Title:
Kickback
Description:
LEG48
• Kickback (Deluxe Class, 2022)
• TakaraTomy ID number: TL-04
• TakaraTomy release date: August 27, 2022
• Accessories: 2 Energon blades, ”Electrothermic Blast Tube”
• Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy), more»[2]
Part of the first wave of Legacy Deluxe Class toys, Kickback is a cartoon-accurate version of the character which transforms into a robotic grasshopper in 14 steps, in a nearly identical fashion to his Generation 1 toy. His accessories include an ”Electrothermic Blast Tube” gun, compatible with Fire Blast effect pieces, which can mount under his beast mode, and two Energon blades that resemble those included with the toy of another Kickback. The blades can either mount on the wings or, in an undocumented feature, combine together and peg into a normally unused 5 mm hole between the insect mode’s rear legs, forming an approximation of a real-life grasshopper’s abdomen. Designer Mark Maher later revealed that this ”secret feature” was included for Kickback’s future retool Ransack (see below).
His instructions omit bending his legs forward at the knees for insect mode.
Similar to Kingdom’s more realistic beast modes, the inner surfaces of Kickback’s wings have an organic texture.
While his transparent yellow chest panel may look like it can open to reveal a compartment like his Generation 1 and Titans Return predecessors, and has a hinge, the panel is sealed shut by tabs that are permanently locked in place due to how the torso is assembled. If one does break it open, however, it reveals a whole lot of Generation 1 toy-accurate… nothing.
This figure was retooled into Buzzworthy Bumblebee Ransack, who also includes a copy of Legacy Kickback’s head painted to resemble the original 1985 Kickback toy. This head is not actually mentioned in Ransack’s instructions, implying the intent is that it can be swapped onto Legacy Kickback to give him a more toy-accurate look.
• Kickback (Deluxe Class, 2022)
• TakaraTomy ID number: TL-04
• TakaraTomy release date: August 27, 2022
• Accessories: 2 Energon blades, ”Electrothermic Blast Tube”
• Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy), more»[2]
Part of the first wave of Legacy Deluxe Class toys, Kickback is a cartoon-accurate version of the character which transforms into a robotic grasshopper in 14 steps, in a nearly identical fashion to his Generation 1 toy. His accessories include an ”Electrothermic Blast Tube” gun, compatible with Fire Blast effect pieces, which can mount under his beast mode, and two Energon blades that resemble those included with the toy of another Kickback. The blades can either mount on the wings or, in an undocumented feature, combine together and peg into a normally unused 5 mm hole between the insect mode’s rear legs, forming an approximation of a real-life grasshopper’s abdomen. Designer Mark Maher later revealed that this ”secret feature” was included for Kickback’s future retool Ransack (see below).
His instructions omit bending his legs forward at the knees for insect mode.
Similar to Kingdom’s more realistic beast modes, the inner surfaces of Kickback’s wings have an organic texture.
While his transparent yellow chest panel may look like it can open to reveal a compartment like his Generation 1 and Titans Return predecessors, and has a hinge, the panel is sealed shut by tabs that are permanently locked in place due to how the torso is assembled. If one does break it open, however, it reveals a whole lot of Generation 1 toy-accurate… nothing.
This figure was retooled into Buzzworthy Bumblebee Ransack, who also includes a copy of Legacy Kickback’s head painted to resemble the original 1985 Kickback toy. This head is not actually mentioned in Ransack’s instructions, implying the intent is that it can be swapped onto Legacy Kickback to give him a more toy-accurate look.
Theme:
Deluxe Class
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Series:
Legacy
Date Added:
2023-01-17 18:29:45
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$14.97
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-01-03
Date Added:
2023-01-17 18:29:45
