1/15th Scale Variable Bikes

[RavenHawk]

I'm looking to put together a shelf of 1/15th scale variable bikes.

So far I have:

- 1/15th Yamato Factory Color Garland

- 1/15th Yamato Proto-Garland

- 1/15th Metallic Priss and Motoslave

Besides the other two Garlands and the 4 non-metallic Motoslaves, what other 1/15th variable bikes are there?

The Megahouse MOSPEADAs are 1/15th, right?

Are the Busou Shinki (sp?) 1/15th?

GetRide AMDriver?

Revoltech Assemble Borg?

Thanks.

[drifand]

Hi RavenHawk,

AFAIK, besides the AM Drive Motor Bisar, the only toyline with a sizeable 1/15 scale series of bikes is.... Bandai's 'Trans-Armor' Kamen Riders. And of the lot of bikes produced, only a few can be considered 'transforming'; e.g.

- Popynica DX Machine Tornader for Kamen Rider Agito (front & back wheels extend and rotate to form a hover bike)

- The transforming bikes for KR Kabuto, which although were sold for larger 1/12 figurines, are scaled more correctly for the 1/15 trans-armor figures.

[RavenHawk]

Hi RavenHawk,

AFAIK, besides the AM Drive Motor Bisar, the only toyline with a sizeable 1/15 scale series of bikes is.... Bandai's 'Trans-Armor' Kamen Riders. And of the lot of bikes produced, only a few can be considered 'transforming'; e.g.

- Popynica DX Machine Tornader for Kamen Rider Agito (front & back wheels extend and rotate to form a hover bike)

- The transforming bikes for KR Kabuto, which although were sold for larger 1/12 figurines, are scaled more correctly for the 1/15 trans-armor figures.

Cool, thanks Drifand. I'll look into these. Not really particularly familiar with Kamen Rider, beyond sort of knowing that it exists, and the general idea of what each series was about.

[RavenHawk]

Hi RavenHawk,

AFAIK, besides the AM Drive Motor Bisar, the only toyline with a sizeable 1/15 scale series of bikes is.... Bandai's 'Trans-Armor' Kamen Riders. And of the lot of bikes produced, only a few can be considered 'transforming'; e.g.

- Popynica DX Machine Tornader for Kamen Rider Agito (front & back wheels extend and rotate to form a hover bike)

- The transforming bikes for KR Kabuto, which although were sold for larger 1/12 figurines, are scaled more correctly for the 1/15 trans-armor figures.

Looked at the Machine Tornader ones. Not really my thing. Prefer more transformation than that.

I'm not having any luck finding the transforming bikes for KR Kabuto that you mentioned, though. Can you point me in the right direction?

Thanks.

[RavenHawk]

Is this what you mean?

http://www.angolz.com/home/productDetails....95&catId=24

[drifand]

Is this what you mean?

http://www.angolz.com/home/productDetails....95&catId=24

Oh no, those are for the larger 1/10(12?) scale SIC series which focus on incredible sculpted details but minimal poseability.

The Kabuto bikes are already sold out on HLJ (out of production) and during a short visit to Tokyo in December, I couldn't find a single one of those toys either.

Some links I scrounged after checking thru the excellent database at www.zincpanic.com:

AM Driver Motor Bisar:

http://pony-hp.web.infoseek.co.jp/AM-MOTO.htm

KR Kabuto's DX 'Gatack Extender':

http://ooebihara.sakura.ne.jp/ganngu/ganngu391.htm

and DX 'Kabuto Extender' and 'Machine Zectron':

http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/KABUTOEXTENDER.htm

The last link includes the owner's toy mods to make the bikes less kiddified and more suitable for the 1/15 figures.

Edited February 13, 2009 by drifand

[RavenHawk]

Oh no, those are for the larger 1/10(12?) scale SIC series which focus on incredible sculpted details but minimal poseability.

The Kabuto bikes are already sold out on HLJ (out of production) and during a short visit to Tokyo in December, I couldn't find a single one of those toys either.

Some links I scrounged after checking thru the excellent database at www.zincpanic.com:

AM Driver Motor Bisar:

http://pony-hp.web.infoseek.co.jp/AM-MOTO.htm

KR Kabuto's DX 'Gatack Extender':

http://ooebihara.sakura.ne.jp/ganngu/ganngu391.htm

and DX 'Kabuto Extender' and 'Machine Zectron':

http://ooebihara.sakura.ne.jp/ganngu/ganngu391.htm

The last link includes the owner's toy mods to make the bikes less kiddified and more suitable for the 1/15 figures.

They're for the larger scale? That's too bad. That bike is GORGEOUS. I found a less detailed one on ebay too, but it looks SO MUCH WORSE it's hard to believe.

Never heard of zinpanic.com before. I'll have to check it out.

I really like that AM Driver Motor Bisar. Kind of a combination of MOSPEADA and Megazone, as far as transformation, or so it looks to me.

The last two links are the same link (but I see what you mean in an earlier post about the scale of the figure and the bike not seeming to match up).

[drifand]

They're for the larger scale? That's too bad. That bike is GORGEOUS. I found a less detailed one on ebay too, but it looks SO MUCH WORSE it's hard to believe.

Never heard of zinpanic.com before. I'll have to check it out.

I really like that AM Driver Motor Bisar. Kind of a combination of MOSPEADA and Megazone, as far as transformation, or so it looks to me.

The last two links are the same link (but I see what you mean in an earlier post about the scale of the figure and the bike not seeming to match up).

Fixed the last link in my post...

http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/KABUTOEXTENDER.htm

As for the FAIZ Autovajin bike, yeah, the SIC is oversized for 1/15 purposes. These are also too big at 1/12 scale:

[RavenHawk]

Fixed the last link in my post...

http://pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/KABUTOEXTENDER.htm

As for the FAIZ Autovajin bike, yeah, the SIC is oversized for 1/15 purposes. These are also too big at 1/12 scale:

Nice.

So, my 1/15th shelf... my 1/10th Beagle/Toynami MOSPEADA/Cyclone, if Robotech.com ever ships it... and now nice 1/12ths too?