VEHICLE MODE: WreckerHook (C-017) is
a reproduced mold of Hoist/Hubcap also released in the Machine Wars line in 1996-97.
WreckerHook appears to be a heavy-duty Tow Truck with a turquoise and lime-green
color scheme. Some parts are painted chrome/silver such as the trucks grille, rims,
fuel tanks, exhaust stacks, air horns and roof lights. The emergency lights on the
roof as well as the windows are clear orange with the tail-hook and wheels being black, of
course. WreckerHook is also 4 ½" in length and has orange/purple pin stripe
design with dark-orange lettering clearly visible on both sides of the truck. The
labeling & its location is identified below:
Hood: (autobot symbol)
Left/Right-side: "Towing Service"
ROBOT MODE: To transform Wrecker into
robot mode, place your index & middle fingers on the trucks tailgate (green protruding
pieces) and thumb underneath the hook and lift upward. The front end of the truck
should "flip" down transforming into the robots torso. If you performed
the previous step correctly, Wrecker should’ve "popped" out of your hands
and into robot mode! The robots head, legs, and arms are now apparent (sound
familiar?). You may have to push the side panels in towards the body since the
"flipping" mechanism doesn’t put all of the parts into place. Next
step is to separate and adjust the legs at the peg-in-hole connector.
The grille is attached to the truck by two pegs that can be removed to reveal
WreckerHook’s pistol. Spencer identified a better way to maintain a
"complete" appearance by separating the grille from the pistol and re-attaching
the grille to the truck.
In robot mode, you can see more of the turquoise blue on his legs and arms and black
fists. The autobot symbol is more visible on WreckerHook than on IndyHeat due to the
background color, in this case lime-green. His helmet is mostly lime-green with
turquoise painted on his forehead and chrome painted "mouth guard". The
"back-lit" gimmick gives the appearance of illuminated (amber) eyes (make that
eye since it’s cycloptic-looking) when placed near a light source. To transform
WreckerHook back to his vehicle mode, just reverse the steps above!
Overall, both figures are decently articulated, have cool
color schemes/gimmicks, excellent transformations, and roll along any surface with ease!
Definitely worth your money in my opinion! |
WRECKERHOOK (C-017)
