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Hi all. I'm hoping that someone can help identify these toys.

Recent eBay purchase... they were dirt cheap, and just looked cool to me, even though I have no idea what they're from. Seller didn't offer up much info when asked, just said they were from something local (seller in Thailand), but I wouldn't be surprised if they're knockoffs of something more well known.

Toys have a Power Rangers-esque feel in hand. Heads look slightly Gundam-esque in person.

They don't really seem to transform so much as come apart, but the peg sizes don't really seem to lend themselves to an obvious robot form. I'd say they were limbs of a combiner, except for the individual heads make me think they were meant to have individual forms.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.

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4 hours ago, JetJockey said:

They look familiar but I can't remember the names.

They look kind of familiar to me too, but I can't tell if that's because I saw these years ago and forgot them, or if they just have that style/look that is reminiscent/derivative of a bunch of other stuff.

Still, 121 views of this topic, and no one's been able to identify them yet. I'm actually surprised. Hopefully someone has seen them before...

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I'm guessing it's a generic robot figure, too. I've seen hundreds if not thousands just like this at community festivals over the decades. I've seen them patterned after Gundams, Power Rangers, Voltrons, with a slapdash color scheme and marketed as "Cyber Cop" or "Aeroplane Defender" or something equally generic.

How does the plastic feel? If it feels cheap and the details aren't particularly crisp, it's probably something generic.

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First of all, thank you everyone for your ideas on this, and at least taking a look and giving it some thought.

nightmareB4macross made the comment aboutt hem looking like something from SirToys. I went on there to look around, and I did indeed find them (almost). Thanks nightmareB4macross!

Apparently, there is/was a line called "Music Knights" (can't find anything on them, other than some toy pics; I'm guessing it was cheap toys only, no media). Some ball joints, a couple parts that get detached and reattached in a different spot (i.e. weapons/arms on front wheel get reattached at the elbows, where the upper arm is balljointed and moved at the shoulder and elbow).

They come with riders that look to be just slightly smaller than 3.75" figures. In robot mode, the rider stays seated in position, sort of a power loader type of look.

From SirToys, there are Music Knights, then there is a line of knockoffs of them (look to be lower quality, a little less detail and painting).

THESE appear to be a KNOCKOFF of the knockoff. It looks like they took the red one of the knockoff line, and replaced any of the ball joint parts with just parts-forming parts instead.

It looks like my figures are missing the lower arms/front weapons, and have the little wings from the red knockoff in place of the upper weapons.

I've attached some pics below of the real line, the knockoff line, and then my green figure as close as it can come to robot mode without having the lower arm pieces.

I have say that, though I'm disappointed (but not surprised) that mine are incomplete, for a whopping $7 for the set of three, including shipping, it's not a big deal. I do actually kind of like the look of the original "real" toys and may try to track them down for a reasonable price. They fit in with the whole ride armor/motorcycle mecha thing that I'm obsessed with.

Thanks again everyone!

 

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I really am liking the weapons that come with the white one, too.

 

And mine:

 

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LOL, thank you for including a pic with a 1st Generation G.I. Joe (with Swivel Arm Battle Grip!)… OMG that one brings out the memories...

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2 hours ago, Mazinger said:

How does the plastic feel?  They seem to be putting out 1/55 chunky monkey clones.  I assume there's very little metal in them but if the plastic is good, might warrant a buy for modding purposes.

It's ok. Not the level of most major lines, or third party lines, but stronger than some knockoffs I've seen.

Minimal metal (just some screws); overall they're very lightweight.

I think, when my workload slows down a bit, I'm going to 3d print some arms and weapons for them, since it looks like the non-knockoff figures online are asking ridiculous prices.

 

2 hours ago, TehPW said:

LOL, thank you for including a pic with a 1st Generation G.I. Joe (with Swivel Arm Battle Grip!)… OMG that one brings out the memories...

Obviously not my pic, but yeah, when deciding what to include, that one seemed like a must. :-)

 

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