Flashman Flash Titan
So yeah, Flashman Flash Titan. An interesting toy with loads of nice features. Rubber tires, some diecast in the cab, freaking huge trailer, chromed bits:
Mighty Truck
Furthermore, hook up the trailer to the front hole of the cab, fold in the wheels on both cab and trailer, flip out the tail wings and main wings, and we have flight mode (also pictured at the top of this article):
Fly!
Aside from this, the toy is characterised by some neat little features that add some realism to this decidedly futuristic truck. The trailer has opening doors at the rear end that may also serve as ramps:
Rear doors open
…and small flip-out wheels at the front of the trailer so it can stand on its own:
Parked trailer
The cab is based around the same design as the Machine Robo Tough Trailer cab, with a few tweaks. Of course, it shares the opening doors (required for the transformation), clear windows and minimalistic interior with its Machine Robo twin:
Cool cab
The cab changes into Titan Boy, a fairly bricky but nicely detailed robot. The arms are articulated at the shoulders and elbows, while the legs are at the hips and ankles (required for the transformation). The upper legs are made from diecast metal:
Titan Boy
Titan Boy has a dual missile launcher hidden in his belly:
Sadly I’m missing Titan Boy’s Radial Cutters, so you’ll have to imagine those. It looks like a cross between a shuriken and a truck wheel chromed silver.
The Flash Titan trailer also changes into a robot, which then combines with Titan Boy to form the Great Titan. Here Titan Boy is shown next to the Flash Titan in robot mode:
Titan Boy and Flash Titan ready to combine!
Gattai on the toy works by opening the back of the Flash Titan and inserting Titan Boy into it:
Flash Turn! Great Titan! step 1
Flash Turn! Great Titan! step 2
Titan Boy’s head telescopes out to fit into the Flash Titan’s helmet, and then looks out through the holes in said helmet:
Helmeted Head
Great Titan:
This guy is Titanic!!!
Without Titan Boy inserted in it, the Flash Titan’s robot mode is somewhat loose, and the legs tend to collapse on their own. Combined, this problem is entirely gone. The combined mode is impressively solid, large (over 30 cm tall!) and very, very bulky. However, this all has a drawback, as Great Titan only has shoulder and elbow articulation, like Titan Boy. No waist joint ‘ere, folks. Also, Great Titan’s only gimmick is its size. No flip-out missile launchers or other fun stuff. This makes the Great Titan a bit of a let down compared to the other modes.
Conclusion: While not having an equally sophisticated transformation as the Flash King, the Flash Titan certainly is a fun, worthwhile toy.
