This guy’s name on my shelf is Red Herring. You wanna know why?

The toy here is based on the car that Shane uses in the movie. When that car came onto the scene, I assumed it was an Autobot coming to save the day.

Nope, it was Mark Wahlbergs’ daughter’s boyfriend driving a regular car.

Bamboozled again.

Bravo Michael Bay. Bravo!

Vehicle mode

Red Herring turns into Chevrolet Sonic RS, the model of car that Shane used in Age Of Extinction.

For a One-Step Changer, he’s painted quite nicely. The only paint he’s really missing is on his back windows, backlights and wheels.

A nice little car mode that can roll well while you go vroom vroom.

Transformation (Gimmick)

He’s a One-Step Changer. He transforms back and forth by splitting the back of the car in half. His chest automatically goes into place but his arms end up in a T-pose. It’s fluid and doesn’t get stuck at any point. Nice job Hasbro!

Robot mode

Red Herring looks pretty good in robot mode. He doesn’t really look much like a movie toy. His detail levels aren’t overly busy, so he kinda feels like an Unicron Trilogy toy.

Unfortunately, he has the posability of an Armada toy. Only his shoulders are posable but at least they’re universal.

Impressively for a One-Step, he’s armed! He has silver painted spearheads at the end of each fist.

Brutal man. Brutal.

Toy or collectible?

Definitely toy. He’s available cheap, he’s durable enough and he’s simple to transform. Both modes look good enough. Perfect inexpensive gift to give to a child.

Very few adult collectors like One-Steps, so that’s one big strike against him. But I, an adult manchild, enjoy One-Steps and think Red Herring is alright. So, he’s not for adult collectors. He’s for adult manchild collectors.

Closing

He’s a nobody character with an okay toy. So he’s not really worth tracking down.

Though me giving him a different name has made Red Herring here a special part of my collection and I enjoy him quite a bit.