As most of you would know by now, I have a weekly radio show.The Big DJ Trev Show airs every Thursday night from 6 to 9pm on krrfm.org.au
Well Community Capers –the Rylstone-Kandos district newsletter – asked if they could write a short piece about me in my role as a ‘local radio personality’ for their publication. And what a callous sod would I be to disappoint my adoring fans, so I readily agreed.
Enjoy the short article from Community Capers (Octoboer issue 2021, Volume 274), which talks about my Transformatoriumalmost as much as it talks about my show!
I’ve always thought Tracks was a very underrated character. Despite getting a couple of spotlight episodes in season 2 of the Generation One cartoon, he’s never really done a lot otherwise. Has never been a stand-out in any of the comics and, with the exception of a cameo in Animated, has never cropped up in any other Transformer universes. Very odd considering how interesting he is; a vain, posh speaking narcissist yet still a warrior who took has taken on the likes of Megatron and Starscream. Add to that he had a very sexy alt-mode that could also become a flying car! His toy was my absolute favorite out of the 84/85 cars and I still love it to this day.
Tracks being underrated has been reflected in the amount of figures he has gotten over the years – maybe because it’s hard to get more uses out of a figure that has a flying-automobile mode. We haven’t had a Generations version since Reveal the Shield many, many years ago so he was well overdue.
Well Tracks has finally gotten another figure, in the Kingdom toyline, so let’s look at Deluxe Tracks.
Robot Mode
‘Indeed I am still most slim and pristine’
Probably the most show accurate Tracks figure we have had outside of the Masterpiece version. He looks good with his signature red face & white helmet, backpack guns and slim form. He certainly looks an improvement over the RTS version, though comparing the two you can see how much Hasbro has shrunken the Deluxe Class over the last decade. He has decent articulation and overall is a good representation of the character.
Vehicle Mode
Very nice looking, though getting everything to stay tabbed together can be very irritating. I would have liked to see some yellow in his hood flame rather than simply red like the cartoon. He lacks that certain sexiness that the G1 and Masterpiece toys have and the flashiness of the RTS toy. His weapons can be mounted on the back or the sides of the vehicle.
Flying Car Mode
Here is where the toy stands out – looks really good! The little tailfins that pop up are a nice addition, though it would have been good to have them and the guns slightly different shades of white so they don’t blend together so much. Cerainly better than the awful RTS version and even the MP version to my mind, coming in 2nd only to the original G1 toy itself.
Transformation
What a friggin pain in the arse this is! There have been QC issues reported with his legs and it is very evident here. Whilst you can transform him without making the necessary fixes, its very annoying to do and takes all the fun out of the conversion process.
Worth Getting?
This is a good rendition of Tracks, but it is not a stand out. As yet, for me at any rate, they have not made a Tracks toy that is able to pull off all 3 modes as well as the original. Whilst some of his modes are better than others, the whole toy is pulled down by the fiddly and annoying transformation sequence. Recommended only if you are not happy with your current Tracks figures.
As the years progress, we are getting more and more obscure characters from Generation 1 turn up in the Transformers Generations toyline. Characters such as Greenlight and Lifeline who were non-speaking background femmebot characters from single episodes, Zetar & Chromar who were mail-away figures from 1984 that never showed up in any media, and even characters like Scrounge who appeared in a single comic 30 years previously only to die.
Well today we are looking at character/s, who while certainly not obscure, has never really been characters. And they’ve gotten their first transforming toy in a big way! So let’s look at, from the Kingdom line, the Titan-Class Autobot Ark with Teletraan-1.
The Ark
Ship Mode
Perhaps the most recognisable ship in all of Transformers lore, The Ark has been in everything from multiple different comics to multiple different cartoon series to video games. It’s the legendary ship that first transported the Autobots from Cybertron to Earth. And it’s been lovingly recreated here. It’s very big and bulky as befits a ship that is meant to be able to carry 300 Autobots across the galaxy. The details on it are beautiful, if somewhat plain due to the overriding orange colour scheme.
Time for take off!
The Ark comes with different play features such as an opening loading ramp and fold down landing gear. You are able to open up the front to put the tiny Optimus Prime that comes with the figure onto the bridge, which you can then see by looking through the front window.
It is covered in gun ports but sadly none of these are able to rotate. Also disappointing is the lack of paint apps on the ship. It certainly would have helped to break up the orange to have the windows in the observation tower at the back painted blue and for there to be more colour on the internal bridge. However these minor detractions aside, this is truly the ship we all know and love.
Robot Mode
I must admit I would have much preferred the Ark to be able to open up and become an interactive play set, much like the DOTM Ark, than turn into a robot. Don’t get me wrong, the robot/transformation gimmick is cool, and it has been explained in the Kingdom Cartoon, but it still seems odd. However this is a very nice looking Titan-class toy with good articulation, though no individually articulated fingers and the ratchet joints in the shoulders and arms really grind.
Some detractors from the robot mode are the once-again plain orange and grey colour scheme and the fact the gun ports can’t rotate. Since there are some located on each forearm it would have been great to be able to rotate them so as to blast his enemies instead of his own elbow joint. He scales very nicely with Titan-Class Omega Supreme, and one could imagine in fiction that in size they would be on par with each other.
‘Us giant Spaceship bots got ta stick together!’
Teletraan-1
Computer Mode
Teletraan-1 – the famous computer of The Ark, who was consulted episode after episode in the first two seasons of the G1 cartoon. Like The Ark, Teletraan has shown up in various media over the years but as a computer rather than a character.
The figure starts off life as the bridge of The Ark (with a BIG cube of kibble underneath) but can be removed in both modes.
Transformation to the Teletraan-1 computer is basically folding out of panels to make a hollow display, but it looks the business and is infinitely cool. Makes for a lot of play value with your Deluxe-class Autobot figures.
Perceptor goes to look up Femmebot pics, totally unaware that Teletraan is now Mainframe in disguise
It also comes with some very well-known accessories, such as Sky Spy which was the probe used by The Ark and controlled by Teletraan back in the G1 cartoon, and the Golden Disks that make up a hefty portion of the plot in the Beast Wars and Kingdom cartoons.
Yeeesssss
Mainframe
This…. is an interesting choice. The original Mainframe was a non-transforming G1 Action Master character whose bio described him as ‘a walking talking computer terminal’ rather than a regular Transformer. So making him the robot mode of Teletraan-1 is a kinda cool concept. However the two have always been distinct entities to each other so making them one and the same doesn’t really seem to sit right canonically. Still, it’s a nice enough robot mode, though like The Ark itself suffers from being one big blob of orange when it comes to the colour scheme, and he comes with no weapon.
I bulked up
Worth Getting?
For the spaceship mode of The Ark and the computer mode of Teletraan-1 one I’d have to say yes. These are by far the best representations of these iconic mainstays of the franchise we have ever had. The robot modes add some play value too and of course make the Transformer toys actually transform. However the uninspiring colour scheme and the lack of rotating turrets prevent this figure from being a must have. Personally, I’d recommend grabbing as long as you can find it as a reasonable price and have room on your shelf.
Got something to say about this Titan-Class toy? Pop it in the comments section below!
Well kiddies, I know I usually do written reviews of Transformers, replete with fascinating details and lots of pics, but today is something different. Today I, along with my good buddy Brendan, have created a video review. And it’s of none other than that Unicron lackey, the big bad himself – Galvatron!
So sit back and enjoy this special video review of Transformers Kingdom Leader Class Galvatron – you wont be disappointed 😉
Got anything to say about this figure? Pop it in the comments section below!
Two years ago the Transformers line saw the introduction of the Commander Class – a toy scale a size up from the Leader Class. In 2019 we got a fantastic Jetfire, followed last year by an equally great Sky Lynx.
This year with the release of Unicron, we are seeing a slew of figures based around the 1986 Transformers animated movie. One of these was Hot Rod in the Studio Series line. Now we get to see him all grown up as the Commander Class Kingdom Rodimus Prime.
Robot Mode
Extremely nice, and much better proportioned than the POTP Rodimus we got several years ago. He looks extremely character accurate, both in proportions and colour scheme and even has the trademark grimace he usually wore since he was always stressing he wasn’t Optimus. The figure has tight joints and numerous points of articulation.
Rodimus Prime also comes with his signature rifle, as well as the Sword of Primus that he wielded in the ReGeneration One comics.
Like most Prime toys, this Rodimus comes with a Matrixthat can be removed. Can make for some great scenes from the movie such as his transformation from Hot Rod and his destruction of Unicron.
Have Matrix, will travelGrowth Spurt‘Light our darkest hour!’
Vehicle Mode
Good luck trying to overtake this on the cyber-highway
Damn that’s big! Much bigger than the leader class POTP Rodimus we mentioned earlier. For the most part he is cartoon and toy faithful, though the front of the car sticks out a little too far for my liking. But perhaps there is no hard and fast rule as to what a Cybertronian Winnebago should look like.
This Rodimus has some features that most previous figures of the toy haven’t had. One is that you can open up the back of his trailer which is a nice touch. Another is that you can take the cannon emplacement from inside and put it on the top of the trailer for a sick battle mode.
What old people wish their Winnebago’s would do when other drivers honk
Rodimus can detach from his trailer and for once he still looks like Rodimus rather than Hot Rod. The vehicle mode is stockier and makes it look a beefier version of Hot Rod, which Rodimus himself actually is. In both modes you can attach what is shaped like exhaust flames, but coloured like exhaust fumes. Whether they chose this so as to not add more yellow/orange I don’t know but its an odd aesthetic choice.
Battle Platform
The original G1 toys trailer could open up to reveal a cannon platform and that has been recreated really nicely here. The cannon can swivel 360 degrees and can also detach with little tank tracks on the bottom. Personally I would have liked to see the ramp at the front be able to fold down to touch the ground, but that is rectifiable by the connecting of a Battle Master, which also allows the platform to hook up to other playsets.
Transformation
The trailer is dead easy. I found the robot mode a tad fiddly in places but everything locks together very tightly and there was no point I got overly frustrated.
Worth Getting?
This would be the best mass-release Rodimus that we have had so I would say yes, despite the larger than usual price tag. However if you already have the POTP version it’s pretty good and also has the option of turning into Hot Rod, so I wouldn’t trade in just yet. It will be interesting to see if the upcoming Galvatron figure scales well with Rodimus, then we really will see if this toy is capable of lighting ones darkest hour!
Got anything to say about this figure? Pop it in the comments section below!
Toys you think are objectively bad but for some reason you still love the things.
We all have a few in our collections, or at least we can think of ones out there that would fit the description.
G1. Home to the 3-step changers.
For his first foray into the Podcast world, Tets of Tets’ Toys & Shenanigans decided to do a Podcast on this very topic, centered around Transformer toys specifically. This included several guests including Paul and in the latter half yours truly (I come in at the 33:30 mark).
So sit back and listen to what TF nuts do best – talk about the toys we love (even if we think they are not very good).
Rejoice lovers of free speech and insane rambling everywhere, for here we are – the 5th anniversary of the Big Angry Trev blog!
Lets Party Yo!
Who would have thought bigangrytrev.com would still be running strong after half a decade eh! Does it mean I am a talented writer whose turn of phrase brings literary delight to you all, or simply that you all are gluttons for punishment – the jury is still out on that one.
It’s been a fun 5 years and a great creative outlet for yours truly. There have been times where I couldn’t stop blogging and other times I would struggle to come up with one post a month. Likewise there have been times where the site has had thousands of hits in a day, yet other times the traffic has been so slow it might as well have been Rylstone on a Tuesday afternoon. However the site has continued to grow and expand from a few different topics to a dozen categories – be it Hobby Farming, Meat ConsumptionorTransformer Talk, with there now being hundreds upon hundreds of posts for your reading and viewing pleasure.
The ultimate reviewer of meats in action!
The blog has had some great successes. The story about a Redback Spider killing a Blind Snake(which turned out to be a legless lizard) was picked up bylocal Victorian newspapers and even the television news! Some of my Transformer reviews have been picked up and shared by the major TF sites overseas such as TFW2005 and Seibertron. For a while there I was receiving free merchandise from Hasbro to review regarding the Transformers Trading Card Game and even given a fewworld exclusive card reveals! Ah, free Transformer merchandise – if only that had extended to toys we would have probably paid off our mortgage by now.
One of several reveals exclusive to BigAngryTrev.com courtesy of Hasbro and WOTC
Of course it’s not been all high’s. I’ve had people vehemently disagree with my blog, despite it’s relatively non-offensive content. I’ve had people completely misconstrue my meaning so they think I’m supporting what I am actually mocking (satire is a foreign concept to some). There have been several cyber-attacks which necessitated the purchase of some high-level malware and spam protection. For a while I couldn’t share links to the blog on Social Media due to Mr. Zuckerberg and Mr. Morrison having a spat. I’ve even had one threat of litigation; despite my lawyer saying I was legally safe he also said it probably wasn’t worth the headache to fight. As Ricky Gervais says: ‘no matter what you say, it’s going to offend somebody somewhere’.
The average reaction of your modern day internet user when reading something that doesn’t 100% gel with their world view
So I’d like to thank all the thousands of people who have read my blog over the past 5 years. Whether you’ve been reading about the idiocy of my youth inTales of the Trev, checking out my latestTransformer Toy Reviews and Fan Interviews or simply enjoyed one of my infrequent videos, its been wonderful to have an international audience to share the bubbling mess that is my inner thought processes with. But there are also some specific people I need to thank:
*Thanks to my in-laws Matt & Jo for suggesting starting a blog in the first place.
*Thanks to Ozformers and its founder Griffin for letting me continue to post links on his site
Thanks to Hasbrofor the freebies to review (I’d like some more please!).
*Thanks most of all to my wife who has been kind enough to keep the kids out of my hair long enough in order to put finger to keyboard on occasion. She also kindly overlooks the fact that in order to keep advertising off my site the blog is a sinkhole for money rather than a cash cow. Who knows, maybe if I increase my readership by 500% it might be worth putting up an ad or two – get your friends to start reading so I can quit my job and do this full time! Who knows – might even get around to writing that novel the missus has been telling me to for years.
‘I could totally stay home and be an author – I’ve already got the self-satisfied pretension down to a fine art!
So many thanks everyone and to you dear readers – here’s to the next 5 years! If ever there is something new you would like featured on this site don’t hesitate to post a comment about it – I’m always looking for something new to talk about. If you’ve got an Ask Trevquestion on any topic or just an issue you’d like to hear aRandom Rantabout don’t be shy. Keep up to date with when new posts are put up by joining the Facebook sites Big Angry Trev! & Big Angry Trev’s Transformatorium, or simply create an account here to keep you update!. And don’t forget during those times I have writers block you can still catch me on the Big DJ Trev Show on Krrfm.org.au to get your weekly dose of warped Trev logic, insane rants and good tunes!
In what could be said to be one of the biggest toy events in Transformers history and perhaps the most anticipated Transformers toy of all time, we have the biggest official Transformer figure of all time – Unicron! Yes The Chaos Bringer has finally shipped out to all those all over the world lucky enough to be able to afford this behemoth, and he does not disappoint! So lets have a look at what the ultimate evil looks like in his 27 inches of glory.
Planet Mode
Frick-en HUGE! The main body of the planet is bigger than a soccer ball, and his halo of struts makes him absolutely massive! The sheer scale of this figure really does dwarf everything that has come before. The colours are spot on and the amount of detail with the spikes around the midsection, the different strata of layers and the planet jaws that open and close are just beautiful. Yes its essentially a big (expensive) ball which limits its playability and poseability but that’s OK – this is the ultimate display piece and mainly for looking at and going ‘wow – just wow’.
To make up for the lack of playability in planet mode Unicron’s head comes detached (like it was at the end of TF:TM and in S3) and has a few features of its own. You can change the beard and you can change the face as well to the battle smashed version. Or you can remove the face all together and swivel those creepy eyes around. The Head comes with it’s own display stand like the main figure, and also has an Autobot ship as well as a tiny Rodimus & Galvatron to round it out.
Robot Mode
Again we get to see the scale of Unicron here, so much bigger than even the biggest of Titan toys. The amount of detail put into this figure is staggering, Haslab going above and beyond to make him resemble his animated appearance as much as possible. He has great articulation for such a huge figure and nearly every part of Unicron has movement; the neck, waist, knees, elbows, feet, wrists and so on all have different degree’s of swivel and articulation. By keeping Unicron on the stand you can pose him however you wish, even the legs in stances which would let a normal toy fall over. The articulation of the fingers on each hand is unprecedented, with every finger having 3 points of movement.
There has been a great deal of discussion about all the kibble. Most of this can be removed. However I like to leave it on, for me it shows that this really is a functioning Transformer that can be changed into a different configuration – its not simply a statue. His backpack is not a major downside for me and neither are his calves. The skeletal wings really polish off what is a massively impressive figure.
Transformation
Get yourself a coffee and some snacks because you are going to be there a while. The first time you do it will probably take you the best part of an hour. The majority of this time is taken up with folding all the layers of the planet shell on top of each other to form the backpack and calves. The inner robot is fairly simplistic and will present no challenges. At no point did I find any part of the transformation overly fiddly and when you finally get him in robot mode that first time you may well feel a true sense of satisfaction. According to blog-fan Trent, a good way to keep track of how to transform him back to planet mode is to take photo’s throughout the initial transformation – this helps you remember where everything was at different stages and reverse the process, though getting those planet panels back into position can be quite fiddly and awkward at times.
Overall
Unicron is a big fella and came with a big price tag (which has already been eclipsed by the new auto-transforming Optimus toy). With only 12000 units made, we are already seeing Unicron’s on ebay going for 3 times what they cost. Personally I bought two for my different displays and kind of wish I’d bought a 3rd so I could now sell it to pay for the other two. Is he perfect? No. The inner chomper walls of the planet should have been painted silver as should his lower teeth. The transformation to planet mode can be irritating at stages. Also some extras such as lighting for the eyes and outer ring would have been appreciated, as well as would have a detachable leg like in the movie. The backpack does detract from the way he looks from the back and many may not like the calves. However on the whole this is a brilliant figure that will easily become the crowning centerpiece of any Transformer collectors collection!
Dallas:Just assembling the planet mode out of the box required separating a lot of panels. It’s awkward to manage because of its sheer massive size. The way all the ring components assemble, the spike strips install and lock in place and the shell components separate and reintegrate speaks of well thought out elegant engineering. The fact that it’s been designed to allow transformation on the stand indicates a real understanding of the intended use, anyone who says they can transform this thing without the stand is talking out their arse.
Orion: It’s awesome – biggest Transformer ever! And Dad let me transform his butt!
Jason:The missus gave an almighty headshake when she saw me come home with a box that size!
Got your own thoughts about this giant figure? Pop them in the comments section below!
‘You’re a busy man.How do you make that work without either having a clone to help you out or somehow create a 36 hour day?’.
Well Michael it’s true, I am a very busy man. Between this blog, my radio show, working full time, performing househusband duties, managing my giant Transformer collection and building furniture for their shed, as well as hobby farming where I raise goats as well as ducks and chickens, boredom is something that receded from my life many years ago. Add on top of that the most time-intensive activity of all – being a father of two young children – and spare time in non-existent.
The many faces of Trev
First off – I will never clone myself. Never! Do you know how big my ego is? How much attention seeking behaviour I indulge in? I don’t need another one of me running around telling my jokes, eating my meat and vying for all the attention that should rightly be mine!
And now there’s more of me… him… us
Also I’m married. What if my wife can’t tell me from the clone? I don’t need no stinkin clone getting busy with my missus! Plus, Primus forbid, what if it turns out by some quirk of the cloning process that he is better in bed than me?! I don’t think my ego, large as it is, could take the hit of my wife saying ‘last night was the best sex we’ve ever had Trev!’ and I hadn’t even been at home!
As for 36 hour days, well manipulating the time stream to that extent is beyond even my capabilities. Sure I could take my family to Mars where the days are at least 25 hours long – I could get a lot done in that extra hour – but it seems like a hassle. It was hard enough moving my Transformer collection from one state to another without taking it to a whole other planet!
So how do I manage my busy lifestyle?
Well there are several things I do – some are time management and some are just sacrifice.
*Giving up hobbies: I have way too many hobbies. Like way too many. So some have had to be toned down and others sacrificed completely. This blog for example, has gone from an entry each week to about two a month. I’ve given up video gaming, though to be honest I think the gamer in me had run its course anyway. I used to brew my own beer and had to give that up. And I don’t farm as many fruit & vegetables as I used to, though still enough that each week we eat at least one or two things that come from the garden. I’m also a bit of a bibliophile, but reading a book for my own pleasure has been relegated to the odd 5 minutes in bed before blissful slumber.
For a while juggling being a gamer and father was so easy!
*Multitasking: Except at work where it is a requirement, I don’t schedule. Don’t believe in it. What I do do is do multiple jobs in the same room at the same time. So for example when I’m in the kitchen (with quasi-laundry attached) I might be wiping benches, preparing meals, stacking the dishwasher, loading the washing machine and unloading the dryer all at the same time (well not literally – thanks to the failure of mutation science I only have two hands).Then the same goes for other rooms and even parts of the farm – nothing like chasing off some feral goatsin the ute while you are on your way to go cut firewood in the back paddock.
Sigh… I remember when multitasking meant drinking and rocking out at the same time.
*Be Married: Dear sweet Primus let nothing ever happen to my wife! Not only because she is the love of my life, but also because she does so many chores to manage the house & kids and our lives in general. Chances are if she disappeared from our lives my children and I would be huddled round a fire in tattered clothing, eating beans from a can and hoping it would rain soon so we could wash ourselves. Our existence would be akin to those survivors of a zombie apocalypse.
Make sure you treat your wife right – romance is a lot easier than being a single parent!
*Child Labour: Those damn kids can work for their food! OK, so maybe I don’t actually deny them sustenance and or send them down mineshafts to search for coal. But at 6 & 8 years old respectively they are at the age they can chip in with the chores. Every day after school, before they are allowed to go play with toys or video games, they need to help unstack the dishwasher, unpack their school bags, put all their breakfast and lunch dishes in the sink and most importantly go feed all the animals. Not only does it teach them responsibility, but it means they are spending time with their pets. How kids can ignore a real-life dog but spend hours training a dog to obey in Minecraft is beyond me.
Wish all my chores were this cute when I was young
Of course the children love to be involved with all the constant projects going on around the farm and house too. They help plant and pick all the vegetables, which not only helps me out but makes them more inclined to eat what we grow when it come to fruition. My son loves to help out with my construction projects and is currently helping me build a display table for the Transformers shed, and my daughter loves to bake with her mother and make muffins for their school lunches.
Dig boy! Dig!
*And lastly, what I do most, is go, go, go! All day, every day. Sigh… Every. Damn. Day. I would be lying if there wasn’t part of me that would like to spend a day just lounging on the couch, eating potato chips and rewatching Deadpool movies. But if I wanted that I shouldn’t have had kids and chosen to live on a farm. Life is so rewarding, and so very, very tiring.
Sometimes I fake back injuries just so I can lie down in the emergency room for an hour and rest
So that’s what I do Michael, that’s how Big Angry Trev manages his life. And maybe I have kind of inwardly cloned myself in this one body. There is Big Angry Trev the blogger, Big Farmer Trev the hobby farmer, Big DJ Trev the radio host. And most importantly (Big) Dad (Trev) the father. Big Gamer Trev is dead and buried but I hope to resurrect Big Brewer Trev at some point and start making my own beer again. But then that begs the question – would I ever have the time to drink it?
Thank you for your question.
Got any other ‘Ask Trev’ questions?Pop them in the comments section below!
With the Transformers Kingdom toy line hitting the stores we are seeing a shift away from the Micromasters that have made up a decent part of the Siege and Earthrise toylines. Whilst some may be happy for this, others will miss not being able to complete the sets of these classic (if obscure) characters in their updated forms.
Luckily for us, if not so lucky for those with limited online store access, there are still a few sets being released under the Generations Selects line. Today we will look at the latest to be released; it containing three old characters and three (well, 2 1/2) brand new ones! So lets look at the Micron Micromasters set from the Galactic Odyssey Collection.
Motorhead & Runner
Both are recolours of their teammates and will give fans the ability to complete the classic Race Track Patrol. Runner was originally named Barricade in G1, but with the name Barricade firmly affixed to the Movieverse character, this figure has been renamed Runner which was his pre-war name in the Dreamwave comics.
Fireguard & Roadburner
Once again these two are recolours, this time of the Decepticon Micromasters Direct-Hit & Power Punch. And once again we have a name change. Fireguard is most obviously Wheel-Blaze, but since Wheel-Blaze had already received a new figure, they had to rename him and make him a new character.
Disappointingly Roadburner has the cannon of his Decepticon counterpart instead of a fire ladder. I suppose one could argue that it is meant to be a cannon that shoots water rather than laser fire.
Stingracer and Windstorm
Now these two are a bit interesting. The toys are (sigh) yet again simple recolours of other WFC Micromasters that have come before, but they are brand new characters. The most interesting bit is that their colour schemes are homages to MASK vehicles. The Decepticon Stingracer (the brown one) and the Autobot Windstorm have both lifted their paintjobs from toys from the MASK line and even their altmodes have a decent resemblance. I particularly like the colour scheme of Windstorm – the mint green colouring combined with the flame job on the vehicle hood really pops!
Weapons Modes
All these characters can become guns for larger characters or combine to become a double-weapon. Sadly they pretty much suck across the board and there will be few people that use them for this purpose. (For some examples of Micromaster weapons modes SEE HERE)
Worth Getting?
If you are a completionist then yes. If you are after a few new characters instead of the same G1 ones being trotted out time and time again then yes. However if you are after new figures that don’t resemble toys that have come before then don’t waste your time here. Besides colour schemes there is nothing new to recommend these figures, although I must say that the limbs on them are surprisingly tighter than those that have come before. I was able to transform all characters multiple times without limbs detaching, which is something to date that none of the other WFC Micromasters has managed for me. So this set isn’t bad and has a reasonable price point – grab it if you are inclined.
