Dave's Bot Shots Rant: Troop Builders Wave 1 Autobot Polar Assault Team (not bought) Stunticons Permalink: http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/BW/BS/Troop1 These five-packs are all redecos, and at $20 for 5 figures it's not exactly a bargain. But I liked the Stunticon set, so I got it. This will be a somewhat terser review than the previous ones, so no separate Capsules (but the fact I got one set and not the other should be a hint). Packaging: These are in long top-tabbed window boxes 13" (33cm) wide, 2.75" (7cm) deep, 3" (7.5cm) tall in front and 5" (12.5cm) tall in the back. They alternate robot and vehicle modes, with the super bot in robot mode in the center. The vehicle modes have rubber bands to keep them closed, and each is secured to the plastic blister tray with a single string. The front proclaims "Build your collection!" and also claims that the online game will be available for a limited time...granted, all online extra content is limited in how long it's available, but this makes it sound like they're going to sunset it pretty soon. The back panel has entries for each figure, with CG art of the robot plus photos of both modes, name and stats. These are Series 2, but all are Series 1 molds. One of the side panels has a brief blurb about the team, like "The rebellious STUNTICONS team serves MEGATRON by causing chaos wherever they can!" The bottom panel has the other team as a cosell. Inside are five 100K point codes, for the limited time it's useful. The webpage has already changed to Beast Hunters logo stuff, with beast Bot Shots like Scourge added to the game. Nine of the figures have a dark gray as their secondary color. Ironhide has white. Optimus Prime might have black wheels, it's hard to tell from the photos. AUTOBOT POLAR ASSAULT TEAM As I didn't buy this set, notes are based on photos taken of the package in the store. The online checklist only has Optimus. T001: OPTIMUS PRIME Original Mold: Truck Megatron (new head) Color: Clear blue Paint: White cab and chest, silver face, red eyes. Fake wheels painted to match real ones. Fist 370, Gun 945, Sword 310 Optimus Prime is a great leader, but he is also expertly prepared for battle. Snow and ice won't stop this noble warrior from leading the charge. T002: BUMBLEBEE Original Mold: Bumblebee Color: White Paint: Blue windows, thighs and fists, silver face, red eyes. Fist 595, Gun 615, Sword 410 T003: MIRAGE Original Mold: Mirage Color: Blue Paint: Silver face, thighs, arms, grille, windows. Red eyes. Fist 670, Gun 190, Sword 760 T004: IRONHIDE Original Mold: Ironhide Color: Black Paint: Blue windows, silver face, grille and thighs. Fist 750, Gun 265, Sword 600 T005: JETFIRE Original Mold: Jetfire Color: White Paint: Blue chest, thighs, top of jet. Silver face, cockpit. Red eyes. Fist 220, Gun 895, Sword 585 STUNTICONS T006: MOTORBREATH Original Mold: Truck Megatron Color: Clear purple (grape candy purple, redder than Shockwave) Paint: Black helmet, silver face, yellow eyes. Fist 930, Gun 170, Sword 520 Motorbreath seems to be their go-to replacement for Motormaster now. Unfortunately, they didn't paint the fake wheels on the arms, or ANYTHING on the vehicle mode, making this something of a disappointment. In other words, a typical Super Bot. T007: DEAD END Original Mold: Leadfoot Colors: Dark red, with dark gray torso/head Paint: Black legs, arms, fists, grille, spoiler. Gray windows, red face, yellow visor. Fist 270, Gun 685, Sword 665 This is the first Bot Shot I've seen that has two main colors of plastic. And apparently he stole all the paint apps from Motorbreath. For all that, he's still missing the stripe of G1 Dead End. T008: DECEPTICON DRAGSTRIP Original Mold: Jazz Color: Yellow Paint: Purple helmet (hold the snickering, please), blue-silver face and windows, black legs, red stripes on doors and spoiler. Fist 245, Gun 880, Sword 495 The paint apps on the head are kinda sloppy and there's big gaps between the helmet and face paint. T009: BRAKE-NECK Original Mold: Autobot Topspin Color: Dark gray Paint: Red face, arms, fists, windows. Silver chest, engine block. Yellow visor. Fist 345, Gun 665, Sword 610 This is Wildrider, I guess they lost that trademark. T010: BREAKDOWN Original Mold: Roadbuster Color: White Paint: Blue helmet, arms, fists, feet, spoiler. Red face, hood detail. Yellow eyes, black windows. Fist 685, Gun 580, Sword 355 The blue paint is applied REALLY sloppily (and equally badly on both sets on the shelf). It's clever of them to repurpose the three movie Wreckers as Stunticons, but I'd almost rather have had another Optimus Prime as Motorbreath. Dave Van Domelen, now to look at the actual new mold Series 2 stuff.