Super deformed
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Super deformed is a style of manga and anime art that features smaller, cuter versions of pre-existing characters, with distorted proportions.
- The G1 Mini Vehicles' alt modes were based on Choro-Q toy cars, which themselves were super-deformed versions of actual cars. (This is particularly clear when you compare Cliffjumper to an actual Porsche 924.)
- The Monster Pretenders featured rubbery beast shells and robot monster modes that were scrunched and deformed enough to be considered super-deformed (Scowl's bio in particular makes note of this horrid cuteness.)
- In 1990, Takara marketed a series of super-deformed Transformers toys, with the Transformer PD Type mini-comics serving as their official fiction.
- MyClone figurines are also designed in a super-deformed style.
- The fanmade comic "Superdeformers", written by Matt Nelson, featured parodies of various Transformers under slightly altered names (for example, Megatron became Megaphone and Starscream became Sunscreen) and Transformers in general. It was canceled and the website was taken down when Hasbro threatened legal action.[citation needed]
- First 4 Figures produced a super-deformed Ultra Magnus statue in 2006, based on an art contest at the Tranformers World 2005 site. [1]
- Hasbro began releasing the Robot Heroes line in 2007, consisting of super-deformed versions of classic G1 characters such as Starscream, Grimlock, and Mirage
