WFC-E23 Decepticon Doubledealer

Doubledealer (Leader Class, July 2020)

Hasbro ID number: WFC-E23

TakaraTomy ID number: ER-08

TakaraTomy release date: September 26, 2020

Accessories: (non-firing) missile front and back sections, bird tail section with vehicle stabilizer legs, radar pod, two non-firing missile pods, machine gun.

Earthrise Doubledealer is the first Leader class figure in the War for Cybertron Trilogy to be a fully Leader-sized figure rather than a Voyager-size figure with added parts. Strongly resembling the original G1 toy in all regards, he still transforms into a missile carrier and a robot bird. This version officially has the whole missile on top, similar to his Dreamwave design. However, the end can be mounted underneath for a G1 accurate look. Doubledealer also features a new fourth mode, featuring fold-out stabilizer legs that pose the vehicle as though it were launching the missile. His chest has a compartment inside to store Siege ’cassette’-type Micromasters similarly to Soundwave - and cassette versions of Knok and Skar were released in the Generations Selects subline to accompany him.
Speaking of Knok: Doubledealer’s robot-mode abs are sculpted to look like he still has the G1 Knok Powermaster engine inserted. This faux Knok segment is actually removable and can be used by any toy with a 5mm post. Optimally, it would be placed on the flipped out peg on Knok’s back. Also undocumented in the instructions, Doubledealer’s elbows can lock his arms into a 90-degree angle. This can be accomplished by lining up the flat corners of the arms and forearms surrounding the elbow joints. The locking function helps him hold up his cannon; without the feature in action, the extra weight can cause the arms’ friction joints to droop. In a further undocumented feature, whichever cassette partner isn’t stored in Doubledealer’s chest compartment can instead peg into a hole in the middle of the bird tail.
Doubledealer features panels on his robot mode shoulders that can be flipped to display either Autobot or Decepticon insignias, referencing his duplicitous nature. He has no visible faction insignias in vehicle or bird modes.
Special care should be taken when transforming him into bird mode: it involves a "staircase” motion that pushes his double-jointed knees in one direction while pushing his lower legs in the opposite direction, and if excessive force is used the lower legs can pop out of the knee assembly and are subsequently very difficult to reattach.
Originally shown as a Mercenary at New York Toy Fair 2020, Doubledealer was released in outwardly-Decepticon themed packaging yet retains Mercenary symbols on both the instructions and the cardboard backdrop. Like all Earthrise toys, the backdrop is an exclusive clip-and-save piece of a larger star map, with a thin red piece of transparent plastic to read the star map. Doubledealer’s piece of the map depicts an unknown planet that resembles Nebulos. Like most Earthrise figures from wave 2 onward, however, it is misprinted, and overlays the "decodable” red graphics from the map piece included with Earthrise Astrotrain on top of the details unique to Doubledealer’s piece.
His missile was redecoed and included in the Botropolis Rescue Mission, specifically for Overair.

This ecosystem of collectible figures allows fans to build out epic space battle scenes! This Doubledealer toy can convert into a Modular Battle Station mode and connect to other Stations to expand the battlefield. (Each sold separately. Subject to availability). The ruthless Decepticon mercenary, Doubledealer, converts to tank mode in 20 steps then to bird mode in 37 steps and comes with 2 accessories.

Transformers Earthrise

Hasbro

5010993660117

2020

United States

2020-09-21

7

Transformers Earthrise

2020-08-15 14:14:57

~$123.88

2026-01-25

2020-08-15 14:14:57