ThreeA - Popbot : World Of Meta Popbot Tomorrow King Noname TK1971.

昔者庄周梦为蝴蝶，栩栩然蝴蝶也，自喻适志与，不知周也。俄然觉，则戚戚然周也。不知周之梦为蝴蝶与，蝴蝶之梦为周与？周与蝴蝶则必有分矣。此之谓物化。
- 莊子

Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Chou. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man. Between a man and a butterfly there is necessarily a distinction. The transition is called the transformation of material things.
- Zhuangzi.

"Am I butterfly dreaming I'm a man? Or a bowling ball dreaming I'm a plate of sashimi? Never assume what you see and feel is real!"
- Doreen, Chrono Trigger.

Category type: Prototype replicant.

Unit type: The Metaverse Tomorrow King - GEN 1.0

Model type: TK1971.

ID: Nōnēmu (ノーネーム).

Rank: Wakagashira.
Affiliation: Independent comic book artist, illustrator - Aus City, Confederacy of Oceania (former); 12th Battalion, Indus Axis, Confederacy of Oceania (former); Neo-Zoroaster Movement / Independent Countries Group (current).

Manufacturer: The Luthor Bean Jr. Corporation.

Incept Date: 29th April 1998.

Serial No: TKG01MAB000000MTAVRS.

Longevity: Unknown.

Function: Tactical assault.

Physical : Level A+.

Mental: Level B.

Abilities: Panzer Kunst - anti-armour martial art; The Ten Thousands Swordsplay (萬劍歸宗); superhuman physiology.

Standard Armaments: Shōmei-ki (照明器) power sword x 2.

1998. Thousand days of assault against the Palace of Thorns, Manchester Zone, Albion hive city. Lady Sham is spearheading the battle against the nefarious Archduke Samael "The Devil" Bridger, the Tyrant of Albion City. Lady Sham leads the members of the Neo Zoroastian Movement, with overall command of the ICG or Independent Countries Group comprising revolutionaries, rogue Popbots, superhuman replicants supplied by Luthor Bean Jr., created via the gene seeds successfully delivered by the ronin oyaji Tomorrow King Sun to Terra. Together with other like-minded individuals, the battle is one of the deadliest conflicts since the Great War with the objective of gaining independence from imperial rule of the Seven Nations.

Lady Sham has succeed in using the progenoid glands which contains DNA from fallen TKs and TQs to artificially cultivate the gene seeds, implanted human candidates with it, leading to a new form of Tomorrow Kings and Queens known as Metaverse replicant. The ratio of surviving the process is one to hundred and the process is brutal. Many of these implants are neural in nature, it is important to note that for many of these implantations the subject must be awake for the surgery and the mind cannot be dulled by the use of painkillers. Noname is one amongst the first to be successfully survive the process. Unlike Hatchery grown TK or TQ, a Metaverse replicant is basically a former normal human transformed into a TK or TQ with superhuman abilities through gene seeding, a meta-science process developed by Lady Sham with Luthor Beans Jr help, which involves gene seed implantation and associated psychological and chemical conditioning to ensure control. Unlike standard TK or TQ replicant, a Metaverse replicant is free from the risk of corruption from Interloper mutation, which is due to sudden emergence of conflicting emotion and memories implant from original hosts selected by the DNA Organ. 

Noname is so-called because of his mysterious background. Selected from the 12th Battalion of Malabar Front, Noname has no identity on him, even through DNA check on the Terra nor Mars mandatory population ID platform reveals no such information.Lady Sham suspected him to be a former artist from Aus City but this is not confirm. He also bears uncanny resemblance to The Architect, the creator of Leviathan 1 as well as the N.O.M. Legion Blanc Chapter Commander, Post Fire. Noname proves to be a formidable fighter. Apart from being a master Panzer Kunst anti-armour fighter, he possesses an incredibly and nigh unstoppable swordplay skills known as The Ten Thousands Swordsplay. It is said to be one of the highest level of mastery any swordsman can achieve. The name is given by Lady Sham for Noname, whom is designated TK1971. He is capable of striking out ten thousands strokes through his unique pair of master crafted perpetually glowing swords, known as The Illuminators, with molecular bond breaking properties within nano-seconds at his target without any physical contact by emitting the swords sharp blade energy with each single stroke. As such, Noname is one of the most formidable TK champions amongst Lady Sham's faction during the Assault of Manchester.

 

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Noname is part of the offering of the first of a trio of events organised by 3A this year for Thailand Toys Expo under Remember The Time (and I am not referring to the late King of Pop song) theme. Marketed under the new Meta-verse TK/TQ line, the figures are basically inspired by real life artists behind 3A such as Ash himself and Siu Yin. I wanted Noname design but didn't dig the separate Siu Yin inspired Slippery Attack Plan offering. The one I like is Bo TQ but it comes as a pair with The Architect, another version of Ash with hood, jeans and boots which doesn't jive with me. I later learnt from the forum that a very, very limited quantities of Bo TQ was released but I can live with that. The figure is very sturdy and well made. Again, the unpredictable QC of 3A. Comes with two glow in the dark swords. Unfortunately, the pre-order describes there would be 4 grenades to come with it but it doesn't. Let see how it goes. For now, I am glad I didn't pay through my nose for the earlier Mr. 71 and Eddy the Cat on secondary market. Now Ms. 74 can pair up with Noname. Post Fire NOM Commander would be mad. Haha. Oh, the so-called Ten Thousands Swordsplay, is based on a character called Mou Ming from the Hong Kong long running comic series, Storm Riders by Ma Wing-shing.