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ToyCo: Astro Magnum (1983)
Unlike the bulk of early Transformers that drew their molds from Takara‘s Diaclone and Micro Change toys, the original Shockwave toy was first produced by Japanese toy company ToyCo in 1983 as the “4 Changeable Astro Magnum”.[12] The name “4 Changeable” refers to the fact that the toy was advertised as having four modes. Before you get excited, though, those other two modes are “Vulcan Base” (the gun mode with the legs separated and feet folded out) and “Gunborg” (gun mode, arms separated and splayed a bit, feet folded out). There’s a reason you never noticed them before.
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