021 Tek

Tek is the original Tech Deck robot.

His origin is G1C1 (Generation One: Crew One) back in the year 2000.

His G1 figure seems more like a dude in a robot costume. You can see that he has fleshtone paint for his face.  This make the dominant plastic color seem like it is supposed to be interpreted a costume.  The "regular" and most common version is silver.  I have also seen this sculpt in gold, black, and blue.

His G2 version gained some static arms.  This figure is exclusive to the Launch-A-Dude Lighted Stunt playset. Again, he kind of seems like a dude in a robot costume. This figure is red.

His next G2/G3 figure was significantly redesigned.  He is now very much a robot indeed.  He has a large, single eye, no other facial features, and two tri-claw hands.  I have found five versions of this sculpt. Some have static arms (G2) and some have bendy arms (G3), but otherwise use the same mold. 

It took me awhile to figure out who this cyber cyclops is meant to resemble.  After all, the single-eye robot is a popular trope, especially for a menacing robot (Hal 9000, AUTO, Shockwave).  But the tri-claw "hands" surely also have significance. I have concluded that he is more-or-less a nod to the robot from Lost in Space.  Not the robot from the 1960s TV show, but specifically the robot from the godawful 1998 movie.

A different G3 sculpt came in the Scuba Squad series.  This one has an interchangeable magnetic hand, a helmet (why does a robot need a helmet?), and some other confusing accessories. Man, is this figure dumb.  In 2006, three of the four Scuba Squad figures were re-released with new paint variants in the Magnetic Action 3 Pack series. Tek is the one that was not re-released.