This guy. This freaking guy. I just really don't like Cyclonus. Well, let me backtrack that statement a bit. I love Cyclonus the stalwart second-in-command of the Decepticons as shown in season 3 of the series. I love the honor bound non affiliated warrior as depicted in IDW's
More Than Meets The Eye
series. The figure designed by Floro Dery? I can't stand it. It's so freaking ugly and it just epitomizes the horrible designs from that year. However, I have to get the Targetmaster version so I can say that I completed the Targetmasters.
The thing that I do like about Cyclonus is his vehicle mode. Dery did a really good job with this. By adding Nightstick to this mode, Cyclonus looks incredibly formidable. Very nice looking.
I just wish that Nightstick could pilot Cyclonus. That would be so freaking nice. Nightstick is the best part of Cyclonus, even if he sports the oh-so-boring black/grey scheme that a lot of the large Nebulons for the Targetmasters had. I mean, that color scheme was only used for the existing characters that were drafted into becoming Targetmasters, but you get what I mean.
Here's a shot of Nightstick all by his lonesome. Or is it Haywire? Maybe it's Fracas? Perhaps I like beating a dead horse?
Robot mode is where Cyclonus has always left a bitter taste in my mouth. Look, I appreciate all that Floro Dery has done for the Transformers and their designs. Without him, the Coneheads wouldn't have their distinctive look, but damn do the 1986 guys look horrible. Gah.
Here's Targetmaster Cyclonus with my blue-eared variant. It's hard to tell from this picture (because I'm a horrible photographer), but aside from the new port on the spaceship mode, Cyclonus had his fist holes widened to accommodate Nightstick.
Seriously, I can't think of a better looking jet. Hey, that's another Decepticon Targetmaster down! I just need...a lot of them to finish off the crew! Huh, I wonder if I can do that?
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