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E-Hobby to make BT-18 Mirage Clear Type.

Posted by Down_Shift Mar 29, 2007 at 10:19am CDT 14,197 views

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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

Binaltech Mirage - Clear Version

Translation from Japanese:
Binaltech BT-18 Ligier feat. Ford GT
"Electro Disruptor" version

Ligier is being released due to high TF fan appraisal.
The robot will feature clear parts.
A new modelled face will be added.
His engine will transform into a gun.

Clearer images & details will be available in April.
This figure will be released in September, 2007.
This is an e-Hobby Exclusive.

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Re: E-Hobby to make BT-18 Mirage Clear Type. (view post)

Comment by Prime Evil Mar 29, 2007

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

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Comment by Redimus Mar 29, 2007

BT?

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

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Comment by grimlockprime108 Mar 29, 2007

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

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Comment by Down_Shift Mar 29, 2007

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.

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Comment by jsmith41 Mar 29, 2007

Sweet, can these be purchased directly from ehobby?

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Comment by Megatron Wolf Mar 29, 2007

Is it Alternator or BinalTech?

Re: E-Hobby to make BT-18 Mirage Clear Type. (view post)

Comment by Down_Shift Mar 29, 2007

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

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Comment by Tigertrack Mar 29, 2007

What a 'clear.ver' idea!

I can't wait to get a couple!

Re: E-Hobby to make BT-18 Mirage Clear Type. (view post)

Comment by Ravage XK Mar 29, 2007

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.

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Comment by jgilkinson Mar 29, 2007

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

Re: E-Hobby to make BT-18 Mirage Clear Type. (view post)

Comment by Megatron Wolf Mar 29, 2007

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.

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Comment by Basketball Jones Mar 29, 2007

Intriguing.

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

Re: E-Hobby to make BT-18 Mirage Clear Type. (view post)

Comment by Down_Shift Mar 29, 2007

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.

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Comment by Nemesis_Apoc Mar 29, 2007

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

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Comment by skyrinkfusion Mar 29, 2007

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

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Comment by Anonymous Mar 29, 2007

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.

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Comment by PrimulArchangel Mar 29, 2007

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

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Comment by Liege Evilmus Mar 29, 2007

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

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Comment by Stormrider Mar 29, 2007

Now, who ever said the BT line was dead?

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Comment by Ultra Markus Mar 29, 2007

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

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