#G1 RUNABOUT WINDOWS#

But you can also use the twin cannons if you want a more heavily armed Runabout. The gun can deploy as a shoulder cannon - as the G1 toy featured. The head absolutely nails the Battlechargers and even the rubsign on the chest helps in this respect. It's a popular style of transformation (Throttlebots, Minobots & Technobots all used a variation on the theme). Visually the layout of this robot mode carries a lot of Wheeljack but the basic transformation also matches the Battlechargers so this does feel like an upgraded Runabout. The gun can clip above the shoulders if you prefer - like the shoulder mounted gun of the original toy. You get the option, though, which is nice. I actually prefer to leave them behind the arms - essentially undeployed - to both emphasise the black here and differentiate him from Runamuck (whose gold wings enhance the tribute on that toy). The 'standard' transformation of both Runabout and Runamuck is to extend the wings in the same manner as Tracks (although the wing sculpt comes from Wheeljack). The red wings kind of feel out of place as Runabout used red sparingly in G1, but they still work nicely in their own right. The rubsign is now centre on his chest while the purple Decepticon logo is split on his shins. There's a lot of silver plastic visible, most of which is internal connecting bits - not unlike the pullback mechanism on the Battlecharger version. The gun black with red painted at the front and he sports two red shoulder cannons. His face is black with a mouth plate & red eyes. Plug the gun into either hand & place the missiles onto the section behind his head.Ī dark charcoal robot with silver thighs and red wings. Unclip the gun stowed under the back, swing out the grey panel the gun attached to, plug in behind his head.

Extend the wings, swing out the wingtips and deploy above his shoulders. Swing the arms down to his sides and swing the rear tyres around onto the front of his shoulders. Slide the roof back to form his chest, this will also cause his head to push out & the arms to push out to the sides. Fold the doors down to the sides, fold the back down to reveal his hands and head. Extend the front and split to form legs, swing out his feet. This car does a good job of not looking like a Wheeljack repaint, which I'm very happy about.ĭetach & set aside his missiles. The wheels roll and that's really it.Ī very good vehicle mode & an excellent colour scheme which both catches the eye & essence of Runabout perfectly. There's not a lot of play value here - well, you can cheat and use Tracks' flying car mode, but that doesn't really count. The sculpt is pretty good, with door seams, door handles, side mirrors, air vents on the hood & even a fuel cap on the left rear fender. The particular style of this car is Wheeljack (with extended air dam & rear spoiler) but it works well enough for Runabout despite his G1 form being a fairly no frills shape. The colours work so well for Runabout that it's easy to miss that the mould was designed with a Wheeljack and Tracks in mind.Īs this mould was developed to work for two Autobots, it's not any particular sports car (although there are some Corvette lines here). There's a rubsign on his roof rounding out a simple colour scheme which closely matches that of his G1 version & the black with red colouration here is both striking and attractive. There's a large stamped purple Decepticon logo on his hood, silver headlights & red taillights.

#G1 RUNABOUT WINDOWS#

His windshield and side windows are transparent red while his tyres are black with white hubcaps. Name: Runabout (Over-Run for legal reasons)Ī dark charcoal sports car of indeterminate model, Runabout has red racing stripes on the hood and rear spoiler along with red rear windows.

G1 runabout