Title:
Evac
Description:
Evac (Voyager Class, 2008)
Accessories: Raft/blaster
As part of the "AllSpark Power” portion of the movie line, Evac is a retool of the Voyager Blackout, transforming into a Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low heavy-lift helicopter in rescue helicopter colors. An aft "cage” compartment can be opened to release a small rescue raft, which becomes a hand-held gun for robot mode. A button on the very end of his tail can be pressed in a geared action to rotate his rotor blades, but this feature really comes into play when the user attaches the Deluxe-class Scorponok figure to the bottom of Evac’s helicopter mode via two pegs. A geared shaft linked to the rotor mechanism connects to a geared peg on Scorponok’s back. Thus, pressing the button on Evac’s tail not only rotates his blades, but also rotates Scorponok’s pincers, though this gimmick is actually easier to activate by rotating the geared wheel on Scorponok’s undercarriage.
During transformation, Evac’s Automorphing gimmick is activated when the user swings down his legs, which in turn flips the chest section his head is mounted upon up and into position. Another, less impressive Automorph is in his legs—If you pull his knees down, his shin armor pops out a bit. The figure’s retooling involved a new head and new hands that can hold standard weapon pegs such as the raft which replaced the Scorponok miniature.
It is very easy for the gears in the cockpit/chest to become misaligned during transformation, enough so that the chest/head section refuses to align with the cockpit halves. Getting the gears back into alignment is a veritable nightmare, as so many other parts shift and move as you attempt to manipulate the respective pieces. Swinging the legs down locks the back assembly into place for robot mode, but simply swinging the legs back does not unlock it, with the user being required to actively separate the parts by hand. Failing to do so is sure to misalign your Evac to bejeezus. Unfortunately, this mold’s most major design flaw resides in the shoulders; there is not enough clearance for them to move past the cockpit assembly due to the tabs catching on the inner molded details. This means that the pieces have to be flexed past eachother, which can often result in the mushroom-pins/hinges to be stripped from their sockets, leading to incredibly loose shoulder joints or in the worst case, they’ll be torn off completely.
Evac was later redecoed for in the Toys"R"Us-exclusive "Masters of Metallikato” battle pack as Whirl, for the Revenge of the Fallen toyline, and the original Blackout tooling was reused for Grindor.
Accessories: Raft/blaster
As part of the "AllSpark Power” portion of the movie line, Evac is a retool of the Voyager Blackout, transforming into a Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low heavy-lift helicopter in rescue helicopter colors. An aft "cage” compartment can be opened to release a small rescue raft, which becomes a hand-held gun for robot mode. A button on the very end of his tail can be pressed in a geared action to rotate his rotor blades, but this feature really comes into play when the user attaches the Deluxe-class Scorponok figure to the bottom of Evac’s helicopter mode via two pegs. A geared shaft linked to the rotor mechanism connects to a geared peg on Scorponok’s back. Thus, pressing the button on Evac’s tail not only rotates his blades, but also rotates Scorponok’s pincers, though this gimmick is actually easier to activate by rotating the geared wheel on Scorponok’s undercarriage.
During transformation, Evac’s Automorphing gimmick is activated when the user swings down his legs, which in turn flips the chest section his head is mounted upon up and into position. Another, less impressive Automorph is in his legs—If you pull his knees down, his shin armor pops out a bit. The figure’s retooling involved a new head and new hands that can hold standard weapon pegs such as the raft which replaced the Scorponok miniature.
It is very easy for the gears in the cockpit/chest to become misaligned during transformation, enough so that the chest/head section refuses to align with the cockpit halves. Getting the gears back into alignment is a veritable nightmare, as so many other parts shift and move as you attempt to manipulate the respective pieces. Swinging the legs down locks the back assembly into place for robot mode, but simply swinging the legs back does not unlock it, with the user being required to actively separate the parts by hand. Failing to do so is sure to misalign your Evac to bejeezus. Unfortunately, this mold’s most major design flaw resides in the shoulders; there is not enough clearance for them to move past the cockpit assembly due to the tabs catching on the inner molded details. This means that the pieces have to be flexed past eachother, which can often result in the mushroom-pins/hinges to be stripped from their sockets, leading to incredibly loose shoulder joints or in the worst case, they’ll be torn off completely.
Evac was later redecoed for in the Toys"R"Us-exclusive "Masters of Metallikato” battle pack as Whirl, for the Revenge of the Fallen toyline, and the original Blackout tooling was reused for Grindor.
Theme:
Movie
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2008
Date Added:
2022-12-18 10:31:41
Date Added:
2022-12-18 10:31:41
