Tokyo’s Muslim

Two classic Transformers characters in a remarkably friendly mood (for them anyway)

Until Hasbro settled on the name “Nemesis Prime”, the name “Scourge” was used for Black and Teal repaints of Optimus Prime. Prior to that, Scourge was a character from the original Transformers TV show – his role was that of the lackey of the planet-sized Transformer, Unicron (and later, during the third season of the original series, the lackey of Galvatron).

Squeezed between those two was Transmetal 2 Scourge. A mix of colours and with a unique leg design (somewhat similar to the one used in Beast Machines Cheetor), Scourge is unique in that he is a Transformer I did not want, did not buy, and have anyway. (My brother and sister gave it as a gag gift because I always complained about how ugly it was).
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Starscream is unique in that he is the only character to have had a speaking role in every Transformers series done in America, even Beast Wars (in which he possessed the body of Waspinator). He even had a minor role in the first TF Movie, when he booted Megatron off Astrotrain (and was subsequently destroyed by Galvatron). The episode “Starscream’s Ghost” was a favourite of mine when I was about 6 or 7 years old.
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