Remote-Controlled Transformers Are Going to Be Official
Back in November, you may have seen this video of a motorized robot that can transform, launch missiles and even dance by remote control.
Takara, maker of the original Transformers, saw it too. And now they’re working with the guy to create official versions.
Francesco Fondi, at the Italian site Hobby Media, snapped some pictures of the Takara prototypes at the Tokyo Toy Show, and he graciously gave me permission to use a few…
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There are more at his site. I think the robot design could use some refining, but as proof of concept, I’d say this is the start of something cool. And expensive.
Now dance for me, dammit!
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Luke Y. Thompson has been writing professionally about movies and pop-culture since 1999, and has also been an actor in some extremely cheap culty and horror movies you will probably never hear much about (he is nonetheless mostly proud of them, as he met his wife on one). As editor of The Robot's Voice since 2012, he can take the blame for the majority of the site's content, all of which he creates because he loves you very, very much. (Although he loves nachos more. Sorry.) Prior to TRV, Luke wrote for publications that include the New Times LA, Los Angeles CityBeat, E! Online, OC Weekly, Geekweek, GeekChicDaily, The L.A. Times, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Nerdist