Rapid Engine - Revision history

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 22:20, 23 May 2021

2021-05-23T22:20:32Z

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	:''Rapid Engine was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Block Town]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''		:''Rapid Engine was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Block Town]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
	[[File:Rapido-BlockTown.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|]]		[[File:Rapido-BlockTown.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|Years ago, he built a city out of blocks. Today, over six hundred thousand people live and work there.]]

	'''Rapid Engine''' (ラピッドエンジン ''Rapiddo Enjin'') is an Autobot who operates a gasoline station...and that is all we know.		'''Rapid Engine''' (ラピッドエンジン ''Rapiddo Enjin'') is an Autobot who operates a gasoline station...and that is all we know.
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	**''Accessories'': Engine-block rifle, gas pump brick set		**''Accessories'': Engine-block rifle, gas pump brick set

	:The European-original [[Rapido#Toys\|Rapido]] mold was one of several intended to be used in the post-''Generation 2'' [[TakaraTomy\|Takara]] ''[[Block Town]]'' line. To be [[redeco]]ed in black with blue robot parts, he was to come with the "Gasoline Station Set", a building-block gas pump that could be rebuilt into a battle station of some form. This toy would have been gang-molded with [[Hotrider]], as Rapido and [[Turbofire#Toys\|Turbofire]] were. However, ~~this set~~ ultimately never came to release.		:The European-original [[Rapido#Toys\|Rapido]] mold was one of several intended to be used in the post-''Generation 2'' [[TakaraTomy\|Takara]] ''[[Block Town]]'' line. To be [[redeco]]ed in black with blue robot parts, he was to come with the "Gasoline Station Set", a building-block gas pump that could be rebuilt into a battle station of some form. This toy would have been gang-molded with [[Hotrider]], as Rapido and [[Turbofire#Toys\|Turbofire]] were. However, no ''Block Town'' sets ultimately never came to release.

	:In 2005, a supposed Takara "release" schedule listed the ''Block Town'' sets among several other future items coming out. Only the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)\|Galaxy Force]]'' items on that list saw release, however (and some only as store [[exclusive]]s to boot)		:In 2005, a supposed Takara "release" schedule listed the ''Block Town'' sets among several other future items coming out. Only the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)\|Galaxy Force]]'' items on that list saw release, however (and some only as store [[exclusive]]s to boot)

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47: /* Toys */

2021-03-16T22:42:31Z

Toys

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===''Block Town''===		===''Block Town''===
	*'''Gasoline Station Set''' (Block Town, [[1996]])		*'''Gasoline Station Set''' (Block Town, <strike>[[1996]]</strike>)
	**''ID number'': '''TFBT-4'''		**''ID number'': '''TFBT-4'''
	**''Accessories'': Engine-block rifle, gas pump brick set		**''Accessories'': Engine-block rifle, gas pump brick set

	:The European-original [[Rapido#Toys\|Rapido]] mold was one of several intended to be used in the post-''Generation 2'' [[TakaraTomy\|Takara]] ''[[Block Town]]'' line. To be [[redeco]]ed in black with blue robot parts, he was to come with the "Gasoline Station Set", a building-block gas pump that could be rebuilt into a battle station of some form. This toy would have been gang-molded with [[Hotrider]], as ~~[[Rapido#Toys\|~~Rapido]] and [[Turbofire#Toys\|Turbofire]] were.		:The European-original [[Rapido#Toys\|Rapido]] mold was one of several intended to be used in the post-''Generation 2'' [[TakaraTomy\|Takara]] ''[[Block Town]]'' line. To be [[redeco]]ed in black with blue robot parts, he was to come with the "Gasoline Station Set", a building-block gas pump that could be rebuilt into a battle station of some form. This toy would have been gang-molded with [[Hotrider]], as Rapido and [[Turbofire#Toys\|Turbofire]] were. However, this set ultimately never came to release.

	:~~This set ultimately never came to release.~~ In 2005, a supposed Takara "release" schedule listed the ''Block Town'' sets among several other future items coming out. Only the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)\|Galaxy Force]]'' items on that list saw release, however (and some only as store [[exclusive]]s to boot)		:In 2005, a supposed Takara "release" schedule listed the ''Block Town'' sets among several other future items coming out. Only the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)\|Galaxy Force]]'' items on that list saw release, however (and some only as store [[exclusive]]s to boot)

	:Given that Rapido's Japanese name was revealed on a [[BotCon\|BotCon Japan]]-exclusive poster to be "Rapid Engine"—a poster that also showed Windbreaker's Japanese name as being "Carzap", which was what the [[Carzap (BT)\|''Block Town'' Windbreaker redeco]] showed up as in the ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)\|Transformers Generations]]'' guidebook—it's likely that the ''Block Town'' Rapido was going to be named "Rapid Engine" as well.		:Given that Rapido's Japanese name was revealed on a [[BotCon\|BotCon Japan]]-exclusive poster to be "Rapid Engine"—a poster that also showed Windbreaker's Japanese name as being "Carzap", which was what the [[Carzap (BT)\|''Block Town'' Windbreaker redeco]] showed up as in the ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)\|Transformers Generations]]'' guidebook—it's likely that the ''Block Town'' Rapido was going to be named "Rapid Engine" as well.

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:''Rapid Engine was to have been an [[Autobot]] from the [[Block Town]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Rapido-BlockTown.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|]]

'''Rapid Engine''' (ラピッドエンジン ''Rapiddo Enjin'') is an Autobot who operates a gasoline station...and that is all we know.

==Toys==
===''Block Town''===
*'''Gasoline Station Set''' (Block Town, [[1996]])
**''ID number'': '''TFBT-4'''
**''Accessories'': Engine-block rifle, gas pump brick set

:The European-original [[Rapido#Toys|Rapido]] mold was one of several intended to be used in the post-''Generation 2'' [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Block Town]]'' line. To be [[redeco]]ed in black with blue robot parts, he was to come with the "Gasoline Station Set", a building-block gas pump that could be rebuilt into a battle station of some form. This toy would have been gang-molded with [[Hotrider]], as [[Rapido#Toys|Rapido]] and [[Turbofire#Toys|Turbofire]] were.

:This set ultimately never came to release. In 2005, a supposed Takara "release" schedule listed the ''Block Town'' sets among several other future items coming out. Only the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Galaxy Force]]'' items on that list saw release, however (and some only as store [[exclusive]]s to boot)

:Given that Rapido's Japanese name was revealed on a [[BotCon|BotCon Japan]]-exclusive poster to be "Rapid Engine"—a poster that also showed Windbreaker's Japanese name as being "Carzap", which was what the [[Carzap (BT)|''Block Town'' Windbreaker redeco]] showed up as in the ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'' guidebook—it's likely that the ''Block Town'' Rapido was going to be named "Rapid Engine" as well.

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