Aside from a handful of notable exceptions, I tend to find myself very much against the concept of TransFormers crossovers. They end up either being simplistic retoolings (or repaints) of existing figures or, in the case of the early Marvel and Star Wars crossovers, pale imitations of the mainline toys.
In a lot of ways, given the source material, it actually shouldn't be too difficult to turn sci-fi vehicles into robots, but the results of both of these early crossovers did just one thing right... and it wasn't the transformation or the robot modes. The first batch ran sporadically between 2005 and 2012 with no real highlights (with the possible exception of 2007's Death Star/Darth Vader), then returned in 2018 with just two toys which were only marginally improved.
I never bought any of them, but my best friend did pick one up as a birthday present for me back in 2007, most likely because I've always been a huge fan of this particular Star Wars vehicle. So, let's take a look... How bad could it be?
