 Hey, what's going on guys? Patriot Prime here once again with another Generation 1 Transformers review. And in honor of Halloween, part two of my series, the 1987 Generation 1 Monster Bots, and their awesome sparking gimmick. Now before we take a look at the subject of this video, I need you guys to do me a favor. If you're watching this video right here and are not subscribed to Patriot Prime Reviews, please hit that subscribe button right now. I'm trying to reach 2,500 subscribers by the end of October for TFCon in Reston, Virginia. And I think I'm only about 20 away, so every little bit helps, and I appreciate it highly. Now onto the figure. The subject of this video is 1987's Generation 1, Repugnus. Now Repugnus hitting the shelves in 1987 arrived a little too late to appear in the animated series. Though he did appear animated in his own television commercial along with fellow Monster Bots, Repugnus, and Double Cross. They apparently were created in a lab and they broke loose wreaking havoc. Now Grotusk and the other Monster Bots made their comic book appearance in Marvel's Headmasters No. 1. Where Grotusk is leading his team of Monster Bots meeting Fortress Maximus saying they're willing to go with him as they leave Cybertron looking for a more peaceful world. In a very odd scene, it's shown where Grotusk in his winged tagger mode is flying to the planet's surface with another Autobot hanging on his tail. And Grotusk is explaining that this planet looks weird, so a very odd scene. The Monster Bots next appear in the fourth issue of the Headmaster Limited series where they're fending off a Decepticon force from attacking a nursery. Grotusk calls for a retreat because they are vastly outnumbered by the more powerful Decepticons. And that's pretty much the history of Grotusk here in the States. I know he had a big part to play in the Japanese Headmaster series, but I'm not really that familiar with that. So now without further ado, let's take a look at this monstrous Autobot. And welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. Grotusk's alt mode is a hot pink WTF. I mean, what is this thing supposed to be? Now in the comics, he's drawn to be some sort of winged saber-toothed cat, but the toy, he looks like a demonic beaver or a demonic rat. I just, this alt mode is just weird. He's got really cool molded details throughout. If you look here on the face, he's got molded texture all along the face. He's got beady blue eyes, teeth here in the mouth. Now the jaw can move up and down, but that's part of the sparking gimmick. Arms right here can go up and down and he has an elbow bend with these little, little paws. Back legs can move back and forward and has a hinge here at the knee. He's got a double tail, cool ridges down the back and along the tail. I really like these wings. Now note that these wings are only pegged in. They're not attached to the figure. So if you're hunting down a Grotusk for yourself, you want to make sure he comes complete with both of his wings. And I also like how he can incorporate his weapon into both robot and beast mode. This is his double barrel blaster plugged into his back, which gives him jet thrusters here. And that's pretty much it for his monster mode. Now his sparking gimmick, you can see the trigger right up here on top. He does shoot sparks out of his mouth and his spark emitter is not very well hidden. So let's go ahead and try this out and see how good he sparks. He's got a little bit of a spark to him. Not as much as repugnus, but it's still there and as you can see that jaw goes up and down. Now let's get him transformed into robot mode and he's got a pretty cool transformation. First thing you're going to do is take the dual tail and fold it up into these little sections here. Then you bring the legs or this section, bring that down so he looks like that. You want to fold up the hind legs into themselves and rotate. Bring this section up. That'll allow the feet to swing down in place. And then just pop these back in place and there you have the lower half of the robot. Go ahead and bring the hind legs up. Now from here what you're going to do is let's go ahead and remove the double barrel blaster. That is in there tight. I'm always so paranoid with fooling with these tight G1s. Let's go ahead and take the wings off so I can get to that blaster a little better. Popped right out. So now from here you're going to take the monster head and fold over revealing the robot head. You've got the monster paws here. Fold those back and then the robot hands are underneath. Just flip those out. There we go. Now you're going to take the wings and reattach these right there. One and two. And now let's give Grotusk his blaster. And there you have G1 Grotusk in robot mode all armed and ready for battle. Now robot mode for this guy looks really good. I love the head sculpt. One of the rare instances where you have a head that's color different than the face and the eyes have colors. So I love the head sculpt on this guy. He's got great looking stickers thanks to toy hacks. Those are brand new. He's got decent articulation. The arms can go all the way around. Kind of they're going to get caught on those wings and he does have an elbow bend. Legs. Legs I guess he kind of has a knee bend if you move this section out of the way. But that looks like crap. So legs are pretty much static. Really cool look to this guy. He looks beefy. He looks badass. I really like the looks of this robot mode. On the back of course you've got a giant beaver gopher looking at you. But other than that he's not too bad and looks really good on the shelf. Now for some quick size comparisons here is 1987's Grotusk with Generation 1 Optimus Prime. Fellow G1 Monsterbot Rapugnis. And the exclusive Titan's Return Grotusk. Now this Grotusk when he transformed he actually resembles a Sabertooth Tiger. So no giant flying gopher squirrel rat monster with this guy. Straighten up there. 1987's Monsterbot Grotusk is a really cool toy. I love the robot mode. The robot mode is beefy and tough looking. I really really don't think much of his alt mode at all. I wish it looked more like the winged Sabertooth cat that it's supposed to other than a flying gopher. But there you go guys. There is 1987's Generation 1 Monsterbot Grotusk. So does the Generation 1 Grotusk belong in your collection? This one's a hard one for me. This is a great toy. This is a fun toy. I love the robot mode. I love his very unique transformation. I just don't like his alt mode at all. If the head looked more like a tiger like it's supposed to I could probably let this guy say yes. Highly recommended. But to me he looks like a gopher, a squirrel or a rat or something like that. And I just can't get past that. That's my biggest complaint with this guy. If you see him for a good price don't hesitate. Pick him right up. He's very, very fun. But be warned. If you are looking for one of these figures keep in mind he's got a lot of parts. He's got this gun and these two wings that are easily lost. So my recommendation, this is your choice. I'm not sure how to go with Grotusk here. Now guys I want to thank you for stopping by and checking out my videos. Don't forget to like and don't forget to subscribe. Like I said I'm trying to reach 2,500 subscribers by the end of the month for TFCon. I'm almost there so any help greatly appreciate. 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