Vietnam
Vietnam (Việt Nam) is a country in Asia bordered by China, Laos, and Cambodia. The country's largest city is Ho Chi Minh City, previously and still sometimes known as Saigon.
In real-life, Vietnam is a country experiencing rapid economic growth with a rich and interesting history... Although, according to Transformers media, the only thing that seems to have ever happened in it is the Vietnam War.
Transformers in Vietnam
One notable aspect about the Transformers brand in Vietnam is the presence of several Hasbro factories across the country: according to a 2024 list [1], they host a whole fifteen "third party" facilities that produce goods for the American company, making them the country with the second largest Hasbro manufacturing presence only behind China. This means that a lot of modern Transformers figures are Vietnamese-made... And, as a result, whenever figures are leaked before their official release dates, it is also not too uncommon that they first pop up in Vietnam.
Fiction
Marvel The Transformers comics
The Action Force member Wild Bill was a pilot in Vietnam during the war. One mission had him sent in to rescue seven soldiers, but once six had been picked up, his commanding officer told him to forget about the seventh and get those in the chopper to safety. Wild Bill complied but never truly stopped thinking about the seventh man. Ancient Relics!
Armada
The parents of Alexis fled Vietnam after the war and settled in the United States of America. The Transformers Legends of the Microns: Sound of Evolution Vol. 2
Ghosts of Yesterday
External links
- Vietnam at Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Hasbro Third-Party Factory List 2024 on hasbro.com.
