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 Wagon's
colour scheme is surprisingly eye-catching - it's a really lovely shade
of darkish blue, and the yellow plastic somehow, somehow sets it off
nicely. Once again the solid diecast rear section - with no windows
- work against the nice detail work, though the Hilux is nice as these
horrid machines go. The original Mark version had stickers to represent
the windows, but these were silvery grey, and so wouldn't look stunning
anyway. For a cheap and cheerful little car it's not a bad alt mode,
though.
 The
robot mode's pretty nice as well. Well-proportioned, with the legs about
the right size compared to the rest of him. Again, somehow the blue
and yellow works well, and the stickering is subtle. Not so sure about
the single Cyclops optic - if it wasn't used on the Soarer
mould it'd be a nice unique touch, but as the two of them have the
same face, it doesn't really help with giving him much personality (were
Convertors even meant to be sentient? Pass). The
arm connectors, however, aren't as bad as they are on the knockoff version.
That said, this one was mint-on-card until I ruined it for both future
generations and collectors of sealed toys, and I doubt they support
the weight of the arms that well if left in robot mode for long periods
of time. The other annoying thing is the bottom of the feet parts is
sloped, meaning Wagon is difficult to pose without him leaning forward.
Overall,
it's a solid figure with two serviceable modes, raised by a punchy paint
job. Wagon doesn't set the world on fire, but a combination of being
a little different and a little more colourful than some of his counterparts
makes him a nice little figure to have.
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