by Ramrider » Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:07 pm
Micromasters were, and are, as some might say, "the awesomesauce" (no, I don't get it either). I've been playing with mine a lot lately.
They stand at around an inch and a half in height in robot mode, and while the articulation is understandably limited (shoulders, hips and knees) and their transformations generally simplistic (usually fold legs up and flip chest/back over head), there were a wide range of vehicle forms, and their sheer numbers meant you could hold a good-sized battle over a few square feet of floor.
And the battle station sets gave you ready-made terrain to make them that much more interesting.
The original Micromasters came in patrols of four (two Autobot patrols to one Decepticon patrol). There were eventually 8 Autobot Patorls and 4 Decepticon.
In addition came the Transports (a single Micromaster came equipped with a trailer or vehicle that became a vehicle or mobile battle platform), Battle Stations (civilian-style buildings that opened up into battle stations and vehicles), and Transport Bases (the Micromaster figure piloted a vehicle which transformed into a battle base).
At the head were Countdown and Skystalker. Skystalker piloted an enormous space shuttle (with a detachable flight pod), and Countdown manned his mobile rocket base. Each also transformed into a battle base.
Later came the Combiners. Available in four squads of six (two per faction), the six team members' alt-modes combined to form three larger vehicles.
There were also three Combiner Transports (two figures connected to either end of a trailer, which could transform into a base, or separate and transform into two weapons emplacements. And there was also the Decepticon Anti-Aircraft Base, which transformed into a two-man tank, and the Autobot Battlefield Headquarters, a truck which converted into two shuttles which then combined into an orbital space station.
There were other Micromasters released (at least initially) exclusively in Japan, including the gestalt teams which have more recently been recoloured and released over here in the Universe line.
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That's one side of Fortmax I never heard of before. What happened?
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