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==Best Join moulds released as ''Transformers''==
==Best Join moulds released as ''Transformers''==
=== Robo Terminal ===
=== Robo Terminal ===
* [[Radio AM Robot]] - Robo Terminal Radio Robot, featuring different Spanish-translated stickers and the battery compartment switching from AA to 9V compatibility instead
* [[Radio AM Robot]] - ''Robo Terminal'' Radio Robot, featuring different Spanish-translated stickers and the battery compartment switching from AA to 9V compatibility instead


[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Companies]]

Revision as of 09:51, 29 April 2025

Best Join was a Taiwanese toy company which served as the pre-Transformers manufacturer for 1985's "Radio Robot" - a Transformers bootleg mashing together Generation 1 Megatron's head, Blaster's hips, Omega Supreme's arms, and Soundwave's lower legs - that was strangely released in 1987 by Argentinian company Comando Toys as Radio AM Robot, fully bearing the official Transformers license.

It is possible that Best Join is a rebranding of another Taiwanese company called Tai Fong, as the latter had released a different Transformers-inspired working radio toy called "Robotic Radio" just the year before which uses the same pieces for the dials and has a similar copyright stamp. Notably, Tai Fong released quite a few other Transformers-like toys [1], whereas Best Join seems to be virtually unknown besides their Radio Robot (the company's name doesn't even show up on the packaging of its only known pre-Comando Toys release, you can only find it written on the figure's copyright stamp!).

Best Join moulds released as Transformers

Robo Terminal

  • Radio AM Robot - Robo Terminal Radio Robot, featuring different Spanish-translated stickers and the battery compartment switching from AA to 9V compatibility instead

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