 Hey what's going on guys, Patriot Prime here once again with another Generation 1 Transformers review. And the bot we're going over in this video is 1987's Generation 1 Headmaster Mindwipe. Now Mindwipe made his first appearance in Season 4 of the animated series as part of Galvatron's Strike Force upon Autobot City. Once notably, he was in bat mode telling light speed to back away, back away, back away. Other than that, there wasn't much Mindwipe at all in the rest of the series. Now Mindwipe appeared in Marvel Comics and Headmasters issue number 1 where he was part of Lord Commander Scorponok's Strike Team. Now he was kind of Scorponok's right hand man and scientist. He helped Scorponok come up with the Pretender formula and then he kind of got pushed to the side appearing later on as a renegade joining Shockwave against Scorponok. Mindwipe just appeared off and on up until his demise in issue number 80 when the Matrix exploded with Lord Thunderwing and you see Mindwipe's corpse spiraling through the cosmos. And that's pretty much it for the history of Mindwipe in Generation 1 American fiction. I know he had a big part to play in the Japanese continuity, but I am just not that familiar with that. So anyway, enough of the history of the figure, let's take a look at the toy itself and welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. Mindwipe's alternate mode is that of a giant bat. And he looks awesome. I actually really like the colors on this guy with the brown, the purple and the black. It looks very good and very Decepticon. A lot of nice molded details on this figure. You can see here on the wings, what looks like speakers on the front, bat claws up here, face scope looks really good too. You can even see the fangs moving on down, you got his feet, see the molded claws on his thrusters, he's got what looks like thrusters right there, but I really like the little molded details they have on this Generation 1 figure. Now biggest problem with Mindwipe is this back portion and his tail. His tail makes him angle forwards and you have to get the bat feet positioned just right or he'll fall over like so. Now an option, you can swing this tail forward and then it'll sit up a little bit better, but what is that? Happy to see you mode? So anyway, let's go ahead and move that back, oh I was a lame joke I know. Right here on front of the figure is the little compartment that his headmaster, Vorath, can write in. So we'll get Vorath out and take a look at him. Vorath has a lot of nice molded details as well, but not a lot of paint applications. He's got a silver faceplate, a lot of nice molded details on the front. You can see he's got molded details showing the arms and they're on the legs. As far as articulation, the arms can move up and down, but I don't like to do that with my headmasters because of the square arm and the back here. It puts a lot of undue stress on those tabs and I've seen lots of headmasters with those tabs snapped off. So the arms could go forward, legs can also go forward and they bend to knee. You can do a sitting position like so or he can run like that. Now to transform MindWipe into Robot Mode, the first thing you're going to do is return the tail to happy to see you mode and take these back portions and fully extend them and rotate down, forming the robot legs, then flip these sections forward, forming the feet. Then you're going to take the back panel which held Vorath, place the bat head there, close that up, and then you're going to rotate these sections all the way around. Bring the purple parts out, those will form the arms and there's a little slide right here, the mine is a little tight in order to get the fists out. So there is one and the other. So there we have MindWipe in Robot Mode. He just needs to get a little head in life and that's where Vorath comes into play. To transform Vorath into head mode, just simply fold him in half like so and then flip up the faceplate, revealing MindWipe's head. You can flip this section down here, this will reveal the tumbler system so when you slide Vorath into the next slot, that'll give MindWipe's readout, his speed, strength, and intelligence. Now of course in the comic, he's shown a lot smarter than that. So we'll go ahead and shut that back up and grab MindWipe's one accessory, this purple blaster, which you can place in his hand and now you have MindWipe, all armed and ready for battle. I really like MindWipe's Robot Mode. A lot of the details from the Bat Mode carry over, you've got the details on the wings, great sticker details thanks to ToyHacks, ToyHacks even gave him some extra eye decals which look really, really good. On the regular figure, he has no eye decals whatsoever, it's just black. So ToyHacks, great job, now do the same thing for the other headmasters. As far as articulation goes, MindWipe can move his arms up and down, they can do a complete 360 if you position the bat wings out of the way. I should have showed this in Bat Mode but these can go in and out for a little bit of extra articulation. Wings up and down, no knee bend whatsoever. Now the bat wings, unfortunately they're shown down at an angle, there's nothing you can do with that, that is due to the transformation. But you can angle them back slightly, that's how I display mine. And that's pretty much it for MindWipe's Robot Mode. Now for some size comparison, here is 1987's Generation 1 MindWipe with Generation 1 Optimus Prime, fellow G1 Bat Bots, Bomb Burst and Ratbat, and Titan's Return MindWipe. Generation 1 MindWipe is my favorite of the larger Decepticon headmasters. He looks imposing, he looks very Decepticon thanks to those black and purple colors, plus he doesn't have a lot of his alt mode kibble hanging off of him. My only complaint is I wish the bat wings faced up, but that's a minor issue. So there we go guys, 1987's Generation 1 MindWipe. So does a Generation 1 MindWipe belong in your collection? Without a doubt, this is a fantastic figure and a wonderful example of the headmaster toys. I mean, he's got a great looking Robot Mode, he's got a great looking Alt Mode, plus he's fairly easy to find complete. The only pieces he has is his head and his weapon. The other headmasters come with swords, guns, tails, shields, all this other stuff, MindWipe just a couple parts. Plus, I have a special attachment to MindWipe because when I was a kid, my MindWipe figure was my leader of the Decepticons after Megatron fell down a flight of stairs and broke. I'm over that now, I've got another Megatron. So being a Generation 1 comic book fan, I thought it was cool that this little guy was the leader of my Decepticon, so I really dug that. Now keep in mind, I have reviewed an authentic Generation 1 toy. These can prove to be a little bit expensive. If you want to go on a cheaper route, hunting this guy down, check out my buddy Bert the Stormtrooper here. He just got in a high quality Chinese KO of MindWipe and has a review up right now. So take a look at my video, then take a look at his and see which MindWipe is better for you and just compare the two. Generation 1, Chinese knockoff. So give Bert a quick stop by and tell him I said hi. And 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. 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