Toy Review: Maketoys Himed
Everyoneâs favorite part of combiner toys is how they can combine! But if youâre me, thatâs a nice gimmick, but you donât really care and just want a toy of the left arm.
The boy shows art of the actual toy, which I prefer over having renders of the toy.
The back of the box shows us all the cool poses Himed can do!Â
Side one shows us Himedâs front
And side two shows us Himedâs back. Simple box but good enough.Â
As ever, I enjoyed how easy he was to remove from the box and how easy he was to remove from the plastic shell. I was disappointed that his gun didnât have a place in his plastic shell and was just sort of thrown in. Oh well.
I donât love his shoulders, but aside from that he has a good design. Very basic for a more high end toy though. No double elbows or fancy hand poseability.
And his legs are hollow. Of course, he is meant to be the arm of a combiner, so doing things to lessen his weight makes sense even if it does make him a bit more disappointing as a stand alone toy.
Iâve always loved First Aidâs chunky back kibble. I still love it.
Heâs got a nice cute face. Itâs very simple though, hard to mess up. Up this close, the paint on his visor looks a bit sloppy, but youâre never going to see him from this close.
His gun is so large and chunky. I donât know if itâs meant to combine with the other protectobot guns to make a super gun.
His wrists turn to allow him to hold his gun in the completely stupid way that he holds his gun in the comics.
He turns into a nice solid ambulance thatâs fun to push around the table while you make a siren noise. The transformation is very simple and you practically donât need the instructions. But this ambulance has a terrible secret...
His head is just kinda...in the front window of the ambulance. Judging you for making siren sounds... Iâm not sure if a solid window would have been a great solution since it would have made the overall toy look cheap. Maybe just turning his head around during transformation?
They painted all the other windows... Maybe it would have been okay...
You can peg his gun into his vehicle mode to make the most menacing ambulance that everyone would immediately pull to the side for.
Whirl can pick him up and thatâs sort of cute...
But Springer can carry him and thatâs very cute.Â
OVERALL I think Himed is a solid toy, but he doesnât bring anything amazing to the table. Other than there not being very many First Aid toys out there, since combiners are more of a hassle to make, thereâs no reason to pick up this guy unless you want a First Aid and you missed out on Combiner Wars. Heâs good and better than the standard Hasbro fare, but not by enough to justify the increased price point.
