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FROM THE GALLERIES

Issue #5

Marvel Zombies: The Covers

Sometimes I just don't know where to put an image. That's when it ends up here.

Bumper
1984 Autobot
Bumper, perhaps more commonly known as Bumblejumper, was never officially released in America, but he occasionally showed up packaged on a Bumblebee or Cliffjumper card. He is a completely unique mold similar but not identical to Bumblebee and Cliffjumper: Bumper resembles a Mazda Familia 1500XG, whereas Bumblebee was a Volkswagen Beetle and Cliffjumper was a Porsche 944. All three figures come from the Microman series, one of the toylines that was a predecessor and contributor to the Transformers line. The names "Bumblejumper" and "Bumper" come from a hybridization by the fans of the names "Bumblebee" and "Cliffjumper", stemming from its appearance on their two cards, and the fact that originally some mistook the toy for a blend and/or recoloring of the two molds. Bumper was only released officially in Brazil (under the name Sedan and in various colors) and that's where this artwork came from.

Sources: Super Toy Archive; Planet Sabretron; Slim's Custom Transformer Tech Specs.


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POWERDASHERS! Mail-away Autobots from 1984/5. There were three, and you never knew which one you were going to get. They came in plain boxes and plastic bags, so there was never any official Hasbro box art for them. However, like many other Transformers, they were originally Diaclone toys. The illustrious Scott Gray sent these in: the original Diaclone box art.

Sky Dasher
robot mode
F-1 Dasher
robot mode
Drill Dasher
robot mode
Sky Dasher
vehicle mode
F-1 Dasher
vehicle mode
Drill Dasher
vehicle mode

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From the KRONOFORM Collection. Transforms from LCD watch to vehicle to robot. I even think I had Kaltor as a kid, when I was too dumb to save the boxes. Oh well.

Kaltor
Autobot robot & calculator-watch
Autoceptor
Autobot robot, car & watch
Deceptor
Decepticon robot, watch & condor-jet

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