Wild Child (X-Transbots)
Wild Child is a fictional character made by X-Transbots in 2011 as a third party Transformer. Wild Child is an homage to the ehobby exclusive version of the Decepticon Bad Boy.
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X-Transbots
Wild Child is an homage to the Decepticon Bad Boy. He turns from a robot to a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II jet. From the numbers on his box we can assume he is very fast, brave and skilled, but not very strong. Wild Child is an arrogant and violent thug who serves saboteur and spy with a dimensional exploration team. He is supervised by "Guardian Treds".
Development
In November 2011 X-Transbots posted images of their Wild Child toy on their Facebook page.[1]
Wild Child appears in promotional pictures for the X-Transbots Destroyer set. Perhaps they are allies?
Reception
The Radio Free Cybertron podcast for November 9th, 2011 covered Wild Child in the news.[2]
Wild Child was featured in the 2013 toy reference book Transforming Collections by Philip Reed.[3]
- Wild Child review on Battle Grip
- Wild Child review on Youtube by RetroRobotRadio
- Wild Child review on Youtube by RocketPunchArmy
Toys
- X-Transbots X1W Wild Child (2011)
- Wild Child shares a mold with Glider/Air Robot.
- Turns from robot to jet. Comes with two guns, a knife, instructions and two collector cards. Art included with this toy includes recolored Dreamwave Production art of Powerglide and pictures taken from the Fun Publications story Withered Hope, a story featuring Bad Boy.
- The back of the package teases X-3 Tyrant, an homage to Generation 1 Galvatron.
- While packaged in jet mode, the instructions detail how to transform from robot to jet, meaning the first time you transform this toy you have to follow the instructions backwards.
Gallery
References
- ↑ http://www.fullmetalhero.com/t4962/
- ↑ Brian Kilby (November 9th, 2011). "Radio Free Cybertron". http://www.tfradio.net/ (Podcast). TFW2005. http://www.tfradio.net/podcast/2011/11/13/radio-free-cybertron-11092011.html.
- ↑ Reed, Philip (2013). Transforming Collections. ISBN 978-1-62620-496-6.
External links
- Bad Boy homages
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