Transformers Legacy United Voyager Class Origins Wheeljack
The Autobot’s chief engineer, Wheeljack strives to keep the Autobots on the cutting edge of weaponry and technology. Unfortunately, this sometimes results in him blowing his lab up and requiring Ratchet or Hoist to patch him back up.
Lol… a whole lotta backpack…
As usual, Wheeljack comes with a blaster that resembles his shoulder cannon.
The set comes with optional “fans” that can be equipped onto the bumper of the vehicle mode to recreate his escape from Hotlink’s flamethrower attack in the first episode. Said fans can also be pegged onto Wheeljack’s back for storage in robot mode.
The “fans” are designed to be pegged onto the tip of Wheeljack’s shoulder cannon/ blaster to recreate the visual look of the Dominator Discs from the episode “The Core”. In the episode “The Core”, Wheeljack and Chip Chase invent “Dominator Discs” which allows the Autobots to control Devastator to give the good guys a fighting chance to stop the Decepticons from drilling to the center of the Earth.
Each disc had to be placed on each Constructicon for Devastator to fall under Autobot control once combined. Wheeljack fired his disc at Hook, while Sunstreaker, Prowl, Jazz and Mirage and placed their discs at Bonecrusher, Scrapper, Scavenger Mixmaster and Long Haul, respectively.
The blast shields accessory for the alt mode can be pegged onto the figure’s back to create some sort of “glider” for Wheeljack, though such a thing never happened in the original G1 cartoons. You’ll first need to disassemble and re-assemble the shields when you take them out of the box, though.
Wheeljack’s alt mode back on Cybertron was meant to be a hovercraft-type of vehicle, as seen in the opening scenes from the very first Transformers episode.
I just love the clear, green-tinted windows on the alt mode.
Wheeljack’s gun can be mounted on top of the alt mode.
As previously, mentioned, the optional “fans” can be equipped onto the bumper of the vehicle mode to recreate his escape from Hotlink’s flamethrower attack.
The blast shields can be equipped on the vehicle mode to help recreate the escape scene as well.
Alternately, the blast shields can also be repurposed to replicate a portion of Cybertron’s roads.
The best part of the alt mode is probably the gimmick to fit Origins Bumblebee (in alt mode with the sides folded up) into Wheeljack’s rear hatch to recreate the escape scene. I haven’t picked up Origins Bumblebee yet. Luckily, Hasbro just announced the figure is getting a reissue in the next wave.
The blast shield panels can also be taken apart and stored inside the alt mode.
Overall, not too shabby. Thankfully the legs aren’t too visually bulky as I first thought when they announced this figure. The optional pieces are also nice add-ons to this figure. I think the figure’s alt mode is the selling point for this set and they pulled it off pretty well.
For me, Jazz is still the best among the Origins-themed figures, with Bumblebee probably being the worst.
This set was released as a Target Exclusive in the U.S.
Gold
