You know, Powerglide, when Moonracer says she'll hang out with you after the war's over, and the war's been going on nine million years, maybe she's just not that into you.
This is Power of the Primes Moonracer! This is the first toy Moonracer's ever gotten. Sure, back in 2005, BotCon made a Moonracer toy but they couldn't get the trademark and they ended up deciding she was Chromiainstead, but this is, like, the first... successful Moonracer toy? In that they managed to design her after Moonracer and also call her Moonracer and also decide that yes, she's Moonracer? It's good!
I like Moonracer. She's always in good spirits, even when the situation isn't appropriate. Also she can shoot Decepticons out of the sky over her shoulder while not looking. She's very good things that aren't following orders or reading the room.
Her toy is very unlike the other Power of the Primes/Combiner Wars Deluxes, so this too is refreshing. She transforms completely differently from the rest. Everyone else's boots open up so you can squeeze/telescope the thighs inside. It's all a bit of shared engineering that Moonracer lacks. Mind, she lacks this so she can have on-model skinny lady legs, but it's still a new approach. Instead, she keeps the bulk of her vehicle mode on her back. It's a massive, massive backpack she has.
She transforms into an elongated Cybertronian car. Since nothing telescopes, the car parts just kind of wrap around the top of her as she lies down. She's got three separate translucent blue areas (a fourth if you include her combiner fist weapon), all of which read as driver compartment canopy windows, so, uh, I guess she's got a lot of driver compartments? I dunno. She's a very long car, is what I'm saying.
Her toy is incredibly pretty. She's very vibrant seafoam green with some white and a tiny bit of lavendar. It's very Nineties Shopping Mall Signage. Her colors are so striking you feel like it's insufficient that she's merely standing on your desk and that maybe it would be more satisfying if you could absorb her essence somehow.
Like other Power of the Primes Deluxe Class toys, her fist weapon can clasp around her torso to become chest armor. ...unfortunately, hers clasps low on her torso, putting her armor around her stomach. She, um, kind of looks pregnant? Especially since the armor includes a hole for you to bury tiny Transformers in. Well, whatever! *shrugs*
Her ankle artictulation rocks a little from side to side, which is helpful in posing.
I like her VERY MUCH, despite the huge backpack. Combiner limbs have run such a strong rut, it's nice when one escapes it, even if there are compromises.
In wave 4, she'll get a new head and be redecoed as Firestar. Well, Novastar. For some reason, "Firestar" is an unavailable trademark.
