Ollie (X-Transbots)
Ollie is a fictional character made by X-Transbots as a third party Transformer. Ollie is an homage to the 1986 Transformers Generation 1 Autobot Wheelie.
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X-Transbots
Ollie is an homage to the Generation 1 Transformer Wheelie. He turns from a robot to automobile.
Other third party Transformer homages to Wheelie include iGear's Busta and Yom-G's Wheelie Survivalist.
Development
Ollie was designed by toy a designer called 539. The first images of Ollie were released on the internet in December 2013.
Ollie is mentioned in the biography for Krank as well as being advertised on the bottom of his box as coming out in early 2014.
Reception
The Retro Robot Radio podcast for October 26th, 2013 mentioned Ollie in the news.[1]
The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for December 9th, 2013 discussed Ollie in the news.[2]
The TransMissons podcast for December 17th, 2013 discussed Ollie in the news.[3]
The WTF@TFW podcast for April 11th, 2014 selected Ollie and Sonic as one of the New Picture Picks.[4]
Toys
- X-Transbots MM-IV Ollie (unreleased)
- Ollie is an original third party Transformer mold. Turns from robot to automobile. Comes with a gun. Stands about the size of a Scout class toy.
- This toy was remolded into Sonic.
Gallery
Krank and Ollie
References
- ↑ Mathew Ignash (October 26th, 2013). "Retro Robot Radio". http://www.youtube.com/user/RetroRobotRadio?feature=watch (Podcast). Mathew Ignash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejS3XoOlh9Y.
- ↑ blunghole (December 9th, 2013). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHwDLRfMVfc.
- ↑ Charles Shelton (December 17th, 2013). "TransMissions". http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/ (Podcast). TransMissions. http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2013/12/transmissions-episode-19/.
- ↑ Vangelus (April 11th, 2014). "WTF@TFW". http://www.tfw2005.com/ (Podcast). TFW2005. http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/wtf-tfw-transformers-podcast/983337-wtf-tfw-299-april-11-2014-a.html.
