Tomica Hyper Series Next Stage

[Philip Ayres]

I saw pictures of the first robot when it came out but it appears he has a friend now:

Bulldozer higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2651.html

Chainsaw higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2652.html

Combined Robot higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2653.html

White Hope higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2643.html

White Hope Robot higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2644.html

Takara Tomy Page www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/tomica/lineup/hr/index.htm

HLJ hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?SeriesID=4361&Dis=2&qid=U0GOQC2QVL9Q4PRQ&DisplayMode=images&set=1&Sort=releaseDate+desc

[legios]

Those look quite fun. I like the interchangeable car/head modules and the Sentai-ish combination schema.

Karl

[The Doctor]

Bulldozer has killed many men.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/snakas/status/760857465323786240

[legios]

A chainsaw wielding red mecha. I'm sure it is perfectly friendly...

Karl

[Philip Ayres]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/snakas/status/761574850641088512

[Philip Ayres]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/takaratomytoys/status/765467395104251904

[The Doctor]

HE COMES TO HEAL.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/takaratomytoys/status/767294953869352960

[The Doctor]

CHANGE!

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

More www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/tomica/new/1611.htm

[Philip Ayres]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mantanweb/status/818335045781962753

Tomica: First TV anime to start in April, featuring the special robot "Drive Head" http://

[Philip Ayres]

www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/tomica/drivehead/top.htm

Twitter: https://twitter.com/takaratomytoys/status/818620077331202048

As we announced yesterday, that Tomica...

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> It will be made into an anime! <
￣Y＾Y＾Y＾Y＾￣

It will be broadcast every Saturday morning starting in April ( ・ω・)ノ

More details here ⇒http://

[Toph]

These are just such a weird concept.
That's not a complaint, I really like it. It's a fresh and unique take on the giant sentai/transforming mecha genre.

It combines the usually popular mecha genre/toys, with the always popular hotwheel type toys.
Why Hotwheels are popular, I believe, is I think most kids universally anthropomorphize their miniature car toys. I certainly did, and every kid I knew did.
And I think this is why Gobots was wildly popular, and why Transformers has it's staying power, and why Cars keeps going and going and going and going. (Meanwhile so many other similar robot stuff like Gundam never caught on with kids in the west, the way Bandai hoped)
And this seems a natural extension of that. And it approaches it in a fun power rangerish way.

I really wish these would get a stateside release.

[Philip Ayres]

I saw a lovely PDF on how the combination works the other day and can't find it now.

V tempted to buy one.

[Philip Ayres]

A few of these showed up in a recent ToyFu lot and I've spent a week or two trying to work out what they were knowing I'd seen them SOMEWHERE. I need to dump a lot of what is in my head

The initial series is Tomica Hyper Series which doesn't include robots but has combining vehicles

tomica.fandom.com/wiki/Tomica_Hyper_Series_(toyline)

The robots are introduced in Tomica Hyper Series: NEXT STAGE from 2016

tomica.fandom.com/wiki/Tomica_Hyper_Series:_NEXT_STAGE_(toyline)
higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-category-145.html

The moulds are largely reused with varying amounts of colour and deco changes in Tomica Hyper Rescue: Drive Head in 2017

tomica.fandom.com/wiki/Tomica_Hyper_Rescue:_Drive_Head_(toyline)
higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-category-157.html

I've identified these related series, there may well be more

2018

2019

2020 Earthgranner

tomica.fandom.com/wiki/Tomica_Kizuna_Gattai_Earth_Granner_(toyline)

2021

2022 Jobraver

tomica.fandom.com/wiki/Tomica_Heroes_Jobraver_Tokuso_Gattai_Robo_(toyline)

2023

2024

[Pinwig]

Jobraver!

If only.