New Image - Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG20 Skids

I haven't noticed that tiny offset Autobrand on the hood until just now.

carytheone wrote:I haven't noticed that tiny offset Autobrand on the hood until just now.

More comic-accuracy.

That pink deco utterly ruins it.

Optimum Supreme wrote:That pink deco utterly ruins it.

Even though it's technically comic accurate

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Optimum Supreme wrote:That pink deco utterly ruins it.

Even though it's technically comic accurate

Even though more could have been done to make it more comic book accurate, and even though all the other previous releases by TT have been CARTOON accurate...

Not everyone around the world can access the comics easily and/or wants them as the basis for core G1 figures. That's why I didn't bother with the recentUltra Magnus, as I found that my existing classics Magnus with FP armour was much better.

primalxconvoy wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Optimum Supreme wrote:That pink deco utterly ruins it.

Even though it's technically comic accurate

Even though more could have been done to make it more comic book accurate, and even though all the other previous releases by TT have been CARTOON accurate...

Not everyone around the world can access the comics easily and/or wants them as the basis for core G1 figures. That's why I didn't bother with the recentUltra Magnus, as I found that my existing classics Magnus with FP armour was much better.

Except it isn't cartoon accurate to any cartoon, I guess if you squinted it could be g1 toon accurate

And really? More comic accurate, how much more is there to do to him?

But that is his purpose, like it or not. To get the skids mold out in Japan, and to give fans of the comic a more accurate deco than hasbro's (g1 accurate maybe?) deco

Yo Takara...

Can I pay extra to get one without the stupid pink lines?

Maybe Hasbro Asia will give us the skids everone wants down the line...

primalxconvoy wrote:Not everyone around the world can access the comics easily

Including, ironically, Japan.

Emerje

Rated X wrote:Yo Takara...

Can I pay extra to get one without the stupid pink lines?

You can pay a pittance for cotton swabs and paint thinner if it honestly triggers you that much.

Maybe Hasbro Asia will give us the skids everone wants down the line...

Unlikely. I don't think anyone really cares.

Honestly, I don't see the point in giving this mold a G1 cartoon accurate deco. For one thing he was barely in the cartoon, and for another thing this toy is so far from the cartoon character model that a hyper-G1 deco would be utterly pointless. It's clearly IDW Skids and as such if they're going to slavishly recreate any source material it should be the IDW look, pink Tron lines and all.

Looks real nice. very g1. Don't like the pink, then stop yapping and let Takara take my money!!

Delta Magnus wrote:

Rated X wrote:Yo Takara...

Can I pay extra to get one without the stupid pink lines?

You can pay a pittance for cotton swabs and paint thinner if it honestly triggers you that much.

Maybe Hasbro Asia will give us the skids everone wants down the line...

Unlikely. I don't think anyone really cares.

Honestly, I don't see the point in giving this mold a G1 cartoon accurate deco. For one thing he was barely in the cartoon, and for another thing this toy is so far from the cartoon character model that a hyper-G1 deco would be utterly pointless. It's clearly IDW Skids and as such if they're going to slavishly recreate any source material it should be the IDW look, pink Tron lines and all.

Gotta disagree. Springer is getting a more cartoon accurate deco after all this time. Honestly I dont think anyone in Japan gives a crap about IDW. Its not like IDW has gone out of their way to translate the comics in Japanese. And dont sell Hasbro Asia short. They are known for doing 3 packs of older molds with improved decos which are often more cartoon or screen accurate. They were the first ones to bring us the cartoon accurate hot rod, cyclonus, and galvatron 3 pack before hasbro axed galvatron and added reveal the shield rub signs. Hasbro Asia also gave movieverse fans a screen accurate red Rampage in a 3 pack. I wouldnt doubt the skids mold ends up in a 3 pack at some point with other figures with slightly different decos. I could use 90% alcohol to get rid of the pink lines but I have no desire to do so. I own hasbro skids. If im going to buy the mold again as skids, it better be perfect without customizing.

Rated X wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

Rated X wrote:Yo Takara...

Can I pay extra to get one without the stupid pink lines?

You can pay a pittance for cotton swabs and paint thinner if it honestly triggers you that much.

Maybe Hasbro Asia will give us the skids everone wants down the line...

Unlikely. I don't think anyone really cares.

Honestly, I don't see the point in giving this mold a G1 cartoon accurate deco. For one thing he was barely in the cartoon, and for another thing this toy is so far from the cartoon character model that a hyper-G1 deco would be utterly pointless. It's clearly IDW Skids and as such if they're going to slavishly recreate any source material it should be the IDW look, pink Tron lines and all.

Gotta disagree.

Of course you do.

Springer is getting a more cartoon accurate deco after all this time. Honestly I dont think anyone in Japan gives a crap about IDW. Its not like IDW has gone out of their way to translate the co.ics in Japanese.

The comics are being released over there, and IIRC there are unofficial Japanese scanlations. It is true that it isn't as popular in Japan as in the West but it does have a Japanese following. Most likely the reason it hasn't been brought out as quickly over there is the sheer length of the series (both sub-series are nearly 50 issues each) and the general rigours of localization, translation, licensing and all that old bollocks.

As for Springer, it's an excuse to milk the mold for more money. Get IDW fans with one release and G1 cartoon fans with the other. The difference being that Springer got a Takara release very soon after the Hasbro release, whereas this is the first domestic Japanese release of Generations Skids- a few years after its initial Hasbro release. I'd say if they were planning on multiple versions of Skids we would have seen them by now.

Also, Takara are really big on source material accuracy. Hence why Ultra Magnus had the red thighs and more IDW-inspired deco overall (still doesn't explain Alpha Trion instead of Minimus Ambus though...)

And dont sell Hasbro Asia short. They are known for doing 3 packs of older molds with improved decos which are often more cartoon or screen accurate. They were the first ones to bring uscthe cartoon accurate hot rod, cyclonus, and galvatron 3 pack before hasbro axed galvatron and added reveal the shield rub signs.

Thing is, right, those weren't really based on any particular media, or were based on the G1 cartoon. Skids, however, is based VERY heavily on his IDW appearance. Putting a G1 cartoon deco on a blatantly IDW sculpt would just look weird. Plus, he was a total nobody in the cartoon. The IDW incarnation of the character is probably the most development/screentime he's ever got.

Hasbro Asia also gave movieverse fans a screen accurate red Rampage in a 3 pack.

Are you talking about the one with the metallic dozer blade or the all-red one? Because the all-red one was a variant by Hasbro (available on its own or in a 2-pack) and the (mostly) screen accurate version was a Takara exclusive release. Both go for obscene amounts of money on the aftermarket for what it's worth. Myself I'm happy with my yellow Rampage.

I wouldnt doubt the skids mold ends up in a 3 pack at some point with other figures with slightly different decos.

I would- even aside from the reasons mentioned above, who would he be released with?

I could use 90% alcohol to get rid of the pink lines but I have no desire to do so. I own hasbro skids. If im going to buy the mold again as skids, it better be perfect without customizing.

Then why are you posting here? You're clearly happy with your Hasbro Skids. Why bitch about something you have no intention of buying anyway?

Va'al would tell you japan is an IDW hot spot. They love the comics.

Also, I already got the Skids i really wanted, but this is still awesome

Delta Magnus wrote:The comics are being released over there, and IIRC there are unofficial Japanese scanlations. It is true that it isn't as popular in Japan as in the West but it does have a Japanese following. Most likely the reason it hasn't been brought out as quickly over there is the sheer length of the series (both sub-series are nearly 50 issues each) and the general rigours of localization, translation, licensing and all that old bollocks.

I don't know about the length argument, they are currently putting up with the bilge called 'one piece', and that clearly has no end in sight

It's rather amusing to me to hear all this talk about Japan loving the IDW comics.
I live in Japan and the only IDW comics I've ever seen are sitting on shelves in used
bookstores. I'd say more than anything Japan loves their Beast Wars. You just can't get away
from those things over here!

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:The comics are being released over there, and IIRC there are unofficial Japanese scanlations. It is true that it isn't as popular in Japan as in the West but it does have a Japanese following. Most likely the reason it hasn't been brought out as quickly over there is the sheer length of the series (both sub-series are nearly 50 issues each) and the general rigours of localization, translation, licensing and all that old bollocks.

I don't know about the length argument, they are currently putting up with the bilge called 'one piece', and that clearly has no end in sight

I meant more the logistics of translating and localizing a comic that has been going on for quite a while under several different artists/writers and so on. Importing media is nowhere near as easy as it sounds.

Delta Magnus wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:The comics are being released over there, and IIRC there are unofficial Japanese scanlations. It is true that it isn't as popular in Japan as in the West but it does have a Japanese following. Most likely the reason it hasn't been brought out as quickly over there is the sheer length of the series (both sub-series are nearly 50 issues each) and the general rigours of localization, translation, licensing and all that old bollocks.

I don't know about the length argument, they are currently putting up with the bilge called 'one piece', and that clearly has no end in sight

I meant more the logistics of translating and localizing a comic that has been going on for quite a while under several different artists/writers and so on. Importing media is nowhere near as easy as it sounds.

Yeah, I figured, just wanted to draw attention to the distinction

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Va'al would tell you japan is an IDW hot spot. They love the comics.

Also, I already got the Skids i really wanted, but this is still awesome

Apparently, a japanese artist linked to Takara draws for the IDW comics.

Does he have pink and green in the comics or am I colorblind?

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I'll take that SW!
But Hasbro's metallic red was pretty nice.

do you have him??? Do you want him????

I have him, and I like him. Thanks though.

Damn! Well, at least I'm excited to have 2 of him

And add the reprolabel decals and he's even more awesome!(He was a pain to find too.....Crosscut I mean)

Pain to find? I literally have had so many choices to pick from all at reasonable prices or better (then again, I'm US). He is even still at HTS at a reduced price!

Chalk it up to Hb "amazing" distribution skills. I heard somewhere here that Viper is hard to find as is Brainstorm yet they are like shelfwarming this side of Asia.

fenrir72 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I'll take that SW!
But Hasbro's metallic red was pretty nice.

do you have him??? Do you want him????

I have him, and I like him. Thanks though.

Damn! Well, at least I'm excited to have 2 of him

And add the reprolabel decals and he's even more awesome!(He was a pain to find too.....Crosscut I mean)

Pain to find? I literally have had so many choices to pick from all at reasonable prices or better (then again, I'm US). He is even still at HTS at a reduced price!

Chalk it up to Hb "amazing" distribution skills. I heard somewhere here that Viper is hard to find as is Brainstorm yet they are like shelfwarming this side of Asia.

Wow, I never saw either of those

And to think Viper is $15+ at bbts and the like, hard to swallow considering the likelihood that the legs won't play nice

SillySpringer wrote:Does he have pink and green in the comics or am I colorblind?

pink="energon" effect

Hellscream9999 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I'll take that SW!
But Hasbro's metallic red was pretty nice.

do you have him??? Do you want him????

I have him, and I like him. Thanks though.

Damn! Well, at least I'm excited to have 2 of him

And add the reprolabel decals and he's even more awesome!(He was a pain to find too.....Crosscut I mean)

Pain to find? I literally have had so many choices to pick from all at reasonable prices or better (then again, I'm US). He is even still at HTS at a reduced price!

Chalk it up to Hb "amazing" distribution skills. I heard somewhere here that Viper is hard to find as is Brainstorm yet they are like shelfwarming this side of Asia.

Wow, I never saw either of those

And to think Viper is $15+ at bbts and the like, hard to swallow considering the likelihood that the legs won't play nice

In addition, when I got Crosscut back in Sept 2014, I haven't seen a restock ever again.

Soraboo1030 wrote:It's rather amusing to me to hear all this talk about Japan loving the IDW comics.
I live in Japan and the only IDW comics I've ever seen are sitting on shelves in used
bookstores. I'd say more than anything Japan loves their Beast Wars. You just can't get away
from those things over here!

I recall being told that Comixology is accessible in Japan, so perhaps IDW's Japanese following is less rooted in a physical comic format and more of the digital format.

Rated X wrote:Gotta disagree. Springer is getting a more cartoon accurate deco after all this time.

Really, this is your argument for doing Skids in G1 colors? Very IDW Springer in G1 cartoon colors looks terrible! Springer is only being repainted to help sell Masterpiece Hot Rod just like the re-release of MP Ultra Magnus. It's no coincidence that all three come out in February. If it weren't for the anniversary and those MPs the figure would never be made.

Soraboo1030 wrote:It's rather amusing to me to hear all this talk about Japan loving the IDW comics.
I live in Japan and the only IDW comics I've ever seen are sitting on shelves in used
bookstores. I'd say more than anything Japan loves their Beast Wars. You just can't get away
from those things over here!

Thanks for saying this, it's why I made that comment a few posts back. You guys got All Hail Megatron and a few untranslated import books and that's pretty much it. Sure there are some fans over there that can read English or download translated scans to keep up, but the fandom far and wide is probably as aware of the IDW universe as most fans in the west are of Beast Wars Neo. I think when it comes to Japan it's more about the look that they like than the story.

fenrir72 wrote:Chalk it up to Hb "amazing" distribution skills. I heard somewhere here that Viper is hard to find as is Brainstorm yet they are like shelfwarming this side of Asia.

It's true. From CW Legends wave 3 I've seen a single Groove, but have yet to see Viper or Warpath. Brainstorm was a similar case, I saw one at Target once, that was it (which was fine since I got a cheaper one from TJ Max later). Distribution really is a crazy thing. For that matter I've never seen Gen Skids in store either.

Emerje

Sabrblade wrote:

Soraboo1030 wrote:It's rather amusing to me to hear all this talk about Japan loving the IDW comics.
I live in Japan and the only IDW comics I've ever seen are sitting on shelves in used
bookstores. I'd say more than anything Japan loves their Beast Wars. You just can't get away
from those things over here!

I recall being told that Comixology is accessible in Japan, so perhaps IDW's Japanese following is less rooted in a physical comic format and more of the digital format.

Makes complete sense, cuts out the effort of having to print them after translating them

Emerje wrote:

Rated X wrote:Gotta disagree. Springer is getting a more cartoon accurate deco after all this time.

Really, this is your argument for doing Skids in G1 colors? Very IDW Springer in G1 cartoon colors looks terrible! Springer is only being repainted to help sell Masterpiece Hot Rod just like the re-release of MP Ultra Magnus. It's no coincidence that all three come out in February. If it weren't for the anniversary and those MPs the figure would never be made.

Soraboo1030 wrote:It's rather amusing to me to hear all this talk about Japan loving the IDW comics.
I live in Japan and the only IDW comics I've ever seen are sitting on shelves in used
bookstores. I'd say more than anything Japan loves their Beast Wars. You just can't get away
from those things over here!

Thanks for saying this, it's why I made that comment a few posts back. You guys got All Hail Megatron and a few untranslated import books and that's pretty much it. Sure there are some fans over there that can read English or download translated scans to keep up, but the fandom far and wide is probably as aware of the IDW universe as most fans in the west are of Beast Wars Neo. I think when it comes to Japan it's more about the look that they like than the story.

fenrir72 wrote:Chalk it up to Hb "amazing" distribution skills. I heard somewhere here that Viper is hard to find as is Brainstorm yet they are like shelfwarming this side of Asia.

It's true. From CW Legends wave 3 I've seen a single Groove, but have yet to see Viper or Warpath. Brainstorm was a similar case, I saw one at Target once, that was it (which was fine since I got a cheaper one from TJ Max later). Distribution really is a crazy thing. For that matter I've never seen Gen Skids in store either.

Emerje

Warpath is also shelfwarming. There's like soooooooooo many Warpaths.

The Takara Legeds comic has kept on trecking since we last checked it out. They have just released their 34th one page comic, which is part 18 in their latest story. Below you will find entries 31 to 34, filled with all the fan service you wouldn't even think to ask for. You can click each comic to get to the source which includes links to the previous comics. Remember that to make most sense of these, you should read them from right to left. Let us know if that helps in any way!

Meido Starscream is the funniest thing I've seen today.

I can't quite put a finger on it, but Chromia seems so much more interesting all of a sudden.

So what's exactly going on here anyway? Seems a little crazy.

caryweeone wrote:I can't quite put a finger on it, but Chromia seems so much more interesting all of a sudden.

So what's exactly going on here anyway? Seems a little crazy.

I was gonna say Slipstream seems more interesting.

Also I think one of the jokes is that Starscream ows Slipstream something so she asks him to pose as her in her restaurant job. Hijinks ensue.

What I found so weird was Armada Megs checking out how much Devastator goes for on e-bay.

william-james88 wrote:What I found so weird was Armada Megs checking out how much Devastator goes for on e-bay.

Hahaha, I missed that, awesome. These are fun!

Does anyone translate these ever? I'd really like to see that sometime.

Rodimus Knight wrote:Does anyone translate these ever? I'd really like to see that sometime.

so far that hasnt happened.

Why does Windblade look so HOT in that last page?

Someone on Tfw2005 translated a few of them (not the ones in this article but the ones that come with the female Decepticons)

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... -17-a.html

Also Tfwiki has the events translated (not the comic but they explain what happend)

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Legends_(comic)

I'm unsure of how to feel about the Chromia one.



If there is anyone who can make me attracted to plastic toys based off metal robots it's Hayato Sakamoto (the artist for this comic who has done a couple issues of MTMTE)

*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

Munkky wrote:*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

I have been purposely not getting the Legends girls because of... guy reasons.

Munkky wrote:*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

I just read them too. By Primus.....

SillySpringer wrote:

Munkky wrote:*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

I have been purposely not getting the Legends girls because of... guy reasons.

I have been getting them for precisely guy reasons.

Deadput wrote:Someone on Tfw2005 translated a few of them (not the ones in this article but the ones that come with the female Decepticons)

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... -17-a.html

Also Tfwiki has the events translated (not the comic but they explain what happend)

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Legends_(comic)

I love when they translate comics like the first link. We really need more of that.

The second link took me to an empty page.

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Munkky wrote:*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

I have been purposely not getting the Legends girls because of... guy reasons.

I have been getting them for precisely guy reasons.

I would rather get the Hasbro versions because they don't come with the Japanese comics with bikini fembots that are so arousing. Or I could just throw them away but still...

SillySpringer wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Munkky wrote:*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

I have been purposely not getting the Legends girls because of... guy reasons.

I have been getting them for precisely guy reasons.

I would rather get the Hasbro versions because they don't come with the Japanese comics with bikini fembots that are so arousing. Or I could just throw them away but still...

You are young but you will learn that there is nothing wrong with feeling that way. I look forward to our discussion on the birds and he bees.





I know he's a wasp

I have gotten none for precisely the reasons of.....I didn't really want badly enough to buy

Rodimus Knight wrote:

Deadput wrote:Someone on Tfw2005 translated a few of them (not the ones in this article but the ones that come with the female Decepticons)

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... -17-a.html

Also Tfwiki has the events translated (not the comic but they explain what happend)

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Legends_(comic)

I love when they translate comics like the first link. We really need more of that.

The second link took me to an empty page.

For some reason the link left off the last parenthesis. I fixed the link. Should work now.

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Munkky wrote:*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

I have been purposely not getting the Legends girls because of... guy reasons.

I have been getting them for precisely guy reasons.

I would rather get the Hasbro versions because they don't come with the Japanese comics with bikini fembots that are so arousing. Or I could just throw them away but still...

You are young but you will learn that there is nothing wrong with feeling that way. I look forward to our discussion on the birds and he bees.





I know he's a wasp

Don't worry, no need to discuss that.

Dear Lord.

Evidently a lot of folks over in Japan could use a cold shower and some time to think.

Gearslide wrote:Dear Lord.

Evidently a lot of folks over in Japan could use a cold shower and some time to think.

Agreed.