G.I. Joe's Motorcycle Armor

[Alpha OTS]

Found this over at the allspark here. More pictures at link.

I think it partforms, but at that scale, I still think it's pretty cool.

[areaseven]

Do I smell a lawsuit on this one?

[crasis]

I just saw this on another board. MUST buy for me, and I don't even collect Joes!! These will look awesome next to my Bubblegum Crisis Motoslaves and Mospeada Ride Armors.

[Alpha OTS]

It's going to be available 1/2010. At I'm guessing $15, it's going to be hard to pass up.

[gerwalk25]

At least the transformation looks less complicated than a CM's Ride Armor. I'll pick this one up.

[505thAirborne]

Who ever designed that toy watched way to much Mospeada & Megazone 23!!

[Excillon]

I see some Mospeada color scheme repaints in my future...

[protostar8]

That thing reminds me of Dancouga for some reason...

Edited August 17, 2009 by protostar8

[Dangaioh]

I can see some AD Police (based on the BGC Classic, and if ADP decided to have variable bikes) variations to this.

[mr.chogokin]

That thing reminds me of Dancouga for some reason...

I see it too. The general silhouette and the color is why. I think the rider and the bike are okay but armor mode is ugly. I think I'll stick with mospeada.

[ntsan]

Do I smell a lawsuit on this one?

I don't think so, consider Tatsunoko is now part of Takara which have close tie with Hasbro, I am sure they would happy to lend licenes to them

Does that mean Macross X TF crossover is possible? Consider Takara got Macross license

Edited August 18, 2009 by ntsan

[baronv]

For $15, I'll pretend it's the "shadow" version of the Cyclones.

[terry the lone wolf]

G.I.Joetech to the rescue!!!!!!!!!!!! Yoooooooooooooooo Joeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

[RogueTrooper]

If i see it in while out and about i might consider buying it, is it from the new movie?

[Vermillion21]

Not in the movie ... it's part of the extended GI Joe toyline in 2010 - the pursuit of Cobra toyline.

[bluemax151]

Better pictures just make this thing look uglier. The front guns are very reminiscent of space marine bike twin bolters. From the perspective of a motorcyclist the bike mode of this thing is a train wreck. Maybe it will look better in person/in package.

[RavenHawk]

I'm really looking forward to this one. Love transformers, people who recognize my name on here know I'm obsessed with variable bikes, and loved GIJoe as a kid, so there's no way I'm passing this up.

The pricepoint will probably only be $12-16 too; compare that to what I've spend on my CMs, Megahouse, and Beagle MOSPEADAs...

As for the person who mentioned a lawsuit, somebody mentioned this at Robotech too, and I really think no way. There are virtually no MOSPEADA similarities. The two wheels on the back are actually, I think, the front tire split up like Motoslaves do. In fact, if you spend some time looking at the parts and work out the transformation, I think it is actually VERY VERY similar to the Yamato BGC Moto-slaves, with the same combination of parts-forming and parts-moving.

As for the modes, I disagree with someone's assessment above. I think the bike mode is what actually looks best. It looks very similar to a Confederate Wraith. The armor mode, on the other hand, I think looks terrible and poorly designed, but hopefully will look better in person.

[azrael]

As for the person who mentioned a lawsuit, somebody mentioned this at Robotech too, and I really think no way. There are virtually no MOSPEADA similarities.

Unless they call these things "Cyclones" and they look like this...:

...do me a favor and smack over the head whoever says "lawsuit".

[Agent-GHQ]

Its getting out of hand here!

[Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0]

...do me a favor and smack over the head whoever says "lawsuit"

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