Title:
Midnight Express 1st
Description:
J-Four (2000) / Midnight Express (Mega Class, 2001)
Takara ID number: C-014
Accessories: Linkage missile launcher, missile
Robots in Disguise Midnight Express transforms into an E4 Series "Max” bullet train. In this form, he can link up with the other Bullet Trains to form one long locomotive (albeit one made up entirely of engines with no passenger cars). His back-end link-section can be re-assembled to form a spring-loaded missile launcher for use in robot mode. He can also form the legs to the team’s combined form Rail Racer.
There are significant differences between the Takara and Hasbro versions of Midnight Express. The Takara "J-Four” version has several portions cast in transparent plastic to give him clear windows, requiring extensive paint applications to blend in. The Takara versions of the Bullet Trains appear to have had a particularly bad run of quality control regarding the paint applications, with many having sloppily applied decoes.
The Hasbro version released in 2001 replaced the transparent plastics with opaques to cut back on the number of needed paint applications. An Autobot insignia was also added to the roof of the train mode, plus the yellow detail paint was replaced with a metallic gold. Midnight also gained a pair of gold stripes on the top of his train mode, and gold paint on his robot mode "abs”. Early versions of the toy had gray-painted windows (the only one of the three trains to have painted windows in the first release, as unlike the other two his windows were not bordered by accent paint), but later runs changed the color to metallic blue paint to match the now-with-painted-windows versions of his teammates.
The Turkish release of Midnight Express uses the same packaging as the standard European release, except that a sticker with the name "Euro Express” has been slapped over the name on the box, as the film Midnight Express is a bit of a sore point in that country. The toy itself is identical to the American release.
Takara ID number: C-014
Accessories: Linkage missile launcher, missile
Robots in Disguise Midnight Express transforms into an E4 Series "Max” bullet train. In this form, he can link up with the other Bullet Trains to form one long locomotive (albeit one made up entirely of engines with no passenger cars). His back-end link-section can be re-assembled to form a spring-loaded missile launcher for use in robot mode. He can also form the legs to the team’s combined form Rail Racer.
There are significant differences between the Takara and Hasbro versions of Midnight Express. The Takara "J-Four” version has several portions cast in transparent plastic to give him clear windows, requiring extensive paint applications to blend in. The Takara versions of the Bullet Trains appear to have had a particularly bad run of quality control regarding the paint applications, with many having sloppily applied decoes.
The Hasbro version released in 2001 replaced the transparent plastics with opaques to cut back on the number of needed paint applications. An Autobot insignia was also added to the roof of the train mode, plus the yellow detail paint was replaced with a metallic gold. Midnight also gained a pair of gold stripes on the top of his train mode, and gold paint on his robot mode "abs”. Early versions of the toy had gray-painted windows (the only one of the three trains to have painted windows in the first release, as unlike the other two his windows were not bordered by accent paint), but later runs changed the color to metallic blue paint to match the now-with-painted-windows versions of his teammates.
The Turkish release of Midnight Express uses the same packaging as the standard European release, except that a sticker with the name "Euro Express” has been slapped over the name on the box, as the film Midnight Express is a bit of a sore point in that country. The toy itself is identical to the American release.
Theme:
Robots In Disguise RID
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2001
Date Added:
2022-02-10 13:42:41
Date Added:
2022-02-10 13:42:41
