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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:15 pm

Full Metal Hero member Gamofsteak has posted in-hand images and a short review of Transformers Prime "Robots in Disguise" Deluxe Wheeljack. Images are mirrored below, click here to read his thoughts on the figure.

News Credits: 273 · by **Delicon** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:19 pm

I'm not sure how much of a TF:Prime collection I'm going to end up with, but he looks like he could even fit in well with my Animated G1 homages.

Only bad thing about this fig is his "Drift complex"

by **sky_fire12** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:20 pm

Very cool pics, his feet just look a bit tiny in robot mode :-?

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:20 pm

Pure love

by **therc203** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:21 pm

Awe-freaking-some!!!

by **AnimeFreak505** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:27 pm

love it except for the head :-(

by **gothsaurus** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:31 pm

Looks fantastic. Every mode. Face. Fantastic.

I'm trying not to collect the whole line for Prime, but I'm going to have to pick this up.

News Credits: 62 · by **#Sideways#** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:32 pm

Wheeljack doesn't like Trolls just like the rest of us.

Hes also certain that Trolling is an art, not "a" art.

Ahem. Now that the Troll Joke is over...

This figure looks really good! This could even substitute for a Cybertronian Wheeljack, you know? With all these IDW designs coming in with the Cybertronian modes, this seems like a great substitute for the toy.

News Credits: 5 · by **horus** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:37 pm

Needs his shoulder mounter weaponry.. otherwise, way cool!

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:38 pm

Well this does seem to have potential, I'm not sure about the head though but it could be the lighting. But to believe that WJ is a swordsman after all these years...sorry but no. I'm just gonna have to find him a decent pistola or 2 cuz the blades just ain't right...'nuff said! :VEHI:

News Credits: 273 · by **Delicon** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:41 pm

horus wrote:Needs his shoulder mounter weaponry.. otherwise, way cool!

Oh, I'm sure Perfectfanclub or some other 3rd party yahoo has already started work on that....

by **gothsaurus** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:45 pm

True... his accessories are incongruent. I hate it when they arbitrarily say someone is a ninja and give them swords. Animated Prowl, I'm lookin' at you.

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:54 pm

Don' like them plugged into the front of the vehicle like that, but overall not bad.

News Credits: 2 · by **Requiem Prime** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:56 pm

Very nice....

Those swords had better be at least semi-stiff. It better not be gooey rubbery like Drift's sword. Bludgeon's weren't much better at least they didn't flop under gravity like it was melting.

by **MGrotusque** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:58 pm

Alt mode is sexy sauce!
Minus the dumbfoolery of giant swords sticking out of his bumper. :BLACKEYE:

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:12 pm

Let it be known that Wheeljack will NOT STAND FOR TROLLS! :lol:

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:12 pm

Wow, this kinda gives me back my faith in this line.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:22 pm

For all of you guys hating on Wheeljack's "Ninja" Complex, keep this in mind: Not every scientist is a total "Stay in the lab" Pansy. G1 Wheeljack scrapped alot to, didn't he? Sure, our first taste of Prime "Jacky" wasn't of his Scientist side, but that Wheeljack we saw in the base was Makeshift. The one that escaped and came back and Kicked Makeshift's ass? Wheeljack, and he ended Makeshift with a bang. Probably a bomb of his very own design...
All the Character Development came from Makeshift. We'll see his Scientist side next time he rolls into town.
The wreckers needed him because he was a Warrior, AND a scientific mind, Drift was just a cold-sparked killer turned good through training with monks and the like and gave up guns for swords and all that. While they share in looks, they are NOT the same.

News Credits: 1 · by **Rodimus Minor** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:49 pm

He looks epic I'm off to Stockport tomoz so lets hope they have the figs i'm after

News Credits: 1 · by **MightyMagnus78** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:00 pm

Personally, I think he looks like some kind of Dwarf-Gimp hybrid.

News Credits: 3 · by **infinitimagnus** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:01 pm

Still going after the Prime line. Wheeljack looks pretty good!

So when does he hit toy stores in the states? January 2013??? The way its been going lately with the 1st Editions, it seems plausible...

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:51 pm

this is the only tf prime figure im 100% sure ill get, it looks great and the size doenst look to bad. Wish there was a pic comparing HotRod & Wheeljack in robot mode though.

by **Mat001** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:08 pm

I definitely wouldn't say no to this toy if he had been available back in the day.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:33 pm

Very glad the swords can be stored under the chassis in vehicle mode. Can't wait to get hold of this guy tomorrow.

by **MINDVVIPE** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:35 pm

Very sick, but I do think the face just doesn't hit me as wheeljack as MUCH as the generations figure.

Now, for those of you who are kinda wondering if they want this wheeljack in addition to the generations figure, and dont know how they will fit in on the shelf, well, I'm betting they're going to repaint this figure. I'm going to wait it out, coz other than the fact that its a sick freakin mold, I still think the generations version is more accurate to the character I know Wheeljack to be.

I will give the vehicle canopy to Prime: Wheeljack though; thats much closer to a lancia stratos than the generations fig.