CLASSIFICATION: REPAINT
BASE FIGURE: HEROES OF CYBERTRON THUNDERCRACKER (OTFCC REPAINT)
MATERIALS USED: ACRYLIC PAINTS
FIRST APPEARANCE: "DIVIDE AND CONQUER" (G1)

"Megatron speaks.  Security on Cybertron has been breached!"

Preamble: Blue Moon and his buddies are probably among the most well-known generic Decepticon jets.  At the time of this writing, none of the generic characters from this episode have official names, though I am certain either Hasbro or Takara will eventually assign identities to the characters that will, by default, supersede the names I gave them.  In any event, these are the guys who were hanging out on Cybertron when Megatron gave them a call and ordered them to create some nasty weather for a small group of Autobots looking for a component to repair the ailing Optimus Prime.  Blue Moon (and his buddies Limelight and Goldwing) didn't get much screen time, but they're all pretty distinct in a monochromatic kind of way, so they tend to stand out in people's minds.

Construction: Blue Moon is an odd shade of off-blue.  I mixed in a little bit of purple, but I didn't want to go too much into that end of the spectrum since I wanted him to be visually distinct from Wasteland.  This guy is almost entirely blue except for a grey midsection, which means that if his vehicle mode were ever adapted to an Earth form, he'd have one seriously ugly jet mode.  But I digress.

Addendum: I've been just leaving the Decepticon symbols on the wings unpainted, but the Thundercracker figure I ended up with was missing symbols on both his wings.  I guess somebody at Takara fell asleep at the tampo-printing end of the assembly line or something.

BLUE MOON
FUNCTION: TECHNOLOGICAL WARFARE

"Resistance is useless!"

BLUE MOON is the closest thing the Decepticons have to a dedicated scientist.  Reclusive...spends most of his time in his lab...ventures out into the world only on rare occasions.  Specializes in modifying the other Decepticons' weaponry for greater destructive potential.  As cybertronic jet, uses crater bombs.  As robot, carries two acid cannons that can disperse a metal-eating compound throughout a four-mile radius.

STR: 5  INT: 10  SPD: 6  END: 8  RNK: 5  CRG: 7  FPW: 4  SKL: 8