Tuesday, December 10, 2019

酷变宝 Ku Bian Bao KBB Tyrone Cable King 暴龙钢索王拼装版 - KO Warbotron Rex - G1 Transformers Grimlock

Bought this long time ago but did not assemble it... It is a KO of the Warbotron Rex set... I also had the oversized on by Zhan Jiang, which has some changes / improvements to this mold... This one is probably going to be displayed in my office cubicle... Cute little figure... The name is called such probably because of: (1) Tyrone - rhymes with the word "Tyrant", which in Chinese is 霸王... (2) Cable King - which in Chinese is 钢索王, where the 王 translates to King. I believe the earliest Chinese translation for Grimlock is 钢锁, because of the ‘lock’ which is 锁 (i.e. 钢索 means Steel Lock). As time passes, mis-translation happens to become 钢锁 which is a common Chinese word, and it means Steel Cable. Hence Grimlock is also commonly appeared as 钢索 (-cable) instead of 钢锁 (-lock). Disclaimer : Above is only my speculation...



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