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Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images

Transformers News: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images

Saturday, January 3rd, 2015 4:55AM CST

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Takara Tomy's unofficial social media PR Hisashi Yuki has taken to Twitter again to show off the upcoming Legends figures LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm, along with Targetmasters and Headmaster - and of course, MP-24 Star Saber (more on the upcoming Masterpiece figure over here).

Thrown into the mix is also a concept doodle by Yuki of Ginrai - speculation time, or just some social media fodder from the vaults? Let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

Transformers News: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images

Transformers News: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images

Transformers News: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images

Transformers News: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images

Transformers News: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images

Transformers News: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images
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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635320)
Posted by fenrir72 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 6:58am CST
Those doodle are most probably for the original Ginrai/PM Optimus Prime.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635337)
Posted by Doubledealer93 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 8:54am CST
tailgate actually looks good.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635346)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 9:45am CST
fenrir72 wrote:Those doodle are most probably for the original Ginrai/PM Optimus Prime.
Yeah, I'm likewise thinking they might be sketches from the original 1988 toy's production.

But if not, they could instead have been something Yuki-san was drawing for the Fans Choice poll had Super Jinrai won instead of Star Saber.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635362)
Posted by fenrir72 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 10:20am CST
Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:Those doodle are most probably for the original Ginrai/PM Optimus Prime.
Yeah, I'm likewise thinking they might be sketches from the original 1988 toy's production.

But if not, they could instead have been something Yuki-san was drawing for the Fans Choice poll had Super Jinrai won instead of Star Saber.


More or less. But if this would have been another MP Ginrai, having a windshield for a back would be a slap to modern engineering techniques ( that or do the henkei convoy transform sequence) let alone be a Masterpiece.

Edt:

What's weird though is that for the first time, the original PM Optimus USA release had longer stacks while the die-cast cab Ginrai had shorter ones, why that didn't carry over to Yuki's doodle is kind of surprising. Another thing, if you still own the original Hasbro catalogue for the Powermaster/Pretenders, PM Optimus Prime was waaaaaaay different from the final product. That proto hand more angled feet and a proportional head.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635366)
Posted by leakin' lubricant on January 3rd, 2015 @ 10:26am CST


Nice, should be getting mine next week, cant wait!
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635368)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 10:29am CST
fenrir72 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:Those doodle are most probably for the original Ginrai/PM Optimus Prime.
Yeah, I'm likewise thinking they might be sketches from the original 1988 toy's production.

But if not, they could instead have been something Yuki-san was drawing for the Fans Choice poll had Super Jinrai won instead of Star Saber.


More or less. But if this would have been another MP Ginrai, having a windshield for a back would be a slap to modern engineering techniques ( that or do the henkei convoy transform sequence) let alone be a Masterpiece.
Not when that makes it show-accurate. ;)

Image

Besides, MP-1 and MP-10 both had two truck grills, MP-9 had two flame hoods, etc.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635372)
Posted by fenrir72 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 10:43am CST
Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:Those doodle are most probably for the original Ginrai/PM Optimus Prime.
Yeah, I'm likewise thinking they might be sketches from the original 1988 toy's production.

But if not, they could instead have been something Yuki-san was drawing for the Fans Choice poll had Super Jinrai won instead of Star Saber.


More or less. But if this would have been another MP Ginrai, having a windshield for a back would be a slap to modern engineering techniques ( that or do the henkei convoy transform sequence) let alone be a Masterpiece.
Not when that makes it show-accurate. ;)

Image

Besides, MP-1 and MP-10 both had two truck grills, MP-9 had two flame hoods, etc.


I have no problem with the grills, that's were the Godmaster/engine attaches. It's the windshield on his back at an angle (gives Ginrai a stooping appearance)......me no like.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635374)
Posted by fenrir72 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 10:45am CST
leakin' lubricant wrote:


Nice, should be getting mine next week, cant wait!


D@mn holidays got my UM and Jetfire stuck at Tokyo :BOOM: expecting them in the next 2 weeks.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635375)
Posted by william-james88 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 10:53am CST
fenrir72 wrote:
I have no problem with the grills, that's were the Godmaster/engine attaches. It's the windshield on his back at an angle (gives Ginrai a stooping appearance)......me no like.


Ok, I know I will sound like a newbie but you guys have been nice and understanding before.

Why is this Ginrai and not Convoy?
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635376)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 11:00am CST
william-james88 wrote:Why is this Ginrai and not Convoy?
When the Powermaster Optimus Prime toy was released in Japan, it was as a new character named Ginrai (with a soft G, like "Jin-rye") since, in the Japanese cartoon continuity, Optimus/Convoy was already dead once again, so they decided to make it into a new character instead of bringing him back to life for a third time.

Plus, the Powermaster concept in Japan was reworked into the Godmaster concept, which would have made it difficult for the toy to represent Convoy anyway, since it put more focus on the human rather than the Transtector.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635377)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 3rd, 2015 @ 11:01am CST
william-james88 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
I have no problem with the grills, that's were the Godmaster/engine attaches. It's the windshield on his back at an angle (gives Ginrai a stooping appearance)......me no like.


Ok, I know I will sound like a newbie but you guys have been nice and understanding before.

Why is this Ginrai and not Convoy?


The short story is that in the Japanese timeline, Convoy gets killed off (again) in The Headmasters. The difference is, he wouldn't be properly revived until after Zone in Return of Convoy, as Star Convoy.
Ginrai's body was meant for Convoy, but for unknown reasons, it was turned into a new character named Ginrai. The fact it was a lifeless Transtector (at first) controlled by a human (the Engine) akin to a Japanese Headmaster probably had something to do with it.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635382)
Posted by wetwithwaterwings on January 3rd, 2015 @ 11:19am CST
Takara's Flanker is a drastic departure from the U.S. release. I like how the gun mode mimics Swerve's "my first blaster" from MTMTE. Are those Flanker's original colors or is that a nod to something else?
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635383)
Posted by wetwithwaterwings on January 3rd, 2015 @ 11:20am CST
Takara's Flanker is a drastic departure from the U.S. release. I like how the gun mode mimics Swerve's "my first blaster" from MTMTE. Are those Flanker's original colors or is that a nod to something else?
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635384)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 11:24am CST
wetwithwaterwings wrote:Takara's Flanker is a drastic departure from the U.S. release. I like how the gun mode mimics Swerve's "my first blaster" from MTMTE. Are those Flanker's original colors or is that a nod to something else?
Flanker's been redecoed into being the Micromaster Phaser partner of Blast Master (who is the real identity of Cosmos's Payload figure).
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635397)
Posted by Agamemnon on January 3rd, 2015 @ 12:23pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:When the Powermaster Optimus Prime toy was released in Japan, it was as a new character named Ginrai (with a hard G, like "Jin-rye")...


[Grammar Nazi] You meant "soft g" as in "jin" and not "hard g" like in "gun," right? [/grammar Nazi] ;)


Sorry, it never happens that I get to correct Sabrblade. His knowledge is truly astounding!!
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635398)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 3rd, 2015 @ 12:24pm CST
And to illustrate here are the G1 Micros:

Image
Left: Blast Master (aka "Payload")
Right: Phaser


They each form one half of a Space Shuttle: Phaser is the front, Blast Master is the back.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635399)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 12:30pm CST
Agamemnon wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:When the Powermaster Optimus Prime toy was released in Japan, it was as a new character named Ginrai (with a hard G, like "Jin-rye")...


[Grammar Nazi] You meant "soft g" as in "jin" and not "hard g" like in "gun," right? [/grammar Nazi] ;)


Sorry, it never happens that I get to correct Sabrblade. His knowledge is truly astounding!!
Really? I thought it was the other way, since I figured the "guh" sound was softer to pronounce that the "juh" sound.

Fancy that. :lol:

Thanks. I'll edit it right away.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635424)
Posted by william-james88 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 1:44pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:
wetwithwaterwings wrote:Takara's Flanker is a drastic departure from the U.S. release. I like how the gun mode mimics Swerve's "my first blaster" from MTMTE. Are those Flanker's original colors or is that a nod to something else?
Flanker's been redecoed into being the Micromaster Phaser partner of Blast Master (who is the real identity of Cosmos's Payload figure).


Takara keeps impressing me. Even though Hasbro is the sole designer of the toys these days, they still make it their own whenever they have the chance, thats awesome!
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635425)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on January 3rd, 2015 @ 1:45pm CST
Actually, Agamemnon, the pronunciation of the "G" in Ginrai is a matter of phonics, not grammar. Yes, I'm being that guy. ;)
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635427)
Posted by Agamemnon on January 3rd, 2015 @ 1:55pm CST
Wolfman Jake wrote:Actually, Agamemnon, the pronunciation of the "G" in Ginrai is a matter of phonics, not grammar. Yes, I'm being that guy. ;)

Nice call. But I've never heard of a Phonics Nazi... Are you the first? ;)
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635429)
Posted by william-james88 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 2:04pm CST
Va'al wrote:
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What I really was asking is how do we know that these drawing are of Ginrai and not Convoy?

Also, my instinct, was that this was detailing the takara release of Combiner Wars Optimus. This is entirely due to that shot of the truck's front with the different windows, drawn near the back of the cab. They look a lot like the chest of the Torso created using Combiner Wars Optimus. That would also explain the fact that he was several set of windows for transformation.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635431)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 3rd, 2015 @ 2:09pm CST
william-james88 wrote:
Va'al wrote:
Image[/center]


What I really was asking is how do we know that these drawing are of Ginrai and not Convoy?

Also, my instinct, was that this was detailing the takara release of Combiner Wars Optimus. This is entirely due to that shot of the truck's front with the different windows, drawn near the back of the cab. They look a lot like the chest of the Torso created using Combiner Wars Optimus. That would also explain the fact that he was several set of windows for transformation.


Because Yuki said so in his post.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635439)
Posted by fenrir72 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 2:36pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Va'al wrote:
Image[/center]


What I really was asking is how do we know that these drawing are of Ginrai and not Convoy?

Also, my instinct, was that this was detailing the takara release of Combiner Wars Optimus. This is entirely due to that shot of the truck's front with the different windows, drawn near the back of the cab. They look a lot like the chest of the Torso created using Combiner Wars Optimus. That would also explain the fact that he was several set of windows for transformation.


Because Yuki said so in his post.


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And by checking out the Godmaster/PM toy.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635453)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 3rd, 2015 @ 3:17pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Va'al wrote:
Image[/center]


What I really was asking is how do we know that these drawing are of Ginrai and not Convoy?

Also, my instinct, was that this was detailing the takara release of Combiner Wars Optimus. This is entirely due to that shot of the truck's front with the different windows, drawn near the back of the cab. They look a lot like the chest of the Torso created using Combiner Wars Optimus. That would also explain the fact that he was several set of windows for transformation.


Because Yuki said so in his post.
That he did.
落書き帳の中に、いくつかジンライを検討している物も残っていた。う~ん、当時から好きだったんだなぁ♪
ジンライ = "Jinrai" = "Ginrai".

And, like fenrir72 pointed out, the truck mode design matches the original Ginrai toy pretty much exactly:

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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635456)
Posted by Flux Convoy on January 3rd, 2015 @ 3:17pm CST
PMOP is my favorite Transformers toy ever. I would love a Classics version with a working Hi-Q/Ginrai. I'd be pretty likely to buy at least two from Hasbro and Takara each. Brainstorm is looking pretty great. The minis look nice too but oddly colored. I love that Swerve's partner, in weapon mode, resembles his absurd gun from the comics
:BOT:
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635459)
Posted by Burn on January 3rd, 2015 @ 3:22pm CST
As long as we also get a God Bomber as well. Even if it was sold separately I wouldn't care.

Plus we'd need the obligatory Nucleon Quest and Fire Guts repaints.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635462)
Posted by Flux Convoy on January 3rd, 2015 @ 3:31pm CST
Burn wrote:As long as we also get a God Bomber as well. Even if it was sold separately I wouldn't care.

Plus we'd need the obligatory Nucleon Quest and Fire Guts repaints.

Haven't you heard? Ginrai totally already exists, brah! Botcon 2014 fo life! ;) Seriously though. I'd be all in. Also, for serious, I do very much enjoy the con figures this year.
:BOT:

He's a lot nicer in hand. The mock ups make him look kind of cruddy.
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2014/BC14exclusives.html
Forgot about his gallery to better show him off.
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... ai/3365/1/
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635492)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 6:00pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And to illustrate here are the G1 Micros:

Image
Left: Blast Master (aka "Payload")
Right: Phaser


They each form one half of a Space Shuttle: Phaser is the front, Blast Master is the back.


These were fun Micromasters back in the day. I wish they were a little more price/valued on eBay nowadays.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635493)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 3rd, 2015 @ 6:02pm CST
fenrir72 wrote:
leakin' lubricant wrote:Nice, should be getting mine next week, cant wait!


D@mn holidays got my UM and Jetfire stuck at Tokyo :BOOM: expecting them in the next 2 weeks.


I would've had mine today if I would've caught the postman #-o
Monday it will be then
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635536)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on January 3rd, 2015 @ 8:04pm CST
Agamemnon wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:Actually, Agamemnon, the pronunciation of the "G" in Ginrai is a matter of phonics, not grammar. Yes, I'm being that guy. ;)

Nice call. But I've never heard of a Phonics Nazi... Are you the first? ;)


I don't really like to bandy the word "Nazi" around too casually. Still a lot of awful history attached to that word, especially for any people they persecuted.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635541)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on January 3rd, 2015 @ 8:25pm CST
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:Actually, Agamemnon, the pronunciation of the "G" in Ginrai is a matter of phonics, not grammar. Yes, I'm being that guy. ;)

Nice call. But I've never heard of a Phonics Nazi... Are you the first? ;)


I don't really like to bandy the word "Nazi" around too casually. Still a lot of awful history attached to that word, especially for any people they persecuted.


Is Phonics Phascist better :x ?
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635544)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on January 3rd, 2015 @ 8:33pm CST
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Is Phonics Phascist better :x ?


That is genius.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635567)
Posted by Ultra Markus on January 3rd, 2015 @ 11:20pm CST
i think a masterpiece Ginrai would be spectacular! here is to hoping someday
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635568)
Posted by Burn on January 3rd, 2015 @ 11:28pm CST
Flux Convoy wrote:
Burn wrote:As long as we also get a God Bomber as well. Even if it was sold separately I wouldn't care.

Plus we'd need the obligatory Nucleon Quest and Fire Guts repaints.

Haven't you heard? Ginrai totally already exists, brah! Botcon 2014 fo life! ;) Seriously though. I'd be all in. Also, for serious, I do very much enjoy the con figures this year.
:BOT:

He's a lot nicer in hand. The mock ups make him look kind of cruddy.
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2014/BC14exclusives.html
Forgot about his gallery to better show him off.
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... ai/3365/1/

I don't acknowledge club exclusives. They're over-priced and over-hyped.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635627)
Posted by Ginrai Minor on January 4th, 2015 @ 8:02am CST
I love Convoy/OP dearly....but with that said I love Ginrai much more. A true classics God Ginrai would be a dream come true!
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635628)
Posted by william-james88 on January 4th, 2015 @ 8:04am CST
Ultra Markus wrote:i think a masterpiece Ginrai would be spectacular! here is to hoping someday


Would he incorporate the MP 10 cab into his chest? (IMAGINE!)
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635672)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 4th, 2015 @ 11:29am CST
william-james88 wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:i think a masterpiece Ginrai would be spectacular! here is to hoping someday


Would he incorporate the MP 10 cab into his chest? (IMAGINE!)
You'd have to find a way to fold MP-10's legs in. ;)
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635730)
Posted by shajaki on January 4th, 2015 @ 2:15pm CST
william-james88 wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:i think a masterpiece Ginrai would be spectacular! here is to hoping someday


Would he incorporate the MP 10 cab into his chest? (IMAGINE!)
i think if they did (and its a big IF) that they would just make a new base OP. i think itd be to much work to engineer a PM trailer around the MP10 (and retooling of MP10 to boot), which was actually the case of MP22.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635732)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 4th, 2015 @ 2:17pm CST
shajaki wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:i think a masterpiece Ginrai would be spectacular! here is to hoping someday


Would he incorporate the MP 10 cab into his chest? (IMAGINE!)
i think if they did (and its a big IF) that they would just make a new base OP. i think itd be to much work to engineer a PM trailer around the MP10 (and retooling of MP10 to boot), which was actually the case of MP22.
Not to mention that Ginrai's cab body is different from Optimus's.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635733)
Posted by william-james88 on January 4th, 2015 @ 2:22pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:
shajaki wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:i think a masterpiece Ginrai would be spectacular! here is to hoping someday


Would he incorporate the MP 10 cab into his chest? (IMAGINE!)
i think if they did (and its a big IF) that they would just make a new base OP. i think itd be to much work to engineer a PM trailer around the MP10 (and retooling of MP10 to boot), which was actually the case of MP22.
Not to mention that Ginrai's cab body is different from Optimus's.


True and the original inrai didnt use the original optimus cab either. It would be a different optimus cab in this case (but it is a HUGE IF indeed).
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635783)
Posted by Ultra Markus on January 4th, 2015 @ 4:47pm CST
william-james88 wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:i think a masterpiece Ginrai would be spectacular! here is to hoping someday


Would he incorporate the MP 10 cab into his chest? (IMAGINE!)

that would be cool but i think i would want to see something close to the original toy or show much like other masterpieces or maybe something as cool in detail as this: http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... 483624.jpg
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635784)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 4th, 2015 @ 4:49pm CST
Say, how'd we get talking about Masterpieces in the Legends thread, anyway?
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635792)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 4th, 2015 @ 5:38pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Say, how'd we get talking about Masterpieces in the Legends thread, anyway?


Maybe including those sketched wasn't such a good idea after all...

Right, I got a dilemma: Swerve. The US version has Flanker, the Japanese has Phaser. As for Tailgate, the US version has flames (like the Prime version), while the Japanese version is all bare like the G1 original. I like extra deco (US Tailgate), and I like space craft (Japanese Phaser). Which to choose? :-?
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635797)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 4th, 2015 @ 5:45pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Say, how'd we get talking about Masterpieces in the Legends thread, anyway?


Maybe including those sketched wasn't such a good idea after all...

Right, I got a dilemma: Swerve. The US version has Flanker, the Japanese has Phaser. As for Tailgate, the US version has flames (like the Prime version), while the Japanese version is all bare like the G1 original. I like extra deco (US Tailgate), and I like space craft (Japanese Phaser). Which to choose? :-?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635801)
Posted by william-james88 on January 4th, 2015 @ 6:12pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Say, how'd we get talking about Masterpieces in the Legends thread, anyway?


Maybe including those sketched wasn't such a good idea after all...

Right, I got a dilemma: Swerve. The US version has Flanker, the Japanese has Phaser. As for Tailgate, the US version has flames (like the Prime version), while the Japanese version is all bare like the G1 original. I like extra deco (US Tailgate), and I like space craft (Japanese Phaser). Which to choose? :-?


Maybe i am missing something but to get the most out of deco, how about getting takara awerve and us tailgate? I myself will just get rakara swerve so that phaser can go with payload.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635803)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 4th, 2015 @ 6:17pm CST
william-james88 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Say, how'd we get talking about Masterpieces in the Legends thread, anyway?


Maybe including those sketched wasn't such a good idea after all...

Right, I got a dilemma: Swerve. The US version has Flanker, the Japanese has Phaser. As for Tailgate, the US version has flames (like the Prime version), while the Japanese version is all bare like the G1 original. I like extra deco (US Tailgate), and I like space craft (Japanese Phaser). Which to choose? :-?


Maybe i am missing something but to get the most out of deco, how about getting takara awerve and us tailgate? I myself will just get rakara swerve so that phaser can go with payload.
Thing is, you can't get Takara Swerve or Takara Taigate separately since they come in a 2-pack.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635808)
Posted by Burn on January 4th, 2015 @ 6:32pm CST
william-james88 wrote:True and the original inrai didnt use the original optimus cab either.


He could though if you folded his legs up behind the cab. :wink:
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635811)
Posted by william-james88 on January 4th, 2015 @ 6:38pm CST
Ah! Thanks. Maybe lena's leftovers will let us own them individually.
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1635858)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 4th, 2015 @ 10:15pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Say, how'd we get talking about Masterpieces in the Legends thread, anyway?


Maybe including those sketched wasn't such a good idea after all...

Right, I got a dilemma: Swerve. The US version has Flanker, the Japanese has Phaser. As for Tailgate, the US version has flames (like the Prime version), while the Japanese version is all bare like the G1 original. I like extra deco (US Tailgate), and I like space craft (Japanese Phaser). Which to choose? :-?


Buy all of them and support the brand. It's better to be in a cardboard box then not buy toys, we may never get them again!
Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG08 Tailgate and Swerve and LG09 Brainstorm Images (1636050)
Posted by Flux Convoy on January 5th, 2015 @ 2:00pm CST
Burn wrote:
Flux Convoy wrote:
Burn wrote:As long as we also get a God Bomber as well. Even if it was sold separately I wouldn't care.

Plus we'd need the obligatory Nucleon Quest and Fire Guts repaints.

Haven't you heard? Ginrai totally already exists, brah! Botcon 2014 fo life! ;) Seriously though. I'd be all in. Also, for serious, I do very much enjoy the con figures this year.
:BOT:

He's a lot nicer in hand. The mock ups make him look kind of cruddy.
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2014/BC14exclusives.html
Forgot about his gallery to better show him off.
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... ai/3365/1/

I don't acknowledge club exclusives. They're over-priced and over-hyped.

I can't tell you that your opinion is wrong but... wait. Yes, I can. Your opinion is wrong. :P
They're certainly not cheap though. I dunno, there's very few club figures I'm not pleased with. The pricing is hardly any more or less absurd than third parties either. I buy those too. Do you buy those? Not picking a fight, I'm making conversation.
:BOT:

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