Generations Autobot Whirl

I've been wanting a toy of Whirl since I was an adolescent in the 1980's. I was originally acquainted with the pre-Transformers version called the Ovelon Gazzette, a transforming robot vehicle from the Japanese anime called Dorvack. Though the show never aired in the United States, Testors imported the model kits and a number of companies besides Hasbro imported various toys from the series. Sadly, the original Whirl was not on the market for very long and became very difficult to find, not to mention expensive.

Several months ago, Hasbro introduced a Generations version of him that hearkens back to that 1985 release and I was finally able to get him.