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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. | ||
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Revision as of 06:08, 27 February 2026
The Salt-Men are incredible machines that transform into robots... In a single jump! [1]
Toys
The Salt-Men are repaints of the Jumpstarters, originally released in Estrela by 1985 as part of the 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 Generation 2 toyline.
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 and 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
- ↑ 1985 Estrela Transformers Salt-Men commercial on YouTube.com
