It's worth noting that while Runamuck and Runabout share the same mould, they _do_ have their own headsculpts. The rear of the vehicle forms a visible hood behind his head - and it's very obviously a deliberate thing, since he had one in all of his G1 appearances. While I generally don't like faux vehicle parts, it does enable is that rubsign indent. His sculpt is actually very detailed on most of the sections that don't form part of the car shell - the exception being the chest - it's a false roof but is smooth to resemble the roof. It's a great looking Runamuck that closely matches the cartoon. The Decepticon logo sits in an indented square which is a nice nod to the rubsign indent of the G1 toy. I would have liked gold arms or hands as seen in the Marvel comics - just a personal thing - but I imagine the gold paint would be incredibly prone to scratching (and gold plastic has a troubled relationship with Transformers), so I'm not unhappy. Give him his gun, as desired.Ī light grey robot with transparent smoky windows on the fringes of his chest, a purple Decepticon logo in the middle of his chest, that gold stripe on his toes and purple eyes. Fold down his chest flip out the head and close the chest again. Rotate the forearms, flip out his fists, Swing the back of the car down to form a backpack. Rotate the front 180 degrees, extend to form his boots, fold up the feet & split the boots. Unclip the doors, swing out to the sides to form his arms. Unclip the rear, lift it up - the cabin will come with it - fold away the rear wheels and pivot the cabin towards the back of the car. Unclip and set aside the gun if attached. The mismatched shades of paint is a little annoying and the play value is minimal, but it's very much Runamuck and the windows look good. The wheels themselves roll freely, though.Ī decent car mode once you get clipped together. There's no clearance underneath for him to roll on a table, and I'd recommend against forcing it as the chest under there is painted, like most of the toy. His black gun can plug into a hole on the roof - surprisingly for an Earthrise toy there's only one spot for this in vehicle mode. One issue this mould does have though is very tight tolerances - I find that I've really got to press everything together for him to stay together - the cabin, feet (halves of the front) and arms (door panels) all include easily as everything is so tightly packed. The sculpt is simple but effective and the transparent smoky windows look good (and serve as a good update on the black windows of G1). Overall it's a good colour scheme, but for whatever reason the paint on the front half of the cabin is a slightly paler shade than elsewhere, which is disappointing. His tyres are black with while painted hubcaps and his taillights are painted red. There's gold stripes across the headlights and side skirtings to match the stickers on the G1 toy and a large Decepticon logo on his roof. His windows are transparent smoky plastic, as is most of this figure in fact - much of the shell of the car is _painted_ with only some out bursts on his hood (ankles) being a light grey plastic. A very light grey generic 1980s sports car, Runamuck is no longer Trans Am from 1986, but the general shape is the same (it's closer to a Lotus).
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