New Details about upcoming Takara Legends products -- Slugslinger, Bumblebee & Spike, Octane

Cyberpath wrote:

Kurona wrote:Man, I would've loved a target reticle head for Perceptor; but I should've known it wasn't happening

There's one on Shapeways but it requires painting it yourself.

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https://www.shapeways.com/product/JNS2R ... ans-return

Cyberpath wrote:

Kurona wrote:Surprised at the new head for Octane. Isn't the one he has already in the Hasbro version accurate to all his appearances; original toy, cartoon and comics?

Hmmm, maybe it means that he'll be packed with another Titan Master like the smaller figures have so far.

Kurona wrote:That might make sense -- though in that case, who would it be? I can't think of any significant human, nebulon or otherwise tiny partner of Octane in the cartoon unless they're making Sandstorm.

Kurona wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

Kurona wrote:Man, I would've loved a target reticle head for Perceptor; but I should've known it wasn't happening

There's one on Shapeways but it requires painting it yourself.

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https://www.shapeways.com/product/JNS2R ... ans-return

Sweeet, was wondering when this'd happen. This'll make Perceptor perfect

ScottyP wrote:I can't be the only one assuming the Spike Titan Master is going to turn into Arcee's head, right? Were I not on mobile in between meetings I'd probably look at earlier replies and find this in a heartbeat, so it's OK to make fun of me if someone mentioned this like four posts ago

Bumble with Excel Suit and Spike

Agamemnon wrote:

ScottyP wrote:I can't be the only one assuming the Spike Titan Master is going to turn into Arcee's head, right? Were I not on mobile in between meetings I'd probably look at earlier replies and find this in a heartbeat, so it's OK to make fun of me if someone mentioned this like four posts ago

Shouldn't that be Daniel as Arcee's head? I think the supposition was Spike would turn into Cerebro's head so Japan could get the same Titan Master the US got with Fort Max. But, I do not recall seeing anything official for confirmation on this.

Flashwave wrote:

Bumble with Excel Suit and Spike

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ScottyP wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:

ScottyP wrote:I can't be the only one assuming the Spike Titan Master is going to turn into Arcee's head, right? Were I not on mobile in between meetings I'd probably look at earlier replies and find this in a heartbeat, so it's OK to make fun of me if someone mentioned this like four posts ago

Shouldn't that be Daniel as Arcee's head? I think the supposition was Spike would turn into Cerebro's head so Japan could get the same Titan Master the US got with Fort Max. But, I do not recall seeing anything official for confirmation on this.

You're right. We can officially mark this down as the 98th time I've gotten them mixed up this year.

fenrir72 wrote:Bumble and Spike

Spike= CEREBROS aka The Re-Birth version

Sabrblade wrote:Maybe Takara just doesn't like the look of the Hasbro face and wants to make a new one, like what they did with Kup.

Albatross250 wrote:I wonder if the LG Sixshot would include Daniel Witwicky as a headmaster/Excel Suit as an additional set.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Maybe Takara just doesn't like the look of the Hasbro face and wants to make a new one, like what they did with Kup.

Here's the thing tho: there's nothing inherently wrong with it from what I can see.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Yeah, with Kup the redesigned noggin was to better match the cartoon.

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Maybe Takara just doesn't like the look of the Hasbro face and wants to make a new one, like what they did with Kup.

Here's the thing tho: there's nothing inherently wrong with it from what I can see.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Yeah, with Kup the redesigned noggin was to better match the cartoon.

What I mean is, Takara might find the Hasbro face to be a little unflattering, and too stern-looking to match the more laidback and easygoing personality of Cartoon Octane, and so might want to make new face that looks more chill than this Grumpy Gus.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Thought I had on the throne, what if the remolding to Six Shot is to prepare for a greater retool into Great Shot?

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Thought I had on the throne, what if the remolding to Six Shot is to prepare for a greater retool into Great Shot?

Not sure how it would be. Greatshot has a very different helmet from the one Takara made for their Sixshot, and regardless of that new helmet there would stiil need to be further retooling to give Greatshot his unique chestplate, shoulders, and rhino head.

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Thought I had on the throne, what if the remolding to Six Shot is to prepare for a greater retool into Great Shot?

Not sure how it would be. Greatshot has a very different helmet from the one Takara made for their Sixshot, and regardless of that new helmet there would stiil need to be further retooling to give Greatshot his unique chestplate, shoulders, and rhino head.

Wouldn't sixnight be more likely because quickswitch was released in that boxed set

Sabrblade wrote:given how slavishly reverent Takara is to the source material.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:given how slavishly reverent Takara is to the source material.

Right, because Galvatron was a headmaster in G1 too

Wolfman Jake wrote:Once again, I'll defend Titans Return Quickswitch. Yes, he would be better if he were a new mold, or more extensively remolded to give him his classic G1 modes, or even just moderately remolded, like keeping the new helmet that we saw in the original mock-ups or retooling the wolf head to look more like a puma. But what we have is pretty nice it its own right. The paintwork on the figure is EXTENSIVE. There's a lot of appreciated effort just there. Plus, it doesn't take much to mess around with the "official" transformation for robot mode and make a few critical alternations to his sillouhette to differentiate him more from Six Shot on your shelves. I fold the back wings down to hide them, keep the shoulder/pectoral wings tucked away, and turn the shoulder pylons around to make the wheels face the backwards. The result looks VERY much like G1 Quickswitch in robot mode, if he were redesigned to look less awkwardly chunky. As a bonus to anyone getting Takara's Six Shot release, that will make Quickswitch's helmet more distinct looking as well since Takara opted to retool their Six Shot's helmet. TR Quickswitch is more than meets the eye.

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Thought I had on the throne, what if the remolding to Six Shot is to prepare for a greater retool into Great Shot?

Not sure how it would be. Greatshot has a very different helmet from the one Takara made for their Sixshot, and regardless of that new helmet there would stiil need to be further retooling to give Greatshot his unique chestplate, shoulders, and rhino head.

Wouldn't sixnight be more likely because quickswitch was released in that boxed set

Considering how poor a representation of Quickswitch that TR Quickswitch was, being a mere head retool of Sixshot rather than a brand new completely different mold, I doubt Takara would even attempt to use any version of the Sixshot mold to make Sixknight, given how slavishly reverent Takara is to the source material.

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Thought I had on the throne, what if the remolding to Six Shot is to prepare for a greater retool into Great Shot?

Not sure how it would be. Greatshot has a very different helmet from the one Takara made for their Sixshot, and regardless of that new helmet there would stiil need to be further retooling to give Greatshot his unique chestplate, shoulders, and rhino head.

Wouldn't sixnight be more likely because quickswitch was released in that boxed set

Considering how poor a representation of Quickswitch that TR Quickswitch was, being a mere head retool of Sixshot rather than a brand new completely different mold, I doubt Takara would even attempt to use any version of the Sixshot mold to make Sixknight, given how slavishly reverent Takara is to the source material.

yeah but takara could just do some minor retool to make sixnight more accurate rather than doing extensive retools for greatshot

Kurona wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Thought I had on the throne, what if the remolding to Six Shot is to prepare for a greater retool into Great Shot?

Not sure how it would be. Greatshot has a very different helmet from the one Takara made for their Sixshot, and regardless of that new helmet there would stiil need to be further retooling to give Greatshot his unique chestplate, shoulders, and rhino head.

Wouldn't sixnight be more likely because quickswitch was released in that boxed set

Considering how poor a representation of Quickswitch that TR Quickswitch was, being a mere head retool of Sixshot rather than a brand new completely different mold, I doubt Takara would even attempt to use any version of the Sixshot mold to make Sixknight, given how slavishly reverent Takara is to the source material.

yeah but takara could just do some minor retool to make sixnight more accurate rather than doing extensive retools for greatshot

Sixknight would require far, far, far more retooling than Greatshot.

Ultra Markus wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Thought I had on the throne, what if the remolding to Six Shot is to prepare for a greater retool into Great Shot?

Not sure how it would be. Greatshot has a very different helmet from the one Takara made for their Sixshot, and regardless of that new helmet there would stiil need to be further retooling to give Greatshot his unique chestplate, shoulders, and rhino head.

Wouldn't sixnight be more likely because quickswitch was released in that boxed set

Considering how poor a representation of Quickswitch that TR Quickswitch was, being a mere head retool of Sixshot rather than a brand new completely different mold, I doubt Takara would even attempt to use any version of the Sixshot mold to make Sixknight, given how slavishly reverent Takara is to the source material.

yeah but takara could just do some minor retool to make sixnight more accurate rather than doing extensive retools for greatshot

Sixknight would require far, far, far more retooling than Greatshot.

how so if they use the TR quickswitch Figure I don't see much more retooling needed

Kurona wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Thought I had on the throne, what if the remolding to Six Shot is to prepare for a greater retool into Great Shot?

Not sure how it would be. Greatshot has a very different helmet from the one Takara made for their Sixshot, and regardless of that new helmet there would stiil need to be further retooling to give Greatshot his unique chestplate, shoulders, and rhino head.

Wouldn't sixnight be more likely because quickswitch was released in that boxed set

Considering how poor a representation of Quickswitch that TR Quickswitch was, being a mere head retool of Sixshot rather than a brand new completely different mold, I doubt Takara would even attempt to use any version of the Sixshot mold to make Sixknight, given how slavishly reverent Takara is to the source material.

yeah but takara could just do some minor retool to make sixnight more accurate rather than doing extensive retools for greatshot

Sixknight would require far, far, far more retooling than Greatshot.

how so if they use the TR quickswitch Figure I don't see much more retooling needed

Because TR Quickswitch doesn't look like Quickswitch or Sixknight. If we're going the route of ignoring the molding changes they'd need, then by this logic they could simply do up Sixshot in Greatshot colours with no molding differences -- and that would be more accurate to Greatshot than TR Quickswitch is to Quickswitch.

william-james88 wrote:You know all this talk while we all know the truth deep down: Six Knight will probably not be released anyway.

Ultra Markus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:You know all this talk while we all know the truth deep down: Six Knight will probably not be released anyway.

Your right! probably not gonna happen
But ya never know
Have we been surprised before?

Ultra Markus wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Thought I had on the throne, what if the remolding to Six Shot is to prepare for a greater retool into Great Shot?

Not sure how it would be. Greatshot has a very different helmet from the one Takara made for their Sixshot, and regardless of that new helmet there would stiil need to be further retooling to give Greatshot his unique chestplate, shoulders, and rhino head.

Wouldn't sixnight be more likely because quickswitch was released in that boxed set

Considering how poor a representation of Quickswitch that TR Quickswitch was, being a mere head retool of Sixshot rather than a brand new completely different mold, I doubt Takara would even attempt to use any version of the Sixshot mold to make Sixknight, given how slavishly reverent Takara is to the source material.

yeah but takara could just do some minor retool to make sixnight more accurate rather than doing extensive retools for greatshot

Sixknight would require far, far, far more retooling than Greatshot.

how so if they use the TR quickswitch Figure I don't see much more retooling needed

Because TR Quickswitch doesn't look like Quickswitch or Sixknight. If we're going the route of ignoring the molding changes they'd need, then by this logic they could simply do up Sixshot in Greatshot colours with no molding differences -- and that would be more accurate to Greatshot than TR Quickswitch is to Quickswitch.

Yeah but none of these figures from hasbro or takara are 100 percent toy or show accurate anyway sure some look closer than others and some are way off why would this be any different

Cyberpath wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Hmmm, maybe it means that he'll be packed with another Titan Master like the smaller figures have so far.

Kurona wrote:That might make sense -- though in that case, who would it be? I can't think of any significant human, nebulon or otherwise tiny partner of Octane in the cartoon unless they're making Sandstorm.

The head of Starscream's ghost? Or maybe Skuxxoid?

Albatross250 wrote:Kurona, ready your news report



HEY! PERCEPTOR GOT A SHUFFLER VEHICLE, NEAT!

Kurona wrote:I could only credit one person so I had to give it to Cyberpath. Sorry Albatross

Cyberpath wrote:LG54 Bee has clear windows and silver rims, they really upgrade his look.

Kind of disappointed that they didn't give Perceptor a new head/face-sculpt. Whoever keeps sculpting these extreme cheekbones (MP-11, MP-12, UW04-Hook, etc) -- stop.