{"id":4347,"date":"2023-10-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4347"},"modified":"2023-10-02T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T14:49:53","slug":"hawtt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4347","title":{"rendered":"Satisfaction guaranteed. Or your money back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3567-3840x2880.jpg\" alt=\"Junkheap in motorcycle mode\" class=\"wp-image-8584\" style=\"width:317px;height:238px\" width=\"317\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3567-3840x2880.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3567-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3567-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3567-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3567-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3567-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3567-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While Wreck-Gar is the most well-known of the Junkions, he is most certainly not the only one. Meet Junkheap, also known as Junkyard. You can see him (actually several of him) following Wreck-Gar into battle in the 1986 film. In some of the later episodes of the G1 show, he is a merchant and trader. But, Skippy, you might ask, why did you purchase a Studio Series figure for a character that barely gets any screen time in the movie?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_E3592-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Junkheap in robot mode\" class=\"wp-image-8583\" style=\"width:263px;height:282px\" width=\"263\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_E3592-scaled.jpg 2391w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_E3592-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_E3592-140x150.jpg 140w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_E3592-768x822.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_E3592-1435x1536.jpg 1435w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_E3592-1913x2048.jpg 1913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Is it because the Planet of Junk and its inhabitants are the pinnacle of re-use? Nope. It&#8217;s because I needed a motorcycle for Wreck-Gar to ride. One of the coolest parts of the Junkions&#8217; transformations is that they are designed to ride each other, rather than being designed for much smaller creatures, like humans. And so, Wreck-Gar wouldn&#8217;t REALLY be complete without something&#8230; er&#8230; someone to ride. It is worth noting that Junkheap is not just a repaint. The toy keeps to the idea that the Junkions are made of random, but similar, junk. Every piece of him is different than Wreck-Gar, despite their very similar general construction and vehicle modes. Getting the motorcycle mode to clip together just right is a bit finicky, though. Definitely a bit more difficult to transform than his compatriot.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3594-1-3840x2880.jpg\" alt=\"Akira pose wreck-gar among his friends\" class=\"wp-image-8574\" style=\"width:339px;height:254px\" width=\"339\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3594-1-3840x2880.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3594-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3594-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3594-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3594-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3594-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/img_3594-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I mentioned all of this to <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=25\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"25\">MonkeyLinkMega<\/a>, and he suggested &#8211; no, he demanded &#8211; that I pose him like <a href=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_lfill,w_1200,h_628,q_90\/kwyc1wucvv07xfgcco7t.jpg\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_lfill,w_1200,h_628,q_90\/kwyc1wucvv07xfgcco7t.jpg\">the motorcycle pose in Akira<\/a>. Well, I couldn&#8217;t very well deny such a brilliant request, could I? So here you have it. <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=314\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"314\">Wreck-Gar<\/a>, riding Junkheap, in the same pose as Kaneda and his bike. They&#8217;re surrounded by Studio Series &#8217;86 Kup and <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4453\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4453\">Perceptor<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Wreck-Gar is the most well-known of the Junkions, he is most certainly not the only one. Meet Junkheap, also known as Junkyard. You can see him (actually several of him) following Wreck-Gar into battle in the 1986 film. In &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4347\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[32,44,48],"class_list":["post-4347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gadgets-and-nerdery","tag-reviews","tag-transformers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/saQnES-hawtt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4347"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8600,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347\/revisions\/8600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}