Overbite, designation SE1 on the packaging, assumes the form of what the instructions charitably refer to as a “monster”. Actually, it looks a lot like a shark with arms and legs. In fact, the Marvel UK comics do depict the character as a (limbless) mechanical shark. But they also call the character Jawbreaker. So what do they know?

Assuming the form of a WW1 German military biplane, Ransack is almost a century out of place when compared to the more contemporary vehicle modes chosen by his Decepticon friends. The biplane mode is actually a first in the Transformers’ 25-year heritage. Just when you think Hasbro couldn’t come up with anything original anymore, along comes Ransack.

Slicer is a reuse of Action Master Wheeljack’s mould in evil, nutty 90s colours. Slicer comes in a bronze, cyan and deep purple colour scheme.

Hasbro moves into the neon-coloured nineties with more Micromasters, expanding on the previous year’s range. The first Micromaster Patrol is the Race Track Patrol. It’s the Decepticon’s answer to last year’s Race Car Patrol but with brighter and more bilious colour schemes.

Flattop is unique among the Micromaster Transports in that the set is not a Micromaster pulling a transformable trailer but two separate transforming vehicles; a jet and an aircraft carrier. The two vehicles are well suited to one another. Like other Micromasters, Flattop seems to be named after his accessory rather than himself. Somewhat bewildering, that.

The Air Strike Patrol was the first of the Decepticon Micromaster Patrols. Released as a carded four-pack in 1989, the Air Strike Patrol consisted of Nightflight, Stormcloud, Tailwind, and Whisper.