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You can check your balance anytime in your cart. Toyhacks is a company run by collectors for collectors. So check out toyhacks.com and make your collection stand out from the rest. And tell them Patriot Prime sent you. Now, on to the review. The featured button this video is 1985's Generation 1 DERGE. Or in this figure's case, this is the 2004 Toys R Us commemorative reissue. And this is just as good as the Generation 1 figure because this is one of the few reissues that they didn't have to tweak at all. This is an exact duplicate of the Generation 1 DERGE and works perfect in my collection. Now, DERGE hitting the toy shelves in 1985 more or less guaranteed his appearance in the animated television show. He made his debut in the season 2 episode Dino Bot Island. Now, he became a regular in the series all the way up to Transformers the Movie, where it looked like Unicron ate him along with Thrust and Ramjet. But apparently he got better and he was discovered hiding in Plain Sight in season 3. DERGE made his first appearance in Marvel Comics in issue number 17 where it was shown that he was one of Lord Straxxus' enforcers on Cybertron. DERGE then appeared on Earth in issue number 21 where he assisted Megatron in an attack on Hoover Dam. In G.I. Joe vs. Transformers, issue number 3, DERGE not only appeared on the cover, but he was killed by Serpentor when Serpentor overloaded his weapons. And that's the last you saw of DERGE in Marvel Comics. So now enough of the history of the figure, let's take a closer look at the toy. And welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. In vehicle mode, DERGE is a modified F-15 fighter jet. He shares the exact same body style as all the other seekers, except DERGE has these brand new gold wings. And I really like the looks of this jet. It's very futuristic. Now, unlike the other seekers, DERGE does not have any rear stabilizer fins. He has these long golden wings, which really add to the uniqueness of his jet. Primarily blue and collar. He's got some great sticker decals. These are the originals that came with the figure. And some show a little bit of wear and probably need to be replaced. DERGE also features a opening cockpit right here that's translucent, kind of a tinted gray or black. Got a rubber nose cone and something I failed to mention in my thrust review. These guys have a die cast metal chest or this black area right here is all die cast. Man, they just don't make them like that anymore. Great sculpted detailing throughout all the way down to the thrusters here on the back. Underneath the wings, you see DERGE has these weapons that I'm not a real big fan of. Let's go over that more here in a moment. He also has landing gear right here that does not collapse up inside the vehicle. You have to take this out and store it inside the cockpit if you so choose. As before, you can't really tell from the underside of the jet that this is a robot except for the visible head syndrome right there. But all in all, a really sharp looking jet. The color is fantastic and I just love the unique sci-fi look of this jet. Now let's go ahead and get DERGE transformed into robot mode. First thing you're going to do is remove the landing gear and I always like to store mine in the cockpit. Put the wheels in first and then the peg will go up there on top. Shut the cockpit up. Now you're going to go ahead and remove the wings. Take the nose cone, bend that down. Get your fingers underneath this section here and push these sections out which will form the robot arms. Now you're going to bend the nose cone down or fold it down as such and then feed it through that gap. Bring it out and around revealing the robot head and you're going to take this section and bend down like so. Flip the robot feet down. Now you're going to take the fists. You have to put the fists are separate. Put the right and left fists on. There we go. And now we're going to attach the wings. Go ahead and remove these weapons. And now we're going to attach the wings. Make sure they're actually had them had them wrong. We'll make sure the larger section of the wing is facing down. There we go. And the other one. There we have DERGE in robot mode. Let me adjust this camera accordingly. Now we're going to take DERGE's weapons and let's take a closer look at these. DERGE has the worst weapons of the six seekers. There's just nothing really to these. They look like the barrel of a rifle or actually they could pose for a pin. I'm just not really impressed with these. You've got four seekers that have the null rays and the cluster bombs. Then you have Ramjet who has the big rockets or missiles. And DERGE just has these things. But oh well, these will attach right here on the arms via the port right there on top. And there we have DERGE all armed and ready for battle. And DERGE actually looks really good in robot mode. The color scheme is fantastic. Carries over very well. The decals look great. I've never been a fan of the gold decals that go across the eyes. Every seeker has these gold decals and I'm just not a fan. I do not like those. Everything else though is perfect. I just love the colors on this guy. He really, really pops. Now of course in the generation one cartoon and the comics, this was portrayed as a cone head. And you can achieve that look just by mistransforming and leaving that cone up. So there you go. Now of course the instructions show DERGE to be transformed just like this, just like Skywarp Thundercracker and Starscream. But if you want to look cartoon accurate, there you go with the cone head look. All in all, another great addition to your generation one, Decepticon Ranks. And now for some quick size comparisons. Here is 1985's Generation One DERGE with Generation One Megatron, Transformers Classics DERGE and Earthrise DERGE. 1985's Generation One DERGE is a great Generation One figure. He's got a great robot mode. He's got a great jet mode. And the only real complaint I have with the figure is the weaponry. I really wish he was given better weaponry, especially compared with the other seekers. But still, this is a great G1 figure to add to your collection. Whether it be an original Generation One, or the 2004 commemorative edition like I have here. It's the exact same mold of the G1 and I couldn't be happier. So there you go guys, 1985's Generation One DERGE. So does a Generation One DERGE belong in your collection? Absolutely. If you're a G1 collector, you have to have DERGE in your collection. I mean, he's one of the six seekers. So having him in your collection is a given. This is a great looking figure. I love his collar scheme. The blue and the gold work so well together. Not to mention such a unique jet mode. Highly, highly recommended. Whether it's the G1 or the commemorative edition like I have. As I said, there is no difference between G1 and the 2004 commemorative. They both look great and will look awesome on your display shelf. Now guys, if you enjoyed the video, don't forget to like, don't forget to subscribe, and don't forget to click that bell icon to get notified when I upload new reviews. Once again, this is Patreon Prime, signing out. HELLO!