beam in translucent yellow, but on the finalized figure, it is instead sculpted in clear plastic and is therefore uncolored.
The lower body’s five soft-plastic tentacles are on swivel joints to raise and lower, and each has three 3mm effects pegs designed to accommodate War for Cybertron blast effects parts. Using these pegs, the Quintesson can hold its blaster accessory, and the tentacles can also be pegged into specifically-positioned holes on the Judge’s body to better "aim” the weapon forward. If one so wishes, the blaster can also be plugged into one of two ports underneath the throne for... sneakier judgement passing.
Because it has to transform into something, the Judge converts via partforming into a tower with a prison cage in 16 steps. The top of the tower and the cage do not actually attach to the base; they only balance on it. The cage and the tower are large enough to fit a Battle Master (or other similarly-sized figures). Additionally, the cage also has two ports into which the blaster can be fitted. One on the top, as well as another in its interior. The latter might be preferable as a form of storage if one is wary of misplacing the blaster, as it is a small accessory that does not peg well into the figure’s arms. The throne/platform and the panel under the Death face have A.I.R. Lock System ramp connections, allowing it to connect to ramps from other compatible toys, notably the Quintesson-allied Slitherfang.
Like all Earthrise toys, the inside of the back of the Judge’s package includes an exclusive clip-and-save piece of a larger star map. Also in the box is a thin red piece of transparent plastic with which to read the star map. The Judge’s piece of the map contains the labeled location of the planet "QUINTESSA”. Like most Earthrise figures from wave 2 onward, however, it is misprinted, and overlays the "decodable” red graphics from the map piece included with Earthrise Starscream on top of the details unique to the Judge’s piece.
The Judge was originally supposed to be released in the second wave, but was pushed back to the third for unknown reasons, with Starscream taking his place in wave 2 cases. In Japan, the Quintesson Judge was released as a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive.
The cage accessory was repurposed as the Recreator in the Generations Selects Special Comic.
Theme:
Earthrise
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2020
Country:
United States
Series:
Earthrise
Date Added:
2023-08-04 09:08:08
Date Added:
2023-08-04 09:08:08
