I got the original Fangry on my... ninth birthday, I think? He was a 1988 guy, and I was nine in 1988, so minus some potential timeline complications, that's probably accurate. He was a gift from a friend at my birthday party at Aladdin's Castle, which is an arcade, which is a place you play upright video games for quarters, for you young people. (kidding, i know you know what arcades are) I had no idea Fangry existed at the time -- he was completely new to me -- and since I was a literal child, I remember thinking, who the heck is this weirdo, why isn't he Hardhead or Brainstorm or a Headmaster I actually know? But I'm thankful I got him, because 1) Fangry is rad. There is no 2). Just 1). That's all we need. He's a pissy winged dragon wolf who violently reacts to being given orders and, wow, actually got some play in the Marvel Comics I read slightly later as a child. In 1988 terms, he was important!
And I'm even prouder now that Hasbro's done the exact same thing. Okay, they did some retooling, because they can, but it's effectively the same thing I did. Because I'm smart! Kingdom Fangry is a slightly pinker Titans Returns Grotusque, using the same TR Fangry head, a new wolf head, new shoulders, some new wolf hands (instead of the three claws), and a new chest and crotchplate. But yeah, glad to see both Hasbro and I were super geniuses. Watch me preen.
I love the new wolf head, which is based directly on the original character model, down to its toothy expression. The jaw is hinged, so you can close that mouth up, if you want. Grotusque's beast mode head transformed the jaw out of the chest, but Fangry has the entire head and jaw as a separate apparatus, while the new chest piece merely hangs around down there like window dressing. Brisko, the name of Fangry's head, has some different plastic layouts and paint choices as well, giving him a more vivid treatment. (The face itself seems identical.) The new chest shows Fangry's tech-spec readout, same as the original toy. And Brisko can hide inside the stomach compartment when Fangry's in wolf mode, same as originally. 






