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Talk about the toys--sweet, precious toys... => General Transformers Discussion => Topic started by: shmax on October 01, 2008, 01:11:56 AM

Title: Skullbuster, Jackknife, Maverick
Post by: shmax on October 01, 2008, 01:11:56 AM
Who are these guys? I came across the names today while I was chasing around after mini-cons, but I can't seem to resolve them into a physical package. There's a page for them on the wiki:

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aerial_Extermina ... i-Con_Team (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aerial_Extermination_Mini-Con_Team)

But it assigns them to Japanese Armada toy MM-17, which we already have here:

http://www.shmax.com/Package_Details/20 ... lt_Microns (http://www.shmax.com/Package_Details/2039/MM-17_Air_Assault_Microns)

Which is already linked to 3 toys with completely different names.

What's going on, here?
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Post by: engledogg on October 01, 2008, 08:41:05 AM
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(renamed via Fan Club bio)
Apparently just a little (unofficial?) creative renaming from the Transformers Collectors' Club for the U.S. versions of those guys.  Jetstorm, Sonar & Runway are their official Hasbro names.

Mad, Shade, and Jack seem to be their Japanese names, following the wiki links...so, we're good.  :)

MIKE
engledogg
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Post by: shmax on October 01, 2008, 10:40:16 AM
I... see. So those names never actually appear on any packaging?
Quote from: "engledogg"
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(renamed via Fan Club bio)
Apparently just a little (unofficial?) creative renaming from the Transformers Collectors' Club for the U.S. versions of those guys.  Jetstorm, Sonar & Runway are their official Hasbro names.

Mad, Shade, and Jack seem to be their Japanese names, following the wiki links...so, we're good.  :)

MIKE
engledogg
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Post by: engledogg on October 01, 2008, 11:55:33 AM
Nope...never appeared on any packaging.

MIKE
engledogg
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Post by: Defensis Prime on October 01, 2008, 05:32:48 PM
So long as the club says it, it's official, it just...doesn't matter much, as the toys in those colorschemes didn't, and will probably never, get released over here. (Our 'Dark Saber' team was clear where Takara's was opaque-white, in case you just went YEAHBUHWHAT?).
Any excuse to cram new characters into a text story without worrying about how the Japanese names sound to an English-speaking readership, I guess.