Showing posts with label toy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toy. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Transformers Flying Disc Watch - Autobot

I made a mistake today - i got mixed up and wore a watch I'd worn and blogged before. So I am blogging another boxed watch instead.

Today's watch is one of a line of toys that was made for the Transformers film Revenge of the Fallen.

It was made in China for the UK company Wesco Limited. An online search for the linked website sends you to the Zeon watches site (who are the largest UK watch distributor). The watch was made in 2009, and is copyright 2009 of Hasbro and 2007 of Dreamworks.

This watch is both a basic LCD watch and toy. It has a 4 digit display, with a standard module covering time, date, and seconds. The module is powered by a LR621 battery which is replaceable.

For the toy part, it has a flying disc launcher which can shoot small plastic discs with the transformers logo on.

There is a model number on the box of TF1B.

Sunday, 10 June 2012

Bandai WristChanger - What time is it now?

Today marks the first time I'm blogging a watch which I haven't worn. In the collection, I have a few vintage watches which are still sealed in their original packaging. Because of this, I've decided to keep them in mint condition, and not open the box!

This watch is the WristChanger by Bandai. It was released in 1985 (a little later than the Tokima robots) as a boys toy watch, with a tag line on the box of "What time is it now?".

The base watch houses the LCD watch module, which is raised in the middle of the watch head, and is between two metal clips. The base watch also has a dragons head for the buckle, and is shown on the back to be a 'toy' in itself.

The other parts in the box are the three attachments that does an be fitted into the watch head and are:
Type 1 - robot
Type 2 - car
Type 3 - jet
From what I've found online, there is also a set of decals to be applies along with the instructions.

The watch has a model number of 035691, and takes LR626 batteries.

There have been a few of these out for sale with them being sold around $200