Windcharger is primarily cast in a really beautiful, metallic red plastic. In a weird way, given that his primary "power" is magnetism via his arms, this is also appropriate if you imagine these huge magnetism generators built into them. His arms are bulkier than G1 Windcharger, but they help give the figure an extra tough appearance. His legs have the same "window cover" panels as Tailgate, but it also acts as a call back to his G1 incarnation who had similar details on his lower legs. That didn't happen here, but it works out since the chest piece was designed to have elements of Windcharger's design on it including a raised section in the middle in a rectangular shape. On G1 Tailgate, the chest piece from Windcharger was swapped out with a new one to give him a more distinct look. Overall the sculpt looks great and while different from his G1 counterpart, he is still recognizable as Windcharger. The top of the "helmet" area comes to a point in the center and the panels on either side of the face end in a triangular pattern. Unlike his G1 counterpart who had a wide, blocky looking head (influenced by the wide, blocky head on the G1 toy), this modern interpretation of Windcharger gives him a more "normal" looking Transformers head complete with a "helmet" section and a face. His head however is a new sculpt based on his appearance in the IDW Publishing comic books. This time out, instead of an original sculpt all his own, he shares the same body as Tailgate.
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Windcharger received an update back in 2011, but that figure has been out of production for quite some time now. Now history has reversed itself, with a redeco and retool of Tailgate being released as Windcharger! This review will focus on the changes made to the figure for this release, so check out Tailgate's review for my detailed thoughts on the base sculpt.
In recent years, Tailgate has become one of the stars of the IDW Publishing comic book series, so last year we were fortunate enough to get a new toy of the character. Later, the G1 Windcharger toy would be retooled and given a new deco as Tailgate. In Generation One, Windcharger was one of the original Autobots on the crew of The Ark with Optimus Prime. In some cases this works out since the figures like Bombshell have three modes, however other figures are simple redecos/retools of previous Legends Class figures. The figures are still roughly the size of a Commander Class figure (but bigger, with more complexity) but this year the Micromaster partners have been removed from the packs. The Legends Class of figures continues its run in 2015 in "Combiner Wars". This Windcharger figure looks just like him and he’ll be a match for any Decepticon who tries to take him on! He converts fast from robot mode to speedy sports car mode, and no enemy can hope to escape him! Keep converting him back and forth so he can handle whatever his foes dish out! Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro.
*Images above and text below in italics is from :Ĭonvert, arm and attack with all the Transformers action you can handle! Windcharger is a fierce Autobot who captures and controls his targets with ultra-powerful magnetic fields. Retailer: General (Toys R Us, Amazon, Target etc.) Price Point: $9.99 (depending on retailer)
Triple Changers (Astrotrain & Blitzwing).
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