More Images of Takara Tomy Transformers 10th Anniversary Movie Reissues

Dr Va'al wrote:Via Loopaza Mega Store on Facebook, who have scanned the latest issue of hobby magazine Figure King, we have some more images of the Takara Tomy 10th Anniversary Transformers Movie figures, with special spotlight on Leader class Optimus Prime. You can check out the images mirrored below, and join the conversation in the Energon Pub!

Note: the scans also include extra information on MP-36 Megatron - we'll be covering this in another story shortly

Hi-Res Scan Figure King No. 226 Transformers

This month Japanese Magazine "Figure King" of Transformers covering the reformat of the Leader Class Optimus Prime which is originally from ROTF. The latest retool version featuring movable hands with the knuckle parts and weapon accessories.

Not a lazy re-issue but actually with new features! Takara can suck at times with their ambitious Tracks/Roadrage mold but this one looks like a home run!

fenrir72 wrote:Not a lazy re-issue but actually with new features! Takara can suck at times with their ambitious Tracks/Roadrage mold but this one looks like a home run!

What's new in this release that wasn't already in previous Asia Premium Series releases?

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Not a lazy re-issue but actually with new features! Takara can suck at times with their ambitious Tracks/Roadrage mold but this one looks like a home run!

What's new in this release that wasn't already in previous Asia Premium Series releases?

Fingers? At least that's what the headline in another site tformers.com presented.

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Not a lazy re-issue but actually with new features! Takara can suck at times with their ambitious Tracks/Roadrage mold but this one looks like a home run!

What's new in this release that wasn't already in previous Asia Premium Series releases?

Fingers? At least that's what the headline in another site tformers.com presented.

From the latest APS version.

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Not a lazy re-issue but actually with new features! Takara can suck at times with their ambitious Tracks/Roadrage mold but this one looks like a home run!

What's new in this release that wasn't already in previous Asia Premium Series releases?

Fingers? At least that's what the headline in another site tformers.com presented.

From the latest APS version.

What I stated. Poseable fingers.What is the issue then? Accuracy of my post? Was it inaccurate with the fingers thingie?

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Not a lazy re-issue but actually with new features! Takara can suck at times with their ambitious Tracks/Roadrage mold but this one looks like a home run!

What's new in this release that wasn't already in previous Asia Premium Series releases?

Fingers? At least that's what the headline in another site tformers.com presented.

From the latest APS version.

What I stated. Poseable fingers.What is the issue then? Accuracy of my post? Was it inaccurate with the fingers thingie?

I was asking what was new for this release that wasn't in the APS versions. You suggested the fingers, which I answered as those having already been in the most recent APS version.

Takara has not done anything new with this toy. Every feature comes from a previous release of the figure. However the combination of features is new. It's the first time he comes with the knuckle AND a faceplate at the same time for instance. But Takara hasnt made any new feature that wasnt there before.

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Not a lazy re-issue but actually with new features! Takara can suck at times with their ambitious Tracks/Roadrage mold but this one looks like a home run!

What's new in this release that wasn't already in previous Asia Premium Series releases?

Fingers? At least that's what the headline in another site tformers.com presented.

From the latest APS version.

What I stated. Poseable fingers.What is the issue then? Accuracy of my post? Was it inaccurate with the fingers thingie?

I was asking what was new for this release that wasn't in the APS versions. You suggested the fingers, which I answered as those having already been in the most recent APS version.

And the source I read this issue from (okay Burn don't go ballistic with this)

http://tformers.com/mb-11-10th-annivers ... /news.html

made a big fuss for articulated fingers. Maybe not all people are aware of this feature. Maybe you could confirm if the original mold of this figure never had "articulated fingers".

Then this re-issue is just is one of the many GREAT examples of how Takara goes an extra mile with their versions (which is a 5/5 to me) like UW Devs (elbows, weapons, two faces) UW Bruticus with Blastoff etc etc

The articulated fingers are not new, as stated. But the feature was planned for the original RotF release, making it to the stock photo stage. However, the economic crisis of 2008 meant that the parts count had to be lowered a bit, and designs simplified. Starscream, Sideways, Rampage and Optimus Prime were the most noticeably affected, in the latter case the hands became solid pieces:



This was kept for all iterations of the mold until the APS-01U Optimus Prime Ultimate Edition. That release has both the Jetwing and Striker accessories, and even adds 2-2-1 articulated fingers, plus a knuckle buster and battle hooks. It's that release the 10th Anniversary release is based on.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:The articulated fingers are not new, as stated. But the feature was planned for the original RotF release, making it to the stock photo stage. However, the economic crisis of 2008 meant that the parts count had to be lowered a bit, and designs simplified. Starscream, Sideways, Rampage and Optimus Prime were the most noticeably affected, in the latter case the hands became solid pieces:



This was kept for all iterations of the mold until the APS-01U Optimus Prime Ultimate Edition. That release has both the Jetwing and Striker accessories, and even adds 2-2-1 articulated fingers, plus a knuckle buster and battle hooks. It's that release the 10th Anniversary release is based on.

So hip hip hurray then! Takara did give us an extra incentive to get these beauties!

fenrir72 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:This was kept for all iterations of the mold until the APS-01U Optimus Prime Ultimate Edition. That release has both the Jetwing and Striker accessories, and even adds 2-2-1 articulated fingers, plus a knuckle buster and battle hooks. It's that release the 10th Anniversary release is based on.

So hip hip hurray then! Takara did give us an extra incentive to get these beauties!

They gave us nothing new. This feature is already available in the APS-01U release, which came out last year, as Jelze just stated. You can see those same hands in the pic below showing that release (of last year):



So Tformers is incorrect, I dont know why they made a big deal out of this.

The only thing Takara did with this, is release that same toy (with the faceplate versin of the ROTF headsculpt) at a lower price point due to not giving as many accessories.

So now we can own the best version of OP for 70-100$ instead of over 200$. That's awesome of takara even though there is are no new features in this release.

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:This was kept for all iterations of the mold until the APS-01U Optimus Prime Ultimate Edition. That release has both the Jetwing and Striker accessories, and even adds 2-2-1 articulated fingers, plus a knuckle buster and battle hooks. It's that release the 10th Anniversary release is based on.

So hip hip hurray then! Takara did give us an extra incentive to get these beauties!

They gave us nothing new. This feature is already available in the APS-01U release, which came out last year, as Jelze just stated. You can see those same hands in the pic below showing that release (of last year):



So Tformers is incorrect, I dont know why they made a big deal out of this.

The only thing Takara did with this, is release that same toy (with the faceplate versin of the ROTF headsculpt) at a lower price point due to not giving as many accessories.

So now we can own the best version of OP for 70-100$ instead of over 200$. That's awesome of takara even though there is are no new features in this release.

So we get a cheaper face-plated version, no accessories hence cheaper version. As for the ethics of correcting another site's reports..........I'm staying away from that with a 10 foot pole.

10th Anniversary Optimus Prime comes with:

- Ion Blaster from the Buster Optimus Prime version.
- Battle Blades from the Striker Optimus release.
- Battle Hooks from the Ultimate Edition.
- Knuckle from the Ultimate Edition.

Really, the only things removed are the Jetwing backpack and guns, and Striker's Stealth Force Mode attachments.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:10th Anniversary Optimus Prime comes with:

- Ion Blaster from the Buster Optimus Prime version.
- Battle Blades from the Striker Optimus release.
- Battle Hooks from the Ultimate Edition.
- Knuckle from the Ultimate Edition.

Really, the only things removed are the Jetwing backpack and guns, and Striker's Stealth Force Mode attachments.

As well as the allspark.

best version of movie optimus prime ever!

It has been a few months that we are aware of Takara's plans for the 10th anniversary of the first live action Transformers film. What we didn't know was what the MB stood for in the item numbering, like MB-11 (which is a rerelease of Leader Prime). People thought it was short for Michael Bay. But no, it was revealed today that the line is called Movie the Best, meaning that this is Takara's choice for the best molds to represent the toys in a certain scale. Leader Optimus is an outlier (being number 11) since he is simply a chance to release the recent APS-01U Optimus Prime toy in Japan.

We mirrored the images below so that you can get a reminder of what they look like. These are coming out within two months, will you be getting any?

Heh, "Transformers: Movie The Best" is so delightfully Engrishy a name. It reminds me of some Kamen Rider names.

Sabrblade wrote:Heh, "Transformers: Movie The Best" is so delightfully Engrishy a name. It reminds me of some Kamen Rider names.

Kamen Rider: The First, Kamen Rider: The Next and Kamen Rider TheBee from Kabuto I'm guessing?

I still like my "Movie Birthday" a lot better.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Heh, "Transformers: Movie The Best" is so delightfully Engrishy a name. It reminds me of some Kamen Rider names.

Kamen Rider: The First, Kamen Rider: The Next and Kamen Rider TheBee from Kabuto I'm guessing?

I still like my "Movie Birthday" a lot better.

I wonder how many stores will say "Zabest" like they did with TheBee.

Even in the videogame industry, games that are best sellers get the same "the best" labels. "Playstation the Best. Or like a Yoda speak, technically the best Playstation omitting "games"

What about Milton Bradley? Motor Breath? Mind Blowing?

Bad jokes aside, I'm pretty excited about getting Leader Prime again, and with it being a reissue of the second Asia Premium Series Prime (without the Jetwing accessories) makes him a little more accessible for my budget.

Even though that Leader class O.P. causes me almost nothing but pain, I want it. I want it very much.

Is a fine selection of figures despite some obvious scale issues with each other. Still happy with my modified voyager Grimlock, Deluxe Bee and Eva Prime so I don't need those. I do miss my old Buster Prime though so that new version would be nice.

Kinda want the Leader Prime, even if I don't like the design, it's one of those toys you should own during your lifetime.

I've got both Primes and Shockwave on order, they're the only ones I'm really interested in. It would be one thing if these were being spread out better, but all of these in two months alongside other releases is far too much.

And yeah, Playstation the Best was the first thing I thought of when seeing this title. Engrish, gotta love it.



Emerje

Thanks to zairj2010 on Taobao, we have a pair of new images for the upcoming Takara 'Movie the Best' Shockwave, the redeco of Shockwave from Dark of the Moon that is celebrating some of the best figures made during the 10 years of the live-action film franchise! Shockwave's packaging draws inspiration from the 3rd film, as the packaging features Sentinel Prime and the Driller, as well as a Revenge of the Fallen and Age of Extinction era Bumblebee alongside his own close-up on the front. Shockwave is labelled as MB-04. Check out the packaging below, and let us know what you think in the comments section!

as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

SG Roadbuster wrote:as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

...how? How you even do that?

SG Roadbuster wrote:as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

Meanwhile, poor Shocky himself seemed like an afterthought in the movie.

Randomhero wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

...how? How you even do that?

A playset with metal tentacles.

There have already been TF tentacle playets before

william-james88 wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

...how? How you even do that?

A playset with metal tentacles.

There have already been TF tentacle playets before

Heck, there was the Ark playset from the same movie. I don't get why they didn't make a Driller for Legends Shockwave to ride around in.

I really wanted a Driller. That thing was cool and had potential for a great playset styled toy

RiddlerJ wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

...how? How you even do that?

A playset with metal tentacles.

There have already been TF tentacle playets before

Heck, there was the Ark playset from the same movie. I don't get why they didn't make a Driller for Legends Shockwave to ride around in.

Yeah but it is a giant worm and I don't think it would have appealed at all especially since those play sets did not sell at all. It was at the time when we got the Ark and Prime did the energon drill and Wheeljacks ship and all of those things ended up on clearance racks.

If we had gotten a driller it Would have probably been an early concept of the thing when it looked like Shockwave was using a chariot and it probably would have ended up looking like a slug that also shelfwarmed until it went on clearance.

I have speculated before the best way to do the Driller as a toy is as a Hybrid toy - part action figure accessory and part Role play Gun (not unlike the 2016 Rescuebots toys with trailers).

You'd have a large nerf rifle like toy with a geared spinning mechanism with spinning rubberised tentacles on it and perhaps some Nerf projectiles - it would have a handle to hold for kids to use.

It would also fold the handle up and sit on the ground and when pushed along the tentacles would undulate and spin.

On the back it would open and have a spot to slot Voyager Shockwave onto it so he's basically pulling a huge trailer with a spray of tentacles on the back.

Also on the top it would have an opening hatch that Legion Shockwave could sit in.

That is how i'd do it - if you look the driller designs up (the whole thing) you can see what I mean.

Also possibly it could be posed in a eating a building pose up chair legs and such.

Didn't the Cyberverse Shockwave figure came with the Driller?

RazorSlash92 wrote:Didn't the Cyberverse Shockwave figure came with the Driller?

No, he had this dumb tank-thing that mounted to the back of his alt mode and turned into a gun emplacement.

Randomhero wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

...how? How you even do that?

i have seen custom work as the driller being a stationary object
and then putting the shockwave toy on it as a display

Courtesy of TFND over on Facebook, we have the first promotional video for the Takara Tomy Transformers Movie The Best line of toys, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the first live-action Transformers film - from Paramount and Michael Bay. The original video is Japan-locked on YouTube, but we do have the FB version of the clip, showing off Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet and Ironhide and the Decepticons Megatron, Starscream, Shockwave and Soundwave, right here below. Check it out!

I do love stop-motion Transformer figure videos. If only I had the patience to do some myself.

Nice commercial! I like the effort they made to recreate the 2007 deserts.

Anybody else notice how, despite the logo saying "Movie the Best" in both English and Katakana, the announcer consistently referred to the name instead as "Movie the Best Series"?

Also, unless it's for Armada Tidal Wave, I am still not used to hearing the Japanese verbally use the name "Shockwave" instead of "Laserwave".

And did anyone else catch the announcer calling Grimlock a "Legendary Dinobot" ("Densetsu no Dainobotto")?

Sabrblade wrote:And did anyone else catch the announcer calling Grimlock a "Legendary Dinobot" ("Densetsu no Dainobotto")?

isnt that what he is?

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And did anyone else catch the announcer calling Grimlock a "Legendary Dinobot" ("Densetsu no Dainobotto")?

isnt that what he is?

Yeah. I just didn't think Takara would integrate that into the toy's function.

SOUNDO GIMMICK NICEU!

At least Takara can admit that electronics are a gimmick

Yeah, I had no idea Leader Prime had a sound box. Shame he's yelling in Japanese. I'll just stick him with Legends Fort Max so they can shout random lines at each other.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Yeah, I had no idea Leader Prime had a sound box. Shame he's yelling in Japanese. I'll just stick him with Legends Fort Max so they can shout random lines at each other.

Emerje

I will have him yell with his TAV self

On another note, did anyone notice how these finalized toys are not as well painted as promised?

Emerje wrote:Yeah, I had no idea Leader Prime had a sound box.

You mean you've never experienced the endlessness of the ROTF Leader saying "I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime..."?

Lucky you.

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:Yeah, I had no idea Leader Prime had a sound box.

You mean you've never experienced the endlessness of the ROTF Leader saying "I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime..."?

Lucky you.

Multiply this by 10 and you have the standard amount of talking while you attempt to Transform the arms alone

Sabrblade wrote:Anybody else notice how, despite the logo saying "Movie the Best" in both English and Katakana, the announcer consistently referred to the name instead as "Movie the Best Series"?

I don't think "series" is part of the name, it's supposed to mean "line", or "range". Japanese uses more English loanwords, adapted or not, than one would think.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Anybody else notice how, despite the logo saying "Movie the Best" in both English and Katakana, the announcer consistently referred to the name instead as "Movie the Best Series"?

I don't think "series" is part of the name, it's supposed to mean "line", or "range". Japanese uses more English loanwords, adapted or not, than one would think.

But they did it for Movie Advanced Series and Lost Age Series as well. In some cases like magazine pages, Legends is called "Legends Series" in written Katakana.