Heatseeker is the only of the RID2015 Stunticons to get his own toy solo, as he's the only one who had a fair amount of screentime to himself at the beginning of Season Three. Anyways, Heatseeker's alt mode is a heavy-duty 4WD SUV, and for the most part this mode is pretty show-accurate, with the only exception being that the front hood portion is a bit TOO wide. However, this may be because of the transformation at this scale-- if they were to make it skinnier, perhaps the shoulders would've been too weak in robot mode. Anyways, the kibble in this mode is basically non-existent. On the back end you can see the upper legs in between the taillight details-- basically there's no "middle" to the back end-- but they don't stick out at all and, given the scale, this is more than acceptable, in my opinion. Heatseeker's mold detailing alternates between smooth areas-- like much of his front hood-- and some detailed areas, like the "teeth" on his front bumper, three headlights on each side of said bumper, a fair number of angular lines (for the size) around the windows and roof, and his wheels are treaded, as well. Color-wise, Heatseeker could certainly do better-- most of his plastic is that very blah, light milky gray shade. He's got some black on his wheels, though, and thankfully he has a fair amount of paint in this mode. There's a really nice shade of dark metallic purple used on his headlights, some metallic gunmetal gray on the bottom area of his front bumper, and a fair amount of fairly dull red used for his front and side windows, as well as some angular designs on his roof and car doors. (That said, his red paint apps don't extend to the rear side window areas molded on the toy, which looks odd if you look at it closely.) Other than a few more paint apps on the "teeth" on his front grill or taillights, he's pretty well-painted overall.
    Heatseeker transforms very similarly to Legion-class Strongarm; fold out the back ends to become his feet (and rotate up his little roof pieces to become his feet), separate the front halves and rotate them down to become the shoulders, then fold out the arms from the sides. The end result is a buff-lookin' bot, though again, his shoulders are just too darned wide, even keeping in mind the "look" he's supposed to have. Beyond that proportional malady, though, he has no major pieces of kibble in this mode-- the bits of the windows behind his shoulders are meant to be there, and help enhance his silhouette a bit as well. Yeah, his lower legs are a bit bulky too, but this largely fits with his model and keeps him pretty steady. The long flat feet also help in this respect, too. His fists are molded into the inner areas of his lower arm/car door pieces, but they look pretty good for the size and help taper his arms down to a more "manageable" size articulation-wise. His upper legs are black, with some angular details on the knees. His head, chest, and waist are where most of the new detailing is in this mode. There's some basic shapes on the pelvis and what looks like a crumpled car front for his chest, but his head is really where the unique detailing is. He's got a "normal" black eye and a circular blue "zoom eye", along with side "ear-like" antennae, a rounded head with a vent in his forehead sticking up, and a "normal" face with white paint. Unfortunately, despite how unique it is, the detailing on the face is "off" a little bit, with the eyes being off-position compared to each other and looking a bit too simple and overly cartoony. Still, all the detailing on his chest and waist looks great, and there's some white paint on his lower arms and abs, as well as some more dull red paint on the faux window on his chest. For articulation in this mode, Heatseeker can move at the shoulders (at two points), elbows, hips, knees, and slightly at the ankles. The way his arms are proportioned makes them a bit difficult to pose naturally, but otherwise his articulation is pretty good for a Legion-class figure.
    Legion Heatseeker is a pretty solid little Transformer, with good articulation, proportions, and a nice amount of paint for the size. His only real weaknesses are having a boring main plastic color and overly wide shoulders/front hood pieces. Normally I'd recommend this version the most if you want a toy of this guy (especially if you don't care about the combining aspect), but this toy is very difficult to get, part of a wave of toys that only made appearances in Australia and a few other countries. Thus he may not be worth the extra cost for such a small toy.
 

Review by Beastbot

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