The Cybertron Pretenders all make their first appearances in the Japanese Masterforce
series' first episode.
Technical details:
The source is a second-generation videotape, so its video quality is medium. It is better than nothing, I suppose. You can try watching it in full-screen mode if you want. The full-screen view does look great on my 17" monitor. A sharpen filter was applied to the video, and the gamma is set to 2.00 to increase the contrast in some of the darker portions.
Description of the events in the video:
A news helicopter is broadcasting the destruction by some Seacons under the command of the Destron Pretenders Gilmer (Submarauder), Blood (Bomb-Burst), and Taurus, also known as Dowlos (Skullgrin). Seeing this, Hawk summons his Pretender suit, surprising both the scientist friend and his relative (grandson?) Go Shuta, also known as Go Shooter (recolored Siren), who arrives back home on his motorcycle just in time to see Hawk change into his robot form Metalhawk, transform, and fly off. Shuta then rides off after him.
Alerted by Metalhawk, the other Cybertron Pretenders move into action. Diver (Waverider) is seen next already in his Pretender suit and diving into the water in his robot form and transforming. Forced to call off his date for the evening, Lander (Landmine) summons his Pretender suit and runs out of the elevator, leaving behind his shocked girlfriend. The police cars chasing him after he has changed to his robot form and transformed crash into each other as he leaps off over the shore and drives over water. Phoenix (Cloudburst) then appears already in his robot form and transforms in the midst of thunder and lightning.
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