New Images of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Nightbird, Slipstream, and Blackarachnia

All 3 look great, but that Black Arachnia looks phenomenal. Man.

Man, Nightbird Shadow is armed to the teeth!

mooncake623 wrote:Dengeki Hobby just posted some new images of Takara Tomy's Transformers Legends Nightbird, Slipstream, and Blackarachnia! Due to be release next month, these new images shows off all three ladies in both their Alt and Bot modes. Check out the images we've embedded below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates

Soooo beautiful. Hope no one complains about BA's added bulk in her upper torso just bellow her head.

fenrir72 wrote:Soooo beautiful. Hope no one complains about BA's added bulk in her upper torso just bellow her head.

Why's that a complaint?

Though, does Black Widow only come with the claw portion of Animated Blackarachnia's weapon without the bigger piece that extended out from/retracted into?

Sabrblade wrote:Though, does Black Widow only come with the claw portion of Animated Blackarachnia's weapon without the bigger piece that extended out from/retracted into?

I wondered that too from the robot mode pic. But the beast mode pic shows it attached the same way it would be if it had that larger piece so I assume its there and its just a trick of the camera angle in the robot mode picture.

While I'm kinda dissapointed that Blackarachnia isn't as accurate to the original character as Rhinox or Rattrap, I am still amazed they could pull that look off from the animated mold with only some minor retooling.

Nightbird is sexy as hell.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Though, does Black Widow only come with the claw portion of Animated Blackarachnia's weapon without the bigger piece that extended out from/retracted into?

I wondered that too from the robot mode pic. But the beast mode pic shows it attached the same way it would be if it had that larger piece so I assume its there and its just a trick of the camera angle in the robot mode picture.

And not long after I ask this is it pointed out to me that there's a black string running down her arm from the claw towards her back, where the bigger piece of the weapon is most likely attached to her.

I need that Blackarachnia! The other two I have no urge to get them, but it would be nice

Those are some very beautiful ladies right there! I really am impressed with how they came out!

I cannot wait to get Nightbird. She works so well as an uber assassin/ninja-robot-thing. I just always found the overabundance of weapons with arcee to be a little weird, because it conflicted with her motherly face and personality ('86 movie, my only reference) It comes off looking like the 'I've seen some $hit' or 'does this look like the face of mercy?' meme's and it's a little disconcerting.

Thundercracker Super Starscream is up at AmiAmi for 2,340JPY (US$19.39).

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Thundercracker Super Starscream is up at AmiAmi for 2,340JPY (US$19.39).

Emerje

In Armada, When Galvatron, Starscream, and Hot Shot fought, and were all laying on the ground dying, the minicons fixed them, and Starscream looked like Thundercracker. Starscream even said "I look like Thundercracker!"

He remained that way till his death.

So while most people don't know where to place Nightbird on their shelf, she's going to be right next to prid vehicon. Why? Well in the 3H they essential used her as drones, so in retrospect she's kinda the proto decepticon vehicon. Also, she'd look badass as the elite style vehicon. So yes in my headcannon i'm retconning a transforming nightbird to be elite vehicons. Oh and yes, she'd totally be used in alpha bravo-shock as something like this.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:So while most people don't know where to place Nightbird on their shelf, she's going to be right next to prid vehicon. Why? Well in the 3H they essential used her as drones, so in retrospect she's kinda the proto decepticon vehicon. Also, she'd look badass as the elite style vehicon. So yes in my headcannon i'm retconning a transforming nightbird to be elite vehicons. Oh and yes, she'd totally be used in alpha bravo-shock as something like this.

So, does that make her the first Steve?

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:So while most people don't know where to place Nightbird on their shelf, she's going to be right next to prid vehicon. Why? Well in the 3H they essential used her as drones, so in retrospect she's kinda the proto decepticon vehicon. Also, she'd look badass as the elite style vehicon. So yes in my headcannon i'm retconning a transforming nightbird to be elite vehicons. Oh and yes, she'd totally be used in alpha bravo-shock as something like this.

So, does that make her the first Steve?

Yes, she's Stevonnie.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:So while most people don't know where to place Nightbird on their shelf, she's going to be right next to prid vehicon. Why? Well in the 3H they essential used her as drones, so in retrospect she's kinda the proto decepticon vehicon. Also, she'd look badass as the elite style vehicon. So yes in my headcannon i'm retconning a transforming nightbird to be elite vehicons. Oh and yes, she'd totally be used in alpha bravo-shock as something like this.

So, does that make her the first Steve?

Yes, she's Stevonnie.

Mind: blown

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:So while most people don't know where to place Nightbird on their shelf, she's going to be right next to prid vehicon. Why? Well in the 3H they essential used her as drones, so in retrospect she's kinda the proto decepticon vehicon. Also, she'd look badass as the elite style vehicon. So yes in my headcannon i'm retconning a transforming nightbird to be elite vehicons. Oh and yes, she'd totally be used in alpha bravo-shock as something like this.

So, does that make her the first Steve?

Yes, she's Stevonnie.

Mind: blown

Her blind brother is Steve-E 1 Der.

Also, any reason the legends go on preorder months in advance while the TAV toys are only available one month before the figure gets released?

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:So while most people don't know where to place Nightbird on their shelf, she's going to be right next to prid vehicon. Why? Well in the 3H they essential used her as drones, so in retrospect she's kinda the proto decepticon vehicon. Also, she'd look badass as the elite style vehicon. So yes in my headcannon i'm retconning a transforming nightbird to be elite vehicons. Oh and yes, she'd totally be used in alpha bravo-shock as something like this.

So, does that make her the first Steve?

Yes, she's Stevonnie.

Mind: blown

Her blind brother is Steve-E 1 Der.

Also, any reason the legends go on preorder months in advance while the TAV toys are only available one month before the figure gets released?

I'd imagine that, for these, at least, they've had the molds since the original figs were released, so they could fiddle with them at their leisure, whereas for (some) of the tav line, they have to wait for hasbro to finish with the mold/send them a duplicate of the mold? I dunno, it is interesting, actually

Most likely because the TAV stuff is sensitive to the cartoon so they have to crank them out quickly which doesn't leave much time between pre-order and release. Legends don't have media to go with them so they can take their time.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Most likely because the TAV stuff is sensitive to the cartoon so they have to crank them out quickly which doesn't leave much time between pre-order and release. Legends don't have media to go with them so they can take their time.

Emerje

But other websites like BBTS and TFSource have the preorders for both Takara Legends AND TAV figures months in advance. For those sites, there is seemingly no production related reason to give different time frames for the preorders. So I wonder why amiami wont do it as well. It seems to be more of a marketting strategy since its clearly not something impossible to do given that other places do it.

This is why these forums are great.
I saw the AmiAmi listing for this Starscream and thought, what did I miss?
Oh the Thundercracker is Starscream. Should have read the news post. I saw the picture and just assumed.
Thanks to S.Springer and Emerje, I am fully informed.
Thanks y'all.

william-james88 wrote:But other websites like BBTS and TFSource have the preorders for both Takara Legends AND TAV figures months in advance.

I've been pondering this myself lately as I hawk AmiAmi for the Jazz/Drift VS. pack and other things. I think the US retailers just throw up the pre-orders willy nilly before they even place there orders. They may even base their quantities on their pre-orders. I think the Japanese sites wait to put their pre-orders up until they have placed their wholesale order.

All three look great. I pre-ordered the Nightbird as she's my favorite of the bunch. I had my finger on the trigger to do the same for Blackarachnia, but couldn't commit.

For those collectors so far unaware, or that perhaps forgot, Takara Tomy Mall has been running campaigns where limited edition Collector Cards have been available when buyers in Japan purchase ¥3,000 or more of Transformers products. Cards so far have included Arcee, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, and Megatron.

If you're collecting these cards, it's been revealed via the campaign's page on the Takara Tomy Mall site that September's card is none other than Ultra Magnus!



While this does rely on machine translation of the page, it seems this line up of cards is intended to go with figures that never included Collector Cards in their initial releases during Generation One.

Will you be tracking this card down to display with your Ultra Magnus collection? Maybe you know of an easy way for importers to track these down? Let us know by replying to this news post, and as always, keep it right here at Seibertron for the latest Transformers news!

As an update to our story earlier in the week regarding upcoming Takara Tomy Transformers Legends and Q-Transformers releases, we've mirrored a selection of much clearer images of these new products below. These were retrieved from product listings on Amazon Japan.















You can check out clear images of all the upcoming Q-Transformers here, and Starscream Super Mode's product listing is available here.

of all 3 of theme, only slipstream caught my eye

Ok, I passed on Armada Starscream 'cause I didn't like his look, but holy crap does Super Mode/Powerlinx Starscream look good!!!

Might have to get a Takara figure now....

Yweggo wrote:Ok, I passed on Armada Starscream 'cause I didn't like his look, but holy crap does Super Mode/Powerlinx Starscream look good!!!

Might have to get a Takara figure now....

I passed initially on ARMADA SS as well, I also passed on BOTH Generations Cyclonis.. NOW I REALLY REGRET IT.

With Armada SS I immediately thought WtF Bad-Look,,
BUT after reading the first few (Dope) "Dark Cybertron" ishs-
I was like hang-on, he looks kinda cool. The more I thought about
the ARMADA SS Look/Garb the more I Loved it!
That whole "acquired taste" jargon bit, or Maybe the comic is the way too appreciating it. Cause im A G1 Nut, E.g. ARMADA Megatron is horrid!
But ARMADA SS is an oddity or exception cause its thee Best secondary [ARMADA] look in the whole Transformers Universe...
It's A good look on him, Red is A Power color ((thee Ohio St.)).
Hell red dominates the NHL, BlackHawks, RedWings, Jordan's Bulls.


Needless too say, I Ebay'd ARMADA SS ($11) A year back (kinda loose forming but gr8 proportions and color for A Deluxe).
And after I grab this loot im going back2 Target & getting the
New Voyager "CW" Cyclonis (fingers X it's still there).

Cyberpath wrote:

Just like the original box pic 1985.

new comic pages:

LG13 Megatron --




LG14 Ultra Magnus with a small Alpha Trion --




It starts out with a cartoon-accurate version of Magnus, I wonder what's going on there.

Megs looks good in a suit

Cyberpath wrote:new comic pages:

LG13 Megatron --




LG14 Ultra Magnus with a small Alpha Trion --




It starts out with a cartoon-accurate version of Magnus, I wonder what's going on there.

It looks like UM also travelled into the Matrixverse. See that head behind him? iirc, Rodimus also encountered the guy.

fenrir72 wrote:It looks like UM also travelled into the Matrixverse. See that head behind him? iirc, Rodimus also encountered the guy.

Yeah, I noticed them, the robot is the warrior from Rodimus' journey into the matrix...



And the wireframe face is the ancient creature that Optimus Prime interacted with when searching for a cure for the hate plague...



Heh, but what's the story with Magnus and Alpha Trion?

That second-to-last picture in Ultra Magnus's comic on the left side looks to be Magnus trapped inside his coffin that he was put to rest in when he died in The Headmasters.

His funeral is towards the end of the video:


Maybe Alpha Trion revived him or something.


As for Megatron, he sure looks to be enjoying his newfound celebrity status in the Legends Universe.

Cyberpath wrote:

Daw, look how cute he is!

Got a better description for the Ultra Magnus comic.



The first panel (on the right) is of Ultra Magnus's death in The Headmasters.
The second panel below it is set after the G-2 manga and story pages with Battle Convoy speaking to Effectro (Electro) and Autovolt (Volt) about the new threat of Galvatron II.
The third panel has Battle Convoy holding the Matrix and speaking of how it powered him up to his current form, and speaks of Alpha Trin.
The fourth panel is of the late Alpha Trin inside the Matrix as it looked when Rodimus went inside it back in "Five Faces of Darkness". He's looking for the spark of the late Ultra Magnus.
The fifth panel (top-left) has Alpha Trin encountering the deceased Ultra Magnus, Sentinel Prime, and It, within the Matrix.
The sixth panel has Alpha Trin... trying to resurrect Magnus by... climbing into his chest...
The seventh panel has Ultra Magnus waking up inside his coffin, now upgraded into his new Legends body.
The final panel has him emerging from the sea like an angry zombie, much to the fright of the Autobot Headmasters who run for their lives calling out to Metroflex.

Sabrblade wrote:Got a better description for the Ultra Magnus comic.



The first panel (on the right) is of Ultra Magnus's death in The Headmasters.
The second panel below it is set after the G-2 manga and story pages with Battle Convoy speaking to Effectro (Electro) and Autovolt (Volt) about the new threat of Galvatron II.
The third panel has Battle Convoy holding the Matrix and speaking of how it powered him up to his current form, and speaks of Alpha Trin.
The fourth panel is of the late Alpha Trin inside the Matrix as it looked when Rodimus went inside it back in "Five Faces of Darkness". He's looking for the spark of the late Ultra Magnus.
The fifth panel (top-left) has Alpha Trin encountering the deceased Ultra Magnus, Sentinel Prime, and It, within the Matrix.
The sixth panel has Alpha Trin... trying to resurrect Magnus by... climbing into his chest...
The seventh panel has Ultra Magnus waking up inside his coffin, now upgraded into his new Legends body.
The final panel has him emerging from the sea like an angry zombie, much to the fright of the Autobot Headmasters who run for their lives calling out to Metroflex.

Thanks for that. Interesting read there!

I feel so dumb, I forgot that I was supposed to view this from right to left. It doesnt help that this isn't very sequential.

This is awesome. This comics actually gives the fiction of the toy and pairing, thats amazing!

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... URE-011557

UM is available for release and for pre-orders at Amiami

I'll just move this over here.

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Here's another part of the LG14 story.

Is that the Beast Wars crew riding Metroplex? They're so cuuuuuute!

Cobotron wrote:I'll just move this over here.

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Here's another part of the LG14 story.

Is that the Beast Wars crew riding Metroplex? They're so cuuuuuute!

Is the guy in the trench coat Alpha Trion?

Cobotron wrote:I'll just move this over here.

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Here's another part of the LG14 story.

Is that the Beast Wars crew riding Metroplex? They're so cuuuuuute!

It is and it isn't. It's the version of the BW cast from the Legends Universe, who are all office workers that are fans of the Transformers brand themselves.

Sabrblade wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I'll just move this over here.

Cobotron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Here's another part of the LG14 story.

Is that the Beast Wars crew riding Metroplex? They're so cuuuuuute!

It is and it isn't. It's the version of the BW cast from the Legends Universe, who are all office workers that are fans of the Transformers brand themselves.

Strange and wonderful. Love it!

Uh oh, looks like the two Megatrons got drunk again:

This is odd, Ultra Magnus is already shipping from E-Bay:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FTransformers-Takara-Tomy-LG14-LG-14-Car-Carrier-To-Robot-IN-HAND-%2F351519588170%3Fhash%3Ditem51d8333f4a%26

william-james88 wrote:This is odd, Ultra Magnus is already shipping from E-Bay:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FTransformers-Takara-Tomy-LG14-LG-14-Car-Carrier-To-Robot-IN-HAND-%2F351519588170%3Fhash%3Ditem51d8333f4a%26

What's odd? Amiami is already shipping theirs. Didn't you see my post?

takara-tomy-transformers-legends-thread-p1727429.php#p1726736

fenrir72 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:This is odd, Ultra Magnus is already shipping from E-Bay:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FTransformers-Takara-Tomy-LG14-LG-14-Car-Carrier-To-Robot-IN-HAND-%2F351519588170%3Fhash%3Ditem51d8333f4a%26

What's odd? Amiami is already shipping theirs. Didn't you see my post?

takara-tomy-transformers-legends-thread-p1727429.php#p1726736

Ah right my bad, had forgotten. Thanks for reminding me!