Piston (Mech IDeas)
Piston is a third party Transformer made by Mach 5. He in an homage to the Transformer Generation 1 Deceptcon character Crankcase.
Mach 5
Piston is a third party Transformer homage to the Decepticon Triggercon character Crankcase.
This Piston is unrelated to either of the IDW Publishing comic-only Transformers characters named Piston. The first Piston was an Autobot who appeared in Spotlight: Blurr, while the second was a member of the Wreckers in Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #7.
Development
Mach 5 first displayed renders of Piston on their Facebook page in May 2013.[1] Later than month they went up for preorder on Big Bad Toy Store.
Reception
The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for May 27th, 2013 discussed pictures of Mach 5 Gauntlet and Piston.[2]
The moonbase2 podcast for May 27th, 2013 discussed Mach 5's Gauntlet and Piston the news.[3]
The Fwooshcast podcast for June 9nd, 2013 talked about the Mach 5 Gauntlet and Piston in the news.[4]
The Shattered Cast Uncut podcast for March 6th, 2014 discussed Gauntlet and Piston in the news.[5]
Toys
- Mach 5 M5-02 Piston (unreleased)
- An original third party Transformer mold. Turns from robot to Cybertronian armored truck. Comes with two guns.
- Shares engineering with Gauntlet.
Gallery
References
- ↑ http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/mach-5-reveal-m5-02-piston-not-crankcase-6552/
- ↑ blunghole (May 27th, 2013). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbY3oVti4S4.
- ↑ Andy (May 227th, 2013). "moonbase2". http://moonbase2.libsyn.com (Podcast). moonbase2. http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/episode-244.
- ↑ Craig (June 9nd, 2013). "Fwooshcast". http://fwooshcast.thefwoosh.com/ (Podcast). The Fwoosh. http://fwooshcast.thefwoosh.com/2013/06/fwooshcast-114-june-9th-deckles-the-halls/.
- ↑ Oscar NJ Boi (March 6th, 2014). "Shattered Cast Uncut". http://www.youtube.com/user/shatteredcastuncut?feature=watch (Podcast). Shattered Cast Uncut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV8Loh0GVOU.
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