I bought this from Amazon. I know it’s silly, but since the Transformers movie’s coming out soon, it got me thinking about Transformers. A while back, I’d seen a really cool-looking “new” Transformer – an Impreza that looked like it was actually really neat – a nice looking car, and a cool looking robot, to boot.
Ei-Nyung had offered to get it for me, but for some completely idiotic reason, I passed. I ended up looking up the toy, and yeah, it looked pretty awesome. In fact, the whole *line* of toys – Transformers Alternators – looked awesome. All the cars looked like great models, the robots looked really well articulated, and well-designed.
So, I picked up “Ricochet” on Amazon – it was the only one I could find that was both available, and not too expensive to gamble on. It arrived today, and damn. It’s incredible.
The car’s incredibly cool – the front wheels link so that they steer in sync by a bar that connects when it transforms via MAGNETS. How cool is that? The tires are rubber, the hood, doors, and trunk open, and when the car’s in robot mode, a whole mess of stuff is articulated – elbows, shoulders, fingers (a single “claw-hand,” but still), hips, knees and feet. The head even tilts on a ball, so it can look in any direction. Great stuff.
I’ll be looking for more of these things. If I can find ’em, I know they’re high-quality.
I LOVE IT! It was so much fun to transform it.
I wish I could talk like Optimus Prime.
Oh – and one thing that the Transformers Alternators series shows is that 100% without a doubt, the fact that the new movie doesn’t use these as the basis for the Transformers is the *very height of stupidity*.
I was going to mock you for getting the movie Transformers, but I guess these are a different line. Weird.
I can’t countenance all these new-fangled Transformers. I’ve still got three original Transformers (including Optimus Prime) in storage someplace.
Being the obsessive compulsive kid that I was, I managed to save every single Transformer I owned, along with most of the weapons. They’re still carefully packed away in boxes in my mom’s basement.
For whatever reason, I never actually owned Optimus though. So when they re-released them a few years back I picked one up.
Metroplex is all I had; and I only played with the little black car that came with it.
Since I’ve already owned a motorcycle, I think my midlife crisis will involve a Tesla Roadster.
I just feel bad that Seppo only plans to live till 60.
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Almost got this one in Japan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Skids-Alternators.jpg
Figured since we own an xB, would be cool to have. The $60 price point turned me away from it, though 🙁
I just feel bad that Seppo only plans to live till 60.
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Seppo is a well-preserved 50-year-old and he plans to hit 100. Don’t be fooled by his expensive Botox.