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Optimus kawaii<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Takara Tomy<\/strong> is the maker of the Tomica<\/strong>, Japan\u2019s favorite brand of toy cars, basically the country\u2019s version of Hot Wheels. However, while Tomica\u2019s bread and butter is detailed recreations of real-world vehicles, they also indulge in the occasional side dish of whimsical fantasy transportation through their Dream Tomica line, which has taken inspiration from the anime of Studio Ghibli<\/a> and Dragon Ball<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n So it\u2019s not a huge shock to see that Takara Tomy\u2019s newest toy truck has a Sanrio<\/strong> theme, with \u201cHello Kitty Express\u201d<\/strong> written on the side of its cargo compartment.<\/p>\n However, this isn\u2019t part of the Dream Tomica line. There\u2019s a hint to its true nature in the Japanese text accompanying the above preview image, \u30a2\u30fc\u30de\u30fc\u30d3\u30fc\u30af\u30eb, which translates to \u201carmored vehicle,\u201d because this Hello Kitty delivery truck\u2026<\/p>\n \u2026is also a transforming robot!?!<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s because the Hello Kitty Express Truck<\/strong> actually hails from Takara Tomy\u2019s Jobraver<\/strong> line of Transformer-style toys, in which work vehicles transform into awesome mecha.<\/p>\n \u25bc SUDDEN LINGUISTIC TANGENT! So what kind of powerful mecha equipment does the Tomika Jobraver Carry Braver Hello Kitty Express Truck come with?<\/strong><\/p>\n Attaching to its back is the ribbon-shaped Ribon Drone K-ET<\/strong>, and as delivery people in Japan are expected to wear white gloves as part of their work uniform, shielding the robot\u2019s hands are a pair of GT Glove Type 3-LOs<\/strong>, which Kitty-chan uses to fire the Happy Shower, a series of heart-shaped energy blasts that do\u2026something, presumably positive, to anyone in their path.<\/p>\n \u25bc SUDDEN LINGUISTICS TANGENT PART TWO! Included with the Hello Kitty mecha truck is a Ribbon, one of the Jobraver lore\u2019s worker robots, decked out in a special Hello Kitty Express cap.<\/p>\n The Tomika Jobraver Carry Braver Hello Kitty Express Truck is priced at 4,180 yen (US$27) and will be available in July, with preorders scheduled to start on May 29.<\/p>\n Source: Takara Tomy<\/a> via Japaaan<\/a><\/em> Optimus kawaii. Takara Tomy is the maker of the Tomica, Japan\u2019s favorite brand of toy cars, basically the country\u2019s version of Hot Wheels. However, while Tomica\u2019s bread and butter is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/hk-2-1.jpg?w=640\")
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\nJobraver is a mashup of \u201cjob\u201d and \u201cbraver,\u201d with \u201cbraver\u201d being an attempt to convey the idea of \u201cperson who is brave\u201d in order to form a connection with the Japanese word for \u201chero,\u201d yusha<\/em>, which translates literally as \u201cbrave person.\u201d Jobraver is not meant to be a combination of \u201cjob\u201d and \u201craver,\u201d as raves tend to be terrible places at which to try to get any work done.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/hk-4-1.jpg?w=640\")
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\nK-ET, obviously, is meant to bring to mind the word \u201ccute,\u201d but 3-LO is a pun too. The number 3 in Japanese is san<\/em>, and because of the languages lack of a native L, Ls are often pronounced like Rs, so 3-LO is a tip of the hat to \u201cSanrio.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/z1.jpg?w=640\")
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\nTop image: Takara Tomy<\/em>
\nInsert images: Takara Tomu, Pakutaso (1<\/a>, 2<\/a>)<\/em>
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