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THUNDERCLASH

Allegiance: Autobots
Toyline: Generation 1
Subline: Turbomasters
Year: 1992

Robot Mode: Thunderclash is a slightly odd-looking robot. The first thing one notices is that his head is a bit too large for the rest of his body. His colouring is also slightly odd. Thunderclash's posability is nothing to write home about, limited to bending his legs (together only) at the waist and bending his arms. Not a whole lot of play value to be found here, a below-average robot mode.

Vehicle Mode: A white truck with some other colours thrown into the mix. Thunderclash doesn't do too bad in the vehicle mode area. His trailer has two missile launchers on top which can fold out to the sides. The vehicle as a whole is decent, if nothing special.

Partners / Add-Ons: Thunderclash's trailer opens up into a battle station. It's quite huge and can launch missiles either form the big launcher in the centre or the two smaller launchers on the tower. The tripod-like base of the station takes some getting used to, but isn't too bad. All in all not a bad battle station, but again, nothing special.

Mising Parts: Im missing all of the missiles for the battle station / trailer. Also, the weapon in the pictures is not Thunderclash's original handgun.

Remarks: The Turbomasters and Predators were European-exclusive toys, seeing as Generation 1 continued here when it was already over in the United States. Some of the toys were later recycled for the Machine Wars line. This is also pretty much Thunderclash's main point of attraction, seeing as he was reissued in Machine Wars under the name Optimus Prime. The toy itself is nothing special. A barely-posable robot, an average vehicle mode, and a not-too-bad battle station. Interesting for those collectiong European exclusives or Optimus Primes only.

Rating: D+