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Transformer of the Day for September 1, 2009

GRIMLOCK

-Faction: Autobot (Dinobot)
-Era: Generation One (1984-1992)
-Function: Dinobot Commander
-Motto: “Among the Winners, There is No Room for the Weak”
-Notable Toy: Pretender (Hasbro, 1988)

Notes: Grimlock is nothing if not inconsistently written. In the Marvel Comics, any good that came from his shrewd observations of the Decepticons is lost because of the baboonish way he’s portrayed as Autobot leader. His attempts at intellectual growth in the cartoon are undermined for cheap laughs during and after the movie. Similarly, while the Masterpiece version of the toy is clearly a winner, I can’t help but be nostalgic for the Pretender version of 1988.

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