TransformersToys Legacy Evolution Voyager Comic Universe Tarn Toy, 7-inch, Action Figure for Boys and Girls Ages 8 and Up

I love it

This is, by any account, one of the best mainline figures ever. This is certainly the best Legacy figure, by far, and I'm a huge fan of what they did for Jhiaxus. It's borderline theft that we can buy it at the Voyager-class price point. Tarn could easily have been made Leader-class by including a simple Nickel minicon, working mini-wheels, a removable mask, and giving him folding wrists or hand-covering kibble. The risk was clearly that the Leader-class price point would keep many fans from picking him up, since he's a comics invention translated late into the Cyberverse cartoon and not a G1 staple. What we therefore get is a dynamic, thoroughly-articulated, well-engineered Leader-size toy at a reasonable price (but I still want Nickel).Like Legacy Jhiaxus, Tarn's limbs don't suffer from huge, obvious gaps (like the back of Blaster's thighs), and they have a massive range of motion, including a180-degree double-knee bend! His shoulders don't look quite perfect when extended out from the torso, but the hinge is a necessity because of his massive tank treads. His hands open, he has rotation at wrists, arms, thighs, and waist, four-direction ankle tilts, and a limited ball joint neck that still lets him look up, slughtly down, and 360 degrees. Perhaps the Leader-class engineering might have given him an ab crunch.Some design elements not in the instructions: he transforms more easily if the head is first turned backwards, and his cannons can peg to more closely resemble his IDW design by using the rear 5mm port and the top 5mm port on his center turret piece.The only criticisms I can offer:1) Hasbro's quality control is still letting loose joints out of the factory; my Tarn's cannon arm is a little too easy to swivel, and the outer shoulder treads pop off if you don't transform it fairly delicately.2) No ab crunch; not a dealbreaker by any stretch, but would have been nice in a character who slouches in his command chair and leans close to victims to whisper them to death.3) The microwheels moulded to the treads ... why? If they were actual wheels, the tank mode could roll, if they weren't added, they wouldn't distract from the tread design in robot mode. Moulded fake mini wheels seems like the worst of both worlds.4) Those Tarn hands hanging off the back of the tank. A little more engineering would have solved this, but again, the price really can't be beat without losing a lot of what makes the figure so great.Maybe if this sells enough, we could see a Leader-class Tarn (& Nickel) set in a few more years? Or get some other IDW characters who need proper toy representation (Velocitron Nautica doesn't count)? Whether it does or not, Tarn is a $50 figure at a $33 price point, and serious fans should pick one up ASAP!

I just received this figure not too long ago and I’ve got to say, what a spectacular figure this is. In my opinion, Tarn always had one of the most appealing Transformer designs in recent times. And that design manages to translate incredibly well for this figure, though I do have some very mild critiques on it. This figure (as well as all the other voyager figures these past few years) feels a little on the small side, but I’m willing to overlook it. The pose ability of this figure is great but kind of limited. The arms in particular felt just a tad bit underwhelming, as I was expecting more than just a 90 degree bend at the elbow and some more shoulder movement options other than swiveling and a single rotation (maybe something more like Spinister/ Needlenose’s arms would have been nice). I’m not that mad about it though, as I know hasbro toys typically don’t have that kind of thing to begin with (although their more recent figures have added features like feet articulation and such). Also it may just be my copy, but the elbow swivel is a little too loose for my liking and the peg holes aren’t able to hold onto the included weapons that well either, the only exception being the one on his back. Luckily, the rest of the figure feels very good to handle so it could very well be my figure only that has this issue. The transformation feels pretty great too, and the resulting vehicle mode looks stunning as well. Overall, I would say that this figure is very solid, but not necessarily a game changer. If you like Tarn as a character, or even just like his aesthetic, I can guarantee that he will be a fun figure for you to own. As a voyager class figure prices around $30, he is very well worth the price

I've always liked Tarns design from the comics, so I was interested in this when it was announced. People got him in hand and were saying great things about him. So I ordered him. $30 well spent. Fun transformation and decent alt modes. Nothing mind bending there. But the robot not only looks great, but the articulation is fantastic. Deep knee bends, legs that can kick high, a joint in the arm that you can use as a butterfly joint. He can cross his arms. I thought it couldnt get any better. It did.Woke up the other morning, BAM! Hes in the kitchen, making me breakfast. He did my taxes for me, cleaned the litterbox, disposed of the neighbors, and cleaned my gutters. Yeah, ok, theres a growing pile of bodies in the basement, but for $30, this is a fantastic deal. All hail the Decepticons.

Let me start off with the entire Tarn mold, which also includes Bludgeon, my first impression when I got the figure out of the box, was amazing. The articulation was fanominal the amount of poses you could put this figure through 100% the most posable figure I own now. He scales amazing with other voyagers in my collection, now I did find him lose jointed but wasn't all too bad. In all honest opinion great experience over all, I give it a solid 9/10

He looks super cool and robot mode is top tier proportions & articulation. The face is cool.

Figure has surprisingly great flexibility and posability. The joints are nice and smooth as well.

Like a few reviews I've seen and read I also initially didn't have any prior knowledge of the character at all but heard about him being in the comics and not only the leader of a team of bots you don't want to be looking at you much less being there to arrest you for whatever the unfortunate thing you may or may not be guilty of in the deception ranks and the deception insignia faceplate wearing leader Tarn of the deception justice division... Oh and he wields a double fusion cannon unlike Megatrons puny one.... Toy Tarn has some fun transformation sequences converting back and forth to robotbamd the father..