The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk
Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk 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 based on 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... it got changed for the next incarnation of the 1:24 line, Kiss Players.
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 G1 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)
