Mirage is one of those middle-of-the-road Autobot Car characters in terms of popularity, and this is reflected in the amount of toys based on him over the years. Whilst not super-rare like say Grapple, not super popular like Sideswipe or Prowl either.
Mirage has cropped up in such Transformer toy sub-lines such as Kre-O, Alternators and Bot Shots, but has only had two significantly G1-themed toys released over the last 13 years. First was the Classics version in 2006, whom had a magnificent alt-mode but an overly-lanky body. The second was in 2015 in the Combiner Wars, but as a minor retool of the Stunticon Drag Strip didn’t look overly impressive in either mode.
So in 2019 Mirage has finally gotten another G1-based figure, albeit with a Cybertronian alt-mode. So let’s have a look at Siege Mirage.
Robot Mode
The most G1-faithful looking Mirage figure we’ve had since, well, G1 really. The proportions of his body are spot on and it’s been far too long since Mirage sported a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher. No spring action firing but the rocket can at least be removed from its launcher. His blaster is quite nice too. With decent articulation and a great colour scheme it’s very hard to find fault with this figure. If I had one minor quibble, it’s that he has a lot of faux parts, for instance the F1-racer waist piece doesn’t actually make up the nose of the car mode.
Mirage, even more than the likes of Impactor, really lends himself to the Weaponizer gimmick, and with multiple ports all over his body you can really pimp him out for battle!
Cybertronian Racer
Like many of the other Siege toys, this looks more like an Earth vehicle with a few Cybertronian elements pasted on top. But it’s still a nice looking race car and the first offworld version of the character we have had. I really like how part of the car’s body is translucent as an homage to the fact that the character has invisibility powers – much more attractive than the battle-damage paint most Siege figures come with.
Unlike the robot mode, you can’t really Weaponize Mirage’s vehicle mode. There are only two spots which are on his tailfin, and these are taken up by his rocket launcher and rifle. However the weapons look pretty cool there and make his alt-mode look distinctly more Cybertronian, differentiating the figure nicely from the very good Classics version.
Worth Getting?
For those that are happy with the Mirage toys they already have, there is a completely translucent version of this toy too which could be worth tracking down online as it looks pretty boss, though it means purchasing the Decepticon version of Impactor and the third Powerdasher figure with it. But I wanted this version as the robot mode holds so much appeal for me, especially since Mirage was the first Autobot I ever got as a kid. But whichever way you wanna go, this is a very solid toy with a fun and intuitive transformation and is very faithful to the characters roots – he will fit nicely into anyone’s collection.
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