As the popularity of Transformers G1 grew in 1985, Hasbro and Takara decided to engage in a popular sales strategy of offering mail-away exclusive toys.“Robot Points” could be clipped from the packages of purchased toys to send in for these exclusives. Four Robot Points and $5 could be submitted to get the Omnibot Downshift, a 1983 Toyota Celica XX P-Type (sold in the US as the Celica …
Downshift is based on the Generation 1 Omnibot of the same name, but with a completely different color scheme. Downshift’s car mode is based on the Nissan Sileighty Downshift’s name was on the chat for Artillery’s Resistance in Day One as the head of the Tech Institute cell. Given that she had dropped out of an entirely different school by that …
1/19/2013 · Downshift was the one Omnibot I didn’t get as a kid, even thought I sent away for him like the other 2. I guess they didn’t have enough in stock so instead I got a letter from Hasbro for GI Joe with extra Joe Points as a concession (wtg Hasblow). Regardless, I personally picked up mine at BotCon 2010 and he’s an awesome little figure.
1/23/2015 · Omnibot Downshift This guy was a long, long time coming. My search for Downshift has taken me quite a while because finding one that that wasn’t yellowed or still bagged. A bagged specimen would’ve been fine, but the prices I saw were almost too high to justify since he was going to be opened anyway. After a bit, I finally found the Downshift …
3/18/2013 · These were former Takara Diaclone toys that were – yet again – being reused as Transformers. As with the other G1 Autobot car robots, the three Omnibot toys were fairly accurate representations of 80’s automobiles. Downshift’s alternate mode was that of a Toyota Supra, and he was supposed to be a Security Agent, 8/18/2020 · Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art.
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3/2/2020 · Last of my custom Omnibots is finished, Downshift is made from the generations Wheeljack figure with the use of a RTS tracks missiles and a 3D printed head: G2P-007 Gearshift Head by Cypherplex on Shapeways after that he was just a full repaint. Thoughts?, Everything you need to know about G1 Autobot Omnibot Downshift ! Subscribe! – https://goo.gl/JXGGPq See more Transfixed tutorials – https://goo.gl/XsB3wH Fa…
