Cobybot

The Cobybot is a machine from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Rebuilt from the remains of a deactivated Scrpametal, the Cobybot allows human Coby Hansen to finally join his Autobot friends on the battlefield. Retrofitted to allow a human pilot to control it and armed with a variety of (non-lethal) weapons and gadgets, the Cobybot is a shining example of Coby's mechanical genius.

Japanese name: Coby's Rumble

Toys

Cybertron

• Sonic Convoy (Multi-pack, 2005)

Japanese ID number: EX-02

A retooling (sort of, see below) and partial redeco of the Scrapmetal toy with a new head, the Cobybot transforms into a four-legged walking tank. In either mode, plugging a Cyber Planet Key into the back of its boom-crane cannon causes a removable clear-plastic blade to flip out into attack mode. The Cobybot's fists can be covered with its tank-mode walking spikes, or flat-ended "pile drivers".

The Cobybot was normally only available as part of the "Sonic Convoy" gift set, a Japanese Toys 'R' Us exclusive, with redecos of Optimus Prime and Wing Saber. It also came -appropriately enough- with a silver-bordered Earth-style Cyber Planet Key. It should be noted that none of the toys in this set came with bio/tech-spec cards.

For BotCon 2006, attendees of the bonus "painting workshop" received two sets of unpainted, unassembled red Scrapmetal. These set included the parts to the Cobybot version, which are part of the mold-sprues of every Scrapmetal toy. However, the clear-plastic colors are different from the Cobybot proper.

Trivia

• The head sculpt used for the Cobybot was the original vision designed for the Scrapmetal toy. Hasbro felt the sculpt ultimately looked too heroic, and redesigned it to the more bug-like form of the final product. However, since Takara had already put work into the sculpt, they decided to use it for the exclusive.
  
  
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