Takara Tomy Transformers Legends G2 Megatron, Targetmaster Windblade, Clone Set in Figure King 236
Thursday, September 28th, 2017 2:50AM CDT
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Posted by xMXUx on September 28th, 2017 @ 4:11am CDT
Posted by Qwan on September 28th, 2017 @ 5:53am CDT
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on September 28th, 2017 @ 7:23am CDT
Qwan wrote:Looks like maaybe AmiAmi has them in too? I don't know the site's layout well enough to be certain, but it looks like I can pay for Kup (the only one I ordered) now so I think they're ready to go
Not that it matters since I'm already getting them, but don't we usually see more official photos from Takara right before they're released?
Posted by Stuartmaximus on September 28th, 2017 @ 10:37am CDT
Va'al wrote:Courtesy once more of Loopaza Mega Store on Facebook, we have a look at the Transformers section of Figure King Oh! magazine, issue #236, featuring a small Takara Tomy Legends line-up of figures! The scan below includes G2 Megatron, Targetmaster Windblade, and the second Clone pack - check it out below.
anyone know what the DVD is?
Posted by Cyberpath on September 28th, 2017 @ 2:28pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on September 28th, 2017 @ 2:34pm CDT
Posted by Bronzewolf on September 28th, 2017 @ 3:01pm CDT
The pictures show the pretty significant difference in decos and, in some cases, molding between the figures
Check out the photos below and tell us which version to these characters you'll be picking up!
Posted by RustedCross on September 28th, 2017 @ 3:16pm CDT
I can't wait for these to ship.
Posted by Randomhero on September 28th, 2017 @ 3:36pm CDT
Kup however I can’t wait. I ordered him even when they had that grey version.
Gnaw is a straight up Nah. I got 7 already and thy look good. Yes it’d be nice to have an alpha but it’s not needed.
Posted by shajaki on September 28th, 2017 @ 3:44pm CDT
Come on HLJ.... any time now....
Posted by primalxconvoy on September 28th, 2017 @ 4:32pm CDT
Posted by megatronus on September 28th, 2017 @ 4:32pm CDT
Posted by Cyberpath on September 28th, 2017 @ 4:47pm CDT
Posted by Qwan on September 28th, 2017 @ 9:19pm CDT
Posted by Nemesis Destron on September 29th, 2017 @ 2:56am CDT
Posted by Qwan on September 29th, 2017 @ 3:04am CDT
Nemesis Destron wrote:Damnation am I missing something? Is Hot Rod mis-transformed somehow and his engine part is missing from his chest?
From what we've seen, that's how LG Hot Rod is engineered. Retooled chest with new engineering - so there's no foldy-bit on the abs, and the engine disappears in robot mode. (It achieves this... somehow; it either stays on his back and there's a collar-piece under the car, or the engine piece flips over to become the collar-piece. I don't think we actually know for certain how it works yet, and that'll be the difference between whether you can have the engine on his chest if you want or not.)
Posted by durroth on September 29th, 2017 @ 3:18am CDT
Randomhero wrote:I canceled hot rod a couple months ago and I’m honestly going back and forth on him. He looks nice but the TR one and upcoming power of the primes one do just fine.
Kup however I can’t wait. I ordered him even when they had that grey version.
Gnaw is a straight up Nah. I got 7 already and thy look good. Yes it’d be nice to have an alpha but it’s not needed.
I'm tempted to get 2 gnaw, to give Tyrannicon (Repurposing Sharkticon Megatron as the sharkticon general from Retribution... despite Sharkticon Megatron being from Retribution to begin with.) some varied soldiers. Plus, sweeps.
Posted by Nemesis Destron on September 29th, 2017 @ 3:53am CDT
Qwan wrote:Nemesis Destron wrote:Damnation am I missing something? Is Hot Rod mis-transformed somehow and his engine part is missing from his chest?
From what we've seen, that's how LG Hot Rod is engineered. Retooled chest with new engineering - so there's no foldy-bit on the abs, and the engine disappears in robot mode. (It achieves this... somehow; it either stays on his back and there's a collar-piece under the car, or the engine piece flips over to become the collar-piece. I don't think we actually know for certain how it works yet, and that'll be the difference between whether you can have the engine on his chest if you want or not.)
This is quite a flaw for me Takara...WTF?! Well maybe Toyhax can make a damn decal to put on his freakin' chest.
Thanks for the comment Qwan!
Posted by primalxconvoy on September 29th, 2017 @ 4:00am CDT
Posted by Va'al on September 29th, 2017 @ 5:56am CDT
Posted by Cyberpath on September 29th, 2017 @ 6:19am CDT
Posted by Kurona on September 29th, 2017 @ 6:26am CDT
Posted by Cyberpath on September 29th, 2017 @ 6:39am CDT
Posted by Insurgent on September 29th, 2017 @ 8:46am CDT
That's just the other arcee mould. You can tell by how wide and curvy her rear is compared to blurr beside her.
Posted by DeathReviews on September 29th, 2017 @ 8:54am CDT
Posted by joevill on September 29th, 2017 @ 8:58am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 29th, 2017 @ 9:33am CDT
As an adult, even.Black Hat wrote:Shaoshao Li returns! Hooray, I guess!
Posted by Evil Eye on September 29th, 2017 @ 9:58am CDT
In any case I'm...actually kinda glad to see her again. The character concept (cranky/tsundere Chinese kung fu girl) is cool, but KP was a disaster.
Posted by Cyberpath on September 29th, 2017 @ 10:09am CDT
Posted by Kurona on September 29th, 2017 @ 10:24am CDT
I know, obviously, it's the engine block that doubles as a slot for the Targetmaster in vehicle mode. But the shape of it does seem a teensy bit matrix-y to me, and if that's intended, I enjoy that little easter egg.
Posted by Relic0037 on September 29th, 2017 @ 12:15pm CDT
Posted by Rysquad on September 29th, 2017 @ 12:34pm CDT
Posted by Randomhero on September 29th, 2017 @ 1:08pm CDT
Rysquad wrote:Got an email from BBTS saying my Sharkticon/Sweeps is processing soon.
Got mine for Kup!!!
Posted by Bronzewolf on September 29th, 2017 @ 1:31pm CDT
Posted by shajaki on September 29th, 2017 @ 1:36pm CDT
COME ON HLJ....
Posted by Stuartmaximus on September 29th, 2017 @ 2:52pm CDT
Posted by RodimusRex on September 29th, 2017 @ 3:02pm CDT
DeathReviews wrote:Takara's Kup face looks a little derpy....
You'd look derpy too, kid, if you'd taken a blow to the cranial tranceivers like I got from that unruly Skuxxoid on Gargana 7...
Posted by Bronzewolf on September 29th, 2017 @ 3:32pm CDT
Stuartmaximus wrote:btw I never noticed that before... but on one it looks like his moustache is on upside-down....lol
It's kinda a cool way to differentiate Scourge with the Sweeps.
Posted by Cyberpath on September 30th, 2017 @ 4:07pm CDT
Posted by shajaki on September 30th, 2017 @ 4:32pm CDT
And HLJ finally charged and shipped
Posted by Nemesis Destron on September 30th, 2017 @ 5:11pm CDT
So there IS a way for the engine to flip out on the chest??? Freakin' sweetness...'nuff said!
Posted by shajaki on October 1st, 2017 @ 10:33am CDT
A separate clear plastic piece. Interesting.
Posted by Agamemnon on October 1st, 2017 @ 10:53am CDT
shajaki wrote:I've been trying to figure out what the deal was with LG Rods hood flames... and BAM there it is.
A separate clear plastic piece. Interesting.
Is it a separate piece or is the entire hood translucent and then painted? (Or maybe that's what you meant?) I think the "Headlights" are translucent. Also, it might partially explain the differences in Legends and TR Hot Rod hood transformations...
Posted by shajaki on October 1st, 2017 @ 11:27am CDT
*saves pics, zooms, studies*Agamemnon wrote:Is it a separate piece or is the entire hood translucent and then painted? (Or maybe that's what you meant?) I think the "Headlights" are translucent.
I did mean a seperate piece, but it wouldn't really make sense as I can't think of any other examples of that, but millions of of examples of solid clear pieces painted up. So my money is on the latter.
Posted by RodimusRex on October 1st, 2017 @ 12:29pm CDT
This looks like a case where the results will be fairly similar, especially as the last Hasbro shots shifted the elbows of the combined mode to red from orange.
I suppose the inner bot might have gray hands but they didn't do that in TR. I doubt they'll go magenta since the combined mode is Rodimus Convoy. Probably all maroon. Honestly, the inner bot looks more like Rodimus than Hot Rod. Maybe the AKOM crotch window painted white, two tone maroon head, no stickers?
Posted by Stuartmaximus on October 1st, 2017 @ 1:36pm CDT
RodimusRex wrote:Anyone care to speculate how Takara's version of PotP Rodimus will differ?
This looks like a case where the results will be fairly similar, especially as the last Hasbro shots shifted the elbows of the combined mode to red from orange.
I suppose the inner bot might have gray hands but they didn't do that in TR. I doubt they'll go magenta since the combined mode is Rodimus Convoy. Probably all maroon. Honestly, the inner bot looks more like Rodimus than Hot Rod. Maybe the AKOM crotch window painted white, two tone maroon head, no stickers?
I would've said maybe a Nemesis Rodimus...but that's never gonna happen! so probably what you speculated above ^
Posted by shajaki on October 1st, 2017 @ 1:44pm CDT
*cough cough*Stuartmaximus wrote:I would've said maybe a Nemesis Rodimus...but that's never gonna happen!
Posted by RodimusRex on October 1st, 2017 @ 1:48pm CDT
I could see Black Convoy as some kind of Asia exclusive.
I usually cap my Takara purchases at Deluxe scale. Hasbro Voyagers and up are generally close enough for me. I'd make an exception for Rodimus, particularly if the Hasbro version didn't have the black shins or did a particularly off-model deco. Right now, Hasbro PotP Roddy looks more than good enough but I'm trying to think whether there's something Takara could do to convince me.
Thing is, leader scales tend to get clearanced or coupons enough that I can see getting Hasbro's for $35-40. And my guess is Takara's will be upwards of $100 to import.
Posted by Stuartmaximus on October 1st, 2017 @ 1:49pm CDT
shajaki wrote:*cough cough*Stuartmaximus wrote:I would've said maybe a Nemesis Rodimus...but that's never gonna happen!
O....k...i had a senior moment there
thanks
BTW why Unicronus? shouldn't it be Dark Rodimus or something?
Posted by RodimusRex on October 1st, 2017 @ 2:34pm CDT
Prime Wars, taken together, can be seen as a soft reboot of G1, chronologically hitting the big stuff mostly in order. Hasbro side anyway.
My guess is that ends with Unicron's arrival. Rodimus falls to the dark side. Optimus Primal arises in his place. I figure the next step will tack Beast Wars/Car Robots/Unicron Trilogy elements onto the end of this neo-G1 continuity. I lean towards a Titan class Unicron hitting after PoTP. With a lineup largely taken from BW/CR/UT but with some familiar faces popping in like Wheeljack, Bumblebee, maybe G2 Dinobots redecos, etc. Maybe even RiD/Prime/Animated/Bayverse carryovers. Bludgeon, Lockdown, Armada Megs/Galv as leader scale.
Just my hunch. And they decided to seed Unicron's name here.