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FortressMaxxing at 14:29, 27 February 2026

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	[[File:SaltMan Commercial.jpg\|~~280px~~\|thumb\|right]]The '''Salt-Men''' are incredible machines that transform into robots... In a single jump! <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9bBA9KX3D8 1985 Estrela ''Transformers'' Salt-Men commercial] on YouTube.com</ref>		[[File:SaltMan Commercial.jpg\|290px\|thumb\|right\|"Jump-Man", not to be confused with ''[[wikipedia:Mario\|that]]'' Jumpman.]]The '''Salt-Men''' are incredible machines that transform into robots... In a single jump! <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9bBA9KX3D8 1985 Estrela ''Transformers'' Salt-Men commercial] on YouTube.com</ref>

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	Curiously, almost a decade later in 1994, Antex would re-release the two Salt-Men molds unchanged as [[Robot-Man X]] and [[Robot-Man Z]] under the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)\|Generation 2]]'' toyline.		Curiously, almost a decade later in 1994, Antex would re-release the two Salt-Men molds unchanged as [[Robot-Man X]] and [[Robot-Man Z]] under the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)\|Generation 2]]'' toyline.

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FortressMaxxing at 06:08, 27 February 2026

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	* The "salt" portion of their names comes from the word "jump" in Portuguese and Spanish, ''saltar'' being the verb and ''salto'' being the noun - so no; it has nothing to do with the condiment.		* The "salt" portion of their names comes from the word "jump" in Portuguese and Spanish, ''saltar'' being the verb and ''salto'' being the noun - so no; it has nothing to do with the condiment.
	*Oddly, the commercial for the Salt-Men features kids playing with the original Hasbro [[Topspin (G1)\|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist (G1)\|Twin Twist]] toys rather than their regional equivalents. The same commercial then features product shots of the toys in their Estrela-specific decos, presumably shot in the same set, leaving it a mystery as to why they picked the North American variants for the action shots.		*Oddly, the commercial for the Salt-Men features kids playing with the original Hasbro [[Topspin (G1)\|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist (G1)\|Twin Twist]] toys rather than their regional equivalents. The same commercial then features product shots of the toys in their Estrela-specific decos, presumably shot in the same set, leaving it a mystery as to why they picked the North American variants for the action shots.

			==References==
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==Toys==
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The Salt-Men are repaints of the [[Jumpstarters]], originally released in [[Estrela]] by 1985 as part of the [[Generation 1 toylines in Latin America|Brazilian permutation]] of the Generation 1 ''The Transformers'' toyline, with each toy featuring two distinct decos. In the same year, via Estrela's licensing, [[Antex]] would also release the Jumpstarters in Argentina, with the toys again featuring a pair of (mostly) new decos for each mold.

Curiously, almost a decade later in 1994, Antex would re-release the two Salt-Men molds unchanged as [[Robot-Man X]] and [[Robot-Man Z]] under the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' toyline.

[[Category:Generation 1 Transformers]]
[[Category:South American-original characters]]

==Notes==
* The "salt" portion of their names comes from the word "jump" in Portuguese and Spanish, ''saltar'' being the verb and ''salto'' being the noun - so no; it has nothing to do with the condiment.
*Oddly, the commercial for the Salt-Men features kids playing with the original Hasbro [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]] toys rather than their regional equivalents. The same commercial then features product shots of the toys in their Estrela-specific decos, presumably shot in the same set, leaving it a mystery as to why they picked the North American variants for the action shots.