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cliffbee com transformer toy reviews astrotrain cliffbee com astrotrain toy review home individual review name astrotrain series generation 1 allegiance decepticon function military transport alternate mode locomotive space shuttle locomotive mode height 4 5cm length 12cm width 2 5cm a black and purple steam locomotive astrotrain is predominantly purple in this mode he has a die cast black boiler as well as black shafts painted onto the wheels and rather conspicuous black rockets on the back obviously there for the shuttle mode having said that they do give him a rather souped up look in this mode and he s got them in the show too astrotrain has a very small driver s compartment and a small smokestack so he d be quite a large loco pretty powerful moreso with rockets on the back he s got front and rear rolling wheels as well as a set of wheels on top of the driver s cabin for shuttle mode not a bad train mode although it s somewhat devoid of detail the moulding itself is actually quite complex with hoops around the boiler and moulded wheels along the sides but being mainly dark colours with scant colour changes hurts the look a little the black paint on the boiler has a tendency to chip also transformation to shuttle mode basically turn it upside down and unfold it in fact the first step is to turn him over the second fold down the wings next fold down the side panels at the front folding the rear tips of them in first next lift up the grey panel on the front and fold out the cabin lastly lift up the tail shuttle mode height 6cm length 15cm width 9cm purple is still quite prominent in this mode on the wings cabin rear and sides he s got a black nose black windows black rockets and some black bits on the sides the top rear sides and tail are light grey however and being on top this colour tends to dominate the shuttle mode there are four wheels on his underside so he can roll along if he likes he can t reach orbit unassisted but i m not going to judge him on that having rolling wheels is really all you d expect of a shuttle sky lynx does have an opening cargo bay but it s solid inside anyway astrotrain can stand upright in launch position on the desk although he doesn t come with the fuel tank and rocket boosters seen on real shuttles probably astrotrain s best mode fairly accurate and would have been designed before the space shuttles actually came into service transformation to robot mode lift up the front panel and fold in the cabin slide the front forward to form the legs fold the wingtips underneath lift the rear section out and fold underneath to reveal his head stand him up lift the arms out from his sides there there s the tail which has three possible configurations the original design allows you to split the tail and slide it down to form a breastplate the show suggests you slide it down and into the chest facing up or you can simply fold it down into the chest facing down which leaves something of a gap below his chin i prefer the slide down into his chest option but it s really a personal thing robot mode height 12cm width 7 5cm the light grey which was the dominant colour in the shuttle mode is even more so here his wings form a purple cape and he s purple black from behind with some purple and black on the sides of his black but otherwise he s grey his forehead is red face is yellow and he has black kneecaps this reliance on grey works it s worth noting that the cartoon astrotrain is a darker grey which was taken from a prototype toy which is featured in the 1985 toy catalogue but it still looks like the carton version just paler in this mode if becomes obvious that astrotrain s three mode scheme is basically working on the principal of bits folding around a central cylinder his torso and lower legs are this cylinder okay it s closer to a rectangular prism his thighs are really skinny but also very short since most of the space inside his shins is used up hiding the shuttle cabin he also has shortish arms since they ve got to fold into the torso but his shoulders _are_ ball joints the first transformer to use ball joints in fact aside from a somewhat blocky look and some strange proportions astrotrain s robot mode does look fairly good but he has one more flaw the legs have a habit of sliding into themselves making him sag to one side or squat in fact this is more of a drawback than the proportion problems which are easy to overlook variations the original covered here was reissued as a classic in 1991 although this never reached north america the japanese market received a white version in 1986 and again in 2004 which hasbro later released 2004 also saw a limited edition anime astrotrain released in japan as an ehobby exclusive overall one of the better triple changers astrotrain has some flaws but both vehicle modes look like what they re meant to be and none of his modes are a mess since he plays a fairly prominent part in the cartoon he s a toy a lot of people will probably want anyway a good toy with some minor flaws 7 10 transformers and other indica trademarks of hasbro and or takara