New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS

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Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610369)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 2nd, 2014 @ 9:06am CDT

Comic. Accurate. Windblade!!!! =P~

Show. Accurate. Arcee!!!! :KREMZEEK:

And Chromia.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610373)
Posted by mooncake623 on October 2nd, 2014 @ 9:15am CDT

Hisashi Yuki just updated his twitter with some fun new images teasing the new Takara Legends figures that are due to be released soon. These images all features Rattrap in interesting situations with Optimus Primal, Roadbuster, Sky-Byte, Jetfire, and Arcee? We don't get to see much of Arcee but looks like there will be a darker shade of pink? All of these figures will feature different paint appicaltions from their Hasbro counterparts. Let us know what you think in the Seibertron.com Fourms here. We've also mirrored the images below for your viewing pleasures and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610374)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 2nd, 2014 @ 9:17am CDT

mooncake623 wrote:

Guess Rattrap's a little hesitant to approach his Great Aunt Arcee.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610392)
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on October 2nd, 2014 @ 9:58am CDT

Arcee is his great aunt

The Takara Jetfire looks sharp and won't be a crumbling mess in 20 years. I'd prefer no chrome and more paint apps I think

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610393)
Posted by Cyberpath on October 2nd, 2014 @ 10:20am CDT

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610413)
Posted by Cobalt Prime on October 2nd, 2014 @ 11:48am CDT

welcometothedarksyde wrote:Arcee is his great aunt
The Takara Jetfire looks sharp and won't be a crumbling mess in 20 years. I'd prefer no chrome and more paint apps I think

I know! I took one look at the Hasbro one at the store then went home and pre-ordered the Takara one. NOT going to deal with another BM Jetstorm fiasco. I can wait til December for it to arrive.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610416)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on October 2nd, 2014 @ 12:07pm CDT

Slightly off topic, why do i have the weird feeling that if Cosmos is released in the Legends line, in might be cheaper than the aftermarket prices for the generations figure.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610417)
Posted by mooncake623 on October 2nd, 2014 @ 12:08pm CDT

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Slightly off topic, why do i have the weird feeling that if Cosmos is released in the Legends line, in might be cheaper than the aftermarket prices for the generations figure.

What is the aftermarket price for Generations Cosmos?

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610418)
Posted by Agamemnon on October 2nd, 2014 @ 12:14pm CDT

Is it just me or does Sky-Byte look more like an orca with that paint job?

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610419)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on October 2nd, 2014 @ 12:16pm CDT

mooncake623 wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Slightly off topic, why do i have the weird feeling that if Cosmos is released in the Legends line, in might be cheaper than the aftermarket prices for the generations figure.

What is the aftermarket price for Generations Cosmos?

25 to 30 on ebay, it was about 50 on amazon last time I looked.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610426)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 2nd, 2014 @ 12:30pm CDT

Cobalt Prime wrote:
welcometothedarksyde wrote:Arcee is his great aunt
The Takara Jetfire looks sharp and won't be a crumbling mess in 20 years. I'd prefer no chrome and more paint apps I think

I know! I took one look at the Hasbro one at the store then went home and pre-ordered the Takara one. NOT going to deal with another BM Jetstorm fiasco. I can wait til December for it to arrive.

The chrome can be removed from Hasbro Jetfire. There's red plastic underneath.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610428)
Posted by Mkall on October 2nd, 2014 @ 12:39pm CDT

I dropped both Chromia and Arcee in favour of these two. Arcee looks much better with the soft grey on black instead of the hard black/white contrast. I like Chromia's translucent blue plastic instead of Hasbro's clear plastic.

I don't really have much of an attachment to Windblade, so I don't feel the need to spend more money on her.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610430)
Posted by Genocide G2.0 on October 2nd, 2014 @ 12:43pm CDT

There's not many Takara paint jobs i think are worthy of the extra coin , but they nailed Arcee with this one .

That black neck piece on the hasbro version looks ugly .

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610441)
Posted by UltraPrimal on October 2nd, 2014 @ 1:20pm CDT

That shot with Jetfire reminds me of that episode of BW where Rattrap and Una are rafting down the river on Depth Charges back. Almost legitimizes that digibash of Jetfire into Depth Charge that I saw.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610445)
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on October 2nd, 2014 @ 1:42pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Cobalt Prime wrote:
welcometothedarksyde wrote:Arcee is his great aunt
The Takara Jetfire looks sharp and won't be a crumbling mess in 20 years. I'd prefer no chrome and more paint apps I think

I know! I took one look at the Hasbro one at the store then went home and pre-ordered the Takara one. NOT going to deal with another BM Jetstorm fiasco. I can wait til December for it to arrive.
The chrome can be removed from Hasbro Jetfire. There's red plastic underneath.

My point is that it probably will be removed eventually, time will take care of that :lol:

On the plus side I do appreciate that they made it red plastic underneath. So if the chrome does fail it won't be white or grey underneath. That Legends Arcee looks great

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610449)
Posted by Agamemnon on October 2nd, 2014 @ 2:03pm CDT

Well, is there any concern that the chrome will disintegrate like gold plastic? With the red plastic underneath, that should alleviate any of those concerns, right?

I do like how looking at Takara Jetfire immediately made me nostalgic for the G1 Jetfire toy.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610459)
Posted by shajaki on October 2nd, 2014 @ 2:28pm CDT

that paint job on skybyte looks F'ing EPIC. theres no way ill be passing that up.

and takara nailed arcee.
(teehee)

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610465)
Posted by Rated X on October 2nd, 2014 @ 2:35pm CDT

Preordered arcee and chromia. Might cancel my hasbro preorder and grab them in the stores just for fun.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610476)
Posted by Peridot on October 2nd, 2014 @ 3:23pm CDT

Agamemnon wrote:Well, is there any concern that the chrome will disintegrate like gold plastic? With the red plastic underneath, that should alleviate any of those concerns, right?

I do like how looking at Takara Jetfire immediately made me nostalgic for the G1 Jetfire toy.

Chrome flaking and Gold Plastic Syndrome are two entirely different things.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610495)
Posted by Agamemnon on October 2nd, 2014 @ 4:47pm CDT

Metro Prime wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Well, is there any concern that the chrome will disintegrate like gold plastic? With the red plastic underneath, that should alleviate any of those concerns, right?

I do like how looking at Takara Jetfire immediately made me nostalgic for the G1 Jetfire toy.

Chrome flaking and Gold Plastic Syndrome are two entirely different things.

Right. That's what I was asking. Were people afraid that the chrome was the entire mold, or just the flaking. Sorry if I wasn't clear in that.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610503)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 2nd, 2014 @ 5:00pm CDT

Agamemnon wrote:
Metro Prime wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Well, is there any concern that the chrome will disintegrate like gold plastic? With the red plastic underneath, that should alleviate any of those concerns, right?

I do like how looking at Takara Jetfire immediately made me nostalgic for the G1 Jetfire toy.

Chrome flaking and Gold Plastic Syndrome are two entirely different things.

Right. That's what I was asking. Were people afraid that the chrome was the entire mold, or just the flaking. Sorry if I wasn't clear in that.

Just the flaking. Don't get me wrong, structure-wise the plastic is fine, but the mere sight of chrome cracking and flaking... Besides, chrome has to be in a location that makes sense, not in random places like most of the Henkei line.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610505)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on October 2nd, 2014 @ 5:02pm CDT

Even though I have Delicate Warrior, I'll buy the Takara Arcee. For this will be the REAL Arcee. That is, until a MP come out.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610533)
Posted by fenrir72 on October 2nd, 2014 @ 8:39pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Comic. Accurate. Windblade!!!!

Show. Accurate. Arcee!!!!

And Chromia.

Fist pump!

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610546)
Posted by RotorstormNZ on October 2nd, 2014 @ 9:46pm CDT

The expression on Rattrap's face looking at Primal, and riding Sky-Byte/Gelshark, just cracks me up!

For those (like me) yet to get a new-mold Rattrap, what are the differences shaping up to be between Generations and Legends?

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610722)
Posted by shajaki on October 3rd, 2014 @ 4:16pm CDT

RotorstormNZ wrote:For those (like me) yet to get a new-mold Rattrap, what are the differences shaping up to be between Generations and Legends?

not a whole lot.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610724)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 3rd, 2014 @ 4:19pm CDT

shajaki wrote:
RotorstormNZ wrote:For those (like me) yet to get a new-mold Rattrap, what are the differences shaping up to be between Generations and Legends?
not a whole lot.

Takara's almost looks like it has less paint than Hasbro's. :shock:

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610832)
Posted by Autobot032 on October 4th, 2014 @ 8:26am CDT

Earlier this week, we reported on some in hand images of the upcoming Takara Tomy Transformers Legends (Generations) Rattrap, along with several other figures, including a teaser of their Arcee. You can read that full article and see those pictures, here.

Hisashi Yuki isn't quite done extolling the virtues of Rattrap, it seems, as he's posted more pictures of the upcoming figure and his Legends buddies. We've mirrored those images below:

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610854)
Posted by TimothyR on October 4th, 2014 @ 10:16am CDT

hey look, it's leader jetfire with the few extra paint apps that hasbro couldn't have been bothered to put on their version.. why i support and buy any of their figures is beyond me. it's stuff like this that makes me wish i lived in Japan.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610899)
Posted by kirbenvost on October 4th, 2014 @ 2:34pm CDT

I really love that Takara went out of their way to make Arcee G1-accurate. Suprisingly though, I like Hasbro's more. I think the black details just add a little needed contrast or something that the G1 colors lack. Same goes for Chromia, Hasbro has those red details and the big canopy, whereas Takara painted the canopy to appear smaller. So I'm definitely keeping my Hasbro preorders for those two.

Windblade looks considerably different and may actually have a way better face, but I've already paid for the Hasbro version, so... yeah. Too late, probably.

I also just noticed Brainstorm's headmaster can turn his head! WHOA. :shock:

Is that a first for officially-released -Master figures?

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610947)
Posted by Siger on October 4th, 2014 @ 8:05pm CDT

Does anyone think Takara Jetfire is worth the extra $20?

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610952)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on October 4th, 2014 @ 9:00pm CDT

Siger wrote:Does anyone think Takara Jetfire is worth the extra $20?

It only depend on you. See the pictures, compare, and decide.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610954)
Posted by fenrir72 on October 4th, 2014 @ 9:35pm CDT

Siger wrote:Does anyone think Takara Jetfire is worth the extra $20?

I always hear this. extra apps not worth the extra price. If you add extra toppings to your hoagie, don't you expect to pay extra? Same with the Tomy Japan releases. That and extra packaging and of course, it is more expensive in Japan.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1610997)
Posted by megatronus on October 5th, 2014 @ 4:04am CDT

TimothyR wrote:hey look, it's leader jetfire with the few extra paint apps that hasbro couldn't have been bothered to put on their version.. why i support and buy any of their figures is beyond me. it's stuff like this that makes me wish i lived in Japan.

Go ahead. Move to Japan and enjoy your liquidity trap.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611004)
Posted by Cyberpath on October 5th, 2014 @ 5:41am CDT

Siger wrote:Does anyone think Takara Jetfire is worth the extra $20?

I think it's better without the extra paint that Takara offers, because it looks more cartoon-accurate, if you're into that.

The only difference as far as I can tell, aside from the weapons and white outline around the symbol, is that the Takara version has red cuffs on its boots; a longer red stripe on the chest and some black in the knees.

Personally, I would have omitted the red cuffs on his sleeves, too.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611005)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on October 5th, 2014 @ 6:06am CDT

I really love how the weapons on the Takara one are colored. However, I'm hesitant to customise them. I'd like to keep the chrome and paint the cannon parts black. Can I just paint over the chrome, or should I remove it first? If I must remove the chrome before painting, how to manage to remove it without having to soak the entire part in the soap? I don't want to remove ALL the chrome. I just want to remove the chrome on the tiny gun part and repainting it black.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611108)
Posted by shajaki on October 5th, 2014 @ 2:09pm CDT

fenrir72 wrote:
Siger wrote:Does anyone think Takara Jetfire is worth the extra $20?
I always hear this. extra apps not worth the extra price. If you add extra toppings to your hoagie, don't you expect to pay extra? Same with the Tomy Japan releases. That and extra packaging and of course, it is more expensive in Japan.

unfair comparison. it all depends on what kind of collector you are. me, ill own whichever one superior. even small details go a long way to me, and i dont mind paying the extra costs.

end of the day, is it worth it to you?

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611110)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on October 5th, 2014 @ 2:11pm CDT

shajaki wrote:end of the day, is it worth it to you?

Exactly.
A collector must collect what HE like. Not what other people like.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611167)
Posted by Siger on October 5th, 2014 @ 6:29pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
shajaki wrote:end of the day, is it worth it to you?

Exactly.
A collector must collect what HE like. Not what other people like.

Thanks to all that replied, and the side by side picture comparison really helped Cyberpath. I understand your point Kanrabat but I obviously asked the question because I want to hear people's opinions, which in turn will help me make a more informed purchase. Once again, thanks for the inputs.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611170)
Posted by megatronus on October 5th, 2014 @ 6:53pm CDT

shajaki wrote:end of the day, is it worth it to you?

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611239)
Posted by fenrir72 on October 6th, 2014 @ 2:23am CDT

Cyberpath wrote:
Siger wrote:Does anyone think Takara Jetfire is worth the extra $20?

I think it's better without the extra paint that Takara offers, because it looks more cartoon-accurate, if you're into that.

The only difference as far as I can tell, aside from the weapons and white outline around the symbol, is that the Takara version has red cuffs on its boots; a longer red stripe on the chest and some black in the knees.

Personally, I would have omitted the red cuffs on his sleeves, too.

If you want to be OCD, the paint apps on the Hasbro version (especially on his chest) is more cartoon accurate. Tomy's has those to extended extra red stripes making him more packaging accurate (take a look at the IDW art work in the 30th Jetfire box).

Btw, as I previously mentioned on the complaints about the extra cost, read the Parable of the Merchant and the Pearl. Religious connotations aside, it is apt for us collectors whether the extra price is worth it.

Also, Jetfire is already pre ordered. I'll keep the Hasbro in Jet mode and Tomy in bot mode.

Arcee and the other fembots are next (will be skipping the Hasbro Arcee and Chromia for theses babies!).

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611601)
Posted by mooncake623 on October 7th, 2014 @ 12:07pm CDT

Thanks to TakaraTomyMall.jp we get Official Stock Images of Takara's Legends Arcee, Chromia and Windblade. All three are repaints of their Hasbro Generations version with more a cartoon accurate deco for Arcee and Chromia, and more comic accurate deco for Windblade. We've mirrored them below for your viewing pleasures and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611603)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 7th, 2014 @ 12:21pm CDT

Arcee's and Windblade's new decos make each of them a MUST HAVE!

Chromia I'm not so sure about since her show-accurate deco makes her comic-accurate body less accurate to the source material.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611605)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on October 7th, 2014 @ 12:24pm CDT

The colours make a WORLD of difference on Arcee. Chromia is a definite maybe. I want her more for toon representation than anything else.

Is it just the angle or do they all have smiles painted on them?

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611606)
Posted by mooncake623 on October 7th, 2014 @ 12:27pm CDT

Gauntlet101010 wrote:The colours make a WORLD of difference on Arcee. Chromia is a definite maybe. I want her more for toon representation than anything else.

Is it just the angle or do they all have smiles painted on them?

lol Huh you're right looks like they are all smiling... I wonder if this will be on the toys themselves. I'm sure these images were all photoshopped.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611607)
Posted by Rated X on October 7th, 2014 @ 12:30pm CDT

Arcee and Chromia are a must have. I dont read comics so I dont need a comic accurate windblade. At a quick glance the only differences I see are the face and the white nosecone.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611608)
Posted by Railbomb on October 7th, 2014 @ 12:33pm CDT

Something about Windblade's face just seems unsettling.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611610)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on October 7th, 2014 @ 12:40pm CDT

Railbomb wrote:Something about Windblade's face just seems unsettling.

What, here? Or just in general? I can hardly make out the details here; I can just tell she's smiling too. I think.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611614)
Posted by Cyberpath on October 7th, 2014 @ 12:50pm CDT

HLJ has pre-orders up. About $21 each.

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611615)
Posted by Agamemnon on October 7th, 2014 @ 12:52pm CDT

Gauntlet101010 wrote:
Railbomb wrote:Something about Windblade's face just seems unsettling.

What, here? Or just in general? I can hardly make out the details here; I can just tell she's smiling too. I think.

I don't exactly know why, but I agree. Maybe it's because she feels like Thrust's sister...

Re: New Images and Preorders for Takara Legends Arcee, Chromia, & Windblade from BBTS (1611619)
Posted by Sodan-1 on October 7th, 2014 @ 12:57pm CDT

Railbomb wrote:Something about Windblade's face just seems unsettling.

Thank you! It's not just me then. There's something about the eyes. It looks like her eyes are missing and all we're left with are the shadowy sockets. Add that to the smile and it puts me in mind of this...

At least Takara have made sure none of these fembots are wearing the same shade of lipstick. :roll:

I'm really torn as to whether to go for Hasbro's IDW comic accurate Chromia or Takara's G1 animation accurate colours. The all black wheels and painted canopy of Takara's annoys me, but Hasbro's face looks a little vacant and void of life.

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