Ginou

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Ginou is an Autobot Trainbot from the Japanese portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
"But I've always said "guh-noo"."
"You've always been wrong."

Ginou (ギンオウ Gin'ō), development code Silver (シルバー Shirubā), is a prototype Trainbot and the loyal nurse of Trainbot head medic Yamabuki. He possesses the unique ability to summon a unique shiny substance known as "silvanite" to act as a protective barrier in emergencies. He is able to form Shiden with his set of teammates or replace Shouki as the upper torso of Raiden.

Fiction

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Train Wars

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Silver was one of the prototype Trainbots created by Doctor Fujiyama before he would go on to create the finalized six. After three of the finalized Trainbots were activated, Nightbird managed to break out (thanks to the rogue AI, Shadow) and upgrade herself with the technology at Fujiyama's facility. Called into action, the active Trainbots met with Nightbird before she could run away with the three remaining unactivated Trainbots. The prototypes combined to form G Liner, but the combiner was taken over by Shadow's cerebro-shell program. The three remaining Trainbots did a last-ditch effort to literally crash into the combiner, breaking him free of the brainwashing. The Train Wars: The Origin


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Toys

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MPG

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  • Trainbot Ginou (トレインボットギンオウ, 2024)
Ginou is the seventh release in the MPG. Produced in collaboration with TOMIX, the train department of TakaraTomy's scale model oriented subsidiary Tomytec, the figure converts into a fully HO scale compatible leading car of the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Doctor_Yellow#For_Tōkaidō_and_Sanyō_Shinkansen|{{#if: 0 Series type "Doctor Yellow" diagnostic train 922-10| 0 Series type "Doctor Yellow" diagnostic train 922-10|Doctor_Yellow#For_Tōkaidō_and_Sanyō_Shinkansen}}]]. Ginou is a redeco and retool of MPG Trainbot Shouki, featuring a newly sculpted, Diaclone-toy inspired head and completely re-shelled train mode. Ginou can also transform into a third mode that can replace Shouki as the torso of Raiden, forming "Raiden Special Formation Shiden G" (ライデン特別編成シデンG). In conjunction with Yamabuki replacing Yukikaze, Ginou can form "Raiden Special Formation Shiden" (ライデン特別編成シデン) with the remaining Trainbots.
Like Shouki, Ginou includes seat parts scaled to fit two figures in the front cabin, both Masterpiece human figures or pilots from the 2016 Diaclone toyline via a pair of flip-down "booster seats". The figure includes a newly sculpted shield/chest plate based on early catalog artwork for the Diaclone version of Raiden, as well as a new "maintenance box" which can transform into an abdomen filler for Raiden, be held by Ginou in robot mode, or stored on the side of their train mode. When used as a waist extender, it notably locks the thighs of Ginou or Shouki in place. Ginou includes the same handheld rifle as Shouki which can still be stored on the train mode's undercarriage.
The figure includes two modular railway sections which can combine with segments included with the other Trainbots à la the team's original Diaclone plastic tracks. This track can be converted into a base for a stand armature (sold separately), and an adapter is included for display as either a "flying train" or a floating Raiden torso for when Shouki is hogging combiner duties.
Ginou has several tolerance improvements over Shouki. The notoriously tight ankles have been loosened, and some of the nail-biting transformation joints as well.
One word of warning is necessary for the aspirant MPG Trainbot diorama builder: the set's adherence to vehicle mode accuracy proves something of a double-edged sword. While the MPG Trainbots adhere to a unified 1:87-ish [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}HO scale|{{#if:HO scale|HO scale|HO scale}}]], they do not adhere to a unified track width. In accordance with their real-life inspirations, Shouki, Yukikaze, Ginou and Yamabuki utilize [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}standard gauge|{{#if:||standard gauge}}]] ([[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}HO scale#Track|{{#if:true HO|true HO|HO scale#Track}}]]) tracks while Getsuei, Suiken, Seizan and Kaen utilize [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}metre gauge|{{#if:||metre gauge}}]] ([[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}HO scale#Track|{{#if:HOm|HOm|HO scale#Track}}]]) tracks. It is thus necessary to split the team up accordingly if one is to actually roll the danged things.<ref>Vehicle mode section of Getsuei's MPG bio.</ref>

Notes

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  • Unlike the other Trainbots' names, gin'ō doesn't correspond to any commonly used Japanese word or name. One possible meaning would be "silver king" (銀王), but another—nodding to his MPG color scheme—would be "silver yellow" (銀黄).
  • Ginou is based on the "No. 7 Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Metallic Type" (No.7 東海道新幹線, メッキタイプ) deco of the Diaclone mold whose original coloration would later become Shouki. His prototype name comes from the "Silverliner" (シルバーライナー) designation of the Diaclone Train Robo.
  • The colors of Ginou's toy in MPG owe their origins to the MPG Trainbots adhering as closely to real-world trains as possible. As the "Doctor Yellow" deco for "Yellowliner" does not exist on the model of train used for her original moldmate Yukikaze (Doctor Yellow trains of the 200 series, like Yukikaze, use a green stripe), nor does a metallic-plated version of the 0 series exist (the color scheme of Shouki's Diaclone variant, Silverliner, as well as Ginou's in-fiction colors), it was decided to redeco Shouki in Yellowliner's colors instead, making the toy accurate to an actual, existing train. (A fortunate coincidence is that the metallic parts of the original Silverliner toy are molded in yellow and then painted silver.)
  • Ginou's "silvanite" ability is a play on aforementioned metallic paint of the original Silverliner toy.
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  • Ginou's original "Silver" colors
    Ginou's original "Silver" colors
  • Diaclone "Silverliner"
    Diaclone "Silverliner"
  • Silverliner's yellow plastic exposed
    Silverliner's yellow plastic exposed

References

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