Blast Effects are becoming more and more popular in the Transformers toylines.  What can make a giant alien gun look even cooler?  How about a huge coloured laser coming out of the end!  Lots of the larger figures in the mainline Transformers toyline are coming with blast effects now, though sadly not many for the smaller bots.

With this new trend, it was only a matter of time until some Third Party Companies decided to jump on the bandwagon, and start producing blast effects for those toys who came bereft of them.  One such company is a new Australian business, 3D Damsel, who have been kind enough to send us a selection of their new products to peruse.

Note: 3D Damsel have not paid for this review, nor have they tried to dictate the contents of this blog.  Bigangrytrev.com would like to thank 3D Damsel for the opportunity to review their products.

 

Pew Pew!

The blast effects we have received come in a variety of different sizes and blast-effect patterns. 

The ones provided came in red

and  blue

It is our understanding they are also available in green, which would perhaps suit characters like the Insecticons.  It’s really nice to see such variation on the different blasts, making it easy to match the effect you want to the weapon its unleashed from. 

 

Watch out, missile!

One of our favorites was the missile effect, showing the shell firing out with a trail of smoke behind it.

 

Careful of breakages

These blast effects are 3D printed, making them more brittle than the rubbery type included with the larger Transformer toys.  While by no means overly delicate, it does mean you have to make sure not to be overly forceful when attaching them to the ends of weapons.  These blast effects have been designed with hollow nubs on the ends, meaning you either push the nub into the end of the toys weapon, or else fit the hole within the nub over the tip of the weapons barrel.

 

Overall

It’s great to see an independent Aussie company trying something new, and the effects certainly do jazz up your battle scenes!  The blast effects wont attach to every figures weapon, there being so many types, but are versatile enough you should not have much trouble matching them to a wide assortment within your collection.  Hopefully down the track we will see an even wider variety of colours such as the traditional oranges, purples and yellows.

3D Damsel can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/The3DDamsel/ and their online store located at https://the3ddamsel.square.site/