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[El Duque]

To pave the way for Seibertron.com's upcoming galleries of Encore Twincast and Soundblaster here are the original G1 versions of Enemy. A take on the G1 Frenzy/Rumble mold, Enemy made his first appearance in 1984 as a permanently attached piece of Nasta's officially licensed Transformers AM Radio. Even though he could not be removed from the radio he still retained his ability to transform in a cassette. His second appearance came when Nasta released an electronic voice changer in the shape of a large red Frenzy/Rumble style head. Enemy has finally received his first proper figure in Takara's Encore Soundblaster set, which also includes a Wing Thing repaint of G1 Ratbat.

Enemy (AM Radio) (Merchandise)
G1 1984








Enemy (Voice Changer) (Merchandise)
G1 1985

[G1 Legacy]

God, I remember seeing this thing in K-mart as a child. I remember even way back then that I thought that the Frenzy (or Rumble) face was too distorted. His little compressed facial features seemed like something from the mind of Terry Gilliam of Monty Python cartoon lore. Weird...

Good memories, thanks!

[Flux Convoy]

Man, I want the Encore Enemy so bad! Wing Thing too. I can't believe I'll probably be buying another Soundblaster just for those. Twincast too since I don't have him yet. Gotta get one to show my love for the podcast too!

[triKlops]

great shots
can't wait for my SBlaster now!

[kirbenvost]

Wow, pretty obscure pieces of TF history! Cool! I've been wondering who Enemy is.

[Stormrider]

Cool history.

[Rated X]

Were either of these toys officially named "Enemy" when they were sold in retail ??? Or was "Enemy" inspired by a comic book artist who saw these and decided to create an identity for a generic character ??? Kind of like Sunstorm...

Edit: I saw the original package of the voice changer and it does indeed refer to him as "Decepticon Enemy" in G1 box graphics. However in my opinion, I think they chose "Enemy" more because the head mold was of a bad guy. I dont think they were thinking along the lines of it being an actual character. If they had done an autobot version of the voice changer, it too would probally be in generic colors and the package would ave read "Autobot Hero". Just my take on it from an 80's perspective...

[cylor]

I think Takara released a black colored voice changer F/R head in the Microchange line. Can anyone actually confirm this? I remember seeing one as a kid in 1980s Italy, but maybe I'm wrong...

[Cobalt Prime]

Wow! I still have one of those voice changers. I remember that it always made a better Dalek voice than a Transformery sounding one.

EXTERMINATE!!!

[Seibertron]

Were either of these toys officially named "Enemy" when they were sold in retail ??? Or was "Enemy" inspired by a comic book artist who saw these and decided to create an identity for a generic character ??? Kind of like Sunstorm...

Edit: I saw the original package of the voice changer and it does indeed refer to him as "Decepticon Enemy" in G1 box graphics. However in my opinion, I think they chose "Enemy" more because the head mold was of a bad guy. I dont think they were thinking along the lines of it being an actual character. If they had done an autobot version of the voice changer, it too would probally be in generic colors and the package would ave read "Autobot Hero". Just my take on it from an 80's perspective...

You are 100% correct. However, amongst the fandom, in a humorous twist the red/blue version of the black/red Rumble and blue/dark blue Frenzy mold (which has popped up in comics and other places) has affectionately become known as "Enemy" because it lacked an official name. In a nice nod to the fans, Takara came out with the Microchange version of the toy in the latest Soundblaster reissue set and officially called it "Enemy". Kudos to Takara and their crazy obscurity with the Soundblaster and Twincast reissue sets.