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News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:19 am

A very exciting listing has appeared on E-Hobby for a clear version of Alernators Mirage. This is clearly a thorwback to Mirages ability to become invisble (pardon the bad pun). No images have been put on e-hobby as of yet, but keep your eyes on Seibertron.com for all the latest updates. So far however, there are a few listings for BT-18 Mirage and some of his friends.

BT-18 Mirage feat.Ford GT Clear Ver.
BT-18 Mirage feat.Ford GT Clear Ver.& MR-03
BT-18 Mirage feat.Ford GT Clear Ver. & BT-06

News Credits: 23 · by **Prime Evil** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:24 am

Oh yeah, this has "BUY ME" all over it!!

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:35 am

BT?

Preytell, how wil they manage to make diecast clear? Or will this offcially be the first ever all plastic BT?

News Credits: 2 · by **grimlockprime108** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:53 am

given ehobbys penchant for this sort of thing;i'd say alt body for the binaltech story

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:24 am

Redimus wrote:BT?

Preytell, how wil they manage to make diecast clear? Or will this offcially be the first ever all plastic BT?

I am having a hard time trying to figure out if it will be straight up see through or translucent. I would think it would be safe to say it would be all plastic for the clear.

It just dawned upon me that if e-hobby is doing this "clear" version then TakaraTomy are most likely doing either a Die-cast BT or plastic Kiss Players Mirage. I would hope for the BT, as I really miss the sweet, sweet kiss of well used Die-cast.

News Credits: 2 · by **jsmith41** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:31 am

Sweet, can these be purchased directly from ehobby?

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:32 am

Is it Alternator or BinalTech?

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:52 am

Megatron_Wolf wrote:Is it Alternator or BinalTech?

It is going under the Binal Tech line, but it's unclear so far if it's die-cast or plastic. Mind you, it would have to be at least, mostly plastic as I don't think they can make see through die-cast metal

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:00 pm

What a 'clear.ver' idea!

I can't wait to get a couple!

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:53 pm

It cant be 100% clear can it, it would look pretty bad with all those pins and screws showing. I guess they will give him coloured tints.

Actually, I cant wait to see how they give him an invisible look. I hope its not just one flat colour, they have an opportunity to mix some reflective flakes in with the plastic or something.

News Credits: 1 · by **jgilkinson** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:00 pm

never saw him in the stores for the alt line... this might be a buy just for the coolness factor

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:12 pm

Down_Shift wrote:
Megatron_Wolf wrote:Is it Alternator or BinalTech?
It is going under the Binal Tech line, but it's unclear so far if it's die-cast or plastic. Mind you, it would have to be at least, mostly plastic as I don't think they can make see through die-cast metal

Clear die-cast would be awsome. I hope its Alt because i only seen the regular Mirage alt once at walmart. I still cant find the new Ravage alt or Rumble alt. So lets hope that this is an alt and they will ship him with the other two.

News Credits: 2 · by **Basketball Jones** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:36 pm

Intriguing.

One could produce (essentially) transparent die-cast metal via a meshing technique, but it would be fragile and appear rather odd.

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:11 pm

Ravage XK wrote:It cant be 100% clear can it, it would look pretty bad with all those pins and screws showing. I guess they will give him coloured tints.

Actually, I cant wait to see how they give him an invisible look. I hope its not just one flat colour, they have an opportunity to mix some reflective flakes in with the plastic or something.

Some of the e-hobby G1 "ghost" figures are all clear plastics. You can't really see the pegs and screws a whole lot and they look pretty decent.

As do however love the the reflective flake idea! Like when he would go invisable it ususally had a twilighty/warp to the bridge kind of look to it. Or maybe it could come with a little bit of light pipping to form his "disappearing box" effect.

by **Nemesis_Apoc** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:25 pm

Dude, that is the awesomest E-Hobby exclusive EVER.

by **skyrinkfusion** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:53 pm

any "secret" sources where we can go to reserve a piece of this cutting out the middle man with the inflated prices?

i feel really bad not grabbing a ghost starscream back when it was still affordable...trancluent stuff are wicked

by **Goribus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:22 pm

I just might get this. I was lucky enough to pick up Alternator Mirage in the stores and he was a great toy. I really hope he's translucent to completely clear BUT with white paint highlights for details. Why? Old school animation used to use the same technique for invisible charectors. Such as the 60's Fantastic Four cartoon for Sue and even in certain episodes of G1 if memory serves. It would be a very nice touch.

News Credits: 2 · by **PrimulArchangel** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:51 pm

YEAH I THINK IT WILL BE MADE THE SAME WAY ALONG THE LINES OF THE GHOST OF STARSCREAM FIGURE

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:54 pm

Thats cool but a clear Classic Mirage would realy get me jumping!

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:59 pm

Now, who ever said the BT line was dead?

by **Ultra Markus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:21 pm

Oh gee let me think since metal can't be clear it has to be glass
of course it is going to be plasic or of some kind of plastic

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:49 pm

I'm hoping that it will have a few die-cast parts such as the interior frame, and a clear blue plastic.

News Credits: 2 · by **Basketball Jones** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:37 pm

Hmm...imagine if it was produced out of very pure, highly polished ulexite.

The figure would be expensive and fragile, but the effect would be incredible.

If you're uncertain as to the visual effect it provides, two-dimensional images don't really do it justice-it displays the surface of whatever is behind it on the face of it.