Rumble Probability (Math.) 1/12 Transformers Defender Version 04 Tyrants Fury Item No.: Asst. 5000888 Manufacturer: Blokees Includes: Nothing removable with pile drivers that can be pulled out a bit, instruction card Action Feature: It's a kit Retail: $2.99 Availability: ca. August 2025 Other: Live, On Tape (no tape)
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Ru for ru and umble for umble, Rumble. Right after I assembled it, I thought it looks a lot like Hasbro's Studio Series 86 Decepticon Rumble (Blue) [FOTD #2,513]. The color match is so close I assume Blokees just got Hasbro's style guide and went to town. This little guy is only slightly smaller, and putting them side-by-side further highlights a few shortcomings on Hasbro's toy. Hasbro's isn't bad, but you can see what the US toymaker's $12 figure is doing, and what China's $3 figure is doing, and you might be left wondering if the cheaper one isn't good enough.

Since it doesn't transform, and this Rumble is the same size as Megatron, the answer for most fans will be "no." But it's a very good figure unto itself.

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Rumble follows the template of the other roughly 2-inch guys. The head is a little big, the chest and shoulders are unique, the piledrivers are similarly distinctive for this figure. The legs and crotch seem to be the same as the other robots, plus this figure has a distinct one-piece blaster back piece in silver. It's the figure's physical back - removing it reveals a gap, so you can't pop it off and use it as a handheld blaster. The oversized feet are perfect for helping him keep his balance and pose in ways other figures can't.

The lack of metal bits gives him a cleaner look, but you miss out on details like the buttons around the waist. Blokees gave the chest painted blue details, which look fine. I prefer Hasbro's chest deco, but Blokees' big colorful tampos on the shins look significantly more vibrant and colorful.

The one place where Blokees absolutely crushes it is the head. Hasbro's head is tiny, and feels oddly proportioned next to the pile drivers and hi body. Blokees exaggerated the head with a big painted red visor and a gorgeous gray face with just a bit of an evil smirk. Blokees kept most of the cartoony detail, but added the circle with the raised dot in it from the toy. It's not a detail commonly replicated in other Rumble collectibles, so I was taken aback by its prominence. Given how cartoon-focused these guys are, it's a surprising bit of specific detail. Whoever did this head sculpt should probably be poached by Hasbro and Takara-Tomy for the big guys.

You can kind of push in the purple parts of the pile drivers to simulate the rumbling, but they only barely go up there and immediately pop back down. It's not much of an action feature, but it is something more significant than merely assembling and posing this figure. This is one of my favorites in the line, Defender-class Rumble's face is so good you can almost hear him speak Frank Welker's line reading. I don't think it's a suitable substitute for fans who missed the Studio Series 86 transforming toy... but it has a heck of a lot more personality. If you don't need the tape mode from the Hasbro toy which they seem pretty bent on not reissuing right now, give this guy a try.

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