Pretendaaaah!

[Oilspill]

Skullgrin, Bomb-Burst, Landmine and Snarler are all '88 Pretenders.
Here are some pictorial example of 1989 Pretenders:
Bludgeon
Stranglehold
Octopunch
Thunderwing
Longtooth
Doubleheader

Cheers for the links. Yeah, I'm all for robotic animal alt modes, but then sometimes the shell has much cooler character design. I mean, who doesn't want a half-human, half-walrus cyborg transformer?!

[Bartrim]

Longtooth with the outer shell used as the basis for robot mode would be cool. For the record I love Bludgeon and think it's a great idea

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Yeah, +1 for the alt-mode based on inner robot and robot mode based on shell count option. Hasbro got it right with Bludgeon IMO.

[5FDP]

For the record I love Bludgeon and think it's a great idea

Hasbro got it right with Bludgeon IMO.

^ This

[1AZRAEL1]

I think Bludgeon was a good one, and am really liking Thunderwing. So I would say I prefer the shell, but I like the idea of having a transformable drone instead of just a plane drone that we are getting with Thunderwing.

[optimus1]

Pretender Monsters / Monstructor

I'd love to see how this would be tackled, perhaps via Powercore Combiners? Or hopefully through proper transforming combiners based on the pretender shells?

[liegeprime]

Pretender Monsters / Monstructor

I'd love to see how this would be tackled, perhaps via Powercore Combiners? Or hopefully through proper transforming combiners based on the pretender shells?

goodness please no!! Monstructor already got gipped in G1 let him have proper figures this time... PCC version will just seal the coffin shut for this character even more.