Toy Review - DotM Deluxe Autobot Que

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

Toy Review - Autobot Que
Series - Dark of the Moon
Sub-line - Mechtech
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - 6
Released here - Not at this time (released globally December 2011)
Approximate Retail Price - $24-30 (US$12)
Approximate Size - 14cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Car
Main Features/Gimmicks - Convertible Mechtech weapon
Main Colours - Blue, grey
Main Accessories - mechtech weapon (plus other weapons)

Note - This toy was originally named as Wheeljack on early Hasbro presentations, but later renamed Autobot Que to match the Movie character's name. The white redeco in the next wave should be called Wheeljack though.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

He's OK. Not great, not bad. Looks OK, transformation is pretty average, but poseability is pretty poor. Unless you're a diehard completist, diehard Bayverse fan, or really really want a TF with a zombie-Einstein-esque headsculpt he's definitely not worth the prices he's apparently going for online.
Only really noteworthy point is that the weapons are nice, what with looking like tools - even the spear looks like a giant scalpel.

[Doubledealer]

Can anyone think of a single Transformer as frightening looking as this one? I'm terrified and I don't even own it! *hides under sheets*

[SkyWarp91]

Is it worth the $120 that it's priced at now? I am a Bay fan but don't really care for the character but the completist inside me is yelling GET HIM! GET HIM!

DAMMNIT IM LOST

[AJ_Prime]

Is it worth the $120 that it's priced at now? I am a Bay fan but don't really care for the character but the completist inside me is yelling GET HIM! GET HIM!

DAMMNIT IM LOST

Lol, me too on all counts. But the price is making me question if I really want him that bad. Perhaps just keep trawling until someone puts one up for a reasonable price. Maybe once the hype dies down so will the price.

[GoktimusPrime]

Can anyone think of a single Transformer as frightening looking as this one? I'm terrified and I don't even own it! *hides under sheets*

*points at Transformer Animorphs* -- I challenge anyone to find me a line of uglier Transformers. Also, it's not the toy's fault that the head looks like that... blame the movie (if the head looked different then you'd have people accusing Hasbro of not being "screen accurate"). Although it is partially Hasbro's fault for approving the movie model with that head in the first place. (-_-) But it's certainly not the toy designers' fault.

Is it worth the $120 that it's priced at now?

HELL NO! He is a nice Deluxe figure... but he is only just a Deluxe. $40 is the most I've ever paid for a Japanese store release Deluxe figure (it was a United Wheeljack)... even then I thought it was a bit rich, but I was desperate. So yeah, forty tops if you're desperate IMO.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Is it worth the $120 that it's priced at now? I am a Bay fan but don't really care for the character but the completist inside me is yelling GET HIM! GET HIM!

DAMMNIT IM LOST

Honestly? No.
Really no.
For that asking price you could get something good, or even 2 or 3 something goods if you got decent prices. He's just an average, instantly forgettable Deluxe. If you're anything like me you'll transform him once, transform him back, and then just forget about him.

If you really can't sleep without one, AJ_Prime has the right idea. Even then, I'd be surprised if you could find one for under $50 to $60, which is still $30 to $40 too much IMO.