Unused MIB

 

daaaaamn

 

The new guy

 

Looks just like V3

 

POTP Outback (with Legends Prime gun)

 

two dread winds ( arms) and two Blots ( purple pants legs) Galvatronus!!

 

Him today

 

Is that MP1?

 

PotP Blast Off. And, by extension, this guy.

 

MP Cheetor for today:

 

You can probably tell I quite like this mold.........

 

This dirty birdy's G1 toy was the only Terrorcon figure I ever got when I was a kid.



Power of the Primes Cutthroat for today.

 

Big Baddy today.

 

He's in such good condition Rob. Beautiful!

Another day, another Pretender that didn't get to do much in the comics and turned up too late in the American cartoons. Obviously you could go off and watch Super-god Masterforce and see them make much better use of the monster nature of these guy's shells.

Bomb-Burst is the 'air' one of the three original Decepticon Pretenders, so we get a bat shell! Obviously. I love Bomb-Burst's shell, particularly the leering face of that monster bat. He has the expression of a total sadist. Someone that probably takes a great pleasure in sharpening his tool in front of you before commencing the torture. Or Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors.

Curiously the inner robot has such a passive expression that I find myself making up some pretentious toss about about the outer shell being the ego and the inner robor being the id. You've got to keep yourself entertained somehow. That detail aside, it's just another '88 style Pretender inner robot. Though I do give some points for the way the guns plug into the arms.

And it's just as well they do, as the alt mode would make no sense without the 'wings' on those guns. Maybe I'm being a bit harsh. This is really no worse than any of the other Pretender alt modes and the detail of the fin that comes out the back of the head and the big turbines is rather nice.

I have to admit, I find the PotP Bomb-Burst disappointing. with him having such a slender head it seems to miss out of the best things about the G1 style, namely that horrible, leering bat face. But I suppose the head has to be based around the size of the inner 'bot's head, which must make it hard to expand it out. Except that they did a fine job of doing just that with Bludgeon and Octopunch. So, no excuse there. All that said, I do like how canine the new model looks. Just not as much as I like the original.

As far as the inner bot goes, we've got another guy that looks nothing like the original. Another case of 'geewunner' expectation management. It's a fine little 'bot, evoking Megatron just a touch with that colour scheme and helmet. Nice to see a bit of silver being applied to the face too. 'Megatronus' gets the honour of getting a 2nd, expensively deco'd with clear plastic, version. Looking at this 'special edition' I can't help but wish all the Prime Masters had been given the clear plastic treatment.

 

I just...can’t...help myself.

Wait, what? How did you get the clear version? Looks fantastic!

 

You saucy devil!

The clear Megatronus came with yon Blast Off special release. A very sexy package.