Sneaky scorpion.

The original Bay Transformers movie still holds up. Fight me.

Seriously though, I can recognise it’s flawed but there’s a lot of good going on in the first movie. The Scorponok fight was mindblowing.

Let’s see if the Scorponok figure lives up to the Scorponok fight.

Alternate mode

Scorponok is just perfect in this mode. The paint on this guy is great with lots of tiny warning labels and stuff. The molded detail is also exceptional. Wei Jiang should upsize this mold, add some bells and whistles then paint it super nice. MPM Scorponok, no problem.

Posability in this mode is good. All the tiny legs are on ball joints. The tail rotates at the base and bends in three places on the tail. The head of the stinger can rotate. His arms rotate at the… shoulder? They also go in and out. The arms rotate at the bicep and bend at the elbow. The claws are also individually jointed and spin.

Transformation

The transformation is both hilarious and sad at the same time. It’s so simple. Legit, some of the Legends Class Transformers that came out at the same time are leagues above Scorponok in terms of complexity.

I love it.

Robot mode

This mode is… tacked on. That’s what it is. Hasbro needed to include a robot mode to justify making Scorponok a Deluxe and this is what they did.

They made Scorponok stand up and grow human legs.

Posability is surprisingly decent. He’s only got up and down movement at the head but at least he has some. His arms go in and out at the shoulder as well as rotate. He’s got bicep swivels and bending elbows. His claws are individually posable and can rotate. His hips are ball jointed and he has knee bends.

Gimmicks

Unsurprisingly, Scorponok’s gimmicks are strongly focused on his scorpion mode. There’s a trigger on his tail that launches the stinger out. Nice. In scorpion mode, rolling Scorponok forward will roll the rubber wheels under him which makes the drum in his chest rotate and both his claws rotate. Incredible. Seriously, I think the rotating drums and claw are the best gimmick any of the Movie 2007 Transformers have.

Both of these gimmicks are accessible in robot mode. But they’re less impressive.

Toy or collectible?

For a Transformer with such an afterthought of a robot mode, both.

He’s simple to transform and super fun in scorpion mode. Great for the kids!

So far, he’s the most accurate (if out of scale) Movie Scorponok available. Great for collectors!

Closing

Personally, I love Movie 2007 Scorponok. I actually prefer him to Movie 2007 Voyager Blackout.

That said the robot mode is obviously just tacked on and is as sketchy as can be. I can understand how this guy won’t be everyone’s cup of tea.