Day 311: Shortround (Cybertron Scout)

As far as I know, the name "Short Round" only means two things: Ke Huy Quan's character in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and the dog owned by the screenwriters Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz that prompted the character's name. So it's surprising to have a Transformer named "Shortround" (all one word) without any other obvious homages to Temple of Doom. Shortround is a Decepticon scout in the Cybertron line, who turns in a troop-carrying hovercraft. His hovercraft "apron" becomes rather unsettlingly long, gangly arms that give him a very peculiar robot mode. He was available in 2006.

Day 79: Superion (Universe)

The combined form of the Universe Micromaster Aerialbots is Superion, an amalgamation of six robots plus their pack-in accessories that serve as connectors, head, and extremities of the gestalt warrior. While in Japan, the original source of the design ( Sixwing , 1992) was available in a collected set, this combiner needed to be purchased one bot at a time in the 2007 Universe release.

Day 251: Mad

The last of the Air Assault Micron Team trio is Mad, who turns into a Concorde SST. A design that's been used several times already -- see Jetstorm , Scattor , Thrust , Mach , and Quantum -- this version has some of its plastic parts in a translucent finish, giving it a high tech feel. Mad was available in Japan in 2003. He was later rechristened "Skull Buster" in Fan Club-generated lore.

Day 26: Nemesis Prime (Alternators)

Nemesis Prime, an evil twin to Optimus Prime first introduced in the Armada line, gets the Alternators treatment, allowing a reuse of the Dodge Ram SRT-10 design. In the North American market, this toy was only available at the Hasbro Toy Shop and at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2006.

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