Transformers (Generation One) Dead End 1986

Professor blog: 000016 Subject: Dead End Brand of product: Transformers (Generation One) Original Release year: 1986

And we are back with a Transformer’s (Generation One) review! I decided to do this one about a combiner. The combiner I chose to start off is Dead End himself. The good ole depressed Dead End from the 1984 cartoon series. Now this guy was one of my favorites in the show but his toy looks nothing like him. I inserted a picture of his cartoon self so everyone can see what I am talking about. I borrowed the image from Google.

Now the combiner toys were more simplistic than the other Transformers (at the time) because of them being able to combine into a bigger robot as their main gimmick. Dead End is one of the pieces to the dreaded Menasor robot. He was packaged individually and the other members were Drag Strip, Motormaster, Wild Rider and Breakdown. Now he did not come with any of the parts needed to make Menasor like the arms, feet, etc. All of those pieces came with Motormaster. The only things Dead End came with were his little gun and two pieces of his car cannon thing. He has the famous transformers rub / heat sensitive sticker on his hood too.

This toy is o.k. but it is pretty boring without the other pieces to the combiner. He can barely move his arms and his legs are fixed in one spot. When you combine him and his counterparts, you can either make him an arm or a leg. If you choose the arm, his head lowers to form a perfect ninety degree angle. This makes it to where he could attach to Motormaster and make up one of the arms. On his original card, you can see a picture of Menasor with Dead End being the left arm. One piece of advice I can give you is to not lose his little gun. That is actually the most expensive part of this toy. I do not recommend this toy UNLESS you are trying to complete Menasor. He is pretty much an ornament unless he is combined. He has little play value unless he is in vehicle mode.

Background of the toy: This particular Dead End came to me from a Craigslist seller in Metairie, Louisiana. He arrived into my collection in November 2013. He has no breaks or chips and his paint looks amazing. He is complete and has all his weapons and the instructions. He is the proper color and has no damage. He even has his original stickers applied!