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Old May 25, 2008 | 05:21 AM
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So I stopped by Fanime con (an anime convention) today to pick up a few cube-goodies and meet up with some out-of-town friends. While browsing the dealers' room I came across this lil' goody and just had to get it.

It's all metal body work (unlike the real thing ) and my god is it complex! Nevermind that the instructions (with diagrams, thank goodness) are all in Japanese, I got this guy abouy 75% transformed, gave up for the evening, and spent another good ten minutes getting him back into car form.

I apologize for the lack of quality in some of these picts, my digital camera hates me.





Check out that "Secret Weapon"!










... and you can forget about Goodyears, this badboy's rollin' on Cybertronian Radials!


When I manage to get it figured out, I'll post some shots of it transformed.
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Old May 25, 2008 | 05:28 AM
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that is the Coolest thing i have ever seen.... i am so jelous! i grew up on that cartoon
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Old May 25, 2008 | 05:37 AM
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i have a black vert C5 transformer... this one in fact

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Old May 25, 2008 | 05:45 AM
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i have a black vert C5 transformer... this one in fact

Oh damn, I so need to find that and get it.
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Old May 25, 2008 | 06:13 AM
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You can get them on Amazon. Just look up Corvette transformer.
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Old May 25, 2008 | 03:50 PM
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amazon and ebay. they come in different sizes too. mine was like $25
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Old May 25, 2008 | 04:21 PM
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amazon and ebay. they come in different sizes too. mine was like $25
Yah, seeing that now makes me a little unhappy with how much I paid for that, but if I manage to score the black 'vert for cheap on fleabay I don't think I'll mind as much.
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There is also a blue one modeled after the original C-3 tracks from the cartoon, hes has the original paint scheme but is a C-5. I love them I now have about 150 original transformers on display at my house. Great looking figure.
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That is FTMFW!! I too grew up on the 80s cartoons. That is awesome!

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