Some people are having a problem with the blue panels. They're easier to separate if you fold the side panel underneath the middle one. Fold it all the way under and they should pop apart. Putting them together is done by pushing the centre panel onto the side ones at the connection point (down the grooves in the side parts). They tab into the sides of the alt mode, or in the straight configuration you face the flat side down, so the green chest tabs under the vehicle keep it on the road. I hope this helps.
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Cant wait to get mine. I keep my origins jazz and bumblebee in their alt modes along with siege soundwave in his lamp post mode and i just need wheeljack now.
He's quite a funny Transformer. He's my favourite G1 character, but I'm pretty satisfied with him being a Lancia Stratos. Still, I do like that HasTak made his alt-mode hollow; and even though I don't have Bumblebee, I think he'd make a good house (or base-mode) for some Titan/Prime/Micro Masters. Kinda reminds me of Astrotrain too for some weird reason...
I think the final Wheeljack comparison sold me. He's around the same size as the other figures and isn't even the boxiest one! I don't mind all the kibble because he's not that much thicker than the 5 pack version of Wheeljack.
Thanks Russ for the great review! I had been thinking why he looks so bulky on all the pictures - no wonder and of course they put a lot of panels on him so that he could carry Bumblebee. 😅
a funny looking fella, but does tickle my nostalgia buttons...we didn't have many TF VHS tapes back in the day, so those pilot episodes got played religiously
@ToysareRuss I love him from the alt mode perspective. Not really fussed by the robot mode. I know what you mean in the review though about the panel forming and the legs being wide and stuff. It's like with the Bumblebee where the robot mode was a means to an end to get the alt mode done right. I'll never display either of them in robot mode as its a dream come true to have the alt modes. Jazz on the other hand is wonderful in both modes. I Nedd to buy another one as transform him all the time as he is just gorgeous.
@@ToysareRuss Not yet. On the 30th and April 1st I will check in store at Target. In 2022/2023 my Target was gold for TF hunts, but so far this year has been dry as a bone.
I've been thinking about how to do an Origin Soundwave with the lamp post mode. The torso section is easy, it could reuse the WFCx/Netflix SW body for the sake of tape compatibility, though a new pelvis section that could let the hips cam together for lamp mode would be useful. Arms would be basically exactly like the WFCS tetra-jet except for surface detailing and color break up. The legs would need to turn into a long, thin pole, so maybe an arrangement like how every Combiner Wars limb-bot did the legs but locking together in both positions instead of having knee joint (the actual robot mode knees would be in between them) and on both the thigh and shin sections to really get it extended. Also, some flip-out toe spurs to help balance when it's this beanpole with the torso tipped forward at the top, to maintain balance. Since that's quite simple for a Voyager and doesn't offer a lot of play value aside from hitting the nostalgia button of people who obsess over a 40 year old cartoon as much as us, it should also pack in the cybertronian-head Laserbeak from the Siege two-pack, or come up with a new version that not only has that head but the flying saucer wings as well. If they won't give us that, at least a BB Movie Laserbeak, so Slabwave can use his Hot ROd shoulders to approximate streetlight mode? It's still better than the space-nothing he officially turns into...
I love how you’ve really thought about this. I hope we get an origin soundwave too. I think he would have to be a different colour to any of the soundwaves we’ve had already
@@ToysareRuss Maybe a little lighter of a blue? But not as much as the Cyberverse/Authentics APC Soundwaves either... the point is to have a robot that looks like the G1 animation model but turns into the MTMtE pt1 alt mode. That's a lot easier for Soundwave than the Autobots, but that's why I say it should include flying saucer Laserbeak too.
Russ, I need your honest opinion. I think I'm having serious FOMO! Wasn't awake soon enough for US HP/Target. Target is showing Out Of Stock, but maybe a bit of luck could happen and I see him in-store when I do my shop for necessities run in the weeks ahead. My go to Target has been very wonky in '24 with the real issue of Los Angeles/CA distribution of goods/toys(LEGO/Transformers have been more empty on shelves than years past and not for high demand). Indemand still has it in stock with £27.49 price + £17 ship. Converted price to US dollars still beats the eBay prices. Cosmos I kind of gave up on but it looks like from that future release list he will made avail again. I just not feeling positive with this Wheeljack. Should I purchase him from Indemand or wait? Whichever answer you give I fully respect and wouldn't think different of you. PS - don't stop what you doing a I have grown into a big fan of your channel!
to be honest I would go for it, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had to pay over the odds for a figure, thinking I’ll be ok and it’ll show up. it never did. so go for it, ok you’re going to pay a bit more than retail. But at least you have one. thanks for your kind words it’s great to have you on here commenting
@@ToysareRuss He came today! Sadly, a Prime Master does not fit inside his chest... but if you have a spare Matrix rattling around, like S86 Hot Rod's, it can pop right in there! And if you unfold his backpack a bit, he has a cape as majestic as Alpha Trion's 😜
Wheeljack's weapon looks best being shoulder mounted. Kind of too little too late for Hasbro to get it right in regard to how his shoulder mount should have been with him in the 5 pack, Earthrise and WFC. It's unfortunate that we can't mount it on his shoulder with the previous releases.
Just my opinion, I think Hasbro did a poor design job fitting in Origins Bumblebee into the back of Wheeljack's cab. If Magic Square or Newage came out with a Wheeljack version, they would get it far more correctly to the Cartoon animation.
WHY cant he get both his hand and shoulder blaster why sound wave does hound to why not wheel jack .People are B....ing about the wings when you put the blast shield on his back why we all know its goin in a bag with the blaster effects from ever thing else. I just hope I can find him not up yet here best have big stocks .
Some people are having a problem with the blue panels. They're easier to separate if you fold the side panel underneath the middle one. Fold it all the way under and they should pop apart.
Putting them together is done by pushing the centre panel onto the side ones at the connection point (down the grooves in the side parts).
They tab into the sides of the alt mode, or in the straight configuration you face the flat side down, so the green chest tabs under the vehicle keep it on the road. I hope this helps.
Thanks for the very detailed tips. Appreciate it
Looks like the blast shied should be flush on top. I think the front panel gets flipped over. I hope I can find one and finish the set.
Have you found one now?
I think you put the blast-shield on wrong
I think so too
I think the center piece of the blast shield needs to be flipped around for it to sit flush
I think you’re right
Still want this, but jazz definitely handles the kibble the best.
You’re right about that
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Thanks a bunch!
@@ToysareRussyou're welcome toys are russ transformers have a greatest week god bless
Just got mine today. I love it so much. He’s already one of my all-time favorites.
It's so good!
I just picked up this Wheeljack today at Toys R Us & love it!!!
Glad you have one too.
Loving the cocktail logo!
Russ, you put his front piece of the shield up-side down. That is why it didn't slip on right.
Thanks bud. I didn’t have any practise / play time with this guy. Just straight to the video
Cant wait to get mine. I keep my origins jazz and bumblebee in their alt modes along with siege soundwave in his lamp post mode and i just need wheeljack now.
I bet they look great together
The blast shield tabs in on the sides
Thanks for letting me know
He's quite a funny Transformer. He's my favourite G1 character, but I'm pretty satisfied with him being a Lancia Stratos. Still, I do like that HasTak made his alt-mode hollow; and even though I don't have Bumblebee, I think he'd make a good house (or base-mode) for some Titan/Prime/Micro Masters. Kinda reminds me of Astrotrain too for some weird reason...
The bumblebee origin figure is getting a re release soon
cool, transformers origin wheeljack and bubblebee demo figure. just like transformers g1 cartoon 😎👍
Yes it is
I think the final Wheeljack comparison sold me. He's around the same size as the other figures and isn't even the boxiest one! I don't mind all the kibble because he's not that much thicker than the 5 pack version of Wheeljack.
Glad this helped you. It’s a great figure
Thanks Russ for the great review! I had been thinking why he looks so bulky on all the pictures - no wonder and of course they put a lot of panels on him so that he could carry Bumblebee. 😅
My pleasure!
Got him on pre-order. Very excited. I prefer a panel-former over a shell-former!
Me too. Plus it works. So that’s all that matters
That's how Wheeljack 's chest should look like
It looks great
a funny looking fella, but does tickle my nostalgia buttons...we didn't have many TF VHS tapes back in the day, so those pilot episodes got played religiously
He works for what we want him too. Great memories there
My blast shield was put together incorrectly and I had to copy the box as well.
Do you like the figure though bud
@ToysareRuss I love him from the alt mode perspective. Not really fussed by the robot mode. I know what you mean in the review though about the panel forming and the legs being wide and stuff. It's like with the Bumblebee where the robot mode was a means to an end to get the alt mode done right. I'll never display either of them in robot mode as its a dream come true to have the alt modes. Jazz on the other hand is wonderful in both modes. I Nedd to buy another one as transform him all the time as he is just gorgeous.
Man, thank you. At the same time seeing this bums me out a little as I had a chance to preorder him and get 25% off.
Did you get one in the end?
@@ToysareRuss Not yet. On the 30th and April 1st I will check in store at Target. In 2022/2023 my Target was gold for TF hunts, but so far this year has been dry as a bone.
I'm nitpicking, but it's almost like Wheeljack's Cybertron mode is a protective shell for Bumblebee.
That’s pretty much what it is
Is origins Wheeljack out already? I'll watch the rest of the video tomorrow, just watching a film at the moment.
Came out in the uk on Thursday
@@ToysareRuss I'm gonna have to go and look for him
Where did you get him?
Did you watch the video? I got it from indemand toys in the uk.
I've been thinking about how to do an Origin Soundwave with the lamp post mode. The torso section is easy, it could reuse the WFCx/Netflix SW body for the sake of tape compatibility, though a new pelvis section that could let the hips cam together for lamp mode would be useful.
Arms would be basically exactly like the WFCS tetra-jet except for surface detailing and color break up.
The legs would need to turn into a long, thin pole, so maybe an arrangement like how every Combiner Wars limb-bot did the legs but locking together in both positions instead of having knee joint (the actual robot mode knees would be in between them) and on both the thigh and shin sections to really get it extended. Also, some flip-out toe spurs to help balance when it's this beanpole with the torso tipped forward at the top, to maintain balance.
Since that's quite simple for a Voyager and doesn't offer a lot of play value aside from hitting the nostalgia button of people who obsess over a 40 year old cartoon as much as us, it should also pack in the cybertronian-head Laserbeak from the Siege two-pack, or come up with a new version that not only has that head but the flying saucer wings as well.
If they won't give us that, at least a BB Movie Laserbeak, so Slabwave can use his Hot ROd shoulders to approximate streetlight mode? It's still better than the space-nothing he officially turns into...
I love how you’ve really thought about this. I hope we get an origin soundwave too. I think he would have to be a different colour to any of the soundwaves we’ve had already
@@ToysareRuss Maybe a little lighter of a blue? But not as much as the Cyberverse/Authentics APC Soundwaves either... the point is to have a robot that looks like the G1 animation model but turns into the MTMtE pt1 alt mode. That's a lot easier for Soundwave than the Autobots, but that's why I say it should include flying saucer Laserbeak too.
Russ, I need your honest opinion. I think I'm having serious FOMO! Wasn't awake soon enough for US HP/Target. Target is showing Out Of Stock, but maybe a bit of luck could happen and I see him in-store when I do my shop for necessities run in the weeks ahead. My go to Target has been very wonky in '24 with the real issue of Los Angeles/CA distribution of goods/toys(LEGO/Transformers have been more empty on shelves than years past and not for high demand). Indemand still has it in stock with £27.49 price + £17 ship. Converted price to US dollars still beats the eBay prices. Cosmos I kind of gave up on but it looks like from that future release list he will made avail again. I just not feeling positive with this Wheeljack. Should I purchase him from Indemand or wait? Whichever answer you give I fully respect and wouldn't think different of you. PS - don't stop what you doing a I have grown into a big fan of your channel!
to be honest I would go for it, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had to pay over the odds for a figure, thinking I’ll be ok and it’ll show up. it never did. so go for it, ok you’re going to pay a bit more than retail. But at least you have one. thanks for your kind words it’s great to have you on here commenting
i have him! he is a Nice Figure to Have! now i need is Jazz and Bumblebee
Bumblebee is being re issued soon
When?! I need Him so bad 😭😭
@@tristanwilliams4180 it’s in the leaked list videos I’ve done recently
Arise, Wheeljackimus Prime!
Do you have him?
@@ToysareRuss Hasn't arrived yet, but on the way! I'll have to dig out my Origin Bumblebee :)
@@ToysareRuss He came today! Sadly, a Prime Master does not fit inside his chest... but if you have a spare Matrix rattling around, like S86 Hot Rod's, it can pop right in there!
And if you unfold his backpack a bit, he has a cape as majestic as Alpha Trion's 😜
Got mine on the way from IDToys with Gears hopefully not to far behind 👍🏻
Ooh yeah the rest of wave 2 should be out this week.
Wheeljack's weapon looks best being shoulder mounted. Kind of too little too late for Hasbro to get it right in regard to how his shoulder mount should have been with him in the 5 pack, Earthrise and WFC. It's unfortunate that we can't mount it on his shoulder with the previous releases.
Correcting myself, it appears you might be able to take his weapon and shoulder mount it on Wheeljack in the 5 pack.
Yeah I’m sure you can attach to his shoulder on the 5 pack
Just my opinion, I think Hasbro did a poor design job fitting in Origins Bumblebee into the back of Wheeljack's cab. If Magic Square or Newage came out with a Wheeljack version, they would get it far more correctly to the Cartoon animation.
I think it’s to get him in proportion. Imagine how wide the alt mode would have to be to get the wings in
WHY cant he get both his hand and shoulder blaster why sound wave does hound to why not wheel jack .People are B....ing about the wings when you put the blast shield on his back why we all know its goin in a bag with the blaster effects from ever thing else. I just hope I can find him not up yet here best have big stocks .
Outside US has good stocks, but US sux bad becuz basically they make it very complicated with toy imports(TF's are toy imports).
Hope you find one too pal