There’s also some margin of movement for his lower body, so he can do a really limited pelvic thrust. The elbow joints enable his forearms to rotate slightly more than 90 degrees. For transformation, his shoulder can turn to the back, but after you close his back panel, the tabs will prevent the shoulders from turning backside. His shoulders rotate a full 360 with sturdy ratcheting joints. The gun barrel socket & IR sensor do move up and down, so if you would consider that to be his face or mouth, he does feature some facial expression :o The turret head rotates 360 degrees, but it can’t look up or down. Destroyer stands about 6 inch tall.ĭestroyer’s torso basically folds up the main tank hull, similar to a Macross Valk folding up its fuselage.ĭestroyer’s articulation is pretty good for a 1983 transforming toy. This way he can peg this long range gun into either upper arm. You could leave in the default gun barrel but I plugged it into the extension barrel. Tall, dark & gruesome? Indeed, like many Super Gobots, Destroyer is a bit of a stilt walker and he also has the tank turret for a head. The engine compartment basically houses his robot arms. The back of the box illustrates transformation. Good enough to roll around? Definitely not. The rubber material seems to be somewhat decomposing unfortunately. Perhaps it's difficult to spot on the pictures, but the right side rubber tank tread is in a bit of a dire state. The belly of the tank says he's made in 1983, by Bandai Japan. They are basically plastic mold detail, while only the front and rear wheels actually roll the rubber tank treads around. Note the 5 middle wheels in the tank tread section Their position is offset, upwards. The main tank hull is diecast, covered with impeccable mold detail. The ones on the decal sticker sheet are just extra.ĭestroyer mirrors the German Leopard A4 tank very well. Note, Destroyer comes with some decal stickers factory applied already. There he is in styrofoam glory, along with a fresh decal sheet and two gun barrel accessories. Turn the box' front panel and you'll be greeted with the Challenge of the Gobots introduction story as well as the clear window display for Destroyer himself. It’s certainly no digital Photoshop illustration. I'm guessing, gouache or acrylic painting. It usually consists of both robot and vehicle mode against a slightly ambiguousĮarth backdrop setting. The panel art on the box is more artsy/alternative than Transformers G1 box art. However, like with a lot of vintage toys, it is more difficult to find a MIB item. With fond memories of the RMDX-04, this review actually covers the Destroyer also known as #029. It was about 25 years later, last November 2009 I got hold of an American Destroyer. After years of play sessions, I guess I wrecked him, so my parents got rid of it. He's with the Renegade faction and his Euro toy release was designated Super Gobots in 1984, the year I got him. In this review I will be looking at Destroyer. So I'll save you my banter, trying to cite it without screwing up most historical Gobots facts. Most CDX readers here, know Gobots history by now.
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