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.

[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.

[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]

Where is everyone finding these toys?

[Stompy]

Not a fan of an almost monotone look. Maybe it's better in person but it looks unfinished in bot mode considering how much paint apps is in alt mode.

Will give it a wide berth until it shelf warms.

[FFN]

That's probably why it lacks paint applications in robot mode. They had to spend a lot of paint to get the vehicle mode colours right. Unfortunately, robot mode suffered as a result.

Hopefully Leadfoot's (the red one) eventual Deluxe class toy will be in his "Stealth Force" vehicle mode so they don't have to worry so much about the advertising tampos and colours.