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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]]''. | ||
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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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==Toyline== | ==Toyline== | ||
*BTA01. [[Red Alert (G1)|Alert]] meets [[Ai Kuruma|Ai]] (Subaru Impreza WRX) | *BTA01. [[Red Alert (G1)|Alert]] meets [[Ai Kuruma|Ai]] (Subaru Impreza WRX) | ||
*BTA02. [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] meets [[Junko Shiragami (BA)|Junko]] (Dodge Viper Competition Coupe) | *BTA02. [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] meets [[Junko Shiragami (BA)|Junko]] (Dodge Viper Competition Coupe) | ||
Revision as of 19:32, 7 November 2013
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 w/ 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.
Fiction
Binaltech Asterisk has its own fiction, a series of online comics, that are largely unconnected to any other Transformers timeline, or even itself, being mostly short vignettes free of Decepticon troubles. However, the official Japanese Generation 1 timeline places it within the same fiction and period of time as Binaltech.
Toyline
- BTA01. Alert meets Ai (Subaru Impreza WRX)
- BTA02. Sunstreaker meets Junko (Dodge Viper Competition Coupe)
- BTA03. Broadblast meets Lumina (Toyota bB)
