Bot a Day: Daily Drawings

The unimaginatively named Robot-Man X is yet another reissue of the Jumpstarter Topspin (from '85, posted on Day 38  of 2017), who resurfaced in South America as Salt-Man X in 1985 ( posted on Day 14  of this year). This incarnation was unique to Argentina, is a Decepticon (at least, according to the symbol on his cardback) and was released in 1994. Like all other versions of this mold, he has a spring-loaded transformation that pops him from a winged vehicle of some sort into a standing robot.

This drawing is of an oddity from 1987. He has no name other than Radio AM Robot, and was released only in Argentina. Made by Comando Toys, he was an official Transformers release, but not a Hasbro or Takara design. He oddly has design cues from Megatron, Megatron's Japanese-release sword, Soundwave and Blaster elements and arms that look like Omega Supreme's -- he's a real chimera. He turns into a working AM radio.   

I added Salt-Man Z to the growing gallery of international Transformers releases. He is partner to yesterday's Salt-Man X -- a Twin-Twist repaint available in Brazil and Argentina in the mid 1980s. 

From 2019, another "trust me, this is a different character" drawing only really defined as distinct through absent color. This is Salt-Man X, the name given to a repainted Topspin character in Brazil and Argentina. His name derives from the Spanish / Portuguese word for "Jump", as the toy jumps automatically from vehicle mode to robot mode. Released sometime in the mid 80s in South America.