Drift's legion-class figure, proportionally, is very accurate in vehicle mode. If you really REALLY want to look at it hard, it might be just a TAD wider than the show model, but you're really splitting hairs, there. There's no robot mode extras at all, which is always a plus, and the color scheme is pretty much right-on-target when compared to most of his other figures. He's mostly a medium-to-light-medium orange, with a fair amount of black. The wheels and center portion of the back is made of black plastic, while the paint apps on the front hood stripes, the front window, part of the side windows, and on the center part of the front grill are a more metallic shade of the color. For some weird reason only the front of the side windows are painted black and not the back portion of the side windows, which looks odd (the rear window is also not painted). The black and orange obviously go well together, though there are a few other paint apps visible in this mode. There's some dark red on the faux "robot crest" on the center bumper, as well as on part of the stripes on the side doors (only on the back portions, not the front portions, which is kind of a weird contrast when compared with the aforementioned side window paint apps). Finally, the tiny headlights on the front are painted a nice blue, which is really a pretty good shade and I wish was used a bit more on the toy. Unfortunately, the back end of this mode has no paint at all-- this looks particuarly odd on the partially black/partially orange rear bumper, given that the mold details are there. The other mold details on Drift in this mode are fairly sparse given the sleek look of his sportscar mode, though when necessary there can be intricate details, like the panel lines on the front bumper.
    Drift's transformation is pretty typical for a Legion class car toy-- unfold the rear half to make the legs and feet, the sides and part of the front become his shoulders and arms, and then the hood folds behind his back. Little bits of the hood stick out from behind the sides of the chest, but this is expected at this small of a scale and honestly it doesn't stick out as much as on many other similarly-structured Legion figures, so it's not a big deal. A bigger issue with me are the arms, which I think are definitely the weakest part of this toy-- the shoulders aren't quite big enough and don't look "solid" enough as a result of the transformation, and the arms are mostly molded on the inside of the car side pieces, and it's all just too stiff-looking. The legs are better, being a bit over-sized on the lower portion but otherwise pretty solid, with the car back ends mostly used for said legs and little segments that flip up to form the feet. The square mold detailing on the knees and the "skirt-like" designs on the waist are replicated quite well, though unfortunately they have no paint to bring out those details. The chest and head are very well-sculpted, with all the necessary details to make Drift look like he's wearing some sort of samurai armor. There's some black painting on the chest and the waist, though unfortunately not on the shoulders; the head is very well-detailed, with a red headcrest, silver face, and even TEENY-tiny black lines on the sides of his face and blue on the eyes. For articulation, Drift can move at the shoulders (at two points), hips, and back-and-forth at the knees and slightly up-and-down at the ankles. Overall, that's above-average for a Legion figure, so kudos to Hasbro for that.
    He has a few minor downsides-- the robot arms in particular, and a few details that really needed to be painted-- but overall, Drift is a pretty solid Legion-class figure. He may not "break the mold" in terms of design originality, but he's still a great representation of the character if you're into Legion-class figures.
 

Review by Beastbot

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