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Transformers Review: Cybertron Minicon Vs. sets wave 4

By Rikkomba ⋅ May 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment | Email the author

Times are really changing: this time, the review’s object is LESS rare than this writer’s reviews! AWESOME!

Transformers Review: Cybertron Minicon 2-packs Wave 4
Size: Minicon 2-packs
MSRP: 7$, at the exact time of their release. Now, MUCH more.
OUT NOW (So? What were you thinking?) A TF review written exclusively for Inside Pulse by Alessandro “Rikkomba” Riccombeni Yeah, I know, I don’t believe it myself. Another TF review on Insidepulse. Amazing, ain’t it? Kaye is married man, Charles a not so married man… and who’s still around to hold the TF flag on IP? Your faithful Rikkomba, of course. Dudes, come on, I could have used some email like “Dear Rikkomba, please write another email very soon, my life sucks without your wonderful reviews”. I mean, if you ever thought of something like that you should really get shot. Immediately. By a rabid mutant hamster. Yep.Collecting Minicon exclusives is like having orgies, you never know what’s next but you know your ass will pay the consequences.Yeah, because even Italian collectors have a heart too. And a wallet, though for some people I know the latter is the same as the former. Strong Euro? Weak American dollar? Don’t worry, international sellers paid me a courtesy and raised the prices accordingly. Bah. Amazing, I am reviewing an item that I bought in August 2007… why the delay? Well, basically… ehr… you know… Hillary, Obama, lots of problems here and there, the international contingencies… Yeah.

Micron Booster 4 is actually the fifth. The first one was called Micron Booster v0. That’s premeditation!

At the end of last summer, to add some meat to the Japanese Movie toy line menu, several Classic Minicons got repainted and sold as store exclusives. I already reviewed most of those microns, so give a look if you want. Among the remaining microns are those included in Micron Booster v4.
Thanks to Tformers.com I was able to get a list of names for these little robots. Because they are repaints of very simple TFs I won’t focus too much on the engineering, we already know that Classic minicons experimented a lot in the way of new transformation schemes and odd proportion, yet delivering some coolness here and there… SOME coolness, however.

RADROGE
Radroge (Roadrage? Whatever)is a straight repaint of Classic Strongarm (Night Rescue Team, wave 1). As you can see from the pictures, only some details vere changed from the US release of this mold, nothing major.

(CLEAR) RADROGE - chase figure
This clear version of Radroge is one of the 2 chase figures of this set and the most common one. You should find at least a clear Radroge in every sealed Micron Booster 4 box, while to get the other chase figure your chances drop to 1 figure every 2 boxes. They are not so expensive or rare, anyway, I wouldn’t pay more than 30$ for each of them.
I really dig this version of Radroge, I think the time has come to get a Micron Booster 5 with only clear microns inside. I mean, Cybertron Shadow Recond Team showed us the path to Coolness, HasTak should just follow it!

Overall, I give to Micron Booster 7 out 10 Energon cubes. Without the 2 chase figures, it could have been a 5 out of 10 cubes, anyway.

I’ll soon review something nice and sweet. Yeah. Meanwhile, when you have some time to spare drop by to leave a comment in my new blog, http://transformersarmada.blogspot.com; that’s mostly used for pictures, I’ll keep reviewing TFs here, so don’t worry.
Until next time, take care, my fellow TFans.

Rikkomba