Friday, August 29, 2008

Transformers Pretender Roadgrabber

Here we have the Decepticon Pretender Roadgrabber. As far as I know, there is only the Hasbro version for Roadgrabber. Roadgrabber 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. Roadgrabber has an Autobot counterpart in Gunrunner.

As mentioned above, Roadgrabber's outer shell is that of a vehicle. In this mode, it is a primarily dark purplish-blue vehicle with an orange cockpit and light purple front claws and bonnet. All the weapons included can be fitted onto the shell for an attack mode. Also unique to Roadgrabber 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 cannons at the back alternate to give a firing effect. The rear wheels are responsible for the 'firing' gimmick. There is a portion at the rear of the vehicle (where the 2 rear turrets are placed) that can be flipped out to reveal 2 exhaust fans. Pretty interesting detailling for a place that is not normally seen.

As mentioned, there is another attack mode for Roadgrabber, this attack mode is created by placing Roadgrabber in the cockpit in a standing position. The front of the vehicle can be opened and the darker purple portion can be flipped down to reveal a sort of control panel. There are 2 slots at the sides where the rear 2 cannons can be removed and then placed into it. The rear portion is lifted slightly when the front is lifted. In this attack mode, it resembles that of a gun emplacement.

Roadgrabber's alternate mode is that of an airplane/hovercraft. Actually, I do not know what it resembles just that I know that it has a cockpit and wings which are the rear turrets from before.

Accessories for Roadgrabber include a gun and the 2 cannon turrets.

Roadgrabber's outer shell (Main attack mode)

Roadgrabber inner robot

Roadgrabber alternate mode


Roadgrabber's other attack mode

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