For finishing my GCSEs my dad took me to buy a well done present. I chose Dogfight and my dad, bless him, bought him despite thinking I was too old for toys. Hence he’s one of my favorites.
Now these guys deserve revisiting in generations. What a cool bunch. G1 Autobots that don’t feel like you’d be relentlessly bullied for being friends with them.
I like the tiny cylindrical missile pod on Dogfight’s shoulder. It looks like he’s got a little amateur Soundwave cosplay going. Frankly though, he’ll need to do better than that to qualify for the secret hot tub at TFnation.
The Triggercons make a convincing unit and I can imagine them scowling at each other in a dropship somewhere, but the Bots seem like the 3 folk the Autoboffins picked for a cutting edge upgrade and they mostly just argue over the radio. Even without knowing their Budiansky bios, I always thought it would be fun if they just had nothing in common but their weapons. All the other whatever-Masters got fiction about how they were mates so what if some of the Hot New Subgroups just weren’t
Good ole Overide! Kid me couldn't believe how much force came with launching his guns. I still have flashbacks of hitting my finger nail just to test its power.
FIDDLE FACTOR! Yes! As I have gotten older, I have found that is what I look for in a G1 Transformer now. Can I put it on my desk, pick it up and play with it and put it back down with fighting with panels not lining up or thing out of place. LOVE IT!
I have an immense respect for these three. When I was in grade school, my library had a transformers marvel compilation book, and these guys were in one issue with Optimus at the start of the underpass saga. I thought they were optimus’ secret best friends that the other autobots were jealous of
Override is exactly what I like in Transformers. A cool little guy I can take with me in my pocket, and in my favorite colors, with my favorite alt mode. Mmm mmm good. I also really enjoy his various fashion options; how the blue chunk can go all the way down on the back, up over the head, or even be a chest piece. Who else can do that!?
They had a fairly big part in the comics when I started collecting regularly, so I’m pretty nostalgic for these guys. Backstreet especially. He’s got a fairly unique design, I hope he gets a new toy
We’ve already got Animated Prowl as a potential new mold for Override (just add Legacy Elita/Minerva’s guns). Now we just need new molds for Backstreet (give us the option of folding back the orange brick surrounding his head) and Dogfight (could easily be a Needlenose/Windblade-tier Deluxe if done right)…
Despite its awkwardness, I think Backstreet's back's alright.
No Backstreet Boys joke? I'm impressed
Override is the real surprise of the bunch, on the account of having a rare bike mode that actually rolls really well.
For finishing my GCSEs my dad took me to buy a well done present. I chose Dogfight and my dad, bless him, bought him despite thinking I was too old for toys. Hence he’s one of my favorites.
Now these guys deserve revisiting in generations. What a cool bunch. G1 Autobots that don’t feel like you’d be relentlessly bullied for being friends with them.
I like the tiny cylindrical missile pod on Dogfight’s shoulder. It looks like he’s got a little amateur Soundwave cosplay going. Frankly though, he’ll need to do better than that to qualify for the secret hot tub at TFnation.
The Triggercons make a convincing unit and I can imagine them scowling at each other in a dropship somewhere, but the Bots seem like the 3 folk the Autoboffins picked for a cutting edge upgrade and they mostly just argue over the radio. Even without knowing their Budiansky bios, I always thought it would be fun if they just had nothing in common but their weapons. All the other whatever-Masters got fiction about how they were mates so what if some of the Hot New Subgroups just weren’t
Override I think has stole my heart.
Good ole Overide! Kid me couldn't believe how much force came with launching his guns. I still have flashbacks of hitting my finger nail just to test its power.
FIDDLE FACTOR! Yes! As I have gotten older, I have found that is what I look for in a G1 Transformer now. Can I put it on my desk, pick it up and play with it and put it back down with fighting with panels not lining up or thing out of place. LOVE IT!
I have an immense respect for these three. When I was in grade school, my library had a transformers marvel compilation book, and these guys were in one issue with Optimus at the start of the underpass saga. I thought they were optimus’ secret best friends that the other autobots were jealous of
Override is exactly what I like in Transformers. A cool little guy I can take with me in my pocket, and in my favorite colors, with my favorite alt mode. Mmm mmm good. I also really enjoy his various fashion options; how the blue chunk can go all the way down on the back, up over the head, or even be a chest piece. Who else can do that!?
Dogfight might be my new favourite thing
Small world, i just picked up Backstreet from a toy fair and his Toyhax stickers are winging their way over the pond as we speak.
The trigger boys plus the Sparkabots make for some nice lower price point offerings along with Throttlebots.
I only had Dogfight, but all 3 of them are pretty cool! Glad you reviewed both the Triggercons and Triggerbots!
They had a fairly big part in the comics when I started collecting regularly, so I’m pretty nostalgic for these guys. Backstreet especially. He’s got a fairly unique design, I hope he gets a new toy
We’ve already got Animated Prowl as a potential new mold for Override (just add Legacy Elita/Minerva’s guns). Now we just need new molds for Backstreet (give us the option of folding back the orange brick surrounding his head) and Dogfight (could easily be a Needlenose/Windblade-tier Deluxe if done right)…
Backstreet's back, alright!
I can't believe the amount of toys that i forgot that i owned until i see you do a review...