Street Speed Mini-Con Team
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TheStreet Speed Mini-Con Teamare among the speediest racers around. They specialize in reconnaissance missions and any jobs involving a fast getaway.
The Street Speed Team members are:
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Cybertrontoy bios
The Street Speed Team were sent toVelocitronas advance scouts for the Autobots. The planet's mass of winding high-speed tracks really appealed to them, to the point where they started having a hard time tearing themselves from the road to get their missions underway.
Toys
Armada
- Street Speed Mini-Con Team(Mini-Con 3-pack, 2002 / 2003)
- Takara ID number:MM-06
- Takara release date:December 26,2002
- Known designers:Joe Kyde(deco artist)
- The Street Speed Mini-Con Team (Backtrack,Oval,andSpiral) are a trio of tiny robots who turn into tiny sports cars. As Mini-Cons, they each have aPowerlinxport that allows them to connect to toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activatinggimmickson the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug. Each toy also has a pseudo-through-axle construction to their wheels, allowing them to roll more smoothly in car mode than most other Mini-Cons.
- This version of the Team was nominally available as a three-pack, sold in third assortment of Mini-Con teams inHasbro'sArmadaline. This release was also made available in a clamshelled two-pack at various retail outlets: so far, all samples of packs with the Street Speed Team known have come with theAdventure Mini-Con Teamas their pack-in partners. In Japan, the pack was part of the massive first wave ofTakara'sLegend of the Micronsproduct in Japan. Aside from packaging, there are no noteworthy differences between the two companies' releases.
- These molds were also used to make theSuper Stunt Team,Courier Mini-Con Team,andHighway Domination Mini-Con Team.
- Auto Overdrive Edition(Promotional Mini-Con, 2003)
- Nitro Overdrive Edition(Promotional Mini-Con, 2003)
- Sieg Overdrive Edition(Promotional Mini-Con, 2003)
- Release date:January 19,2003
- Individual members of the "Overdrive Edition"redecoof the Team were given away at the seventeen-day Japanese "World Hobby Fair" in January/February.
- In April, they were also available as randomfreebie giveawaysat Ito Yokaido stores with the purchase of anyLegends of the Micronsproduct.
- Silverbolt & Street Speed Micron(Multi-pack,2003)
- ID number:MS-05
- Release date:May 15,2003
- In Japan, the Street Speed Team was available both on an individual card and in a multi-pack with "Silverbolt" (the Japanese version of Super-ConBlurr) and his partner "Turbo" (akaIncinerator), released concurrently with the individually-boxed Silverbolt as part of the third wave ofLegend of the Micronsproduct.
- All the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.
- Street Speed Mini-Con Team(Mini-Con 3-pack,
2003)
- A redeco of the Team was planned to be released as part of a “refresh” version of the Street Speed Team inArmada,as part of the late-series "Unicron Battles"subline imprint.The coloration of the Team was a “one-off” of the Takara Overdrive Edition versions, with each toy’s main color shifted over to another one, and the inner robot bits in a light tan rather than white.
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Cybertron
- Street Speed Mini-Con Team(Scout-class, 2004 / 2005)
- Takara name:Auto Microns
- Takara ID number:GC-08
- Takara release date:December 28,2004
- The Street Speed Team wasretooledfor theCybertrontoyline, keeping more or less the same car models, but adding extra Cybertronic detailing. Each Mini-Con's main body was also cast in metal-flake plastic for extra shininess.
- The Team was first released in Japan in the very large first wave of Takara'sGalaxy Forcetoyline as the "Auto Microns". It was later released in the fourth wave ofCybertronScout-class toys. There are seemingly no differences between the Hasbro and Takara releases.
Notes
- For reasons unknown, the JapaneseLegends of the MicronsStreet Speed Team has entirely differentpackage artfrom theArmadaStreet Speed Mini-Con Team release.
- As seen in "Tactician","Rescue",and"Depart",the Street Speed Mini-Cons receivedgenericrecolors in theArmadacartoon and used the same color palettes in each appearance, indicating character models with alternate colors were created for whatever reason.
Foreign names
- Japanese:Street Speed Micron(ストリートスピードマイクロンSutorīto Supīdo Maikuron),Auto Micron(Galaxy Force,オートマイクロンŌto Maikuron)
- Korean:Street Speed(스트리트스피드Seuteuriteu Seupideu)
- French:Équipe Vélocité des Minimodus( "Velocity Mini-Con Team" )
- Spanish:Los Minimodus - Equipo Correcalles( "The Mini-Cons - Street Runner Team" )[1]
References
- ↑"Correcalles"is a Spanish compound word derived from" correr "(" to run ") and" calle "(" street "), sometimes used as the name of the game ofleapfrog.
