Additional Images: AM-15 Darkness Megatron and AM-16 Jet Vehicon
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 4:02PM CDT
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It looks like site sponsor Robotkingdom has found time to free Takara's Transformers Prime AM-15 Darkness Megatron and AM-16 Jet Vehicon from package prisons and post some nice images of the pair. Both are slated to start shipping on July 28th. Enjoy the mirrored images below.
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Posted by paul053 on July 25th, 2012 @ 4:12pm CDT
Posted by Midnight_Fox on July 25th, 2012 @ 4:23pm CDT
paul053 wrote:Why do I think the jet Vehicon looks really bad? Ignoring the alt mode, the robot mode looks terrible comparing to the car Vehicon. Lots of kibbles and the elbow and wrist joints are really bad.
The elbow and wrist joints are the exact same(besides color) on the two figures, it's the same base mold.
Posted by xyl360 on July 25th, 2012 @ 4:25pm CDT
paul053 wrote:Why do I think the jet Vehicon looks really bad? Ignoring the alt mode, the robot mode looks terrible comparing to the car Vehicon. Lots of kibbles and the elbow and wrist joints are really bad.
The elbow and wrist joints are identical to those on the car Vehicon. The elbows aren't too bad once shave off one side of the ball joint cup so that you can straigten it out more instead of having it cocked out to the side. I did that on my car Vehicon and it looks a lot better. I'll do the same to my Jet Vehicons.
Posted by Va'al on July 25th, 2012 @ 4:28pm CDT
Posted by MINDVVIPE on July 25th, 2012 @ 4:39pm CDT
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on July 25th, 2012 @ 7:47pm CDT
Not crazy about the alt mode, and he's really kibbly in bot mode. And that purple....
Posted by Midnight_Fox on July 25th, 2012 @ 7:53pm CDT
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Why does the car Vehicon get a thruster in the rear of his alt mode, but the Jet Vehicon doesn't? Shouldn't it be the other way around?
That's a Micron port, not a thruster. It's so you can store a Micron on his back in 'Bot mode.
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on July 25th, 2012 @ 8:46pm CDT
Midnight_Fox wrote:SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Why does the car Vehicon get a thruster in the rear of his alt mode, but the Jet Vehicon doesn't? Shouldn't it be the other way around?
That's a Micron port, not a thruster. It's so you can store a Micron on his back in 'Bot mode.
I think it's a thruster that doubles as a micron port. I have the fig in hand right now, and it's molded to look exactly like a thruster.
Posted by craggy on July 25th, 2012 @ 9:47pm CDT
Jet Vehicon, not so nice. But not bad. Mostly in James Bond's car mode.
The AMW toys are looking great. Can't wait for these to ship.
Posted by Ghost Starscream on July 25th, 2012 @ 11:36pm CDT
Posted by Gearslide on July 25th, 2012 @ 11:41pm CDT
Posted by RAcast on July 26th, 2012 @ 12:03am CDT
Gearslide wrote:Everyone's whining about Jet Vehicon's alt mode, but the darn thing is practically spot on with his show counterpart! Take a look at this picture someone on TFW2005 posted:
It seems like most of the complaining is about the back kibble. But being the remold (albeit an extensive one) that it is, it doesn't surprise me that they weren't able to integrate the wings well into robot mode.
But let's be honest here, it's now a jet-former, and most jet-formers do have wing-kibble; so I'm just gonna sit over here and say it looks awesome...though the color choice is a bit odd.
Posted by Gearslide on July 26th, 2012 @ 12:11am CDT
RAcast wrote:Gearslide wrote:Everyone's whining about Jet Vehicon's alt mode, but the darn thing is practically spot on with his show counterpart! Take a look at this picture someone on TFW2005 posted:
It seems like most of the complaining is about the back kibble. But being the remold (albeit an extensive one) that it is, it doesn't surprise me that they weren't able to integrate the wings well into robot mode.
But let's be honest here, it's now a jet-former, and most jet-formers do have wing-kibble; so I'm just gonna sit over here and say it looks awesome...though the color choice is a bit odd.
I agree about the odd color. But, having differing shades of purple makes the two Vehicons look less generic. Who knows? Maybe they'll make a boat Vehicon in the show and his toy will be colored Lavender. We haven't gotten Decepticon Miners either (those Maroon/red Vehicons with double visors).
The robot mode is really striking me as odd in these pictures. I feel like whoever took the pictures neglected to flip his wings around or something. I mean, take a look at this previous picture that Takara took:
It clearly shows that the pointy wing tips go upward, not down like we see here. Could just be a case of mistransformation...
EDIT: Actually, it's DEFINITELY a case of mistransformation. The shot of his back proves it. Take a look at this picture I just drew on:
There's an obvious hinge where I placed the "1" in the picture. The entire rigging ("2" in the picture), including the wings, should fold up, along that hinge. Then the rear plate ("3"), which you pull up to reveal his head, should fold down over the rigging to cover the hinge!
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on July 26th, 2012 @ 1:19am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Here's a decent shot:SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Jet Vehicon looks good, although I'm not so sure about the alt mode. Not sure if there are any clear scenes of the jets in the show, but I don't recall them looking like winged cars, either.
Thanks for the pic! As long as he's screen-accurate, I'm cool with it.
Posted by xyl360 on July 26th, 2012 @ 1:44am CDT
Ghost Starscream wrote:No one is ever satisfied, are they? I like the look of Jet Vehicon.Makes me want to order another.
I ordered 3, couldn't help myself . So now I'll have 3 of each type. One Hasbro car Vehicon, one Takara AM car Vehicon, one Takara FE car Vehicon and 3 Takara jet Vehicons.
I'm not sure if I'll get any Hasbro jet Vehicons if/when they come out, I'll have to wait and see how they look. They'll really have to impress me for me to want them.
Posted by Midnight_Fox on July 26th, 2012 @ 9:10am CDT
Posted by Tigertrack on July 26th, 2012 @ 10:49am CDT
I actually like how Darkness Megs turned out.
Jet Vehicon looks very good. I have two on preorder.
Posted by paul053 on July 26th, 2012 @ 11:06am CDT
xyl360 wrote:paul053 wrote:Why do I think the jet Vehicon looks really bad? Ignoring the alt mode, the robot mode looks terrible comparing to the car Vehicon. Lots of kibbles and the elbow and wrist joints are really bad.
The elbow and wrist joints are identical to those on the car Vehicon. The elbows aren't too bad once shave off one side of the ball joint cup so that you can straigten it out more instead of having it cocked out to the side. I did that on my car Vehicon and it looks a lot better. I'll do the same to my Jet Vehicons.
Ah! Got it. Haven't opened my car Vehicon yet ( ) but I will do that when I open it. Thanks for the info.
Posted by xyl360 on July 26th, 2012 @ 9:04pm CDT
paul053 wrote:xyl360 wrote:paul053 wrote:Why do I think the jet Vehicon looks really bad? Ignoring the alt mode, the robot mode looks terrible comparing to the car Vehicon. Lots of kibbles and the elbow and wrist joints are really bad.
The elbow and wrist joints are identical to those on the car Vehicon. The elbows aren't too bad once shave off one side of the ball joint cup so that you can straigten it out more instead of having it cocked out to the side. I did that on my car Vehicon and it looks a lot better. I'll do the same to my Jet Vehicons.
Ah! Got it. Haven't opened my car Vehicon yet ( ) but I will do that when I open it. Thanks for the info.
You're welcome . Just be careful not to take out too much of the socket's cup/edge, otherwise it won't hold the ball joint in place any more. I did mine by cutting out a small triangular/pie-shaped piece and then gradually/cautiously filed it out to widen it bit by bit with a needle file.
Posted by MightyMagnus78 on July 27th, 2012 @ 6:26pm CDT
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on July 28th, 2012 @ 5:36am CDT
MightyMagnus78 wrote:Jet Vehicon certainly looks cool, but Meg's is just way to shiny for my liking.
His chrome teeth scare me.
Posted by freaky777 on July 28th, 2012 @ 12:47pm CDT
Yup the jet vehicon is mis-transformed, they forgot 1 step which is to rotate the back wings (kibble) up into a slot, it looks really nice. (hopefully you guys can see it from my crappy photos) I highly recommend if anyone could get this to get it. It is a really cool figure and I'm kinda sad I've only ordered 2..
Posted by MINDVVIPE on July 28th, 2012 @ 2:08pm CDT
Posted by El Duque on July 28th, 2012 @ 2:28pm CDT
MINDVVIPE wrote:Jet vehicon is getting a Hasbro western release, right?
Not that we know of.
Posted by RAcast on July 28th, 2012 @ 9:56pm CDT
El Duque wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:Jet vehicon is getting a Hasbro western release, right?
Not that we know of.
Come on Hasbro, don't balls this one up! The regular ones sold like hotcakes, these will too!!
Posted by Sabrblade on July 28th, 2012 @ 10:04pm CDT
How? They've barely showed up at the stores.RAcast wrote:El Duque wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:Jet vehicon is getting a Hasbro western release, right?
Not that we know of.
Come on Hasbro, don't balls this one up! The regular ones sold like hotcakes, these will too!!
Posted by RAcast on July 28th, 2012 @ 10:09pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:How? They've barely showed up at the stores.RAcast wrote:El Duque wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:Jet vehicon is getting a Hasbro western release, right?
Not that we know of.
Come on Hasbro, don't balls this one up! The regular ones sold like hotcakes, these will too!!
And were the first things gone from shelves, ask anyone who hunted for them.
Posted by Sabrblade on July 28th, 2012 @ 10:48pm CDT
I've hunted for them. Diligently. Yet, no hide or hair of them have shown up at any of my stores (8 Wal-Marts, 6 Targets, 2 Kmarts, 1 TRU, and a Kohls). Just the same darn DOTM Deluxes/Voyagers, Bot Shots, Prime masks, and Prime BBs that no one wants to buy.RAcast wrote:Sabrblade wrote:How? They've barely showed up at the stores.RAcast wrote:El Duque wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:Jet vehicon is getting a Hasbro western release, right?
Not that we know of.
Come on Hasbro, don't balls this one up! The regular ones sold like hotcakes, these will too!!
And were the first things gone from shelves, ask anyone who hunted for them.
Posted by MINDVVIPE on July 28th, 2012 @ 11:16pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I've hunted for them. Diligently. Yet, no hide or hair of them have shown up at any of my stores (8 Wal-Marts, 6 Targets, 2 Kmarts, 1 TRU, and a Kohls). Just the same darn DOTM Deluxes/Voyagers, Bot Shots, Prime masks, and Prime BBs that no one wants to buy.RAcast wrote:Sabrblade wrote:How? They've barely showed up at the stores.RAcast wrote:El Duque wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:Jet vehicon is getting a Hasbro western release, right?
Not that we know of.
Come on Hasbro, don't balls this one up! The regular ones sold like hotcakes, these will too!!
And were the first things gone from shelves, ask anyone who hunted for them.
Same here
Posted by funklizard on July 29th, 2012 @ 1:56am CDT
RAcast wrote:El Duque wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:Jet vehicon is getting a Hasbro western release, right?
Not that we know of.
Come on Hasbro, don't balls this one up! The regular ones sold like hotcakes, these will too!!
At this point, I'm not too worried. There was remarkably little in the way of new information on the Prime line announced at BotCon. And, yet, it's pretty clear that this line will continue through at least next year. I have a hard time believing that Voyager Dreadwing, Ultra Magnus, and Thundertron (and maybe Skyquake) will be the extent of new figures this year, let alone next. No new Deluxes? Not likely.
And even if it doesn't happen this year, it could easily happen next year. There's plenty of time for this one to make it to the US.