Blindspot

Blindspot is a member of the Oil Slicks from BotBots.

Puh-puh-puh-PAC POWER!!!

Amazingly, Blindspot is feeling pretty blue.

Toys

BotBots

• Gamer Geeks (5-pack, 2022)
  • Series: 6
  • Rarity: Rare Oil Slick

Part of the sixth Series of BotBots, Blindspot is a redeco of Goob Toob, transforming into an "oil-slicked" CRT television set. Their face deco is based on the ghosts from Pac-Man, namely their vulnerable "TURN-TO-BLUE" phase. (In TV mode, they even resemble the ghosts in general shape!)

They are only available in the blind-packed portion of one of the "Gamer Geeks"-themed 5-packs, in the set with Chitter Click, Go-Naut, Pew Pew Pew, and Scratchmouth.

This mold was also used to make Telly, TV Cop, and Yule B. Bored.

Notes

• Blindspot's name seems to be a multi-layered reference:
  • "Spot", of course, being derived from the "messy" theme of the Oil Slicks.
  • "Blind spot" also refers to the areas just behind and to the side of a car where it's difficult for the driver to see other vehicles, raising the chances of an accident if there's a vehicle in them.
  • And then we're back to the original Pac-Man arcade game; By entering a particular tunnel from below and staying put in that corner, it is possible that it will result in a "blind spot" where the rules dictating each ghost's "target tile" (two of them never actually target Pac-Man directly!), and when/where/how they can turn when presented with a choice of paths, get all four ghosts stuck in endless loops, unable to reach Pac-Man, forever.

External links

• "Pac-Man Ghost AI Explained" from Retro Game Mechanics on YouTube, demonstrating how the "blind spot" happens.