Tiny Alert.

First thing, I am calling this guy Red Alert. Alert just sounds wrong to me.

Second, this guy is tiny. Yeah, yeah, I know “Smallest Transforming Transformers”, “WST”. But until you have one of these guys in hand, it doesn’t hit you.

It hit me. Hard.

Vehicle mode

Red Alert here is a tiny Lamborghini. He’s absolutely adorable. He’s proportionally correct, which is to say he’s not chibi. But because he’s so tiny, he ends up cute anyway.

The paint here is amazingly crisp and the details are all there. Sadly, he doesn’t have rolling wheels but at this size, I’ll let it go.

Transformation

He transformation is what you’d expect for a G1 toy. Pull out legs, feet and arms. Flip down chest. Done!

I’m not sure if the transformation is simplified from the original sized G1 Red Alert since I don’t have it, but I’m sure it’s very close at least.

Robot mode

Red Alert in robot mode looks like… G1 Red Alert in robot mode. But tiny. He’s just so small. It really is impressive that they could make a Transformer this small.

Not only that, but one molded and painted as well as this. His face is smooshed up a bit but come on. It’s smaller than a grain of rice!

For articulation, his Red Alert can move his arms up and down. Yeah, he’s based on a G1 mold but the lack of posability kinda adds to his charm.

I’m kinda bummed that Alert is one of the WSTs that doesn’t come with accessories. However, I understand that they’d be very easy to lose at this size.

Gimmicks

The gimmick is that he’s tiny.

“Smallest Transforming Transformers”. “WST”. Get it?

Toy or collectible?

Collectible. Please don’t give Red Alert to a child. They will be liable to eat him. Even I’m tempted to and I’m well into my 20’s!

Get Red Alert for literally anyone else. He’s a marvel of engineering at this size and pretty much everyone would think he’s neat. Especially collectors. One thing though, while WSTs are actually quite reasonably priced, they are hard to find. I came across Red Alert by accident and am pumped I did.

Closing

Red Alert is my first WST. He doesn’t disappoint and I wholeheartedly recommend him.

Unfortunately, this is a rabbit hole. Now I want every other WST available.

Merciful Neptune, my wallet is will weep.