G2 Universe Mirage
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Review by JoshB
The G2 Universe Mirage was part of a Walmart-only sub line called the Toxitron collection. This figure is a repaint of the Kingdom Mirage mold, done up in the color scheme of an un-released concept for a G2 Mirage toy. Yes, that's a deep cut.
The box art is AWESOME.
The toy isn't bad either. Growing up in the 80s, when I saw how everything in the 90s was neon and "extreme" I was very much put off by it. I was too old for Transformers at the time (or so I thought) so I ignored the G2 Transformers all together. However, seeing this now I am totally here for it.
Yeah, it's ALLIGATOR THEMED!
Car mode is equally fun!
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2 comments postedI think G2 appealed the most to kids like me who were born too late to easily get G1 toys of characters as they appeared in the original cartoon. So, it was cool because it was a chance at first to get G1 toys again. I managed to get all the Constructicons in yellow, Snarl in G1 deco, Jazz, Inferno, Bumblebee, Hubcap, Seaspray, three Aerialbots, and two Combaticons. Then from there, it was the all-new toys, which were cool in their own right.
Wild that it's been long enough, over 30 years now, that we're getting new G2 toys. Hope it keeps up, and they continue to do figures like this, based on unreleased designs. New versions of original G2 characters would be sweet too.
That is pretty snazzy looking. And the box art, especially on the sides, looks like something Frankie B might have drawn.