Pick-Up (Bat-Robô)
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- Pick-Up is possibly an Autobot from the Estrela portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Pick-Up is a Bat-Robô. He goes vroom, crashes, and then becomes an invincible robot!
Toys
Transformers
- Pick-Up (Bat-Robô, 1985)
- Released only in Brazil by Estrela, Pick-Up transforms into a Ford F100 pickup truck. The toy features a friction-driven motor, which, as part of its gimmick, is used to trigger its transformation. After pulling it back, the truck drives forward until it hits something with its front bumper, whereupon it springs up into robot mode.
- Pick-Up was released simultaneously in orange/black and green/blue color schemes. It is unknown which, if either, is more difficult to come by.
Notes
- The Pick-Up mold was not created by Takara (or even Bandai), but by a Japanese company called Fujisho. It was originally sold as "Distroid" in their Powertron (パワートロン) line. Both of the Fujisho Powertron toys were released in North America by the Ertl Company as Pow-R-Trons. It is uncertain which of these two companies Estrela licensed the molds from. In any event, the color schemes Estrela used appear to be unique to Brazil.
- Due to the lack of faction symbols on the toy or packaging, it is not explicit what faction Pick-Up fights for. However, the toy does use Hasbro's Autobot style packaging, so we're going to default to Autobot.
- Thanks to Estrela's habit of re-using names and only giving bios to about half their products, it's unclear just who this Pick-Up is. We're treating him as his own character, but it's possible he's a new version of Gears, who was named "Pick-Up" in Brazil. It's similarly unclear what relation either of these Pick-Ups have with the evil Malignus Pick-Up. Fun!
