Main
Features
 FOTD
 Toy Fair 2023
 SDCC 2023
 Toy Fair 2020
 NYCC 2019
 SDCC 2019
 Toy Fair 2019
 SDCC 2018
 Toy Fair 2018
 HasCon 2017
 SDCC 2017
 Toy Fair 2017
 SDCC 2016
 Toy Fair 2016
 SDCC 2015
 Toy Fair 2015
 SDCC 2014
 C2E2 2014
 Toy Fair 2014
 SDCC 2013
 C2E2 2013
 Toy Fair 2013
 SDCC 2012
 C2E2 2012
 Toy Fair 2012
 NYCC 2011
 SDCC 2011
 Toy Fair 2011
Archives
 Books
 DVD
 Music
 Statues
 Prop Replicas
 Toys
 Video Games
Credits
Contact


This site is part of Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Entertainment Earth affiliate programs. We may earn a commission when you click one of their links.


Related Links:
16bit Tumblr
16bit Twitter
16bit Instagram
ASWN
EE Podcast
Galactic Hunter
Glyos News
OSM News

Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Hasbro, 2017
Day #1,730: June 21, 2017
Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action FigureRoadburn
Or Autobot Chase on Some Sample Instructions

Transformers Generations Titans Return Legends
Item No.:
Asst. B7771 No. C1102
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Includes: Card, spare tire panel
Action Feature: Transforms from robot to not-Cliffjumper
Retail: $9.99
Availability: April 2017
Other: Another transforming G1 remake

  PREVIOUS RSS NEXT

Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action FigureNormally when you get a Bumblebee, it's likely a red redeco - often with a new head - will come and be called Cliffjumper. For Titans Return Hasbro broke tradition, instead giving us Roadburn - who at one point was called Chase, after the original G1 Throttlebot (like Goldbug, but red.) The funny thing is that the new head sculpt isn't quite a perfect match, as it's modeled after the cartoon Chase head - which is Searchlight the toy. It's still neat, but my sample was a pain to get to the car mode.

Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure

As always, the Legends-class Roadburn clocks in at about 4-inches tall - but the mouth doesn't look a lot like the original toy, and I couldn't find a clear shot of the animation model. Based on the helmet nubs, I really got a vibe that it might have been another character - but who knows? It's exactly the same as Bumblebee [FOTD #1,730] with a new head, and in red. It isn't as good as Brawn, but it's adequate - for some reason Hasbro seems to be struggling at this scale in places. Sometimes you get a near-perfect toy, and this toy looks about right but the upper arms are strange, the lower arms are small, and it's easily better than the original Chase toy. Articulation is improved and as with Bumblebee the chest panel pops off easily in transformation. It's a decent update, and I assume we can expect a few more similarly sized Throttlebots updates down the road.

Transformation is simple, but annoying - it took me a while to massage the feet in place despite knowing how to do it with Bumblebee. Could be spotty tolerance, but the goofy thing isn't exactly fun to transform. The hands don't seem to stay in place as a car without getting the pegs just-so and it's quite stubborn. The feet are even more stubborn. The friction on the top of the car is super loose, so it won't stay upright when you decide to put a Titan Master on the inside..

Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure

The vehicle mode is a red car. I like the yellow lights, black highlights, and grey grille - it looks a lot like Cliffjumper because it's a red Bumblebee, and that's what you see. The wheels are unpainted and it rolls about as well as any other toy these days. This is to say, it's unimpressive. Other than being able to store one Titan Master robot in the hollow chest, it doesn't do much else - there are no peg holes to plug in weapons or other gimmicks. It does the job adequately.

I'm hesitant to advise you to buy Roadburn even though he's really the only proper Chase update you can buy. I don't expect a better one later, so you might want it just because. Get Brawn first, and I have little doubt you'll admire the head and helmet design. The arms don't feel any better now that we're over six months out from Bumblebee having been new, but since you probably don't care about characters whose appearances on the G1 cartoon are shorter than the average sneeze I doubt you'll have a strong desire to buy this one. I'd say Roadburn has the same colors as Chase but given the head is different, it's not impossible to think Hasbro might actually do another Chase-y toy later.

--Adam Pawlus

Additional Images

Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations Titans Return Roadburn Action Figure

Click here to see more Hasbro figures in Figure of the Day.

Click here to see more Transformers figures in Figure of the Day.

Want to buy this figure? Check Transformers availability at our sponsors:
Entertainment Earth

HTML Comment Box is loading comments...

Featured Toy Video

Click Here for 2016
Figure of the
Day 2017
January 2017
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031
February 2017
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
March 2017
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
April 2017
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30
May 2017
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031
June 2017
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930
July 2017
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031
August 2017
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031
September 2017
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
October 2017
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031
November 2017
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930
December 2017
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
Click Here for 2018

16bit.com is best not viewed in Apple's Safari browser, we don't know why. All material on this site copyright their respective copyright holders. All materials appear hear for informative and entertainment purposes. 16bit.com is not to be held responsible for anything, ever. Photos taken by the 16bit.com staff. Site design, graphics, writing, and whatnot credited on the credits page. Be cool-- don't steal.
We know where you live and we'll break your friggin' legs.