To celebrate 25 years of Transformers, Hasbro has come out with 2 Toys R Us exclusive Transformers Universe G1 Commemorative Transformers, Insecticons and Perceptor. The Insecticons are one of my all time favourite Decepticons! When I saw that Toys R Us were selling them, I just had to get my hands on them.
There are 4 main reasons why I love the G1 design Incesticons:
1) Black, purple, yellow & chrome is a rocking color combination!
2) They are robot bugs!
3) Individualistic, greedy, and arrogant and will work only for Energon cubes
4) 3 is always a good number for a group
The insecticons consist of:
1) Kickback who transforms into a grasshopper
2) Shrapnel into a stag beetle
3) Bombshell into a Japanese rhinoceros beetle
Pretty cool bugs I must say.
I don't really fancy the packaging as it does not give me the old school feel. I guess if the toy is of G1 design, the packaging should follow the same concept. Thankfully I don't keep my toys in their packaging so good riddance to the box.
Ok...being too harsh here...just basing on the design, I think the packaging is pretty attractive.
Love the G1 design so the overall sculpt is a 5 out of 5.
Transforming the robots to their insect mode is a breeze and you dont need the instruction manual. As compared to the recent movie's Transformers, transforming the G1 robots is really child's play.
The only minor flaw I can find are the stickers. Some of the stickers are required to be pasted over corners so it tends to come out. It can be quite frustrating.
Overall, these transformers are a must have for me as they were one of my most memorable toys back when I was a child. Keep the G1 trannsformers coming. I am really wanting Devastator and Hound!!
Kickback
Kickback as a grasshopper
Bombshell
Bombshell as a Japanese rhinoceros beetle
Shrapnel
Shrapnel as a stag beetle
Insecticons!!
6 comments:
Great, bro..finally found what you want..
Thanks for the review. Really very G1. I like them in their insect mode more actually...
Insecticons had many appearances on Transformers series. They have strong characters and don't really follow what Megatron says even though they are Decepticons. Nice reveal.
Thanks Des...yes I was looking for a while.
Leon - I actually like the robot mode...LOL
Dennis - That is why I like the Insecticons! Anyway thanks for the contact for the Gobots!
I'm tempted to pick up this set - I sold off my original Kickback and Bombshell a couple years back - wouldn't mind having them back (and in mint condition) in my collection.
Hey Eric...Insecticons are too cool not to be in your collection.
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