While both Roadbuster and Whirl featured heavily in British-written stories for Marvel UK's Transformers comics (even though, ironically, their toys were never released in the UK) neither character appeared in the American animated series or in U.S. The Tulcas design later appeared in the Wings Universe story " Hoist the Flag", and was later named " Headcannon" by the "Ask Vector Prime" feature on Facebook. The Bonaparte Tulcas mold was also slated for release in the line, preliminarily named " Landfire", but was ultimately cancelled, likely due to its unconvincing robot mode. They were re-released in North America as part of the Transformers line as "Deluxe Autobots", under the names " Roadbuster" and " Whirl", respectively. Toymaker Takatoku Toys, already suffering from the poor performances of the merchandise lines from the previous Super Dimension Century Orguss and Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger series, went under as a result.Īmerican toy company Hasbro acquired the molds for two of the deluxe toys, the Mugen Calibur and the Ovelon Gazzette.
The line of 1/24, 1/72 and 1/100 scale toys and models sat on Japanese toy store shelves. The series featured some solid mechanical designs, but the slow-moving storyline failed to move fans.
Opening Theme: "Chikyuu Ni I Love You" by WELCOME.Mecha design: Katsumi Itabashi, Nobuyoshi Habara.Planning, Production: Ashi Productions, Yomiuri.The plot was kept simple, but filled with high levels of animation and action. The mecha designs were created by Katsumi Itabashi and Nobuyoshi Habara, while the models were made by the model company Gunze Sangyo. The show was essentially a showcase for the toyline released by Takatoku. They are equipped with special variable mecha that are able to convert from rugged all-terrain vehicles to humanoid forms. Under the command of Colonel Takagi, Masato Mugen, Pierre Bonaparte and Louie Oberon fight to defeat the invaders. Only one unit is able to inflict significant damage, the Special Armored Battalion Dorvack. The Earth Defense Forces valiantly fight in their powered armor against the enemy, but with little success. Soon after their arrival in orbit, they launch an invasion, landing a large attack force in the Alps. Their sole hope is to settle on the nearest habitable planet, Earth. The Idelians, whose colony-ship has been wandering in space for tens of thousands of years, are nearing exhaustion.
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