Post by grahamthomson on Dec 18, 2008 21:44:55 GMT
OVERLOAD
(Micromasters, 1989)
Overload, the second of the two Autobot Micromaster Transports, takes the term Transport quite literally. In blue cab/grey trailer car carrier vehicle mode, he is able to transport other Micromaster vehicles. In that respect, Overload is a lot like Ultra Magnus from 1986. Except in this case, the trailer unfolds into a jet/chariot instead of robot armour.
Like Erector and Roughstuff, Overload’s cab is the actual Micromaster. While looking just like the original Optimus Prime’s/Ultra Magnus’s cab, the transformation sequence, albeit simplified, is the same as well. Oddly, though, Overload’s robot mode is cumbersome, looking like a blue truck cab with a pair of red legs hanging underneath. [There is a variation of Overload, one produced with painted white cab windows and one without.]
Overload’s trailer splits open into a jet/chariot type vehicle. It lacks all sense of aerdynamicism; essentially a grey crate with a red nosecone. The strut that the nose swings on is prone to loosening, preventing the nosecone staying in place. Overload can sit inside and pilot the vehicle. Of course, any other cars he might have been transporting would have to kindly vacate beforehand.
While boasting a neat and functional vehicle mode, which interacts especially well with, say, the Race Car Patrol, Overload is somewhat disappointing, lacking the charm of the other Transports such as Flattop and Erector.
[Please note, trailer missing from gallery.]
(Micromasters, 1989)
Overload, the second of the two Autobot Micromaster Transports, takes the term Transport quite literally. In blue cab/grey trailer car carrier vehicle mode, he is able to transport other Micromaster vehicles. In that respect, Overload is a lot like Ultra Magnus from 1986. Except in this case, the trailer unfolds into a jet/chariot instead of robot armour.
Like Erector and Roughstuff, Overload’s cab is the actual Micromaster. While looking just like the original Optimus Prime’s/Ultra Magnus’s cab, the transformation sequence, albeit simplified, is the same as well. Oddly, though, Overload’s robot mode is cumbersome, looking like a blue truck cab with a pair of red legs hanging underneath. [There is a variation of Overload, one produced with painted white cab windows and one without.]
Overload’s trailer splits open into a jet/chariot type vehicle. It lacks all sense of aerdynamicism; essentially a grey crate with a red nosecone. The strut that the nose swings on is prone to loosening, preventing the nosecone staying in place. Overload can sit inside and pilot the vehicle. Of course, any other cars he might have been transporting would have to kindly vacate beforehand.
While boasting a neat and functional vehicle mode, which interacts especially well with, say, the Race Car Patrol, Overload is somewhat disappointing, lacking the charm of the other Transports such as Flattop and Erector.
[Please note, trailer missing from gallery.]
