Transformers: Reveal the Shield
Wreck-Gar
One of the images from the 1986 animated film Transformers: The Movie that really stuck in my head was the face of the Junkion (a native of the Planet of Junk, duh) leader, Wreck-Gar, with starlight glinting in his eye after he says “You check in, but they don’t check out.” It was during the “Junkions Attack” scene and was set to “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Dare to Be Stupid.” Right after he says it, he whips his tire shield at Springer. It was mind-bogglingly awesome to my 7 year old brain.
The Junkions (who were made out of junk, duh), are easily knocked down, but they get right back up again, and there are thousands of them. Plus they talked “TV”. It’s sort of like lolcat, but without the appalling grammatical errors and horrendous spelling.
So it’s no surprise that I really wanted the Transformers: Reveal the Shield Wreck-Gar once it was released here.
Like Special Ops Jazz, he comes in the orange Reveal the Shield packaging. It’s a simple carded bubble that is easy enough to open and protects the toy well. The bubble gives a good view of the toy in its vehicle form, with a character portrait in the corner. In the back are photos of the two modes, dirt bike and robot, with explanations about the features of the toys, a short bio, and the location of the “rubsign”, the heat sensitive decal that gives the sub-line its name.
It also lists it’s conversion as level 3, Intermediate. *coughs and says “bullshit” under his breath*
Read the rest of the review and see Wreck-Gar transformed at http://slangards.i.ph/
