Review: #912
Name: Barricade
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Generations - Studio Series
Year of Release: 2026
Size Class: Deluxe (Wave 30)
Mold Status: new
VEHICLE MODE:
Another entry for Barricade in the Studio Series line, this time, it is based upon his appearance in The last Knight movie.
He transforms into a 2016 Ford Mustang police car, and the concept of a Decepticon having a police alternate mode is still quite novel.
He is an okay size in vehicle mode for a Deluxe, it might not look that much smaller, but he is quite compact.
All five of his robot weapons can store towards the back of the vehicle, making it seem like some sort of attack mode.
This is, in general, a somewhat good vehicle, especially in regards to the sculpted detailing and the painted details. He's also missing his iconic "To punish and enslave" line.
However, and this is due to the requirement in transformation (which the designer could have figured out a way to fix...) but the front of the vehicle sits much higher than the rest, so it looks really odd and off.
It's a shame that this is the case, given that everything else looks so good.
A good and aggressive looking vehicle mode, let down by the weird hood thing.
TRANSFORMATION:
Barricade's transformation is not too bad. The front and arms transforms as you'd expect, being that you fold the hood forward to form the torso, and the arms just swing up from underneath. The roof and side windows fold into the backpack. while the rear unfold to form the legs.
ROBOT MODE:
The original toy was a bit of a shellformer and it looked like it, and this version tries to address it but brings with it its own problems.
It's still a really decent robot mode though, and the biggest piece of kibble is his backpack, but is compact enough to not be a massive issue.
The head sculpt is really busy, to the point that it can be hard to decipher the details.
Articulation is also fine, he has joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips, knees and ankles.
He comes with a plethora of weapons though, a pair of guns, a forearm blaster, and a circular wrist blaster.
The two guns can be held in his hands, but they look really odd. Firstly, they are too flat (basically as thin as a typical sword accessory). Second, the handles are really long / high up for some reason so it sticks out of his fists.
A neat touch is that the guns can store on his waist.
They're pegged to look like they're holstered there, which is a nice touch, and probably is part of the reason why they are so thin since they would get in the way of the arms if they were thicker.
The next weapon is a forearm blaster / wrist mounted taser, that just pegs onto his forearm, and looks fairly good there.
Lastly, two separate pieces clip onto his arm for a circular six-barrelled blaster, which doesn't look too bad.
The robot mode looks a bit busy, and it's not perfect. He has some proportion issues with his legs. Due to transformation, they unfold from just the rear of the vehicle mode and every time a Transformer tries this, there is not enough mass.
And that's the case here, Barricade's legs are too thin and not chunky enough, especially looking from the side. His feet are also indistinct blobs lacking a proper outline.
It's hard to say whether this is an improvement over the original as there are pros and cons, but objectively, it's not a bad robot mode.
OVERALL:
Barricade is a good enough figure. He has flaws in both modes, which isn't ideal and feels like they could have easily been remedied if a little bit more effort was put into it. As a result, this isn't the best figure we've had, but it is still a solid one.
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