Ankhor (Lost Protectors)
Ankhor is a fictional character and third party Transformer homage to Generation 1 Waverider and Diver made by Play With This Too. He is an intergalactic hero.
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Play With This Too
Ankhor is an intergalactic heroic character created by Play With This Too. He is a member of the Protectors and has a Tech Drone partner who can become a scout ship or disassemble into a rifle, backpack and shield.
Development
Ankhor was designed by Rik Alvarez with the help of Mark Wong. He was initially developed under the name Deep Dive, but it was changed to Ankhor early on.
The first concept art of Ankhor and Mainsail was released on the Play With This Too Facebook page in December 2014. They announced that the head sculpt for Ankhor would be sold during the crowd funding of the figure.
Reception
The Retro Robot Radio show for October 25th, 2014 interviewed Rik Alvarez. The show discussed Play With This Too team members Mark Wong, Steve Redinger, Trent Troop, Ken Christiansen, Aaron Archer and Simon Furman. It also talked about the toys for Ancient Astronaut, Astroblast, Bloodbath, Boneyard, Desolataur, Jetwash and Steel Cock as well as the first three volumes of Head Shots. In the show Rik mentioned there was a water based character being developed who was a 40% remold of Astroblast.[1]
Fictional biography
Protector Ankhor is an intergalactic hero with a Tech Drone companion.
Toys
- Play With This Too Ankhor (unreleased)
- A 6 inch tall articulated figure with interchangeable hands and heads. He has numerous 5mm connector ports.
- Comes with an alternate robot head, 2 thrusters, 2 torpedo cannons, 2 dive wings and a Tech Drone companion.
- Ankhor shares some of his molding with Astroblast, Deep Earth Explorer and Goldminer and Mainsail.
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References
- ↑ Mathew Robert Ignash (October 25th, 2014). "Retro Robot Radio". http://www.youtube.com/user/RetroRobotRadio?feature=watch (Podcast). Mathew Robert Ignash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xKvV9DVGiw.
