054 Arnie

Arnie was a bodybuilder who became the Governator. 

His G1 figure was a Crew 14 dude.  He is lifting a "1,000 lb" dumbbell with his right foot because, hey, he has no freaking arms!

There seems to be exactly one version of this figure.

Arnie is short for Arnold.  Let me go ahead and say that the name comes from Arnold Schwarzenegger:  The Austrian bodybuilder, turned world-class actor, turned politician.  He was the two-term governor of California from 2003-2011. 

Because of his role as the cyborg assassin in the 1984 blockbuster The Terminator, there was all this hype and publicity during his campaign calling him "the Governator." I guess people probably used this nickname throughout his two terms.   

So when Arnie made his TDD return in 2004, he became an obvious Governator spoof.  He is part politician with his three-piece suit, his "Vote" button, and his thumbs-up.  However, the skin on his left hand and the left side of his face is melting off to reveal that famous cyborg assassin from the future.

There are four versions of this sculpt: Blond, brunette, brunette with red cybernetics, and black hair with gray skin and copper cybernetics.

The regular brunette (brown hair) version is the most common, by far.

Arnie also has a zood named Freedom.  He is a little bald eagle.  Awww.

It is the blond version that came with the zood.  This version reminds me of Donald Trump -- maybe like a Terminator Trump.  A Trumpinator.  "I've come from the future -- to make America great again!"