Galaxy Transformer Light+Sound - Simba

'Powerful robots turn into inconspicuous trucks.'

This is not a final page. Due to the quantity of work required, this is a placeholder to at least provide some reference.

Galaxy Transformer Light+Sound is a second yet separate line from the original Galaxy Transformer also distributed by German company Simba Toys.

While Simba is based in Germany, Galaxy Transformer Light+Sound was also sold in France, Italy and likely other surrounding regions assisted by multilingual backing cards. Simba Toys, now part of Simba Dickie Group is still going strong as of 2024.

The key gimmick for this line beyond the motor is the flashing lights and irritating siren sound. It's a strange choice of implementation as the effect is activated by pulling the robot's head out into robot mode position. The sound and lights only continue for six seconds so if you want to use it in vehicle mode like this, you need to jam the head in very quickly and send it across the floor. The blister card boast it can be triggered 3000 times before the battery depletes and in fairness, many still work today; see below to hear the sound. There are three different sounds and other releases of this line advertise a different sound per colour vehicle. While this is largely the case, there does seem to be some crossover; hear the sounds at the bottom of this page.

The sound chip is clearly a generic box of sounds. Jumping various solder points on the PCB with your finger while triggering the sound will produce a number of classic 80s ray gun toy and other sounds.

While there was no intention for the batteries to be replaceable, if you unscrew the upper body and locate the two batteries in a small, plastic drum they're fairly easy to swap out. The batteries are 189 alkaline button cell batteries. Other equivalent batteries depending on region and brand are SR1130W, SR54, AG10, SB-BU, G10, 280-15, GP189, M, V389, D389, 626, S1131E, V10GA, LR55, GP389, LR1130, 389, 189 and LR54.

All three figures include both die cast metal and plastic components as well as the synonymous pull-back motors.

See toy line main index and history for further details and toy heights.

Region's Released: Germany / France / Italy - Location codes only shown where items were known to be released.
This list is accurate yet likely to be incomplete. If you are able to confirm release in other regions please get in contact.

GALAXY TRANSFORMER LIGHT+SOUND

All-Terrain Trekker Simba (black) GR 199?*
All-Terrain Trekker Simba (white) GR 199?*
All-Terrain Trekker Simba (yellow) GR 199?*

* the Simba Toys company merged with Dickie Toys in 1993 to form Simba Dickie Group. The cardback printing technique and art style suggests late 80s, more likely very early 90s.

Motors All BL03 - See Motor Guide page for details

Stamping All three have the main toy stamped with the MC Toy Logo with a blank country of origin oval area and the motor stamped Made in China