Toy Review:
- Color Scheme:
- His main colors are the blue and white colors of Railspile and Midnight Express. Some of the Rapid Run's gray can be seen in his midsection and "backpack", and the normal yellow and red accents also appear. As combiners go, this one is very well color coordinated.
- Robot Mode:
- I haven't measured him but he's a good nine or more inches tall, about as tall as Optimus Prime (Rid) in Ultra Robot mode, and up to Ultra Magnus' shoulders. While his component parts might have been disproportionate, the combined form takes those abnormalities and puts them togther into a well designed unit. He looks really cool, and has good articulation. My only gripe is that Rapid Run is little more than a connector for Midnight Express and Railspike. This can be forgiven, though, since a creative person can arrange Rapid Run's legs to be positioned up and over Rail Racer's shoulders and pretend they are huge shoulder cannons, aided by the thrusters on Rapid Run's feet. In fact, this is how he should be portrayed in the cartoon and as a combiner in the instructions. It's just cool!
- Vehicle Mode:
- He doesn't have a combined vehicle mode per-se, but in train mode each member can connect to the other in a line. The connections are loose enough that if you play with them on a smooth flat surface, you can pull the whole train alone by the front engine.
- Transformation:
- After following the instructions to get each pice into its appropriate configuration, it's just a matter of clipping them all together and posing it. check out the pictures for his versatility in posing. That said, it can take some carefully applied force to get the pieces together properly without diconnecting some other part.
- Gimmicks:
- Railspike and Midnight Express' weapons combine into a single weapon for Rail Racer, who can also hold Rapid Run's shield weapon. He is, of course, a combiner, which is a gimmick in itself.
- Pros/Cons:
- Over all very cool. Too bad his component pieces each cost about $15, making this a $45+ gestalt. Then again, it's a combiner of BULLET TRAINS! COOL! :)
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