Override, leader of the Speed Planet, has a vehicle mode of a futuristic race car. First off, the things I like about it-- for one thing, this mode is pretty steamlined, especially in the front, so it's easy to see how she could be the fastest thing on Speed Planet. The diagonal headlights on the front make her look even sleeker than she would otherwise be, for some reason I can't quite put my finger on. The wheels also look really cool, as they're transparent red plastic with dark-colored "tread" detailing spaced around the wheel. Looks almost like some kind of hard candy, heh. The drivers' seats molded inside the transparent cockpit is a nice touch, too, though the windshield can't be raised up or removed or anything to look at the seats more closely. However, the mold detailing on most of the rest of Override is comparatively sparse when compared to other Transformer toys, even considering she's a sleek race car. It makes her look more simplistic than she would otherwise be. The paint detailing is fair, though I wish the red was a couple of shades darker-- the color scheme is okay as it is, but it would've looked better by giving Override another dark color to offset the white more. There are also a couple of robot extras that are blatantly obvious-- the robot head, for one, which sticks out over halfway above the top behind the cockpit. It doesn't mesh at all with the surrounding parts as well, so it looks especially awkward. It's also way too obvious that her feet make up the front sides of the vehicle, what with the upper robot legs not even trying to be hidden in the middle section (and not blending in witht he surrounding parts at all), while the curved nature to the front sides and the headlights scream out "FEEET!" to anyone who has even minimal experience with how Transformers are designed.
    A note about Override's transformation is that it's partially automatic-- just press down on the small "fin" on the front center of the vehicle mode, and her upper body transforms in one flip-- however, you do have to transform the legs and waist yourself. This automatic transformation also means you have to hold several parts together when transforming her back to vehicle mode until the whole assembly clicks in place.
    Override's robot mode has a few good points about it, but it suffers from some serious proportion problems. For one thing, it doesn't look a THING like a female-- which explains why the toy is male in Japan. The chest is very wide without having much depth-- suitable for a male TF, but hardly for a female. The head seems dwarfed in comparison. The arms are also laughably small, being suited more for a basic-sized toy than a deluxe. The legs look rather female, but that's about it on Override. The head sculpt is nice (though not really female)-- I like the sweeping head antennae, it makes her look sleeker. I'm not too fond of the orange face, however. One of the most annoying downsides about this mode, however, is that the part of the race car that hooks onto her back does not hook securely at ALL-- it comes undone incredibly easily, and consdering that this makes Override's head/chest assembly jiggle up and down a bit, it's also incredibly annoying. There's also nothing keeping the shoulders in one place, so when you're moving the figure around a little, the arms constantly turn in and out where they connect with the main body, due to the fact they flip around to become wheels in vehicle mode. It's also rather annoying. On the plus side, however, her articulation is decent-- she can move at the head, shoulders (at three points), elbows, hips (at two points), and knees. She could use some sideways knee articulation, but that's the only thing that really interferes with her posing much. Her feet, because of other projections near the heel, also don't keep her as stable as you'd think they would, which limits articulation a little as well. As for her Cyber Key Gimmick, if you insert her gold (because she's a leader) Speed Planet Key into the backside of the removable rear panel fo the vehicle mode, too little guns flip out. It's not exactly spectacular, and the guns on mine have a tendency to curve inward slightly because of the springs involved, but it's serviceable. What IS annoying about it, though, is that with the key inserted, Override can't bend at the elbow on that arm because it gets in the way. Bleh.
    Override isn't all bad, but she's got some significant problems in both modes, especially when it comes to proportions, stability issues, and she also has some pretty noticeable robot extras in her alt mode. She's one of the worst deluxes in the Cybertron line, surpassed so far in badness only by Thundercracker. Not recommended unless you're a completist.

Review by Beastbot

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