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michael
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![Post Post](./styles/serenity/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) ID help with this weird robot/possibly a bootleg
![Image](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/7362755566_0b84798857_c.jpg) i got this in china, there were two other colors. about 4-5 inches tall,its brittle hard plastic with stickers, wings fold, legs bend, arms move, but it doesn't transform into anything as the articulation would lead you to believe. i just think its a cool bat robot, and would be happy if there were other versions of him out there somewhere. any help is appreciated!
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:35 pm |
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psilo110
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Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:38 am Posts: 2476 Location: NY NJ PA
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:46 pm |
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Sanjeev
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Joined: Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:46 am Posts: 2571 Location: Boston, MA
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![Post Post](./styles/serenity/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: ID help with this weird robot/possibly a bootleg
Hehe...weren't Convertors, themselves, basically bootlegs? ![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif) I have the four car-robots from Galvion...atrocious toys, but kinda fun in their fugliness.
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:16 pm |
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michael
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![Post Post](./styles/serenity/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: ID help with this weird robot/possibly a bootleg
i knew i could count on you guys- i think this isnt a bootleg of converters, just another color? mine can transform now i found out, but it scares me when moving the pieces. i remember seeing this black color in the case.
someone on flickr pointed out that it could be a bootleg of the transformer MINDWIPE, hes a bat, and transforms the same.
still an awesome toy in my book! i really like the primary color scheme, i just wish he was diecast and hefty.
thanks for the help
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Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:45 am |
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diceone
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Joined: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:57 pm Posts: 382 Location: New York, NY
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Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:25 pm |
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MicromanZone
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![Post Post](./styles/serenity/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: ID help with this weird robot/possibly a bootleg
I know someone else must know the history better, but the vast majority of “Convertors” were toys made from designs/molds from a varied lot of Japanese toys in the 1980s. The “Convertors” is the closest to a coherent expression of this stuff since they were decently made, but this stuff gets bootlegged like crazy even to this day.
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Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:12 pm |
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Sanjeev
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Joined: Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:46 am Posts: 2571 Location: Boston, MA
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![Post Post](./styles/serenity/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: ID help with this weird robot/possibly a bootleg
That's accurate...except maybe the "decently made" part. Well...a lot of the Convertors toys were well-manufactured in quality materials...but the designs were generally pretty shitty! ![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
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diceone
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Joined: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:57 pm Posts: 382 Location: New York, NY
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![Post Post](./styles/serenity/imageset/icon_topic_latest.gif) Re: ID help with this weird robot/possibly a bootleg
Seriously? How does this wikipedia article not clear all of this up? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConvertorsREAD it. I was surprised by the fact that they were actually legit toys.
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doomsDAY
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Joined: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:47 am Posts: 307
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Those look like something that would come out of soundwave.
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Sat Aug 17, 2013 8:36 pm |
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psilo110
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Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:38 am Posts: 2476 Location: NY NJ PA
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RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE ![Image](http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/15/19770000/ngbbs4a7e13ba184f1.gif) WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM
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