This is an excellent toy.

While the character may not be to everyone's tastes; for those who ARE interested, it's very well executed.

As Gok said, the head sculpt is very much Hubcap, while the switch from charcoal to black legs is both subtle but a sign the designer is paying attention - as is the fact they went and bothered with a darker orange for his eyes.

Some other thoughts:


- from a purely objective POV, this is a BETTER toy than Cliffjumper in one aspect - the windows. Whereas Cliffjumper has transparent blue front and side windows that jar with the black rear window, Hubcap has smoky transparent plastic which lines up a LOT better.
- Hasbro always have trouble matching yellows (paint & plastic), but have done an excellent job here.
- Cliffjumper's matte texture on the red elements has been replaced by a glossy texture on Hubcap's yellow. While this is not any better or worse (you can decide which you prefer), kudos to whoever designed the pair and did this for further differentiation.

It's clear to me the designer sat down from the start and made sure Hubcap and Cliffjumper had some key differences - and while there's obviously a whole crapload in common - this is very much NOT a lazy repaint.