The off camera mistletoe changes the complexion of this image entirely

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Boss That

One of my recent ebay Acquisitions (for I have fallen off that particular wagon and am now frimly back in the toy whore business, much to my girlfriends bemusement/disspair) arrived just now, and it is Boss, of not much European exclusive Turbomaster fame.

Look, here he is;





















That’s a good solid Autobot face isn’t it? Although he does seem to have weird fish eyes on his forehead, however I think these may be a customization by the previous owner rather than reflective of how he was intended to appear when Hasbro first unleashed him.

So is Boss boss?

Well I quite like him, but if he has an obvious flaw, it’s that he has rather stubby arms. For the life of me I can’t work out how Boss would scratch his arse. Luckily Boss compensates for this by having a MASSIVE GUN. Better yet, despite now being a toy of some years, Boss’s massive gun fires an impressive distance, so while he may struggle to grab at Decepticons with his childlike arms, they remain in range of his big fat cannon.




















His car mode is equally dependent on the weappendage, as it makes up about 30% of his bonnet. This means he probably isn’t the most disguised of intergalactic warriors, but given he is already sporting a pink windshield this is somewhat irrelevant.

Boss is far from the most sophisticated Transformer, but he cost me £8.60 and despite missing a few stickers (and seemingly having gained a few) he is a nice little chap who also completes my Turbomaster collection.


One final point though - were i to set him a task, it's that he needs to work on his appearances in TF fiction. So far he has done not very much in the truncated War Within Volume 3 and been seen running away from Evil Drift in the Drift mini-series. Running away from Evil Drift is frowned upon in this household so Boss better do something pretty damn couragous when he next shows up. As it stands in terms of being a cherished character as well as a nicd toy he is lagging a long way behind the other blue and pink Turbomaster, and all he did was crack jokes and get shot in the face.

So there you go, you want decent shelf positioning, crack jokes and get shot in the face. Career advice i am sure we can all get on board with, even if we are already the Boss.






















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