Swing the small panels on the back panel out. ![]() Swing the front of the vehicle mode up.Swing open the front panels on the lower legs.Detach the accessories and set them aside for now.I have not experienced any quality control issues with my copy of this figure. All the attachment points for weapons (including the slots on either side of the head, the arms and legs) are in good shape, with weapons fitting nice and snug. He doesn't look bad mind, you, but when it comes to homage details like this I take a "the more the merrier" approach!Īll eighteen points of articulation are still nice and tight on this figure. I really appreciate the various callbacks to the first Deep Cover figure, though after this many uses of this sculpt I would have liked at least one more deco point like say, the orange dots on his feet or the blue stripes on his forearms. In another callback, his feet are silver, a callback to the vacuum metallized silver feet on the original Deep Cover figure. He also has red and silver paint on his knees, calling back to a sticker on the " G1" Deep Cover figure. These details include a distinctive gold shield with a star inside of it on the chest and a white and red Autobot symbol on his chest. The designers tried to emulate some of them with tampographs and paint on this figure. Like many G1 toys, the original Deep Cover has a lot of stickers on it. These colors are largely inspired by the " G1" Deep Cover figure which had similar colors, though that version used vacuum metallized silver for the arms. White is used on parts like his forearms and thighs. The black makes up a lot of the upper body including his torso and shoulders. He is mostly made up of black, white and blue plastic. Packaging is not exactly the main selling point of Selects so I have no problem with this change, and I appreciate any move towards being eco-friendly.ĭeep Cover's color scheme is quite different from other uses of this sculpt. Deep Cover is tied to a cardboard insert using recyclable string instead of plastic stretch ties. Instead, this is the first release in the line aimed towards Hasbro's commitment to use less plastic in its packaging. Inside the box, the figure is not sitting in a plastic tray like previous Selects releases. It pays proper homage to the original figure but also adds to the value of the purchase since this is a straight up redeco with no retooling.ĭeep Cover is packaged in the standard rectangular cardboard Selects box, with one significant difference. I think it is great that Hasbro put this set of weapons together for this figure. ![]() The "rocket/blaster" weapon is painted white. The "rocket launcher" is made up of black plastic with silver paint. The result is Deep Cover having the "complete" set of weapons that the original Diaclone Lamborghini figure he is based on. He also includes a third weapon: a blaster using the same sculpt as the one included with Red Alert. ![]() Two are the "rocket launcher" (non working) and "rocket/blaster" that were included with Siege Sideswipe. Like Tigertrack, Deep Cover includes three accessories. This review will focus on the changes made to the sculpt for this release. Check out my Sideswipe review for my detailed look at the sculpt. Like Tigertrack, this figure is a redeco of the Siege Sideswipe figure with the addition of the hand held blaster from Siege Red Alert. One of these was the "new" character of Deep Cover! It would be over a decade later until he received the Generations treatment via this Selects release. Fast forward to 2003 and e-HOBBY wound up releasing several "reissues" of G1 figures as their Diaclone inspired counterparts. In that line, the mold that would eventually be used as Sideswipe had several decos, one of which was a black police car version of the New Countach LP500S Diaclone figure. While he is new to the Generations line, the character of Deep Cover has origins going back to the Diaclone toy line that predated Transformers. Retailer: Shared Exclusive ( BigBadToyStore, Entertainment Earth, Hasbro Pulse etc.)Īccessories: Blaster, Shoulder cannon/weapon ![]() Price Point: $19.99 (depending on retailer)
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