Marvel Flip and Attack Transformers
They’re not set for release until this fall, but these upcoming Marvel Flip & Attack Transformers will be mine! At $10/each, these new toys take the classic Transformers Jumpstarters design (see the TFWiki) and adapts the auto-transformation to Captain America, Iron Man, and Hulk. And they look like a lot of fun to me.
THE AVENGERS are ready for action! Just pull back on the vehicle form to watch it roll across the floor and flip into a robot version of one of your favorite AVENGERS super heroes! Choose from CAPTAIN AMERICA (that flips into an attack truck), IRON MAN (that turns into a jet) and HULK (that turns into a tank). Each sold separately.
The Marvel Transformers series is one that I usually just glance at, but seeing Hasbro pull out the old Jumpstarters transformation design makes me happy; they weren’t the greatest of toys, but they’re still fun and it’s cool to see that kids will have the chance to pull back and let go to watch toys flip into the air.
I wonder if the little dial that does very little will be on the back of the toy’s heads . . .
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I can already see the swarms of these people will customize into new Jumpstarters, all it would take is some head and chest modifications.
Nostalgia Factor 11!
As lame as Jumpstarters should have been, Topspin and Twintwist were awesome and probably tallied more of my play time than most other Transformers when I was a kid. The pull-back flip-up feature was just too cool.