Review: #866
Name: Wheeljack / Que
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Generations - Studio Series
Year of Release: 2025
Size Class: Deluxe (Wave 28)
Mold Status: new
VEHICLE MODE:
Based upon his (only) appearance in the Dark of the Moon movie, Wheeljack (or known by his screenname Que), transforms into a blue Mercedes E550.
It's a decent vehicle mode, even if it looks just a tad bit chubby and simplified.
The size is okay, around average Deluxe size.
The robot weapon pegs onto the side of the vehicle.
He only has rolling wheels as a gimmick. The detailing on both the front and back is nice, and he doesn't have any obviously exposed robot parts which is always nice.
A decent vehicle mode and probably the better mode of the two...
TRANSFORMATION:
Transformation into robot mode is not hard, nor is it inventive or amazing. While he can't be called a shellformer, effectively, only the headlights don't form the backpack. Everything else unfolds from underneath the shell of the car. The back splits to form the legs, and the arms from the roof and sides.
ROBOT MODE:
Wheeljack's robot mode is okay. There is a lot of unpainted grey plastic, which dulls all the intricate sculpting and makes him look really bland.
He features a massive amount of kibble. Half the car is on his back, and the other half is behind his legs. At least they all peg in solidly and doesn't flop around.
The head sculpt is ugly, but that's more due to the ugly movie head designs. It's too human looking, and given Transformers are machines, having him look so aged (and like Einstein...) doesn't look right either.
He is shorter than your average Deluxe, and skinnier too.
As mentioned, he has a lot of intricate sculpting, just that the shade of grey used is the horrible "Hasbro grey".
Articulation is okay, with joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips, knees and ankles.
He comes with two weapons, a staff-gun, and a smaller gun.
The staff can be held in his hand at the tip, which looks a bit too long and awkward for him.
While the gun can be held in his other hand, but it's a bit thin looking too.
Alternatively, the staff and gun can combine and held in his hand as another type of weapon. To be honest, it's hard to tell what sort of weapon this is supposed to be exactly.
Both of the weapons can peg onto his back for storage.
You can tell that the engineering was sacrificed to be more simplistic, and this robot mode suffers as a result. Wheeljack just feels cheap as a result, and not up to the standards the Studio Series line had set before.
An okay robot mode that might look passable, but is a disappointing effort in the end.
OVERALL:
Wheeljack is one of those figures you'd get, because it's one of the only accessible figure of the character. The vehicle mode is find, it's the transformation and robot mode that just disappoints. There aren't any game breaking flaws, it's just that he could have been so much better. The simplicity led to a huge amount of kibble, and his robot mode isn't even fun to make up for it.
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