We’ve got a bunch more new Transformers Toy Galleries coming your way over the next few days, and we’re going to be starting the ball rolling with the newest and hotest Transformers Prime releases. Fresh from Deluxe Wave 3 is the mainline version of the Vehicon!
Every Vehicon knows how likely he is to be dismantled – either by the Autobots, or by a Decepticon commander in need of spare parts. Danger is part of the life for them, and they welcome it. To a Vehicon, happiness is loyalty to Megatron and a warm blaster cannon.So, to sum up the Transformers Prime Vehicon in a single word? Awesome. A total must-buy for all fans of the show, and even if you are not a Transformers Prime collector, track down a friend who is when this one hits and have a play about with it to experience one of the cleverest car to robot transformations in a few years. The Hasbro / Takara-Tomy designers have outdone themselves with this release.
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Transformers Prime Vehicon Gallery Arriving in the third wave of Transformers Prime “Robots in Disguise” Deluxes, the Vehicon is a toy which has had a lot of fans on board right from the start with his “clean” and “kibble” free robot mode that accurately recreates the look of the Decepticon troopers as seen in the Transformers Prime show. The toy does not let you down either, as it looks and feels as great in hand as the promotional pictures lead you to believe.
Transformers Prime Vehicon Vehicle Mode
We’ll start with the mode that the Vehicon comes packaged in, his car mode. It is quite a bit smaller and more compact than the First Edition in car mode, looking a bit faster and sleeker in design. Where the First Edition version’s car mode was all about “big dangerous vehicle” this mainline version is more of a “swift interceptor”, though still with that boxy muscle car front end. It’s cool, it gives the two toys their own identity. The car mode is a nice dark navy plastic that all but appears black to the naked eye, a good match for the look on the show.
Transformers Prime Vehicon Vehicle Mode Gun Mounting Options
There are two sockets to the rear of the vehicle mode for you to mount the (large) blaster cannon that the Vehicon comes with, as well as two spots on the front of the car’s hood if you want to do the more show-accurate hood mounted blaster.
Transformation on this one is amazing! It is seriously one of the cleverest ways of making a car turn into a robot to come along in the last few years, and we have seen some extremely creative choices in that time. What this one effectively does to give us a slender robot mode with minimal car parts is to have the whole roof of the car, from the spoiler to the hood, roll up and form the lower legs.
Transformers Prime Vehicon Transformation
It is one of the high points of an excellent toy – well worth experiencing for yourself, if you are not collecting – ask a friend if you can transform theirs.
Transformers Prime Vehicon Robot Mode
The Vehicon in robot mode is very impressive. From a car mode smaller than the First Edition, we get a robot mode which manages to stand shoulder to shoulder with the First Edition, and thanks to the lack of parts on the back, it manages to seem even larger. The Vehicon in robot mode has excellent poseability, aided by the fact there are minimal parts hanging around to catch on one another and impede the movement of the parts. The Vehicon can strike a whole bunch of great poses – chances are anything you see them do in the show, you can do with the toys here.
There are a few flaws in the poseability though. The elbows are a uniquely designed set of a swivel, a ball joint and a hinge, which give a good range of movement but takes a bit of getting used to, and can look weird in a few poses. There is no waist rotation, and no technical reason why it should be omitted, so it was probably left out to reduce costs. The head is also a little weird, since it sits at a slight angle, so it does not twist in the usual sense, making it hard sometimes to pose the Vehicon simply looking to his side. These are minor complaints though, you quickly learn how to work around the oddities in the joints, and the lack of a waist is excusable considering all the other good things this toy does.
The Vehicon’s main weapon is his rather large blaster. You have three options in robot mode – you can have the blaster handheld, like a shotgun, arm mounted, like in the show, or shoulder mounted using the same sockets as in vehicle mode. There’s a nice selection of different display options there. The arm mounted look is particularly good, thanks to how the part fits with the arm.
Overall, the Vehicon is a great example of all the good things that are being done with Transformers toys right now. It has a clever transformation, a very clean and uncluttered robot mode, plenty of poseability, and very few serious drawbacks to knock the toy on. Just about the only downside is that he’s the shortpacked toy in the assortment! Hopefully Hasbro can correct this with a revision case tout suite.
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Digilaut
FINALLY got my hands on three deluxe Vehicons, thanks to a pretty decent eBay deal I ended up paying a bit less than store prices for them after shipping.
What's to say? I already had one Japanese Jet Vehicon, so the mold isn't entirely new to me, but I love this mold. It looks great, and is simple but fun to transform.
I prefer it over the Jet Vehicon in both color and altmode (Jet has some huge wings on his back).
Oh, and thanks to this thread I found out the blasters can indeed be snapped on. I had to apply some serious force and was afraid I'd break or stress the plastic. After reading comments here I tried again and yes, they all snapped on fine. So thanks!
Altercron
Yup, came with the "Loose Cannons" dvd. Ridiculous that all the figures from wave 6 came with the same dvd.
Needler56
Yes, great figure. Funny how he was invincible when he came out and now he's at discount. Did yours come with the DVD?
Altercron
Just picked this guy up at a new Marshall's that opened near my work. AWESOME. Goes well with the other two prime additions I got today.
vorox4251
put one on lay-by
OCProwl
Np. I just Googled "vehicon leg mod" and several of the top posts were relevant.
jametron
Well damn… thanks bro! I searched and searched the radicons forum and came up with nothing! Then I started checking YouTube and "the net" in general and nadda! Thanks for this
OCProwl
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/tutor…con-leg-mod-show-accurate-tire-leg-panel.html
jametron
Beuller? Beuller?
jametron
Alright, I think the arms are just fine as is, but I admit my interest has been piqued by the talk of the leg mod… I searched through pages in the Radicon forums, but couldn't find it. Help, anyone? Just a picture even?
closetrat
There is no cutting of the headlights to do the leg mod.
If done the way Jin suggests, no change can be seen in vehicle mode – just be careful to follow his directions carefully.
MindChamber
any pics in vehicle mode after the leg mod? does cutting the lights like that leave holes?
Snake_eyes1975
I disagree…as soon as I seen the leg mod I want to do it to the 3 I have. Is what it does is allows the car sides, that are on each side of the leg, to rotate so that the tires are facing out..just like the cgi model. The post I seen the guy showed a pic of the cgi model, and of the nodded legs….and its pretty perfect.
I see no reason myself to do the arm mod…I think that is what it is…but the leg mod..yea..THAT good.
MindChamber
any chance we can see pictures of that elbow mod? I wanna see if it makes enough difference for me to cut him
jametron
No mods needed for this badass figure IMHO.
Ironhide1706
Cut a slot in the ball socket in the elbows and you can move the joints to a more conventional position. Search "RID Vehicon leg mod" to find Jin Saotome's.
nemesisconvoy
What arm and leg, mods?
Ironhide1706
Sorry to double post, but I just did the arm and leg mods.
He is now my favourite deluxe. In a very, very long time.
Ironhide1706
Yes. It just doesn't look right that offset from the shoulders. I've warmed up to him, but it's still a con ( ).
mx-01 archon
I have no problems with the arms at all. You're pivoting the arm around the balljoint as the elbow, right? They don't work like normal hinge joints.