Lumina Hoshi
| The name or term "Illumina" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Illumina (disambiguation). |
- Lumina Hoshi is a human from the Binaltech Asterisk portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Lumina Hoshi (星 ルミナ Hoshi Rumina, born November 5) was raised as part of an affluent family, but when her parents cut her off, she had to get out into the world and find herself a job. The spoiled, selfish attitude her wealthy upbringing imbued her with made that tough, but she eventually got a position as the new news announcer and reporter for the TV Bureau. She also became a member of Officer Clampdown's Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program, and has been paired with Broadblast in an attempt to promote goodwill between humans and Transformers. Broadblast helps her get to locations quickly so she can report on breaking news, increasing her professional appearance.
Lumina is a fan of mystery novels, tennis, the color pink, kiwi and steamed ume, but she's not big on heights, and, for goodness sake, don't let her sit on a horse.
Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Asterisk Story
While covering an auto show where Broadblast was operating undercover, Lumina was unfortunately present when a large section of lighting broke free from the ceiling and came hurtling down upon a crowd of people. Luckily, Broadblast was able to transform in time and catch the lights before they could squash everyone. Broadblast was then left to nervously explain his presence to the onlookers as Lumina apologized for the technical difficulties to her viewers. The World's First Disaster Relief Car!?
Legends comic
Lumina was one of the many women brought to the Legends World by Tigatron using the ultra-drill in an attempt to get women who liked him better than Springer. It did not work out, as all of the women brought over eventually swooned over Springer. Bonus Edition Vol. 19
Years after the Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program, Blaster fondly remembered his time spent as Broadblast with Lumina. Bonus Edition Vol. 27
Kre-O online manga
Lumina recorded the inauguration of Autobot City with her camera. She was seemingly escorted by Blaster, who was holding her hand. Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!
Some time later, she was caught by the fad of the new portable music players, unaware that they were clones of Soundwave, created to brainwash humans. Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!
Toys
Binaltech Asterisk
- Broadblast meets Lumina (2005)
- Japanese ID number: BTA03
- Accessories: Stand, "driving" arms, seated lower body
- Lumina is a soft-plastic PVC figurine of a Japanese woman in a TV-style business suit/short skirt combo. She has an extra set of arms and a "seated" lower body so she can be placed in the driver's seat of her partner Broadblast's vehicle mode. It is unknown how well she fits into the driver's seats of other Alternators. She was only available as part of the third Binaltech Asterisk set.
Notes
- Like all of the Asterisk girls, Lumina is modeled after a character from a previous series; in this instance, Lumina's inspiration is the Victory character Illumina.
- This makes her the only one of the three Asterisk girls to not be based on a character from Car Robots.
External links
- Binaltech Asterisk web-manga from Takara's website. (archive copy)
