Eletrix - Revision history

FortressMaxxing: Adding Yonezawa link

2025-04-14T18:59:16Z

Adding Yonezawa link

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* As these toys' packaging does not have any sort of a [[bio]] or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so it's generally safe to assume "good".		* As these toys' packaging does not have any sort of a [[bio]] or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so it's generally safe to assume "good".
	* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots". The plastic colors for all three companies' releases of the toys are unchanged, only the stickers are different for each one.		* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by [[Yonezawa Toys]] under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots". The plastic colors for all three companies' releases of the toys are unchanged, only the stickers are different for each one.
	** Want to know a really interesting bit of trivia? Yonezawa was the manufacturer that made the Space Explorer, a battery-operated tin robot released in 1959 that converted into a vaguely TV-shaped box, thus often being recognized as very first transforming robot toy. <ref name="Galaxy Explorer">https://www.grandoldtoys.com/toydb_Detail.php?id=1719 c.1959 Yonezawa, Batt. Op. (TV) Space Explorer</ref> This means that, by virtue of Estrela, the company that invented what we might informally understand as a 'transformer' also ended up producing a set of molds that would, in fact, become official ''Transformers'' figures!		** Want to know a really interesting bit of trivia? Yonezawa was the manufacturer that made the Space Explorer, a battery-operated tin robot released in 1959 that converted into a vaguely TV-shaped box, thus often being recognized as very first transforming robot toy. <ref name="Galaxy Explorer">https://www.grandoldtoys.com/toydb_Detail.php?id=1719 c.1959 Yonezawa, Batt. Op. (TV) Space Explorer</ref> This means that, by virtue of Estrela, the company that invented what we might informally understand as a 'transformer' also ended up producing a set of molds that would, in fact, become official ''Transformers'' figures!

FortressMaxxing: Oops, forgot References tab

2024-12-27T20:22:16Z

Oops, forgot References tab

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	* As these toys' packaging does not have any sort of a [[bio]] or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so it's generally safe to assume "good".		* As these toys' packaging does not have any sort of a [[bio]] or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so it's generally safe to assume "good".
	* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots". The plastic colors for all three companies' releases of the toys are unchanged, only the stickers are different for each one.		* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots". The plastic colors for all three companies' releases of the toys are unchanged, only the stickers are different for each one.
	** Want to know a really interesting bit of trivia? Yonezawa was the manufacturer that made the Space Explorer, a battery-operated tin robot released in 1959 that converted into a vaguely TV-shaped box, thus often being recognized as very first transforming robot toy. <ref name="Galaxy Explorer">[https://www.grandoldtoys.com/toydb_Detail.php?id=1719 c.1959 Yonezawa, Batt. Op. (TV) Space Explorer</ref> This means that, by virtue of Estrela, the company that invented what we might informally understand as a 'transformer' also ended up producing a set of molds that would, in fact, become official ''Transformers'' figures!		** Want to know a really interesting bit of trivia? Yonezawa was the manufacturer that made the Space Explorer, a battery-operated tin robot released in 1959 that converted into a vaguely TV-shaped box, thus often being recognized as very first transforming robot toy. <ref name="Galaxy Explorer">https://www.grandoldtoys.com/toydb_Detail.php?id=1719 c.1959 Yonezawa, Batt. Op. (TV) Space Explorer</ref> This means that, by virtue of Estrela, the company that invented what we might informally understand as a 'transformer' also ended up producing a set of molds that would, in fact, become official ''Transformers'' figures!

			==References==
			{{reflist\|1}}

	[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]		[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
	[[Category:South American-original characters]]		[[Category:South American-original characters]]
	[[Category:Toys]]		[[Category:Toys]]

FortressMaxxing: /* Notes */ A really neat bit of trivia

2024-12-27T20:20:49Z

Notes: A really neat bit of trivia

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	* As these toys' packaging does not have any sort of a [[bio]] or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so it's generally safe to assume "good".		* As these toys' packaging does not have any sort of a [[bio]] or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so it's generally safe to assume "good".
	* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots". The plastic colors for all three companies' releases of the toys are unchanged, only the stickers are different for each one.		* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots". The plastic colors for all three companies' releases of the toys are unchanged, only the stickers are different for each one.
			** Want to know a really interesting bit of trivia? Yonezawa was the manufacturer that made the Space Explorer, a battery-operated tin robot released in 1959 that converted into a vaguely TV-shaped box, thus often being recognized as very first transforming robot toy. <ref name="Galaxy Explorer">[https://www.grandoldtoys.com/toydb_Detail.php?id=1719 c.1959 Yonezawa, Batt. Op. (TV) Space Explorer</ref> This means that, by virtue of Estrela, the company that invented what we might informally understand as a 'transformer' also ended up producing a set of molds that would, in fact, become official ''Transformers'' figures!

	[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]		[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
	[[Category:South American-original characters]]		[[Category:South American-original characters]]
	[[Category:Toys]]		[[Category:Toys]]

Ookalf: /* Notes */

2023-12-16T18:59:41Z

Notes

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* As these toys' packaging does not have sort of a bio or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so it's generally safe to assume "good".		* As these toys' packaging does not have any sort of a [[bio]] or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so it's generally safe to assume "good".
	* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots". The plastic colors for all three companies' releases of the toys are unchanged, only the stickers are different for each one.		* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots". The plastic colors for all three companies' releases of the toys are unchanged, only the stickers are different for each one.

M Sipher at 13:48, 16 December 2023

2023-12-16T13:48:24Z

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	[[File:~~Eletrix~~-~~Jipe~~.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.2\|]]		[[File:G1-toy Esporte.jpg\|thumb\|upright=2.66\|Esporte]]
	'''Eletrix''' was a subgroup of electronic ''[[Transformer]]s'' released by [[Estrela]] in Brazil under ~~licence~~ by [[Hasbro]]. Each toy ~~had~~ a wired remote control ~~with two buttons—one~~ to switch vehicle to robot and make the robot "walk" forward, and one reverse the transformation and send the car rolling ahead. They are powered with two AA batteries.		'''Eletrix''' was a subgroup of electronic ''[[Transformer]]s'' released by [[Estrela]] in Brazil in 1985, under license by [[Hasbro]]. Each toy is a slightly-squashed car with a two-button wired remote control: one to switch from vehicle to robot and make the robot "walk" forward, and one reverse the transformation and send the car rolling ahead. They are powered with two AA batteries.

	==Toys==		==Toys==
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* As no packaging ~~samples~~ have ~~yet been found with any~~ sort of a bio or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so it's generally safe to assume "good".		* As these toys' packaging does not have sort of a bio or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so it's generally safe to assume "good".
	* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots". The plastic colors for all three companies' releases of the toys are unchanged, only the stickers are different for each one.		* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots". The plastic colors for all three companies' releases of the toys are unchanged, only the stickers are different for each one.

M Sipher at 13:40, 16 December 2023

2023-12-16T13:40:44Z

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	[[File:Eletrix-Jipe.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.2\|]]		[[File:Eletrix-Jipe.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.2\|]]
	'''Eletrix''' was a subgroup of electronic ''[[Transformer]]s'' released by [[Estrela]] in Brazil under licence by [[Hasbro]]. Each toy had a wired remote control with two buttons—one to switch ~~from~~ robot ~~to vehicle mode~~, and one ~~to propel~~ the car ~~or robot forwards~~. They ~~were~~ powered with two AA batteries.		'''Eletrix''' was a subgroup of electronic ''[[Transformer]]s'' released by [[Estrela]] in Brazil under licence by [[Hasbro]]. Each toy had a wired remote control with two buttons—one to switch vehicle to robot and make the robot "walk" forward, and one reverse the transformation and send the car rolling ahead. They are powered with two AA batteries.

	==Toys==		==Toys==
	* Eletrix [[Esporte]]		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi\|Eletrix [[Esporte]]}}</ul>
	* Eletrix [[Jipe (Eletrix)\|Jipe]]		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi\|Eletrix [[Jipe (Eletrix)\|Jipe]]}}</ul>
	* Eletrix [[Porsche (Eletrix)\|Porsche]]		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi\|Eletrix [[Porsche (Eletrix)\|Porsche]]}}</ul>

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* As no packaging samples have yet been found with any sort of a bio or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so ~~this wiki defaults~~ to ~~Autobot~~.		* As no packaging samples have yet been found with any sort of a bio or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so it's generally safe to assume "good".
	* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots".		* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots". The plastic colors for all three companies' releases of the toys are unchanged, only the stickers are different for each one.

	[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]		[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
	[[Category:South American-original characters]]		[[Category:South American-original characters]]
	[[Category:Toys]]		[[Category:Toys]]

Saix at 15:22, 15 September 2021

2021-09-15T15:22:25Z

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	* As no packaging samples have yet been found with any sort of a bio or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so this wiki defaults to Autobot.		* As no packaging samples have yet been found with any sort of a bio or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so this wiki defaults to Autobot.
	* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots".		* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots".

	~~==External links==~~
	* [http://counter-x.net/footnotes/convert-a-bots/index.html Convert-A-Bots on Counter-X]

	[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]		[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
	[[Category:South American-original characters]]		[[Category:South American-original characters]]
	[[Category:Toys]]		[[Category:Toys]]

M Sipher at 22:37, 21 September 2018

2018-09-21T22:37:11Z

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	[[File:Eletrix-Jipe.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.2\|]]		[[File:Eletrix-Jipe.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.2\|]]
	'''Eletrix''' was a subgroup of electronic ''[[Transformer]]s'' released by [[Estrela]] in Brazil under licence by [[Hasbro]]. Each toy had a wired remote control with two buttons—one to switch from robot to vehicle mode, and one to propel the car or robot forwards. They were powered with two AA batteries. Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series'', and were repurposed as Transformers by Estrela.<ref>[http://counter-x.net/footnotes/convert-a-bots/index.html Convert-A-Bots] on Counter-X</ref>		'''Eletrix''' was a subgroup of electronic ''[[Transformer]]s'' released by [[Estrela]] in Brazil under licence by [[Hasbro]]. Each toy had a wired remote control with two buttons—one to switch from robot to vehicle mode, and one to propel the car or robot forwards. They were powered with two AA batteries.

	==Toys==		==Toys==
	*[[Esporte]]		* Eletrix [[Esporte]]
	*[[Jipe (Eletrix)\|Jipe]]		* Eletrix [[Jipe (Eletrix)\|Jipe]]
	*[[Porsche (Eletrix)\|Porsche]]		* Eletrix [[Porsche (Eletrix)\|Porsche]]

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*As no packaging samples have yet been found with any sort of a bio or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil.		* As no packaging samples have yet been found with any sort of a bio or profile, and since they predate the [[Optimus (faction)\|Optimus]] and [[Malignus (G1)\|Malignus]] factions, it's unclear whether Eletrix are good or evil. However, they use the Autobot-style packaging, so this wiki defaults to Autobot.
			* Like many of the other toys released under the ''[[Transformers brand\|Transformers]]'' name at the time, Eletrix were toys originally released in Japan under a different name—in this case they were released by Yonezawa Toys under the name ''Remote Change Robo Series''. They were also released in the US by Village Toys as ''Convert-A-Bots'' "Pow-R-Bots".

	==~~References~~==		==External links==
	~~{{reflist}}~~		* [http://counter-x.net/footnotes/convert-a-bots/index.html Convert-A-Bots on Counter-X]

	[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]		[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
	[[Category:South American-original characters]]		[[Category:South American-original characters]]
	[[Category:Toys]]		[[Category:Toys]]

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 17:30, 9 September 2018

2018-09-09T17:30:01Z

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	*[[Esporte]]		*[[Esporte]]
	*[[Jipe (Eletrix)\|Jipe]]		*[[Jipe (Eletrix)\|Jipe]]
	*[[Porsche]]		*[[Porsche (Eletrix)\|Porsche]]

	==Notes==		==Notes==

NovaSaber: category

2016-09-10T22:56:27Z

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	==References==		==References==
	~~<references />~~		{{reflist}}

	[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]		[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
			[[Category:South American-original characters]]
	[[Category:Toys]]		[[Category:Toys]]