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william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Emerje wrote:Pre-orders are up for Skids!

AmiAmi 2,320jpy
HLJ 2,480jpy

Emerje

Don't forget Anime Export, 2,170jpy.

I always forget Anime Export, I don't like the idea of paying in advance for pre-orders, they're the only "major" shop I know of that requires it.

Emerje

But thats how they can have those prices so low. They insure to never have a cashflow problem and that all their figures are always sold and payed for and can thus afford to lower their margin more than any other retailer.

Nothing shady, it's just part of the formula for that the value of money is time sensitive.

For fans it can also be a way to hedge their bets on the exchange.

That Bot wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Btw I have Generations Springer, and I do not remember people talking much about the issue with the gun tab for helicopter mode. Basically it is less like a tab and more like a "T shaped slider tab". Basically you have to partially slide the tab on in order to get it in. The issue with it was, although it didn't break right away, I noticed that the gun took TREMENDOUS force to take off, and no matter how hard I tried to be careful, it ended up starting to slighty crack anyhow. I was determined to stop the crackage right away to I started to sand the sides of the T tab down a bit, and then it worked fine with now more crackage, and still held on fine. I am thinking something similar with Devastator's foot tab.

meh, never equipped his gun in copter mode, nor do I know of anyone else who does either, guess that would explain why it was never brought up as an issue

I equip his gun and have had no such issue. You have to slide it forward to attach and back to detach. Sure, you've got ridiculous clearance issues and just tabbing in traditionally would have been preferred, but I haven't observed any cracking.

Sabrblade wrote:And those two darker greens continue to be the wrong shades.

Sabrblade wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And those two darker greens continue to be the wrong shades.

Cobotron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And those two darker greens continue to be the wrong shades.

And those two darker greens continue to be the wrong shades.

Is there an echo in here?

RevTibe wrote:I personally think the yellow chest of the original complimented the design much more nicely

bvzxa wrote:Takara...I like the effort but no...no, no, no.

You repainted this same mold into a Rodimus. This is a fantastic mold but learn from your Hasbro counterparts and make a new Rodimus. Say no to the repaint drug.

bvzxa wrote:Takara...I like the effort but no...no, no, no.

You repainted this same mold into a Rodimus. This is a fantastic mold but learn from your Hasbro counterparts and make a new Rodimus. Say not to the repaint drug.

william-james88 wrote:

bvzxa wrote:Takara...I like the effort but no...no, no, no.

You repainted this same mold into a Rodimus. This is a fantastic mold but learn from your Hasbro counterparts and make a new Rodimus. Say not to the repaint drug.

I dont think the Rodimus repaint was Takara's idea. Wasnt it a series of E-Hobby exclusives, thus more like a TF-club exclusive type of repaint?

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

bvzxa wrote:Takara...I like the effort but no...no, no, no.

You repainted this same mold into a Rodimus. This is a fantastic mold but learn from your Hasbro counterparts and make a new Rodimus. Say not to the repaint drug.

I dont think the Rodimus repaint was Takara's idea. Wasnt it a series of E-Hobby exclusives, thus more like a TF-club exclusive type of repaint?

The Cloud line? I dunno, that may explain the price tag for all of them

steals_your_goats wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

bvzxa wrote:Takara...I like the effort but no...no, no, no.

You repainted this same mold into a Rodimus. This is a fantastic mold but learn from your Hasbro counterparts and make a new Rodimus. Say not to the repaint drug.

I dont think the Rodimus repaint was Takara's idea. Wasnt it a series of E-Hobby exclusives, thus more like a TF-club exclusive type of repaint?

The Cloud line? I dunno, that may explain the price tag for all of them

Half of them were eHobby exclusives the other half were TTMall exclusives. http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Cloud

Hellscream9999 wrote:Ouch, yeah, that really explains things; but now that you mention it, I do remember reading that about this line

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Ouch, yeah, that really explains things; but now that you mention it, I do remember reading that about this line

Yeah these werent standard takara issues, they are more like the Japan equivalent of Club figures or con exclusives in the US.

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Yeah, figured, it's a shame, as I wouldn't've minded getting Rodimus, Hellwarp, Shockwhirl

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Yeah, figured, it's a shame, as I wouldn't've minded getting Rodimus, Hellwarp, Shockwhirl

That line surprised me greatly. As Megatronus said when he found that the Rodimus redeco was the best use of the mold, I found the Shockwave rdeco of Whirl to be the best version of that mold. And I dont know why, its the same mold, no differences. I guess its just the attention to detail that went into these redecos was more than usual and the paint scheme felt so cohesive.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Yeah, figured, it's a shame, as I wouldn't've minded getting Rodimus, Hellwarp, Shockwhirl

That line surprised me greatly. As Megatronus said when he found that the Rodimus redeco was the best use of the mold, I found the Shockwave rdeco of Whirl to be the best version of that mold. And I dont know why, its the same mold, no differences. I guess its just the attention to detail that went into these redecos was more than usual and the paint scheme felt so cohesive.

Yes, clearly quite a large amount of time and effort was invested in that line, they all felt so 'fresh' and unhindered by the need to be slavishly 'G1', it was a real breath of fresh air

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Yeah, figured, it's a shame, as I wouldn't've minded getting Rodimus, Hellwarp, Shockwhirl

That line surprised me greatly. As Megatronus said when he found that the Rodimus redeco was the best use of the mold, I found the Shockwave rdeco of Whirl to be the best version of that mold. And I dont know why, its the same mold, no differences. I guess its just the attention to detail that went into these redecos was more than usual and the paint scheme felt so cohesive.

Yes, clearly quite a large amount of time and effort was invested in that line, they all felt so 'fresh' and unhindered by the need to be slavishly 'G1', it was a real breath of fresh air

Even though Cloud Optimus had the most slavishly cartoon-accurate deco the Classics Optimus mold ever had.

megatronus wrote:I wilI proudly declare my support for this Springer - I like it. It may be my favorite version of this mold.

Delta Magnus wrote:It's a real shame the Cloud Optimus Prime is so expensive on the aftermarket because it's easily my favourite G1-style deco for Prime.

shajaki wrote:I pre-ordered this Springer the second I could. Whatever shade of greens he turns out to be I'm sure he'll look fine in hand.

S'funny all the talk about Cloud Rodimus, I got one recently and felt very... underwhelmed. I think his base red is a little dark, and I got sorta bummed out when I realized I couldn't logically put him in my C/G movie display next to G Springer.

william-james88 wrote:
By the way, lessons learnt, be very careful of searching "MTMTE Rodimus and Magnus" on google images, there is some fan art there you can never unsee.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:
By the way, lessons learnt, be very careful of searching "MTMTE Rodimus and Magnus" on google images, there is some fan art there you can never unsee.

And on the very top of the page too!

Cobotron wrote:The strange and wonderful twists and turns of late night foruming.
Let's see if we can get out of this back alley, and back to Main St.


What's left for the Legends line? Have all the 2014 Generations toys been released in Legends?
You guys think Takara will release Titan Masters under Legends or it's own line?

william-james88 wrote:But Jihaxus is definitely a character they would do especially since they could offer the proper deco that homages the initial toy:

Sabrblade wrote:But... But that's what the Hasbro Generations Jhiaxus toy's deco homaged and people hated that because it wasn't like Jhiaxus's original deco:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:But... But that's what the Hasbro Generations Jhiaxus toy's deco homaged and people hated that because it wasn't like Jhiaxus's original deco:

I thought the hasbro toy was homaging his current colour in the comics.

Sabrblade wrote:Hasbro goofed up the colors on the Gen Jhiaxus when they went looking for deco references in their archive and found pics of the RiD toy first, assumed its colors were the correct ones, and based the Gen toy's colors on the RiD toy's colors instead Jhiaxus's original yellow/gold, white/silver, red, and green colors.

Sabrblade wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote::oops: Guys... where did Jihaxus originate from. Marvel comics?