on the subject of Grimlock's sword, i bought him second hand and he did not have it when i bought him.
now on with the Showcase!
get out your bug spray for here are the G1 Insecticons!
Name: Kickback
Faction: Decepticons
Subgroup: Insecticon
Function: Espionage
Motto: Friend is another word for fool.
Bio: Charming but cruelly clever... makes friends so he can influence them to do his bidding by digging up facts he can hold against them. Humans particularly susceptible to this Insecticon. In insect mode can jump 40 ft. for a distance of .1 mile... kick a hole in 1/4" steel. In robot mode can fly 30 mph up to 100 miles. Sub-machine gun fires 300 rounds per minute. Very vulnerable as insect and flying in high winds.
Strength: 3 Intelligence: 9
Speed: 4 Endurance: 4
Rank: 7 Courage: 6
Firepower: 5 Skill: 8
Name: Bombshell
Faction: Decepticons
Subgroup: Insecticon
Function: Psychological Warfare
Motto: The mind is my playpen.
Bio: Can turn foes into helpless accomplices by injecting cerebro-shells into their heads (robot or human) with his stinger... gives him control of their minds... has a cruel sense of humor... arms himself by having his victims debase themselves. In insect mode this Insecticon can fly 5.7 miles. In robot mode wears head-mounted mortar... throws 50 pound explosive shell 8 miles. Cerebro-shells can be used against him if removed from victims head.
Strength: 5 Intelligence: 7
Speed: 4 Endurance: 5
Rank: 6 Courage: 5
Firepower: 6 Skill: 9
Name: Shrapnel
Faction: Decepticons
Subgroup: Insecticon
Function: Electronic Warfare
Motto: Control electricity and you control the world.
Bio: The noise of war and the screams of his foes are music to this loathsome Insecticon's audio-modules... has piercing battle cry... can be heard 8 miles away. In insect mode can use antennae to control almost any electrical device. In robot mode can attract lightning bolts to antennae and shoot them out hands. Grenade launcher shoots 30 pound steel balls that splinter into razor-sharp spikes. Insulation can stop his electrical blasts.
Strength: 4 Intelligence: 6
Speed: 4 Endurance: 7
Rank: 6 Courage: 6
Firepower: 8 Skill: 9
Shrapnel:
Voice actor: Hal Rayle
who also voiced these transformers:
Pipes
Snarl
Sweep
Skuxxoid (a Bounty hunter who was about as skillful and successful as Greedo in Starwars , although he lived longer)
Primacron ( supposed creator of Unicron in the G1 Cartoon, Looks like an Ape)
also voiced Deep six in G.I. Joe
Bombshell:
voice actor :Michael Bell who also voiced these transformers:
Brainstorm
First Aid
Gort ( Highbrow's Headmaster)
Junkion
Prowl
Primon ( long decesed Matrix bearer )
Scrapper
Sideswipe
Swoop
also voiced:
Duke from G.I. Joe, Lance from Voltron, Zan of the Wonder Twins from Superfriends, Drew Pickles from Rugrats
Kickback
Voice actor Clive Revill, better known for his work on the British stage.
also was the original voice of Palpatine in The Empire strikes back , later replaced by the actor who played Palpatine in the prequel trilogy.
The Insecticons actually arrived on earth ahead of the Autobots and Decepticons and adapted there systems to survive.
The Insecticons could convert most anything the ate into energon, an ability megatron exploited on more than one occasion to gather energon and generally short changed the insecticons.
There 4 other Insecticon figures: Barrage, Chop shop,Ransack and Venom, they were larger than the first 3 but never appeared inthe show due to the fact the company Takara leased the molds for the figures from was bought by Bandai a major competitor.
Bombshell was reformatted by Unicron into Cyclonus in the 1986 animated movie.
Hint for the next showcase: he can tell you some great stories although you may wish for him to get to the good part.