Armada Wheeljack (Random Review) 

5:48 Correction: You actually can transform him without his minicon. To do this, you need to rotate the arms out from underneath like normal like at 8:19, then you can access the tabs that hold the side panels in place to open them up.

This mold was used for Shattered glass sideswipe

I remember seeing this figure on the catalog booklet that came with my Optimus Prime as a kid and I thought, "Wow! This guy must REALLY hate autobots. I want him!". 18 years later, I finally got him and I really like his vehicle mode ^_^

I think I recall someone saying that the reason why Armada Wheeljack looks a lot like Sideswipe was because he actually was going to be Sideswipe but due to reasons I forgot they changed the idea. Odd how things like that change. Also funpub really missed a good opportunity to use the Universe 2.0 Sideswipe mold to make Armada Wheeljack out of because that was the perfect mold to use for an updated version of the character.

I heard wheeljack is a traitor? Wheeljack is not a traitor the armada story clearly says he felt he was abandoned by Hotshot. He kept the autobot symbol to remind him of that day

They need to make a masterpiece of this they already have the mold for a g1 sideswipe

YOu don't want to have something that explodes as a handheld weapon? Tell that to BW Fuzor Silverbolt or TF2 Demoman.

This guy is awesome been after one for years. annoyingly he seems to be literally the only armada toy they never released in my area (no ebay back then)

In the anime, the weapons are Dustbuster pistols, shaped like a handheld vacuum and able to fire lasers...

What?! An Armada toy NOT in a Plastic Addict? BLASPHEMY

so windshear used to be a chubby stealth bomber? then to a female helicopter minicon?

When i was a kid i watched some of the episodes on dvd i did not remember his name so i just called him side swipe

i request a gimmick former that is NOT from armada to be reviewed

0:36 he may have made some odd choices when it came to the names but at least Aaron Archer gave us some of the coolest designs in Transformers especially Armada Megatron. I miss his work.

Repainting a G1 Sideswipe into Wheeljack would be SO easy for Hasbro, but noooo. They decided to do uber obscure characters like Tigertrack and Deep Cover instead.

i swear i remember watching you review this already

Isn't he the one who joined the decepticons in the shows

7:00 The head reminds me of TFA Snarl with it's squatness. It also reminds me that I pulled a neck muscle, it was so cute. Now my neck's going to be lolled to the side all day.

And to add to the weirdness, in japan he was actually called sideswipe and years later when hasbro first introduced shattered glass, the mold was used for shattered glass sideswipe but he was given g2 drenches colors for some reason

I would love to see the universe sideswipe mold repainted to look like armada wheeljack, it would work so well.

Armada Wheeljack's missiles look like sex toys.

I had this figure for a time, pretty decent figure but sold it. Great vid TJ, thanks for covering another Armada figure.

his PowerLinx mode looks like ThunderHawk's evil duplicate, BlackRoc

Shockwave was a double agent posing as Longarm (I think that was his name) in Animated. Does that count?

I just realized the whole not releaseing anything full on black of hasbro is kinda stupid. that is because the most popular GI Joe character is Snake eyes who's toy was pure blackness

One thing which I find quite amusing about this is, this guy's vehicle mode is kind a Bughati-like, a very sleek and fast-looking car. Yet it's his old friend-turned enemy, Hotshot, who's apparently meant to be the fast race-car type character, but HIS car looks like a slow chugger, like a car some college student inherits from their dad and they're really embarrassed by it. This still has, to me, one of the coolest and most unique designs Transformers ever had. Not so much for vehicle and robot modes, but rather because of that incredibly characterful gash in the hood/chest which slices his Autobot symbol, and a smaller Decepticon logo below it. And that both molded and shiny painted technical details in that gash looks SO GOOD. Great bit of thoughtful design, and it gave the TV show their best episode. Shame they botched the redemption arc by having it all happen off-screen.

would it be possible at some point to do r.r. just on minicons ?

this is one of those i figures I always looked at and thought about owning but never bought

Super glue the nee and make sure it doesn't dry up in one spot and that should fix it and if you do it right you will love the result

SO, the toy execution is the kind where even the designers don't know what was up, Grand.

I could swear he reviewed this figure already... :S

8:06 Except that way you lose the outward joint built into the wings.

I remember him from the series. I pitied him. If I remember right he came to regret his decision. Or am I mistaken?

I remember owning this guy as a kid! He was an okay toy.

By mentioning the name Wind shear, you reminded me of Generations Centuritron. Curious if you would be interested in making a random review about the minicon combiner.

have you watched or heard of kamen rider ex-aid items like the gamer driver or the rider gashats

hey does anyone know the decepticon constructicon that became an autobot and the autobot that became a decepticon to replace him :c I can't remember them I forget which cartoon that it happened in

i prefer to call him ricochet since they share a similar color scheme and vehicle mode

Didn't he also have a weird gun in the show? It looked like a hand held vacuum and it had to be held out like a sword.

Stealth bomber is a pretty popular minicon alt mode huh

14:41 ulapool caber?

Hey can we expect mroe brash machines, armada or animorphs toys for plastic addict?

this must be a time travelling product of some unseen botcon exclusive of an "invasion undercover shattered glass deception sideswipe" wow that's a long name

Couldn't you use another Minicon?

this mold was used for shattered glass sideswipe though you probably know

so wheeljack is sideswipe with stepper deco... interesting none the least. let's use them names don't let them expire I guess.

In the show wheeljack was trapped under some rubble and died and the decepticons retrieved rebuilt and brainwashed him

Hey Could you review a S.H Kamen Rider if you have it?

If the purchaser want accuracy it called, "Paint," also Animated Black Aracnia is a the darkside of Elita One.

It looks like a Koenigsegg.

This mold has only one purpose

Hey the guy who has a handheld vacuum cleaner for a gun.

i think that only sg sideswipe and this guy betrayed the autobots

How are you TJ

The Unicron trilogy had a very weird thing of mis-naming them other names that clearly don't match the OG design. Especially Energon downshift, who is clearly supposed to be wheeljack, but wasn't because Wheeljack was already a thing (here) who clearly is supposed to be sideswipe but wasn't due to there already being Sideswipe, who is probably the worst Armada toy ever and does not deserve the name.

this reminds me of g2 sideswipe

...............is it just me or do those missiles look like....something else?

Any word on a new Plastic Addict? ROTF Arcee needs it soooo bad!

He looks like Sideswipe but is called Wheeljack, then on Energon (or Cybertron) they put an homage to Wheeljack because they missused the name here in Armada...

ok im gunna be the guy wheeljack is pretty much a Ferrari F40

Watching energon is painful love armada though

SG Sideswipe

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saw it was armada review, Stopped everything i was watching for this

Ok fans, how nows the challenge, just how many Autobots have done decepticon? Armada Wheel Jack Animated Elita-1 / Black Arachnia The Dinobots defect for a while OK i'm out.

Wheeljack is odd. On paper, he's great. But his joints are a bit... odd.

This is what Universe Sideswipe should have been, minus the Mini-Con gimmicks. This figure never got the G1 colours though. Repair the Autobot symbol and remove the Decepticon ones, give him his classic red and black with greyish off-white and he is complete...