Renderform RF005 Kit Nebulous Tempest - Pictorial Review

I mentioned earlier that recently Hasbro and Takara seldom release straight-repaint figure anymore without small retooling/remolding, especially giving new head for the figure. But 3rd parties has been doing this for quite some time. While company like Fansproject and a few others focused their release on add ons/weapons, some offered fans with alternative heads (Fansproject did, by the way, releasing a new head for Classics Cliffjumper and iGear's Kup head). Some of the companies are Beelzeboss and Renderform


Renderform is a garage kit label, a custom made upgrade kits/accessories by Venksta. More can be found here Renderform.

Here's a review of the RF005 Kit for Universe Darkwing

The kit contained a biocard (with serial number which you can see the set is limited), 2 guns, 1 new head and a few visors

In alt mode, there's hardly any different other than the 2 guns on the side of the jet

Robot Mode

G1 counterpart

The main attraction of this kit (at least fror me) is the G1-accurate head sculpt which improve the looks of the figure.

With just a change of head and guns, Universe Darkwing gets a different feeling of it, felt more G1-ish.

Spot-on head sculpt. With this, the overall look of the figure changed and it felt like the mold itself specifically made for Darkwing rather than Silverbolt.

It has great detailing and paint job where the blue and grey really match the figure

The new head also allow the electronic gimmick of Unvierse Darkwing to function as it was, giving a light-up visor during transformation (not in picture)

The kit doesn't really have any QC issue but the guns does felt a bit "soft and rubbery" but that might be just me. However, there's no indication of stress mark or anything like that even after transforming a few time

Is this kit worth the money? Well, IT IS quite expensive considering that it only contain  a head, guns and other small parts. For me, it's really great, especially if you want your classics figures to be as perfect as they could get