Way back in the day, when Hasbro was trying all kinds of stuff with their original transformers line, there were two experiments called Jumpstarters. They were pull-back-motorized toys that would roll forward, jump into the air and snap to a standing position. Crazy, right? Their transform was essentially a sharp waist-bend, when the catch uncatched, they would unfold and spring into the air. They were super-common toys back in the day, I had Topspin, but ended up giving him away during a purge.
There was a little bit of later self-kicking, so I was really glad to see that the Titans Return line was giving them an update. It's a really good update. They don't transform with a jump any more, but the new toys have the blocky, bulky look of the originals, and are Titan Masters, also. The transformations are highly innovative, and despite the retool status of TwinTwist, there is a lot of differentiation between the two.
They cam with the same pair of weapons, that can be used separately or plugged together. to make them look a little more different I display them differently
And to the title of this post, I go to Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull, to the album Crest of a Knave
They weren't really experiments, they were just another pair of Diaclone toys Hasbro licensed from Takara.
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