Toy Review: Generations Selects Greasepit

[GoktimusPrime]

GREECEPITT
Series - Generations
Sub-line - Selects
Hypo-line - War For Cybertron Trilogy
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - Repaint and retool of Earthrise Ironworks
Wave - N/A
Released here - October 2020 (EB Games/Zing exclusive)
Approximate Retail Price - $40
Approximate Size - 13.5cm
Allegiance - Decepticon
Sub-Group - Macromaster
Alt-mode - gas station^SERVO
Main Features/Gimmicks - Weaponiser
Main Colours - blue, grey, yellow
Main Accessories - gun

NOTE: This toy is a repaint/retool of Earthrise Ironworks <---see this thread for discussion about the original mould. This thread will focus on differences made.



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👆 I love how the new Greasepit toy still sells Super. None of that Unleaded or Ethanol crap!





Works surprisingly well as a service station for what is largely just a repaint of Ironworks. The only real "retooling" is replacing the hook with a pair of petrol pumps and also an additional sign board. The battle station mode doesn't work nearly as well as it is really more "Ironworks-esque." However Greasepit has made me realised that this mould was probably conceived as all four Micromaster Stations, as the indent for the service station windows are present on Ironworks, and both have runway-like roads/ramps, which would be a precursor for Airwave and Hot House. So yeah, it's not even so much as Ironworks necessarily being shoehorned as the others, but it appears that this mould may have always been intended to be all of them, which would also explain why this robot mode looks like none of them.

The sticker on the signboard is also incredibly accurate to the G1 toy - nearly identical! They've done an amazing job in making this toy look as much like G1 Greasepit's servo station as they could.

Worth buying? Only if you don't already have Ironworks (who's a cheaper toy and easier to find) or if you want to get Greasepit to help further complete your G1 CHUG collection. Because otherwise this toy is almost identical to Ironworks so if you already have that toy and you don't care about completing a G1 CHUG collection then it's probably an easy pass for you.

[Butcher31]

Nice pictures. I got it for nostalgic reasons (I owned the original, my brother had Ironworks) and I have no regrets in owning both. The colour scheme, the change in parts and how you can arrange them makes it look different enough to Ironworks.

There is already a Greasepit review thread. Should these two be combined to one thread?

[GoktimusPrime]

There is already a Greasepit review thread. Should these two be combined to one thread?

Woops sorry, my bad.

Mods: please merge this with the existing thread.

[dirge]

Woops sorry, my bad.

Mods: please merge this with the existing thread.

Done (:

[shockNwave]

Don't like the color scheme as much Ironworks' but Greasepit makes up for it with the stickers in the form of the signs and the inside look at the business. Nice bling.