Binaltech BT12 Overdrive

Binaltech initially seemed to be focussed on reasonably prominent members of the cast of the G1 cartoon who were based on Diaclone vehicles (albeit with some strange choices of Decepticon), but BT12 was a decidedly odd choice. G1 Overdrive - along with the other two Omnibots, Camshaft and Downshift - had come from Diaclone stock, but was released in the US and Japan as a mailaway figure, making use of the Robot Points printed on the toys' boxes. Perhaps due to their limited availability, the Omnibots never appeared in the G1 cartoon, or even in the original Marvel comics. They also lacked the usual Tech Specs, making each of them very much an unknown quantity in terms of personality, abilities and armaments.

Typically, while the Omnibots appeared in the pack-in advertising leaflets in UK toys, they weren't actually available in Europe. I wasn't overly fussed at the time, as none of the Omnibots looked particularly special, but I have to admit I'd be quite keen to get my hands on them now, as an adult collector.

But here we have the Binaltech version... which is surely a vast upgrade on the original, even though it's not a Ferrari, right?