ThreeA - Popbot : Tomorrow King Cornelius.

I could say, "once upon a time" but this is not a fairy tail.

- Cornelius (musician), "69/96" album cover write up.

'Beware the beast man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport, or lust, or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death.' -  29th scroll, sixth verse, of Ape Law.

- Cornelius (character), The Planet of the Apes (1968).

A (mis) interpretation:

Unit type: Mass production replicants.

Model type: The Tomorrow Kings - GEN 3.0.

Unit type: N/A.

ID : Cornelius / コーネリアス.
Rank: Shatei.

Manufacturer: The Luthor Bean Jr. Corporation.

Incept date: 12th June 1994.
Serial no.: TKG03MAC12061994.

Longevity: 4 years.

Function : Close assault.

Physical level: A.

Mental level: C.

Abilities: Panzer Kunst - anti-armour martial art; 69/96 - sword technique; superhuman physiology.

Std. armaments: Monomolecular-edged nodachi x 1; Monomolecular-edged o-wakizashi x 1; Monomolecular-edged ko-wakizashi x 1; Krak grenade x 6.

1995. The Cornelius TKs, along with the Zira TQs assaulted the Mortis Legion near Grid 7173. It is suicidal but worth it. Their mission and objective are completed - obtaining the remaining gene-seeds stolen by the machines earlier from Hatchery 50. A sole surviving clone returns to Luthor Bean Jr. at Hatchery 51. Luthor instructs another TK to store all the gene-seeds within a container known as Alpha and Omega, and put within the cryogenic shell of an empty SUP 03 neutron bomb. Bean Jr. then releases that TK from his neural programme and service. The by then excommunicated Oyabun TK, together with two others, take the container away from the Leviathan I, to Terra where Lady Sham awaits. The future of all the replicants contain within the bomb. As the life boat departs, the screaming machines swarm across Grid 7173, wiping out everything in sight. At Grid 7174, Luthor Bean Jr. and the Edo TK series would continue to defend it but the Ten Years of Darkness would be a severe test to them.

 

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TK Cornelius was originally an exclusive for the NYCTF (New York City Toy Fair) 2013 for traders only. Later 3A decided to drop it as a limited figure for 3AA members at Bambaland online store to commemorate the launch of WO3A (World of 3A), which replaces the ThreeA Production Blog website. The difference is only in the packaging (I could be wrong on this), the NYCTF ones being package in clear, see through box while the 3AA version is well, in card box. The headsculpt is new, which is a relief, as from UKTK onwards, another new HS is introduced which I kind of not too fond of, due to the "brinjal-like", shoe-horn shaped new HS and would take some time to get use to. Corny's HS is fine. Yet knowing the unpredictability of 3A offerings, the old HS might still re-surface in the so-called Classic line of TKs. Onto the figure itself, it wears the same re-cycled sweater from Merde Mission, the same boat-shoe, red grenades, many many pouches and bags, plus three swords, one which is particularly long with scabbards. These swords are first seen from TK Moon (and upcoming TK Sun / Snowblind). I have no idea what these Japanese swords are called, so I simply fill in the gap with random, quick infos from Wiki. This TK honestly reminds me of Naruto, but I still like it due to its more "pop" orientated colourway. However, the body is still the skinny ones. I hope to see the more fuller bodied, regular type makes a come back. All the "mis-interpretation" and "fluffs" are drawn based on the name - the Shibuya-kei genre musician Cornelius and the ape from The Planet of the Apes.