Iron Army

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Iron Army
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Iron Army boxes
Universe TFC Toys fictional universe
Key people Tiger-1, P51 Mustang, T-34 and J7 Shinden

The Iron Army is team of four fictional characters made by TFC Toys in 2012 as third-party Transformers. They are an homage to the Transformers Power Core Combiners line.

TFC Toys

The Iron Army is a team of four characters made by TFC Toys as add-ons for the Power Core Combiners toy line. They were depicted during promotion together with Heavy Tread and Bombshock, but work with any Commander Class combiner.

Unlike normal Power Core Combiner limbs they do not auto-transform and they have individual robot modes.

Development

The WWII robots were displayed at a model club convention in Canton China in May 2011. The prototypes were displayed in robot and vehicle modes, as well as combined with Power Core Combiners Bombshock and Heavy Tread.[1]

When teased at Botcon 2011, the Iron Army were called "WWII ROBOTS".[2]

Iron Army was previewed at the Third Party Panel at TFcon 2011.[3]

Test shot images of the Iron Army appeared on Weibo in November 2011.[4]

In April 2012 Robot Kingdom displayed in-hand images of the Iron Army on their web site.[5]

In May 2012 TFC Toys released color promotional images of the Iron Army to their Facebook page.[6]

The box for the Rage of the Hercules set advertises the Iron Army set.

The Battle Rollar, Shadow Rollar, Gear of War, Primars, Targetroids, Hercules combiner and Iron Army were among the past items made by TFC Toys spotlighted at the TFcon 2012 Third Party Panel.[7]

TFC Toys teased the silhouette of a fifth Iron Army member in August 2012.[8]

Reception

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for November 14th, 2011 discussed prototype images of the Iron Army the news.[9]

The WTF@TFW podcast for December 1st, 2011 selected pictures of the Iron Army as one of the New Picture Picks.[10]

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for January 9th, 2012 discussed images of the Iron Army in the news.[11]

The Good Evening Charr! podcast for June 2nd, 2012 discussed the Iron Army as part of the news.[12]

Toys

  • TFC Toys Iron Army Set A Tiger-1 vs. P51 Mustang (2012)
A 2-pack of original molds that transform from vehicle to robot, or become limbs for a Power Core Combiner Commander in gestalt mode. Comes with two collector cards.
  • TFC Toys Iron Army Set B T-34 vs. J7 Shinden (2012)
A 2-pack of original molds that transform from vehicle to robot, or become limbs for a Power Core Combiner Commander in gestalt mode. Comes with two collector cards.
  • TFC Toys Iron Army Set C (unreleased)
A fifth member of the Iron Army. Forms the head and torso of the combined form.

Gallery

References

  1. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/tfc-toys-new-product-images-172046/?catid=searchresults&searchid=14231
  2. http://tformers.com/transformers-botcon-2011-new-third-party-transformers-products-sighted/15851/news.html
  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrUozfRdYUg
  4. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/tfc-toys-power-core-combiners-tank-test-shot-images-173701/?catid=searchresults&searchid=14231
  5. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/tfc-toys-iron-army-174941/?catid=searchresults&searchid=14231
  6. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/tfc-toys-iron-army-colored-promotional-images-174977/
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLoBzqLc2g4
  8. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/tfc-toys-iron-army-core-combiner-175746/
  9. blunghole (November 14th, 2011). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIo7mQ4byOo. 
  10. Vangelus (December 1st, 2011). "WTF@TFW". http://www.tfw2005.com/ (Podcast). TFW2005. http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/wtf-tfw-transformers-podcast/501521-wtf-tfw-176-december-1-2011-a.html. 
  11. blunghole (January 9th, 2012). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vj9onnyrWU. 
  12. GageOninja (June 2nd, 2012). "Good Evening Charr!". https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaGFajIDwFwKd0C9kRipyFg?feature=watch (Podcast). Good Evening Charr!. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedJQOyIMmc. 

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