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					Description; Cheetor, Episode 75.... Beast Machine with two transformations; cheetah mode and 'bot mode. Beast mode looks actually more like a wolf then cheetah.  However, the piece is a gorgeous black/charcoal with silver high-lights.  Some extra panels are in clear orange plastic, which actually does go well with the scheme. 'Bot mode is cheetor standing on his hind-legs, 'bot slid out from a panel.  ;Bot mode is about 7" tall, both modes show-case very good articulation. The piece comes with 'slashing attack' action,; the arms/fore-legs to move up and down.  In 'bot mode, two swords are released from recesses in the shoulders into the hands.  Feature actually is kinda neat, and doesn't hamper the figures over-all articulation.
Nigh-Slash Cheetor- Beat Machines-Battle for the Spark Meat and Potatoes; 5.0  Perks; 5.0 Homer Factor;3.8
Question for the crowd; what's the big deal about Cheetor?  Dinobot, I can see; he's a bad-ass honorable warrior.  Primal, is, well, Primal.  Megatron, a biiiiiiiiiiig, baaaaaad villain.  Even the rat is pretty funny.  Cheetor?  He's not horrible, but he's a filler character, so what gives with the umpteenth versions of the guy?  It's one thing if he were Han Solo to Primal's Skywalker, but he's, well, just a guy... I mean robot... YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.  This is the third version of Cheetor for the Beast Machines line.  Granted, it's is very well done, but... The meat and potatoes of this piece are amazing.  Terrific articulation in all forms, and the paint and sculpt rock.  Lots of details, like tons o' panel lines on the rocket-pack, and the paint is a very cool smoky-black, giving the piece a very cool 'stealth' look.  Another rocking piece of work by Hasbro. The perks are also surprisingly good for a figure this small.  The transformation from 'bot to cheetah mode is simply, but looks great.  The sword-slashing action also works surprisingly well.  Normally, little action-features like this really mess with the articulation of the figure.  Remember the spring-loaded, energy-thing launching arm for Optimal Optimus?  Thought you could.  Didn't that a SUCK?  Yeah, thought so too.  Oh, and a nice thing is the retractable blades look very cool in the shoulder when not in sue. Ok, now the problem is the Homer Factor.  Think of it this way; suppose Hasbro finally decided to release a new, super detailed, 7" version of Star Wars figures.  Tons of articulation, accessories, the whole smash.  Then the first figure to come out is... fanfare please.... Biggs Darklighter!!!!!!!!!  BIGGS DARKLIGHTER?  The guy who gets toasted in the trench?   I can see your eyes glazing with... boredom.  Kind of the same idea here.  Granted, Cheetor is not as incidental a character as Biggs is, but Cheetor never grabbed me as a character.  In the end, over all, this is a good toy, no question; lots of great work and a ton of cool extras to keep you going.  However, you also have to recreate a character that makes you go oooooohhhhhh.  Sorry, no dice here.