ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

From the e’er burgeoning collection of strange figures that transform and subvert Mickey Mouse (and other Disney characters which were once jealously guarded and litigated over) comes another Transformers crossover – this time, the heroic Autobot Optimus Prime and the heroic rodent Mickey.

While hinted at before, Takara / Tomy have revealed the first full-color shots of the fully transformable toy, which will apparently include a smaller Mickey figure to drive the mecha around – because I know that if I designed a giant mecha, I’d really like it to look as similar to me as possible. Nothing spells battle-ready like glasses and a prematurely receding hairline.

Big Bad Toy Store’s listing implies that there will be a black & white colorway also, and when this strange crossover reaches the states, it should retail in the vicinity of $50. Meanwhile, I’m locked in a 6-month long battle to the death with my Darth-Vader-to-Death-Star Transformer, which is locked in this hellish purgatory of not really falling comfortably into either form. I’ll beat you yet, Hobbled Vader and / or Hastily Constructed Death Star. Trans-Mickey should be far less difficult.