Phil's
Micromaster Sports Car Patrol Blackjack
and
Transformers Zone & Retrun of Convoy Blackheat
Review


Blackjack

Blackjack is a member of the Decepticon Micromaster Sports Car Patrol. He's co-moulded with Roadhugger - they both share black and purple plastic. The team is completed by Detour and Hyperdrive who are also co-moulded with each other sharing yellow & pale blue plastic.

Blackjack is a black Ford Probe car with gold painted windows. If we follow our comparisons with earlier Transformers that we've had with the Micromaster patrols then the Sports Car Patrol - Decepticon Cars - are obviously The Stunticons. Some of the analogies are a little loose for this team but the dark body work means that Blackjack is similar to Wildrider.

TF: Fold the rear of the car back to become the legs. Fold the bonnet down to become the chest. Stand.

The robot mode reveals the purple also used on this mould on the head & upper legs - it's also used for the body under the fold down chest. Standard Micromaster articulation of turning shoulders and bending but linked hips & knees.

Overall: Dark car mode looks great and the robot is decent Decepticon colours.


Blackheat

When the Sports Car Patrol were released in Japan they changed sides - they're now Cybertron(Autobot) toys - and colours - well they do look rather Decepticon like. Now known as the Super Car patrol the following colour swaps apply:

Black stays the same
Purple becomes yellow
Yellow becomes white
Pale blue becomes red

Blackjack becomes Blackheat and has a vehicle mode that isn't affected one bit by the changes. The black is the prominent colour still in robot mode with the fold down chest concealing the body parts and the yellow still looks quite Decepticon like.

The Super Car Patrol were released first in Japan in 1990 as Transformers Zone toy C-333. They came back the following year, now packed with Microtrailer number 12 as set numbered C-375.


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