Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts

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We've been directed to a handful of side-by-side comparison images showcasing the TakaraTomy releases of Arcee, Chromia and Windblade standing alongside their Hasbro counterparts, courtesy of Twitter user gikogakodo. The main differences are paint decos and tampographs, but said differences do seem to be quite striking when placed next to each other. Unfortunately, it seems there will be a shortage of these figures, according to HLJ (which we reported earlier this morning), so enjoy the images now and keep your fingers crossed that we'll see more of these produced on the Japanese end of things.

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Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650448)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on February 13th, 2015 @ 7:21am CST

I really like that Arcee. If I could get that one, that would be great. Chromia, on the other hand, I think I'll go with the Hasbro version. Both versions of Windblade look good, so I'm glad I got the Hasbro one!

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650455)
Posted by Robogeek1973 on February 13th, 2015 @ 7:42am CST

A shortage of Fembots huh?

Damn, these gals are hard to find no matter WHERE they're released. :shock:

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650457)
Posted by fenrir72 on February 13th, 2015 @ 7:49am CST

hlj still hasn't emailed me yet to pay up.........the wait is killing me! :sad:

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650469)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on February 13th, 2015 @ 8:16am CST

i ordered from HLJ aswell but never got that email, hope that means im good

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650478)
Posted by philswitch engage on February 13th, 2015 @ 8:41am CST

I pre ordered Windblade through BBTS, and have not received any notice from them. Anyone else order from BBTS and gotten any e-mail like this?

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650479)
Posted by Rated X on February 13th, 2015 @ 8:41am CST

Glad I bought from BBTS. Looking at the comparison shots, im happy I also bought the hasbro versions. Fembots are worth double dipping on for my displays.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650480)
Posted by prjkt on February 13th, 2015 @ 8:43am CST

I think the email was only for those who ordered more than one... I've got Windblade on order, as IMO, she's the only one that I believe has a better looking deco than the Hasbro version.

Hopefully my ordered will be fulfilled....

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650486)
Posted by Ravage XK on February 13th, 2015 @ 8:55am CST

I prefer the Hasbro versions of all three. Not much in it for Windblade, Hasbro Chromia looks more colour coordinated and Arcee looks a bit cheaper without the black. It also helps bring out the other colours.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650522)
Posted by Shockwave7 on February 13th, 2015 @ 10:03am CST

Pffft. 'Shortage' of Arcee/Windblade/Chromia? Well, why not? They haven't turned up HERE either....

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650669)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 13th, 2015 @ 2:05pm CST

I'm glad I ordered the Hasbro versions of Arcee and Windblade. I already own Delicate Warrior so Hasbro Arcee can be her own thing while Delicate Warrior can remain my "G1" Arcee. Takara Chromia is "meh". That purple really clash. However, Takara Windblade look deffenitely better. Still, I'll keep my Hasbro one. She's awesome enough!

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650675)
Posted by Cyberpath on February 13th, 2015 @ 2:17pm CST

Just paid for LG10 Arcee!

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650696)
Posted by Mkall on February 13th, 2015 @ 2:34pm CST

My only beef with Takara's Arcee is her unpainted gun. I might find a Hasbro Arcee at some point just for her gun.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650755)
Posted by cramoptimus maximus on February 13th, 2015 @ 3:51pm CST

Agreed, it is irresponsible for manufacturers and some of the transformers specialty stores for offering these figures and agreements of preorder and purchase, and not be able to honor it...

I am still waiting for TFSource to have the decency to notify everyone who preordered MP 10 Eva and say "sorry, you aint getting your preordered figure", if they had done so, I could have bought it from another store before it was too late. Instead, my preorder still stands and will likely go unfulfilled forever...

I hope my preordered fembots find their way home...

U listening TFSouce?

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650780)
Posted by Agamemnon on February 13th, 2015 @ 4:34pm CST

Is it possible that this is some confusion due to Chinese New Year and that the rest of the shipments will be coming in a month or so?

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650826)
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on February 13th, 2015 @ 6:30pm CST

Agamemnon wrote:Is it possible that this is some confusion due to Chinese New Year and that the rest of the shipments will be coming in a month or so?

That's quite possible.

Another possibility is that HasTak couldn't make enough stock in time, what with Chinese New Year being so close, as most workers are preparing for their trip back to their respective hometowns already. Chinese New Year is like the single most important festival in China. You couldn't pay a factory worker enough to stay and make more toys (relatively speaking), as it's likely the only holiday long enough for him to spend time with family and friends in his hometown.

Hopefully we'll see more stock being produced later on.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650844)
Posted by prjkt on February 13th, 2015 @ 7:04pm CST

Damn, Windblade is now showing as "discontinued" in my HLJ order... Whether or not I'll still get one isn't clear atm

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650849)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 13th, 2015 @ 7:12pm CST

Shockwave7 wrote:Pffft. 'Shortage' of Arcee/Windblade/Chromia? Well, why not? They haven't turned up HERE either....

I got my Chromia from Walmart.

Mkall wrote:My only beef with Takara's Arcee is her unpainted gun. I might find a Hasbro Arcee at some point just for her gun.

But the pink gun is show-accurate:

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650874)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 13th, 2015 @ 8:15pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:

http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/the-shit-i-put-up-with.jpg

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1650875)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 13th, 2015 @ 8:20pm CST

Takara going for show-accuracy ought to be a no brainer at this point.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652031)
Posted by Cyberpath on February 16th, 2015 @ 8:19am CST

Got the shipping notice earlier today!

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652052)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on February 16th, 2015 @ 9:50am CST

Cyberpath wrote:Got the shipping notice earlier today!

lucky, i havent even gotten a payment request yet, preorder is still up but all 3 are showing as discontinued. Im worried because this is my first HLJ order so im not sure how things work

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652062)
Posted by fenrir72 on February 16th, 2015 @ 10:16am CST

Cyberpath wrote:Got the shipping notice earlier today!

WTF? I still haven't gotten anything. The email I got today just told me to basically wait while they sort things out. I ordered one of each of the 3 angels. :michaelbay:

If this sh*t hits the fan and hlj won't guarantee my one of each fig order, I'm gonna be raising bloody hell at them! I, for the first time ordered 3 figs at the same time instead of hobbysearch/amiami. I hope I won't regret that decision! :-x

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652063)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on February 16th, 2015 @ 10:19am CST

fenrir72 wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:Got the shipping notice earlier today!

WTF? I still haven't gotten anything. The email I got today just told me to basically wait while they sort things out. I ordered one of each of the 3 angels.

I havent even gotten a wait while they sort things out email, I just sent them an email asking about the order. talk about aggravating

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652074)
Posted by fenrir72 on February 16th, 2015 @ 10:35am CST

Ordered 08/10/2014

hlj offered their stocks at Y 250 less and now they are having troubles fulfilling demand........they're really scaring me!

Here's the email btw

"Thank you for writing. We have received them but the supply was very short. We have reduced the orders for multiple pieces to one piece each, and are now fulfilling them strictly by chronological orders. We cannot guarantee if your order will be fulfilled or not at this point. Please check your order status tomorrow. We apologize for the inconvenience, but your understanding is appreciated.

Best Regards,

Kunihiko Matsugu
HobbyLink Japan "

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652075)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 16th, 2015 @ 10:36am CST

What's the likelihood of Takara doing another run of the three?

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652079)
Posted by Ravage XK on February 16th, 2015 @ 10:40am CST

Sabrblade wrote:What's the likelihood of Takara doing another run of the three?

Nothing drives demand like a shortage, so I think they will.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652196)
Posted by fenrir72 on February 16th, 2015 @ 4:01pm CST

Just got a pay now email request.

We are pleased to inform you that the following item(s) are now reserved for you at HobbyLink Japan. Payment for these items via PayPal is now due, and we ask that you submit your payment within 3 days.

To complete your PayPal or credit card via PayPal payment to us, click the link below or copy and paste into your browser:

Fine. clicked the pay now button. Lesson learned? Stick with your regular supplier despite the first to sell and Y250 less mark down offer. Some things are just TOO good to be true.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652572)
Posted by fenrir72 on February 17th, 2015 @ 7:46pm CST

Calling Sabr!

Who's the fembot at the upper left?

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652604)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 17th, 2015 @ 10:34pm CST

fenrir72 wrote:Calling Sabr!

Who's the fembot at the upper left?

NAVI-ko. Better known in the West as the Predacon computer from Beast Wars. The Japanese dub made the computer have its own girlish personality as though it were its own character. The name itself likely came from when, in the English version, Megatron spoke to the computer in the first episode with the command "Navigation, is this the right planet?" While he was more addressing the computer's navigational system to activate, the Japanese might have mistook this for being the computer's name instead, and shortened it to "NAVI", with the "-ko" suffix added in reference to its feminine voice, for the "-ko" suffix in real life is used for Japanese female names (and literally means "child" on its own). "NAVI-ko" could also be a double meaning pun for "navigational computer".

As for its appearance in this manga, back at the Yokohama Transformers Expo that was held back in August 2014, a short promotional manga was produced during the event that featured NAVI-ko as her own character in a new body based on the Prime Cyberverse Airachnid toy minus the helicopter rotor and given new fins to repurpose her altmode as dolphin.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652613)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on February 17th, 2015 @ 10:53pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:Calling Sabr!

Who's the fembot at the upper left?

NAVI-ko. Better known in the West as the Predacon computer from Beast Wars. The Japanese dub made the computer have its own girlish personality as though it were its own character. The name itself likely came from when, in the English version, Megatron spoke to the computer in the first episode with the command "Navigation, is this the right planet?" While he was more addressing the computer's navigational system to activate, the Japanese might have mistook this for being the computer's name instead, and shortened it to "NAVI", with the "-ko" suffix added in reference to its feminine voice, for the "-ko" suffix in real life is used for Japanese female names (and literally means "child" on its own). "NAVI-ko" could also be a double meaning pun for "navigational computer".

As for its appearance in this manga, back at the Yokohama Transformers Expo that was held back in August 2014, a short promotional manga was produced during the event that featured NAVI-ko as her own character in a new body based on the Prime Cyberverse Airachnid toy minus the helicopter rotor and given new fins to repurpose her altmode as dolphin.

Say what you will about how the Japanese production and reinterpretation of beast wars, that's a really damn adorable use of the Airachnid character model; with some minor modification.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652628)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 17th, 2015 @ 11:30pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:Calling Sabr!

Who's the fembot at the upper left?

NAVI-ko. Better known in the West as the Predacon computer from Beast Wars. The Japanese dub made the computer have its own girlish personality as though it were its own character. The name itself likely came from when, in the English version, Megatron spoke to the computer in the first episode with the command "Navigation, is this the right planet?" While he was more addressing the computer's navigational system to activate, the Japanese might have mistook this for being the computer's name instead, and shortened it to "NAVI", with the "-ko" suffix added in reference to its feminine voice, for the "-ko" suffix in real life is used for Japanese female names (and literally means "child" on its own). "NAVI-ko" could also be a double meaning pun for "navigational computer".

As for its appearance in this manga, back at the Yokohama Transformers Expo that was held back in August 2014, a short promotional manga was produced during the event that featured NAVI-ko as her own character in a new body based on the Prime Cyberverse Airachnid toy minus the helicopter rotor and given new fins to repurpose her altmode as dolphin.

And NOW you guys tell this while there's no more Aircachnid toys to mod.
...
Heeeeeeeyyyyyyy....... I do have a spare Legion one. Time to make my tinyest custom yet!

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652645)
Posted by fenrir72 on February 18th, 2015 @ 12:42am CST

Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:Calling Sabr!

Who's the fembot at the upper left?

NAVI-ko. Better known in the West as the Predacon computer from Beast Wars. The Japanese dub made the computer have its own girlish personality as though it were its own character. The name itself likely came from when, in the English version, Megatron spoke to the computer in the first episode with the command "Navigation, is this the right planet?" While he was more addressing the computer's navigational system to activate, the Japanese might have mistook this for being the computer's name instead, and shortened it to "NAVI", with the "-ko" suffix added in reference to its feminine voice, for the "-ko" suffix in real life is used for Japanese female names (and literally means "child" on its own). "NAVI-ko" could also be a double meaning pun for "navigational computer".

As for its appearance in this manga, back at the Yokohama Transformers Expo that was held back in August 2014, a short promotional manga was produced during the event that featured NAVI-ko as her own character in a new body based on the Prime Cyberverse Airachnid toy minus the helicopter rotor and given new fins to repurpose her altmode as dolphin.

My many thanks AND..................there's no actual figure of her yet? I'd get one in an instant! =P~

Btw, finally got a confirm of my 3 fembots shipping from hlj.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652692)
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on February 18th, 2015 @ 4:07am CST

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:Calling Sabr!

Who's the fembot at the upper left?

NAVI-ko. Better known in the West as the Predacon computer from Beast Wars. The Japanese dub made the computer have its own girlish personality as though it were its own character. The name itself likely came from when, in the English version, Megatron spoke to the computer in the first episode with the command "Navigation, is this the right planet?" While he was more addressing the computer's navigational system to activate, the Japanese might have mistook this for being the computer's name instead, and shortened it to "NAVI", with the "-ko" suffix added in reference to its feminine voice, for the "-ko" suffix in real life is used for Japanese female names (and literally means "child" on its own). "NAVI-ko" could also be a double meaning pun for "navigational computer".

As for its appearance in this manga, back at the Yokohama Transformers Expo that was held back in August 2014, a short promotional manga was produced during the event that featured NAVI-ko as her own character in a new body based on the Prime Cyberverse Airachnid toy minus the helicopter rotor and given new fins to repurpose her altmode as dolphin.

And NOW you guys tell this while there's no more Aircachnid toys to mod.
...

Tell me about it. Airachnid figs were flooding the shelves of my local TRU's for ages, until AOE came along. Had I seen this, I'd have my very own custom NAVI-ko-chan on my desktop right now. :BANG_HEAD:

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652705)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 18th, 2015 @ 4:27am CST

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Tell me about it. Airachnid figs were flooding the shelves of my local TRU's for ages, until AOE came along. Had I seen this, I'd have my very own custom NAVI-ko-chan on my desktop right now.

To be fair, the deluxe figure is horrible and would have proven quite difficult to mod. However, the Legend figure is not too bad and she'll be cute as a button and in scale!

This will also be a challenge for me, to make a tiny weeny custom instead of making a voyager/ultra sized one.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652740)
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on February 18th, 2015 @ 6:38am CST

-Kanrabat- wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Tell me about it. Airachnid figs were flooding the shelves of my local TRU's for ages, until AOE came along. Had I seen this, I'd have my very own custom NAVI-ko-chan on my desktop right now.

To be fair, the deluxe figure is horrible and would have proven quite difficult to mod. However, the Legend figure is not too bad and she'll be cute as a button and in scale!

This will also be a challenge for me, to make a tiny weeny custom instead of making a voyager/ultra sized one.

Ah, but you forget that I've got a 3d printer.

I'm not saying it'll be easy, but I could technically replace the problematic parts with custom designed ones.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1652757)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on February 18th, 2015 @ 7:42am CST

got a reply back from HLJ, seems i may be out of luck with them

Thank you for writing, and for your patience as we were waiting on an update from the manufacturer about these items.

Unfortunately, due to unexpectedly low production numbers of TKT81690, TKT81295, and TKT81296, we received a much smaller shipment of these items than we ordered. Orders are filled in exact chronological order, and we're afraid stock ran out before your order and the orders of some other customers could be filled.

We do not anticipate receiving additional stock, but are keeping your order on file as long as there is a chance a cancellation could fill your order. These items may become available for your order if other customers cancel their orders.

If all stock is allocated to other customers without being able to fill your order, our orders department will e-mail you to let you know.

In the meantime, if you would prefer to seek these items elsewhere, the My Account system (accessible by clicking "My Account" on the top right of pages on http://www.hlj.com?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post) will allow you to cancel items anytime before they enter payment processing.

We’d like to sincerely apologize for this situation and any inconvenience and disappointment it may have caused. Thanks once again for your patience, and for your business with us!

was still able to preorder windblade and chromia through BBTS but Arcee i had to go to ebay for

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Posted by fenrir72 on February 18th, 2015 @ 8:19am CST

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Tell me about it. Airachnid figs were flooding the shelves of my local TRU's for ages, until AOE came along. Had I seen this, I'd have my very own custom NAVI-ko-chan on my desktop right now.

To be fair, the deluxe figure is horrible and would have proven quite difficult to mod. However, the Legend figure is not too bad and she'll be cute as a button and in scale!

This will also be a challenge for me, to make a tiny weeny custom instead of making a voyager/ultra sized one.

Ah, but you forget that I've got a 3d printer. I'm not saying it'll be easy, but I could technically replace the problematic parts with custom designed ones.

Looking forward to it. :APPLAUSE:

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Posted by Sabrblade on February 18th, 2015 @ 9:39am CST

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Had I seen this, I'd have my very own custom NAVI-ko-chan on my desktop right now.

Don't use "-ko" and "-chan" together. They're both honorifics. "NAVI-chan" is already taken by the computers of both the Maximal ship Yukikaze in Beast Wars Second and the Maximal ship Gung Ho in Beast Wars Neo.

As an aside, the Predacons of Beast Wars Neo also had a NAVI for their ship Dinosaur, DNAVI.

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Posted by shajaki on February 18th, 2015 @ 1:03pm CST

just got my notification, BBTS has my takara ladies in my pile of loot :DANCE:

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Posted by prjkt on February 18th, 2015 @ 3:16pm CST

Ja, just got Windblade - listed as Sub-standard packaging, but I only put my preorder in on 13/02, so as long as Windblade inside is good, I'm good. Cancelled my preorder on HLJ

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Posted by grimdragon2001 on February 18th, 2015 @ 4:10pm CST

chromia and windblade came in at bbts, wish i didnt cancel with them when i preordered at hlj, but did manage to get an arcee on ebay *sigh*

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Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on February 18th, 2015 @ 6:54pm CST

fenrir72 wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Tell me about it. Airachnid figs were flooding the shelves of my local TRU's for ages, until AOE came along. Had I seen this, I'd have my very own custom NAVI-ko-chan on my desktop right now.

To be fair, the deluxe figure is horrible and would have proven quite difficult to mod. However, the Legend figure is not too bad and she'll be cute as a button and in scale!

This will also be a challenge for me, to make a tiny weeny custom instead of making a voyager/ultra sized one.

Ah, but you forget that I've got a 3d printer. I'm not saying it'll be easy, but I could technically replace the problematic parts with custom designed ones.

Looking forward to it.

Thanks very much for the encouraging words, fen, but everything hinges on me actually finding an Airachnid figure for cheap. Cuz I sure as hell ain't paying evilbay prices for that thing. :lol:

Sabrblade wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Had I seen this, I'd have my very own custom NAVI-ko-chan on my desktop right now.
Don't use "-ko" and "-chan" together. They're both honorifics. "NAVI-chan" is already taken by the computers of both the Maximal ship Yukikaze in Beast Wars Second and the Maximal ship Gung Ho in Beast Wars Neo.

As an aside, the Predacons of Beast Wars Neo also had a NAVI for their ship Dinosaur, DNAVI.

I see. I sort of took it that NAVI-ko was like a traditional Japanese name for girls, as in Setsuko or Kyoko, where the kanji character "ko" (meaning child) is popularly used in combination with other kanji characters to form girl's names.

You always learn something new from Sabrblade.

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Posted by fenrir72 on February 18th, 2015 @ 7:21pm CST

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Tell me about it. Airachnid figs were flooding the shelves of my local TRU's for ages, until AOE came along. Had I seen this, I'd have my very own custom NAVI-ko-chan on my desktop right now.

To be fair, the deluxe figure is horrible and would have proven quite difficult to mod. However, the Legend figure is not too bad and she'll be cute as a button and in scale!

This will also be a challenge for me, to make a tiny weeny custom instead of making a voyager/ultra sized one.

Ah, but you forget that I've got a 3d printer. I'm not saying it'll be easy, but I could technically replace the problematic parts with custom designed ones.

Looking forward to it.

Thanks very much for the encouraging words, fen, but everything hinges on me actually finding an Airachnid figure for cheap. Cuz I sure as hell ain't paying evilbay prices for that thing.

Sabrblade wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Had I seen this, I'd have my very own custom NAVI-ko-chan on my desktop right now.
Don't use "-ko" and "-chan" together. They're both honorifics. "NAVI-chan" is already taken by the computers of both the Maximal ship Yukikaze in Beast Wars Second and the Maximal ship Gung Ho in Beast Wars Neo.

As an aside, the Predacons of Beast Wars Neo also had a NAVI for their ship Dinosaur, DNAVI.

I see. I sort of took it that NAVI-ko was like a traditional Japanese name for girls, as in Setsuko or Kyoko, where the kanji character "ko" (meaning child) is popularly used in combination with other kanji characters to form girl's names.

You always learn something new from Sabrblade.

Aside from encouragement for that customs you plan to build, really hope Tomy can turn this into reality.

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Posted by grimdragon2001 on February 18th, 2015 @ 7:29pm CST

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
Thanks very much for the encouraging words, fen, but everything hinges on me actually finding an Airachnid figure for cheap. Cuz I sure as hell ain't paying evilbay prices for that thing.

not sure if its cheap enough, but amazon seems to have her for $18 shipped, at least for now

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Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on February 18th, 2015 @ 9:33pm CST

fenrir72 wrote:Aside from encouragement for that customs you plan to build, really hope Tomy can turn this into reality.

I'd love to see that myself, as long as it's an original mold or at least a heavily modified version of Airachnid to fix the problems on that awful toy.

grimdragon2001 wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
Thanks very much for the encouraging words, fen, but everything hinges on me actually finding an Airachnid figure for cheap. Cuz I sure as hell ain't paying evilbay prices for that thing.

not sure if its cheap enough, but amazon seems to have her for $18 shipped, at least for now

Thanks for telling, GrimDragon! I don't live in the US, so Amazon might not even ship it to me. But thanks anyway!

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1653122)
Posted by Ravage XK on February 19th, 2015 @ 3:05am CST

If you cant get the Takara versions there is nothing wrong with the Hasbro version of the trio.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1653136)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 19th, 2015 @ 4:38am CST

I prefer Hasbro Arcee because I already have her "true G1" self: Delicate Warrior. IDW Arcee look more bad-ass with those black touches.

Takara Chyromia's colors clash horribly. those purple parts are just wrong, so Hasbro all the way.

Takara Windblade is the superior one. More red and a better facepaint. However, I already have the hasbro so I not paying 40$ for her.

Beside, even if I wanted the Takaras, I'd be screwed anyway.
Speaking of fembots, I odered CC Splitstream from Chimumg for only 60$ shipped!

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1653578)
Posted by MemphisR56 on February 20th, 2015 @ 5:51am CST

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:Aside from encouragement for that customs you plan to build, really hope Tomy can turn this into reality.

I'd love to see that myself, as long as it's an original mold or at least a heavily modified version of Airachnid to fix the problems on that awful toy.

grimdragon2001 wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
Thanks very much for the encouraging words, fen, but everything hinges on me actually finding an Airachnid figure for cheap. Cuz I sure as hell ain't paying evilbay prices for that thing.

not sure if its cheap enough, but amazon seems to have her for $18 shipped, at least for now

Thanks for telling, GrimDragon! I don't live in the US, so Amazon might not even ship it to me. But thanks anyway!

Where are you at Skywarped?

I'm selling off my prime stuff atm, and I have deluxe airachnid, mine's somewhat customised by way of a minor paint overhaul to add back some of the gold apps she has in the show, PM me if you're interested.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1653583)
Posted by Burn on February 20th, 2015 @ 6:27am CST

Contacted HLJ and I've missed out as well.

To be perfectly honest, it's disheartening. I haven't enjoyed collecting as of late due to dislike of a lot of figures and poor distribution into my area. So I relied a lot on Japanese releases. Now it seems I can't even do that.

Oh sure ... get them from America. That's an option, but with a poor Australian dollar it's not exactly affordable either.

Re: Legends Arcee, Chromia And Windblade Comparison Images With Hasbro Counterparts (1653694)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 20th, 2015 @ 11:21am CST

MemphisR56 wrote:Where are you at Skywarped?

He's in Malaysia. So, shipping is an issue.

Burn wrote:Contacted HLJ and I've missed out as well.

To be perfectly honest, it's disheartening. I haven't enjoyed collecting as of late due to dislike of a lot of figures and poor distribution into my area. So I relied a lot on Japanese releases. Now it seems I can't even do that.

Oh sure ... get them from America. That's an option, but with a poor Australian dollar it's not exactly affordable either.

Tell me about it. The Canadian $ does not fare better either. Around 75¢CAn for every US$. Add shipping, still in US$ and a possible hefty custom fee, and you can buy way less than you used to be.

I ordered Hasbro Arcee and Chromia from BBTS because I'm losing hope to ever see them live in store. Also, the girls are sold out everywhere, even the Hasbro ones! So, I had to bite the bullet and pay almost 35$CAN total each figures. Maybe more if the custom guys feel like dicks.

Sigh... At least, I don't have to pay for oversea shipping so that's that.

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