Warstuff: Transformers Micro Battles!

Little dudes who double as little tanks, what's not to like?

Last wargame-related post of the month, going back to working on Tellus afterward. So, currently the shelves at local Walmart (and similar stores), should one bother to look at their toy aisle, ought to be covered in Transformers figure from the nearly concluded Siege line. This line (and its upcoming 2020 continuation, Earthrise) has two size class of figures which are almost 30mm-ish scaled (if a bit taller). These are the Micromaster class (come in two packs) and the Battlemasters which turn into weapons: mostly guns but there are a few melee armaments in there and the oddball 'medical scanner' for Rung.

As I've previously written, these guys are decently cheap (yet still good) fun little action figures of little robot dudes. They are also known to clog shelves quite a bit, meaning they are readily abundant making them easy to 'army build' and/or repaint into another character. In any case, this post contain the stats for most the Micro and Battlemasters of Siege (including some of the exclusives) and the first wave of Earthrise. The basic rules for my approach to conversion are:

• If its an all-terrain vehicle then it has Strider.
• If it either has a flying animal mode or an airplane mode, it has Flying.
• If its some sort of tank or artillery it has either Deadly or Shooter.
• Battlemasters have either Shooter if it turns into a gun or Frenzy if its a melee weapon.
• Soundwave's Spy Cassettes have Stealthy thanks to being deployed by Soundwave and used for espionage.
• If using a figure that's Legend class (bigger than Micromaster or Battlemaster) from another line then it has Large.
• If its the (primary) partner of a major character (like 'Firedrive' being Firebolt, the Targetmaster of Hot Rod/Rodimus or Laserbeak for Soundwave) then its probably Quality 4+ or above.

Here's the list of figures. Earthrise figure list can be found here. Finally these things should be available at local Wal Mart, Target, Toys R Us (for those outside the USA) and similar retail and/or toy stores. They are also available online such as place like Big Bad Toy Store, TFSource and others like that.

Autobots

Battlemasters:

• Firedrive: Quality  4+, Shooter 3 (30pts)
• Lionizer/Dazzlestrike: Quality 6+, Fast, Frenzy, Strider (20pts)
• Pteraxadon: Quality 5+, Frenzy, Flying (25pts)
• Smashdown: Quality 5+, Frenzy, Intimidating (25pts)
• Rung: Quality 6+, Camouflaged, Healer, Regeneration (40pts)
• Trenchfoot: Quality 5+, Shooter 3 (25pts)
• Soundbarrier: Quality 5+, Tough (40pts)

Micromasters:

• Roadhandler: Quality 5+, Fearless (20pts)
• Swindler: Quality 5+, Hit-And-Run (20pts)
• Topshot/Flak: Quality 5+, Shooter (15pts)
• Red Heat/Trip Up: Quality 5+, Frenzy, Fearless (30pts)
• Stakeout: Quality 5+, Fearless, Hit-And-Run (30pts)
• Highjump: Quality 5+, Strider, Camouflaged (20pts)
• Powertrain: Quality 5+, Strider, Leader (45pts)
• Daddy-O: Quality 5+, Hit-And-Run, Leader (50pts)

Decepticons

Battlemasters:

• Blowpipe/Aimless/Caliburst: Quality 5+, Shooter 3 (25pts)
• Singe/Shrute: Quality 5+, Shooter, Fire (25pts)
• Terror-Daxtyl: Quality 5+, Frenzy, Flying (25pts)
• Fracas: Quality  4+, Shooter 3 (30pts)

Micromasters:

• Stormcloud: Quality 5+, Flying, Camouflaged (25pts)
• Visper: Quality 5+, Flying, Leader (50pts)
• Laserbeak: Quality 4+, Flying, Stealthy (30pts)
• Ravage: Quality 5+, Fast, Strider, Stealthy (25pts)
• Blackjack/Hyperdrive: Quality 5+, Hit-And-Run (20pts)
• Rumble*: Quality 5+, Frenzy, Stealth (20pts)
• Ratbat: Quality 5+, Flying, Stealth, Leader (55pts)
• Direct-Hit/Powerpunch: Quality 5+, Shooter (15pts)
• Bombshock: Quality 5+, Armored, Strider, Shooter (35pts)
• Growl: Quality 5+, Armored, Shooter (30pts)

*Toy says Rumble but you could also call it Frenzy....