Phil's
Battlestars & Micromaster Collection Joe
Review


Battlestars Joe

Joe was sold in Japan in 1991 as part of the C-370 Sixliner giftset. He's a white Super Hitachi train which comes with a loop connector at the rear allowing him to pull any of the three peg connector trains in the Sixliner set (including Night - who forms the left leg to Joe's right) He can also tow the left foot for his combined leg mode using the peg at the back of that and on this can be mounted either the Gripper probe *or* the Wingard booster - see the Sixliner review for details.

TF: Turn the toy upside down to reveal the head, body & arms. Fold the back down to form the legs.

Joe's robot mode continues to be mainly white with red upper legs but he's got a great moulded head with huge Wheeljack style ears with missiles mounted through them. Like all the other members of the Sixliner team he's got the standard Micromaster articulation of turning shoulders & hips with joined bending knees, and a peg hole in his base allowing him to use the stands on the playsets and vehicles.

To transform Joe into his part in Sixliner's combined robot mode you need to start with him in train mode. Fold down the black clip in his nose and the loop connector at the rear. The loop connector fits into a slot on the top of Sixliner's right foot - it doesn't fit the left foot so you can't swap Joe & Night around like you can for Alan & Leaf with the arms. The clip at what is now the top of the leg locks into the upper legs & waist piece on the right - it will lock on either side but you don't want the feet backwards do you ?

I feel more charitable to Joe than most of the Sixliner team - the head gives him character.


Micromaster Collection Joe

Joe was reissued in 2002 as part of the Sixliner Micromaster collection. He was numbered 5 and came with both of Sixliner's fists - why ???? It would make sense for him to have the left foot and he could tow it !

Sixtrain Joe

Joe does not appear in the Sixtrain set. His place is taken by Windy, a substantially different shaped Transformer. The only part they have in common is the loop connector at the back and it's upside down on Windy !


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