AUTOBOT CITY-METROPLEX

This figure is from 1986. He first appeared in season 3 "Five Faces of Darkness" part 5. His final appearance was season 4. He is G1/Generation one

MOTTO: " Vigilance is the foundation on which victories are built"

FUNCTION: Battle Station

TECHSPEC: " Startlingly versatile, staggeringly strong, the Autobots last line of defence. A mighty instrument of titanic destructive force. Extremely modest about his achievements. berets himself for not doing more. In robot mode, he can lift 70,000 tonnes. Has shoulder mounted twin high energy laser cannons and omni directional receiving and transmitting antenna. In city mode has helipad and fully equipped repair bays that can handle four vehicles at once. left rear tower transforms into tank, slammer who has rocket propelled mortar cannon. scamper is sports car with side mounted electro blasters transforms into robot. Uses high energy particle beam pistol. Six gun is a small robot, has ion pulse rifles for arms, twin surface to air guided missiles launchers on his back, acetylene pistol. In battle station mode uses all these weapons and twin disruptor rays, laser lances powerful anti matter projectors."

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

Slammer side

Scamper front car mode

Scamper side view

Scamper robot mode

Six gun robot mode

City mode

City mode with mini cars

Weapons platform mode

Weapons platform mode with head up.

Slammer front mode

Finally robot mode with weapons

Instructions

Metroplex in robot mode is a big toy. He is a bulky figure. You can store weapons in the back of his legs and in his chest. He comes with lots of weapons. He has a turret that is on his shoulder. He has flip out laser cannons. Two hand held rocket launchers and finally some arm mounted rifles.
Vehicles can be fitted onto the robot mode on his shoulders and knees

In city mode Scamper or Slammer fits into the repair bay in the city. A ramp can be pulled down and a launching mechanism used to propel him out. Slammer becomes a strange turret on the back of the city and does not play any part in this mode. The city has a Helipad which can be used for mini Helicopter or Cosmos.

This is a toy/play set. You can use your other mini transformers with it so well worth the money. Try to get this as complete as possible but you can pick up spares on numerous Internet sites.

SWINDLE

This toy came out in 1986 along with his fellow combaticons.he is G1/Generation one. He first appeared in season 2 in " Starscream's Brigade" Megatron exiled Starscream to an Island. where he found some wrecks of WW2 vehicles. He rebuilt them and went to Cybertron where he stole some brain components of the renegade Decepticons. he put this into the vehicles to bring them to life. He called them the Conbaticons. They were Blastoff, a fighter plane and space shuttle. Brawl, a tank. Onslaught, an assault vehicle, Vortex, a helicopter and swindle who was a jeep. He attacked the Autobots and took them prisoner. He attacked the Decepticons and took them prisoner. he then set his eyes on megatron. The Combaticons combined into Bruticus. They defeated Megatron. The Stunticons went to save Megatron and they combined into Menusaur defeating Bruticus. megatron banished the Combaticons and Starscream to an asteroid.

MOTTO: "Make deals, not war"

FUNCTION: Munitions expert

ALTERNATE MODE:  XR 311 combat support (4-WD) Vehicle

TECHSPEC: " easy going and good natured, but within him beats the fuel pump of the most greed-driven street hustler. Thrives on wheeling and dealing. works for his own personal material advancement. A one-robot "black market". Uses a scatter blaster that sprays explosive pellets. gyro gun that disrupts Transformers " balance centre ". Combines with fellow cobaticons to form "Bruticus". Prone to overturning on sharp turns"

STATS: Strength 5, Intelligence 9, Speed 5, Endurance 6, Rank 6, Courage 5, Firepower7, Skill 10

car with gyro gun

Robot with gyro gun and scatter blaster

car side without guns

car side with gyro gun fitted

robot mode gyro gun

His robot mode is quite short and boxy. He does not look like the figure in the series.

He has seats fitted in car mode but no steering wheel but buttons. This is to accommodate the windscreen

It id nice that the guns can combine to form one large one and can be used in robot and vehicle mode. He does not have fists to hold guns but square holes.

He is very easy to transform

WHEELIE

WHEELIE

This figure is from 1986. Wheelie was the most hated transformer character until the Movie twins stole his crown. Why is he hated? He has a really annoying high pitched voice and for some reason he talks in rhymns. According to his Bio he is supposed to be a savage little barbarian but apparently they could not have this in the cartoon so thye made him into a boy scout with an annoying voice and slingshot. Apparently he was supposed to be the last suvivor of an Autobot colony on Quintessa but there are alternate endings. He was an Autobot outcast exiled to Quintessa or that his ship crashed on a solo mission. He did help the Dinobots save Kup and Hotrod form the Quintessons. In  series three he was a assigned along with Blur to collect a replacement T Cog for Metroplex. Later on he did not do much and was in the background or being useless. You never really saw him after series three but he was in the Janpanese Headmasters cartoon but he still had an annoying voice and he still an idiot.
In the Dream Wave comics he was what he was supposed to be a savage barbarian.

MOTTO: " Only the fierce shall live"

FUNCTION: " Survivalist"

ALTERNATE MODE: Futuristic Car

TECHSPEC: " Wheelie is the sole survivor from a party of intergalactic colonists who crashed landed on earth. He's a barbaric Little savage who managed to stay alive by cunning, stealth and fearlessness. Speaks in odd rhyming sentences and despises the Decepticons. Fights only when he's under attack and has to defend himself. Staunch friend to the Dinobots and a reliable ally for Hotrod and Kup."

SPEC: Strength 5, Intelligence 6, Speed 8, Endurance9, Rank 5, Courage 9, Firepower 7, Skill 8

Wheelie Robot

Wheelie side

wheelie front car


His car mode reminds me of cousin Its car from the Adams family movies.
The cockpit does lift up but don't do that as his face is there.
His tail lights are unpainted.
Grey tyres
The rub sign and insignia are on the bonnet.

The robot mode!

His arms are ridiculous. They are drawn on hands and do not  have articulation. He is basically a brick.

His cockpit lid forms a hat which keeps falling down over his face. He has no face which is disembodied on his body. It is a little creepy to look at.

I can't take this figure seriously.

He is nothing like the cartoon

I know this is a G1 figure and I know most are bricks but he is the worst out of the minibots.

I think they could have done better.

Don't bother with this figure.

 

DRAGSTRIP

DRAGSTRIP

This figure is from 1986. He first appeared in season 2 in 1985 In "The key to Vecta Sigma" part 1. His final appearance was in season 3. He is a Stunticon.He is G1/generation one.

MOTTO: " The first one to cross the finish line LIVES"

FUNCTION: Warrior

ALTERNATE MODE: Tyrell p34 race car

TECHSPEC: " Nasty, underhanded, loves to gloat over his victories. Would rather be scrapped than lose. Prone to overheating. Megatron would sooner melt him than talk to him. But knows he's even worse company for the Autobots. In car mode, has a plasma energy blaster. Carries a gravity enhancing gravito gun. Combines with fellow Stunticons to form Menasor."

SPEC: Strength 6, Intelligence 7, Speed 7, Endurance 4, Rank 5, Courage 8, Firepower 7, Skill 6

car mode side

Car mode with weapons

Robot mode


This figure is quite sleek in car mode. It is a shame that the bigger gun does not fit onto him in robot mode. He has no individual feet as they are made up of the bottom of the car. The front of the car does not slot on to anything so hangs down his back. easy to transform. It is a nice figure. It would be nice to find the others to make up Menasor.

RODIMUS PRIME

RODIMUS PRIME

This figure is from 1986 and he is the Autobot leader after the death and before the return of Optimus Prime. He first appeared in "Transformers The Movie" His final appearance as Rodimus prime was season 4 "The return of Optimus Prime" part 2 as Rodimus Prime. At first he was an Autobot called Hot Rod but when Optimus Prime died he originally made Ultra Magnus leader but the matrix of leadership chose Hot Rod. In Transformers "The Movie" he became Rodimus Prime. he is G1/Generation one.

FUNCTION: Protector

MOTTO: " Experiance is the benchmark of maturity"

ALTERNATE MODE: Cybertronian vehicle

TECHSPEC: " A vanguard for the Autobot ranks. Possesses acute military prowess. Speaks with the savvy of seasoned veteran. Expert tactician with exceptional maneuverability in battle. Can be hot headed at times. has a tendency to act first and ask questions later. In robot mode carries a photon eliminator that shoots high voltage electricity. Range: 500 miles, Speed: 200 mph. Sole purpose is to protect all life. His only weakness is his compassion for other living creatures"

SPEC: Strength 10, Intelligence 10, Speed 9, Endurance 10, Rank 10, Courage 10, Firepower 9, Skill 10

Rodimus prime on Defence Bay

Robot Mode

Car mode front

Car mode side

Mobile Defence Bay

It is a shame that this figure does not come with the matrix of leadership .  In robot mode the figure is quite skinny. The yellow fin which fits to his back is too big and swamps the figure. He is very easy to transform. I can't work out if the mobile defense bay is an unmanned drone or manned cannon. The chrome exhaust pipes can become coroded. It is a nice touch that he comes with chromed wheels. I am missing his rub sign which is a pity.