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Old 12-03-2013, 11:43 AM   #1
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Return of Convoy "Triple Combination Battlestar Attack" Pic Review

A couple people have asked me if I would do a pictorial review of this set. So here goes.



First up, Star Convoy, (reissue) He comes with a Micromaster Hot Rod. and is a long nosed semi. The treads on the trailer are motorized and can go forward or reverse. the back of the trailer can hold two Microtrailers, and the yellow buttons on top will activate their Micromaster launching feature. Other than that, not a lot going on with this mode



Bot mode is big, the arms have an elbow and shoulder joint, and the treads can make him "walk"



Base mode is pretty cool, the Microtrailers are made into a garage type side to it, the other side, the treads make moving sidewalks, and the turret that Hot Rod is manning rotates. the back ramps kind of launch the micromasters on it down the hill and there's a little room in his chest area



The treads can be detached from him to become Roller



Next is Sky Garry, his jet mode can pick up and drop up to three Microtrailers at a time. He comes packaged with Shotbomber, a small missile truck Micromaster



His Bot mode has shoulder articulation, and a couple more joints in the arms



His Base mode is a giant tower with a couple gun emplacements up it, the bottom can have up to three Microtrailers as small addons to it.

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Old 12-03-2013, 11:44 AM   #2
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Re: Return of Convoy "Triple Combination Battlestar Attack" Pic Review

Last is Grandus. He's commonly referred to as the epidome of G1 Brickishness, He comes packaged with Spinner, one of the best looking Micromasters IMO. his vehicle mode is basically him on his belly with some transformation to make him sit flatter and add to the flight deck, he packs a lot of guns though, and this mode is very versatile, but more on that later



Bot mode has shoulder articulation, the guns carry over to this mode as well as part of the flight deck becoming a shield for his arm



Base mode is where Grandus really shines though, there is a wheel on his back that makes the radars spin and the elevator go up and down, the small yellow piece in the middle is a Micromaster launcher, repair arms on one of the levels, the small white door in the lower back is a docking station for a Microtrailer, and the shield becomes a Helipad for the top of the base. There is also a port on the back of him to attach an adapter from Star Convoy's Roller, to make the elevator and radars work with the motor



Shot of Spinner in vehicle mode



Combined with Sky Garry, as per the instructions, he looks great, couldn't fit all three in their base modes in the light box as Star Convoy is huge, also, you can see the Microtrailer docked on Grandus in this pic



The three of them combine into "Triple Combination Battlestar Attack", which makes Grandus into a second trailer for Star Convoy with Sky Garry on top, not really a combination in the traditional sense, but it's still a cool play feature, i would have loved to have this set as a kid



There's also a few other combinations for him

With Dai Atlas



With Metroplex, which is probably the most combined he gets, the posts on his shoulders peg into metroplex's fist holes very securely



and just for fun since he's a repaint of Metroplex, Metrotitan comes out



I'm very pleased with this set since i love Micromasters, and i'm unconcerned about poseability. the base mode is the biggest Micromaster set. even Big Powered isn't as big in base mode.

a cool set, with a few neat surprises for me.
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Old 12-03-2013, 11:47 AM   #3
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very nice pictures, thank you very much for the review!
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Old 12-03-2013, 01:48 PM   #4
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Phenomenal...
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Old 12-03-2013, 09:33 PM   #5
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I appreciate the info because I have no knowledge of these toys. Also, Sky Garry is a hilarious name.
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Old 12-03-2013, 11:53 PM   #6
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awesome review b!!

totally jealous of grandus,one of my very few grails left to go.(along with roadfire)
i didn't even know that metroplex/titan could attach to him until your review.does it actually show it in the instructions?
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Wow! I didn't know Grandus could combine with so many other figures. Now I kind of want a third party Grandus that combines with Generations Metroplex.
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Old 12-04-2013, 12:52 AM   #8
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B - That is amazing! I'm thinking of a c-372 reissue
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Old 12-04-2013, 01:11 AM   #9
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thanks guys, and Otis, i'm just waiting on the Drillbuster micro to arrive before i review Big Powered, lol. my big japan grails i have left are mostly the fringe characters like black shadow and blue bacchus, only main characters i have left are raiden, deathsaurus, and dinoking
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