Skullgrin

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Goldenarms: The color which more accurately describes Legacy Skullgrin's chest paint (between various shades of purple) would be burgundy. ~~~~

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:''Skullgrin is a [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Skullgrin-packageart.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Nyeh! Castle Greyskull will be mine!]]
When you encounter '''Skullgrin''', just ''who'' you're meeting depends largely on what he happens to be wearing at the time. The Cybertronian robot at his core is intelligent, logical, coldblooded, and vain. He tends to put his own interests above the Decepticon cause and is easily distracted from missions and even direct combat should something of interest catch his optic. He finds Earth in particular quite interesting and is eager (in a decadent and mercenary way) to learn what it has to offer him.

Should you meet Skullgrin inside his Pretender shell, however, you'll find yourself facing a whole different beast. When he's encased in its monstrous hide, a new personality takes over: he becomes a snorting, snarling, sinister sick-o. Low on brains but brimming over with boundless, unstoppable rage, this Skullgrin is the kind of warrior you just point in a certain direction and let fly. Mindless destruction is his favorite pastime, and he won't stop snarling and fighting until everything before him has fallen.

The disconnect between these two personas can lead to some rather erratic behaviour on his part. The two disparate personalities attempting to reconcile themselves within him can make who and what Skullgrin is like on any given day a toss-up, and should the coin come down wrong, a potentially deadly one for anyone nearby.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Decepticonpretenders-behold.jpg|left|thumb|Pretenders on parade.]]
After commandeering a genetics research lab on Earth, [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] was able to create the science of Pretender shells using synthoplasmic chambers constructed by himself and [[Vorath]]. Skullgrin was one of six Decepticon volunteers transformed by the process into Pretenders. But soon after the process was completed, the Decepticons took notice of a digital eavesdropper. After tracing the intruder to [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]], Scorponok sent out his newly recreated troops to test their might against the spies. But, having gained access to the Pretender process themselves, the Autobots were able to manufacture heroic counterparts to Scorponok's goons. A digital copy of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] proved to be a superior tactician against the Decepticons, tipping the odds in the Autobots' favor. Skullgrin and his kin were soon driven into a retreat. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

[[File:SkullgrinMonconMars.jpg|thumb|We flyin' first class / Up in the sky / Poppin' champagne / Livin' the life]]
Skullgrin was sent to Earth alone by Scorponok to construct a fuel depot in secret for his Decepticon comrades, the belief being that his organic shell would arouse less suspicion than a normal Decepticon would due to the increasing public hostility towards giant alien robots, fanned by the [[Z Foundation]]. Skullgrin caught the attention of [[Rollie Friendly (G1)|Rollie Friendly]] after [[Bigfoot]]-style sightings of him in [[North Carolina]] appeared in the gutter press, and the film director offered him a movie role. The Pretender agreed in exchange for being paid in fuel. When the public and press went wild over him, Skullgrin began to like being a movie star. But while his Pretender shell had fooled most people, robot hunter [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] suspected his origins. When Skullgrin revealed his true form to the movie's [[Carissa Carr (G1)|leading lady]], the robophobic Circuit Breaker attacked and destroyed both the film and his movie career. {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}}

[[File:MonsterconfromMars-Skullgrinrobot.jpg|left|thumb|Y'know, Skullgrin, this sort of thing put Pee-Wee Herman in jail.]]
Scorponok's troops, Skullgrin included, met with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s forces. Distrust between the two leaders led to an all-out battle between the two groups, till they realized that [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] had manipulated them both to battle while he made his escape to acquire the [[Underbase]]. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Both Decepticon camps united, only to be once more distracted when they detected the Autobots approaching their location. Skullgrin and his teammates were ordered by Scorponok to "crush every [[spark]] from their bodies." This too was realized to have been a ruse by Starscream, and the Autobots formed a temporary alliance with the Decepticons to go after him. After Starscream gained the power of the Underbase, Skullgrin was part of a wave with the other Decepticon Pretenders and the Predacons that tried to take down Starscream. His power was too much for the Decepticons and the Predacons were destroyed. However, the Pretenders were spared thanks to their syntho-flesh Pretender shells, rendering immune to Starscream's blasts. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

''Along with [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] and [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]], Skullgrin hijacked the [[Keeler Oil Terminal]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] to convert the [[oil]] into a more refined form of [[energon]] with a [[Transmuter (G1)|transmuter]]. As he completed the device, however, they were ambushed by three [[Autobot]] Pretenders and battle ensued. While [[Cloudburst]] and Bomb-burst prevented a human jet from crashing and destroying the rig, Skullgrin and Iguanus were subdued and captured by [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and [[Splashdown]].'' {{storylink|The Chain Gang!}}

Following the destruction of their mobile starship headquarters, the Decepticons established a new base hidden under the [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] dumps. Shortly thereafter, Iguanus was chosen by Scorponok to spearhead a new energy-collecting endeavor with his fellow Pretenders. When Skullgrin expressed displeasure at being left with guard duty while the other Pretenders had more exciting roles, Iguanus taunted that it was because movie stardom had made him a softhearted fleshling-lover. When Iguanus captured [[Cecilia Santiago|a human]] snooping near the base, Skullgrin attempted to convince his fellow Pretender not to immediately terminate her. This resulted in a brawl between the two of them that would be interrupted by the arrival of [[Mudslinger (G1)|Mudslinger]]. He battled the [[Off Road Patrol]], but failed to prevent them from destroying the equipment he was guarding. {{storylink|King Con!}} Skullgrin later saw Zarak's return to the Decepticons' base and was ordered by him to contact Cybertron's Decepticons for soldiers to battle [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]] in a wrestling match. {{Storylink|The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!}}

He later partook in an attack on the Autobots at [[MacDill Air Force Base]] in [[Florida]]. As he was exiting his shell to assist Scorponok, Prime smashed a jet in his face. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} When Starscream appeared just as that battle ended, Skullgrin was quickly defeated alongside [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

When the Autobots surrendered to the Decepticons, Skullgrin and Bomb-Burst made sure to remove Cloudburst's armor to assure he wouldn't use it to rebel. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], and Hot Rod escaped and invaded Zarak's quarters, Skullgrin was among those who came to their leader's rescue, but ultimately saw the beginning of an Autobot-Decepticon alliance, only to end up buried as a new civil war began with the destruction of the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Surrender!}} After digging himself out, he joined [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]], and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] in an assault on Starscream, [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]]. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Skullgrin was present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on New York; however Optimus Prime rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 7|New York — A City Sinking in Terror}} At another point, Bomb-Burst, Skullgrin, and Submarauder attempted to stop the [[Race Car Patrol]] and the [[Off Road Patrol]] from joining a mission to stop Decepticons from gathering spilled [[oil]] in [[Alaska]], but they failed in this task. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|Headmaster of the Dimensions}} The trio were also part of a wave of Decepticon attacks on oil refineries, but their raid was cut short when the Autobot Pretenders chased them into an ambush by other Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|He Who Laughs Last ...}} Skullgrin, among others, was discussed as part of simulation accidentally triggered by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 15|Memories of Bumblebee}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:NewDawn-Skullgrin.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|What a great end to his character arc.]]
Skullgrin was sent out with five of his fellow Decepticons to explore [[Fahl space]], and their ship was attacked by the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. Skullgrin alone survived long enough to try to return to [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], and exploded in re-entry attempting to warn his leader. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
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====''Classics''====
[[File:InvasionPrologue-Decepticonspushforward.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Thought you were gonna see my ''Generations'' toy, huh? Well, nuts to you!]]
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Twenty years after the battle of Klo, Skullgrin had joined [[Overlord (G1)|Gigatron]]'s Decepticons on Earth, and was present when Gigatron's team attacked the Autobots' [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]] headquarters for their hidden [[Rarified Energon]] reserves. {{storylink|Invasion Prologue}}

While observing Ironworks with Gigatron and the rest of his troops from afar, Skullgrin and the others received word from [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] that strange Transformers from another dimension had invaded the Autobot base. Gigatron decided the time was ripe to make another play for the Rarified Energon while the Autobots were distracted, and the Decepticons moved in. [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] and Skullgrin tried to sneak into Ironworks from underground, but encountered two alleged Autobots instead. [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] proved more than a match for Skullgrin, first destroying the shell, then defeating the inner robot. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Skullgrin was a brilliant and methodical field commander for the Decepticons. However, nobody likes intelligence in the [[Decepticon Empire]], so his superiors put a [[shell program]] in his Pretender shell's circuitry that drove him nuts and made him virtually useless in a leadership position. And everyone lived happily ever after. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye #6}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Stormbringer issue 1|''Stormbringer'' #1]]}}

[[File:Stormbringer3 Skullgrin Bomburst grenade.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|"—we become standardized [[Simon Furman]] cannon fodder!"]]
Skullgrin was one of the cultists under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] attempting to resurrect [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}} When [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] and the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s came snooping around [[Thunderhead Pass]], Skullgrin and the other cultists attacked and captured most of the Autobot scientists. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} When Jetfire attempted to escape his confinement, he bashed Skullgrin into a wall. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} Later, when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Wreckers]] arrived, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] blew Skullgrin up with a grenade. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

Skullgrin survived the encounter and was taken to [[Garrus-9]]. After [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] took control of the prison, he freed [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], who selected certain Decepticons to take with him. Like the rest of Shockwave's companions, he was on [[The List]], and had been intended to be handed over to the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] in exchange for the former Senator being allowed to go free, a deal [[Tarn (G1)|Tarn]] rejected. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
Skullgrin was a [[Prime Master]] who housed the spark energy of [[Liege Maximo]], able to grant trickster abilities to other Transformers. {{storylink|#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Skullgrin / Liege Maximo online bio}}
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Skullgrin, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:Tread&Circuits4 SkullgrinVThunderclash.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Skullgrin works the groin.]]
Skullgrin was a member of [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]], a terrorist group operating on the Cybertronian colony of [[Velocitron]]. They denounced the colony's practice of choosing their [[Senate|First Senator]] using the [[Speedia 500]] race, and promised to disrupt it. For effect, Mayhem murdered an upcoming racer named [[Electro]]ns on a live broadcast. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 1}}

During the race, Skullgrin tried to bury the racers with explosives triggering an avalanche. Mayhem bottle-necked most of the racers in a mountain pass, attacking the participants. An Ascenticon named [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] made it through the commotion and won, but Skullgrin and most of Mayhem escaped capture. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 3}} At the swearing-in ceremony days later, Mayhem assaulted the Velocitronian Senate. Skullgrin fought with [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], leader of the [[Wreckers]] stunt team, but was beaten unconscious. Only later, after the Wreckers had departed, was it revealed that Mayhem and the Ascenticons had collaborated from the beginning. Knock Out's ascension to First Senator had been planned, and now the Decepticons ruled Velocitron. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 4}}

===Velocitron Speedia 500===
Skullgrin was one of many spectators for the [[Speedia 500]] race on [[Velocitron]]. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 2}} He remained for the second week of the race, where he was infatuated with [[Axlegrease]]. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}
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==Commercial appearances==
Shortly after the Autobots developed [[Pretender]]s, the Decepticons learned to duplicate the process. Their own foray into this technology yielded Skullgrin, [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]], and [[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]]. The Decepticon Pretenders forced their way into the Autobot research lab that birthed their heroic counterparts, where they proved just as capable of splitting from the shells to fight on two fronts each. Skullgrin faced off against [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] in the ensuing fight. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretenders|Pretenders commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsSkullgrin.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Skullgrin participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character who could be recruited after collecting 75 units of Cybermetal and 36 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBOSkullgrin.jpg|thumb|100px]]
Skullgrin was in command of the eighth Decepticon base attacked and destroyed by the Autobots during a series of raids. He pursued the invaders in tank mode launching several bombs and missiles against his target, but foolishly ran over his own bombs and blew himself up. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1Skullgrin toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Seen here before his cross-country tour with GWAR]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Skullgrin''' (Pretender, [[1988]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Pretender shell, "[[vibro-sword]]", left & right "lasers", belt
:*''Known designers'': [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)

:Skullgrin's inner robot turns into a Cybertronic "assault tank", with [[Shrapnel blaster|two built-in cannons]] in addition to Skullgrin's own guns that can be attached to the sides. The tank has three wheels on the underside to allow him to roll. The built-in cannons can be swung out of his arms easily in this mode, while his side guns can either be attached to his knees or held in his fists. The guns themselves can also be combined into a single "[[Slagmaker carbine|double slagmaker laser]]", though the large size means it suits his Pretender shell better.

:Skullgrin's Pretender shell is a humanoid monster with a demonic ram's skull. The top of the skull is moulded in softer, rubberised plastic, like most shell accessories. The lower jaw of the skull is moulded into the chest of the shell itself and even includes a tongue. Because the lower jaw is unpainted it becomes almost invisible, giving Skullgrin the appearance of having no lower jaw at all.

:Unusually, his belt actually works like a belt, looping around the shell and fastening together. While this may be more realistic or may look better, it also means one needs to unfasten the belt every time one opens the shell. The shell is armed with the vibro-sword and the double gun.

:Skullgrin was sold in Japan as [[Dauros#Toys|Dauros]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Skullgrin/skullgrin.htm More information on Skullgrin at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-Skullgrin.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|If Travolta can make a comeback, so can I!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Skullgrin''' (Deluxe Class, [[2010]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Pick-axe/cannon, missile launcher, machine gun, smoke grenade launchers
:*''Known designers'': [[Bill Rawley]] and [[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro), [[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)

:Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Skullgrin is a [[retool]] and [[redeco]] of ''Generations'' [[Straxus (G1)#Generations|Darkmount]] with a new head, who transforms into a half-tracked {{w|Self-propelled artillery|self-propelled artillery vehicle}} inspired by the {{w|G6 howitzer|South African G6 Rhino}}, and a tripod-mounted {{w|howitzer}} platform.

:In vehicle mode, the turret can rotate and the barrel can raise. Initially it was planned to have the sculpt interact with Scout Class figures who could man his "fortress mode". The remainders of that idea are the otherwise pointless handlebars that end up on his knees in robot mode.<ref name="generations11">TakaraTomy staff interview in ''[[Transformers Generations 2011 Volume 1]]'', [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/428825-takaratomy-staff-interview-generations-united.html translation at TFW2005].</ref> In robot mode, the cannon barrel becomes a pick-axe weapon, while his smaller weapons are equipped with [[C joint]]s and thus can clip onto various compatible rungs, bars and tubes sculpted onto the vehicle or robot. Just like Darkmount, Skullgrin's head was designed with a light-piping feature, but it is not utilized due to the red paint covering his eyes and the usage of opaque plastic for his piping.

:This mold was also used for [[BotCon 2012]] [[Straxus (SG)#Toys|The Bard of Darkmount]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Skullgrin/skullgrin.htm More information on ''Generations'' Skullgrin at TFU.info]''
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:PowerOfThePrimestoy-LiegeMaximo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Metalhawk. It's been a whil...wait, I'm still Skullgrin?"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Liege Maximo''' (Prime Master, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-02'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 25]], [[2018]]
:*''Accessories'': Skullgrin decoy armor, claw
:*''Known designers'': [[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Robby Musso]] (concept artist)

:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Liege Maximo#Power of the Primes|Liege Maximo]] is a [[Prime Master]] with Skullgrin decoy armor, visually based on the original [[Pretender]]'s inner robot and shell.

:This toy has identical features to the other Prime Masters in the line. The decoy armor has a weapon piece which can fold out to create a weapon mode, or detach and be held in the armor's 3 mm-compatible hand. The [[Titan Master]]-like robot can store inside the decoy armor or ride [[Size class|Legends Class]] figures in vehicle mode, and is fully compatible with toys from the previous ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' line. The "Power Swap" gimmick means its [[spark]] form can plug onto any decoy armor's weapon form (which has a [[5 mm post]] to be held by larger figures), Deluxe Class figures' chest armor, Voyager Class figures' bucklers, Leader Class figures' [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] (in place of their Matrix core), [[combiner]]s' torsos (in place of their [[Enigma of Combination#Power of the Primes|Enigma of Combination]]), or the [[Scepter of Sparks#Generations|Scepter of Sparks]]. With the power of [[you]]r imagination, this bestows the Prime Master's [[Prime Master/Combinations|unique power]] on the larger figure.

:Depending on the individual copy, the peg holes on Liege Maximo's legs varies from normal size to near-shallow, which the latter makes him somewhat prone to falling off from the decoy armor's weapon form. Unlike every other Titan Master/Prime Master, Liege Maximo and his fellow first wave Prime Masters feature backpacks/symbols secured by pins instead of screws.

:Though designated for a first quarter 2018 release, Liege Maximo's wave reached U.S. store shelves in November 2017. While not a [[shelfwarmer]], Liege Maximo could still be found among future waves of the ''Power of the Primes'' line, and even among figures of the following ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege]]'' line.

:Liege Maximo/Skullgrin was retooled with a new [[Prime Master]] sigil and decoy armor front as [[The Fallen/toys#Power of the Primes|The Fallen]]/[[Bomb-Burst (G1)#Power of the Primes|Bomb-Burst]].
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Deluxe-Skullgrin.jpeg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Being at a bigger size class compared to his [[Iguanus (G1)#Legacy|brethren]] makes him (skull)grin from ear to ear.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Skullgrin''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-18'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[February 25]], [[2023]]
:*''Accessories'': 2 swords, 2 blasters, connector/tail unit
:*''Known designers'': [[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)

:Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Deluxe Class figures, Skullgrin, like his fellow Pretender [[Iguanus (G1)#Legacy|Iguanus]] of the same line, transforms from a robot mode that hybridizes elements of the shell and inner robot of his original toy, into a Cybertronian tank in 20 steps. He includes four weapons, which can combine together into a sword/ cannon hybrid.

:The white plastic in use comes in two types: soft, rubberized plastic for his the central skull, the skull's hinged horns, horns across the shoulders and hips, as well as the swords, and regular nylon plastic for parts of the hips, ankles, the internal slider for the shoulders, and the hinged sections inside the legs. The white nylon frames in the legs are quite thin, which can result in the treads detaching during transformation.<ref>https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/generations-legacy-skullgrin.1238332/</ref>

:The instructions also suggest that Skullgrin's swords can plug into the 5mm ports on his sides as shields, and his cannons can be plugged into his back in robot mode. In robot mode, his tail is articulated.

:Amusingly, Skullgrin's cannons are carved to look like there are fists folded into them, as this was how the G1 toy appeared... though if you want to get ''super'' nitpicky, and of course ''we do'', these faux-fists are not at the same angle as those of the original toy.

:Mark Maher's commentary shows a skull attached to a piece that forms the front of the tank mode on Skullgrin's component diagram, but this was cut from the final toy. As with every other figure but the original, Skullgrin's face is once again missing a lower jaw, ''however'' Maher intended for there to be one until very late in the process bucking the usual trend of it just going unnoticed that Skullgrin ever had one in the first place.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXxl3gumjK/</ref> Skullgrin’s stock image shows him with purple paint on his chest, however the actual release has him with burgundy paint on his chest, the same as elsewhere on his body.

:Skullgrin would later be retooled into the Buzzworthy Bumblebee [[Cybertronian (faction)#Buzzworthy_Bumblebee|Troop Builder Pack Cybertronian]].
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==Notes==
* Skullgrin's [[character model]] in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comics was a straight-up, less-detailed repurposing of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] concept art by [[Masakatsu Saito]], rather than a [[Marvel Productions]]/[[Toei Animation|Toei]]-original model.
* Bob Budiansky originally wrote Skullgrin's profile sometime in 1987, well before giving the character the spotlight in [[Monstercon from Mars!|issue #45]] of the Marvel Comic in mid-1988. For whatever reason, Skullgrin's depiction in this story really didn't match up with the profile; his bio described him as having a "split personality"—rational while in robot mode, but a feral beast while inside his shell—yet he spent nearly the whole comic inside his shell, and was largely perfectly coherent throughout. When the profile was finally printed years later in 1990's [[...All This and Civil War 2|issue #72]], it's obvious from reading it that it was amended after the fact to insert an explanation for Skullgrin's behaviour in the earlier issue, blaming his "two disparate personalities trying to interface on the same level" for his "uncharacteristic" behaviour.
* Skullgrin initially appeared in ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' using a new mechanical design mostly based on his classic Pretender shell before dying in [[Stormbringer issue 3|''Stormbringer'' #3]]. This left an apparently separate Cybertronian inspired by the inner robot design alone to be Skullgrin's Japanese counterpart [[Dauros]]. [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]] and [[Blood]] shared a similar pattern in this continuity. However, Skullgrin eventually reappeared in [[The Ties That Bind (issue)|''Lost Light'' #14]] drawn according to the inner robot design. He then made a final cameo appearance in [[The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|''Optimus Prime'' #20]] drawn according to the Pretender shell.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Skullgrin''' (スカルグリン ''Sukarugurin'')
*''French:'' '''Crânien''' (Canada, "Cranial")
*''Italian:'' '''Korno''' ("Horn")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shānyángguài''' ("山羊怪,Goat Monster")

==References==
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