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Posted by Cobotron on December 21st, 2015 @ 8:47am CST
on the Groove?
Posted by william-james88 on December 21st, 2015 @ 8:50am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 21st, 2015 @ 10:09am CST
2) Poor Groove. can't get anyone off his back for too long
Posted by Shuttershock on December 21st, 2015 @ 10:39am CST
william-james88 wrote:Dammit Japan, you really dont want us to forget for one second that you have a deluxe groove?!
"Oh, you want Deluxe Groove as a mass market release? Well why didn't you say so? I'll just make him a Japanese mall exclusive that you can only get in a bundle and NEVER use his mold again.
That way, everyone wins! Right?"
Posted by Hellscream9999 on December 21st, 2015 @ 11:57am CST
Shuttershock wrote:william-james88 wrote:Dammit Japan, you really dont want us to forget for one second that you have a deluxe groove?!
"Oh, you want Deluxe Groove as a mass market release? Well why didn't you say so? I'll just make him a Japanese mall exclusive that you can only get in a bundle and NEVER use his mold again.
That way, everyone wins! Right?"
That's something I'd have expected from hasbro, not TT
Posted by Shuttershock on December 21st, 2015 @ 12:03pm CST
Hellscream9999 wrote:Shuttershock wrote:william-james88 wrote:Dammit Japan, you really dont want us to forget for one second that you have a deluxe groove?!
"Oh, you want Deluxe Groove as a mass market release? Well why didn't you say so? I'll just make him a Japanese mall exclusive that you can only get in a bundle and NEVER use his mold again.
That way, everyone wins! Right?"
That's something I'd have expected from hasbro, not TT
My question is does Takara make the kind of money to afford building one-use molds just to appease collector's. I know there's a mark up on it but come on!
Posted by Hellscream9999 on December 21st, 2015 @ 12:14pm CST
Shuttershock wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Shuttershock wrote:william-james88 wrote:Dammit Japan, you really dont want us to forget for one second that you have a deluxe groove?!
"Oh, you want Deluxe Groove as a mass market release? Well why didn't you say so? I'll just make him a Japanese mall exclusive that you can only get in a bundle and NEVER use his mold again.
That way, everyone wins! Right?"
That's something I'd have expected from hasbro, not TT
My question is does Takara make the kind of money to afford building one-use molds just to appease collector's. I know there's a mark up on it but come on!
Probably enough to break even, they don't seem as bent on profiteering from their consumers as hasbro does.
Posted by william-james88 on December 21st, 2015 @ 12:38pm CST
Shuttershock wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Shuttershock wrote:william-james88 wrote:Dammit Japan, you really dont want us to forget for one second that you have a deluxe groove?!
"Oh, you want Deluxe Groove as a mass market release? Well why didn't you say so? I'll just make him a Japanese mall exclusive that you can only get in a bundle and NEVER use his mold again.
That way, everyone wins! Right?"
That's something I'd have expected from hasbro, not TT
My question is does Takara make the kind of money to afford building one-use molds just to appease collector's. I know there's a mark up on it but come on!
I dont see how they can. Their other in house designs for TAV are mass market.
So it could be that Hellscream9999 is right and that this isn't just TT but a Hasbro decision... Hasbro Asia. Hasbro Asia makes a nice little markup on Takara Tomy exclusives which it distributes across asia and retailers worldwide. By having TT make it an exclusive in Japan, people outside Japan cannot get this item (at least as easily) and are stuck getting the Hasbro Asia version. It is not hard to wonder if for the higher tcket items (sice it is becoming quite the trend, especially with the Masterpeice toys), the distribution contracts they already have (since TT toys are sold in Hong Kong TRUs through Hasbro Asia) have some new/extra clauses where certain items must be exclusive in Japan.
So in the end, it may be due to agreements with Hasbro Asia that these TT toys are exclusive.
Posted by Evil Eye on December 21st, 2015 @ 2:09pm CST
You know what I'd love to see though? A retool of him as Animated Oil Slick. I mean yes, the original toy is perfect as is, but more Animated homages are always welcome.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on December 21st, 2015 @ 2:21pm CST
Delta Magnus wrote:Wow, Fracture looks beautiful. I'm seriously contemplating getting him.
You know what I'd love to see though? A retool of him as Animated Oil Slick. I mean yes, the original toy is perfect as is, but more Animated homages are always welcome.
The originals' shoulders are too restricted, and I would get a retool of rid fracture as oilslick; he's great, you should get a version of him (for once hasbro's is show accurate )
Posted by Shuttershock on December 21st, 2015 @ 3:38pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 21st, 2015 @ 9:27pm CST
Shuttershock wrote:I still plan on doing this at some point:
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 22nd, 2015 @ 6:34pm CST
Delta Magnus wrote:Wow, Fracture looks beautiful. I'm seriously contemplating getting him.
You know what I'd love to see though? A retool of him as Animated Oil Slick. I mean yes, the original toy is perfect as is, but more Animated homages are always welcome.
Animated oil slick is really not that bad an idea. And if it is cheaper, I would strongly recommend hasbro Fracture if it is cheaper. That one is just as good as the takara one
Posted by Hellscream9999 on December 24th, 2015 @ 7:16pm CST
Posted by no-one on December 24th, 2015 @ 7:20pm CST
Maybe I will finally get a Tak figure from the RID line.
Posted by fenrir72 on December 24th, 2015 @ 10:40pm CST
Posted by Hellscream9999 on December 24th, 2015 @ 10:53pm CST
fenrir72 wrote:Megatronus
He does look quite nice
Posted by Hellscream9999 on December 24th, 2015 @ 11:19pm CST
Takara Transformers Adventure TAV37 Megatoronus
Takara Transformers Adventure TED18 Big Drift
Takara Transformers Adventure TED19 Spring Load
They are all to be released February 27.
So what do think of these newest additions to the TAV/TED line? Is Srpingload worth getting to you? Do you like TAV Megatronus more than either of Hasbro's offerings? Let us know what you think of these on the boards.
Posted by fenrir72 on December 25th, 2015 @ 12:28am CST
Hellscream9999 wrote:Fellow Seibertronians, hot on the heels of TAV Fracture being revealed, below you will find, courtesy of Amazon Japan, the first full color stock images for:
Takara Transformers Adventure TAV37 Megatoronus
Takara Transformers Adventure TED18 Big Drift
Takara Transformers Adventure TED19 Spring Load
They are all to be released February 27.
So what do think of these newest additions to the TAV/TED line? Is Srpingload worth getting to you? Do you like TAV Megatronus more than either of Hasbro's offerings? Let us know what you think of these on the boards.
That frog dude is one UgghLEEE mother marie!
Btw, how tall is this guy? Megatronus? As tall as the TT Optimus?
Amiami is up too.
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
Posted by Hellscream9999 on December 25th, 2015 @ 12:34am CST
fenrir72 wrote:That frog dude is one UgghLEEE mother marie!
Btw, how tall is this guy? Megatronus? As tall as the TT Optimus?
Amiami is up too.
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
How tall is who?
Posted by Sabrblade on December 25th, 2015 @ 12:57am CST
Warrior class molds are Deluxe class-sized.fenrir72 wrote:Btw, how tall is this guy? Megatronus? As tall as the TT Optimus?
Posted by fenrir72 on December 25th, 2015 @ 1:11am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Warrior class molds are Deluxe class-sized.fenrir72 wrote:Btw, how tall is this guy? Megatronus? As tall as the TT Optimus?
So if I try to re-enact his battle with the TT longpants Optimus, he'd be just reaching his (Optimus') waiste then?
Thanks.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 29th, 2015 @ 10:10am CST
Posted by william-james88 on December 29th, 2015 @ 10:22am CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Holy cows. They did an awesome job with Megs deco. Drift looks awesome. And yo that Springload!!!! I loved the hasbro version but that is just over the top!!!
Yeah that springload is just something else!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 29th, 2015 @ 10:45am CST
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Holy cows. They did an awesome job with Megs deco. Drift looks awesome. And yo that Springload!!!! I loved the hasbro version but that is just over the top!!!
Yeah that springload is just something else!
I love my hasbro one. It is my favorite 1-step to date!! And these colors just bring it out soooooooooo well!
Posted by william-james88 on December 31st, 2015 @ 8:42am CST
What is most bizarre though is that at first it seemed like you had to stick those app stickers yourself. There are molded indents on the figures and the faction symbols are found on a separate sheet.
This is what Matt has to say:
While each figure clearly has a space for a faction symbol sticker, they are not stickers at all. The faction symbols are printed on the paper and meant to be scanned individually. The instructions also say nothing about stickers. Guess you gotta get your own?
Matt from Japan
Curiouser and curiouser. In any case, enjoy the photos Matt sent us!
Posted by Optimum Supreme on December 31st, 2015 @ 9:05pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Seibertron's Japan correspondent Matt from Japan has just picked up the recently released Transformers Adventures TAV 35 Autobots VS Decepticons set, which should be shipping out now from online retailers. He found this set of four legion class figures at Toysrus for ¥3,499 (which is 29$ US for all four and 7.25$ US each which is the SAME price the Hasbro counterparts sell for in the west). This set includes the Takara versions of Robots in Disguise legion class Optimus, Underbite, Grimlock and Steeljaw.
What is most bizarre though is that at first it seemed like you had to stick those app stickers yourself. There are molded indents on the figures and the faction symbols are found on a separate sheet.
This is what Matt has to say:While each figure clearly has a space for a faction symbol sticker, they are not stickers at all. The faction symbols are printed on the paper and meant to be scanned individually. The instructions also say nothing about stickers. Guess you gotta get your own?
Matt from Japan
Curiouser and curiouser. In any case, enjoy the photos Matt sent us!
Trying to appeal to the people that hate the "poker chips" as they call them, who pull them off of the figures they buy? Still seems weird that they wouldn't be a sticker for others that don't mind to apply.
Posted by Optimum Supreme on December 31st, 2015 @ 9:19pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Also, while I like your beaver joke, we actually have loonies which is just as funny but true. Our dollar has a canadian goose on it (I know I know, BIG SHOCK!), and the name of that bird is also a loon, so we call it a loonie. But then we are made fun of for being Looney
The loon is a completely different bird from a Canadian goose.
loon
Canadian goose
So um... ever been a loon or Canadian goose transformer? uH,,, oh crap still not really on topic.. uh.. in the TAV line, any cons with goose or loon like characteristics? Yeah, that's the ticket...
Sorry, just we've got tons of Canadian geese in the pond across the street, and also sometimes loons, and they're very different in many ways, that the photos just won't show, so I wanted to make sure it was pointed out they're different.
Posted by primalxconvoy on December 31st, 2015 @ 11:17pm CST
Heck, even the "Ultimate Mode Optimus Prime" has a mechanism to replace the unsightly label with a "correct" Autobot symbol.
Those stickers were not popular. Let's hope that they never use them in subsequent lines.
Posted by Emerje on January 1st, 2016 @ 1:21am CST
primalxconvoy wrote:Those stickers were not popular. Let's hope that they never use them in subsequent lines.
Yeah, they should go back to the TF Cybertron way of just punching in a code. Sure, the codes are easier to just copy and paste into aps, but it's not like people weren't scanning the RID codes in stores and from photos online anyway. Hasbro, you don't need to ruin decent figures just because you want to show off your latest technology.
Emerje
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 1st, 2016 @ 1:30am CST
Emerje wrote:primalxconvoy wrote:Those stickers were not popular. Let's hope that they never use them in subsequent lines.
Yeah, they should go back to the TF Cybertron way of just punching in a code. Sure, the codes are easier to just copy and paste into aps, but it's not like people weren't scanning the RID codes in stores and from photos online anyway. Hasbro, you don't need to ruin decent figures just because you want to show off your latest technology.
Emerje
Heck, they already do that, the codes simply serve a separate purpose
Posted by primalxconvoy on January 1st, 2016 @ 2:21am CST
Posted by Cobotron on January 3rd, 2016 @ 4:52pm CST
Jazz is certainly an upgrade from my Hasbro version, and the shades look sweet, but Drift is the real stand out in this duo. One really nice touch with Drift (sorry Chuck, I watched the vid, but can't remember if you covered this) is that everything on the figure we perceive as black, is actually navy blue. It's hard to discern from photos, even mine, but it really adds a richness to his deco. You can almost make it out on his feet in the pic above.
And that Tigertron head sculpt is d, d, d, d, DOPE!
Posted by shajaki on January 3rd, 2016 @ 5:34pm CST
Posted by Madeus Prime on January 3rd, 2016 @ 6:03pm CST
Posted by Cobotron on January 3rd, 2016 @ 6:56pm CST
Only two wishes left Madeus. Choose wisely.
Posted by shajaki on January 3rd, 2016 @ 7:08pm CST
Cobotron wrote:ALA KAZOOOOOSH!!
Only two wishes left Madeus. Choose wisely.
Posted by no-one on January 3rd, 2016 @ 7:34pm CST
Man that Drift Origin figure looks good.
Nice photobomb!
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on January 3rd, 2016 @ 9:32pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2016 @ 9:36pm CST
SillySpringer wrote:I am kinda curious to see an undercarriage shot.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 3rd, 2016 @ 9:37pm CST
They look great, nice haul Cobo
Wait! Where'd the painted rims go, I take that back, these figures need more paint
Posted by Cobotron on January 4th, 2016 @ 8:30am CST
Now Silly, you only get 3 wishes. Are you SURE you want to waste 1 on that?SillySpringer wrote:I am kinda curious to see an undercarriage shot.
I was so busy rejoicing over Jazz's painted rear windshield, I didn't even notice the unpainted rims. But to be fair, Drift has translucent wheels just like the show version figure.Hellscream9999 wrote:Man, Wait! Where'd the painted rims go, I take that back, these figures need more paint
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 4th, 2016 @ 9:51pm CST
Cobotron wrote:Now Silly, you only get 3 wishes. Are you SURE you want to waste 1 on that?SillySpringer wrote:I am kinda curious to see an undercarriage shot.I was so busy rejoicing over Jazz's painted rear windshield, I didn't even notice the unpainted rims. But to be fair, Drift has translucent wheels just like the show version figure.Hellscream9999 wrote:Man, Wait! Where'd the painted rims go, I take that back, these figures need more paint
Fer'real?
Posted by Cobotron on January 4th, 2016 @ 10:16pm CST
Fur rullz I didn't notice the rims, or fur rullz the wheels are translucent?Hellscream9999 wrote:Fer'real?
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 4th, 2016 @ 10:22pm CST
Cobotron wrote:Fur rullz I didn't notice the rims, or fur rullz the wheels are translucent?Hellscream9999 wrote:Fer'real?
Are the wheels really translucent? That's really cool
Posted by Cobotron on January 4th, 2016 @ 10:23pm CST
Smoke.Hellscream9999 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Fur rullz I didn't notice the rims, or fur rullz the wheels are translucent?Hellscream9999 wrote:Fer'real?
Are the wheels really translucent? That's really cool
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 4th, 2016 @ 10:24pm CST
Cobotron wrote:Smoke.Hellscream9999 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Fur rullz I didn't notice the rims, or fur rullz the wheels are translucent?Hellscream9999 wrote:Fer'real?
Are the wheels really translucent? That's really cool
Nice
Posted by no-one on January 5th, 2016 @ 1:29pm CST
Wait... Jazzercise has clear-ish wheels or just Driftimus?Hellscream9999 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Smoke.Hellscream9999 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Fur rullz I didn't notice the rims, or fur rullz the wheels are translucent?Hellscream9999 wrote:Fer'real?
Are the wheels really translucent? That's really cool
Nice
If I'm remembering correctly the regular Drift has translucent wheels.
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on January 5th, 2016 @ 1:34pm CST
Cobotron wrote:Now Silly, you only get 3 wishes. Are you SURE you want to waste 1 on that?SillySpringer wrote:I am kinda curious to see an undercarriage shot.
Of course! Is an undercarriage shot of both of them in the same photo considered two wishes? And PLEASE don't call me a creep for wanting to see their undercarriage.
Posted by Cobotron on January 5th, 2016 @ 2:14pm CST
Jazz has opaque street racers, Drift has digital cyber slicks. Your memory serves you well.carytheone wrote:Wait... Jazzercise has clear-ish wheels or just Driftimus?
If I'm remembering correctly the regular Drift has translucent wheels.
Tell you what SS. I'll go do the dirty work, and you can keep your 3 wishes for something cooler down the road.SillySpringer wrote:Of course! Is an undercarriage shot of both of them in the same photo considered two wishes? And PLEASE don't call me a creep for wanting to see their undercarriage.
Just imagine Drift is white.