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'''''The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk''''' (バイナルテックアスタリスク) is a spinoff franchise of ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Binaltech]]''. | '''''The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk''''' (バイナルテックアスタリスク) is a spinoff franchise of ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Binaltech]]''. | ||
In late [[2005]] (not too long before it went on "indefinite hiatus"), ''Binaltech'' gained a sub-series, ''Binaltech Asterisk'', using old molds in new decos as previously-unreleased Autobots, but also including small PVC figurines of [[human]] girls, each one inspired by a female human character from a previous ''Transformers'' series. These figurines had alternate arms and lower bodies so they could "drive" the Autobots in car mode. These toys were also packaged in robot mode as opposed to the normal car mode (presumably to encourage transformation to car mode so the girls could drive). Reportedly, the addition of the PVCs was to try and reach a broader market to help the line's flagging sales... though the ''higher price tag'' probably didn't help. | In late [[2005]] (not too long before it went on "indefinite hiatus"), ''Binaltech'' gained a sub-series, ''Binaltech Asterisk'', using old molds in new decos as previously-unreleased Autobots, but also including small PVC figurines of [[human]] girls, each one inspired by a female human character from a previous ''Transformers'' series. These figurines had alternate arms and lower bodies so they could "drive" the Autobots in car mode. These toys were also packaged in robot mode as opposed to the normal car mode (presumably to encourage transformation to car mode so the girls could drive). Reportedly, the addition of the PVCs was to try and reach a broader market to help the line's flagging sales... though the ''higher price tag'' probably didn't help. | ||
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<div class="list-header">''[[Asterisk Story]]'':</div> | |||
*[[The Cat and the Medal|BTA-01]] | |||
*[[I'll Show You Some Great Scenery|BTA-02]] | |||
*[[The World's First Disaster Relief Car!?|BTA-03]] | |||
<br/><div class="list-header">Pack-in prose:</div> | |||
*[[Story with Alert|BTA-01]] | |||
*[[Story with Sunstreaker|BTA-02]] | |||
*[[Story with Broadblast|BTA-03]] | |||
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''Binaltech Asterisk'' received a series of online comics | ''Binaltech Asterisk'' received a short series of online comics supplemented with prose stories packed in with the toys themselves. These were at the time largely unconnected to any other ''Transformers'' timeline, being mostly short vignettes free of Decepticon troubles. However, the official [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|Japanese Generation 1 timeline]] placed these comics within the same fiction and period of time as ''Binaltech''. | ||
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The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk (バイナルテックアスタリスク) is a spinoff franchise of Binaltech.
In late 2005 (not too long before it went on "indefinite hiatus"), Binaltech gained a sub-series, Binaltech Asterisk, using old molds in new decos as previously-unreleased Autobots, but also including small PVC figurines of human girls, each one inspired by a female human character from a previous Transformers series. These figurines had alternate arms and lower bodies so they could "drive" the Autobots in car mode. These toys were also packaged in robot mode as opposed to the normal car mode (presumably to encourage transformation to car mode so the girls could drive). Reportedly, the addition of the PVCs was to try and reach a broader market to help the line's flagging sales... though the higher price tag probably didn't help.
This series only had three releases before it was canceled; a "Black Convoy meets Melissa" set was solicited as the fourth set but never released as originally planned. Instead, it was changed for the next incarnation of the 1:24 line: Kiss Players.
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Binaltech Asterisk received a short series of online comics supplemented with prose stories packed in with the toys themselves. These were at the time largely unconnected to any other Transformers timeline, being mostly short vignettes free of Decepticon troubles. However, the official Japanese Generation 1 timeline placed these comics within the same fiction and period of time as Binaltech.
Toyline
| Wave 1 (September 29, 2005)
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| Wave 2 (November 18, 2005)
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