Toy Review - DotM Deluxe Roadbuster

[GoktimusPrime]

Toy Review - Roadbuster

Series - Dark of the Moon
Sub-line - N/A
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - 1
Released here - May 16 2011
Approximate Retail Price - $25-30
Approximate Size - 15cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - NASCAR Chevy Impala sprint car #88 (Earnhardt)
Main Features/Gimmicks - MechTech
Main Colours - White, green, grey
Main Accessories - Gun, transforms into chainsaw

Vehicle mode:


Vehicle mode with Mech Tech weapon attached:


Robot mode:

[SkyWarp91]

Talk about lack of details on the chest! I hope they release the third Wrecker Topspin as a Deluxe for scale's sake.

[GoktimusPrime]

The grey doesn't look so bad IRL as it does in photos. And yes, there will be a Deluxe Top Spin -- I've seen it for myself IRL. Here's a photo I took (Topspin's the blue one)

[Autocon]

The grey doesn't look so bad IRL as it does in photos. And yes, there will be a Deluxe Top Spin -- I've seen it for myself IRL. Here's a photo I took (Topspin's the blue one)

He probably means the red one

[SkyWarp91]

Yeah stupid me, I meant Deluxe Leadfoot! Lol thanks Autocon, soz Gok!

I got this figure but am cherishing my DOTM toys by opening them one every couple of days - might open this one after BB!

[Bumbleb33]

Picked up Roadbuster today. I really like him, decent scaling to ROTF and his head sculpt is great. Plent of posing potential in the hips and very stable to stand, only drawbacks in my opinion are the shoulders being a little loose and the panel forearms can sometimes get in the way. Otherwise though great, I am going to jazz mine up a little with some paint to just finish him off.

[Lord_Zed]

Hmmmmm, still not sure about this guy, nice mould but that's a lot of Hasbro gray there, needs a bit of a black ink wash perhaps.

[griffin]

DotM Deluxe Roadbuster (Wrecker)
Series - Dark of the Moon
Sub-line - Mechtech
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - 1
Released here - May 2011
Approximate Retail Price - $25-30
Approximate Size - 14cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Nascar Race car
Main Features/Gimmicks - Convertible Mechtech weapon
Main Colours - Green, white, grey
Main Accessories - Mechtech weapon

[griffin]

I voted 'only if', in that, buy this one if they don't end up doing a weaponised version to match the on-screen Roadbuster.
Its a shame that Hasbro have been releasing non-weaponised versions in each size class to prevent a full set of on-screen versions in any size, but it may have been a condition of the Nascar licensing to release each at least once in their real-life format.

The transformation on this one wasn't too bad. Doing the front of the car mode took a while to work out, but the way the interior folds inside the shell of the car, works well. Leaves a fair bit of kibble in robot mode, as most of the car shell sits on its back.
I think American kids will like this one a lot, if they are into Nascar racing... it'd be like having a licensed Mark Skaife Holden race car Autobot - it'd just be sooo cool to have a toy of something we would be so familiar with in contemporary (Australian) society.