Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Road Hauler First Look

Damnit. I pulled the trigger after all.
Saved someone from buying a damaged box at least.
Still really don't like the head, so I'll be looking for a replacement ASAP.

I discovered a secret head sculpt I can use in the mean time!!
Very accurate to his appearance on the show!

Vanya

At this point I really just wish for 22cm KO OS of the Fusos.

OS?

I have the Inferno and Grapple versions of this mold, so I wanted to differentiate this one. I removed the hook and added the nozzle from DOTM Leader Sentinel Prime, so now he's an airport fire fighting vehicle.

Also combined the claw and the nozzle onto the main gun.

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Fafnir72

Been there done that feeling of vacillating then regret. Great that still managed to rectify this.

I managed to get one earlier this week. I love it and everything about the insane screaming face. So much potential.

I am patiently waiting for my local walmart to restock.

He was sitting right there when I got Blurr and Override but at the time I didn't know about the face and thought "Do I really need another Grapple/Inferno mold bot, just in green? No. No I don't."

Then I got home, looked up the rest of the velocitron line to figure out what was different about them besides color, saw Hauler's glorious mug, and felt an immense sadness that I can't put into words. By the time I got back to the store he was gone. And when I asked the clerk if he'd ever be back, she said she didn't know. She didn't know! *sobs*  

I have an order through the walmart website with a projected fulfillment date near the end of this month or into October for some reason, but given Walmart's notorious unreliability at handling online orders that aren't immediately and already in stock, I do not have much hope on that end. So it's mostly a fallback if I can't find Hauler while I'm also looking for Scourge and Cosmos. I do remain hopeful though as lots of other Walmarts in the province seem to be getting second shipments (already liberated of their shortpacked Cosmos and Clampdowns) and it generally seems like the voyagers tend to sit on shelves for a few days when arriving and don't just get swept up within hours like the Retro Headmasters or most of the Netflix exclusives did.

Folks, I've cracked the code on choice for the face.

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T-Hybrid

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Ok, this too! 

Vanya

I'm very torn on getting Road Hauler.
At this point I like the mold a lot, but I really don't like how undersized the alt mode is. That why so far I only have ER Grapple.
Really don't like the head sculpt and I wish they at least would have used clear purple instead of the same clear blue.
Ideally, I wish they had color-matched him with the Constructions so he could blend in with them better.

I dunno.
I may go 3rd party with all my Fuso-bots for vehicle scale and just accept them as being the big bruisers of the Autobots who all anachronistically have personalities suited to creativity and first responders.

Take advantage of his recent mass availability. This IS a once in a lifetime event!

WishfulThinking

Hasbro's main concern is scaling bot to bot, not by alt mode.

What about bot to alt?

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Vanya

I'm very torn on getting Road Hauler.
At this point I like the mold a lot, but I really don't like how undersized the alt mode is. That why so far I only have ER Grapple.
Really don't like the head sculpt and I wish they at least would have used clear purple instead of the same clear blue.
Ideally, I wish they had color-matched him with the Constructions so he could blend in with them better.

I dunno.
I may go 3rd party with all my Fuso-bots for vehicle scale and just accept them as being the big bruisers of the Autobots who all anachronistically have personalities suited to creativity and first responders.

Hasbro's main concern is scaling bot to bot, not by alt mode.