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I don't have any (non-cassette) Micromasters or Deluxe Modulators, but these photos make them look a lot of fun, and now I'm thinking of buying at least a few Micromaster duos. I've seen Ironworks at the toy shop in a nearby town, and Airwave is still available to pre-order from Kapow, though I'm guessing I've probably missed the boat on Greasepit and Hot House now. I'm thinking of buying the Siege Rescue Patrol and Earthrise Astro Squad for the Autobots, and the Siege Airstrike Patrol and Earthrise Battle Squad for the Decepticons. For those who have them, are these Micromasters worth buying?
I really dig the Micromasters this time around. I wasn't a fan of the originals but of the WFC Micromasters I've picked up all but the Siege Rescue Patrol and the Siege 10-pack. Honestly, I've kept the Airstrike Patrol is combined sword mode but all the rest are on a shelf with Ironworks and Greasepit. Airwave should be here Tuesday and Hot House in a month or so, and then I'll arrange everything into a little town on the shelf.
I was born in late 83, so I really missed most of G1. I watched the original cartoon on homemade recordings rented from the grocery store, and saw the movie as a rental from Pop-in-Go Video. Eventually I saw the first season on TV repackaged ad G2, and I collected a handful of Marvel comics by scouring antique stores and flea markets when I was older. Point is, by the time I was old enough to ask for Transformers, most of the iconic stuff had come and gone. I had Powermaster Prime, Wreck-Gar, Joyride, and Pretender Grimlock, Jazz, Bumblebee, and Starscream, all without their shells. And I had Micromasters. LOTS of Micromasters.
At the time I kind of loved/hated them. They were awesome, but I always resented them for not being the characters from the cartoons and for not being 'in scale' with any of the figures that were. Regrettably, when I got the chance to 'trade up', I did, and got rid of every single one.
Then, decades later, Armada came out. I didn't have any interest in the cartoon, but the first Armada comic hooked me with this one scene, where the Decepticons attack a Minicon city. It's violent, brutal, and horrific when you grasp what the Cons plan to do with their captives. Although Decepticons had been attacking humans for years, that always felt like Independence Day, War of the Worlds type stuff. The interplay between the Decepticons, Minicons, and Autobots felt very different from that, so I got hooked on that concept - the idea of the minicons or micromasters being at the bottom of the social ladder, fighting for survival and freedom in the middle of a grinding war of attrition between titans.
So, I started collecting Minicons like mad. In grad school I kept a huge bowl of them on our coffee table that people would sit and play with when they came over after a bad day. Needless to say, I was thrilled when WFC:Siege revived the idea, and have been snapping up the Micromasters and their bases, only lamenting more of my childhood favorites would be recreated (e.g., the rest of the AstrobSquad).
TAV Runabout and Runamuck and they are perfect....'nuff said! 
