GALVATRON

GALVATRON

He is from 1986. Galvatron is Megatron reformatted. After Megatrons final showdown with Optimus Prime in the Battle of Autobot city in the G1 movie. he was badly damaged by Optimus. he could have been repaired but on Astro Train on the way back to Cybertron he was basically thrown out the shuttle by Starscream along with Skywarp, Thundercracker and the Insecticons. They were left floating in space and Unicron found them. Unicron said he would reformat Megatron with a new body and new troops to command if he agreed to destroy Ultra Magnus and the Matrix of leadership.
H was turned into Galvatron or Unicron would have destroyed him. Galvatron went to Cybertron and killed Starscream, the one thing that Megatron dreamed of doing. he turned to Space cannon mode and blasted him. He became the new leader of the Decepticons.
He had many run ins with the Autobots. he got the Matrix and he tried to use it to control Unicron. It backfired as Unicron turned into a robot and tried to crush Cybertron. Unicron caught Galvatron and ate him. The Autobots got inside Unicron and hotrod fought Galvatron Unicron.Hotrod stole the matrix and became Rodimus prime throwing Galvatron through Unicrons shell and out into space. Galvatron crashed on the planet Throw which was a volcanic planet and pool sof plasma. Galvatron landed in a plasma pool. When Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps went to rescue him but his logic circuits were fried and he went insane. He was attacking everyone but there was nothing they could do( Five faces of Darkness) Megatron was evil but Galvatron was evil with lots of power.
he went on to hatch insane plans and if no one agreed he would shoot them. They had to do something with him. Cyclonus took him to this planet which was a nut house. When none of the treatment really he blew up the planet. A small part of him became sane but he became more like the old Megatron. In series four Rebirth. he found out about the plasma energy chamber he went to Cybertron and conquered it. He took the whole planet to earth because he wanted to put the energy into the sun and blow earth and Cybertron up. he was fed up with everyone. he was stopped.
he flew off on Scorpinoc escaping.
In the Ticara headmaster cartoon. Japan continued the story from Sunbro. They continued the story but discounted the "Rebirth" as they have an alternate story. he was still an evil leader. he was betrayed by Scorpinoc and was crushed between two icebergs when he fell.

I n the comics he is a massive character. he is not insane in there but like Megatron. he had crazy story lines, Time jumping, fighting Megatron, Fights a clone of Megatron then teams up with one. Crazy!

In the Armada comics. In these he could Dimension shift from the G1 Universe to the Armada Universe. he fought with Armada Megatron. Megatron was starting to loose the fight. The Air defence min icon team decided that G1 Galvatron was the biggest threat so the team combined into Starsaber which flew into Megatrons hand where it became the Dark Sabre. He was cut in two.

FUNCTION: City Commander

MOTTO: " My power is everything; defeat is absurd

TECH SPEC: " Galvatron is a cold hearted robotic villain, Determined to lead the Decepticons. Possesses enough strength to pulverise an Autobot into scrap metal. unconquerable. arrogant and compassionless. plots against his allies, thus weakening his position. In robot mode, He carries a laser that emits chemically produced direct current electricity. "

SPEC: Strength 10, Intelligence 9, Speed 9, Endurance 10. rank 9, Courage 9 firepower 9 Skill 10

Laser pistol

Space cannon mode side view

space cannon mode front view

Robot mode

Space Cannon Mode- Galvatron is a giant space cannon which shoots stuff and you can blow stuff up. He is giant compared to most G1 toys. He is grey but in the cartoon he was purple all over. he has the comic colours with a hint of purple and red. He has chrome around his cannon barrel. he has wheels so he can roll. he can makes noises. A laser sound, High pitched laser and a duck like sound which I think is fading. His cannon barrel lights up. The barrel rotates and is translucent plastic.

In the comic he was a one shot kill.

 

He is a triple changer.

 

Laser pistol mode- from comic. This mode is actually quite big. If you pull the trigger it makes a laser noise different from the other ones. he makes four noises in all.

 

Robot Mode- He has a lovely robot mode. His head is like a cylinder with a crown. In the cartoon he just has prongs but not obviously a crown. he has tiny fore arms and fists compared to his upper arms. The beam cannon clips onto his arm. He does not have great articulation. he does have a waist swivel. Like most G1 toys he is a brick but a nice brick.

he can activate the lights and sounds in these mode on his waist area. It is a stupid place to put the button. His eyes light up. he has a gun which he holds in his hand. He never had this in the cartoon. His battery compartment is inside his stomach.

 

I don't really have any complaints about this figure. A great toy and I highly recommend him. If you don't like this colour then there is a Japanese re issue which is purple and talks in Japanese.

POWERGLIDE

POWERGLIDE

He is a mini car from 1985.  He was one of the only Autobots with an aerial alternate mode. He appeared in season 2 "Dinobot Island" part 1. His final appearance was in season 3 "Five faces of darkness " part 5. He is G1/Generation one.

MOTTO:" To stop me, you have to catch me first."

FUNCTION: Warrior

ALTERNATE MODE: A-10 Thunderbolt II airplane

TECHSPEC:

"A show off..proud that he's one of the few Autobots that can fly. Incredible Maneuverability..delights to display his dazzling aerial virtuosity, to friends or foes..just wants their appreciation of his talent. Cruises at 500 mph for short periods. carries small concussion bombs..shoots thermal beam as plane and robot. Gets into more trouble with enemy planes than he can handle."

SPEC: Strength 3, Intelligence 7, speed 8, Endurance 7, Rank 5, Courage 8, firepower 6, skill 9

Robot mode

Plane mode

In plane mode it is a shame that his face is still visible underneath. The plane has a moulded unpainted cockpit. It would be nice if they has painted these. His fuel tanks can become wobbly with time.

He comes with fully possible arms unlike the other minicars. He has quite good facial features but has a mouth plate. He is easy to transform. In plane mode the wings can flop down a bit but this could be down to age. 

G1 SEASPRAY 1985

Seaspray first appeared in series 2 and as with all these figures he appeared from no where.  Seaspray talks in a strange way like he is underwater and he gurgles after every sentence.
 His first episode was " Dinobot Island part 2" In this he pushed  a pirate ship through a time warp.
In appeared in other episodes time to time. He is not mobile on land being a hovercraft . He is most at home on water. In "Golden Lagoon" He is crushed by Ramjet and Thrust and Preceptor capture him. Thrust is invincible after his swim in the golden lagoon.
he got taken to the Decepticon base at the bottom of the ocean. Seaspary and Percepter are forced to fight for the entertainment of the Decepticons. They nearly escape but Megatron comes back to stop them. beach comber eventually helps them.
He did get his spot light episode called " Sea Change" It is an implausible episode. It was quite silly. It should have some reality to it.
His final appearance was in series 3 in the episode "Thief in the night" He was sent to the bottom of the ocean to find Tripticons remains.

In the comics it is explained how the Minibots came to earth. The Decepticons on earth built a space bridge and this scientist called Spanner was built into it. The Minibotss hijacked it and blew it up after they went to earth. This was a Mercy killing as well for poor old Spanner.

MOTTO: "Be unyielding as the ocean waves and your enemies shall fall"

FUNCTION: Navel Defence

ALTERNATE MODE: Hovercraft

TECHSPEC: " Displays a zest for his job unmatched by fellow Autobots. loves the ocean and its creatures...unhappy when he returns to land and reverts to robot form. loves the thrill of navel battle. Can go 120 knots, 4000 mile range. has sonar radar and underwater and surface to air lasers. , also used in robot mode. Wheels allow limited land travel. Not too strong or mobile as robot"

SPEC: Strength 3, Intelligence 8, Speed 6, Endurance 6, Rank 6, Courage 10, Firepower 6, Skill 7

Side view

Robot mode

Seaspray front view

His hovercraft mode is not bad with no kibble. You would not know it was a Transformer.

You can roll him along.

He is a nice little model.His propellers spin.

The colour scheme is attractive.


His robot mode has no feet but the front of the hovercraft so no wonder he cannot deal with being on land.
His chest plate is low down so makes him look fat.
His head sculpt is not bad and his mouth plate has detail but no facial features as such.
He has the propeller blades sticking up above his head. Shame you cannot fold them down.

His articulation is basic.


I recommend him but I would not pay more than five pounds for him. 

G1 WARPATH 1985

Warpath most distinct features in the series was his twitch. If he was a human he might have had turrets syndrome
He loves battle and experiments with different types of ammo. His favourite are explosives so he can write Ka-lam!
He has a rivalry with Blitzwing as they both have tank modes
He did not get his own spotlight episode. He just plays the soldier,  says something strange then blows things up. He has a Texan accent.
Warpath first appeared in "Dinobot Island " he did not do much but fight and in the "Golden Lagoon it was pretty much the same.
He did get a bigger part in " The Decepticons reign in King Arther's court" Don't ask. I was so implausible. They find this time portal and go back to Camelot. I have know idea what it was a bout. Was it a cancelled episode of Merlin.
In "Hoist goes to Hollywood" All the Autobots are out looking for glory.
He does not appear in the G1 movie but in "Five faces of darkness. He is defending the Arc from Tripticon. he gets kicked by him and goes flying. That was his appearance.

In the comics he came to earth the same way as the other minibots. he was the same soldier as in the cartoons.
In appears in "Galvatrons spotlight" and is blown up by him.
he was assigned to Thunderheads Pass where his job was to watch over Thunderwings body. he just sat there watching.

MOTTO: " A good shot is worth more than a good intention"

FUNCTION: Warrior

ALTERNATE MODE: Tank

TECHSPEC: " Thinks he's more impressive than his comrades do..likes to show off his sharpshooting. Boisterous, load mouthed..raucous sense of humour makes him welcome company. Vain..upset by even the smallest scratch to his gun barrel. Can go 30 mph over rough terrain, hit a hex nut 1.5 miles away. Shoots explosive thermal, cryogenic acid sonic shells. Great strength but helpless if upended."

SPEC: Strength 9, Intelligence 5, Speed 2, Endurance 8, Rank 5, Courage 9, Firepower 7, Skill 10

Side view

Robot mode

Front view

In tank mode there is no kibble whatsoever like Seaspray. He has a rotating turret. his main gun does not move though. He has wheels so he can be rolled along.
I think his turret is a little small for the figure.

Not much to say but a nice little red tank.


You must be careful when you put him back into tank mode by pulling the turret forward otherwise it will break.

His robot mode has no feet but the front of the tank.

He is nice looking though and his proportions are not bad. I wish his tank turret would push back a little further.
The face is on the other side of the tank hatch.

Articulation is basic.
He has hands which is good

His face is detailed. Eyes are painted in and detailed mouth plate.

Warpath has his signature tank gun sticking out of his chest. This is fine and he gets away with it.


There is not much more to say and I would recommend him but don't pay more than five pounds for him. Good to add to your collection. 

G1 COSMOS 1985

Cosmos is a sad and lonely character as he spends much of his time in space alone. He handles all the communications.
He has a very echo type voice like Astrotrain.
He never got a Spotlight episode as such. The first episode he appeared in was "Megatrons master plan" Which was when the Autobots are tried as war criminals. There are exiled from earth and Cosmos is flying along side it in UFO mode. Megatron had programmed there ship to fly into the sun but they were rescued by Trailbreakers force field. They were in a bubble of force field and Cosmos was struggling to push it along.
He acted as their spy plane in "Prime target" One of his tasks is to do reconnaissance.
Cosmos appeared in the episode "Blasters Blues" where Blaster was riding inside Cosmos and they went to the Decepticon base on the moon. They were shot down and captured by Astrotrain. Megatron used Blaster to take out earths radio waves. This caused chaos. He said he would return it if earth gave him all there resources. Cosmos was used as a power booster. they did get rescued in the end by Omega Supreme and Optimus.
In another episode Cosmos finds these energy crystals on an alien planet. He reports back to the Autobots but the Decepticons intercept the transmission. Astrotrain shoots him down again. Cosmos crashes on the alien planet inhabited by humanoid alien beings that worship sky gods that look like transformers. When Ramjet and Astrotrain arrive they think that along with Cosmos they are gods. he is in stasis lock so he just stands there. the Autobots come to rescue him and after a battle them get him. The energy crystals are blown up.
In "A quest for survival" Spike and BumbleBee aboard Cosmos go to collect this Cyber Insecticide to kill the Insecticons who are in the process of eating earth. As Cosmos passes this Asteroid he is attacked by the Morophobots. They climb onto him  to the extent when he reaches earth he crashes again. Bumblebee and Spike eject. He is rescued though and the Morphobots removed.
Cosmos appears in the episode " The secret of Omega Supreme" he discovers the Constructicons working on this rogue asteroid. Cosmos reports back and is sent back many times to collect samples and data. he gets fed up going.
He did not appear in the G! movie but he appeared again in series 3 in " Grimlocks New Brain" The Autobots were malfunctioning Cosmos is returning to Cybertron with Skylinxs. They are effected and both crash. They are repaired.
You do not see him again and he is in no other fiction outside of G1
In the comics I think as with the second series with minibots he is involved with the space bridge etc. See Seaspray review for details.

MOTTO: " Reach for the stars, but never leave your friends"

FUNCTION: Reconnaissance and communications

ALTERNATE MODE: Flying saucer

TECHSPEC:

" lonely in outer space..relieves boredom by scaring humans by hovering over their backyards at night or zig-zagging through meteor showers. can achieve Earth orbit, even go to the moon and back with enough fuel. Acts as communications satellite..optical sensors can see a bicycle at 600 miles. has pinpoint accuracy, high powered particle beam. Not well suited to function on ground as robot.

SATS: Strength 2, Intelligence 8, Speed 10, Endurance 6, Rank 6, Courage 7, Firepower 6 Skill 9

Robot mode

Flying saucer

In his spaceship mode  he is similar to Seaspray with very little kibble. You can however see his legs but it is not a problem. he has wheels to roll him around and a red cockpit thing. This does tend to get worn off. They tried to make him look like the UFO seen in America with some of the undercarriage details.
His green , yellow with a red head could be a little better. I think for a UFO they are a bit loud.
Some of the panels on the side don't line up.

The transformation is simple like all minibots.
His robot mode is quite weird. Like Seaspray he does not have legs but a block.
His head can fall down quite a lot.
He has not face but he does have a basic mouth plate. The face is yellow.
His proportions are not great and his arms are low down. The afterburners form his fingers? Could be guns?
His arms are not posable. They fold up a bit.
His has a massive bit of kibble out of his back.
I think the colours work better in this mode.
His hip joints do give way sometimes and he leans forwards. But he is 28 years old!
 I recommend this figure even if he is a little weird. I would not pay more than five pounds for him like the other minibots.

 



Not many people know this but his Space ship mode is based on a real UFO that was sited in the USA in 1951. A Hoax or not?





G1 INFERNO-1985

Inferno is an interesting one as he is a fire engine. He is an interesting character as well.
He loves being a hero and spends his time putting out fires and recuing humans as a fire engine would do.
He is a bit of a Pyro maniac too as he has been known to start fires just to be the hero of the day and put them out.
In the cartoons he first appears in the "Insecticon Syndrome" He fights in this episode and puts out fires so nothing out the norm
In "Auto Baserk" because Red Alert had gone crazy with damage to his circuitry he was convinced that Inferno wanted his job.
The the episode " Prime Target" Inferno was captured by Lord Chumly. But when the captives were seen later on he was not amoungst them so did he escape or did the writers forget he was captured?
In the G1 movie Inferno himself does not appear but he is listed in the credits. I think that he was killed in the movie but the scene was cut.
Hotspot became the replacment for Inferno as he was also a Fire Engine.
Inferno in the comics did not do that much except he was a member of a high council along with Red Alert but they were puppets for Shockwave.

FUNCTION:  Search and rescue

MOTTO: " Where there's smoke, there's me"

ALTERNATE MODE: Fire Engine

TECHSPEC:  " The hotter things get, the better I like it!... not only for fires, but battle too. Often distracted from performing his job to engage in combat. can do anything Earth fire trucks can in vehicular mode. Great strength..ceramic plated armoured skin can take up to 8000oc. Extinguisher rifle shoots flame suppressing foam and an energy dampening beam to counter other beams. Forearms shoot missiles. Doesn't follow orders well, not very mobile as a robot."

STATS: Strength 9, Intelligence 6, Speed 4, Endurance 8, Rank 5, Courage 9, Firepower 6, Skill 6

With ladder up

Side view

Robot mode

Front view

Finding this toy complete is hard. Most of time some of the small accessories are missing. He comes with two nose nozzles, two fists, extinguisher rifle and three missiles. I have managed to complete mine

His missiles are hard to fit in where his fists slot are as they wear out over time. This makes it impossible for him to hold some of his weapons. I have trouble with one weapon.

Converting him is fairly easy. His fire engine mode is good as he has a changeable ladder which goes up and down and can be a water cannon.

The main problem is that the white accessories can yellow over time and the chrome can wear down.

This is a must have toy for transformer fans

 

G1 GRIMLOCK

 He is from 1985. He is the leader of the Dinobots and he is the most demanded out of the group. In the cartoon he was all muscle and no brains. He just wanted to fight along with the other dinobots. He said such sentences as " Me Grimlock, Me smash Decepticons"
Grimlock, Sludge and Slag were built in SOS Dinobots in series 1. The Autobots were getting their butts kicked by the Decepticons so they built them to help them fight. They found some Dinosaur bones in the Arc from a cave in some mountains. Wheeljack and Ratchet designed the Dinobots. At First they were just wild beasts and were out of control smashing up the Arc. They stopped this when Wheeljack used his magnetic inducer to De activate the Dinobots. Optimus ordered them to be sealed back into a cave in a mountain where the bones were originally found.
The Autobots stopped the Decepticons draining energy form a power station. The Autobots were captured. Bumble Bee went back to the arc. Ratchet and Wheeljack were fixing up the Arc after the Dinobots rampage. They realised they were outnumbered and could not win so they re-activated the the Dinobots. they put intelligence enhancing components into their heads so they could talk. The Decepticons were smashed by the Dinobots. Optimus was so impressed he kept them.
In "War of the Dinobots" a meteorite crashed to earth and they deployed the Dinobots to guard it or the Decepticons would drain its energy. Megatron knew he had no chance against them so he sent Soundwave out to try and find their weaknesses. He discovered that Grimlock was arrogant, Slag was hostile and Sludge was simple.
Megatron used these weaknesses to turn them against Optimus Prime and the Decepticons were able to get to the meteorite and drain its power.
The Autobots discovered that the meteorite was unstable after analysis and could explode so they has to destroy it. Optimus went to the dinobots to tell them this but rather than guarding it the meteor was gone and the Dinobots were waiting to attack him. There was a fight and Optimus lost and was taken by Grimlock to Megatron.
The Decepticons realised that the meteor was indeed unstable as the energon cubes instantaneously exploded. Opitmus tried to warn them that the whole lot would blow but they would not listen.
At this point the Autobots were building another two Dinobots. Snarl and Swoop. They picked up the energy readings from the meteor and sent the new Dinobots to destroy it and rescue Optimus. There was a battle between the dinobots. The Decepticons fled as they realised that it was going to blow up. Optimus saved Grimlock as he was right by the meteor. The dinobots went cack to the Autobots when Optimus saved him. Grimlock said that he was jealous of Optimus and was promised more be the Decepticons.
In "the ultimate doom" the Dinobots stopped a tsunami and in " Heavy metal war" the Dinobots fought Devastator. In series 2 "Dinobot Island " were the dinobots were taken to an island to train . It was inhabited by real dinosaurs.Decepticons went to the island and drained the island of energy. Anomalies occurred in the future. The Autobots managed to save the island.  Also in series 2 the dinobots got tired on Autobots and that the were on cybertromium. the Dinobots life force. It had dried up. Shockwave sent some over to Decepticons as they wee suffering too. The Autobots sent the dinobots to steel it so they could be repaired. The Dinobots however were fed up and went to Cyberton ignoring there orders. TThey did eventually came back. In the rest of the series if the Autobots needed muscle they sent the Dinobots in.
In the G1 movies the fought Devastator. It was mostly Grimlock that appeared. As a whole they did rescue Kup and Hotrod with the help from wheelie form the Quintessons and later the dinobots had a battle with Unicron. They did not make much headway except a bit of damage. he swatted them away.
In series 3. They did not really appear as a team and did not really do anything. It way mostly Grimlock. This was greeted by outrage by the fans as he became a joke and lost his past personality. At one stage he was waring an apron. Why? It was a joke.
The only other significant episode " Grimlocks new brain" The Autobots went deep into Cybertron as they were all malfunctioning thanks to something that the Decepticons did. Grimlock saved them by biting a control panel which stopped the malfunction. In doing so he absorbed the power and became super intelligent. He went on to build the techno bots and sacrificed his intelligence so they could become the bright ones instead of him and fight Obomnibus.
"Call of the primitives" Primacron created Unicron. Unicron rebelled and tried to kill his creator so Primocron tried again and created Tornatron who was make of energy. he was a n energy cannibal. He drained all life out of Cybertron. The Autobots and Decepticons were battling on the moon. It was at this point that all the animal transformers were called by Primotrons assistant. he looked rather like the Matrix of leadership. He called Grimock and the dinobots. The Terrorcons  Predacrons, Animal cassettes and Tripticon and skylinx. They all went off the follow the signal. Tornatron turned up and drained life from the moon and earth leaving it dead.
The primitives (animals)went to the asteroid where they were being called to. Primacron created the first Primitive. The assistant had the idea to take down Primacron and stop Tornatron. Tornatron turned and drained the live from Triptacron. he fell over and squashed Grimlock so Skylinx thinking he was dead fired on Tornatron but Skylinx was drained. All the primitives scattered at this point but they were hunted down by Tornatron and drained of energy.
Primacron did not know that Grimlock actually survived otherwise he would have killed  him. He went to Primacrons base. At this point Tornacron rebelled and was going to try and kill Primacron. Grimlock arrived and did a reverse switch on Tornatron and everything was returned to how it was.
Gimlock ruined Primacrons base but he was the hero.

I don't know much about Grimlock in the comics although he did have the same level as intelligence as the other Autobots. He was a battle hardened warrior and arrogant. He still had runs ins with Optimus as he was jealous they battled. When Optimus Prime dies he was elected the leader or king of the Autobots. He was brutal and cruel. He did not mind killing anyone or thing as long as he killed the Decepticons. Blaster saw how out of control he was a leader and he rebelled. Grimlock was defeated and ran off.  The rest of the Dinobots were killed and wracked with grief and guilt  eventualy begged Wheeljack to reformat him into a Mustang car. He did not want to be a  Dinosaur anymore with out the rest of the team.

MOTTO: "Among the winners, there is no room for the weak"

FUNCTION: Dinobot Commander

ALTERNATE MODE:  Tyrannosaurus Rex

TECHSPEC

" Most fearsome and powerful Dinobot. Although dedicated to the Autobot cause, resents authority. Cold, merciless, but a valiant warrior. Has contempt for the weak including all humans. great strength, uses jaws to break almost anything in to. Carries energon sword and galaxial rocket launcher in dinobot mode. other than arrogance and lack of speed, has no real weakness."

SPEC Strength 10, Intelligence 7, Speed 3, Endurance 10, Rank 9, Courage 10, Firepower 8, Skill 10


Robot mode with sword

Robot mode with blaster

Alternate mode-T-Rex



Robot mode with rocket launcher




Grimlock is a T Rex which one of the reasons he is so popular and most demanded of the Dinobots.
He looks very nice in his T Rex mode. He has a flame thrower in his mouth. His articulation is good.
He has gold chrome toes and his neck gold chrome which is a nice touch.
He has red eyes which matches the camics rather than t he blue eyes he has in the cartoons.
He has an Autobot insignea on his head rather than his chest which matches the comics.
He has a seat that folds out of his back whcih is not mentioned in the instructions. I think this comes from the Dinoclone line where this mould originates from. A pilot would have sat there.
His tail is silver chrome along with his arms.

His transformation is simple.
This robot mode looks very acurate to the cartoon. he has a red visor
His chest has gold chrome and a clear part so you can see more gold inside.
He has some die cast on him. His lower body is die cast.
His chest stick out a little and he had no heel spurs
His head hangs down on his back making him back heavy.

On mine his arms are a little loose .

He comes with a sword and double barrelled gun. A rocket launcher is also there with three missiles.

He is a very nice figure and I would reccomend him. You must have him for your collection. A+

 G1 BRAWN 1984

Brawn is an all round tough guy. He is a brawler rather than using weapons. He will go in with his fists. He is the second strongest of the Autobots next to Optimus.

Back story

Brawn has been in it since the beginning and was one of the original Autobots in the Arc. He is one of the more generic characters and did not get much development in the series. He was seen heading towards the Decepticons to punch their lights out. He did not ask questions.
In series 2 in the episode "Microbots" Preceptor was not a fighter and stayed in his lab where he was comfortable so Brawn accused him of cowardice. He could be nasty. Bumble bee, Preceptor and Brawn where shrunk down to go inside Megatron and disconnect the heart of Cybertron. Megatron had recovered it form the wreckage of the Nemesis. The heart of Megatron gave him powers to shoot lightening bolts out of his fingers tips like Dark Sideous from Star Wars.
The Autobots found that it was unstable and could explode killing many so they disconnected it and saved everyone.
Preceptor saved the day and destroyed it. brawn respected him for that.

Brawn was in the G1 movie. He was on the Autobot shuttle on the way to Autobot city. It was attacked and The Decepticons appeared to board the shuttle. Brawn was shot in the shoulder  by Starscream using Megatron in gun mode. He goes down like a sack of spuds and appears to be dead. Other bots have survived similar injuries. Surly he would not be killed with one hit and could survive that. This where there is a debate. if Brawn is the second strongest Autobot then he would not have been killed by one shot especially in the shoulder. that and he did not fade to grey when he died. He is seen again in series 3 but for three seconds but I think it must be an animation error. He is dead, right? I personally think that he did die as you see this purple energy coming out his back. I think the shot went through Brawn and exploded in him destroying him inside. This would explain the purple energy.

Brawn did not appear that much in the comics. One significant appearance was when he got significant damage to his circuitry during an experiment and he went crazy nearly killing Sideswipe. He was fixed and to prove his loyalty he picked a fight with Starscream but he just turned into a jet a flew off. Brawn of course can't fly.
Brawn was one of many of the characters deactivated by the under base power Starscream. He does get re activated later on.

FUNCTION: Demolitions

MOTTO " might over microchips"

ALTERNATE MODE: Land Rover defender 4x4

TECHSPEC : Strength 9, Intelligence 3, Speed 4, Endurance 9, Rank 5, Courage 10, Firepower 1, Skill 4

Front view

Robot mode



side view

Techspec Info

" To Brawn, Earth is essentially a hostile environment and he loves it. Strong, rugged, agile the most macho of all Autobots. Delights in challenges. Sorry for those not as tough as himself. Second strongest Autobot. Can lift 190,000 pounds and knock down a small building with one punch. High resistance to artillery fire. Vulnerable to attack by electromagnetic waves"

In vehicle mode he is pretty small but not as small as the 1985 minibots. There are some interesting details such as the spare tire. The front window is painted but not the side ones. Very squeaky wheels but rolls ok. He also has chrome hubcaps.
His transformation is basic but can be tricky with clearance issues.

In robot mode he kind of looks like his cartoon counterpart. He does not have a face but just a black crack like a visor. He has no arms but puny chrome claws. The side panels of the jeep can be folded down as the cartoon or left out like wing things. There is some kibble and gets in the way of any real articulation. he has really long legs with no feet but he does stand ok.

I do recommend him though and I like him despite his flaws. You need him if you are collecting all the others in the series.  I would not pay more than five pounds for him though. He was remoulded as Outback in 1986.