I just got mine and I like it. I am also wondering about the shoulder hinges. What are they for? He will need some paint to look better but a good buy nonetheless.

 

I don't know if you're into customizing, but the right paint in the right places could make Wheelie look 100x better.

I'm getting him just because he's Wheelie, he's awesome in the movie, and he's only 15 bucks.

 

Yep, heat from a hair dryer removes stress marks after about a minute or so.

 

I'm gonna have to try this on... something.

 

Eh, not to fond of this mold.

 

This toy is the victim of a cruel set of joint tolerances. His shoulders are fucking tight as hell while his legs just flop all over the place. If I had a choice, I'd prefer the reverse. While the poseable eyes are an interesting feature, I really wish he could turn his head to the side. (And a mandible joint would be nice.) And I'm not normally a stickler for paint but this guy's paint is really terribly applied. Seems to be endemic.

For all of Wheelie's flaws and idiosyncrasies, his transformation from Voyager-height robot to itty-bitty truck is a sight to behold. That alone made it worth the $8.

 

Totally agree. I was going to pass on Wheelie but I caved and was happy to see it rang up for $7.99 at Toys R Us. I didn't know about the sale.

I think most of the toy's flaws have been covered by the other posts in this thread. It's definitely not my favorite toy in recent years but I really enjoyed the transformation (surprisingly) and love the fact it expands to a robot mode that big.

 

He's totally worth it. He's so much fun. He's neat how he all fits into that little truck mode.
In the movie some people would say there's no way all that robot came from that little truck, but he's proof of excellent tforming engineering.

I like his wheel mode (without the feet) for his Autobot side



His legs stretched out (with feet) for his Con mode



stealin' your Warthog


So i guess if he's can't beat the game, he could just scan the game console, turn into it and plug in.
Then upload his own cheats ?

(am wondering if that Frenzy cell phone had any games on it)



Truck mode is tiny, solid and rolls so smoothly

 

After watching the movie, deluxe Wheelie will no doubt be flying off the shelves.. I can already imagine parents getting it for their kids or maybe for themselves even..lol.. Glad I have him!

 

Picked him up today thanks to a sale at Target ($8.99 deluxes, and I was no way in Hell paying $12 for Wheelie), and now that I have him, I'm glad he was on sale, or else I'd never have gotten him.

Pros:
-He's got joints EVERYWHERE! Long story short: this guy can be posed in so many ways it rivals Masterpeice articulation (but it's not good as Masterpeices, mind you)
-He's got the side-switching gimmick. If you're into that kind of stuff, it's an interesting one for Wheelie
-Voyager height robot/borderline scout vehicle modes. Like Ani. Lockdown he's tall for a Deluxe. His RC mode also hides all the bot mode parts pretty well (although his mouth being totally exposed in the truck bed could have been designed better...)

Cons:
-The upper sholder wheels do NOT lock in ANYWHERE when in bot mode, so they can be a hastle to work around when posing.
-The pannels don't really have anyplace they're supposed to attach to in bot mode, especialy the legs, so they can also be a hastle to work around.
-The Side-switching gimmick. The gimmick is activated through a clear bar attached to the coils that make up his chest, and it's a pain to work around when converting to RC mode (it hides under the hood)

Overall: He's a pretty good bang for the buck, plus the character he represents is pretty funny (no spoilers from me here), and while the toy has it's flaws (what TF toy under $200 doesn't?), it's worth it if you like the movie asthetic, the character, and don't really mind the fact he's taller than most of the other cast in ROTF.

 

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Robot Mode: Wheelie has the distinction of being among the tallest of the Deluxe figures ROTF has to offer, while having one of the smallest alternate modes. And being the smallest characters in the movie itself, of course (not counting Insecticons). Wheelie is a very broad robot, but from certain angles he looks like a loose collection of parts. He isn't, by the way. Everything about him holds together pretty well, it's just the way he looks.

Posability-wise Wheelie offers no room for complaint. He's extremely bendy. His legs, the almost mandatory multi-jointed chicken legs, give him a stable platform despite being very thin and by stretching or hunching down Wheelie can change his height by several centimeters. His arms are also very posable and each hand is composed of three claw-like fingers, each on a separate joints. Wheelie can easily grab hold of stuff and his shoulder joints are tight enough for him to hold them aloft without problems.

Wheelie can switch allegiances, as his chest can either display an Autobot or a Decepticon symbol. The only drawback here is that, in order to switch to the 'Con symbol, the tube that composes Wheelie's abdomen must be turned and the transparent panel at the end now sticks out forward, essentially giving Wheelie a fallus. It's not a big thing (wink!), but it kinda bugs me a bit. Depending on whether he's an Autobot or a Decepticon, Wheelie can also change his facial expressions (he can change them independent of his allegiance as well, of course). Much like Disney's Wall-E he can angle his eyes downward (looking kinda sad), parallel (neutral) or upwards (mean expression). I don't think there are all that many Transformers who can actually change their facial expressions (Masterpiece Starscream comes to mind), so Wheelie joins a pretty small club here.

There are no real downsides to Wheelie's robot mode. Whether you like his look is, of course, a subjective thing, but everything else (posability, stability, etc.) is pretty well done. So to me, a very good robot mode.

Alternate Mode: Wheelie folds together into a blue monster truck. In his case it's actually supposed to be a toy truck, not an actual one. This isn't used as an excuse for lack of detailing, though. Granted, Wheelie doesn't look quite as realistic as other Deluxe Transformers have managed, but he does make for a pretty convincing truck with quite a few sculpted details. Wheelie's face actually forms the rear of the vehicle mode, so you can sort-of see it when you look into his open rear. Doesn't hurt the vehicle mode any, though, just worth mentioning. So all in all a good vehicle mode without any flaws.

Remarks: Thinking about it, Wheelie was possibly the Transformer who had the most lines in the Revenge of the Fallen movie. But despite that, the scene most fans will remember him for is the one where he humps Megan Fox's leg. Leaving aside the question why a mechanical life form would want to hump an organic woman's leg, Wheelie pretty much disappeared from the screen after that infamous scene when the action shifted to Egypt, never to be seen again. Did he survive? Who knows, Michael Bay certainly didn't care to show us.

I still think Hasbro dropped the ball a bit here, as I would have liked to have a 1:1 scale figure of Wheelie, emerging from an actual remote-control monster truck. Sure, it probably wouldn't have been cheap, but considering that some fans dish out over a hundred dollars for a Devastator whose component robots can't transform, I think they'd have sold a few of him. Anyway, back to this Deluxe figure. There really is nothing bad one can say about Wheelie. Well, unless you don't like his look, but from an objective viewpoint, there's absolutely nothing wrong with him. Good posability, good design, fun features, everything clicks together well here.

I really don't like the character he's based on (though I don't detest him as much as I do the characters of Skids and Mudflap), but as a toy Wheelie is certainly near the top of the rather lackluster Deluxe line-up we've seen in ROTF so far. A very good figure, worth getting.

Rating: A-