In-Hand Images of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG40 Astrotrain

Huh. Looks a lot lighter than it did before...

Sigma Magnus wrote:Huh. Looks a lot lighter than it did before...

Its the lighting and the camera + your monitor. Similar phenomena with Wolfmanjake's TL images of SW. His is kind of dark blue when in reality it is more lighter.

They're both so good looking, each in their own way.

Yeah they both look great, I feel both companies went all out on this deco and design, kudos to both of them to give us fun and viable options. We can actually choose which we preffer without one being superior to the other.

Hmmm.....I like the plastic colors on both, but I think both will benefit greatly from the Reprolabels/Toyhax sticker set.

Kyleor wrote:Hmmm.....I like the plastic colors on both, but I think both will benefit greatly from the Reprolabels/Toyhax sticker set.

I looked into those but all they do is add distracting 80s sticker detail. It ends up looking more jarring. I lwas like when reprolabels add to the toy and blend with the design, those dont.

Hm yeah. Not for me but it looks great for fans of Astrotrain whether you prefer G1 toy or G1 cartoon colours both look well done.

I have the hasbro tr version and he definitely isn't as light as those pix som I'm guessing Takara's version is indeed darker than these pix show

He's a great figure, at times the train mode feels like a stick and the shuttle a bit squashed but he's definitely a good representation of the character especially in robot mode. The transformation is super fun too, which always helps my level of enjoyment I get from a figure...

william-james88 wrote:

Kyleor wrote:Hmmm.....I like the plastic colors on both, but I think both will benefit greatly from the Reprolabels/Toyhax sticker set.

I looked into those but all they do is add distracting 80s sticker detail. It ends up looking more jarring. I lwas like when reprolabels add to the toy and blend with the design, those dont.

Funny, I actually don't like using stickers for adding actual detail/colour breakup to a figure- mainly because they're very fragile and often look very jarring. For insignias, text or other details that I have no chance of painting on myself, though, I'll take a sticker (though I'd prefer waterslide decals if I'm honest). I'm also quite fond of the bizarre "technicolour technology" detailing of 80s stickers.

I will say though, for all the TR figures so far I've gotten (Hardhead, Skullcruncher and Skytread) I've been painting details on. The sculpts are gorgeous, the paintwork...not so much. When I'm done picking every single panel line out in Tamiya Purple I might post them here.

william-james88 wrote:

Kyleor wrote:Hmmm.....I like the plastic colors on both, but I think both will benefit greatly from the Reprolabels/Toyhax sticker set.

I looked into those but all they do is add distracting 80s sticker detail. It ends up looking more jarring. I lwas like when reprolabels add to the toy and blend with the design, those dont.

What they did for the noggins of Legends and TR Galvatron, however, is amazing. Better than any other 3rd party upgrade option, IMHO.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Kyleor wrote:Hmmm.....I like the plastic colors on both, but I think both will benefit greatly from the Reprolabels/Toyhax sticker set.

I looked into those but all they do is add distracting 80s sticker detail. It ends up looking more jarring. I lwas like when reprolabels add to the toy and blend with the design, those dont.

What they did for the noggins of Legends and TR Galvatron, however, is amazing. Better than any other 3rd party upgrade option, IMHO.

This. At first look it looked oversized to one but its only an optical illusion. Just the right size and almost Studio OX like.

Does that helmet store in cannon mode?

How does Takara apply these tiny paint details?

Black Hat wrote:Does that helmet store in cannon mode?

It stores in his enormous chest cavity

Cyberpath wrote:
How does Takara apply these tiny paint details?

Children's hands.

steals_your_goats wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:
How does Takara apply these tiny paint details?

Children's hands.

I really shouldnt be laughing though

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:
How does Takara apply these tiny paint details?

Children's hands.

I really shouldnt be laughing though

*On second thoughts, perhaps not.*

The Titans Masters figures are so small, some of the paint details almost seem impossible.

Black Hat wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:
How does Takara apply these tiny paint details?

Children's hands.

I really shouldnt be laughing though

I sometimes wonder if children that don't turn out their required number of Transformers on time are fed into a macerator and made into an additive to make HasTak's plastic "more efficient" (read: cheaper). That snapped peg I told you about on UW Nosecone? That was a malnourished Vietnamese child's brittle bones once.


...And this is why I deserve every broken toy I get.

Very much not called for.

Yeeeaaaahhhh....whoops. I'll get my coat.

Anyone really desparate for Takara to release their cartoon-accurate-colours version of Titans Return Astrotrain? Well, thanks to fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath, perhaps this'll ease the wait - from the personal blog of alfes2010, we have in-hand images of the figure split between two blog posts! Most notably we finally get a look at how the Headmaster's robot mode has been painted, and a little preview at his pack-in comic. Some of the more eagle-eyed among you might also notice the comic includes a picture of Sentinel Prime; Astrotrain's pretool in Hasbro's Titans Return line - given that the colour layouts seem to match Hasbro's figure exactly though, this seems to just be a neat little reference to the Hasbro toy rather than any hint Sentinel will be released in Takara's markets (but keep your eyes pealed just in case we're wrong about that ). We've included a few key images in particular below, but click on the links to both blog posts to see Takara Astrotrain in all his in-hand glory!

http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/bl ... -2743.html
http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/bl ... -2744.html

Wow, never thought I'd see the Tera-Kura Co. one-up Axalon: mass-produced Astrotrain Transtectors (vs. mass-produced Nightbeat suits)! Nice nod to Astrotrain's role in the G1 episode "Triple Takeover". His army has different heads, but I'm having trouble identifying some of them: I do spot:

- Goshooter
- Bullhorn
- a yellow Cerebros
- a pink Repugnus?
- Soundwave
- a blue Shuffler?
- I guess a red Ptero/Swoop? I'm guessing that's supposed to be Terrosaur
- Brawn

I doubt that Astrotrain have a crown

Black Hat wrote:Does that helmet store in cannon mode?

http://toyhax.com/for-titans-ret/2245-p ... atron.html

Looks like there's enough clearance.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I do spot:

- Goshooter
- Bullhorn
- a yellow Cerebros
- a pink Repugnus?
- Soundwave
- a blue Shuffler?
- I guess a red Ptero/Swoop? I'm guessing that's supposed to be Terrosaur
- Brawn

That wouldn't be Terrorsaur since they're keeping the Beast Wars characters as a separate thing, right? Looks more like Ironhide to me, especially being next to Brawn. That's also probably not Soundwave since he already has his own Transtector.

Yellow one sort of reminds me of Leadfoot.

But would they use a G2 guy? Probably not.

I wonder if blue Shuffler has anything to do with my theory of him being used for a potential e-Hobby blue Big Convoy (made from Magna Convoy's blue Astrotrain-modeled ship)? Cameo perhaps? Or just something entirely different, I don't know...

Emerje

That's pretty neat!

One of the contentions I have with some toy reviewers on Youtube is the fact that many of them gain popularity just because they happen to live in a place where they get the first chance to review both Hasbro & Takara product, without really knowing a whole lot about the history about the characters of said product. Now I know the counter to that is..well they are just tying to show how cool the toy is, not explain its whole backstory, which is fine, but if I want to see how "cool" the toy is youheidx is my go to. Without a single word, he can show me how great the toys are, I leave it to others to be competent enough to explain where it came from...

Yeah, I expect reviewers to know the character, show height comparisons with other figures in the same line, compare with the original G1 toy, show articulation... well, and maintain some kind of semblance of being upbeat and professional and consistent in their speaking volume.

I'm actually thrilled when someone delivers all of these.

On the flip side, whenever I come across a reviewer more focused on their fan character or puppet while talking in a digitally altered chipmunk voice, I always stop those a few seconds in while muttering "nope, nope, nope."

I'm too old for that nonsense.

gothsaurus wrote:Yeah, I expect reviewers to know the character, show height comparisons with other figures in the same line, compare with the original G1 toy, show articulation... well, and maintain some kind of semblance of being upbeat and professional and consistent in their speaking volume.

I'm actually thrilled when someone delivers all of these.

On the flip side, whenever I come across a reviewer more focused on their fan character or puppet while talking in a digitally altered chipmunk voice, I always stop those a few seconds in while muttering "nope, nope, nope."

I'm too old for that nonsense.

agreed, also I changed my post to say *some* , not all toy reviewers irk me, just the ones with a cheesy gimmick as you stated, or who often state "I don't know what this is" about the toy they are reviewing.

As bad as some of the worse reviewers can be, just remember, it could always be even worse:

There was one last week where the reviewer was quite a downer. Didn't know the character and was negative and mopey and mumbly. That's hard to watch.

I'd say the same about keeping them short with good pacing. A 30 min review for a toy is toooo long.

All that said, I AM grateful for the early glimpses of the toys and objective opinions. I hope reviewers can take all this constructive criticism and hone their craft.

gothsaurus wrote:All that said, I AM grateful for the early glimpses of the toys and objective opinions. I hope reviewers can take all this constructive criticism and hone their craft.

well said. Also Sabr...I had not seen that video before, that's pretty darn amusing considering it was made way back in 2011. I probably just started watching Toy reviews in the past 18 months, and have seen all of those (though to be fair, cats in TF videos is a flaw I don't mind really lol!_)

Also it confirms the fact that I made the right decision as a parent. My son (10) was inspired to make his own TF toy reviews on his iPad, basically just mimicking much of what he saw other reviewers doing, he asked me to upload them to Youtube, but I said no, basically to spare him from the scars of rude comments, oh and the volume was so low, you really couldn't hear anything heh. I applauded him for his efforts, and to keep trying though. But like most kids, his interest faded, and although he is still into the toys, he is also interested in other things so doing videos probably wont come up again for a while.

Anyways...looks like youheidx next video will be Legends Chromedome. He usually goes in waves from various different Japanese toys, so hopefully we will get a Megatronia video soon, and perhaps a couple other Transformers before he hops to the next thing.

I do have to say, like UW, the TT Legends figures do look better in many ways than the Hasbro TR equivalents, but the increased price is a deterrent unfortunately.

yeah! That guy gets it. Great video. Thanks!

I can name a few people if I was wanting to be cruel who do much of those things and often.

Peaugh is especially prone to making things not in frame for extended periods for example. I've also seen people talk about anything an everything but the toy including unwanted details about their private life.
Our new Bo Chefatron is loath to edit anything. and John Garrison is prone to ramble a bit. Chuck's & Panda Prime's sound is horrible, some of the most annoying reviewers I can't watch at all so I can't comment on.

Some thing people moan about just irritate me - sprue marks being one of them - no idea why - it just irks me to see people winge about that.

But yes that is a video I'm familar with and it often comes to mind (unfortunately)

RAR wrote:I can name a few people if I was wanting to be cruel who do much of those things and often.

Peaugh is especially prone to making things not in frame for extended periods for example. I've also seen people talk about anything an everything but the toy including unwanted details about their private life.
Our new Bo Chefatron is loath to edit anything. and John Garrison is prone to ramble a bit. Chuck's & Panda Prime's sound is horrible, some of the most annoying reviewers I can't watch at all so I can't comment on.

Some thing people moan about just irritate me - sprue marks being one of them - no idea why - it just irks me to see people winge about that.

But yes that is a video I'm familar with and it often comes to mind (unfortunately)

Right on!

Issues with the tabletcons.

Unlike Broadcast and rewind, the latter slides in smoothly. But in SW, Ravage has some issues. The pseudo screw gets in the way of the basket like device that holds the tablets in. Haven't opened Condor yet. Hopefully no issues with him too.

fenrir72 wrote:Issues with the tabletcons.

Unlike Broadcast and rewind, the latter slides in smoothly. But in SW, Ravage has some issues. The pseudo screw gets in the way of the basket like device that holds the tablets in. Haven't opened Condor yet. Hopefully no issues with him too.

Funy enough, even though I have all the tabletcons and soundwave, I havent played with them together yet. For some reason I have had enough fun playing with them individually. I should get on to that though.

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Issues with the tabletcons.

Unlike Broadcast and rewind, the latter slides in smoothly. But in SW, Ravage has some issues. The pseudo screw gets in the way of the basket like device that holds the tablets in. Haven't opened Condor yet. Hopefully no issues with him too.

Funy enough, even though I have all the tabletcons and soundwave, I havent played with them together yet. For some reason I have had enough fun playing with them individually. I should get on to that though.

Could you also check if the issues I have are the same with yours? That d@mn pseudo screw

fenrir72 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Issues with the tabletcons.

Unlike Broadcast and rewind, the latter slides in smoothly. But in SW, Ravage has some issues. The pseudo screw gets in the way of the basket like device that holds the tablets in. Haven't opened Condor yet. Hopefully no issues with him too.

Funy enough, even though I have all the tabletcons and soundwave, I havent played with them together yet. For some reason I have had enough fun playing with them individually. I should get on to that though.

Could you also check if the issues I have are the same with yours? That d@mn pseudo screw

This may sound silly, but have you tried simply turning them around and putting them in the other way? A few times I thought one of the "tabletcons" wouldn't fit, but tried turning it around, and it slid it like butter.

Just what I was going to suggest - they seem to fit loosely one way up and tighter the other way up in most cases. especially Buzzsaw & Stripe's moulds.

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Wolfman Jake wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Issues with the tabletcons.

Unlike Broadcast and rewind, the latter slides in smoothly. But in SW, Ravage has some issues. The pseudo screw gets in the way of the basket like device that holds the tablets in. Haven't opened Condor yet. Hopefully no issues with him too.

Funy enough, even though I have all the tabletcons and soundwave, I havent played with them together yet. For some reason I have had enough fun playing with them individually. I should get on to that though.

Could you also check if the issues I have are the same with yours? That d@mn pseudo screw

This may sound silly, but have you tried simply turning them around and putting them in the other way? A few times I thought one of the "tabletcons" wouldn't fit, but tried turning it around, and it slid it like butter.

Tried that. Flipped the position and did a 180 perpendicular and horizontal. Still the same. Rewind on the the other hand, smooth in both Broadcast and Soundwave.

In Rewind's case, on of his ends has a narrower pointy part. That helps. Ravage/Jaguar doesn't have that design.

Thanks to fellow Seibertronian chuckdawg1999, we have a video review of the latest release in the Takara Tomy Legends line, featuring the Headmaster-ed version of Decepticon triple-changer LG40 Astrotrain - in his darker colour schemes compared to Hasbro's Titans Return voyager (which can you check again in our galleries here). Take a look at the video below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

Legends Astrotrain is basically the Astrotrain we've been waiting for in the Titans Return line, if you've been waiting for a G1 colored figure. I'm really impressed with how they picked out the details on Astrotrains face, I almost thought it was a new mold. If you haven't been able to find Astrotrain yet, the Takara Legends version is a solid purchase.

Hey woah woah, wtf? has anyone else gotten this message regarding their legends Lio Convoy order?




Has he actually been released this month or no?

Now I just need to wait until TFSource gets this guy (Astrotrain) in stock.

william-james88 wrote:Hey woah woah, wtf? has anyone else gotten this message regarding their legends Lio Convoy order?




Has he actually been released this month or no?

Weird! My order is through amiami. I haven't received any correspondence from them.
I feel like I heard the 17th was his release date.

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Hey woah woah, wtf? has anyone else gotten this message regarding their legends Lio Convoy order?




Has he actually been released this month or no?

Weird! My order is through amiami. I haven't received any correspondence from them.
I feel like I heard the 17th was his release date.

Well, I hope it comes sooner than later for you guys. The Resistance needs its leader.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Now I just need to wait until TFSource gets this guy (Astrotrain) in stock.

Amazon Japan has it in stock now and they'll ship to the US. Total cost was roughly 0.09 less than BBTS before shipping. Ordered on a Saturday, got it on a Tuesday. Also Amazon Japan says they'll have Lio Convoy on the 25th.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Now I just need to wait until TFSource gets this guy (Astrotrain) in stock.

Amazon Japan has it in stock now and they'll ship to the US. Total cost was roughly 0.09 less than BBTS before shipping. Ordered on a Saturday, got it on a Tuesday. Also Amazon Japan says they'll have Lio Convoy on the 25th.

I've already got Astrotrain preordered at TFSource, and will be converting some of my saved up Source Points for money off. Right now, it'll pay to be patient, but if (when) the US economy tanks again, Amazon Japan may become a viable option going forward.

Silly question regarding Legends Astrotrain: how are his joints compared to either TR Astrotrain and Sentinel Prime? The TR one I've read has some minor joint issues, especially in the legs.