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Turning The Marlboro Transformer Into Scrap

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TAKARA-TOMY_TRANSFORMERS_MASTERPIECE_MP-23_EXHAUST_AKA_MARLBORO_WHEELJACK_02Bleeding Cool recently reported how Philip Morris was taking action against Japanese-made recreations of classic proto-Transformers figures, being sold in the USA.

But Philip Morris didn't stop at getting heavy with Big Bad Toy Store.

TFSource has taken down its preorder page

It's also gone from Canadian-based Automaton Toys.

Both pages are still listed in Google's cache.

They've even asked Action Robo, a Hong Kong-based online retailer, not to sell the figure to US-based customers.

So… good luck folks! Time to take a trip to Tokyo with a large suitcase? That transforms into a jet pack!

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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