SAMG Entertainment launches brand new robot-action TV animation “Metal Cardbot” on the 29th.
- – ‘Metal Cardbot’, produced by SAMG Entertainment, will begin airing on Daekyo Children’s TV on the 29th and KBS on the 30th.
- – SAMG Entertainment’s NEW boy action series in 10 years, since “Miniforce” series
- – Toy sales started at Lotte Mart and E-Mart on March 2nd already… Getting consumers’ attention with a very competitive price of around 20,000 won
SAMG Entertainment (CEO Suhoon Kim, hereinafter SAMG Entertainment) will showcase its new CGI animated robot action series in about 10 years after its successful boy brand “Miniforce”.
SAMG Entertainment announced on the 10th that its new CGI robot animation “Metal Cardbot” will premiere on Daekyo Children’s TV at 5 pm on the 29th, then on KBS on the 30th.
“Metal CardBot” has exciting actions and interesting storyline about ‘Metal Cardbots’ on earth, hiding their identity transformed to the vehicle such as police car, truck, helicopters, etc.. The main character “Jun” accidently get to operate “Blue Cop” with ‘Metal Breath’.
The target audience for the animation is boys aged 3-6. In the process of solving the case, a mystery element provides a tension into the story, also with exhilarating action of the robot.
“Metal Cardbot” is SAMG Entertainment’s first boy action robot series in about 10 years since “Miniforce” (first aired in 2014), which has become a representative children’s animation of the Korean Wave in many countries. The market interests are rising for this new work of SAMG Entertainment, which has created and produced many of mega intellectual properties such as “Miniforce”, “Catch! Teenieping” and “Miraculous.”
Consumers are also enthusiastic about toys. Four types of “Metal Cardbot” toys (Blue Cop, Mega Tracker, Mega Ambler, Shadow X) have already been on sale at major hyper markets like Lotte Mart and E-Mart since the 2nd. The “Metal Cradbot” is also characterized by a collection element of “Card,” not just simple robot toys. “Cards” are designed to be transformed into various parts such as weapons, armors, shields that can be mounted on robots so that children can collect them.
Especially, the retail price of four types of “Metal Cradbot” robot toys currently on sale has been set in the mid-to-late 20,000 won range. And this is one of the main reasons why the project is getting good attention from (potential) customers, for its competitive priced robot toy line-up.
“We expect a great response from fans as it is a brand-new large scale boy action robot series and there hasn’t been a fresh action robot brand from SAMG, and in Korea, for many years.” said Suhoon Kim, CEO of SAMG Entertainment, he also added “Metal Cardbot will expand its territory to Game business and global market soon.”