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New Article: The Transformers Decepto-Pack!

It's been a long while since the last Transformers-related article, so why the Hell not. Here's a look at the Decepto-Pack Armor Set, a clever pile of plastic that let any kid with a really small nose and a penchant for scratches on their face dress up like an honest-to-goodness Decepticon warrior. The elusive kit included a mask, shield, gun and breast-plate, which could then be transformed into a backpack. And then it all made sense. Article also includes a bonus section on Transformers "Decoys," those small rubbery figures you might've forgotten about. Enjoy.

Posted by Matt on 02/02/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 95 comments

Oh man, I gotta make a warrior movie w/ some of these…

Chestnuts roasted by Cassie @ 02/02/2004 12:29 PM

As this article came to a close, I noticed something of magnificent and startling implications. Matt has mastered time travel. The date is clearly 2/2/03. What does this mean for our future? I am not sure, but before the government swoops in let us all go to the era of the dinosaurs for some mighty fine butterfly stomping…

Chestnuts roasted by Captain Log @ 02/02/2004 12:41 PM

dick :)

fixed

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 02/02/2004 12:44 PM

I sooo remember getting this at a young age, for a birthday or other gift giving event, it was cool then, and I think it still kinda is

Chestnuts roasted by Ka-Dave @ 02/02/2004 12:44 PM

Oh my god your right, surely we should all congratulate Matt
NICE ONE MATT.

Chestnuts roasted by Gorm @ 02/02/2004 12:45 PM

heeey i rember these things my friends big brother had it.He was to old to play with and and hed never let us play with it. dick

Chestnuts roasted by Jared @ 02/02/2004 12:45 PM

This is definately not as fun as shooting pizzas out of the ninja turtles pizza shooter thing at anyone and anything, even though you definately are told not to by the crust on the other side.

Chestnuts roasted by Alyssa N @ 02/02/2004 1:03 PM

I had that as a kid. That mask is infinitely more horrifying once you’ve had it wrapped around your head – I cannot stress this enough. After about 5 minutes, the bridge of your nose had either given way, or your snot would totally drip out in a most UNSAVOURY fashion. Mind the U.

Also, your ears would be sliced to ribbons, and most importantly, if anyone actually caught you wearing the damn thing, you’d forever be labelled as a "slow-moving target."

Chestnuts roasted by Niq @ 02/02/2004 1:09 PM

Yeah, I don’t remember ever seeing this toy, but my brother and I had one of those Ghostbusters Proton Packs and a trap so whenever we wanted to be a cartoon character, we were Ghostbusters.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 02/02/2004 1:09 PM

Wow! Thank you for making me relive the pain of the mask on my nose and ears. It probably did not help that my head was slightly larger than most.

Remember that DJ Swamp wants you to "Worship the Robots"
http://www.djswamp.com/videos/worshiptherobots28mb.mov
http://www.unpop.com/features/int/swamp.html

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 02/02/2004 1:32 PM

Another X-E egg in this one: click Rumble’s flashing eyes in the logo.

Chestnuts roasted by Secret Searcher @ 02/02/2004 1:35 PM

Easy way to tie the two articles together Matt: put the decoys in the backpack and you are a walking platoon! Or a human convoy for decoys. Take your pick.

Chestnuts roasted by jason1551 @ 02/02/2004 1:48 PM

I haven’t read the article yet, but in my early years I lived for the "smock and cheap plastic mask in a box" Halloween costume. I had a Yoda one which completely rocked. I also had a Cy-Kill one. Sorry, but I loved being a Go-Bot…please don’t ban me.

At least, I loved it until my big head broke the thin white string holding the mask on.

Then I would cry…

Crying got me more candy…

I love shitty Halloween costumes.

Chestnuts roasted by Y2JB78 @ 02/02/2004 1:52 PM

hey could we get a clean look at the background of the article? just wonderin.

Chestnuts roasted by Trippy the 8th Dwarf @ 02/02/2004 2:13 PM

good recal on the bed tents matt… I had an awesome He-man one. I wish i still did, I’d put it on my bed tonight. I wonder if I can find them on ebay… what were the official names of them?

Chestnuts roasted by chad @ 02/02/2004 2:38 PM

You think Wreck-Gar could ever host JunkYard Wars?

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 02/02/2004 3:01 PM

At Botcon 98, I met the old fat guy dressed as Optimus Prime, only that year he was dressed as Metalhawk, a Japanese Pretender that he managed to far better resemble that year. He was quite polite, actually, which I suppose is one thing cosplayers contribute to the convention atmosphere. If you’re tired of the pushy dealers bilking you for your money, go talk to the guy dressed as Fat Buu; he could probably use a friend.

Chestnuts roasted by G'Tron @ 02/02/2004 3:17 PM

And by the way: RIRFIB!

Chestnuts roasted by G'Tron @ 02/02/2004 3:21 PM

There was a guy dressed up as Optimus Prime 2 halloweens ago here in Austin. Thank god he wasn’t fat.

Oh and since people are being picky on the date, I noticed something. Bombshells link is messed up its

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0866/decoys/8.jpg

but linked as
http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0866/decoys8/.jpg

Chestnuts roasted by Spiffy McKracken @ 02/02/2004 3:24 PM

I shall fix that now, thankee kindly.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 02/02/2004 3:25 PM

Here ya go Trippy:

http://www.x-entertainment.com/helloyou.gif

Chestnuts roasted by AlfonsoTheBat @ 02/02/2004 3:33 PM

Another great article full of rememberies. When the JC Penney and Sears Xmas catalogs used to come in the mail it was always a full out battle royal to see which of the three kids here got to look first. They were always chock full of everything our little hearts could imagine. I always wanted the coll dressing up kits like this but alas never got ‘em. As for bed tents those were another thing I always wanted but having the top bunk it wasn’t logistically possible.

Matt- do you still have that thing through Amazon.com where you had a "buy this for me" thing? For the birthday I mean.

Chestnuts roasted by Killer Duck @ 02/02/2004 3:49 PM

"And by the way: RIRFIB!"

You crazy! FIRRIB!

Chestnuts roasted by God Animagnus @ 02/02/2004 4:02 PM

Oh, good, someone else brought up the birthday (I e-mailed him but wasn’t sure if he wanted the exact date of his ‘birthdayness’ to be known). Yeah, Matt, if you don’t tell us what you want, how can we get it for you??

Feel the love!

Chestnuts roasted by purplegirl247 @ 02/02/2004 4:07 PM

i must agree with you duck, i always wanted the costumes and and stuff too. I mean why play with your figures when you could BE the figures.

Another catalog i remember was "Service Merchandise" it was kind of a department store i guess.

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 02/02/2004 4:10 PM

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