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TRANSFORMERS: CAR ROBOTS

06-Oct-2000

G1 Ultra Magnus - Dec
G1 Hot Rod - Dec
Fortress Maximus will be sold for 9980 yen as Brave Maximus (probably include Grommet!).
Gigatron Devil, 2980 yen and may have up to 10 modes! Probably NO retooling. The other 4 modes were already there. Ya just have to fiddle and twist a bit. You can probably come up with some comparable contrivations yourself!
The recolored Bruticus (Valdigus or Baldigus) sports a few nice features. No more "little guy weapons" lying around. Dolrailer's (Onslaught) ramp can be a shield for the truck or Valdigus. The ramp can also be pegged on the double-barrel cannon for storage! Gridgiber's (Swindle) large rifle has a top peg so you can mount Danker (Brawl) double cannon on top. Of course, both Swindle and Onslaught's rifles have side holes to fit the other guys pistols. Still, I CAN'T GET OVER THAT UGLY ORANGE! AAARGH! Love that Military olive drab tho. I got a Swindle just because I wanted one with a decent color scheme. I also got a Brawl for his Desert Storm colors.
Build King mini-RANT! is quite a nice toy. Oh, here's a scan of Build King's card.

I just read a Build King review yesterday on Cool Japanese Toys .
I have to disagree with some points. First off, Build King is very stable. I don't have any problems with him falling over (standing stability). Also, like JRX, the big guy's arms (using the green one as the arms here) stay in place if you work the arm joints correctly. The joints are appreciated but the pelvic armor blocks the range of motion of the legs.
The "interlock" mechanism is ingenious! It took a bit of work to get the green guy and orange guy pegged. I just got this last night so I only transformed them twice through. I have yet to rotate the limb robots around. Perhaps the reviewer had the green guy as a leg. I can't see how the green guy can supply foot stability. So is anyone going to buy three of the same robot to join to Build Boy? The green one is confusing with all the turning around of junk. I really like the orange dozer, Build Boy.\ The other two are almost carbon copies of each other. One just has a crane and one with the dumper. I don't care for the crane's red coloration but I love the sniper rifle and pistol. Must be the NRA member of the team.
In agreeing with the other reviewer, I strongly recommend Build King. Each individual robot has gimmicks and weapons. Each look great as action figure robots and vehicles. The combined mode is interesting to say the least. For 4800yen (almost $50 US) it's a bit steep but think of it as getting four DELUXE robots and you'll soften up to getting one. No news on an American release but if this goes over well, I'm sure Hasbro will bring the series over.

04-Aug-2000
Got a color picture of God Magnus / God Fire Convoy! Click the uncolored prototype picture below!

24-May-2000
New toys for the Transformers: Car Robots line.

Original G1 Optimus Prime! - now going like hot cakes!
Black G2 Laser Optimus Prime (black recolor from G2) - released
BRAVE MAXIMUS (G1 Fortress Maximus without little car) - Oct/Nov
Two recolored Machine Wars basic figures, IndyHeat and Wreckerhook - released
Recolored Bruticus - nice camoflauge but irritating orange peaks out - released
Four construction vehicles combine to form a Build King 09-Aug-2000 released!
God Magnus (Ultra Magnus) car carrier that transforms to robot AND combines with Fire Convoy to form GOD FIRE CONVOY! - Sept
Gigatron Devil - perhaps a slightly remolded Gigatron (looks the same to me) but white with blue wings. Has a few more contrived modes so it brings it up to 9 or 10 transformations! - Sept

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