Title:
Prowl 4th Vehicle Mode
Description:
Prowl (Alternator, 2005/2006)
Alternator ID number: 16
Binaltech ID number: BT-15
Accessories: Engine/gun, traffic direction baton aka "Blight Stick"
Alternators Prowl transforms into a fully-licensed 1:24-scale Acura RSX with police lights, opening doors, hood and trunk. His engine becomes a (non-firing) gun, while a clear-plastic nightstick is hidden under his car mode rear section. He was among the last of the "red box” Alternators, but was included in new "white box” assortments in 2006. The "white box” version of Prowl has additional Acura logos on the rear of the car that the "red box” version did not have.
For his standard Japanese Binaltech release, Prowl got a different vehicle mode deco based on a real Japanese police car (the Hasbro version’s deco being based more on the original Generation 1 toy), a different spoiler mold, "Type R” rims compared to the Alternators version’s "Type S” rims, right-side steering, a Japanese police cherry blossom emblem instead of an Acura logo, and gray plastic instead of stony-blue. He was also labeled as a "Honda Integra Type-R” on the packaging, the model’s make in Japan.
Multiple reports suggest that at least the Binaltech version suffers from a design flaw: The wing mirrors are simply glued onto the doors for whatever reason, and the glue is not particularly strong. Trying to open a door by pulling on the mirror could likely result in the mirror snapping off.
At OTFCC 2004, Hasbro stated that there was no Prowl Alternators toy in the works, but some other emergency vehicle (which got a chorus of boos). Considering the development schedule of Transformers toys, this was most likely referring to the fact that the Acura RSX sculpt was originally intended to be Red Alert, with a different head sculpt. Eventually, however, it was decided to release the toy as Prowl instead, even though the Subaru Impreza sculpt’s robot mode had more resemblance to Generation 1 Prowl and the Acura RSX sculpt’s robot mode had more resemblance to Generation 1 Red Alert. Control drawings of the figure with the originally intended Red Alert head sculpt can be found in the Japanese Transformers Collection 2007 book, among other places.
Alternator ID number: 16
Binaltech ID number: BT-15
Accessories: Engine/gun, traffic direction baton aka "Blight Stick"
Alternators Prowl transforms into a fully-licensed 1:24-scale Acura RSX with police lights, opening doors, hood and trunk. His engine becomes a (non-firing) gun, while a clear-plastic nightstick is hidden under his car mode rear section. He was among the last of the "red box” Alternators, but was included in new "white box” assortments in 2006. The "white box” version of Prowl has additional Acura logos on the rear of the car that the "red box” version did not have.
For his standard Japanese Binaltech release, Prowl got a different vehicle mode deco based on a real Japanese police car (the Hasbro version’s deco being based more on the original Generation 1 toy), a different spoiler mold, "Type R” rims compared to the Alternators version’s "Type S” rims, right-side steering, a Japanese police cherry blossom emblem instead of an Acura logo, and gray plastic instead of stony-blue. He was also labeled as a "Honda Integra Type-R” on the packaging, the model’s make in Japan.
Multiple reports suggest that at least the Binaltech version suffers from a design flaw: The wing mirrors are simply glued onto the doors for whatever reason, and the glue is not particularly strong. Trying to open a door by pulling on the mirror could likely result in the mirror snapping off.
At OTFCC 2004, Hasbro stated that there was no Prowl Alternators toy in the works, but some other emergency vehicle (which got a chorus of boos). Considering the development schedule of Transformers toys, this was most likely referring to the fact that the Acura RSX sculpt was originally intended to be Red Alert, with a different head sculpt. Eventually, however, it was decided to release the toy as Prowl instead, even though the Subaru Impreza sculpt’s robot mode had more resemblance to Generation 1 Prowl and the Acura RSX sculpt’s robot mode had more resemblance to Generation 1 Red Alert. Control drawings of the figure with the originally intended Red Alert head sculpt can be found in the Japanese Transformers Collection 2007 book, among other places.
Theme:
Alternators
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2005
Country:
United States
Series:
Alternators
Date Added:
2022-11-13 18:53:01
Date Added:
2022-11-13 18:53:01
