Vehicle mode is a futuristic crane, just like the "official" version of Smokescreen. In this mode, he's pretty toy-accurate, but with "kiddier" proportions, of course, to satisfy the very strict safety measures put on Happy Meal toys. His paint detailing is sparse, but he has enough different colors of plastic on him where it's really not that noticeable. Smokescreen's "gimmick" is what really bothers me in this mode, though- what's supposed to happen is that when you ram Smokescreen into a wall, his crane will pop off as "battle damage". However, the thing pops off ridiculously easy, and thus is incredibly annoying. Smokescreen's robot head is also rather visible on the back half of this mode, even more so than Super-Con Armada Smokescreen's. He has a Powerlinx port on the rear in this mode, but it's only usable in robot mode, due to the plastic partially surrounding it. He also has a Minicon port on the bottom front of this mode, and looks rather decent when powerlinked to a larger Transformer.
    Robot mode is ridiciously stupid-looking. His arms hang off his BACK instead of at his sides, and start lower than his chest to boot. His "feet" are just a small panel to keep him upright, and the crane part on his back keeps popping off (again). His head and chest assembly also stick out far in front of the rest of his body, and leaves a large hollow space behind them. He just looks really weird! Not to mention that only his head can move within a reasonable limit in this mode, severely limiting his playability. Smokescreen's got his Autobot symbol below his chest.
    Smokescreen has a somewhat kinda decent vehicle mode, but the rest of him just bites, plain and simple. They didn't even try with this one.

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