Bot a Day: Daily Drawings

The last of the numbered Robotmasters toys is two toys in one. "Reverse Convoy" is an Optimus Prime-version of the Generation 2-era Megatron M1 Abrams tank , done in blue with some retooling to give it a new Convoy-style head. But, it also has a Megatron head so the figure can double as "Rebirth Megatron." Reverse Convoy was available in Japan in 2004. 

Skipping past another redeco in the Robotmasters line brings us to #22 in the series, Lio Convoy. This is a new sculpt, but a pared down rendition of Lio Convoy from the 1998 Beast Wars II line . This 2004 Lio Convoy too turns into a lion. (The skipped over RM-21 was another Beast Convoy, but deco'ed all in red to become "Burning Beast Convoy." RM-23 was a redeco of Lio Convoy with metallic parts and came bundled with a DVD.   

The 20th toy in the Robotmasters line is a two-pack of dueling Cyberjet designs. It's Autobot Delta Seeker (a redeco of Skyjack the F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter ) versus X-Gunner (a redeco of Space Case the Sukhoi Su-47 Berket jet ). The set was available in Japan in 2004.

The Decepticon answer to yesterday's Road Rocket is Double Face, the 19th figure in the Robotmasters line. Double Face is a redeco of the Generation 2 Road Pig design , and as such still turns from highly poseable robot with LED features into a Harley Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle. Double Face was available in Japan in 2004.

A redeco of the Generation 2 Laser Cycle, the Road Rocket from Robotmasters is now a yellow Yamaha GTS1000 motorcycle. The robot mode has a cool LED light effect that makes his clear-plastic arm-mounted buzzsaw light up. Road Rocket was available in Japan in 2004.  

Like their original 1989 toys, the Robotmasters editions of Victory Leo and Star Saber can combine to form the super warrior, Victory Saber. Their individual releases had this functionality and so did RM-17, a multi-pack that included slightly redeco'ed versions of the toys with a metallic finish. This was available in Japan in 2004.  

Another new sculpt inspired by Transformers Victory is Victory Leo. A scaled down and simplified version of his 1989 design , this Robotmasters incarnation turns from a robot into a mechanical lion and has a third jet mode as well. Victory Leo was available in Japan in 2004.