Transformers Movie Toy Review: Barricade

As I've written before in a previous review, the Transformers movie is coming out on the 4^th of July of this year. Prior to the release, many action figures are scheduled to be released of various Transformers. This Transformers figure is called Barricade. He is available anywhere Transformers action figures are sold, although he was only $7.98 at Wal-Mart, $2 below retail price. Barricade is a police car that of course turns into a giant robot. He is one of the bad guys, the Decepticons for those of you who don't know anything about Transformers. And he looks the part; his face portrays just how evil and menacing he is!

He has very little paint application because he's mostly composed of black plastic. What little paint application there is appears to be applied well. All of the lines are crisp and the writing legible. In car form, he is very detailed right down to the things that would actually be on a real police car. For example, on both sides of the rear of the car is the script that says "to punish and enslave" instead of the usual "to serve and protect." He also has a little police shield on one side that has the Decepticon logo on it that says "Police" and "1865." I thought that was a little strange, out of all the years they could have chosen, why did the designer choose 1865? Well, that is the year that the American Civil War ended. Did they do that on purpose? Was it supposed to hold some hidden meaning? I suppose that's for you to decide.