Voltron Legendary Defender Action Figure Black Lion

Fantastic Black lion! I watched the Netflix Show and I was thinking: wow. this is pretty impressive compared to the Original series that i grew up with. I knew the toys would be coming soon, but how are they? Well, pretty darn good for this new generation of kids to enjoy.Black lion has ratcheting front and rear limbs. Blue Chest piece that lights up once the sound button is pressed. Mini/Micro buttons on the limbs that know when the Blue/Yellow/Green/Red lions have been attached or removed for unique sound clips. The Lion's stomach pops out so you can place the mini figure inside: a nice touch, and also doubles as the sound holes for the speaker. And if the sound doesn't do it for you, there is also an off button on the back. Joints are stiff, and the legs offer decent leg articulation when in full Voltron Mode. (i.e. the hips and thighs can twist outward, and the legs can bend at the knees for cool striking/kneeling pose. The Head sculpt is pretty nice, as the mouth/face of Voltron can pop down. You can push up the face so that in Lion mode, you get a large gaping mouth and you can re-create any cat-meme you please. The Large Red Wings can move and spin freely with ratcheting clicks to ensure proper fighting position. The front legs are enclosed in the shoulders (flap opens) when transforming into robot mode from lion. The tail is rubber and doesn't move around like the other lions' tails, and can only move up or down into position. As a stand alone lion Toy, i feel that is is well made, however the individual limbs have somewhat a limited movement. Clearly the intention was for the Torso of the combined Voltron robot. I would highly recommend acquiring the other lions to fully utilize the sound functions.My kids (6 & 3.5) have watched the show with me and now they can play with the toy! It's like the 80s all over again, but this time i can share it with my kids. Overall impressions are great, too bad they can't make a die cast version like the original: everything is plastic.. but feels of a sturdy plastic and not brittle. Hopefully this will be one of the toys that will define my kids' childhood, as the original Volton lions did for me.

I purchased this for myself, because I could, and because I wanted it. I have no idea how it'll stand up to heavy play, since it's mostly just for display on my end, but it's an awesome set! No technical problems, and the lions are all a great size. Voltron is a nice big size, but he doesn't stand well on carpet, so I disassembled him for display. My only complaint is that Keith (the Red Lion) fits a little too snugly in the arm socket. It took a lot of wiggling to free him, and, when trying the same approach with Pidge, the poor green lion was rocketed halfway across my living room. Otherwise, my Dad and I highly enjoy this set and are absolutely in love, and it only showed up two hours ago.

My 3 year old son loves Voltron and was so excited when Santa brought the black lion this year! He received the 4 other lions from his grandparents and couldnt wait to put them all together to form Voltron!! My husband watched the original show in the 80s and I think he was just as excited as our son.I found the lions very easy to combine but the red and green lions (The arms) are a little tricky to get back apart.The black lion is the one that talks. It says a lot of different saying with a push button and even acknowledges when each of the other lions are clicked into place!A very cool toy and I would recommend this to any fan of either version of the show!!

My son has been obsessed with Voltron ever since he found the show on Netflix. He already has the action figure but I thought this would be a great addition. He loves it! I do have a few complaints though. I actually thought the arm was missing but noticed that it was tucked in (part of the transforming properties). It was really hard to get out! There are soft plastic claws that get stuck and make it near impossible to get out. I had to tell my son to not fold the arms in. Also, the wings fall off way too easily. My son likes to use them as swords but then they get lost around the house. Overall, he loves it and I think any young boy would really enjoy it.

When I was a kid, I soooo wanted to Voltron lions, but alas, it was never to be. But when I saw these lions available related to the new Netflix series (which me and the kids watch together), I knew pretty much instantly that it was going to be a thing. And my son has been playing with these pretty much every day for weeks.This lion is the center piece of the robot (which requires 4 more lions - red, green, yellow, and blue). The black lion forms the torso and head of Voltron. The toy is also the only one that has lights/sounds. When you press a button on its side, it will say lines in the voices of the actors from the series along with blaster sounds, flying sounds etc. Box says over 50 sounds. One thing the box didn't say is that there are audio lines related to the assembly state of Voltron as you put it together. For instance, if you've got all but the Red lion attached, it might say something like "We still need the Red Lion!" So there's some kind of sensors in the black lion that lets it know what you've already hooked up. Pretty darn cool!I'm pretty critical on build quality, but have been pretty impressed with these. Generally, the plastic is solid, but has just enough flex for the kind of play it's going to get. Assembly of the Voltron robot is straightforward AFTER you follow the instructions once and the various assembly joints take a good amount of pressure to go together, assuring that they won't just fall apart again. Sometimes it's hard for my son to do the shoulder joints (he just turned 7), but that's ok as it gives me an excuse to help and then "test the joints" from time to time. ;- )Overall, we've been extremely satisfied with this toy.

I received the die cast version of the black lion. The description, photos and the price all seemed to indicate I was getting the larger all plastic version. I have initiated a refund, but wonder if it wasn't just miss shipped. I want the correct lion and now the price has went up! Not sure what to do here!