First Look at Encore Omega Supreme's Face, and More!

Holy crap, I'm lovin' that Astrotrain.

Not such a great shot of the new mold for OS. But I love that ML Prime. Wish I could buy just the cab.

so thats the final decision on the minibots then???

I hate the looks of those Classics. Rodimus is the best looking one, but I prefered the clear cockpit.

Japan's good at redoing Minibots though, I like the looks of Pipes, Tailgate, Outback and Swerve.

The Music Label Optimus Prime looks interesing, a toy and an iPod dock.

I'm interested in this Omega Supreme retool. The gimmick was that the bubl lit up and you could see it. With a (new) face, it'd be itneresing to see how it works now.

Alas, my age and lack of money means I can't be more than the casual collector, which is a shame, I've allways wanted to own an Omega Supreme figure. What better than the orginal, especially a show-accurate (As far as you can get with Frolo Dery in any case) toy for sale now.

Now if they could just put some knee, and hip joints into Omega's legs...

Henkei Rodimus does not look very different. I need a side by side comparison. Guess i'll have to buy one so I can make it.

Minibot set is cool.

I can't figure out Omega Supreme's new face on that picture .

About the minibots Bumblebee looks great, but I was hoping that the other 4 were Powerglide, Huffer, Cosmos and Warpath . Still they're cool.

Uh... what am I supposed to be looking at? I can't see Omega Supreme's face at all. Just a silhouette on his visor.

Awesome. Takara has made me happy again. I am loving the Omega Supreme face idea. I can make out eyes, mouth, and chin. I will need to review the magazine today to be sure. I wonder if the face is a cardboard cut-out like Ironhide & Ratchet or if it comes already inserted in the package?

I always wanted those minibots. I passed on them 20 years ago and regretted it. I'm psyched. The Encore line continues to offer something a little different than the Transformers Collection series that Takara did a couple years ago. I hope it continues.

Music Label Prime is looking good and so are the Henkei series.

I don't see the point in doing the Minibots when you can buy a mint lot of the same thiung for pretty cheap. At one point I had every minibot in my collection, they don't have the lasting sentuimental value to me of some TF's.

I agree with the comment about the Rodimus, of all the Classics I thought his was the one that needed the least adjusting and it shows.

I will only get OS and BB.

Face:awesome. Purchase:definite.

I'm disappointed that's the final minibot lineup. I think I'll cancel my pre-order and just try to find a Bumblebee with the accurate head.

Holy crap! Music Label Convoy has a new head mold hehe!

I like the revised minibot lineup, it's hard to find the Season 3 ones without a lot of chrome wear, especially Pipes. I can't quite tell what they did with Omega's head until a better pic surfaces.

the minbots, i was hoping for the collection set lineup, more variety but i do quite like these, i see that pipes and swerve are not just repaints but quite significant remoulds or other toys, pipes is kind of a backwards version of his original huffer toy, cool.

hopefully takara will reissue the colllection set later on, surely they still have the moulds for that.

I can make out OSs face a little bit but i hope there will soon be a better picture. I always wish they made him with a face. I love the accurate BB head very cool! I've never bought any rereleases but i might start making exceptions because of the accuracy. Only though if there is a significant difference in the head or face sculpt.

microclone wrote:the minbots, i was hoping for the collection set lineup, more variety but i do quite like these, i see that pipes and swerve are not just repaints but quite significant remoulds or other toys, pipes is kind of a backwards version of his original huffer toy, cool.

hopefully takara will reissue the colllection set later on, surely they still have the moulds for that.

Besides being different colors they all offer a little bit of retooling or different heads compared to Gears, Brawn, Huffer, and

Gears and Swerve have different heads, legs, and different chests.



Brawn and Outback have different heads, hands, a different winch, and torsos.



Pipes and Huffer look similiar in alt mode but completely different in robot mode.


Windcharger and Tailgate also offer a different head and torso.

I think that the face mould on OS is great. Improvement to the nothing at all that we got with the G1 release in the 80s.

Man! That Astrotrain is WAY better than the crappy paint Hasbro did.

I've thought about it, and I don't like the face on Omega Supreme. Maybe when we get better pics I'll change my mind.

That minibot line-up almost totally different from what's on BBTS. Maybe they'll can do multiple sets. One with Bumblebee, Tailgate, Pipes, Swerve, and Outback. Another with Cliffjumper, Powerglide, Warpath, Cosmos, and Huffer. A third with Beachcomber, Brawn, Gears, Seaspray, and Windcharger. Etc. I don't own any minibots, so I'd buy any or all of those sets.

1337W422102 wrote:Holy crap, I'm lovin' that Astrotrain.

indeed

Crossing figures for omega supreme face since you can't really see what it looks like.

Man, i can't wait for that OS!




It's gonna empty my wallet though....

UltraPrimal wrote:I've thought about it, and I don't like the face on Omega Supreme. Maybe when we get better pics I'll change my mind.

That minibot line-up almost totally different from what's on BBTS. Maybe they'll can do multiple sets. One with Bumblebee, Tailgate, Pipes, Swerve, and Outback. Another with Cliffjumper, Powerglide, Warpath, Cosmos, and Huffer. A third with Beachcomber, Brawn, Gears, Seaspray, and Windcharger. Etc. I don't own any minibots, so I'd buy any or all of those sets.

If my memory serves right - you can open up the clear orange cockpit on the original G1 Omega Supreme. If that's the case still, you probably can remove the face if you don't like it.

Stormrider wrote:

UltraPrimal wrote:I've thought about it, and I don't like the face on Omega Supreme. Maybe when we get better pics I'll change my mind.

That minibot line-up almost totally different from what's on BBTS. Maybe they'll can do multiple sets. One with Bumblebee, Tailgate, Pipes, Swerve, and Outback. Another with Cliffjumper, Powerglide, Warpath, Cosmos, and Huffer. A third with Beachcomber, Brawn, Gears, Seaspray, and Windcharger. Etc. I don't own any minibots, so I'd buy any or all of those sets.

If my memory serves right - you can open up the clear orange cockpit on the original G1 Omega Supreme. If that's the case still, you probably can remove the face if you don't like it.

I don't think you can. I'll try it when I get home, but I've not known that nor has it been featured in any collector's guides as such.

Can anyone fill me in about those two BT figures? I thought that TomyTakara discontinued the BT line and would only release those KISS Players figures. (and those were discontinued as well right?)

But now I see two old figures being released again (BT-01 and I believe Meister was previousely BT-08) and I don't see anything new about them.

I am super excited about the Omega Supreme reissue, face or no face. Astrotrain looks awesome, and as far as the minibots go, I don't particularly care, but the minibots were not just repaints of Huffer and Braen et al. They were probably the most differently molded repaints in the entire G1 era, because even similar body types had big differences, as the previously posted pictures attest to.

lovin' the minibots.

steve2275 wrote:

1337W422102 wrote:Holy crap, I'm lovin' that Astrotrain.

indeed

Me too!

I ordered mine a while ago when the first pics surfaced.

Pile-o-loot, here I come!!!

Stormrider wrote:

microclone wrote:Besides being different colors they all offer a little bit of retooling or different heads compared to Gears, Brawn, Huffer, and

Gears and Swerve have different heads, legs, and different chests
Brawn and Outback have different heads, hands, a different winch, and torsos.
Pipes and Huffer look similiar in alt mode but completely different in robot mode.
Windcharger and Tailgate also offer a different head and torso.

Did I miss something? All those heads look exactly the same as their original release.

And another thing, did the G1 Omega Supreme's visor open? I can't get a good look inside it in the gallery.

It is possible to open the visor on G1 Omega, but rather difficult and you run the risk of scratching or breaking the visor piece.

I'm glad Takara will be pre-installing the face. Well, at least I hope they are.

Calenatarion wrote:Can anyone fill me in about those two BT figures? I thought that TomyTakara discontinued the BT line and would only release those KISS Players figures. (and those were discontinued as well right?)

But now I see two old figures being released again (BT-01 and I believe Meister was previousely BT-08) and I don't see anything new about them.

Hasbro is the one that said that they were going to discontinue the line. As for Takara, I think that they are testing the waters again with the line. These two figures are repaints of BT-01 (Silverstreak/Bluestreak) and BT-08. BT-01 was Smokescreen. Smokescreen and Silverstreak were slightly different molds. Out of these two repaints, I am only getting Bluestreak because I wanted to paint either Alt-04 or BT-03 into a blue car so this will save me the trouble.

Cascadia wrote:

Calenatarion wrote:Can anyone fill me in about those two BT figures? I thought that TomyTakara discontinued the BT line and would only release those KISS Players figures. (and those were discontinued as well right?)

But now I see two old figures being released again (BT-01 and I believe Meister was previousely BT-08) and I don't see anything new about them.

Hasbro is the one that said that they were going to discontinue the line. As for Takara, I think that they are testing the waters again with the line. These two figures are repaints of BT-01 (Silverstreak/Bluestreak) and BT-08. BT-01 was Smokescreen. Smokescreen and Silverstreak were slightly different molds. Out of these two repaints, I am only getting Bluestreak because I wanted to paint either Alt-04 or BT-03 into a blue car so this will save me the trouble.

Thanks for the info. But those figures are both almost the same, I wonder if they really ar just testing if BT can go big again. I mean, the initial BT line was great with many different character. OK, so some were repaints, but a lot of them were great!

tigertracks 24 wrote:

Stormrider wrote:

UltraPrimal wrote:I've thought about it, and I don't like the face on Omega Supreme. Maybe when we get better pics I'll change my mind.

That minibot line-up almost totally different from what's on BBTS. Maybe they'll can do multiple sets. One with Bumblebee, Tailgate, Pipes, Swerve, and Outback. Another with Cliffjumper, Powerglide, Warpath, Cosmos, and Huffer. A third with Beachcomber, Brawn, Gears, Seaspray, and Windcharger. Etc. I don't own any minibots, so I'd buy any or all of those sets.

If my memory serves right - you can open up the clear orange cockpit on the original G1 Omega Supreme. If that's the case still, you probably can remove the face if you don't like it.

I don't think you can. I'll try it when I get home, but I've not known that nor has it been featured in any collector's guides as such.

I think they made it possible to open the cockpit so you can change the lightbulb if needed.

That Henkei Astrotrain looks sweet! I was on the fence sbout getting one, now this has convinced me entirely.

olokin wrote:That Henkei Astrotrain looks sweet! I was on the fence sbout getting one, now this has convinced me entirely.

It really is amazing how a simple colour pallette swap can make an average toy into a great one.

I want him too.

Astrotrain... what a beauty!

Transform and get us outta here!

hope it's not a paper face...

i'm sorry to go off topic but i wanna know what it's saying about henkei hot rod. anyone read japanese?

It basically says - Hotrod is shown in the colors that you love.

I wonder if Henkei will get Jetfire.