In-Package Images - Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG-13 Megatron

Va'al wrote:Thanks to our friend Matt Daniele, currently based in Japan and sending a constant series of updates, we have some more in-package images to add to the previous one for the recently released Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG13 Megatron, counterpart to the Hasbro Generations Combiner Wars Leader class figure (check out the Seibertron.com gallery here for comparison!).

Just the box and not the contents? What a tease

Looking forward to shipping my HLJ Private Warehouse!

I'm surprised Megatron hasn't sold out yet, actually.

Almost 48 minutes have gone by, and TFyuki hadn't Tweeted a thing... but fear not! He finally uploaded some new pics to tease us with, this time of Transformers Legends Black Convoy & Armada/Micron Legend Megatron. What makes this special though is he has provided his followers with direct comparisons with their Hasbro counterparts, Collectors Club Scourge & Combiner Wars Leader Class Armada Megatron. Scroll down to see the shots, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

Oh sweet jesus; the thirst is real!!

megatronus wrote:Looking forward to shipping my HLJ Private Warehouse!

I'm surprised Megatron hasn't sold out yet, actually.

@ amiami he sold out (cheapest online price) Y 5650

Armada Megatron: Takara's, hands down.

Scourge/Black Convoy: Both are about equally nice, but I'm content with Fun Pub's.

Sabrblade wrote:Armada Megatron: Takara's, hands down.

Scourge/Black Convoy: Both are about equally nice, but I'm content with Fun Pub's.

But Takara Armada Megatron will never be on clearance at 30-ish $ down the line.

mmm getting excited for Scourge/Black Convoy here - never had the chance to get the TFCC one, and Megatron looks ace... but not enough attachment to the character to warrant getting him as I've already got the Hasbro version (for a sweet introductory price too.)

The Armada Megatron is beautiful. I'm excited for it.

Scourge - I really like it. I need to find some dough in the budget...

I am SO ready to drop money on that Scourge! TFCC Scourge was amazing but was just out of my financial range, so does anyone know of a place I can preorder Takara's Scourge besides RobotKingdom?!

Exhibit A:


One of my favorite figures of all time!

Exhibit F:


One of my all time least favorite figures.

Differences:
A: Trailer
Bigger size
Thicker plastic

F: No trailer
Tiny
Thin sharp plastic

I've got both molds. The Laser Prime mold in the form of RID Scourge. (wish I had Black Battle Convoy from Car Robots. I just love those mirrored stickers with the upside down G2 insignias!)
The, whatever you call it, that came in the giftset with the G2 Jazz deco and a couple legends. It just feels like garbage in my hands. Yeah, the recent mold has some added floppy articulation with balljoints.
I feel like I'm only seeing people who don't have the newer mold yet who actually want it. I don't know who would want two versions of the newer Scourge mold aside from completionists who need everything. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
I mean, I'm not a huge fan of blocks but a tiny guy with wrist and ankle articulation just doesn't quite do it fo me I guess.

Worst Update Ever.

IMHO. Your mileage may vary.

Convoy wrote:Exhibit A:


One of my favorite figures of all time!

Exhibit F:


One of my all time least favorite figures.

Differences:
A: Trailer
Bigger size
Thicker plastic

F: No trailer
Tiny
Thin sharp plastic

I've got both molds. The Laser Prime mold in the form of RID Scourge. (wish I had Black Battle Convoy from Car Robots. I just love those mirrored stickers with the upside down G2 insignias!)
The, whatever you call it, that came in the giftset with the G2 Jazz deco and a couple legends. It just feels like garbage in my hands. Yeah, the recent mold has some added floppy articulation with balljoints.
I feel like I'm only seeing people who don't have the newer mold yet who actually want it. I don't know who would want two versions of the newer Scourge mold aside from completionists who need everything. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
I mean, I'm not a huge fan of blocks but a tiny guy with wrist and ankle articulation just doesn't quite do it fo me I guess.

Worst Update Ever.

IMHO. Your mileage may vary.

Once you go teal you'll forever be real! Yup, nothing beats the original.

Agreed, give me CR Black Convoy/RID Scourge over that deluxe any day of the week.

Robogeek1973 wrote:Agreed, give me CR Black Convoy/RID Scourge over that deluxe any day of the week.

I have him (the CR Version, yay), the regular RtS Laser Prime and I still want either TFCC or the Legends version of Black Convoy. Come to think of it, he has yet to appear in any Club Fiction in that body. What is up with that?

fenrir72 wrote:

Convoy wrote:Exhibit A:


One of my favorite figures of all time!

Exhibit F:


One of my all time least favorite figures.

Differences:
A: Trailer
Bigger size
Thicker plastic

F: No trailer
Tiny
Thin sharp plastic

I've got both molds. The Laser Prime mold in the form of RID Scourge. (wish I had Black Battle Convoy from Car Robots. I just love those mirrored stickers with the upside down G2 insignias!)
The, whatever you call it, that came in the giftset with the G2 Jazz deco and a couple legends. It just feels like garbage in my hands. Yeah, the recent mold has some added floppy articulation with balljoints.
I feel like I'm only seeing people who don't have the newer mold yet who actually want it. I don't know who would want two versions of the newer Scourge mold aside from completionists who need everything. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
I mean, I'm not a huge fan of blocks but a tiny guy with wrist and ankle articulation just doesn't quite do it fo me I guess.

Worst Update Ever.

IMHO. Your mileage may vary.

Once you go teal you'll forever be real! Yup, nothing beats the original.

Always wanted to buy RID Scourge, definitely gonna get him at some point; it seems like everyone's always really tealin' it with that figure.

(Also, score for me, both a Smash Bros/Xenoblade reference, AND a pun!!)

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Come to think of it, he has yet to appear in any Club Fiction in that body. What is up with that?

Good question. Same with Punch/Counterpunch having never appeared in the Sunstreaker/Sideswipe body (unless you count that one convention announcement trailer).

When did that go up? It wasn't in their newsletter yesterday. I pre-ordered Black Convoy

I woke up to the email this morning. Preordered Black Convoy as he's only a few dollars more than RK and I've got a decent PoL already

Anyone else starting to feel like this June is quite a crowded month for Transformers releases this year? No offense to anyone chomping at the bit to get these latest offerings in their collection (I too preordered Takara's "Armada" Megatron and Black Convoy earlier this evening), but I kind of hope some of these releases will be delayed just a bit, if only to give my wallet a chance to breathe. Usually, things seem to pile on for the holiday season, but this year, it seems the late spring/early summer is going to be the bulk of the annual offerings.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Anyone else starting to feel like this June is quite a crowded month for Transformers releases this year? No offense to anyone chomping at the bit to get these latest offerings in their collection (I too preordered Takara's "Armada" Megatron and Black Convoy earlier this evening), but I kind of hope some of these releases will be delayed just a bit, if only to give my wallet a chance to breathe. Usually, things seem to pile on for the holiday season, but this year, it seems the late spring/early summer is going to be the bulk of the annual offerings.

Just imagine if you're buying other stuff besides Transformers

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just imagine if you're buying other stuff besides Transformers

I do. I've got a subscription to Masters of the Universe Classics, both the 2015 bundle and the MOTU 200X add on. Luckily, that collection should be "complete" at the end of this year.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Anyone else starting to feel like this June is quite a crowded month for Transformers releases this year? No offense to anyone chomping at the bit to get these latest offerings in their collection (I too preordered Takara's "Armada" Megatron and Black Convoy earlier this evening), but I kind of hope some of these releases will be delayed just a bit, if only to give my wallet a chance to breathe. Usually, things seem to pile on for the holiday season, but this year, it seems the late spring/early summer is going to be the bulk of the annual offerings.

"Avengers, time to work for a living!"

Moosey wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Anyone else starting to feel like this June is quite a crowded month for Transformers releases this year? No offense to anyone chomping at the bit to get these latest offerings in their collection (I too preordered Takara's "Armada" Megatron and Black Convoy earlier this evening), but I kind of hope some of these releases will be delayed just a bit, if only to give my wallet a chance to breathe. Usually, things seem to pile on for the holiday season, but this year, it seems the late spring/early summer is going to be the bulk of the annual offerings.

"Avengers, time to work for a living!"

I work for a living, Moosey. I don't have an unlimited flow of cash, though.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Moosey wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Anyone else starting to feel like this June is quite a crowded month for Transformers releases this year? No offense to anyone chomping at the bit to get these latest offerings in their collection (I too preordered Takara's "Armada" Megatron and Black Convoy earlier this evening), but I kind of hope some of these releases will be delayed just a bit, if only to give my wallet a chance to breathe. Usually, things seem to pile on for the holiday season, but this year, it seems the late spring/early summer is going to be the bulk of the annual offerings.

"Avengers, time to work for a living!"

I work for a living, Moosey. I don't have an unlimited flow of cash, though.

I wasn't implying that you didn't have a job. I merely meant for that to be a reference/joke, sorry if you or anyone else was offended by that.

Moosey wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Moosey wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Anyone else starting to feel like this June is quite a crowded month for Transformers releases this year? No offense to anyone chomping at the bit to get these latest offerings in their collection (I too preordered Takara's "Armada" Megatron and Black Convoy earlier this evening), but I kind of hope some of these releases will be delayed just a bit, if only to give my wallet a chance to breathe. Usually, things seem to pile on for the holiday season, but this year, it seems the late spring/early summer is going to be the bulk of the annual offerings.

"Avengers, time to work for a living!"

I work for a living, Moosey. I don't have an unlimited flow of cash, though.

I wasn't implying that you didn't have a job. I merely meant for that to be a reference/joke, sorry if you or anyone else was offended by that.

I saw the movie, I got the joke.

Moosey wrote:I wasn't implying that you didn't have a job. I merely meant for that to be a reference/joke, sorry if you or anyone else was offended by that.

No problem, then. The connection you were making with that quote went over my head. No offense taken, now.

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I'M HAVING A FUCKING STROKE!!!

We have more updates for the Takara Tomy Transformers Legends line, featuring three new deluxe figures in their remold prototype stage: Nightbird, Slipstream and Blackarachnia! The news comes from Facebook group HK-TF user Mike Chan, and shows the remolds being operated, respectively, on the previous Legends figures Arcee, Windblade and potentially Animated Blackarachnia. But take a look for yourself below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

Takara Tomy 日版 LG系列 (預定10月24發售) :
LG15 Nightbird Shadow (Arcee改模)
LG16 Slipstream (Windblade改模)
LG17 Black Arachnia (TFA改模)


TT哩下真係堅

Another group of ladies, eh? Sound good. I just wish they found a different/better use for Black Widow's bra in Beast Mode...

I WANT ALL OF THEM!!!

-looks at blackarachnia- ya know Japan...you really didn't have to retool her to give her her giant DDs...while it is one of her ...features....still.

Nightbird and Slipstream look fantastic, but I'm sad to say that BA is crap. I was hoping for a big smooth bulbous abdomen, claw hands, non-Animated robot legs, and somehow putting her spider legs on her robot arms. It's just not retooled enough for my liking to pass for BW BA. Still looks like an Animated design slightly more faithful to the source material

Nightbird will be mine. Oh yes, she will be mine.

Slipstream looks cool but I wish she was a Voyager. Oh well, she looks good anyway.

I already have Animated Blackarachnia but that looks good enough that I might get her anyway and come up with a new identity for her. The palps are kinda unconvincing, but this IS a prototype. Also, there are spiders with bulbous palps like that, given their function in robot mode it makes sense- Blackarachnia DID have them in the show after all.

Nice! I wonder what are the chances of Hasbro carrying these three?
*sees BA's articulated pedipalp-boobs*
Oh....

Noideaforaname wrote:Nice! I wonder what are the chances of Hasbro carrying these three?
*sees BA's articulated pedipalp-boobs*
Oh....

Yup, this won't be seeing a release outside of Japan me thinks... which means Takara had to settle. Which means an original Generations Blackarachnia will not be happening anytime soon.
Boo hiss Hasbro, boo hiss

If you had to pick which BW character do you think deserves a new mold?
I kinda think it's odd that we haven't yet seen Primal or Megatron.

Sir Soundwave42 wrote:If you had to pick which BW character do you think deserves a new mold?
I kinda think it's odd that we haven't yet seen Primal or Megatron.

They already did for the 10 year anniversary it's was those weird techno-organic ones that had cyber planet keys. Weird but still counts. Not to mention the original primal and Megatron are still the best and hold up. Are there spots of improvement? Yes but it's not a necessity.

I bet this will be a 3 pack not unlike the United three packs that have been happening like the seekers. 3 toys, $100-125 pricepoint

Nice!! Must buy them all

What are the chances that these see Hasbro releases?

NuclearConvoy wrote:What are the chances that these see Hasbro releases?

I'll say Slim.

Instant buy!

I'm sold on Slipstream. Here's hoping they get individual releases and don't sell out like the last trio of ladybots did.

was excited for a second. but they are all repaints

this is so cool!! I so need a better job/more money

Twitchythe3rd wrote:I'm sold on Slipstream. Here's hoping they get individual releases and don't sell out like the last trio of ladybots did.

the last trio of fembots were sold individually by Takara! No box set. "Unless you're talking about that sdcc set we just saw"

I'll happily take Slipstream and Blackarachnia. Need to see more of Nightbird before deciding.

griftimus prime wrote:was excited for a second. but they are all repaints

Not quite accurate. They have "retooled" parts. Not necessarily lazy repaints.

Good lord!!! Somebody, quick, direct me to the nearest preorder site now!

First UW Groove, and now this? Man, Takara's really on a roll, here.

Gotta say, seeing a Legends Blackarachnea that isn't BW legitimately makes me upset