J. Balvin

Say yeah, yeah, yeah!

José Álvaro Osorio Balvín (born May 7 1985), known professionally as J Balvin, is a Colombian singer and is referred to as "Reggaeton’s Global Ambassador". He is apparently a diehard Transformers fan.

While he has had no direct musical collaboration with the Transformers franchise to date, he was involved in the creation of the J. Balvintron set from the Collaborative toyline made in homage to himself as well as two of his albums; Energia, and Vibras.^[1]

Toys

Collaborative

C'mon man, the name Reggaetron was right there.

• J. Balvintron / Energia Buzzsaw & Vibras Stripes (2021)

• Accessories: 2 Fire Blast effects, 2-part rifle, battery cover

The rather bizarre eighth release in the Collaborative line, J. Balvintron is a redeco of the original Generation 1 Soundwave toy, of all things.

A seven-inch-tall figure, J. Balvintron transforms into a realistically-sized yellow microcassette recorder, complete with an opening cassette door that can accommodate one of any of the numerous Mini-Cassette figures. He is decked out in garish colors, numerous smiley faces, and lightning bolts, all in homage to the singer. For the first time in the long history of this mold, the traditional hand- and shoulder-mounted battery weapons are not included; instead, the set features a redeco of the large double rifle originally included with War for Cybertron: Siege Jetfire. J. Balvintron also comes with two delicious rainbow-colored Fire Blast effects, likewise of the design originally for Siege Jetfire.

J. Balvintron comes packaged with Energia Buzzsaw and Vibras Stripes (based on the Spanish words for "energy" and "vibes", which are also the names of J. Balvin albums).^[2] This set is exclusive to the NTWRK app, with pre-orders beginning on July 13, 2021, and the toys finally shipping (after a mild delay) in mid-November.

External links

• J Balvin at Wikipedia

References