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Day 96: Killbison

 In Japan, the Transformers Victory line introduced another gimmick into an already gimmick-packed line, with the Breastforce (a monicker where something definitely gets lost in translation). The toy robots featured chest-plates that could transform into mechanical animal companions, not too disimilar to how Soundwave launched cassettes, except without the dated cassette technology. The Breastforce team consisted of six Decepticons. First up is Killbison, who turns into a West German Gepard anti-aircraft tank (Flakpanzer). His chestplate turns into a charging beast named Bisonbreast. This toy was available in Japan in 1989.


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