Crossovers Darth Maul: Deluxe size (?). Kinda scrawny like the actual guy. His arms seem really fragile and can likely break off with mild pressure. Most of the SW Crossover Jedi figures come with lightsaber weapons but I don't know where his went. Interesting note is one hand is normally molded but the right hand has the grip hole covered. Likely so he can hold two lightsabers together like his weapon in the movie.
Alt-mode is his iconic vehicle from Phantom Menace. The landing gear is permanently protruding with no way to really stow it out of the way. You can tuck it flush against the fuselage but it still sticks out so not helping much in that regards. Like many deluxe class SW Crossovers, the cockpit can open and fit a small enough figure inside. It's unfortunate that many of those figures didn't include a mini-figure as that would have raised the play value immensely. The cockpit seat even rotates so that it's in a somewhat upright position when Darth Maul is in robot mode. Anyways I'm junking him, next!
Deluxe Class Transformers Animated Ratchet: I never watched much of the Animated series but the toy line was by far one of my favorites because they were somehow take these very Western aesthetic styled characters and somehow transform them perfectly into a perfectly looking vehicle mode with that same animation aesthetic. The designers for this toyline are genius. Unfortunately, this Ratchet isn't one of the ones that transform all that smoothly and frankly it's a pain. This guy has a surprising amount of spring activated parts. One in each arms for his tools/weapons, one for his pop-up head (transformation gimmick), and one more for his vehicle mode rear end (also to aid transformation). Fitting his legs in during transformation is a pain and a half; the left one pops off if I'm not careful enough while trying to cram it in. Also his chin has a bit of scrapping on the chin due to the pop-up gimmick. Status: junk!
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