Unproduced G.I. Joe Transformer
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- The unproduced G.I. Joe Transformer was to be an Autobot from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The unproduced G.I. Joe Transformer is a known unknown.
Toys
[edit]Unreleased
[edit]Hasbro had plans to release the unproduced G.I. Joe Transformer at the time of the Transformers: Generation 2 crossover with G.I. Joe, in late 1993. Apparently a new character, it was never given a name. This Autobot would have transformed into a 1:18 scale six-wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier for transporting G.I. Joe figures. It also appears to have been equipped with an air pressure-based rocket launching gimmick. The presumed purpose of this crossover toy was to boost Transformers sales, as Generation 2 was an untested new line just starting to get off the ground and G.I. Joe had been in US toy aisles continuously since 1982. How times change.
According to Vinnie D'Alleva, "We tried several times to develop a G.I. Joe/Transformers combo pack where the Joe figure could fit inside the Transformer vehicle, but could never find the right time to do so. Either Transformers was 'hot' and Joe was not, or it was the other way around."[1]
This toy is not known to have ever made it past the resin prototype stage.
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Notes
[edit]- Given its status as a resin mock-up, you may recognize his head from elsewhere.
- 30 years later, Hasbro would eventually start producing Transformers that can interact with G.I. Joe figures.
