{"id":39418,"date":"2004-12-09T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2004-12-09T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=39418"},"modified":"2023-04-01T02:04:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T06:04:27","slug":"transformers-alternators-meister-jazz-addendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2004\/12\/transformers-alternators-meister-jazz-addendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Transformers Alternators: Meister (Jazz) addendum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today's \"Meister\"<\/a> review pointed out that the Alternators<\/i> version of the robot formerly known as Jazz now turns into a Mazda instead of a Porsche. But that wasn't the original plan, because Hasbro and Takara's designers were working on a Porsche mode until they couldn't get the license:<\/p>\n

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Takara designer Kobayashi Hironori revealed in an interview last December that the first prototype figure made for the line as long ago as 2002 was \"a well-known German sports car,\" but that the company refused the license. Given the timing, it was likely a Porsche 986 Boxster.<\/p>\n

(Rumor is they, like Volkswagen<\/a>, don't want to be associated with \"war toys,\" but it could also be that they didn't want broken panel lines<\/a> and so refused on those grounds.)<\/p>\n

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<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>