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RED ALERT

-Faction: Autobot
-Era: Movie Generation One (1984-1992)
-Function: Security Director
-Motto: “Caution Can Never Be Overused”
-Notable Toy: New Year’s Special (Takara, 2005)

Notes: Red Alert is full of contradictions. An overly paranoid director of security. A public rescue vehicle that takes the form of a beyond-expensive Italian sportscar. Still, he’s a lot of fun. While we await the Henkei issue of Red (and shed a tear for the lost Palisades statue - see below), let’s enjoy the Takara reissue, black head (instead of cartoon red) and all.

(Apologies and thanks to shmax.com and bbts.com for the toy images.)

And because it simply cannot be found on the web anymore, behold the prototype of what could have been had Palisades not lost the statue license. You can almost see G1 and G2 Sideswipe and Tigertracks in those curves…