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News Credits: 5749 · Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:44 pm

Some in-hand images of the upcoming Transformers Dark of the Moon wave 6 Deluxe Wheeljack/Que have been posted by TFW2005 member Soundwavedotm. Hopefully Deluxe Wheeljack/Que and his wave mate Deluxe Soundwave will be hitting retail soon. We've mirrored a few of Soundwavedotm's images below, click here to view them all.

Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:49 pm

Thats it...Im done with the movie line. :SICK:

Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:50 pm

For a bot that didnt do any fighting in the movie.....hasbro gave him a lot of melee type weapons...lol

News Credits: 5749 · Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:51 pm

That face is what nightmares are made of.

News Credits: 12 · Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:55 pm

This one's an easy pass for me. I didn't like the character design in the movie, and I don't like the design of the figure, either. The "weapon" is weird and the color they chose for it is awful. And the boring blue paint job is a failure. The only thing that would have made this figure appealing would have been if it had Wheeljack's classic paint scheme. The head sculpt also sucks.

Geez, I sound like Tidalwavex with all these complaints!

News Credits: 1 · Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:56 pm

El Duque wrote:That face is what nightmares are made of.

seriously @__@

Easy pass. Not even the slights bit of desire to have that toy

Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:59 pm

Yeah, all kidding aside... I'd have LOVED it if someone policed the movie designs with this checklist:

____ Correct Color?

____ Faceplate or Face

That would have remedied so many of my problems with the movie line. If you're not going to respect 25 years of character development and designs, just call them a different name. :BANG_HEAD:

I'd have to call this guy Que. No white... not Wheeljack. No faceplate or light-up side flaps... again, not Wheeljack to me.

Maybe should add this check-box as well... ha ha.

_____ Flames or No Flames

News Credits: 8 · Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:03 pm

looks so bland & boring plus the mechtech weapon is horrible (like 99% of them), easy pass

Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:03 pm

Carmode is nice apart from that transformation line in the windshield, sure they could've done something different to prevent that eyesore.

Botmode is ok not great but movie accurate when it comes to the likeness. The design i'm not a fan of.

Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:03 pm

OK. OFFICIALLY WANT!!!!

Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:06 pm

i cant wait to get this guy ^_^

Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:15 pm

How did one of the most loved Transformers of Generation 1 get such an ugly face? a better question is, why is Michael Bay insisting on killing off all the best G1 characters? I miss Jazz !!

News Credits: 5 · Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:16 pm

Wow, that is an ugly figure. And why is that they are making these, but not Demolition Rumble/Frenzy? 8-}

Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:21 pm

Probably the figure I've been wanting the most of the DOTM line, and he doesn't disappoint. His alt-mode especially looks a lot better than I imagined it would be... here's hoping that Soundwave can be his equal.

Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:26 pm

Yeah, all the vehicles are downsized to allow for those awkward, massive mech-tech weapons... which don't excite me. They look way too clunky and don't integrate well into the design. ie. they look like an afterthought... something geared for little kids.

If they were instead a pile of extra clip weapons, a Minicon, snap on missile batteries or launcher ala Robotech, a sword, or even a human figure... I'd be much more excited.

News Credits: 9 · Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:37 pm

Super-bought. I'd love to detail his face. Great color, I presume that's blue plastic, looks good, unlike the red plastics they've used for Sentinel Prime, etc. I do wish his wheels didn't stick out so far in alt mode, tho.

News Credits: 9 · Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:41 pm

Previously I think the mechtech weapon was a table and three legged stool. Now I see that it is a spinning wheel.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:41 pm

What the heck was the design team thinking when they took a white car with a green and red paint job, and then made it completely blue? And who the %^#$ designed the head? That head doesn't make me think of the G1/TF Prime Wheeljack I know. Instead, that head makes me think of an undead Einstein.

Also, why the table-saw-ish Mechtech 'weapon'? What is that supposed to be? It looks like it belongs in a machine shop, not on top of a car!

News Credits: 20 · Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:45 pm

I like it! I'm hoping I'll have the cash to grab him when he shows up on shelves! Mostly because I love the clip-on weapons. :KREMZEEK:

Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:50 pm

FUGLY.

I'll wait for the Trilogy version with the proper name, colors, and headsculpt, thanks.

Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:51 pm

yeah, robots with fluffy hair = fail. there's SOOOO much good stuff to pull from in the past couple of decades worth of Transformers history... can't figure why the needed to pull from so many other sources and franchises... including modeling a robot after Einstein, or a gold-tooth-gangsta, or a Giger alien, or tentacle Matrix robots, or....

Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:55 pm

at least he comes with a scalpel, it will be interesting if any doctor's pic him up for a little nip tuck to improve his features. Such as a 3rd party mask cover for his face and possible a new skin color.

Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:01 pm

Aside from the stoopid face :SICK:

... this is probably the best deluxe I've seen yet.

News Credits: 11 · Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:08 pm

God I hate Mechtech. So sickened to know they're doing it for TF: Prime as well.

Anyway, aside from that hideous head, this seems to be one of the better DOTM Deluxes. I'm waiting for the remolded white version, which I will almost certainly pick up.