More images of Takara Legends Bumblebee, Targetmaster Slugslinger, Perceptor and Octane
Tuesday, July 11th, 2017 6:03AM CDT
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Posted by Burn on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:07am CDT
How much of your soul is left these days Va'al?
Posted by Cyberpath on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:09am CDT
Posted by Albatross250 on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:09am CDT
WAIT A SEC...
Damn you , you made Slugslinger in Sonic Colours , i guess he'll be collecting Rings now
Posted by Randomhero on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:10am CDT
Posted by Cyberpath on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:28am CDT
Posted by Kurona on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:36am CDT
Bumblebee is a straight-up improvement, but eh, I'm happy with my Hasbro version.
Posted by Albatross250 on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:39am CDT
Kurona wrote:Gotta say, the extra detailing on Slugslinger's shoulders and quadruple-nipples really help him pop. I do prefer the bottom of the cockpits being white from Hasbro's version though.
I admit he looks like Sonic due to the color paint applied. my mind says "Is he gonna collect Rings or some Emeralds?"
Posted by frogbat on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:39am CDT
Otherwise some lovely toys, but as usual I'll be sticking to the hasbro versions.
Posted by Albatross250 on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:43am CDT
frogbat wrote:must admit that i was confused as to what that starscream head was supposed to be. An interesting idea but a bit poorly executed i think.
Otherwise some lovely toys, but as usual I'll be sticking to the hasbro versions.
It's a repaint from Quake's Head
Posted by Kurona on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:44am CDT
Albatross250 wrote:frogbat wrote:must admit that i was confused as to what that starscream head was supposed to be. An interesting idea but a bit poorly executed i think.
Otherwise some lovely toys, but as usual I'll be sticking to the hasbro versions.
It's a repaint from Quake's Head
... dude, you're totally right! How did I miss that?!
Posted by Albatross250 on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:48am CDT
Stole Quake's idea and turned it into a minimashed Starscream
Sneaky and Clever-wise
There's a chance now that me might get an Headmaster of Krok
There's also Quake released in Japan( Hasbro, of course), and Takara Tomy get their creativity of creating a mini-headmaster thus, Ghost Starscream (no not the UW one, the Headmaster one.) is born.
Let's Backtrack a bit, look at Quake's Head
and then look at the Starscream one. Confirmed Repainted
Posted by frogbat on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:52am CDT
Albatross250 wrote:frogbat wrote:must admit that i was confused as to what that starscream head was supposed to be. An interesting idea but a bit poorly executed i think.
Otherwise some lovely toys, but as usual I'll be sticking to the hasbro versions.
It's a repaint from Quake's Head
Cheers! well spotted.
Also though I do prefer takara's additional paint apps on the TR figures - that face on spike... looks a bit creepy.
Posted by DMSL on July 11th, 2017 @ 6:58am CDT
Posted by Cyberpath on July 11th, 2017 @ 7:13am CDT
Posted by Cyberpath on July 11th, 2017 @ 7:14am CDT
Kurona wrote:Albatross250 wrote:frogbat wrote:must admit that i was confused as to what that starscream head was supposed to be. An interesting idea but a bit poorly executed i think.
Otherwise some lovely toys, but as usual I'll be sticking to the hasbro versions.
It's a repaint from Quake's Head
... dude, you're totally right! How did I miss that?!
Looks like a new mold.
Posted by RAR on July 11th, 2017 @ 7:19am CDT
Posted by Kurona on July 11th, 2017 @ 7:20am CDT
Posted by Kurona on July 11th, 2017 @ 7:21am CDT
RAR wrote:I wanna see Spike's Head mode.
It's essentially the exact same as Hasbro Cerebros.
Posted by Randomhero on July 11th, 2017 @ 7:36am CDT
Kurona wrote:RAR wrote:I wanna see Spike's Head mode.
It's essentially the exact same as Hasbro Cerebros.
It looks different different right? Those are two different cerebros heads. What the hell is the point in that? Just use the Hasbro mold Takara.
Posted by Cyberpath on July 11th, 2017 @ 7:57am CDT
Posted by kurthy on July 11th, 2017 @ 8:22am CDT
LG56 Perceptor (with Shuffler weapon)
Shouldn't that say Ramhorn weapon?
Posted by Randomhero on July 11th, 2017 @ 8:23am CDT
It's a straight up seeker head with vents on the side. Quakes head doesn't have vents and the top of his head makes a point. Totally not the same
Posted by Randomhero on July 11th, 2017 @ 8:28am CDT
RAR wrote:I wanna see Spike's Head mode.
There's already one. Go to the preview page
Posted by Rated X on July 11th, 2017 @ 8:35am CDT
Posted by Omegatron. on July 11th, 2017 @ 8:40am CDT
Kurona wrote:So... yeah, there doesn't seem to be much of a difference between Hasbro and Takara Perceptors at all. And despite the lack of a yellow headstripe thing, I think I prefer the minor differences on Hasbro's. Lucky me~
There is one fairly significant difference that I can see, Legends Perceptor doesn't have the toy-style tampos on the outsides of his legs that TR Perceptor has.
Posted by Randomhero on July 11th, 2017 @ 8:56am CDT
Rated X wrote:Heres hoping Renderform goes back to his previous success and starts making bumper and hubcap heads for Hasbro bumblebee. And while hes at it do Cliffjumper heads for Chase. Its not like there gonna do all 6 Throttlebots in different unique molds so f**k it.
It took 3 years to get the three insecticons and with TR brawn 11 years to compelete the entire 84 roster in classics form. Patience is a virtue
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on July 11th, 2017 @ 8:59am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 11th, 2017 @ 9:07am CDT
Cyberpath wrote:Kurona wrote:Albatross250 wrote:frogbat wrote:must admit that i was confused as to what that starscream head was supposed to be. An interesting idea but a bit poorly executed i think.
Otherwise some lovely toys, but as usual I'll be sticking to the hasbro versions.
It's a repaint from Quake's Head
... dude, you're totally right! How did I miss that?!
Looks like a new mold.
It is a new mold, I have no clue how it can be seen as Quake`s head when he has that crest in the middle while Starscream's is a whole square.
Maybe I am blind but I just really do not see it in any way.
Also, while i do preffer the colours on Takara`s Slugslinger, I am just not down on paying that much for a toy when I can get the Hasbro version for 1 quater of the cost. Plus, since the G1 toy has sentimental value, I really like the tampos Hasbro gave him on his shins to replicate the G1 stickers.
Posted by Kurona on July 11th, 2017 @ 9:12am CDT
Rated X wrote:Heres hoping Renderform goes back to his previous success and starts making bumper and hubcap heads for Hasbro bumblebee. And while hes at it do Cliffjumper heads for Chase. Its not like there gonna do all 6 Throttlebots in different unique molds so f**k it.
Shapeways already has Cliffjumper and Hubcap heads for those molds if that's up your alley
I do agree with Will here. Slugslinger and Bumblebee are generally better versions of their Hasbro counterparts but not enough to import; and the differences on Octane and Perceptor are negligible and I think I prefer the Hasbro versions anyway. Bit of a shame the two companies didn't go for different incarnations and representations like most of the TR molds
Posted by Kurona on July 11th, 2017 @ 9:19am CDT
Posted by Kurona on July 11th, 2017 @ 9:25am CDT
Posted by Evil Eye on July 11th, 2017 @ 9:37am CDT
Bumblebee is a straight-up improvement in every way.
Perceptor is OK I guess. Not hugely impressive but the Ramhorn vehicle is nice.
Octane looks very good, though I still can't take that jet mode seriously. But a Ghost Starscream headmaster? Awesome!
Posted by Randomhero on July 11th, 2017 @ 9:37am CDT
Kurona wrote:I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots!
Hey at least it's not as bad as when dreamwave literraly brought it up in the comics asking why do they have cockpits and why they are out of scale with the rest of the universe and not even answering it. It wasn't even rhetorical! Shockwave saying his grand scheme and saying this stuff and not even explaining why. And I say him explaining his scheme when he actually didn't even do that.
I'll give the Aligned continuity credit, they did explain why they all have seats and cockpits and it did make sense.
Posted by Cyberpath on July 11th, 2017 @ 9:37am CDT
Kurona wrote:I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots!
Well, sometimes Transformers give each other rides. He can carry more with two cockpits?
Posted by Albatross250 on July 11th, 2017 @ 9:41am CDT
Randomhero wrote:Yeah what is everyone on? That is not quakes head repainted as starscream. It's completely different
It's a straight up seeker head with vents on the side. Quakes head doesn't have vents and the top of his head makes a point. Totally not the same
But it is a retool of quake lol
Posted by Kurona on July 11th, 2017 @ 9:42am CDT
Cyberpath wrote:Kurona wrote:I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots!
Well, sometimes Transformers give each other rides. He can carry more with two cockpits?
Budget Astrotrain!
Posted by Albatross250 on July 11th, 2017 @ 9:42am CDT
Albatross250 wrote:Nice Color Scheme...
WAIT A SEC...
Damn you , you made Slugslinger in Sonic Colours , i guess he'll be collecting Rings now
Gotta Go Fast
Posted by MaverickPrime on July 11th, 2017 @ 9:58am CDT
Cyberpath wrote:Kurona wrote:I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots!
Well, sometimes Transformers give each other rides. He can carry more with two cockpits?
When they do an official MP Huffer it better have a micro Hoist driver!!!
As for the figures, Bee looks better in the warmer yellow, Perceptor looks almost identical but Ramhorn looks gorgeous, I wonder if his inclussion has something to do with the Autobot Intelligence Ops 2 pack.
Slugslinger looks pretty, but I prefer Hasbro's more unique shade of blue,wish it had used a visored toy head, though.
Octane looks also very similar, but the darker colors work really well AND GHOST STARSCREAM HEADMASTER! He can literally take over others now!
Posted by Sabrblade on July 11th, 2017 @ 10:17am CDT
I'll say. That's like the one corner of the multiverse that actually did bother to explain the cockpits.Randomhero wrote:Kurona wrote:I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots!
Hey at least it's not as bad as when dreamwave literraly brought it up in the comics asking why do they have cockpits and why they are out of scale with the rest of the universe and not even answering it. It wasn't even rhetorical! Shockwave saying his grand scheme and saying this stuff and not even explaining why. And I say him explaining his scheme when he actually didn't even do that.
I'll give the Aligned continuity credit, they did explain why they all have seats and cockpits and it did make sense.
Posted by Sigma Magnus on July 11th, 2017 @ 10:20am CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on July 11th, 2017 @ 12:14pm CDT
kurthy wrote:LG56 Perceptor (with Shuffler weapon)
Shouldn't that say Ramhorn weapon?
Yes, please, update the news stories! You're not doing justice to the Legends release of Perceptor if you don't let people know that it's the Ramhorn version of the mold, decoed as Ramhorn himself, no less, and not a generic Shuffler version with different colors.
Also, Takara was pretty genius with what they did with the shoulder pylons for Octane. Flip them up and forward to mimic Starscream's intakes when using Starscream's ghost head as the Headmaster. Leave them down to look more like the Octane G1 cartoon character model. Finally, you can rotate the red sides out to homage the red circles on Octane's outer shoulders from the G1 toy! That's a lot of versatility for a single toy on top of it being a Headmaster triple changer with two different heads to use!
Posted by Randomhero on July 11th, 2017 @ 12:16pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I'll say. That's like the one corner of the multiverse that actually did bother to explain the cockpits.Randomhero wrote:Kurona wrote:I think the most striking one is Slugslinger as it highlights just how much that bit of blue under the cockpit does for the accuracy and how much it makes him stand out. Only problem is that I ended up looking at it too long and started wondering why on Cybertron a vehicle would need two separate cockpits. Bad Kurona! Stop trying to bring logic and sense into dumb space robots!
Hey at least it's not as bad as when dreamwave literraly brought it up in the comics asking why do they have cockpits and why they are out of scale with the rest of the universe and not even answering it. It wasn't even rhetorical! Shockwave saying his grand scheme and saying this stuff and not even explaining why. And I say him explaining his scheme when he actually didn't even do that.
I'll give the Aligned continuity credit, they did explain why they all have seats and cockpits and it did make sense.
Exactly! Why? Quintessons. They're lazy. That's it.
Posted by leokearon on July 11th, 2017 @ 12:16pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 11th, 2017 @ 12:21pm CDT
Which itself was based on the head of WFC/FOC Starscream:
Posted by Wolfman Jake on July 11th, 2017 @ 12:22pm CDT
leokearon wrote:I live the Ghost of Starscream idea, just not a fan of the transparent plastic
But, that's what makes him a g-g-g-ghooooooost!
Posted by Evil Eye on July 11th, 2017 @ 12:31pm CDT
EDIT: A bit like this...
Obviosuly not to quite such an extent, but you get the idea.
Posted by autobot00 on July 11th, 2017 @ 12:51pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 11th, 2017 @ 12:53pm CDT
That's more "zombie" Starscream than "ghost" Starscream.Black Hat wrote:I know it kind of defeats the purpose of Ghost Starscream (an easy redeco that everyone wants because GHOST STARSCREAM) but I'd like a Ghost Starscream with slight retooling to him in addition to being made of clear plastic to make him look extra ghostly- a different expression, cracks and "wounds" to make him look more undead (so add some holes to his wings exposing the superstructure beneath and make his cockpit look "shattered" for example), some parts bei8ng wreathed in (removable?) sculpted ethereal flame, etc.
EDIT: A bit like this...
Obviosuly not to quite such an extent, but you get the idea.
Posted by Evil Eye on July 11th, 2017 @ 12:58pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:That's more "zombie" Starscream than "ghost" Starscream.Black Hat wrote:I know it kind of defeats the purpose of Ghost Starscream (an easy redeco that everyone wants because GHOST STARSCREAM) but I'd like a Ghost Starscream with slight retooling to him in addition to being made of clear plastic to make him look extra ghostly- a different expression, cracks and "wounds" to make him look more undead (so add some holes to his wings exposing the superstructure beneath and make his cockpit look "shattered" for example), some parts bei8ng wreathed in (removable?) sculpted ethereal flame, etc.
EDIT: A bit like this...
Obviosuly not to quite such an extent, but you get the idea.
True, though sometimes ghosts are portrayed as fairly decayed/zombie-like. It'd also potentially work for a "semi-physical" version of the Spectral Screamer, as if his physical body was only just held together through Unicron's power and Starscream's sheer bloody-mindedness. Plus, Starscream I can imagine wanting to scare the armour plating off of anyone he comes across.
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on July 11th, 2017 @ 3:12pm CDT
kurthy wrote:LG56 Perceptor (with Shuffler weapon)
Shouldn't that say Ramhorn weapon?
Yeah, no kidding. You can clearly see the rhino mode in the photos even.
Randomhero wrote:Rated X wrote:Heres hoping Renderform goes back to his previous success and starts making bumper and hubcap heads for Hasbro bumblebee. And while hes at it do Cliffjumper heads for Chase. Its not like there gonna do all 6 Throttlebots in different unique molds so f**k it.
It took 3 years to get the three insecticons and with TR brawn 11 years to compelete the entire 84 roster in classics form. Patience is a virtue
The '84 roster's only technically complete at that. We're still waiting on a cartoon-scale matched set (the Seekers are a size class too small, Huffer's too small, CJ's too big..), Optimus' trailer, a better Ratchet and Ironhide, and a non-lazy Sunstreaker.