Thursday, August 28, 2008

Transformers Pretender Gunrunner

Here we have the Autobot Pretender Gunrunner. As far as I know, there is only the Hasbro version for Gunrunner. Gunrunner is pretty unique in the Pretender line as the outer shell is that of a vehicle and not that of a humanoid or a monster. Gunrunner has a Decepticon counterpart in Roadgrabber.

As mentioned above, Gunrunner's outer shell is that of a vehicle. In this mode, it is a primarily red vehicle with an orange cockpit. All the weapons included can be fitted onto the shell for an attack mode. Also unique to Gunrunner is that he has another attack mode which incoporates the inner robot. The shell has a gimmick in that when you roll the vehicle over a horizontal surface, the 2 turrets at the top alternate to give a firing effect. Something to take note of is that the 2 rear wheels have a rubber band in the middle of the tire, mine has deformed and dried out though due to the age of the toy. So that is one point to take note of when buying a loose Gunrunner. Also, the rear wheels are responsible for the 'firing' gimmick.

As mentioned, there is another attack mode for Gunrunner, this attack mode is created by seating Gunrunner in the cockpit. Pretty lame, but it's included in the instruction manual and pales in comparison to Roadgrabbers other attack mode.

Gunrunner's alternate mode is that of an airplane. The bulk of the look is given by the jetpack which essentially is the whole plane itself, the inner robot serves only as the base. The 2 missile pods can be connected to the Gunrunner in alternate mode and in robot mode.

Accessories for Gunrunner include a gun, the plane/upper turret and 2 missile pods.

Gunrunner's outer shell (Main attack mode)

Gunrunner inner robot

Gunrunner alternate mode


Gunrunner's other attack mode

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