C joint
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The C joint is an accessory mounting system using a rather simple 3mm bar and c-shaped clip. First used in the Revenge of the Fallen/N.E.S.T. Global Alliance series on a few items in 2009, by the time of 2010's gold-packaging Transformers line and Generations, the C joint has seen much more widespread use.
The system has been given the internal nickname "Miyake joint" by TakaraTomy employees, named after its designer Miyake Tomoya[1], who first used it on the Revenge of the Fallen Recon Ironhide toy.
Toys with C joints
Revenge of the Fallen/N.E.S.T. Global Alliance
- Brawn (bars only)
- Brakedown (bars only (?))
- Recon Ironhide
- Scattorshot (bars only - his guns)
- Skystalker
Transformers (2010)
- Breacher
- Fallback (bars only)
- Firetrap (bars only - his guns)
- Flak (bars only - his guns)
- Solar Storm Grappel (bars only)
- Hailstorm / Mindset (bars only)
- Hubcap (bars only (?))
- Special Ops Jazz
- Lugnut (bars only)
- Perceptor (bars only)
- Oil Pan (bars only)
- Optimus Prime (bars only)
- Demolitions Rumble
- Sidearm Sideswipe (bars only)
- Sunspot
- Terradive
- Tomahawk
- Turbo Tracks
- Windcharger (bars only)
- Wreck-Gar
Generations
- Darkmount / Skullgrin
- Sergeant Kup
- Scourge
- Thunderwing (bars only - his guns)
- Wheeljack
United
Notes
- LEGO has long made use of an identical clip system. As such, LEGO minifigures can cling to 3mm-bar-equipped Transformers.
- While C joints per se were not developed until the Revenge of the Fallen toyline, many previously made toys have similarly sized bars that can be used to attach C joint weaponry. At least one example dates to the earliest days of the franchise. Have fun hunting for them!
