The latest edition of Dengeki Hobby magazine has been released in Japan, and among the news contained within its pages are the names of the Generations Mini-Con Assault Team. Known only as “Mini-Con Assault Team” in the US on the packaging, and by fans as “the Mini-Con three pack” or “Mini-Con Guy”, it might interest you to know that for Japan the combined mode and the three Mini-Cons that make up the combination all have individual names. The combined form is known as Centuritron, with the helicopter being named Windsheer, the jet Runway and the tank Heavy Tread.
Please note these names are only for the Japanese market – the US might well get him under a different name altogether.
In other news, the Transformers Go! redeco of Thundertron, Go Prime, is stated to be a toy-only character and will not appear in the direct-to-DVD animation for the series. And in something which may or may not be of interest, the new Transformers Cloud series is referred to in the magazine as Transformers Generations Cloud – suggesting this new exclusive series is a subset of the Generations line and not a complete stand alone.
Many thanks to Snakas for the heads up on this news. [Read more…]