TFC Toys Mad Blender (Hercules)

Manufacturer: TFC Toys
Release Date: Feb. 2012
Original MSRP: $96.95
Aftermarket :N/A. The 2nd run of this figure is available here. As well as BBTS, Robot Kingdom and other online retailers.
Size/Class/Dimensions: Voyager (6.5" in robot mode)
Repaints: Yes. Shattered Glass version named Perseus. Available for pre-order now!
KO: No

Mad Blender, or Mixmaster as we all know him, is the last piece needed to complete your Hercules. TFC Toys got them all released within a 6 month period too! Setting the standard amongst 3rd party companies for speed and proficiency when it comes to Combiners. Overall, Mad Blender is an aesthetically pleasing Constructicon to look at. Body mass index similar to Structor and Dr. Crank, he's lucky to measure 3" shoulder-to-shoulder if you're not including the wheel wells (which can be rotated to sit flush with the arm). No QC issues with this one either that I'm aware of. Only complaints I've heard is some wanted the mixer barrel purple...but I'm fine with it being green. Neckbreakers black shovel is really the only *facepalm* incident when it came to paint schemes or colors chosen.

the more i look at HERCULES, the more i realize, I like the Devastator design but individually, these guys don't cut it for me. If I ever get them, I would keep them in Devestator mode.

Madblender is the heaviest armed of the Hercules figures, I mean, his mixing barrel is mutable launchers! Galvy, if you get these guys, you won't be disappointed, their pretty well designed and each of the figures have great light piping that really give the robot mode, life!

Galvatron wrote:the more i look at HERCULES, the more i realize, I like the Devastator design but individually, these guys don't cut it for me. If I ever get them, I would keep them in Devestator mode.

I think it's just the lack of decals that might be throwing you off....head over to Reprolabels and have a look at what you COULD make them look like! As far as Mad Blender is concerned, the mixing barrel sections are removable and the flaps on the upper biceps can be rotated down for a more "fuller" arm effect.

I will say that there is one little 'QC' issue with Madblender that has been reported. The knee ratchet for combined mode tends to be slightly weaker than Structor's. It's fixable by sticking a sliver of an eraser beneath the catching piece, though.

I've not noticed that but then again, mine is revised edition of the figure and I haven't done combined mode much, I think I prefer separate modes than the combined! So maybe the has been corrected!

As long as Heavy Labor's crotch/hips doesn't start squeaking, you should be fine.