Boxing
I'm not sure why his chest piece comes separate. I thought it was possibly to prevent theft as Transformers wiki seems to feel the same way. You can't use it as a shield or anything but it is used as a homage to which I get to in the next category. Gears comes tied in a generic backdrop Hasbro tend to use these days in which I tend to toss afterwards. If it was done in the 86 studio series caliber, I definitely keep it. Comes with his blaster as well.
Gears ( Big Island of Hawaii hotel pics)
So this is the figure in a jiff. I always thought he looked like some kind of cog like machine probably hence the name Gears. I found it awkward at first he had a trapezoid like head and I'm not too familiar with the character despite seeing him a few times in the original G1 show.
The figure himself is very simple. He plays simple too. And there is nothing wrong with that. He does have head and waist swivel for those wondering. Maybe a tad pricey for a $25 figure but that is where we are heading these days for a deluxe figure. Getting back to his chest piece, it opens up because it pays homage to that one episode where he was controlled by the Decepticons and they were reconfiguring him by opening up his chest piece. If my memory served me right, he was often the grumpy Autobot, and when he was controlled, he was momentarily a nice guy until he was freed from Decepticon control. The back of his head is molded a W sign though TF wiki says its actually an M (Mysterians), from which the Gears toy originated from.
Visually, the figure looks, or at least looks like his G1 model. But I say that on most figures and then you get 86 Blaster who even looks more like his animated part then the Kingdom one. Oh well, getting off track.
Alt mode
One of the easiest "no need of instructions" transformations in TF history. Give yourself a minute or so. I did that very quick. He is a mini pick up truck. his chest piece forms his trunk (you can remove it if you want) and it serves as a ramp that doesn't lower all the way. His gun can be used anywhere with the 5mm port. Use your imagination.
Finale
Gears is a very and I mean very simple figure to play and he works well that way. No real qualms. If you had to add him to your G1 ark line, then yes, he will fit in fine. I don't really have much to say here. Once again, he plays well for a figure. The only reason you are not going to get him is whether you have an attachment to the character or not. But darn me for just wanting all the characters that appeared in the G1 show.
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