Action Master Grimlock

Wow, this is my second Action Master spotlight, maybe I should do a whole series on selected figures. Maybe... Like most of the Action Masters, I have fond memories of Grimlock. He was the leader of the Dinobots, and this was the first version I ever owned of the character. He was also the first Action Master I ever owned. He had a really slick design for robot mode, and his tank/ gun was a cool accessory. However, unlike Bumblebee, this version of Grimlock did seem more limited without the ability to transform. He was missing his "wings" in robot mode, and he also couldn't become the large t-rex we all know and love.

Lack of transformation aside, this was a great representation of the character. He looked very close to his cartoon counterpart minus the parts I stated earlier. Also, it wasn't hard to imagine Grimlock as an Action Master due to his transformation into one during the final issues of the original Marvel comic books. Grimlock discovered Nucleon on the planet of Hydrus 4, and he used it to revive the Dinobots and the other fallen Autobots. Before he used it on them, he tested it on himself. The chemical began causing parts of his body to lock, and then finally he became encased in a crystal like cocoon. He broke free with more power than ever as an Action Master, but his transforming abilities were lost. After Optimus Prime's death caused by Prime's plunging the Matrix into Unicron, Grimlock became the new Autobot leader, until Prime himself was reborn as an Action Master. Maybe Grimlock was a trend setter for the Action Masters...or perhaps not.