In Package and In Hand Images of Takara Legends Overlord, Blitzwing and Autobot Clones

LG61 (The Decepticon Clones) &
LG62 (Windblade)

are slated for January as well yes? Or did they get pushed to February? That would probably make more sense since G2 Megs is the only Legends listed for February thus far.

o.supreme wrote:LG61 (The Decepticon Clones) &
LG62 (Windblade)

are slated for January as well yes? Or did they get pushed to February? That would probably make more sense since G2 Megs is the only Legends listed for February thus far.

February:
G2 Megatron
Decepticon Clones
Targetmaster Windblade

March:
Seaspray
Targetmaster Twin Twist
Targetmaster Topspin

Greatshot
Grand Maximus

^ Cool Thanks, and makes sense. The Metroplex reissue is also slated for March I believe...

With Grand Max, Greatshot, & the Metroplex reissue all coming out in March (along with at least a few other Legends releases I'm forgetting), I actually had to use two different sites to spread out the costs. Some of my preorders will remain on bbts & some others I have moved to a site that lets you pay for presale items ahead of time. That way I don't get hit with $600-$700 in charges on my credit card at one time in late March. I could have always chosen the option to wait for some of these items, but patience has never been one of my virtues.

Heh, they finally used the US term "Triple Changer" for Blitzwing, instead of the Japanese "Triple Bot" and "Triple Tron" for the others. Yay for progress?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Heh, they finally used the US term "Triple Changer" for Blitzwing, instead of the Japanese "Triple Bot" and "Triple Tron" for the others. Yay for progress?

At the end of the day when it’s in your hands you can call it a grapefruit for all you want.

preferring the Hasbro colors on Overlord but couldn't pass on having two heads, Blitzwing might have to wait for awhile if I'm tempted for Grand Maximus

Randomhero wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Heh, they finally used the US term "Triple Changer" for Blitzwing, instead of the Japanese "Triple Bot" and "Triple Tron" for the others. Yay for progress?

At the end of the day when it’s in your hands you can call it a grapefruit for all you want.

I'm just happy we have a nice, matching set of all three Decepticon Triple Grapefruits at long last.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Heh, they finally used the US term "Triple Changer" for Blitzwing, instead of the Japanese "Triple Bot" and "Triple Tron" for the others. Yay for progress?

At the end of the day when it’s in your hands you can call it a grapefruit for all you want.

I'm just happy we have a nice, matching set of all three Decepticon Triple Grapefruits at long last.

I’m just saying call it whatever. It’s like when people get mad when a name gets change do due to trademark or copyright. Example when hasbro named Octane Octone and before that Tankor and people get upset about it or they use a previous term because that legally can’t. Once you buy it it’s your toy. They’re whirver you want them to be.

o.supreme wrote:LG61 (The Decepticon Clones) &
LG62 (Windblade)

are slated for January as well yes? Or did they get pushed to February? That would probably make more sense since G2 Megs is the only Legends listed for February thus far.

I'm having to get Windblade and Greatshot from BBTS because Amazon Japan didn't open pre-orders for Windblade and don't carry Takara web exclusives .

isn't it kind of strange they've got two images of Overlord on the box art? I know it's supposedly showing that it has the two powermasters /mode, but it's unusual and feels a but misleading and kind of implies you get two robots, especially alongside the clones.. :/

I am at a tough decision at the moment: PotP Rodimus is really great, and now I'm not sure if I want to keep my MP-40 preorder. But if I cancel, I will need to wait for G2 Megatron until probably May. Right now, he, MP-40, and war hammer Bee will ship in March, and Greatshot and MP Barricade in May for the free shipping on both. But without MP-40, I'll need to wait till all of them come to ship.

Halp.

And gosh, G2 Megs and Greatshot are exciting me so much

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I am at a tough decision at the moment: PotP Rodimus is really great, and now I'm not sure if I want to keep my MP-40 preorder. But if I cancel, I will need to wait for G2 Megatron until probably May. Right now, he, MP-40, and war hammer Bee will ship in March, and Greatshot and MP Barricade in May for the free shipping on both. But without MP-40, I'll need to wait till all of them come to ship.

Halp.

And gosh, G2 Megs and Greatshot are exciting me so much

Keep the MP-40 (Targetmaster Hot Rodimus for those not familiar with the code) solely for the Targetmaster. Besides, Rodimus Prime he's not.

At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

Indeed I do not, I jumped on the Takara stuff rather late, (When I got my own credit card and don't have to rely on a family allowance) starting with Kup and Hot Rod when there started to be actual changes to the mold besides color differences and a slightly different head. (Chromedome, Hardhead etc)

Of course I only get the ones that add something such as how I got Takara Octance simply because he added more with the Starscream head.

I still go with Hasbro choices as well if the changes are not big enough for example I can live without Target masters so I got the Hasbro versions of Twinferno, Triggerhappy, Misfire and eventually Slugslinger.

(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)

It's really nice to see these new Takara images looking so epic and what with the Takara POTP line looking the way they will...

At least the carpet matches the drapes

Deadput wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)

I have never heard of anyone that doesn't

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)

I have never heard of anyone that doesn't

On the flipside, the Megatron Headmaster is better on the Legends... which isn't saying that much to begin with.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)

I have never heard of anyone that doesn't

I would be okay with the light purple underwear, dark purple Galvatron from AKOM animated episodes before I'd want Takara's light purple Galvatron.

Why does Overlord have two figures on the art of the packaging?
I mean, we get 1 figure right?

If it's only for the chest feature, not a single transformer box art in the history of transformers box arts have 2 of the same toy there with one having a feature open.

(if it's so, please post a link)

noctorro wrote:Why does Overlord have two figures on the art of the packaging?
I mean, we get 1 figure right?

If it's only for the chest feature, not a single transformer box art in the history of transformers box arts have 2 of the same toy there with one having a feature open.

(if it's so, please post a link)

It's because you get two heads with overlord. They did the same thing with octane

steals_your_goats

Thank you, missed that one

And quit looking at my goat.

noctorro wrote:steals_your_goats

Thank you, missed that one

And quit looking at my goat.

It's too late, your goat is mine already you just don't know it yet...

2 IN ONE

[image not mine]
Source: Planet Iacon FB Page
Occasionally, it used the TR Overlord and the Legends one, SWEET




Instructions how to combine:

That combined form of Overlord Giga + Overlord Mega is named "Overlord Tera".

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)

I have never heard of anyone that doesn't

Im a huge fan of the Takara purple choices. I waited 30 years for toys tgat actually looked like the cartoon I grew up with. The hasbro decos usually suck. I just dont get why anuone would want a weird toy deco on a mold thats meant to jean on the cartoon accurate side. Hasbro should just let the takara guys handle the decos and stick to designing the molds.

Rated X wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)

I have never heard of anyone that doesn't

Im a huge fan of the Takara purple choices. I waited 30 years for toys tgat actually looked like the cartoon I grew up with. The hasbro decos usually suck. I just dont get why anuone would want a weird toy deco on a mold thats meant to jean on the cartoon accurate side. Hasbro should just let the takara guys handle the decos and stick to designing the molds.

Considering that Galvatron's toy was gray and not purple, saying that Hasbro did a toy-based deco for TR Galvatron ain't exactly a true statement.

Comparison pix (Takara on the left in the first pic, on the right in everything else) --


Fastlane --










Cloudraker --







Source: @portarmy

Loopaza just released LG-60 Overlord with Pack in Manga. from their FB Page
https://www.facebook.com/loopaza/posts/1719154684812706

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)

I have never heard of anyone that doesn't

Im a huge fan of the Takara purple choices. I waited 30 years for toys tgat actually looked like the cartoon I grew up with. The hasbro decos usually suck. I just dont get why anuone would want a weird toy deco on a mold thats meant to jean on the cartoon accurate side. Hasbro should just let the takara guys handle the decos and stick to designing the molds.

Considering that Galvatron's toy was gray and not purple, saying that Hasbro did a toy-based deco for TR Galvatron ain't exactly a true statement.

In terms of purple, its true. Grey Galvatron had a dark purple. So did Hasbro Galvatron. Hasbro seems to be a little nervous about going with the grey deco. Even the universe deluxe grey galvatron had all kinds of purple in robot mode to appease the popularity of him being purple. I imagine Sunbow made him purple so that he would have his own unique look rather than just being Megatron with a crown.

Rated X wrote: Hasbro seems to be a little nervous about going with the grey deco. Even the universe deluxe grey galvatron had all kinds of purple in robot mode to appease the popularity of him being purple. I imagine Sunbow made him purple so that he would have his own unique look rather than just being Megatron with a crown.

The last grey galvatron we got from Hasbro was in Cybertron right?

william-james88 wrote:

Rated X wrote: Hasbro seems to be a little nervous about going with the grey deco. Even the universe deluxe grey galvatron had all kinds of purple in robot mode to appease the popularity of him being purple. I imagine Sunbow made him purple so that he would have his own unique look rather than just being Megatron with a crown.

The last grey galvatron we got from Hasbro was in Cybertron right?

Assuming you mean this one?

Transformers Cybertron Galvatron (Master Galvatron) Gallery

You got one deco thats more of an off white. The other deco arguably is a nod to grey galvatron if you dont mind all that yellow and teal. So im not sure if it counts. I think this is the last real grey galvatron which is still blatantly purple to keep toon fans happy:


Transformers Universe - Classics 2.0 Galvatron Gallery

Of course there is Unite Warriors Grand Galvatron which homages grey toy galvaton all the way down to the stupid bottle head disquised as a crown:


Transformers Unite Warriors Grand Galvatron Gallery

But even then they went with the cartoon accurate purple to accomodate Cyclonus since Hasbro already did one in the toy accurate dark purple.

Cyberpath wrote:Fastlane --




Cloudraker --

Oh wow, neat! I didn't realize that the red of their faces is actually a different shade of red from that of their helmets. Cool!

Here's another attempt at making Overlord Tera, this time using Hasbro Overlord as armor for Takara Overlord - https://twitter.com/final83655709/status/956857698670137344



Though, the blues end up not matching and the toes lose their full purple.

Wow. If there was ever a justification for buying both Takara and Hasbro Overlords...

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)

I have never heard of anyone that doesn't

I prefer the lighter purple.

The truth lies between the 2 extremes, and when I have to choose, I prefer the light.

Agamemnon wrote:Wow. If there was ever a justification for buying both Takara and Hasbro Overlords...

Only if you're okay with the discoloration of the blues.

Can Overlord combine with Sky shadow? (or a dual Skyshadow formation)

blackeyedprime wrote:Can Overlord combine with Sky shadow? (or a dual Skyshadow formation)

From: @portarmy


More pix from the same source:

Triple-changers --




Robot mammoth thing (Takara on the right) --

Cyberpath wrote:Robot mammoth thing (Takara on the right) --

Shuffler and Bigfight.

Targetmaster Kup wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)

I have never heard of anyone that doesn't

I prefer the lighter purple.

The truth lies between the 2 extremes, and when I have to choose, I prefer the light.

I would agree that the Hasbro purple is too dark & the Takara purple is too light. I went with the Takara version with better paint detail on the headmaster & eventually got the Reprolabels helmet add on because the crown gimmick was a much worse detriment to that figure than either company's choice of purples.

Relic0037 wrote:

Targetmaster Kup wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)

I have never heard of anyone that doesn't

I prefer the lighter purple.

The truth lies between the 2 extremes, and when I have to choose, I prefer the light.

I would agree that the Hasbro purple is too dark & the Takara purple is too light. I went with the Takara version with better paint detail on the headmaster & eventually got the Reprolabels helmet add on because the crown gimmick was a much worse detriment to that figure than either company's choice of purples.

I originally waited for the Takara Galvatron, hoping the purple would look darker in person, and therefore closer to animation accurate, than the stock photos were depicting. Alas, my hopes were dashed. So, I picked up Hasbro Galvatron, preferring Galvatron's purple to be darker than it should rather than way lighter. I did a little part swapping to enhance the paint apps on the Hasbro Galvatron, though, like giving him the Legends Megatron Headmaster for a silver painted face, the hip guards for the red highlights on top, and the arm cannon (the black details on the stock are more correct than the red in terms of cartoon accuracy). I wanted to do more, like swap around the tank treads and the shoulder "pauldrons," but the disassembly was a lot more work than I had anticipated, and I didn't want to risk breaking either figure. I'm hoping in a few years down the line, we'll get a reuse of this Galvatron mold with a premium cartoon accurate deco, retooled to either incorporate its own whole head (wouldn't be that hard, honestly, with the big, hollow chest cavity, or at least to rework the "mask" gimmick to sit flush against the Headmaster component.

Sabrblade wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:Wow. If there was ever a justification for buying both Takara and Hasbro Overlords...

Only if you're okay with the discoloration of the blues.

That's basically what's in those pictures, right? Looks alright to me...

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm hoping in a few years down the line, we'll get a reuse of this Galvatron mold with a premium cartoon accurate deco, retooled to either incorporate its own whole head (wouldn't be that hard, honestly, with the big, hollow chest cavity, or at least to rework the "mask" gimmick to sit flush against the Headmaster component.

Burn wrote:<Please keep 3P productions and discussions in the 3P forums>

In keeping with the Burn's request and edit above, here is a Seibertron discussion link to the "Big Canon" figure, a 3P/OSKO of TR Galvatron, with some of the features Wolfman Jake asked for:

- open-and-play-big-cannon-t110022.php

(EDITED to avoid confusion, see post below).

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)

I have never heard of anyone that doesn't

There are plenty that do. I am one of those people.

The Clones look great, but i wish Takara sculpted some guns to go with them.

Some (extra?) pics of how to remove/mod TtmT's Overlord to allow Titanmasters:

- http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/l ... t-15439703

Also, I'm going to see if I can remove the faceplates on Giga and Mega and then attach the engine plates to their backs. Then, maybe attach one of the faceplates to the helmet?

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.

You must not own any Galvatron or shockwave then

(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)

I have never heard of anyone that doesn't

Im a huge fan of the Takara purple choices. I waited 30 years for toys tgat actually looked like the cartoon I grew up with. The hasbro decos usually suck. I just dont get why anuone would want a weird toy deco on a mold thats meant to jean on the cartoon accurate side. Hasbro should just let the takara guys handle the decos and stick to designing the molds.

Considering that Galvatron's toy was gray and not purple, saying that Hasbro did a toy-based deco for TR Galvatron ain't exactly a true statement.

That being said, the original G1 Galvatron toy did have some purple on him, though his primary plastic color was indeed gray. You can see in the picture below that G1 Galvatron has purple on his upper arms, thighs, and part of his waste:



Hasbro's choice of purple plastic for Titans Return Galvatron is, not surprisingly, a very good match for the G1 plastic color:



The color in the above computer render are a bit off, but trust me. In person, the purple is even deeper and a much closer match to the purple in the G1 toy. Hasbro really went all-in with the purple for TR Galvatron too. He's got not one but two different purple plastic colors in his molding, not to mention some purple paint as well. He's even got purple where it doesn't belong, like his tank treads. Oops!

steals_your_goats wrote:

noctorro wrote:steals_your_goats

Thank you, missed that one

And quit looking at my goat.

It's too late, your goat is mine already you just don't know it yet...

Are you El Chupacabra?

Agamemnon wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:Wow. If there was ever a justification for buying both Takara and Hasbro Overlords...

Only if you're okay with the discoloration of the blues.

That's basically what's in those pictures, right? Looks alright to me...

Only in the single picture that shows an Overlord Tera made by one Hasbro and one Takara Overlord. The first toy pics were of two Takara Overlords combined.

And, admittedly, the one pic of Overlord Tera made by a Hasbro and Takara Overlord is at an angle that doesn't really show a good look at the two different blues contrasting each other.