New Stock Images - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV58 to TAV62: God Optimus, Ratchet, Secret Character

Now THAT is a Ratchet. So getting him.

That Ratchet is far from being a decent improvement over the Hasbro one. The Alt modes are just as bland, here's the Hasbro one.



Quite dissapointed with this.

Is it just me or does Birk look a lot like the same engineering as Prime Vehicon? Looks very similar except the forearms.

Wait, is Takara doing two releases of the Power Surge OP mold?

Sabrblade wrote:Wait, is Takara doing two releases of the Power Surge OP mold?

Yes. With different accessories (and maybe deco). TAV 61 and TAV 50 are 2 different releases of th same mold. I may go edit that in the news post to make it more clear.

I was going to say, that's a "level-up" from the original and nothing like the Hasbro version. Hard to tell if the image is grayscale or painted that way.

Emerje

TAV 50 Hyper Surge Optimus has been out for a little while now and yet hasn't had much coverage. This is probably due to him being more for a younger audience and even more because the Hasbro version was out at the same time and doesn't require importing for the west. However, we were able to find a fun stop motion video of this toy from youheidx. This video shows the play-ability aspect of this toy in its Takara premium deco. Enjoy!

Really tempted by this figure. If it weren't for that vehicle mode I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

These figures really ain't for me at all but I just like stop motion animation with Transformers figures.

After the finding of Starscream in the Robots in Disguise line in Canada, we also have confirmation -via Loopaza Mega Store on Facebook - on what the Transformers Adventure mystery figures we have seen solicited previously will be: TAV57 Hypersurge Starscream and TAV62 Starscream! The latter is probably the closest to the one we just saw from Hasbro in the Clash of the Transformers exclusive line, so feel free to speculate about the new deco in the Energon Pub - and indeed, Starscream's presence on the Robots in Disguise show here!

Takara's retools are really getting impressive. They've managed to turn the Starscream mold into a circle and an oval.

Cool, I can wait for TakTom's version then.

Obvious as soon as I saw the tru robots in disguise exclusive starscream this morning

Interesting timing.

Kurona wrote:Takara's retools are really getting impressive. They've managed to turn the Starscream mold into a circle and an oval.

ARMADA HOMAGE!

Noideaforaname wrote:Interesting timing.

Kurona wrote:Takara's retools are really getting impressive. They've managed to turn the Starscream mold into a circle and an oval.

ARMADA HOMAGE!

And here I was, thinking this mold couldn't get any more Starscream references if they tried.

I cannot wait for Bisk to come out. Him and Ratchet. The vehicle mode on Ratchet still needed some more paint though

Wonderfest Summer 2016 has some more Takara reveals for us, and this time we are looking at the Transformers Adventure TAV line. We now have the reveal of:

TAV 57 Hyper Surge Starscream
TAV 56 Windblade
TAV 58 Sideswipe Weaponiser in clear Plastic
TAV 56 Hyper Surge Nemesis Prime

The images also contain the upcoming figures Scorponok, Ratchet and Bisk.

Windblade and Nemesis Prime are the big reveals here since it was unknown how Takara would release the warrior Power Surge Optimus Prime mold. As it turns out, they will be releasing this warrior figure in Nemesis Prime colours, as they did with their release of the original Warrior Optimus mold. This means that, like the original mold, every main deco of this figure will be its own regional/retail exclusive: The Standard Optimus colours will be a Hasbro exclusive, the Nemesis Prime deco will be Takara Exclusive and the Clash of Transformers deco will be Toysrus exclusive. If anyone wants to know more about the Power Surge Warrior remold, feel free to check out this recent picture filled review.

Onto Windblade, the reason this toy's reveal was so anticipated was to compare it with the Hasbro release which seemed to be lacking paint applications to make it less red. The Takara one does indeed have black paint applications over the red plastic on the head (hair), hands, shoulder pads, sides and near the rotors in vehicle mode. Pictures of the Hasbro version have bee included for comparisons below. Let us know which of these you intend on picking up and if you will stick with the Hasbro version for any of these.


























Hasbro version of Windblade:

How does this compare to Takara's LEGENDS range Windblade? If the details are the same, then perhaps I'll pick this version up as my CHUG version. I ought the Decepticon repaint (Slipstream?) of her, and wasn't really impressed by the mold (hard to stand up, bits don't really clip together well in alt mode, etc) already.

primalxconvoy wrote:How does this compare to Takara's LEGENDS range Windblade? If the details are the same, then perhaps I'll pick this version up as my CHUG version. I ought the Decepticon repaint (Slipstream?) of her, and wasn't really impressed by the mold (hard to stand up, bits don't really clip together well in alt mode, etc) already.

They are totally different molds, forget the details.

You can compare the two molds at your liesure:

Legends Windblade mold: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... de/3616/1/

RID Windblade mold: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... and/35828/

The lack of wrists still sucks, but that is some pure-grade TAKARA WINS AGAIN on Windblade there. I might actually be tempted to buy that (though I'll still be looking for a way to articulate those wrists).

Delta Magnus wrote:The lack of wrists still sucks, but that is some pure-grade TAKARA WINS AGAIN on Windblade there. I might actually be tempted to buy that (though I'll still be looking for a way to articulate those wrists).

"Pure-grade"? It looks like the Hasbro figure with a purple sword to me.

Gunmetal wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:The lack of wrists still sucks, but that is some pure-grade TAKARA WINS AGAIN on Windblade there. I might actually be tempted to buy that (though I'll still be looking for a way to articulate those wrists).

"Pure-grade"? It looks like the Hasbro figure with a purple sword to me.

Tsk tsk. Someone isn't looking very hard it would seem.

That paint is so much better; looks like I've got two choices for Windy now

Can anyone who already has the RiD Windblade mold tell me if it's better than the Generations one? Just the mold itself, ignoring the paint apps.

Delta Magnus wrote:

Gunmetal wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:The lack of wrists still sucks, but that is some pure-grade TAKARA WINS AGAIN on Windblade there. I might actually be tempted to buy that (though I'll still be looking for a way to articulate those wrists).

"Pure-grade"? It looks like the Hasbro figure with a purple sword to me.

Tsk tsk. Someone isn't looking very hard it would seem.

The pictures are right next to each other; are we not seeing the same ones?

Oh, black hands. That changes everything.

Edit: okay, now I see the dabs on the head, but that's something I could do myself and save the import costs and wait. Leader Prime it's not.

Kurona wrote:That paint is so much better; looks like I've got two choices for Windy now

Can anyone who already has the RiD Windblade mold tell me if it's better than the Generations one? Just the mold itself, ignoring the paint apps.

It hasn't been widely released yet.

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:That paint is so much better; looks like I've got two choices for Windy now

Can anyone who already has the RiD Windblade mold tell me if it's better than the Generations one? Just the mold itself, ignoring the paint apps.

It hasn't been widely released yet.

Oh.
Lol.

I mean yeah Takara wins a gain but it's still not that big of a difference. I'm one of the few who thinks the Generations Windblade isn't that bad, especially when you pop off the heels and turn them around. I'll have to think about the RiD figure more. However, I really like that Nemesis Prime redeco.

SureShot18 wrote:I mean yeah Takara wins a gain but it's still not that big of a difference. I'm one of the few who thinks the Generations Windblade isn't that bad, especially when you pop off the heels and turn them around. I'll have to think about the RiD figure more. However, I really like that Nemesis Prime redeco.

Will stick with Hasbro's as well for windblade, especially with the current exchange rate.

Also, just curious, is it still a redeco if this is the first release of the mold from takara?

william-james88 wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:I mean yeah Takara wins a gain but it's still not that big of a difference. I'm one of the few who thinks the Generations Windblade isn't that bad, especially when you pop off the heels and turn them around. I'll have to think about the RiD figure more. However, I really like that Nemesis Prime redeco.

Will stick with Hasbro's as well for windblade, especially with the current exchange rate.

Also, just curious, is it still a redeco if this is the first release of the mold from takara?

I'm tempted to coin the word 'Predeco' tbh

william-james88 wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:I mean yeah Takara wins a gain but it's still not that big of a difference. I'm one of the few who thinks the Generations Windblade isn't that bad, especially when you pop off the heels and turn them around. I'll have to think about the RiD figure more. However, I really like that Nemesis Prime redeco.

Will stick with Hasbro's as well for windblade, especially with the current exchange rate.

Also, just curious, is it still a redeco if this is the first release of the mold from takara?

I don't bother with the technicalities for the most part, but well it's a new deco for a mold that has already been released, although not by Takara. So between the two companies and the mold in general, I'd call it a redeco. However, in Takara's case it is brand new tooling with the very first deco for the mold. I think it just depends on your point of view.

That mold had yet to come out in the US.

Fools. The Hasbro version lacks any black detail above the waist -- Takara's has that black on her head, chest, shoulder, and wrists to break up her PMS color scheme. Then there's the blue lining in her forehead that adds consistency. On top of that, the red is one color rather than being pinkish red from the waste up and bloody diarrhea for the shins, and finally it's topped off with a purple sword. Takara's version immorally violates Hasbro's piss-poor excuse HARD.

Ratchet, on the other hand....

PrymeStriker wrote:Fools.

No, no. No need.

william-james88 wrote: Compare them at your leisure

Cheers for that. I knew that they were different molds, but wanted to know if the Adventure version had enough paint details and mold design to be better or as good as the Japanese Legends release.

I've popped a comparison pic below, using your helpful links. Cheers!




Btw, I couldn't upload this picture via Seibertron, as it wouldn't allow any image over 256kb, or something like that. Please fix this, as that's a pretty small amount, plus other sites like TFW2005 have no such problems for me.

Cheers.

Cobotron wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Fools.

No, no. No need.

For...what, exactly? The word "fools"? Was my point completely negated because of that? Is my comparison of the two figures not worth reading because "fool" is such a derogatory term? Should I have typed out five more words and said "what are you guys talking about" instead? Is anyone on this planet honestly offended by the word "fool" (especially given that absolutely no one in particular was targeted there)?

PrymeStriker wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Fools.

No, no. No need.

For...what, exactly? The word "fools"? Was my point completely negated because of that? Is my comparison of the two figures not worth reading because "fool" is such a derogatory term? Should I have typed out five more words and said "what are you guys talking about" instead? Is anyone on this planet honestly offended by the word "fool" (especially given that absolutely no one in particular was targeted there)?

To me, it sounded Galvatron-esque (as in "Fools! Galvatron can be any size he wishes!"), which made me chuckle.

Sabrblade wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Fools.

No, no. No need.

For...what, exactly? The word "fools"? Was my point completely negated because of that? Is my comparison of the two figures not worth reading because "fool" is such a derogatory term? Should I have typed out five more words and said "what are you guys talking about" instead? Is anyone on this planet honestly offended by the word "fool" (especially given that absolutely no one in particular was targeted there)?

To me, it sounded Galvatron-esque (as in "Fools! Galvatron can be any size he wishes!"), which made me chuckle.

I'm never going to not read that post in Galvatron's voice now.

Another Nemesis Prime? Takara has been banging them out lately. I'm glad it too comes with the ax.

We recently saw the latest TAV figures at the Wonderfest show but it was show images so we didn't get the best look possible. Takara has released the official photos for two of their new warrior reveals, TAV 56 Nemesis Power Surge Prime and TAV 55 Windblade, and they can be seen below. Images for Hasbro's Windblade are right after the Takara ones to help show the contrast. Their Optimus is a totally different deco than the Hasbro version but if you want an idea of the mold, we have an in depth pictorial review which you can see here. These new images were found on the autobot aichi facebook page.

Okay yeah that Windblade is just so much better it's not even funny. I'm also loving that Sheath she comes with.

Wow, the Windblade mold looks really good once you actually paint it worth a damn. I've been wanting a Windblade, too...might have to pick this up.

Nemi is lookin nummy

Oh yeah and Nemesis looks hella as well. If it weren't for the fact he's not Voyager I'd so use him as my CHUG Nemesis Prime. I like him looking a little different than a direct repaint of whoever I'm using as CHUG Optimus

Kurona wrote:Oh yeah and Nemesis looks hella as well. If it weren't for the fact he's not Voyager I'd so use him as my CHUG Nemesis Prime. I like him looking a little different than a direct repaint of whoever I'm using as CHUG Optimus

Just curious, would you have used this guy as CHUG Nemesis prime is he was released by Hasbro?



Thats who I am using.

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Oh yeah and Nemesis looks hella as well. If it weren't for the fact he's not Voyager I'd so use him as my CHUG Nemesis Prime. I like him looking a little different than a direct repaint of whoever I'm using as CHUG Optimus

Just curious, would you have used this guy as CHUG Nemesis prime is he was released by Hasbro?



Thats who I am using.

That looks hella and it is absolutely something I would consider. Especially considering Nemesis should imo be a bit more... violent than Optimus; so being a lot more weaponized like that works well.

I feel like there should be a little more black on Windblade to fully match the show look better, but it's still nicer than Hasbro's Windblade as is.

Dunno what original mold that nemesis is from, but he ROCK! The robot is well proportionned, and the vehicle is not ugly. Kudos! Is it deluxe, voyager, or leader?

As for that Windblade, that's one hell of an improvement over the original Generations mold! I'm looking forward the US release.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Dunno what original mold that nemesis is from, but he ROCK! The robot is well proportionned, and the vehicle is not ugly. Kudos! Is it deluxe, voyager, or leader?

Warrior class Power Surge Optimus Prime. Remold of the original Warrior class Optimus Prime. Warriors are the Deluxes of the RID line.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Dunno what original mold that nemesis is from, but he ROCK! The robot is well proportionned, and the vehicle is not ugly. Kudos! Is it deluxe, voyager, or leader?

As for that Windblade, that's one hell of an improvement over the original Generations mold! I'm looking forward the US release.

It's a deluxe (or 'warrior') class, released in the US and UK as Power Surge Optimus Prime.