Our latest find in the wonderful world of I Can't Believe It's Not Hasbro on Amazon...
I call it...
The Pangean Kerfuffle.
It's a fun toy, and a solid figure. There's a lot of play value. But it is a geographical nightmare. It's very posable, we love how the base for the globe is incorporated as a sword and shield for the robot figure, dad likes how the individual pieces fold neatly into the back of the robot, so that they're not just two halves clapped together. We like how detailed the robot itself is, including the alternately colored pieces of plastic instead of paint for the torso.
As far as a geographical nightmare, buy one yourself for a good laugh:
•There is no Antarctica.
•There is no North Pole.
•What we think is supposed to be Japan is in the wrong location and rotated 190 degrees.
•New Zealand doesn't exist.
•Africa and South America are proportioned wrong.
•Mexico has sunk into the ocean.
•The United States is on the border of what would be the Arctic Circle.
•Something horrible has happened to Canada.
•The land bridge to Asia seems to be very well intact and much wider than it would have been.
•The Philippines are now a major world power in size and way too close to Australia.
•If you think the geography of the Middle East has contributed to warfare over there, what's actually pictured would have made things a lot worse.
This is just for starters, there's too many things to list in full. Buy yourself one for fun, for the amusement, and good look finding Hawaii.
It is a fun toy, but it's JUST a toy. It DOES NOT qualify as an educational aid or accessory.
