Vehicle mode is a dump truck. This mode, as is obvious from the picture above, is very "kiddy" in its design. It's much wider than a dump truck really is, and the features seem to be exaggerated almost to the point of being cartoony. (Yes, I KNOW Transformers is a cartoon, but you know what I mean.) The front bumper also looks pretty bad, consider that there's a pretty obvious gap between the two front bumper plates. The robot hands are very visible in the middle of the sides of the dump truck, and the robot feet are very visible from the back of the truck as well. Not that good of a mode, overall, although it's not TOO bad.
    Robot mode is pretty good-looking, and much better than the vehicle mode. Heavy Load's rather short for a deluxe, but he makes up for it in bulkiness. His lower legs and upper arms are very big, and give him a "tough guy" appearance, which definitely adds character. What adds character even more than this, however, is Heavy Load's wonderfully detailed robot face. He has "sunglasses" for optics, a large chin, and a smirk on his face that makes it look like he's saying, "Hey, whassup?". A great touch! The sides of the head also hind at Heavy Load's vehicle mode quite a bit, with a small "window" on one side of the top of his head, and what looks like a mini-dump truck shovel detailed on the back of his head. His head could not have been done better! Heavy Load's also pretty articulated for such a bulky figure. His arms can move in three places each, and his legs in four (two of those are in his feet, which is rare in a Transformer). His feet are rather large and floppy, however, and look a bit dorky. However, because of his large lower legs and large feet, Heavy Load's very stable in this mode. Heavy Load is lacking a bit in the paint detailing department in this mode; some more detailing on the lower part of his body would have been appreciated. Heavy Load's weapon is a large "claw" made out of the "shovel" part of his dump truck mode. It's rather large and cumbersome for Heavy Load to use, however, and the snapping spring on it is very weak- merely having Heavy Load hold on to one part of it will cause the other part to droop a bit. Gladly, he can store it on his back in this mode as well, which looks much better.
    Becomes either both the arms or one of the legs for Landfill, depending on the configuration.
    A rather kiddy vehicle mode, but a great robot mode. I love how much character this toy has.

Review by Beastbot

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