Boy, does this take me back!
I absolutely adored Transformers as a kid. Transformers: The Movie came out just a couple of weeks before my seventh birthday, and my dad took me to see it. That ended up being the best birthday of my childhood. I had just fallen in love with the new characters introduced by the movie, and I ended up getting almost the entire cast!
The movie characters remain my favorites to this day. I know that many fans of Transformers are kind of ambivalent about the movie and its cast, but dammit, I imprinted on them or something. So I was delighted when the 1986 core characters continued to play a central role in the overall storyline, as shown here, in this 1987 mini-comic for the "decoys" gimmick.
Featured are Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Kup, Blurr, and Springer, as well as Galvatron, Scourge, Cyclonus, and some random Sharkticons. That is most definitely NOT First Aid, however. It is clearly Ratchet, who was no longer available in 1987, due to having been rather cavalierly killed off in the movie the year before. So, they had to flub and just sort of pretend that it was First Aid. Lame.
Arcee is nowhere to be seen, unfortunately. Poor Arcee, she could get no love back then. Not from Hasbro and not from whoever drew this comic. But I loved you, Arcee! I remember searching shelves for your action figure, and hoping against hope that they'd release you as a Headmaster. They never did, but I still love you anyway!
Wheelie and Wreck-Gar are also absent, but... does anyone really care? Yeah, didn't thnk so.
Ever Yours,
Fauntleroy
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