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[El Duque]

Toyworld has revealed an upcoming third-party Throttlebot Rollbar known as TW-T01. For scale purposes the figure has been posed by FansProject's Backfiery. Based on the teaser image they plan on releasing the whole Throttlebot team.

[Supreme Convoy]

I had Rollbar as a kid. I loved that figure!

[Bumblevivisector]

Rollbar was my first Throttlebot, so I thought it was cool to see him acting as Throttlebot leader in Marvel #30 when I finally found it. I've found that some fans who didn't own any of the 6 as kids now consider them so awful they can't even look at them, so they're way past due for new toys with actual articulation and proportions.

Nice touch making his spare tire a gun; I used to pretend it was a little Gatling gun firing behind him in jeep mode. IIRC, he had a firepower of 1 to reflect his not having a gun, and none of the others had guns most of the time in the comics because Ratbat sent them to Earth unarmed, a nice reflection of the fact that you couldn't really even pretend they could wield weapons with their immobile arms.

Hmm, I don't see Wideload's silhouette. He was unique for a dump truck, so it'd be a shame not to take a crack at him. Scale issues though...

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Okay now this piques my interest!

[Megatron Wolf]

looks good, i dont know why but rollbar was one of my favorite figures as a kid.

[wolverinetodd]

Hmm, I don't see Wideload's silhouette. He was unique for a dump truck, so it'd be a shame not to take a crack at him. Scale issues though...

Here I thought I was the only one to notice Wideload's silhouette missing from the pic. Freeway was a blue Corvette and that looks like his silhouette in the middle while the white Searchlight and the red Chase could fit for both left and right silhouettes, leaving the bottom one to be the gold Goldbug, the Bumblebee upgrade.

Personally, I'd rather the orange and blue Wideload be made as opposed to the gold Goldbug. If Not-Rollbar's vehicle and robot forms are any indication, these figures are going to be very cool.

[wolverinetodd]

I also like the metallic paint used on Rollbar, giving him the illusion that he's made of metal as opposed to plastic.

[craggy]

If I was Wideload I'd be all over it. As is, I'd quite like the other Throttlebots, but not at the price these are likely to go for. Looks real nice though.

[Windsweeper]

As a huge Rollbar fan, I will pick this up. My only misgiving is the head. I always loved the original head sculpt. It just seemed to ooze character but I'm not liking the linked eyes on this.

Still, I know I'll pick it up. Looks great otherwise.

[Oilspill]

I really like this idea, love the throttlebots and they've never had any re-releases that I can think of (except for Goldbug of course).

Hope they do make a Wideload as well. Gotta have the whole set.