KO Binaltechs - Metals Transforms to date

[Maz]

Hey guys,

This post concerns all the "Metals Transform" bootlegs of the Binaltech toys released so far by A&L in the BT-style boxes and the Robot Masters-style boxes as well

LISTING
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AL-02 Lambor (Red Dodge Viper) car mode box - No.10700-02
AL-02 Lambor (Red Dodge Viper) fig mode box - No.10701-02
AL-02A Lambor (Yellow Dodge Viper) car mode - No.10700-02A
AL-02A Lambor (Yellow Dodge Viper) fig mode - No.10701-02A
AL-03 Streak (Silver Subaru Impreza) car mode - No.10700-03
AL-03 Streak (Silver Subaru Impreza) fig mode - No.10701-03
AL-04 Hound (Green Jeep Wrangler) car mode - No.10700-04
AL-04 Hound (Green Jeep Wrangler) fig mode - No.10701-04
AL-04A Hound (White Jeep Wrangler) car mode - No.10700-04A
AL-04A Hound (White Jeep Wrangler) fig mode - No.10701-04A
AL-09 Hound (Yellow Jeep Wrangler) car mode - No.10700-09
AL-09 Hound (Yellow Jeep Wrangler) fig mode - No.10701-09


PICTURES
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Group shots:
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A test shot of the KO Jeep also stamped "A&L":
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MOULDING
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- AL-02A is a yellow version of the Sideswipe/Lambor
- AL-03 is an amalgam of silver Impreza WRX and WRC with a silver Smokescreen-mould head, Smokescreen-mould wheels and front splitter/bumper, WRX hood with WRC hood pins and WRC-mould wing mirrors
- AL-04A is a white version of Hound with white Hound-mould head
- AL-09 is a yellow version of Hound with a yellow Hound-mould head, Hound-mould wheels and hubs but with Swindle Wrangler Custom brush guard



PACKAGING
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These first appeared in the BT-style boxes but were quickly followed by robot-mode display boxes using the Robot Masters format. Both packaging types are available for every release. AL-04A has a completely different colour of packaging and a different design style overall. It could be because it is not really based on any BT/TF character so far, and is the furthest removed from a recogniseable Transformer/Binaltech?



FACTION
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-AL-02, AL-02A AL-04 and AL-09 have faction symbols. The first three have Cybertron-like symbols and AL-09 has a Destron-like symbol.

- AL-03 and AL-04A, the most recent releases, do not have any form of faction symbol anywhere on the toy or packaging, and even the "Jeep" moulding on the white Jeep has been blocked out now.


That's everything that's seen release so far that I am aware of. The KO of the Smokescreen (AL-01, blue Subaru Impreza WRC) is advertised on the back of some of the boxes, but hasn't been spotted for sale anywhere as yet that I know of. The recent shift towards less blatant copyright infringement may have delayed the release of the sponsor-covered Smokescreen.




All the best
Maz

[Imperator]

So how much do these cost?

[pnova]

Why's that one got blue packageing??

[Maz]

bobsy said:

So how much do these cost?

Recently, they have been costing me approx $20 -$30 each before shipping.

All the best
Maz

[Maz]

pnova said:

Why's that one got blue packageing??

Either they have run into some trouble over how much they were ripping off Takara, or it's because the White Hound is further removed from the toys/characters used in Binaltech than any of the others. Most are very recogniseable as Hound, Lambor, Sunstreaker or Swindle etc but White Hound is not immediately recogniseable, so maybe that explains the different style of packaging.

All the best
Maz

[Moonbug]

We got the Yellow metal Lambor for just under £7 whilst in Hong Kong. He's actually much nicer than I thought he would be.

[Phill]

moonbug said:

We got the Yellow metal Lambor for just under £7 whilst in Hong Kong. He's actually much nicer than I thought he would be.

Does it have the duplicate shoulder problem?