Title:
Swindler Race Car Patrol Micromaster Vehicle Mode
Description:
Race Car Patrol (Micromaster Patrol, 1988/1990)
Takara ID number: C-334
Swindler transforms into a gray DeLorean DMC-12 sports car, albeit a debranded one with a blank rectangle in place of the iconic ”DMC” grill logo. He was sold only as part of a Micromaster Patrol four-pack with Free Wheeler, Roadhandler and Tailspin. Swindler is gang-molded with Tailspin, sharing the same plastic colors.
Together with the Air Strike Patrol and the Off Road Patrol, the Race Car Patrol was released by Hasbro in late 1988 (basically, a case of ”next year product” being released at the end of the old year), in packaging that differed from the ”proper” 1989 Micromasters’ redesigned packaging (silver cards and boxes featuring an all-new ”Transformers” logo) by retaining a variation of the faction-specific color-coded gradient background on the card and featuring a unique ”Micro Transformers” title in a variation of the old, pre-1989 ”Transformers” logo. This same basic packaging design was also used for Canada (albeit bilingual English/French) and parts of Europe (bilingual French/Dutch, and Italian-only packaging distributed by GiG). However, a running change variant of the French/Dutch version featuring the later 1989 packaging design also exists, and most likely a similar version (in English-only packaging) was also released in the United Kingdom alongside similar versions of the Air Strike Patrol and the Off Road Patrol.
The Race Car Patrol was sold in Japan as part of the Zone portion of the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers series. The toys are identical to the Hasbro versions.
Takara ID number: C-334
Swindler transforms into a gray DeLorean DMC-12 sports car, albeit a debranded one with a blank rectangle in place of the iconic ”DMC” grill logo. He was sold only as part of a Micromaster Patrol four-pack with Free Wheeler, Roadhandler and Tailspin. Swindler is gang-molded with Tailspin, sharing the same plastic colors.
Together with the Air Strike Patrol and the Off Road Patrol, the Race Car Patrol was released by Hasbro in late 1988 (basically, a case of ”next year product” being released at the end of the old year), in packaging that differed from the ”proper” 1989 Micromasters’ redesigned packaging (silver cards and boxes featuring an all-new ”Transformers” logo) by retaining a variation of the faction-specific color-coded gradient background on the card and featuring a unique ”Micro Transformers” title in a variation of the old, pre-1989 ”Transformers” logo. This same basic packaging design was also used for Canada (albeit bilingual English/French) and parts of Europe (bilingual French/Dutch, and Italian-only packaging distributed by GiG). However, a running change variant of the French/Dutch version featuring the later 1989 packaging design also exists, and most likely a similar version (in English-only packaging) was also released in the United Kingdom alongside similar versions of the Air Strike Patrol and the Off Road Patrol.
The Race Car Patrol was sold in Japan as part of the Zone portion of the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers series. The toys are identical to the Hasbro versions.
Theme:
1989
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1989
Country:
United States
Size:
2 in
Series:
G1
Model Number:
Grey Car
Date Added:
2018-06-08 15:37:57
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$40.63
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2018-06-08 15:37:57
