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March 12, 2010

Machine Robo Side Lancer

Filed under: Co. BANDAI,Daily Money Shots,Toy Love — thomas @ 2:53 pm

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Some images of the most sought-after Double Machine Robo.

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It is a futuristic motorbike with a side-car…

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…with a reversible design…

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…that can separate into a stand-alone motorbike with a gun that doubles as a bike-stand

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…and a side-car that sprouts some legs and becomes a Gerwalk-side-car-mech…

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…both combine into a robot.

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One minor issue is the lack of forward arm articulation, so the image below cheats a bit to make it look like there is arm articulation:

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Leg articulation is excellent, though (and it has a ball-jointed waist by design!).

This toy is stellar in its design and gives off a sentai-vibe instead of having a more regular Machine Robo aesthetic.

It is therefore all the more baffling that the two other second-wave Double Machine Robo have utterly lackluster designs, with lame transformations and a very un-Machine Robo-like attention-deficit to little details, as seen below with Double Jet (who lacks a goddamn landing gear in his jet modes):

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Only one solution…sadly, Double Jet lacks the articulation to defend himself…

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So yeah…

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