Day 358: Starscream (Classics, Masterpiece)

The Masterpiece series was launched as a high-end collectible toy in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the Transformers brand. Starscream had been previously issued in Japan with a green deco that may have been militarily accurate, but not toy or cartoon accurate. Hasbro extensively reedecoed the design in the familiar white, red and blue colors, and made it available at retail as a Walmart exclusive under the Classics banner in 2007. The toy was bundled with a lot of accessories, including a non-posable Doctor Arkeville figure that could sit in the jet mode's cockpit.

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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