That was pretty much what Kingdom Cyclonus was.
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I like T30 Roadbuster well enough except for the clown slippers. The head could stand to be more G1-y (idk if the changes are part of distancing it from Dorvack or whatever) but it isn't a bad sculpt in my eyes.
It's certainly closer than the toy-style Selects one, but I'd probably consider picking up one that's colored like the Unite Warriors Cyclonus (I believe CoffeeHorse or someone has a great digibash of this here). Especially if the gray plastic doesn't do what that sad Kingdom-era batch of gray plastic does.
Agreed. I feel like the team really knocked Cyclonus out of the park. Such a satisfying, fun transformation and great looking in both modes.
Beautiful. I was just the right age to still be heavily into Transformers when Micromasters were on the scene, so they were always some of my favorites. The only bases I had were Countdown and Skystalker, but I always wanted more of them. Micromasters in general don't get a lot of attention these days, but they always mash my nostalgia buttons.
They and their bases were a notable part of Siege and Earthrise.
And that was definitely an exciting time to be Donocropolis. I would have been happy to have them keep going with Micromaster stuff with the bases all getting their own robot modes. I would have loved to get a new, Robot/Space Shuttle/Base Leader Class version of Skystalker's shuttle and a Commander Class of Countdown's rocket base.
We got that. His name was Sky Lynx.
We got that. His name was Sky Lynx.
Along with another called "Omega"
Both included good homages to the rocket base, but neither was quite what I'm imagining as a modern version of it. But, in any case, I don't think the new Micromasters were a huge hit, sales-wise, so I don't know if we'll ever get anything else in that vein again.
I think that between the Selects being clearly toy-centric and Kingdom launching alongside SS '86 it's clear that Kingdom Cyclonus was always Hasbro's take of an animation-accurate deco.
Given recent history its very possible they re-release that colour scheme (with better grey plastic) in a multi-pack or something but I think by and large Hasbro's checked "cartoon Cyclonus deco" off their to-do list.
I dunno, Sky Lynx works pretty well.
I do love that setup.
I'm happy enough with the Botropolis set, but if I ever see Sky Lynx for a good price I'm going to be tempted.
Talk about "My eyes are up here"...
This is indeed gorgeous (I especially like how different the face shape turned out), but I think it was this one by GXE18 that caught my eye:
Which may still not be QUITE Unite Warriors, but the bluish tint and lighter clear orange made me think of that.
Either way, yeah, I think Hasbro's shown a willingness to redo stuff that was plenty solid the first time. I just hope this time it's not a pretty Cyclonus in a five-pack or with a couple of straight-to-accessory-storage-bin props sold as a Leader class figure.
While it's definitely neat-looking, I'm with Donocropolis on wanting a new Countdown Rocket Base.
But then I've been rattling on for years about wanting a full-on micro-play play pattern back with bases and tons of micros and such.
Don't worry. It'll be a ten-pack with Cyclonus + nine Sweeps, all Voyager class.