New Images: Legends Springer

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Seibertronians, fellow member fenrir72 has alerted us to several new images of Legends Springer! These images show a different looking color scheme that shows a more accurate toy image. Do these new colors interest you? Convinced enough to pre-order this guy? Head on down to the forums to talk all about these new pictures for our favorite yellow and green triple changing Wrecker!

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Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758218)
Posted by Deadput on January 21st, 2016 @ 9:38pm CST

Not going to lie but there is something wrong going on with that green like as if it's too bland or something can't explain it.

I think I'll stick with Hasbro.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758221)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 21st, 2016 @ 9:43pm CST

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

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758222)
Posted by Cobotron on January 21st, 2016 @ 9:46pm CST

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

Is there an echo in here? :-P

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758239)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 21st, 2016 @ 10:12pm CST

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?

Is there an echo in here? :-P

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758264)
Posted by Ultra Markus on January 21st, 2016 @ 10:50pm CST

move over Donald Duck we have a new U of O mascot :lol:

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758293)
Posted by Mr Skram on January 21st, 2016 @ 11:20pm CST

And that's all I have to say about that.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758313)
Posted by RevTibe on January 22nd, 2016 @ 12:13am CST

I personally think the yellow chest of the original complimented the design much more nicely, but I'm glad peeps trying to get their movie cast as accurate as possible have an option here.

Shades of green feel hard to pin down, considering the variability of animation, broadcast etc.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758323)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on January 22nd, 2016 @ 3:04am CST

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

I like the yellow chest but I loathed the yellow plastic colour Hasbro used, so I ended up painting over all the yellow plastic on my Springer with a richer ever so slightly orangey yellow that I had also used to add extra details on my AoE Deluxe Bumblebee (like the yellow strips on the thighs the Takara version has and my Hasbro one was missing) and I think it looks much better.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758422)
Posted by bvzxa on January 22nd, 2016 @ 12:23pm CST

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.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758425)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 22nd, 2016 @ 12:28pm CST

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.

Meh, I'd rather Cloud Rodimus, than some new, uninspired generic hot rod. Now if we're talking the futuristic semi version, I could definitely do with a 2016 version of the semi truck 8-)

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758426)
Posted by megatronus on January 22nd, 2016 @ 12:30pm CST

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

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758428)
Posted by william-james88 on January 22nd, 2016 @ 12:33pm CST

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?

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758435)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 22nd, 2016 @ 12:54pm CST

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 :-?

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758441)
Posted by steals_your_goats on January 22nd, 2016 @ 1:04pm CST

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

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758538)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 22nd, 2016 @ 5:16pm CST

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

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

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758563)
Posted by william-james88 on January 22nd, 2016 @ 7:25pm CST

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.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758566)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 22nd, 2016 @ 7:31pm CST

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.

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

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758567)
Posted by william-james88 on January 22nd, 2016 @ 7:33pm CST

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.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758573)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 22nd, 2016 @ 7:59pm CST

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

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758591)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 22nd, 2016 @ 8:44pm CST

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.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758706)
Posted by Evil Eye on January 23rd, 2016 @ 8:27am CST

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.

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.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758828)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on January 23rd, 2016 @ 3:45pm CST

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

I second that notion!

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.

I second that one too!

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758864)
Posted by shajaki on January 23rd, 2016 @ 6:26pm CST

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.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758897)
Posted by william-james88 on January 23rd, 2016 @ 8:39pm CST

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.

I totally get that last part. But what fans were happy about was that he was a better representation of his current appearance in MTMTE and that he scales well with Generations Magnus in that context.

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.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758899)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 23rd, 2016 @ 8:43pm CST

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! :lol:

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758903)
Posted by Agamemnon on January 23rd, 2016 @ 8:50pm CST

-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!

Indeed. This is like going to a high place and saying, "don't look down!!" :lol:

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758906)
Posted by Cobotron on January 23rd, 2016 @ 9:01pm CST

My goodness! What is that all about?

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758913)
Posted by william-james88 on January 23rd, 2016 @ 9:11pm CST

It was supposed to be a lessons learnt guys, not "lets copy Willy's mistake!" :-P

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758918)
Posted by shajaki on January 23rd, 2016 @ 9:24pm CST

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758920)
Posted by Cobotron on January 23rd, 2016 @ 9:34pm CST

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?

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758923)
Posted by william-james88 on January 23rd, 2016 @ 9:45pm CST

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?

There is still Jihaxus, nightbeat and crosscut. Though they might just skip nightbeat and release him when he is a proper headmaster. Crosscut I am not sure either. But Jihaxus is definitely a character they would do especially since they could offer the proper deco that homages the initial toy:

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758924)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 23rd, 2016 @ 9:49pm CST

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:

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:

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758926)
Posted by william-james88 on January 23rd, 2016 @ 9:54pm CST

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.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758927)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 23rd, 2016 @ 9:59pm CST

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.

The comics, specifically the Dark Cybertron ones, got the colors from the Gen toy, which got the colors from the RiD toy. He was gold and silver with a red head in the comics before Dark Cybertron.

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.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1758993)
Posted by william-james88 on January 24th, 2016 @ 8:40am CST

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.

Ah my bad. I knew there was a mistake with the deco, I just confused what the mistake was. And I am reading the comics now so I get confused as to what came first with toys and comics. Like I know now that the design for Generations deluxe megatron was first in the comics but wasnt sure for jihaxus. He was in issue 10 of IDW TF RID from 2012 right? Was his deco orange then?

But in any case, if Takara is gonna keep the legends line for a gen toy that wasnt released yet, it would totally be for Jihaxus in proper colours. That would be a sure buy for a lot of folks.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759019)
Posted by Cobotron on January 24th, 2016 @ 10:02am CST

Crosscut is a good call too, Will. I can see Takara doing him for sure, but I'm not sure how they could improve upon Hasbro's deco. The Gen release's deco is Takara good.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759099)
Posted by no-one on January 24th, 2016 @ 2:52pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:

I'd like to see the gen mold done up in these colors. I picked up the safety/hunter's orange version on the cheap because I didn't own the mold yet and I like the Jhiaxus remolding better. It's a pretty fun mold, but I had to take a file to the backpack peg to get mine to peg in correctly in bot mode. I also do a little fanforming and fold his wings to point backwards. I think it looks nice.

I've seen a really great fan repaint. Well whatta ya know, here it is.

I have to keep stopping myself from buying that super mode Starscream. That deco is just killer. And speaking of expensive Starscreams... dat Cloud verion has all of my wants.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759109)
Posted by Va'al on January 24th, 2016 @ 3:37pm CST

carytheone wrote:

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759116)
Posted by Cobotron on January 24th, 2016 @ 4:01pm CST

Guys... where did Jihaxus originate from. Marvel comics?

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759118)
Posted by Va'al on January 24th, 2016 @ 4:03pm CST

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

Generation 2 Marvel Comics, yes.

Shows up in practically same incarnation in ReGeneration One, as well.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759121)
Posted by Cobotron on January 24th, 2016 @ 4:08pm CST

Thanks V! I know stuff, but I don't know all the stuff. Like that there was an animated Blackout. :lol:

that first pic is awesome. I love how color looked on comics printed on newsprint.
His head design is awesomely diabolical. :twisted:

If Takara released one like that custom, I would consider trading up.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759124)
Posted by Va'al on January 24th, 2016 @ 4:19pm CST

william-james88 wrote: He was in issue 10 of IDW TF RID from 2012 right? Was his deco orange then?

That was more of a, shall we say, repair measure, by having the issue reflect what the toy looked like, and giving it some sort of in-story reason for it. Felt very silly at the time, though I never thought it was that forced. But yes. Fun stuffs.

Likelihood of Legends picking up on it? Slim.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759147)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 24th, 2016 @ 7:25pm CST

Va'al wrote:Likelihood of Legends picking up on it? Slim.

Then again, stranger things have happened. Like United Straxus both being a thing and being based directly on Straxus's deco from his appearance in Marvel G1 issue #18 (the Hasbro toy's deco is an amalgam of his colors from both issues 17 and 18). Or the CW Rook mold getting redecoed into IDW Roller for Unite Warriors.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759169)
Posted by william-james88 on January 24th, 2016 @ 9:18pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
Va'al wrote:Likelihood of Legends picking up on it? Slim.
Then again, stranger things have happened. Like United Straxus both being a thing and being based directly on Straxus's deco from his appearance in Marvel G1 issue #18 (the Hasbro toy's deco is an amalgam of his colors from both issues 17 and 18). Or the CW Rook mold getting redecoed into IDW Roller for Unite Warriors.

I don't think we need to look any further than mp g2 sideswipe

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759227)
Posted by primalxconvoy on January 25th, 2016 @ 4:40am CST

"...These images show a different looking color scheme that shows a more accurate CARTOON DECO...

Fixed it for you.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759262)
Posted by william-james88 on January 25th, 2016 @ 8:40am CST

carytheone wrote: And speaking of expensive Starscreams... dat Cloud verion has all of my wants.

Stay away from that Stasrcream Cary! Of all the expensive Clod redecos that one by far uses the worst mold. Do you have any experience with that Blitzwing mold? The only thing worse than spending money on it is spending a lot of money on it. Fo the same price you could get Galaxy Force Starscream, which is objectiely a much more crucial figure in a collection for the simple reason that it has no decent Hasbro counterpart (similar case to Prime Breakdown).

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759263)
Posted by Va'al on January 25th, 2016 @ 8:44am CST

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Va'al wrote:Likelihood of Legends picking up on it? Slim.
Then again, stranger things have happened. Like United Straxus both being a thing and being based directly on Straxus's deco from his appearance in Marvel G1 issue #18 (the Hasbro toy's deco is an amalgam of his colors from both issues 17 and 18). Or the CW Rook mold getting redecoed into IDW Roller for Unite Warriors.

I don't think we need to look any further than mp g2 sideswipe

I think Sideswipe is part of a different conversation, having seen the fascination that some Japanese artists have for the gritty 90s style of US/UK comics (Dredd, G2, that sort of thing). I mean, it was a whole bundle of cross-influences to begin with, so it's more of a two buckets in the same well situation, really.

Though that sort of agrees with your points, too. Hm. :-?

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759372)
Posted by no-one on January 25th, 2016 @ 2:24pm CST

william-james88 wrote:
carytheone wrote: And speaking of expensive Starscreams... dat Cloud verion has all of my wants.

Stay away from that Stasrcream Cary! Of all the expensive Clod redecos that one by far uses the worst mold. Do you have any experience with that Blitzwing mold? The only thing worse than spending money on it is spending a lot of money on it. Fo the same price you could get Galaxy Force Starscream, which is objectiely a much more crucial figure in a collection for the simple reason that it has no decent Hasbro counterpart (similar case to Prime Breakdown).

I have Double Dealer so I know what's what with that mold (the issues don't bother me). I just think the paint job on cloud Starscream looks great. Sometimes it's just nice to want things. I got a little burned on my last expensive Japanese only figure and it will be my last for a long long time.

Re: New Images: Legends Springer (1759382)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on January 25th, 2016 @ 2:54pm CST

Cobotron wrote:Crosscut is a good call too, Will. I can see Takara doing him for sure, but I'm not sure how they could improve upon Hasbro's deco. The Gen release's deco is Takara good.

Instead of hasbro's mat silver plastic and candy apple red, Takara's would be silver paint and candy apple red. So essentially Imagine the stock photo as the ideal of a TT crosscut