Phil's Spychanger Daytonus & Wheeljack Review

G2 Gobot "Daytonus"

Daytonus is one of the four unreleased G2 Gobot molds that were resurrected for Robots In Disguise. There are two other unreleased molds, pictures of which are on my Spychangers page. These six new Spychangers have one significant advance over their predecessors: Their guns can be stowed away in vehicle mode. This sets a precedent that would last through till Transformers Animated broke ranks in 2008.

G2 "Daytonus" was photographed at a Japanese toy show in 2006 on a Gobot Highbeam card. The car has a blue front, white middle and purple rear - no photos exist of the robot mode molded in the colours.

Daytonus

In 2001 I wrote: "Sidebrun is shaped (in car mode at least) like the blue delux RID toy of the same name. Daytonus looks like Backstreet. Seen one spychanger you seen the lot as far as the TF and Robots go :-( "

Daytonus is a pale orange sportscar with raised front wings, a bubble cockpit for the driver/passenger and a rear spoiler. The shape rather stands out from the other Spychanger cars. Turning it over we find the front (front of robot legs) & the back of the underside are black while the middle (robot body & head) is white.

TF: Most of the Gobots/Spychangers - all the ones originally designed for G2 - have the G1 Sideswipe Transformation. Pull the back of the car back, fold down the bonnet under the front of the car. Pull the arms out to the sides. Detach the gun from between the legs and place in his hand.

The front of the car on the chest & the arch of the bubble round the head help to give the robot a distinctive look.

Nice toy. Comes packaged in a 2 pack with Spychanger Sideburn.

Wheeljack

The orange becomes white and the black becomes grey on this version which adds some decoration in traditional Wheeljack green & red. The odd shape suits the experimental Wheeljack.

Wheeljack was an Exclusive to KB in 2004

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