Photron
Photron is team of fictional characters made by TFC Toys in 2012 as third party Transformers. They are an homage to the Transformers Decepticon Reflector team.
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TFC Toys
Photron is a third party Transformer made by TFC Toys in 2012, and is an homage to the Decepticon Reflector team. Photron is made up of the robots Ae-Lock, Hi-Reso and Optic-Zoom.
Another third party Transformer homage to Reflector is Perfect Effect's Scouting Force X.
Development
The first renders of Photron appeared on the internet in December 2010.[1]
Photron was previewed at the Third Party Panel at TFcon 2011.[2]
Photron was previewed at the Third Party Panel at TFcon 2012.[3]
Promotional photos for TFC Toys Photron depicted it with Hegemon and Madblender.
In May 2013 Reprolabels released a set of labels for Photron.
Reception
In the TF Beyond podcast for July 26th, 2012 Photron was covered as a topic.[4]
In the TFormers.com News Desk podcast for July 26th, 2012 Photron was covered as a topic.[5]
In the TFormers.com News Desk podcast for August 2nd, 2012 images of Photron were covered as a topic.[6]
Toys
- TFC Toys Photron (2012)
- An original third party Transformer mold by TFC Toys. Transforms from three robots into one camera. The lens of the camera contains a LED gimmick. Comes with a collector card and poster.
- Reprolabels Classics Protron (2013)
- A set of Decepticon labels for Photron.[7]
Gallery
References
- ↑ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/upcoming-2011-tfclub-products-revealed-171169/?catid=searchresults&searchid=13026
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrUozfRdYUg
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSY7yS6Tq1w
- ↑ TJ Duckett (July 26th, 2012). "TF Beyond". http://kumastyledesigns.com (Podcast). Kuma Style Designs. http://kumastyledesigns.com/three-doods-3d-podcast-5-july-26th-2012-approx-161-min/.
- ↑ Peter Van (July 26th, 2012). "TFormers.com News Desk". http://tformers.com (Podcast). TFormers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYR0Yl3gWA.
- ↑ Peter Van (August 2nd, 2012). "TFormers.com News Desk". http://tformers.com (Podcast). TFormers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_1aRxASdo.
- ↑ http://www.reprolabels.com/Classics/photron.php