THRUST (DOTM)

Today let's take a look at Thrust, a Decepticon jet from the Transformers Dark of The Moon movie series.

This vehicle wasn't part of the DOTM movie & is actually part of the extended toyline. As you can see, I've applied silver linings & marking on the jet. Otherwise, it would look very dull entirely in maroon.

Up close, here's the head of Thrust. It's actually tucked in the cockpit of the vehicle. From pictures that you see online & in this blog, the head looks pretty decent. However take a closer look at more images below.

You'll see that the head is actually still hidden in the cockpit of the vehicle. It's as though the face is embedded onto the upper chest of the robot.

Although the robot's arms are not symmetrical, the design is still alright. There is a small gattling gun mounted onto the right arm of Thrust.

Lastly, I have to say that the 'gorilla toes' stand out quite a bit. However I find that the design is perfectly fine. The presence of waist joints allows Thrust to be posed in an array of manner.

LEADFOOT

It's a pity that I'm unable to get my hands on the deluxe sized Leadfoot. This character appeared in the third installation of the Transformers movie, Dark of The Moon.

I did some homework about the background of the vehicle & found that in vehicle mode, this race car is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Chevrolet Impala. The design & decals on the car were specifically associated with Juan Pablo Montoya's car that bears the number #42.

 
Leadfoot falls under the Wreckers category whereby their initial scope of operations are engineering related. Even in Cyberverse mode, you can see that the car has been modified to carry an arsenal of fire power.

A closer look at Leadfoot.

Transformation only takes a few easy steps. As you can see in robot mode,  Leadfoot doesn't really have much depth at the sides. Although this robot looks fat from the front, it is rather slim from the side.

Articulation is limited but one thing cool is that the fists are moveable. Even though the robot is rather flat, somehow the center of gravity is quite low making it easy to pose.

JOLT

Now if there was one word that I can use to describe this figure, it's would be 'tight'. Jolt is molded after Chevrolet's Volt from the US market. This car comes in grey plastic with a black top giving it a  sporty image.

Other angles of Jolt in vehicle mode.
 

Here we see the bottom of the car where the arms are folded together snugly.

Jolt with the MechTech weapon that can be attached on either sides of the roof.

Here's why I say that this toy is 'tight'. The transformation process on this toy isn't as easy as it looks. But when you start flipping and moving parts around, you'll realize that there are very tight gaps & space for you to move the limbs around.

As you can see from the side view, the rear wings stick out like sore thumbs.  Unlike bumblebee,  you can't fold them in.

The only pose which I find menacing is when you start to flip the legs out wider & bring forward the arms as though Jolt is about to lunge at an opponent with lightning speed.

Lastly, the head sculpt reminds me of seahorse don't you think?

AUTOBOT ARK

From the third transformers movie Dark of The Moon, this is the Autobot Ark. It was the escape spaceship that the Autobots used, to leave Cybertron just as they were being attacked by the Decepticons.

Different views of the Ark. There is a golden button at the side of the cockpit that you can see from here. Press it & you'll get some lights & sounds coming out of this ship.

As we take a look at the front cockpit of the spacecraft, this set comes with Autobot Roller.

 

The ship opens up and transforms into a base. Each part of the base has been installed with a couple of play factors. Roller stands watch on top of the tower.

These are the overall views of the base before looking at the different parts in detail.

 

On the left side of the base, there is a medic bed & a repair arm to fix battle damaged Autobots.

Behind the gun turret, you'll see a cage that's supposed to be a prison where you can fit in captured Decepticons.

In front of the base there is a ramp. There are two golden buttons at the side of the ramp. The left button actually raises up the back ramp to roll one of your toys down while the right button activates the light & sound for the ship.

Here's the gun turret previously mentioned.

The last detail of the ship, on the right we see the teleporting portal. This is what the Decepticons were after. Once they acquired the teleporting pillars, they could activate the space bridge to summon reinforcements from Cybertron to destroy planet Earth.

Now let's see what Roller can do.

In vehicle mode, Roller is supposed to be a space exploration drone. The front arms can bend around easily.

Here's roller in robot mode.

Roller is quite flexible in robot mode. However this skinny robot may topple at times due to improper weight distribution. The right arm is a lot heavier than the normal sized left arm.