Wow, it’s been 3 months since my last Transformers post, Transformers! Final Part. Time really flies. My Transformers collection has also grown in a scary manner. Somehow, when you’re obsessed, you tend to be able to find $$$ to fuel the obsession somehow. It’s a dangerous addiction that I’ve also passed to my brother. Thankfully, we are obsessed with different range of the Transformers line. I’m more of a Generation 1/Alternators freak while he is a Beast Wars freak. So it’s becomes a complimentary effect instead. But my bro blames me of course for passing the addiction to him again.

For this post, I’ll concentrate on my obsession, the Alternators series. Back in my last post, I had only ONE Alternator figure, Wheeljack. 3 months later, I have 7. Scary? Haha. Let me introduce the rest of the crew.

Alternators

02 – Sideswipe

Sideswipe is another classic character from the G1 cartoon series. He has a twin brother, Sunstreaker. Both these 2 characters were among my favourites because they transformed into bad-ass sports cars. For the Alternators line, he’s a cool Dodge Viper SRT-10!

03 – Hound

Hound is another instantly recognisable character from the G1 cartoon. He’s a Jeep Wrangler Sport & looks amazing. This guy fetches one of the highest prices in the second hand market nowadays, as shown in this BigBadToyStore listing.

06 – Tracks

I didn’t really recognise Tracks initially. Reading his bio in TFWiki confirms it, I quote, ‘Tracks was one of several Autobots who appeared out of nowhere one day.“.  But upon seeing his pic I knew who he was. He’s a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 & it’s one of the nicest looking car in the Alternator line. The figure in car mode shows the least amount of transformation lines that might give him away away as a Transformer.

22 – Mirage

Mirage is known as the Mr Invisible in the G1 cartoon since that’s his main power. He’s a freaking cool Ford GT & I really like his colours. Unfortunately his car mode shows one too many transformation lines which spoils his car look a bit & his doors are a pain to open & close properly. But I still like him.

Binaltech

BT-19 – Bluestreak

This figure is a bit on the weird side. Takara calls him Bluestreak but he looks way more like a de-sponsored Smokescreen. There never was a ‘blue’ Bluestreak, he was always silver in the G1 cartoon & later on, he was renamed Silverstreak (this was for trademark reasons). Anyway, for this figure, I prefer to call him Smokescreen instead. He’s a Subaru Impreza WRX, one of my personal favourite real life sports car. Oh ya, the key difference between the Alternators & Binaltech figures is the use of die-cast metal and the plastics are painted, usually in metallic, for the Binaltech line. This make the Binaltech figures look amazing & heavy as well so their prices are always higher.

BT-20 – Argent Meister

The name of the figure will make most people wonder who the heck is this. Meister is actually the Japanese name for the character Jazz, my favourite character in the G1 cartoon. The word “argent” is Latin  for “silver”.  The original Alternator figure for Jazz was white in colour, this is a redeco of the original with an upgraded chassis & silver metallic paint, as homage to the live action movie Jazz in terms of colour. This is a Mazda RX-8 Mazdaspeed Version II & the paintjob makes it look amazing.

That concludes the Alternators/Binaltech line. I actually still have Sunstreaker sitting in the ‘Pile of Loot’ in BigBadToyStore. I’ll update my blog when that arrives somewhere in July or August. Stay tuned for more updates to my collection. Hope you all enjoyed this post.

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