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 Like
the other Gokin Robo figures, Colt is about a quarter of the
size of the real thing, translating to 2" long pistol - there's
actually a little ring on the back, so the original might have been
marketed as a keychain. There's a firing pin under the barrel that I
assume used to hit caps (this was machined off the American release
altogether - I believe the unchanged version was released in Italy by
GiG - who handled a few Mark lines - which is probably where my example's
made its' way from) - these would have protruded from the underside
of the barrel and generally looked bad, but then that's no surprise,
as Colt is an incredibly badly designed figure. The whole thing is fragile
and fits together poorly. He doesn't even hang together in gun mode,
the barrel and chamber above the handle flopping around. The robot mode
retains this instability, combining it with a barely-visible head (like
Wilfred off the Bash Street Kids), a narrow waist and two stick-like
legs that can barely support the slight weight of the torso even before
the joints wore down in about 1984. No hands, either.
I'm reliably
informed that Colt is just as loose and flawed straight off the card,
and standing him is an incredibly frustrating process (the picture above
is a minor miracle, as he was literally collapsing at the time). A mini-Browning
might sound like a cute idea, but the execution is awful, and I can
honestly say I've never owned such a poorly-designed toy. And I own
some
real
crap.
With
thanks to Denyer for the figure! =)
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(later released in the Japanese Transformers line as Browning),
even possessing a much-simplified version of the transformation and
a passable resemblance in robot mode.
