Treadshot (06-25-09)
Transformer of the Day for June 25, 2009
TREADSHOT
-Faction: Decepticon (Action Master)
-Era: Generation One (1984-1992)
-Function: Gunslinger
-Motto: “A Gun is Only as Good as the One Who Holds It”
-Notable Toy: Action Master (Hasbro, 1990)
Notes: One of the biggest challenges for Transformers has always been the prominent use of gun transformations. Forget the logistics of someone else having to drive Megatron, it’s really hard to be faithful to your primary villain who transforms into a toy that is no longer legal to sell. So don’t expect a proper transforming Treadshot anytime soon. For his fans, it’s looks like we’ll have to hold on to his Action Master form and dream.
I always saw Treadshot as the Magnum from Microchange that never made it into the TF line, although he looks more like a Charles Bronson Death Wish gun than that to me now.
Comment by DoctorKent — June 25, 2009 @ 11:17 pm