 Hey, what's going on guys, Patriot Prime here once again with another Generation 1 Transformers review. Now, within my Facebook groups for the last few days, the subject of pretenders keeps popping up. Now, love them or hate them, pretenders were a big part of the transformers in the late 80s and are actually some of my favorite figures. I have the entire Pretender Decepticon line from the American Generation 1 release. And the Pretender I'm going to review today is 1988's Iguanas. I love this Pretender toy. He looks so cool. Of course, I'm a big reptile fan. I have a pet bearded dragon downstairs that you've seen in my Outback video. But this guy is really cool and he's a little bit different than some of the other pretenders. Now, Iguanas did not feature at all in animation, but he did appear in Marvel Comics. First appearing in issue 40 with the rest of the pretenders as he's created thanks to Scorponok and Mindwipe's new Pretender technology. He didn't really come into his own until issue number 45 where he actually led a team of Decepticons to New York to plant an energy harnessing device. So Iguanas ended up, as the story went along, Iguanas was climbing to the top of the Empire State Building to plant the energy harvester. He was fighting the Micro-Master Off-Road Patrol and Race Car Patrol. Iguanas ended up getting struck by lightning while he was holding the energy collecting device. So that was pretty much it for him in the comics. He appeared briefly in some background scenes, but that's all it was. So enough of the history of Iguanas, let's take a look at the toy. And welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. Iguanas's Pretender shell is that of a humanoid lizard man. And he looks fantastic. I love this figure. He looks so great. He's got some fantastic paint applications for a pretender. Check out the gold armor, the gold knee pads, the little red details, the evil, evil yellow eyes. And this molded detail goes all the way around on the back with more scales, the fins and molded details on his tail. It even goes as far as having the different type of scales on the bottom of the tail. And that tail can rotate. So that's pretty cool. The painted details also, which is a rarity of larger pretenders, carry over onto his backside with the continuation of the leg guards. So that's pretty cool. Now as far as articulation goes, Iguanas is a pretender. So aside from the moving tail on the back, his arms can do a complete 360, both the right and the left. Iguanas does come with three accessories. He has this little blaster here, his belt, and this melee weapon, which looks kind of weird, but it comes more into play for the inner robot. Now to release the inner robot from the shell, unlike the other larger pretenders, you don't have to remove Iguanas's belt. The belt on the larger versions usually hold both halves together. This one on Iguanas is just for decoration. So all you're going to do, grip the back, grip the arms and pop the shell in half, releasing the inner robot from inside. Once you have the inner robot out, simply swing the arms forward and put the feet in position, and there is Iguanas's inner robot mode. This is a little lanky, skinny Decepticon with a pretty big noggin. His articulation, being a pretender, arms full 360, head does not budge, legs can go up and down, and he's got a slight knee bend. So he can do that. The inner robot can also wield the small blaster from the Iguanas shell. Just peg in the smaller tab, and now he's armed and ready for battle. And that's pretty much it for Iguanas's inner bot mode. Now let's get him transformed into vehicle mode. Being a pretender, vehicle mode is fairly simple. Remove the weapon, you're going to swing the arms up and fold them back like so. Take the toes, point forward, and rotate the legs all the way around. So now you have this. Now the melee weapon from earlier comes into play. You simply peg this into the bottom hole, and that's supposed to be wheels showing that Iguanas is some type of futuristic motorcycle. Oh yeah, you can take the gun here and place on top, which makes him kind of top heavy. But yeah, there you go. There's your Cybertronian motorcycle, and that is a lame motorcycle. There is a lot of imagination used for this vehicle. I guess you could also take the weapon off and face it forward for kind of an attack mode, but that does not improve the looks of the motorcycle at all. Now vehicle mode does sport a few molded-in details that look kind of nice. You've got the windscreen up here on top that's painted white. Let's remove the weapon. You've got the gas cap there on top, and molded seats. But still, this is a lame motorcycle. You know, it's all about the Cybertronian mode. So that's it for Iguanas in motorcycle mode. And now for some size comparison, here is Generation 1 Iguanas. Next to Generation 1 Optimus Prime and Siege Megatron. 1988's Pretender Iguanas is a cool-looking toy, and he looks great on your shelf. Now I tweaked mine a little bit different for display. I gave mine an extra Predacon sword, because I think that looks so much better than the wheels that he wheels in his shell mode. And I gave the wheels to the robot mode. I plugged those into the back to give him a little bit more of a broad look to take away from the really skinny, lanky robot mode. Now my robot mode may look a little bit different than others, because when I got Iguanas, he was plain. He had no stickers whatsoever, so I used some Reprolabel scraps to add some color to the figure. So there you go guys, there is 1988's Generation 1 Pretender Iguanas. So does a Generation 1 Iguanas belong in your collection? I love the toy, but this is one for the hardcore collectors or Pretender fans, because he is going to cost you some money. This is one of the most expensive Pretenders out there. Don't really know why, but he is. I mean you've got to look for the three accessories, and some of them come with a missing tail. And trying to piece those all together can be very costly. So I love the guy, but he's not really recommended for everyone. So guys I want to thank you for stopping by and checking out my video. Don't forget to like and don't forget to subscribe and hit that bell icon so you're notified when I upload new videos. I try to do one to two per week, all depends on my schedule. And check out my series, The Sit Rep, where I sit down and interview other Transformers YouTubers. I mean, I've had a blast with this series, and I've really got to meet some great people, and I invite you to check them out so you can meet them as well. And I'm also really excited. I've got my TF Con jar all set up, so I've got my room booked. I am so ready for TF Con in October in Reston, Virginia. 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