Solarbear
Solarbear is a fictional character and robot toy made by BMOG Toys in 2014. He is a heroic robotic bear who turns into an arsenal of weapons.
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BMOG Toys
Solarbear is a character from the BMOG (Bio-Mechanical Ordnance Gestalts) toy line. He is not an homage to any existing character, but meant to be used as either a stand-alone figure, or as accessories to any toy capable of using 5mm port accessories, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, Zoids Blox, and many others.
Development
Designer Trent Troop said he designed the BMOG Toys bear mold in Studio 3D. The hexagons in its design are inspired by honeycombs.
Fundraising for the BMOG Toys bear and manta mold was done through Kickstarter. The goal of raising $19,000 was surpassed by the end of the fundraising period on December 13th, 2013.
A survey of the Kickstarter members as to what color the Kickstarter exclusive bear and manta should be resulted in "action hunter" orange. This set was named Solarbear and Pick-Slaughter. BMOG Toys designer Trent Troop has commented that the orange used for Solarbear and Pick-Slaughter is similar to the "safety" orange found on Generation 1 Tyrannotron.[1]
Solarbear and Sea-Labrys were released in August 2014. The package included stickers to make Sea-Labrys into Pick-Slaughter.
Reception
- BMOG Toys bear and manta prototype review on YouTube by Vangelus
- Solarbear and Sea-Labrys review on YouTube by Rob A
Fictional biography
The heroic Solarbear was brought to life when weapons made by a group of evil interdimensional arms dealers were exposed to the power of the last world seed. He is a member of the Augmentoids and partner to Sea-Labrys. He breaks down into a flare blaster which serves as his seat of intelligence, two microwave rifles, two incendiary rockets launchers, inferno hammer, UV saber knuckles, and a thermal image tracker.
Solarbear is a shining example of what it means to be a heroic Augmentoid. He is brave, cunning, and helpful. He ensures his partners use his fiery weapon components responsibly and keeps himself in working order at all times. The unique spectral wavelength of his bright armor transmits a subliminal impulse that makes an opponent want to aim in a different direction. Solarbear collects a non-vital weapon from each Paraxxoid he defeats and maintains a photo-gallery of all the non-BMOG creatures he's captured on hunts.
Games
Solarbear and Sea-Labrys appear as expansion characters in the Kaiju Kaos miniatures game.
Toys
- BMOG Solarbear and Sea-Labrys (2014)
- An original toy design by BMOG Toys.
- Solarbear turns from a robotic bear to two rifles, two rocket launchers, a hammer, a tuning fork, a scanner and a connector. He shares a mold with Bearald/Cobiak, Bearium, Carbearator, Cobiak, Peg-Paw Plunder and Ursenal.
- Sea-Labrys turns from a robotic manta ray to axe and gun. She shares a mold with Chopp-Orr, Deep Blue/Ray Mant the Manta-Ger, Gamma-Ray and Mant-Axe. Alternate stickers can be applied to Sea-Labrys to make Pick-Slaughter.
- Comes with two sticker sheets.
Gallery
Color options for the BMOG Toys Kickstarter project
Action Hunter color concept for the BMOG Toys bear and manta
Solarbear art
Solarbear and Sea-Labrys on sprue
BMOG Toys bear mold instructions
References
External links
- 5mm peg compatible toys
- 2014 toys
- Augmentoids
- BMOG Toys
- Fictional bears
- Fictional characters with superhuman durability
- Fictional characters with superhuman longevity
- Fictional characters with superhuman strength
- Fictional robots
- Fictional shapeshifters
- Fictional weapons
- Kaiju Kaos characters
- Kickstarter projects
- Trent Troop designs
