Transformers WFC Siege Spinister WFC-S48

Spinister (Deluxe Class, 2020)
Hasbro ID number: WFC-S48
TakaraTomy ID number: SG-42
TakaraTomy release date: January 25, 2020
Hidden message code: RSPINISTE

Accessories: ”NFM Dual-Fusion Cannon,” ”Spin-Blast Particle Beam Cannon”

Despite not winning the 2018 War for Cybertron: Siege fan poll, Spinister was still produced and released in the fifth and final wave of Siege Deluxes, converting from robot to Cybertronian helicopter (with some elements of AH-64 Apache attack helicopter) and back. He comes with two weapons: the ”NFM Dual-Fusion Cannon”, and a ”Spin-Blast Particle Beam Cannon”, based off of his Targetmaster partners’ weapon modes. In an undocumented but extremely obvious feature, his guns can be combined to form a single four-barreled gun the way the the original toy’s Targetmasters could. He features battle damage paint applications in the form of silver dry-brushing on the center of his thighs and a brownish paint wash on his forearms. Despite the overall decrease in scale seen in the Siege line, Spinister stands as the tallest deluxe mold in the entire line, barely inching out Ironhide and Impactor. This roughly keeps him in scale with the recent releases of his fellow Scavengers figures in their depictions seen in the IDW comic.

In an effort to reconcile the fact his G1 box art has the appearance of a complete cockpit for each shin, only one of Spinister’s legs forms his alt mode’s cockpit and nose, while the other is stored away, leaving him with another, identical cockpit section in his undercarriage. This cockpit will not tab in correctly if the instructions are followed, his left hip needs to be rotated through 180 degrees (and the leg rotated back down) before folding the cockpit in.
His spinning rotor sits in place in robot mode thanks a small fin-tab on his helicopter tail ending up sitting against the rotor-base in robot mode, nestled in a small divot in the base.

He has two 5mm posts on his robot mode back rather than the one typical of Deluxe class figures of the Siege Subline, but they’re covered by his helicopter blades by default and if the blades are rotated out of the way they’re still hard to use anything (like a Weaponizer that’s being used as a backpack) due to the proximity to his blades and his helicopter tail.

The original stock renders included additional paint applications not present on the final toy, those being silver details on his mouthplate and shoulders, purple details on his chest, and a painted yellow plug on his abdomen. Also, stock renders for his helicopter mode showed both of his weapons being the same shade of blue as his lower body and legs, while the robot mode renders and the physical toy had his Dual-Fusion Cannon being in the same pink-ish purple color as his arms.

Additionally, the Siege line also featured Battle Masters intended to represent Spinister’s original Targetmaster partners, which are compatible with Siege Spinister: Singe was available by himself in wave 4, whereas Hairsplitter (now named ”Shrute”) was available as part of the Amazon exclusive ”Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron” set with Skywarp.

Strangely, Spinister’s instruction booklet uses the Autobot insignia and colour scheme.

Though designated for a first quarter 2020 release, Spinister’s wave reached U.S. store shelves in December 2019.

This mold was later used to make Rotorstorm.

Transformers: Seige War For Cybertron

Hasbro

630509892075

2019

Luxembourg

2019-12-10

Transformers Siege

2020-02-15 09:14:48

~$82.33

2026-03-21

2020-02-15 09:14:48