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Blackjack's review: Power Up VT6

Name Power Up VT6
Alligeance Decepticon
Function Hypnotist

"Gaming the System"

As dangerous as he is slick looking, POWER UP VT6 is a master of manipulation. Able to connect to any data source within range, he specializes in deleting important information. Few DECEPTICONS are as frustrating to have around. Be careful when interacting with him; special receptors in his screen can scramble your brain right through your eyeballs.

The reason I want to do this review is that Power Up is my first Transformer. I mean, other people have Minibots like Beachcomber or Bumblebee, but I have this guy. Previously (pre-2007) I had had other Transformers before (I remember playing with RiD Megatron and BW Transmetal Airazor), but they were either Knockoffs or my evil Mother threw them out after they broke.

Power Up I get after watching the movie, and was my first step in my growing 'serious' collection. He hasn't appeared in any fiction...yet... But I love him just the same.

ALTERNATE MODE
It is the unusual alternate mode that drew me to this li'l feller. I wasn't a fan of non-vehicular alternate modes (except for Soundwave and his cassettes) without offensive capabilities, but Power Up... is something else. A game console! I've NEVER remembered seeing anyone with this alt mode save for the Playstation real gear.

This looks like it has been based on Nintendo's Game Boy Micro or Game Boy Advanced, and has a standard directional pad on one side, and four colourful buttons on the other side. On the center bottom there are two painted buttons I assume are 'start' and 'select'. This is a great alternate mode and realistic (if kiddy) enough.

The screen, according to the tech specs can hypnotize humans (bit of a Mindwipe reference here...) It bears a picture of Cybertron Jetfire being targeted by the player. DIE JETFIRE!!!! BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAM!!! The score is 096/100, and there is a caption 'Plane' and 'Transform' on the bottom left. Oh, and there is a pudgy Decepticon symbol on the bottom right.

TRANSFORMATION
If you has read my previous reviews before I has never described transformation. For this wee fella, I will make an exception. This is a bit hard... Okay. Pull out the black parts at the same time, and pull it out. Hey legs! Pull them down slowly and at the same time and form the lower body. It's done. Huh? you ask. This little guy has... AUTOMORPH!! With the aid of gears, when you pull those legs, the head and shoulder pop out! Just pull the arms down, and Power Up is ready for battle. This makes Power Up the only one (for now) Real Gear with Automorph. Heck, even Deluxe Bonecrusher doesn't have Automorph!

ROBOT MODE
In robot mode little Power Up resembles... Soundwave. Seriously. Of course the colours are all wrong, and the head is of G2 Clench, but look. The screen forms the chest. The shoulders look like Soundwave. The huge legs that form the sides of the alt mode, the buttons near the crotch... In short, this is Soundwave in white and black with a new alternate mode. I mean, we have 'Reflector' and 'Laserbeak', so why not 'Soundwave'? I'm rambling, let's go on....

Quite boxy, adding to the G1-esque look. He has thirteen (!) movement points. Yes, you read that right, THIR-TEEN. For a tiny guy. One on each shoulder, one on each elbow, one on each wrist (though it doesn't move much), one on each thigh, one on each knee, the head, and the two parts on the leg that rotate during transformation.

Power is best displayed in this mode. He looks powerful, but sadly doesn't come with guns or weapons. Boo. One last thing to note. His head can be removed, so if the urge hits you to kill him horribly...

Transformation 0 for hardness, but 8 for design! Great work Hasbro!
Durability 8 Nothing that can break or get loose too much (unlike Spy Shot) as long as you don't drop him.
Price 9 Excellent for a scouts class figure, but a gun would be nice...
fun 6 Here's where he loses mark. He's nicely poseable, but no gun=no fun.
Overall 8 I love my first Transformer, and he makes a great action figure and display piece. However, by himself he's not that fun... He is a troop builder, just like the Minibots.