While Tron Legacy doesn’t appear in theaters until December 17th the toys are already making their way into toys stores across the country. Today we’ll be taking a look at the Deluxe Light Cycle from the new film.
From the Box:
THE DESIGN OF THE LATEST GENERATION OF LIGHT CYCLE IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE ORIGINAL. PROGRAMS FORM THEIR LIGHT CYCLE OUT OF THEIR BATON AND THE VEHICLES EMIT A LIGHT WALL WHICH HARDENS LIKE GLASS, CREATING AN OBSTACLE FOR OPPONENTS. THE LIGHT CYCLE IS USED IN GLADATORIAL GAMES AND IS ALSO A PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE WORLD. THE CYCLES ARE INTEGRATED WITH THEIR RIDERS AND WILL DE-REZ WITHOUT THEM.
The design of the new Light Cycles definitely reminds of the classic Light Cycles from the first film. When I first saw pics of the new design I had my doubts but I must say having the toy in front of me it looks impressive.
The toy itself is pretty good looking with nice attention to detail. It comes with one, “Partially Articulated” Sam Flynn figure which was nice because Kevin Flynn’s Light Cycle comes with nothing (The TRU version is supposed to have a Kevin figure with it however, so save your money for that). The box for this toy is really weird and it probably takes up a good chunk of the price. The box is twice the size it needs to be because it has these two peepholes that you look into. Inside is a “3D” image of the toy and various arrows pointing to the different features such as “Working Air Brakes.” The Air Brakes are nothing more than plastic flaps and don’t affect the sounds on the Cycle at all. Nice feature but did it have to be advertised?
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Speaking of the features the light cycle does just what the name implies. It lights up. According to the box the cycle changes color depending on what figure you put into it. Not sure how this gimmick works because even when I took the figure off the bike and manually pressed down the tab in the back of the rider’s seat, the toy still lit up with bluish/white lights. I’m sure I’ll be picking up another toy to test out this gimmick on. Damn you SpinMaster and your gimmicks. The toy also has “motion activated sounds” which do work when you move it just the right way. However on a good note I will say that the toy looks nice and is well detailed. I am definitely looking forward to picking up the Generation II, aka Kevin Flynn’s, LightCycle when it hits TRU sometime this October. Hopefully we can get some classic Tron figures that will interact with these bikes but if we don’t than, oh well. Overall I really like this toy but whatever you do, DO NOT buy this at the Disney Store. Way overpriced (figures). If you can find this for around $12-$15 and you’re a Tron fan then I say get it. If you’re not a Tron fan then why are you reading this? Maybe next time I’ll get to show off one of the figures, who knows. There’s bound to be a lot of Tron stuff coming out in the coming months.
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One interesting thing to note is that the back of the box shows a Fully Articulated Sam Flynn figure riding the cycle instead of the one in the box. Oh and the figure you get has a removable head that you’re supposed to put on the other figures when they ride the Cycle. Did Tron just turn into Goseiger? …Bad joke I apologize.
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