Japanese Transformers News
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Jet truck.
It’s like Reideen and Optimus had a lovechild who is currently going through a midlife crisis. And/or crack.
And people made fun of Silverbolt for having a "jet trailer!"
I wish they went full Rodimus Prime with it, but it's pretty great as is.
Even though it's a different type of aircraft, all I can think of when I see that is the semi truck/helicopter combo from the short-lived post-Knight Rider era TV show The Highwayman
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Thanks Masabon!
Also, courtesy of Kyodo News, we can see some of the acrylic stands, keyrings, etc that will be sold (only?) at the shops.
The keyrings are homages to the stickers that come with cheap chocolate wafers in many convenience stores and sweet shops in Japan:
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikkuriman
Lotte has released special edition versions of these, such as ones for Pokémon, and even Beast Wars.
I even found a parody set online homaging Bandai mecha.
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Okay, tempted by the Macross crossover guy.
You forgot those Botcon toys with the heavy metal hair on them (can't find them online) and KISS players/singers/band...
Someone please tell him those weren't BotCon toys.
The Knights of Unicron. From San Diego Comic-Con 2014.
Looking back at it, that was an absolutely insane set. These days the exclusives are usually either an exclusive character or even just a "special edition" upglow of an existing figure. That they made an 80's hair metal band including hair, soft-goods tassles/scarves/whatnot, animal-print-tights painted on, etc. was a whole 'nother level.
Cheers! That was doing my head in!
Macross Crossover Basara Prime is available at Amazon Japan, for around ¥17,920.
that's not nearly as high as I expected
Depends. I have a feeling the jet will be deluxe size, with the trailer not that much larger...