#Deskbot today is Beast Machines Cheetor, hailing from the most recent wave of deep breath Generations Legacy United!
Yes, I broke out of Transformers retirement to not only buy this little fella but also do a Deskbot post because, well, BM Cheetor holds a special place in my Transformers Appreciation. His design is art.
It shouldn't work. Those gangly, too-long hind legs, the proportionately tiny torso, the weird giant shoulder 'blades' (not his weapons, the actual shoulder plates almost like pauldrons)...and yet you put them all together and you've got my all-time favourite Transformer body. What a surprise finding this came out AT ALL never mind at the tiny Core size class! At the cheap end of the design budget this toy, like the Beast Wars entries before it, somehow manages the feat of representing this very awkward design almost dead on.
...in robot mode. Beast mode is severely compromised, resembling a cricket more than the cheetah he's meant to be but we've talked about how difficult it is nailing those extremely toy-unfriendly Beast Machines designs before so at this price point I can forgive it. Thankfully, Robot Mode is FIRE.
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