Mazda and Hasbro team up for a RX-8 Transformer.

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Pretty cool.

 

[Schadenfreude]

cool!

 

[fs5]

haha SWEET!

 

[TommyVercetti]

That must take some SERIOUS designing.

 

[tizodq]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
That must take some SERIOUS designing.

but didn't hasbro do another car transformer back in the day? I bet they just took that concept and put it over to the rx8

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Pretty cool.

holly crap! that rockes!

 

[HiTek21]

That looks cool

 

[FuZoR]

theres a whole mini flash cartoon on that robot on the site
here it is

http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/NA_Autoshow/frameset.html

also they have one for the wrx sti, viper and jeep

pics of the other ones

http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-30618.html

 

[Dacalo]

Sweetness!

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Are thse actual toys? (The RX8)

 

[Maximus96]

my friend told me target will start carrying the plastic version of a WRX transformer. he bought a die-casted WRX transformer and it really kicks ass.

 

[AndyHui]

Yup. The new Alternators/BinalTech series of Transformers are licenced from car manufacturers for the design.

1. Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 World Racing Team
2. Dodge Viper SR-10
3. Subaru Impreza WRC (street version) (coming soon)
4. Jeep Wrangler (coming soon)
5. Mazda RX8 (coming soon)

These new Transformers are significantly more advanced and detailed than their predecessors.

 

[TallBill]

wow, so is there a new transformers show thats kicking off? that'd be pretty sweet.

 

[Kelvrick]

Release date and price?

 

[AndyHui]

For the Alternators/BinalTech series? No. There is no show for that.

The Armada series just ended. The new series, Energon, is just about to start.

 

[AndyHui]

The RX8 would be some time around the middle, or second half of the year.

The all-plastic US versions go for about US$20. The die-cast Japanese version goes for around US$55 or so.

 

[rpc64]

OMG those are so uber I want one!!! When do they come out??

 

[AndyHui]

1 and 2 are already out. Hasbro are releasing them at the rate of 1 every 2 months or so.

 

[fyleow]

If you look closely at the animation it doesn't look like the car has seats

 

[puffpio]

can we get die cast versions of each? as far as I know only the WRC car smokescreen was die cast and everything else is plastic...

 

[AndyHui]

The Japanese issues, called BinalTech, are all Die-cast.

The US issues, called Alternators, are all plastic. The US release of the WRC was all plastic.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Thanks for the info, AndyHui. I just might have to start a collection.

 

[beyonddc]

wow!!!

 

[AMCRambler]

Cool, I didn't know they were still making Transformers. After it got perverted into the whole Beast Wars thing I thought that was the end of it.

 

[AndyHui]

Yeah...Beast Wars went to hell...

Car Robots/Robots in Disguise didn't do so well afterwards.

Transformers made a big comeback in 2003 with the Armada series, but that is mainstream stuff. The Armada series has ended and will continue with the new Energon series.

These Alternator/BinalTech models are aimed at the high-end, near adult market. As I said above, there is no cartoon for this one.

Not exactly Alternator/BinalTech, but still designed with the same philosophy, is the incredible Master Piece/20th Anniversary Optimus Prime.