The blue of the visor is a little out of place compared to the rest of the figure, at any rate. The visor is a nice touch, although I much prefer to expose the facial detailing. The sculpt here is pretty good, with a detailed black face - complete with teeth and lips - the hosing and insect leg details on the boots. It's dark and brooding, and while there's no semblance to the inner robot, I'm glad there's no gold plastic. The colour scheme works well here, and I like the black hosing on his thighs. The eyes are grey insect eyes and there's a transparent blue visor over the face, grey on the waist and some gold hosing on the chest. Rotate the winglets to form arms, fold the winglets onto his back.Ī black monster with purple armour on the shoulders, torso and thighs. The concept is good - I like the fact that Roadblock can pilot his Pretender shell, but it doesn't work as well as on Skyhammer.ĭetach the missiles, swing down the sides to form his boots, flip up the feet. It looks decent enough, despite the profusion of black, but I'm unimpressed with the way the jet cannot lay flat. As with any Pretender shell, you can stow the inner robot inside this vehicle, and if you look into the open cockpit from above you'll see Roadblock lying on his back. Sadly it can't lay flat on the table, since the underside isn't level - the centre of the chest underneath forms a fulcrum, so it slopes forward and can rock to either side. The open cockpit is a nice idea, since you can sit the inner robot down - not that I'm forcing the gold plastic bot in. The colours work well together, although the black is a little overwhelming, hiding some of the details. There are twin black guns which attach above either winglet. There's a small transparent blue windshield at the front of the open cockpit. The gold plastic is his main weakness - literally.Ī black and purple surface skimmer, the front and the small winglets towards the back are purple while most of the rest is black. The gun can plug into either hand, although mine has damaged hands - I'd recommend against forcing it, the plastic will just crumble.Ī simple robot mode but one that actually comes off reasonably well, apart from his diminutive stature. His hips swing allowing him to sit down - in the cockpit of the inner shell. The arms swing at the shoulders and on mine both are quite loose - they're rivetted on so I can't do much about that. There's little play value here, which is to be expected, really. The shape is fairly good, which is common for Pretenders since the vehicle modes are so generic. The arms are unusually rounded for a G1 toy, the chest has a decent level of detailing while the legs are devoid of it. The colours are fairly well laid out, but this robot mode makes you aware of just how much brittle gold plastic there is in this figure. The facial detail is good, albeit washed in light blue paint. Flip up his feet and you're done.īased around gold and grey again, Roadblock's torso, head, arms and feet are gold while the legs are grey, while his face is baby blue. Swing the arms down and plug the gun into the outside of one of his hands. Of course, with all examples of this brittle toy now 20 years old, I'm not sure I'd recommend transforming Roadblock.ĭetach the wing piece which will become his handgun, swing the grey fenders forward to become his legs, revealing his chest and head. This car mode does the job of giving Roadblock a transformation, and nothing else. I don't like the gold wheels, the grey treads at the rear look better. It's a passable Cybertronian rocket car, which isn't saying that much for it. There's not really much to say about this halftrack mode - it's small and exceedingly simple, reminiscent of the Pretender vehicle modes of the previous year. Mine has some chipping on the trailing robot hands, but is otherwise intact, thankfully. I'm more concerned about the brittle nature of the gold plastic here, anyway. Of course, he's not like any halftrack you're likely to see anyway. The colours are weird, not like any halftrack you'd ever see, but they don't clash either. A small grey and gold halftrack with a blue grey piece on top, Roadblock has a baby blue cockpit and gold plastic tyres.
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