Mirage (Transformers) first to rush into battle, Mirage was destroyed by a flamethrower to his neck; his death was soon avenged in battle by Ironhide. Mirage is one of the light blue robots in the 2010 card game "Monopoly Deal Transformers". The first truly new, different character to bear the name of Mirage appeared in the 1999 "Beast Machines" toyline, a portent of the frequent reuse the name would soon receive. A member of the evil Vehicons, with the requisite (albeit stylised and alien) racing car alternate mode, this Mirage did not appear in the accompanying animated series, but was characterised as
The Transformers: The Movie Bay's films show the action as a junkyard orgy. The '86 offering slows down to allow for actors like Leonard Nimoy and, yes, even Orson Welles to give actual performances. Fans of Michael Bay's "Transformers" movies are free to enjoy them. But they'll never top the gravity and excitement of "The Transformers: The Movie"." "[N]ostalgia is a funny thing: for many of us in the 30-and-over "Transformers" fan club, that first movie was an integral part of our childhood. To hell with what the reviews said — the O.G. "Transformers" movie rocked our collective worlds," Kashann Kilson of "Inverse" wrote