Roadbuster commands an enormous premium online these days. You should still get him.

Of course, this is coming from a guy who got him half price in 2012.

Roadbuster is still a great figure. If we never get a Masterpiece Movie Roadbuster, I won’t be too upset.

Sergeant Recon

Roadbuster comes with a little human buddy. It’s not anyone from the movies though, it’s some random Nascar driver who’s name is Sergeant Recon. He’s wearing a helmet and a jumpsuit that is colour coordinated with Roadbuster.

Sergeant Recon’s decently posable. He’s got a swivelling head. His shoulders rotate as well as go in and out. His wrists rotate. He rotates at the hips and kicks forward. He can rotate above the knees and bend at the knees.

Vehicle mode

This thing is brutal. Look at it, witness it. Everyone remembers Megatron as having the most badass vehicle mode in DOTM.

No brother.

It’s Human Alliance Roadbuster. He’s armed to the teeth and ready to wreck you.

One thing I will forever miss about Human Alliance and Alternator figures are the opening doors and (mostly) functional interiors. Also, the absolutely decadent amount of molded detail and paint apps are greatly appreciated.

Other than the opening doors and detailed interior, Roadbuster rolls on all four wheels even though he’s got very little ground clearance. The two missile pods on the sides of the car rotate as well as swivel out. His booster at the back can fire an orange missile.

Transformation

Okay, this is the sticky point for me. On one hand, the half of my brain that likes complex transformations is drooling over this. On the other hand, the half that wants to get to robot mode fastest is not looking forward to it.

Masterpiece Movie Bumblebee don’t got anything on Human Alliance Roadbuster.

Robot mode

Roadbuster’s vehicle mode will kill you. His robot mode will…. also kill you.

A master wordsmith, I am.

But seriously look at him. Even without his weapons he will kill you cause he’s just jacked. He looks like he wants to make the rest of the Autobots redundant in a fight.

Roadbuster is pretty posable. His head swivels. His arms rotate as well as go in and out at the shoulders. He has bicep swivels and bending elbows. His legs rotate as well as go in and out at the hips. He bends at the knees and rotates below them. His feet can move forward.

Gimmicks

As a Human Alliance Transformer, Roadbuster has a bunch of ways to interact with his little buddy!

Sergeant Recon can sit and man the machine gun behind Roadbuster’s head. He can also man the shoulder mounted missile pods on either of Roadbuster’s arms. Lastly, he can peg into and stand on either of Roadbuster’s palms.

That’s not the end of it though. Roadbuster can deploy blue “shades” via a switch on the back of his head. He also can use the car booster as an arm-mounted flamethrower and has an arm-mounted chainsaw as a melee weapon.

Toy or collectible?

Collectible. Collectible hands down. If you give him to a child, I will burst through whatever screen you are reading this through….. and give you stern lecture.

A stern, 30 minute lecture.

The main thing is that while Roadbuster’s amazing, he’s also really complex. He’d be frustrating to transform even for an older kid.

The other thing is the massive premium Human Alliance Roadbuster goes for now. The last time I checked, a used and complete Roadbuster could go for RM400 ($100). I’ve not seen a new, MISB Human Alliance Roadbuster for sale since 2013 and it’s probably safe to assume that it’d cost you a kidney to get this guy new.

Closing

I pretty much gave it away in the beginning paragraphs. I usually try to get the best possible deals on my Transformers, but if I had to do it all over again, I’d happily pay full price for Human Alliance Roadbuster. He’s probably one of my favourite things to come out of the original Bayverse trilogy.

Save up if you need to, just make sure you do yourself a favour and get yourself a Human Alliance Roadbuster!