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Day 185: DJ, MotorArm and Gimlet

More 1998 Japanese repaints -- this time, this trio came boxed together as the Jointrons, a Maximal sub team. Included was DJ the cicada (based on Cicadacon), Motor Arm the stag beetle (based on Ram Horn) and Gimlet the lobster (based on Sea Clamp). There's no indication of this on the toys, but in the Japanese only Beast Wars II animated series, these guys were depicted as a wildly offensive Mexican mariachi band for unfathomable reasons. Transformers, man. It gets weird. 




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