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Welcome to my reconstituted Generation 2 reviews page!
Well, actually, this is the first time I've put my G2 reviews together on a
page. Between what few I saved from the Magnus account removal and some use
of the Internet Wayback Machine on Iggy Drogue's page, I've managed to cobble
together most of them, I think. These are early reviews, very terse by
comparison to my modern ones. I also dug some out from Google Groups, but
most of 1995 is just plain missing for a.t.t, so things like the Heroes are
lost to me. I'm pretty sure I reviewed every new-to-the-U.S. mold
eventually, but none of the early-G2 remolds/recolors. Any missing from here
were probably lost by DejaNews or Google. If you have any, let me know!
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- GoBot SuperSpeedBots:
- Original six: High Beam, Blowout, Gearhead,
Firecracker, Double Clutch, Motormouth.
- Prime and Megatron recolors
- Frenzy: And
comments about Bumblebee, Mirage, Ironhide, Soundwave and Sideswipe.
- G2 Small Cars: AKA the Axellerators in Europe.
Windbreaker, Rapido, Turbofire, Skram.
- G2 Small Jets: AKA Skyscorchers. Can't find the
Windrazor post, and I was rather terse on Eagle Eye, Terradive and
Afterburner.
- Cyberjets:
- Decepticons: Hooligan, Space Case, Skyjack. Review
also has Dairy Queen Prime and a knockoff of a remold of Deathsaurus.
- Autobot Recolors:
Jetfire, Air Raid, Strafe
- Laser Cycles: Road Rocket and Road Pig, both of
which have been recolored several times.
- Laser Rods: Jolt, Volt, Sizzle and Electro. The post got erased somehow,
shortly after I made it. This post also had my Rotor Force review. However,
I got Electro later, and that review was still there.
- Color Changers: Drench, Gobots, Jetstorm, Deluge. Not sure I even posted
a review of these.
- Autorollers: Dirtback and Roadblock. An early
attempt at auto-transforming.
- Heroes: Initially called Combat Heroes in ads, but released as just Hero
Optimus Prime and Hero Megatron. I suspect this review was posted during the
huge 1995 gap in Google Groups.
- Dreadwing and Smokescreen: Another review lost to the Google Gap.
- Megatron tank:
The big tank with sound features and stuff.
- Laser Optimus Prime: This is one of those cases where
my enthusiasm grew over time. It only got a "recommended" at the time, but
I now consider it one of the best TFs ever.
- European G2: Generation 2 hit Europe too, and they got some toys not
available in the U.S.
- Bulletbike and
Ironhide: "Powermasters" that were shown off at BotCon 94, but never
released in the U.S. Frankly, we didn't miss much.
- Obliterators:
Spark and Colossus are recolors of Pyro and Clench, figures that came out
between G1 and G2.
- Fleetway G2 comics: Five issues, mostly reprints
with some bonus material.
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