Best Wreckers toys?

[griffin]

(gave this its own topic, as it could be interesting if we delve into the classic wreckers as well as the contemporary ones)

[Paulbot]

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wrecker

If you are looking for an Impactor or Rack'n'Ruin toy you're in for a disappointment.

Most of the characters only have one toy of their G1 forms despite their names being reused. Recent(ish) repaints of Hot Shot and Ultra Magnus as Roadbuster and Blackout and Evac as Whirl don't really resemble the G1 toys apart from their colours.

The Wreckers are the G1 toys the US cartoon and comic rejected. Having the original G1 figures seems the best fit to me.

The Botcon/Universe Wreckers are also hard to get since some of them were never released as toys.

[Sharky]

i would love modern versions of twin twist and topspin... which come with a variaty of weapons..... but have to love the originals...

[GoktimusPrime]

IMO G2 Hero Megatron (or Archforce) could be repainted/retooled as Impactor. HasTak probably still have the mould too (as it was repainted as Bludgeon a few years ago). In the Gokiverse, the e-Hobby exclusive Super Link Fire Grand Convoy and Black Rodimus Convoy are 'Super Link Rack 'N' Ruin'

i would love modern versions of twin twist and topspin... which come with a variaty of weapons..... but have to love the originals...

Would you still want them to have Jumpstarter gimmicks? It's a fun gimmick*, but you'd sacrifice posability for it.

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*Happy Meal Armada Starscream's Jumpstarter gimmick is much improved over the G1 Jumpstarters IMO, which makes the gimmick even more fun to play with. And that's just on a $2 Happy Meal toy... part of me would be excited to see how well they could make that gimmick work on a more expensive Deluxe sized figure (or even Scout - the Jumpstarters were always the shortest members of the Wreckers anyway )

[jaydisc]

Springer (leader) -> Fansproject Defender
Kup -> Hopefully Generations/United
Broadside -> Fansproject ???
Perceptor -> Hopefully Generations/United
Roadbuster -> Brave Gokin Combat Calibur -> Hopefully superceded by Fansproject (wishful thinking based on the Defender comic)
Rotorstorm (offline) -> DoubleDealer's Rotorstorm
Sandstorm -> Legends class?
Whirl -> ROTF with Headrobots Gyro kit.

[Doubledealer]

Welcome to the club buddy, collecting the cast of LSotW is my current obsession also.

Thanks for the mention, jaydisc. My next project will be Predator Snare using the Terradive mold, so we can add that one to the pile too (or are we just specifically talking about the Wreckers team here?).

I can't believe I hadn't thought of Fansproject Defender as LSotW Springer! That's brilliant, guess I know what I'm buying next...

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I'm a Pyro missile and a Guzzle short of the LSotW 'expendables'. If money allows Defender, Kup and Perceptor are on the list, as is a Stalker.
Though I wouldn't mind repainting a Cybertron Defense Red Alert for an Odieverse Stalker either.