Toy Review - DotM Deluxe Barricade

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Toy Review - DotM Deluxe Barricade

(Please post photos, comments or even a fully comprehensive review - these are just brief details)

Toy Review - Barricade
Series - Dark of the Moon
Sub-line - Mechtech
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - 2
Released here - May 2011
Approximate Retail Price - $24-30
Approximate Size - 14cm
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-mode - Police car
Main Features/Gimmicks - Convertible Mechtech weapon
Main Colours - Black, white, grey
Main Accessories - Mechtech weapon

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I actually voted "no" for this one. Even if you don't have a Barricade toy yet, I recommend a version from the first two movies. Ignoring the bonus Frenzy figure of the original, I found that this one was less interesting to convert, less screen-accurate, and more complicated (especially getting the feet into the front of the car).
Plus, it's smaller, so like other new TF3 moulds of existing Dlx toy characters, this one feels cheaper... needing something better about it than the original to make it worth buying.
(gimmicks, especially oversized weapons that aren't even in the movies, don't add to the value)

This was yet another TF3 toy that Hasbro shouldn't have wasted their money on creating, and instead just reworked the original into holding a Mechtech weapon. Collectors who would know its a re-release would expect it anyway, and even if they cared enough to not buy it for its modifications & new weapon, Hasbro wouldn't care because they represent such a small portion of their customer base.