>>8767258Cyclonus was just a really lucky bot to have a lot of gimmicks compared to others. He's probably the most gimmicky toy in the Deluxe class (Super-Con as they called it back then) for having that much versatility and he 5th or sixth most gimmicky Armada toy overall that still works in the whole line.
>How's Hoist, who is he evenHoist, pic related is the reformatted form of Smokescreen after having been blasted by the Requiem Blaster and probably would have one of the saddest scene if he died then and there.
https://youtu.be/WeMi45oqKTg His toy is really impressive for having quite good articulation for the time.
>wasn't the whole point them enslaving and using the poor minicons for evilYeah they did, not often but they did. Most of the time the enslaved minicons were working on constructing things for them, IIRC the Hydra Cannon and the Decepticon warship were the ones they worked but it's been a long time. Megatron also took a select few as bait for a trap to ambush Optimus.