

Microman micro trailer series#
The series is still on-going today, with the second season having ended last year, and has seen a theatrical film and even a video game. One popular enough to cross over officially and directly with both Vocaloid and Neon Genesis Evangelion. (Even so, the concept had existed since long before then: the Tomica Hyper Series had a similar concept back in 2012.)These took the form of three train carriages that could be assembled into an 18" mecha, complete with an array of weapons! Whilst this makes the brand objectively toy-centred, it wasn't long until an anime started following it: and, I might add, a surprisingly popular one. The series is a bit of an oddity: the Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion toyline was introduced in 2015 as an evolution of the long-running Takara Plarail brand, which is a series of train-focused toys. It's a spinoff of the Plarail brand, though also features a transforming robot (which in this case transforms from an E5-series shinkansen, or "bullet train", into a mecha.) Also, it is actually a mecha - piloted by the eleven-year-old Hayato Hayasugi. So, okay, you're looking at this and you're probably thinking "Oh, is this a Transformer?" No. It's not often I'd say "just give them a costume based on the toy they were originally based on", but ROM is a good fit for something like this. Unlike the other two we have currently, this would give ROM a look more akin to his original toy - including the alternative armour and helmet design, as well as a more plasticy look overall as opposed to metal. He's cool!įor ROM, I think Retro would be a good fit.

I think Glover's a very solid Hasbro Interactive rep overall, and honestly he's got plenty of potential to be an interesting and unique inclusion as well as a neat lil retro throwback. Never would have occurred to me in a million years.ģ. This is such a clever take on the matter of the Tiger brand and such a cool way of representing it. Operation is undeniably a very important and recognisable game, and honestly the idea of Sam fighting with a combination of the weird and bizarre things found in his body as well as various surgery tools with a bizarro doctor-based moveset would be so fun.Ģ.
