Title:
Smokescreen 5th Vehicle Mode Missing Parts Project
Description:
Smokescreen (2003)
Alternator ID number: 1
Binaltech ID number: BT-01
Accessories: Turbo intercooler/gun
Alternators Smokescreen’s alternate mode is a licensed blue 1:24 scale 2003 Subaru Impreza WRC rally car, with opening hood, trunk, and all four doors as well as a detailed interior. He also features working steering and rubber tires. His robot mode is based upon his original toy, as well as his cartoon model, but with changes made to reflect modern standards of Transformers toys, as well as his new vehicle mode. He is armed with a laser rifle formed from his turbo intercooler, and has the capacity to mount two spring-loaded rocket launchers on either side of his shoulders, though these were only included with his 2004 Binaltech retool, Smokescreen GT (see below).
There are several major differences between Takara Binaltech Smokescreen and Hasbro’s Alternators counterpart. While the Binaltech version is constructed partially out of die-cast metal and has the entire car shell painted in a metallic electric blue paint job, Hasbro’s Alternators release features a car shell made out of plain blue plastic. Additionally, Takara released two variants (concurrently available in equal quantities), namely the number "7” Solberg / Mills and the number "8” Makinen / Lindstrom versions of the 2003 WRC car. Hasbro, meanwhile, only released the number "8” version. In their December 11, 2003 website Q&A, Hasbro stated that they were intending to release the number "7” variant stateside as a running change; however, possibly due to the "#8” version ending up as a shelfwarmer, those plans never came to fruition.
There have been many reports of Binaltech Smokescreen’s paint being very easy to scratch, chip and scrape. What’s worse, early batches of the production run were apparently particularly prone to outright flaking, while later batches had somewhat more stable paint jobs. In addition, both variants of Takara’s version of Smokescreen saw a running change in the blue paint on his upper thighs. Earlier shipments featured additional paint that extended beyond the sculpted lines in a curve, while later shipments had the paint operations match the sculpted lines, which is also the way the section in question looks on Hasbro’s Alternators version. The second version appears to be much rarer than the first one.
Smokescreen was actually designed as a retool of Alternators Silverstreak (aka Binaltech Streak), whose alternate mode is the Subaru Impreza WRX street model. However, the marketing department at Takara felt that the flashier Smokescreen would make a more suitable debut toy and would grab more attention than the plain silver Streak would.
Alternator ID number: 1
Binaltech ID number: BT-01
Accessories: Turbo intercooler/gun
Alternators Smokescreen’s alternate mode is a licensed blue 1:24 scale 2003 Subaru Impreza WRC rally car, with opening hood, trunk, and all four doors as well as a detailed interior. He also features working steering and rubber tires. His robot mode is based upon his original toy, as well as his cartoon model, but with changes made to reflect modern standards of Transformers toys, as well as his new vehicle mode. He is armed with a laser rifle formed from his turbo intercooler, and has the capacity to mount two spring-loaded rocket launchers on either side of his shoulders, though these were only included with his 2004 Binaltech retool, Smokescreen GT (see below).
There are several major differences between Takara Binaltech Smokescreen and Hasbro’s Alternators counterpart. While the Binaltech version is constructed partially out of die-cast metal and has the entire car shell painted in a metallic electric blue paint job, Hasbro’s Alternators release features a car shell made out of plain blue plastic. Additionally, Takara released two variants (concurrently available in equal quantities), namely the number "7” Solberg / Mills and the number "8” Makinen / Lindstrom versions of the 2003 WRC car. Hasbro, meanwhile, only released the number "8” version. In their December 11, 2003 website Q&A, Hasbro stated that they were intending to release the number "7” variant stateside as a running change; however, possibly due to the "#8” version ending up as a shelfwarmer, those plans never came to fruition.
There have been many reports of Binaltech Smokescreen’s paint being very easy to scratch, chip and scrape. What’s worse, early batches of the production run were apparently particularly prone to outright flaking, while later batches had somewhat more stable paint jobs. In addition, both variants of Takara’s version of Smokescreen saw a running change in the blue paint on his upper thighs. Earlier shipments featured additional paint that extended beyond the sculpted lines in a curve, while later shipments had the paint operations match the sculpted lines, which is also the way the section in question looks on Hasbro’s Alternators version. The second version appears to be much rarer than the first one.
Smokescreen was actually designed as a retool of Alternators Silverstreak (aka Binaltech Streak), whose alternate mode is the Subaru Impreza WRX street model. However, the marketing department at Takara felt that the flashier Smokescreen would make a more suitable debut toy and would grab more attention than the plain silver Streak would.
Theme:
Alternators
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2003
Country:
United States
Series:
Alternators
Date Added:
2022-07-31 08:13:14
Date Added:
2022-07-31 08:13:14
