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Transformer of the Day for May 12, 2009

OBSIDIAN

-Faction: Vehicon
-Era: Beast Machines (1999-2000)
-Function: Aerial Combat
-Motto: “Walking is for Suckers
-Notable Toy: Beast Wars Returns (Takara, 2007)

Notes: If Strika is a dark version of Big Barda, then Obsidian is a dark Mister Miracle. And another example of how the Mainframe team took a lackluster profile and turned the toy into a star. Obsidian just drips content, and it was so satisfying to receive an accurate toy in 2007. Now if we could just get one with those fingers…