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Robot Mode: Other details however have been lost, and understandably so. His more curved forearms and shoulder armor are now more angled and blocky sections from the vehicle mode. His legs are not curved sections that look purely like they're parts of a robot. Instead his lower legs are obviously made up of the rear section of the vehicle mode, complete with the "grille" style window covering, bumpers and headlights. That's not to say these areas don't have any robotic detail. The forearms have some nice patterns sculpted into them and the foot pieces do have angled feet carved into them. What's interesting is that I feel like I should be much more bothered by this lack of show accuracy than I actually am. I mean, at the end of the day it's obvious who this character is and the figure does have the character's characteristic bulk. The head is a bit small for my taste however. I think this is due to the horns on the sides having to fit into the transformation scheme. His face winds up being awfully small, but that's my biggest complaint. Cliffjumper is cast in red and black plastic, the two primary colors that make up the character. Most of the car parts and robot armor is in red, but smaller sections such as his thighs and upper arms are black. The paint colors used on this figure are: silver, red, blue and gunmetal. I was surprised just how many colors were used on this figure since Legion Class figures don't usually employ so many. The most heavily used color is silver. Not only does it make up trim parts on the vehicle but it's also on his face, horns, chest and forearms coloring robot parts. The blue is used on his eyes while the red is used for the Autobot symbol on his chest. The gunmetal is seen on his legs, where it paints the aforementioned grille cover on the windows. It's a fantastic color scheme and really above and beyond what I'd expect from this scale. Very nicely done. There are ten points of articulation on this figure, two on each arm and three on each leg. All but two of these points are ball joints, allowing for a nice range of movement. Cliffjumper includes a blade weapon that can be held as if it where a blaster with the blade pointed forward or held with the blade pointed up like a sword. This weapon is cast in pink, soft plastic and has pegs on the side in addition to the two I just mentioned. This allows it to be attached to Legion Class figures in a variety of ways, which is cool and adds to the play pattern of the Cyberverse. The pink color represents the "pure" Energon from "Transformers Prime" as opposed to the purple "Dark Energon". Transformation to Vehicle Mode:
Vehicle Mode: This mode shows off mostly red plastic, with the wheels cast in black. Silver paint is used on the front end for both the grille and the horns. It's also found on the back end as well. Gunmetal grey painted windows are found in the front, side and back of the vehicle. The only detail that I had wished was painted are the exhaust pipes near the rear wheel wells, but that's a fairly minor point given all the other decos on this relatively small figure. Cliffjumper has three connection points for Cyberverse weapons in this mode. One is on top of the vehicle towards the back while the others are found over the rear wheel wells towards the front. You can load them all up with weaponry and he winds up looking even more aggressive! A fantastic vehicle mode overall.
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Cliffjumper is one of those rare Transformers characters that appeared very briefly in a storyline but made a huge impression on fans. In this incarnation of the character, the first few episodes of "Transformers Prime" rapidly removed the character from the storyline, much to the shock of many fans. However, the character continues to make his presence known in the form of several figures coming out in the "Transformers Prime" toy line. The second domestic release of Cliffjumper is in a different scale than his 
