Title:
Transformers G1 Longtooth Pretender
Description:
Longtooth (Small Pretender, 1989)
Accessories: Plasma cannon, Ionic Field Generator, carrier wheels/backpack.
The Transformers Longtooth’s inner robot transforms into an amphibious transport vehicle of fictional design, although most of the vehicle mode’s mass is composed of a removable "backpack” part. His shell represents a humanoid walrus with an electronic eye. Longtooth is an oddity amongst the standard Autobot Pretenders as his shell is not in the form of a human. The Pretender shell uses the Ionic Field Generator while the inner robot uses the plasma cannon.No version of this mold or character was released in Japan.
Notes
The Pretender shells of Longtooth and Octopunch both possess human skull belt buckles. The significance of this shared detail, if any, has never been revealed.When artist/writer Nick Roche was asked to name his least favorite Transformer, he chose Longtooth after only the briefest hesitation.Longtooth’s vehicle alternate mode is reminiscent of a sea creature, with eye-like windshields and a flat-topped hull with protrusions, looking like a large jaw with teeth.IDW’s reinterpretation of Longtooth is designed to invoke some of his Pretender shell features onto his inner-robot, with a helmet evocative of his distinctive walrus tusks and his "eyepatch” re-envisioned as the camera of his new trade as cameraman.
Accessories: Plasma cannon, Ionic Field Generator, carrier wheels/backpack.
The Transformers Longtooth’s inner robot transforms into an amphibious transport vehicle of fictional design, although most of the vehicle mode’s mass is composed of a removable "backpack” part. His shell represents a humanoid walrus with an electronic eye. Longtooth is an oddity amongst the standard Autobot Pretenders as his shell is not in the form of a human. The Pretender shell uses the Ionic Field Generator while the inner robot uses the plasma cannon.No version of this mold or character was released in Japan.
Notes
The Pretender shells of Longtooth and Octopunch both possess human skull belt buckles. The significance of this shared detail, if any, has never been revealed.When artist/writer Nick Roche was asked to name his least favorite Transformer, he chose Longtooth after only the briefest hesitation.Longtooth’s vehicle alternate mode is reminiscent of a sea creature, with eye-like windshields and a flat-topped hull with protrusions, looking like a large jaw with teeth.IDW’s reinterpretation of Longtooth is designed to invoke some of his Pretender shell features onto his inner-robot, with a helmet evocative of his distinctive walrus tusks and his "eyepatch” re-envisioned as the camera of his new trade as cameraman.
Theme:
1989
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1989
Country:
United States
Series:
G1
Model Number:
Yellow Shell
Date Added:
2021-09-29 19:04:57
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$25.10
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-02-08
Date Added:
2021-09-29 19:04:57
