Pre-orders and many new images of Takara Legends Sixshot, Misfire, Doublecross and Broadside
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Posted by Sigma Magnus on June 4th, 2017 @ 10:54am CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 10:58am CDT
Sigma Magnus wrote:I wonder if they changed Sixshot's Headmaster solely so that they wouldn't have to explain why it looked like Jack.
Wouldn't surprise me. Also,
BROADSIDE WHAT ARE YOU DOING
Posted by Cyberpath on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:08am CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:15am CDT
I'm also very happy that this deco ends up being spot-on with MTMTE. Shame about the visor and not having eyes, but hey; there's always Shapeways.
Posted by Albatross250 on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:19am CDT
Sigma Magnus wrote:I wonder if they changed Sixshot's Headmaster solely so that they wouldn't have to explain why it looked like Jack.
Posted by Sigma Magnus on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:27am CDT
Yeah, I know, I was looking forward to it too.Albatross250 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:I wonder if they changed Sixshot's Headmaster solely so that they wouldn't have to explain why it looked like Jack.
As for Misfire...euuugh, I really hope the pink-headed Hasbro version at that show was a mistake, and that it'll have a proper black helmet. I've been trying to go for Hasbro mainline deluxe completion for TR, and I don't want to import for one or two figures! If I import Misfire, then I'll need to get Triggerhappy for the third time (not that I'm complaining, but I could barely justify the replacement copy to my parents) and Slugslinger just to keep it consistent. Add that to TLK and third-party scrap and oh dear Primus my wallet can't take any more STOP MAKING SO MANY AWESOME TOYS AT ONCE
Posted by Cyberpath on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:27am CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:29am CDT
Sigma Magnus wrote:As for Misfire...euuugh, I really hope the pink-headed Hasbro version at that show was a mistake, and that it'll have a proper black helmet.
It was a mistake. While I usually don't like them and find them unreliable, the CGI render showed Misfire with a black helmet
Posted by steals_your_goats on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:31am CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:32am CDT
Posted by Albatross250 on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:33am CDT
Kurona wrote:
It looks like Highbrow in Drunk colors
Posted by Albatross250 on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:41am CDT
I'm suck at trying to transform my TR Sixshot in this mode and didn't get the CORRECT transformation of it
Posted by SureShot18 on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:44am CDT
Anyway I think I'm going to preorder Sixshot and Misfire. November is a long time from now and if I order from AmiAmi or HLJ the prices won't be too bad. Also I remember people talking about what would be LG50 and like many thought, it's not a big event. It's just Sixshot.
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:49am CDT
SureShot18 wrote:Also I remember people talking about what would be LG50 and like many thought, it's not a big event. It's just Sixshot.
I dunno; Sixshot is a big deal. It's not like it's someone totally random like Broadside or Kup - Sixshot was one of the biggest antagonists in The Headmasters. Not the worst choice for a milestone number (if that was the intent).
Here's my somewhat unrelated question though - if they're using Doublecross as a way to release Hayfire (Blurr's Targetmaster), how are they gonna release Nightstick and Fracas (aka the Targetmasters of Cyclonus and Scourge)?
Posted by steals_your_goats on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:50am CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:54am CDT
steals_your_goats wrote:So it looks like Doublecross' targetmaster is based on Haywire? Am I correct in saying that? Which means that Fracas and nightstick are still left to do from the non original targetmasters that became targetmasters right?
Indeed he is! The details are spot-on for an update.
Posted by steals_your_goats on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:57am CDT
Kurona wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:So it looks like Doublecross' targetmaster is based on Haywire? Am I correct in saying that? Which means that Fracas and nightstick are still left to do from the non original targetmasters that became targetmasters right?
Indeed he is! The details are spot-on for an update.
Lol I just saw that you basically posted the same thing just a minute before me. I do wonder who they're going to pair up with the last two. There's no more unique decepticon molds besides slugslinger.
Posted by the_neptrix on June 4th, 2017 @ 11:58am CDT
Posted by Cyberpath on June 4th, 2017 @ 12:26pm CDT
Thanks! I made these in advance looking forward to Takara's stock-photos.
Didn't bother with Broadside because the mold looks like a mess, and Sixshot, well I wasn't in the mood to paint all his six forms from the Japanese model sheet.
(Honestly, shame there's no book with the colour model-cels from the original show.) But maybe later if no one beats me to it.
Posted by SureShot18 on June 4th, 2017 @ 12:31pm CDT
Kurona wrote:SureShot18 wrote:Also I remember people talking about what would be LG50 and like many thought, it's not a big event. It's just Sixshot.
I dunno; Sixshot is a big deal. It's not like it's someone totally random like Broadside or Kup - Sixshot was one of the biggest antagonists in The Headmasters. Not the worst choice for a milestone number (if that was the intent).
Oh my bad, I wasn't thinking about Headmasters. I haven't seen it so his importance in that show is unknown to me. I still think of him as the guy that showed up in Rebirth for a minute and did some cool things. When you put it like that it's more eventful, if that's what they were going for.
Posted by william-james88 on June 4th, 2017 @ 12:39pm CDT
Perceptor
Bumblebee
Topspin
Overlord
Seaspray
Slugslinger
They also stated that it seemed like Perceptor and Topsin came with the titan amster drones rather than targetmasters, while Bumblebee and Seaspray came with Headmasters (aka Titan Masters).
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 12:44pm CDT
Posted by grimdragon2001 on June 4th, 2017 @ 12:45pm CDT
I wonder if Overlord will come with a couple Powermasters along with the Headmaster. wouldnt be too hard to switch out the Titanmaster Faceplates for Engine-Plates.
Posted by Randomhero on June 4th, 2017 @ 2:54pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Putting aside Titan Masters, recolours and obvious-pretools-not-meant-for-the-character like Sentinel and Sky Shadow; that just leaves Twin Twist, Windblade, Octone and Blitzwing - at least, of the TR stuff revealed so far.
They'll do Black Shadow. Retool or not he's unique enough and he's one of Japan's babies.
Posted by Randomhero on June 4th, 2017 @ 2:55pm CDT
grimdragon2001 wrote:i still firmly believe Bumblebee will come with the US Cerebros Titanmaster to be Spike. It would make perfect sense to do so.
I wonder if Overlord will come with a couple Powermasters along with the Headmaster. wouldnt be too hard to switch out the Titanmaster Faceplates for Engine-Plates.
I think he might. He's got the cavities in his chest for two Titan masters. I'm sure Takara will take advantage of that
Posted by Cyberpath on June 4th, 2017 @ 2:56pm CDT
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on June 4th, 2017 @ 3:11pm CDT
Posted by steals_your_goats on June 4th, 2017 @ 3:11pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Tokyo Toy Show 2017 had their Takara Transformers presentation and while it had official images for many revealed toys, it ended with silhouettes of toys planned to come out later. Taabou's Toybox live tweeted the event and said that the silouettes were of the following toys:
Perceptor
Bumblebee
Topspin
Overlord
Seaspray
Slugslinger
They also stated that it seemed like Perceptor and Topsin came with the titan amster drones rather than targetmasters, while Bumblebee and Seaspray came with Headmasters (aka Titan Masters).
Good to have confirmation that Takara is doing these guys. Since I haven't found Topspin or Perceptor yet I'll just wait and see what Takara will do. I'm glad they're coming with Titan master drones instead of targetmasters though. While I love the targetmasters the inclusion of them takes away the figures original weapons. So Perceptor should still have his sniper and Topspin should still have his handguns.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 4th, 2017 @ 3:12pm CDT
steals_your_goats wrote:So it looks like Doublecross' targetmaster is based on Haywire? Am I correct in saying that? Which means that Fracas and nightstick are still left to do from the non original targetmasters that became targetmasters right?
He is indeed based on Haywire, but Firebolt and Recoil are not based on their G1 counterparts. Rather, they're seemingly based on Fracas and Peacemaker. Go check it!
That was probably done since Firedrive and Flintlock already resemble Firebolt and Recoil.
Posted by Relic0037 on June 4th, 2017 @ 3:14pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 3:17pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:So it looks like Doublecross' targetmaster is based on Haywire? Am I correct in saying that? Which means that Fracas and nightstick are still left to do from the non original targetmasters that became targetmasters right?
He is indeed based on Haywire, but Firebolt and Recoil are not based on their G1 counterparts. Rather, they're seemingly based on Fracas and Peacemaker. Go check it!
That was probably done since Firedrive and Flintlock already resemble Firebolt and Recoil.
Peacemaker? Man, I hope that doesn't hint at Pointblank not happening... or maybe this is proof of him happening, with his Titan Master resembling Peacemaker and hence Takara decided to give him Firebolt instead? Puts a hole in my 'pointblank is a retool of hot rod' theory...
Posted by Relic0037 on June 4th, 2017 @ 3:17pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:Kurona wrote:Putting aside Titan Masters, recolours and obvious-pretools-not-meant-for-the-character like Sentinel and Sky Shadow; that just leaves Twin Twist, Windblade, Octone and Blitzwing - at least, of the TR stuff revealed so far.
They'll do Black Shadow. Retool or not he's unique enough and he's one of Japan's babies.
You can never be sure with Takara. Liokaiser was a G1 original of theirs & it looks like they passed on doing a version of him.
Posted by steals_your_goats on June 4th, 2017 @ 3:36pm CDT
Kurona wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:So it looks like Doublecross' targetmaster is based on Haywire? Am I correct in saying that? Which means that Fracas and nightstick are still left to do from the non original targetmasters that became targetmasters right?
He is indeed based on Haywire, but Firebolt and Recoil are not based on their G1 counterparts. Rather, they're seemingly based on Fracas and Peacemaker. Go check it!
That was probably done since Firedrive and Flintlock already resemble Firebolt and Recoil.
Peacemaker? Man, I hope that doesn't hint at Pointblank not happening... or maybe this is proof of him happening, with his Titan Master resembling Peacemaker and hence Takara decided to give him Firebolt instead? Puts a hole in my 'pointblank is a retool of hot rod' theory...
I still think pointblank will happen but it does raise the question as to why Takara didn't just give Kup and Rodimus their proper targetmasters in the first place
Posted by Randomhero on June 4th, 2017 @ 3:41pm CDT
Relic0037 wrote:Randomhero wrote:Kurona wrote:Putting aside Titan Masters, recolours and obvious-pretools-not-meant-for-the-character like Sentinel and Sky Shadow; that just leaves Twin Twist, Windblade, Octone and Blitzwing - at least, of the TR stuff revealed so far.
They'll do Black Shadow. Retool or not he's unique enough and he's one of Japan's babies.
You can never be sure with Takara. Liokaiser was a G1 original of theirs & it looks like they passed on doing a version of him.
What are you talking about they made an ehobby exclusive out of the alpha Trump mold
Posted by Randomhero on June 4th, 2017 @ 3:42pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 4th, 2017 @ 3:46pm CDT
steals_your_goats wrote:Kurona wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:So it looks like Doublecross' targetmaster is based on Haywire? Am I correct in saying that? Which means that Fracas and nightstick are still left to do from the non original targetmasters that became targetmasters right?
He is indeed based on Haywire, but Firebolt and Recoil are not based on their G1 counterparts. Rather, they're seemingly based on Fracas and Peacemaker. Go check it!
That was probably done since Firedrive and Flintlock already resemble Firebolt and Recoil.
Peacemaker? Man, I hope that doesn't hint at Pointblank not happening... or maybe this is proof of him happening, with his Titan Master resembling Peacemaker and hence Takara decided to give him Firebolt instead? Puts a hole in my 'pointblank is a retool of hot rod' theory...
I still think pointblank will happen but it does raise the question as to why Takara didn't just give Kup and Rodimus their proper targetmasters in the first place
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btw Can someone try and do a comparison shot of all the Targetmasters so far?
Posted by steals_your_goats on June 4th, 2017 @ 3:54pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:Kurona wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:So it looks like Doublecross' targetmaster is based on Haywire? Am I correct in saying that? Which means that Fracas and nightstick are still left to do from the non original targetmasters that became targetmasters right?
He is indeed based on Haywire, but Firebolt and Recoil are not based on their G1 counterparts. Rather, they're seemingly based on Fracas and Peacemaker. Go check it!
That was probably done since Firedrive and Flintlock already resemble Firebolt and Recoil.
Peacemaker? Man, I hope that doesn't hint at Pointblank not happening... or maybe this is proof of him happening, with his Titan Master resembling Peacemaker and hence Takara decided to give him Firebolt instead? Puts a hole in my 'pointblank is a retool of hot rod' theory...
I still think pointblank will happen but it does raise the question as to why Takara didn't just give Kup and Rodimus their proper targetmasters in the first place
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btw Can someone try and do a comparison shot of all the Targetmasters so far?
I apparently can't read. Perhaps they'll include Firebolt with pointblank like Kurona said but then that still leaves recoil.
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 4:07pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:Relic0037 wrote:Randomhero wrote:Kurona wrote:Putting aside Titan Masters, recolours and obvious-pretools-not-meant-for-the-character like Sentinel and Sky Shadow; that just leaves Twin Twist, Windblade, Octone and Blitzwing - at least, of the TR stuff revealed so far.
They'll do Black Shadow. Retool or not he's unique enough and he's one of Japan's babies.
You can never be sure with Takara. Liokaiser was a G1 original of theirs & it looks like they passed on doing a version of him.
What are you talking about they made an ehobby exclusive out of the alpha Trump mold
That is some very unfortunate autocorrect.
Regardless, they're not talking about Lio Convoy - they're talking about Liokaiser, the Decepticon combiner from Victory which Hasbro made a Platinum boxset out of but Takara didn't bother with.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 4th, 2017 @ 4:07pm CDT
steals_your_goats wrote:Perhaps they'll include Firebolt with pointblank like Kurona said but then that still leaves recoil.
Some future figures like Perceptor will probably get Targetmasters as well, so using up all the designs should be easier than you think. Checklist time:
Pinpointer: None
Peacemaker: LG46 Targetmaster Chear / Kup
Spoilsport: None
Firebolt: None
Haywire: LG51 Targetmaster Doublecross / Twinferno
Recoil: None
Aimless: LG52 Targetmaster Misfire
Blowpipe: LG49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy
Caliburst: LG?? Targetmaster Slugslinger
Fracas: LG45 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus
Nightstick: None
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 4:08pm CDT
steals_your_goats wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:Kurona wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:So it looks like Doublecross' targetmaster is based on Haywire? Am I correct in saying that? Which means that Fracas and nightstick are still left to do from the non original targetmasters that became targetmasters right?
He is indeed based on Haywire, but Firebolt and Recoil are not based on their G1 counterparts. Rather, they're seemingly based on Fracas and Peacemaker. Go check it!
That was probably done since Firedrive and Flintlock already resemble Firebolt and Recoil.
Peacemaker? Man, I hope that doesn't hint at Pointblank not happening... or maybe this is proof of him happening, with his Titan Master resembling Peacemaker and hence Takara decided to give him Firebolt instead? Puts a hole in my 'pointblank is a retool of hot rod' theory...
I still think pointblank will happen but it does raise the question as to why Takara didn't just give Kup and Rodimus their proper targetmasters in the first place
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btw Can someone try and do a comparison shot of all the Targetmasters so far?
I apparently can't read. Perhaps they'll include Firebolt with pointblank like Kurona said but then that still leaves recoil.
Aha, that solves it! They'll include Recoil with Pointblank instead, still leaving the possibility of Pointblank being retooled from Hot Rod!
... rest in peace Firebolt.
Also now I know Firebolt doesn't actually come with Hot Rod, I have no reason to want Legends Hot Rod! Yaaaaaaay!
Posted by grimdragon2001 on June 4th, 2017 @ 4:15pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:Perhaps they'll include Firebolt with pointblank like Kurona said but then that still leaves recoil.
Some future figures like Perceptor will probably get Targetmasters as well, so using up all the designs should be easier than you think. Checklist time:
Pinpointer: None
Peacemaker: LG46 Targetmaster Chear / Kup
Spoilsport: None
Firebolt: None
Haywire: LG51 Targetmaster Doublecross / Twinferno
Recoil: None
Aimless: LG52 Targetmaster Misfire
Blowpipe: LG49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy
Caliburst: LG?? Targetmaster Slugslinger
Fracas: LG45 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus
Nightstick: None
you know, that reminds me, I wonder how the new Targetmasters look next to Universe Nightstick
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 4:26pm CDT
Posted by Optimum Supreme on June 4th, 2017 @ 4:30pm CDT
Posted by Randomhero on June 4th, 2017 @ 4:38pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Randomhero wrote:Relic0037 wrote:Randomhero wrote:Kurona wrote:Putting aside Titan Masters, recolours and obvious-pretools-not-meant-for-the-character like Sentinel and Sky Shadow; that just leaves Twin Twist, Windblade, Octone and Blitzwing - at least, of the TR stuff revealed so far.
They'll do Black Shadow. Retool or not he's unique enough and he's one of Japan's babies.
You can never be sure with Takara. Liokaiser was a G1 original of theirs & it looks like they passed on doing a version of him.
What are you talking about they made an ehobby exclusive out of the alpha Trump mold
That is some very unfortunate autocorrect.
Regardless, they're not talking about Lio Convoy - they're talking about Liokaiser, the Decepticon combiner from Victory which Hasbro made a Platinum boxset out of but Takara didn't bother with.
Derp... too many lio characters. Even so it doesn't mean Takara won't make black shadow. Takara just didn't do liokaizer because they wanted their Combiners to be as faithful as that could and just didn't want to make Jaguar and leozack. They didn't do it. Just like we didn't get Grand Galvatron or ruination.
I still see them making black shadow though. Just later in the line. They're not exactly following the same release trend as Hasbro
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 4:40pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:Kurona wrote:Randomhero wrote:Relic0037 wrote:Randomhero wrote:Kurona wrote:Putting aside Titan Masters, recolours and obvious-pretools-not-meant-for-the-character like Sentinel and Sky Shadow; that just leaves Twin Twist, Windblade, Octone and Blitzwing - at least, of the TR stuff revealed so far.
They'll do Black Shadow. Retool or not he's unique enough and he's one of Japan's babies.
You can never be sure with Takara. Liokaiser was a G1 original of theirs & it looks like they passed on doing a version of him.
What are you talking about they made an ehobby exclusive out of the alpha Trump mold
That is some very unfortunate autocorrect.
Regardless, they're not talking about Lio Convoy - they're talking about Liokaiser, the Decepticon combiner from Victory which Hasbro made a Platinum boxset out of but Takara didn't bother with.
Derp... too many lio characters. Even so it doesn't mean Takara won't make black shadow. Takara just didn't do liokaizer because they wanted their Combiners to be as faithful as that could and just didn't want to make Jaguar and leozack. They didn't do it. Just like we didn't get Grand Galvatron or ruination.
Ah, but wouldn't they want Sky Shadow to be as faithful as could be? That's why it's a little up in the air; same with Megatron.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 4th, 2017 @ 5:17pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Ah, but wouldn't they want Sky Shadow to be as faithful as could be? That's why it's a little up in the air; same with Megatron.
Legends Armada Megatron.
Posted by Cyberpath on June 4th, 2017 @ 5:18pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 4th, 2017 @ 5:24pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Kurona wrote:Ah, but wouldn't they want Sky Shadow to be as faithful as could be? That's why it's a little up in the air; same with Megatron.
Legends Armada Megatron.
Exactly! Takara has like no pattern to this. Redecoes that do not accurately represent the character WAS the pattern I thought they had... but then they go and do stuff like this
Then again, it's mostly relegated to exclusives rather than the mainline - Armada Megatron, Black Convoy, etc. I personally think they won't do him outside of an exclusive, but who knows?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 4th, 2017 @ 5:54pm CDT
I could just kiss you now
Looking at them all, they're all different, no retooling. Just one particular set of parts is common between them: the upper legs and the hip joint.
Posted by Cyberpath on June 4th, 2017 @ 5:59pm CDT
Glad you liked it.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I could just kiss you now
Looking at them all, they're all different, no retooling. Just one particular set of parts is common between them: the upper legs and the hip joint.