You should feel bad for him man.

Oh poor Jolt. I remember feeling so sorry for him when he kicked it in the Dark Of The Moon prequel comic way back in 2011.

I didn’t feel bad enough to buy his figure out of pity though.

But somehow, I ended up with an incomplete copy of him last year. So let’s take a quick look at him.

Robot mode

For a nobody character, Jolt actually has a really nicely done robot mode. I really like the fact that most of his car backpack turns into wings. That and the way his chest transforms from the back of the car is really neat.

Overall, Jolt has good posability but his elbows are weird. Look at em, they spin outside the elbow instead of bending at the elbow. But I guess that means he’s the only Transformer with a 360° elbow bend.

For weapons, he has five MechTech ports and as a cool trick, there are posts on his forearms that come out and reveal clip on posts. Perhaps they’re for some sort of rope-like weapons.

Vehicle mode

One thing that turned me off of Jolt back when he was released was the carbon fiber details on him. I thought it just looked wrong on a car. Little did I know, carbon fiber wraps would become a trend in the world of cars in the near future. Jolt was a trendsetter!

He only has two MechTech ports as far as I can tell, which is quite few. But they’re the neat ones that plug themselves up when you’re not using them.

Closing

I have to admit, I regret not getting Jolt sooner. He’s a great Bayverse figure and one of my favourites from DOTM. I recommend this mold wholeheartedly. Now I would hunt down a complete DOTM version, but there’s a very interesting repaint that came out that’s caught my attention.