Transformer of the Day for December 3, 2009
SPY STREAK
-Faction: Decepticon
-Era: Beast Machines (1999-2000)
-Function: Aerial Reconnaissance
-Motto: “I Am The Eye In the Sky“
-Notable Toy: Basic (Hasbro, 2001)
Notes: There was so much potential in Beast Machines, within the concept of the vehicon drones, that you wish the series had more time to create more. Alas, Spy Streak never had his moment on the big screen, likely because who wants another jet fighter after Jetstorm. That said he certainly made excellent cannon fodder for Hasbro’s parade of repaints.
Transformer of the Day for December 2, 2009
SLAG
-Faction: Autobot (Dinobot)
-Era: Generation One (1984-1993)
-Function: Flamethrower
-Motto: “I Have No Need for Friends, Even Less for Enemies“
-Notable Toy: Deluxe (Hasbro, 1993)
Notes: The Dinobots are clearly fan favourites and it’s a wonder they’ve not been recreated for reissue purposes. It would be nice to get an office Slag in cartoon colours, for like Swoop, the toy never quite matched the show’s artwork. Which is saying something, given that his Generation Two mould came in three different colour palettes.
Transformer of the Day for December 1, 2009
DISPENSOR
-Faction: Decepticon
-Era: Movie (2007, 2009, 2011)
-Function: Thirst Quencher
-Motto: “No Quarter“
-Notable Toy: Robot Heroes (Hasbro, 2008)
Notes: Given my disdain for various all-spark charged little monsters in Transformers 2, you can be forgiven if you would think that I would loath Dispensor. But he was a highlight for me of the battle scene, an illustration of how a little humour can work well but too much can ruin a movie. And while the Transformers 2 has given us a transforming toaster and microscope (neither of which are anywhere close to scale), can it be only a matter of time before Dispensor gets a transformer of his very own? In the meantime, we have just one figure from the Robot Heroes line, which is as good an excuse as any to fawn over this super-cute line of Generation, Beast Wars, Beast Machines and, yes, Movie 1 and Movie 2 characters.
