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Cuz, meh, don't really have a decent title.

I had myself a full weekend, by normal standards. Attended my first wedding in a few years, and my first wedding reception in even longer. Good times, it was for my theatre friends Kyle & Erin, and involved a two-hour drive to a cabin. So it was nice and low-key, but was fun.

Yesterday I got quite a bit done for a football season opener. Got to watch the Vikings game, plus had Wendy's, plus got some new toys, plus fixed my car, plus took all the stuff off my walls, which got to be a sweaty job in 90-degree heat.

Vikings lost, which was a shame. I blame the refs, they called some really questionable penalties that brought back touchdowns. And the offensive line stunk, too.

Our fantasy football team also stunk it up, but we're currently beating our opponents this week. Unfortunately that's because four of their players are playing tonight, including Michael Vick & Terrell Owens, so we're most likely going to get blown out of the water. It's never a good fantasy football week when your kicker is your highest scorer (our entire roster only had one touchdown. Ugh.).

Also, I've decided I'm going to audition for Bye Bye Birdie at Morris Park tomorrow, but probably just going to focus on the two leads, otherwise will move on to other theatres.

Oh, and I have a date tomorrow, so, huzzah!

So, yeah, the Transformers that I bought. I bought a Minicon team, the first to come out in a while.

For those who don't know and do care, Minicons were a new classification of Transformer that was introduced in the Armada line. When that line came out, all $7 packages were 3-packs of Minicons. Their basic premise was that they could attach to the regular TF's, giving them more power. There was a TON of potential when these figures were announced, with visions of weapon triple-changers, armor classes, and vehicles that would complement the look of a regular Transformer when attached.

Unfortunately, the less-than-Mini size of most of the Minicons tended to make them appear bulky on all but a few of the larger figures. Also, until the last two teams were released, the only "weapon" Minicons were combiner teams, forming weapons that ended up being way too large for the average TF.

In the end, the Minicon gimmick ended up having many more misses than hits.

Partially because of that, and partially because of a gimmick change, the Minicon releases for the Energon line were limited to remolds of Armada teams, or repaints packaged with repaints of Armada figures.

So I was more than a little surprised to see them returning to the Minicon factions in Cybertron, complete with new characters and molds. First was Safeguard, packaged with Vector Prime.

And now comes the first new Minicon team of the Cybertron era, the Recon Minicon Team. I was glad to see them, because they're, for the most part, upgrades to the original Minicon sets in terms of quality and flexibility.

Well, okay, ONE of the figures in the line is an upgrade. The other two are hit-and-miss.

First off is Jolt, who is the only figure in the pack to be an updated version of a previous Minicon. His vehicle mode is a helicopter. Pretty decent quality, has sort of an aquatic look to him, as opposed to the more sleek look of the original version.

His transformation to robot mode is a little awkward, as the blades get in the way of the legs that flip down. As a robot, his arms and legs aren't very articulated, but the cockpit gives a spacesuit look to him that's pretty original.

Overall, Jolt's a fun figure, but I prefer the Armada version that was packaged with Hot Shot. Less bulky, and just a more fun figure overall. Also, this was a rare Minicon that doesn't have a Powerlink junction on him, basically not allowing the figure to be attached to another.

Six Speed is another figure that could stand to have some more flexibility to him, and reminds me, more than any of the other figures, of the original Transformers Microbots.

His vehicle mode looks nice enough, as a green racecar. A little outdated, however, but it has Powerlink potential, which I might take advantage of once I get my figures back up and displayed again. The Minicon logo on the hood is a nice touch, as well.

As for his robot mode... well, what can be said, except that I'm not that big of a fan. It just feels like the designers got lazy with his limbs, giving him those huge flipping shoulders. I'm pretty much planning to keep this guy in vehicle or Powerlink mode at all times.

The main reason I wanted to get this set, however, is for the Minicon Reverb. Seeing the pictures got me excited to see a figure that had a pretty original form, at least as far as Minicons go.

His vehicle mode is pretty straightforward, a pickup truck. What I like is that it's small, probably the smallest Minicon figure aside from Tidal Wave's Ramjet, which allows for a decent Powerlink with most figures.

Robot mode, though, is what I'm a big fan of. The transformation process as it is is very original for a Minicon, and his robot mode displays a great paint scheme, with quite a bit of flexibility. By far the best Minicon I've seen in a long time. I'm going to have difficulty deciding where I put him, and in what mode.

There, that should do for now.