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*Text below and images from Transformers.com Turn the tables on enemy forces when you throw this warrior into the fight! Press the button to reveal this figure’s robot allegiance and then prepare him for a battle. Your WRECK-GAR figure is dedicated to destroying any opponent and his four-bladed battle axe will help you two get the job done. If robot combat turns into a car chase, convert your warrior into motorcycle vehicle mode and send him racing off to rule the “road”! Figure comes with 4-bladed battle axe. Ages 5 and up.
Vehicle Mode:
There's a lot of fantastic detail in this form. The tires each have raised grooves on them indicating they are meant for tougher terrain. The engine details extend from the side panels to the middle area. The rear wheels have a panel on the left side that have sculpted lines including springs and the seats have raised sections indicating the different areas of the seat cushions. Even tinier details are there including gauges in between the handlebars and circular details indicating where the gas tank is. Another neat detail is the exhaust pipe on the right side that also happens to be the robot mode weapon nicely integrated into the vehicle. I'm impressed in part by how thin the vehicle mode is. Unlike the original Wreck-Gar, which was quite bulky in vehicle mode, this guy truly has a lot of the proportions of a real life Dirt Bike. Wreck-Gar's colors are inspired by his Generation One incarnation. His plastic colors are red-brown, silver, black, orange and clear plastic. The silver and the brown plastic make up a majority of the figure. Black is found on the handlebars and tires with the clear plastic on the front windshield. The brown used in this figure is a middle ground between the light brown color on the G1 figure and the red color used on the animated model. I like the blend of the colors into a good middle ground. The colors are instantly recognizable as Wreck-Gar, but with an obvious nod to the more modern design sensibilities of the "Classics/Universe 2.0" style toy line. Paint details are done in a light orange, black, silver, red and copper color. The orange is used to outline a lot of other sections such as the area around the seats and the area around the front headlight. The black is found on sections such as the seat and the sides of the gas tank. These details are done in flame patterns, another detail inspired by G1 Wreck-Gar. The middle section of the wheels are painted copper while the headlight is red. Silver is found on the engine style details on the sides. Overall this is a nice color scheme that definitely leans towards the darker shades of colors favored by the Hasbro designers for figures in this line. Personally I am curious to see the eventual Japanese redeco in person as I'm sure that will have a more "Animated" appearance to it. Fitting in with the "Reveal the Shield" theme, there is a heat sensitive rub symbol attached to the windshield piece in the front of the vehicle. The vehicle rolls on both wheels and there is a kickstand on the left side to help the vehicle stand up. Located on the seat, you'll find two holes. These holes match up directly with two tabs on Wreck-Gar's pelvis in robot mode: meaning if you have two of these figures they can "ride" on each other. This feature is inspired by the Junkions doing just that in "Transformers: The Movie", alternating between acting as vehicles for each other when they were on the attack. I really dig this feature and think it's a fantastic idea to pay homage to the Generation One version. Transformation to Robot Mode:
Robot Mode:
It is interesting to note that Wreck-Gar has a very asymmetrical design beyond the wheels being on one side. Each of his shoulder sections are shaped differently, with the right one being an anglular piece and the rear one being circular. His hands are sculpted in two different positions, a rarity among Transformers. Both are open with curved fingers. However the right hand has the pointer and middle fingers set out more than the other two, while the other hand is the inverse. Since each of his legs are made up from different halves of the vehicle's top half, they too do not match up. The cool part about this is that they fit perfectly in line with a robot that is essentially made of "junk". The tech spec for the original Generation One toy indicated that Wreck-Gar was made up of scrap and parts from the junk around him, and this mismatched form reflects that. The colors from the vehicle mode all carry over here, but now you can see a lot more silver on his shoulders, waist, upper legs and weapon. To reflect the clear windshield from the vehicle mode, the top of his head is clear colored (along with the horns/handlebars). Several bits of orange plastic appear on his arms, chest barrels and the inside of the waist sections. The red-brown color can be found on the head sculpt, chest, forearms and hands. The upper arms are cast in orange. Paint applications are done up in orange (a bit lighter than the orange plastic), black, silver, yellow and red. The red is used on the headlight detail on his head, matching up with the vehicle mode. The yellow color is found on his chest and face. It's a very light yellow and contrasts nicely against the red-brown plastic. Red and black also play a role on the face. The red is used for the eyes and the black on his mustache and beard. The red eyes are directly inspired by G1 Wreck-Gar who had red eyes despite being affiliated with the Autobots. Finally, you'll find a bit of silver used on the sction under his chest, matching up with the engine details in vehicle mode. The colors work really well and I like the cary over of the flame designs from the vehicle mode into this one. The rub symbol winds up on his right leg here, near the foot but is still quite prominent. There's only one color element I'm really surprised to find missing: the V shaped designs on the head. These details were often painted a different color than the rest of the head on the G1 TV show. I'm surprised these details were left unpainted. Wreck-Gar has twenty points of articulation in this mode. This includes four point of articulation in each arm and waist articulation. The axe weapon he wields is really neat, with all four blades moving in tandem as you transform the weapon. I can see it used as an axe with the blades deployed outwards or as a "saw" type weapon with the blades turned in. The length of the axe handle also allows for another cool feature: the ability for Wreck-Gar to hold the weapon with both hands (something recently seen in Darkmount as well. Between his rather unique weapon and his posability Wreck-Gar definitely has some nice play factor in addition to being a cool looking sculpt.
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In the 1986 animated Transformers feature film, a new group of Transformers were introduced: the Junkions. These unique Transformers lived on a planet composed of junk, and their culture was based around television transmissions. The leader of this group was Wreck-Gar, who wold later be reincarnated 
