Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Manga Episode #22

That comic series is totally drama bait.



Maybe not on purpose but it's bait regardless.

Weird with a capital "W"...

Hasbro version's bot insignia tampo is off centre.

IDW Magnus simply wouldn't be able to deal with that.

So it's nice that the IDW accurate takara one changed them to symmetrical shoulder tampos.

Still thinking that I'll roll with the Hasbro version though, as it's closer to the G1 movie deco. I can always colour match the blue and add a few paint touch ups myself. Those deep red thighs hold no allure for me.

Tsutsukakushi wrote:If a Third party decides to create replacement hands that have fully articulated fingers. Then I'd consider it a Masterpiece level toy. As the Sculpt, Engineering and articulation are all high enough.

Sculpt, engineering, and articulation are important, but moot for MP purposes if they're not G1-enough.

For those who are worried about their UM being too IDW, I can see a 3P making a piece to slid into the Ambus drivers seat to make it look like a Matrix chamber (hopefully with a Matrix as well). S'what I'm hoping for

I can't get enough of this stuff.

Windblade looks adorable in a kimono.

Counterpunch wrote:I can't get enough of this stuff.

What exactly are you enjoying? The Manga? The multicolored UMs?

Damn, TakTom's Ultra Magnus totally destroys Hasbro's version.

The Takara one has better paint aps, MORE paint and overall looks classier, however, price and the just-because-it-has-a-molded-moustache Alpha Trion instead of Minimus mean I'll go with Hasbro on this one.
Besides, have you read his Bio??? That alone makes Hasbro's Magnus superior!

I think I prefer the Takara version, but the Hasbro version at least has a chance of showing up at UK retail, so...

Silver Sharpie, here I come....

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:That comic series is totally drama bait.

Maybe not on purpose but it's bait regardless.

>A comedy goofball comic.
>Drama bait.

Tumblr, plz.

I'm sorry, but I'd totally watch an anime about Chibi Windblade, Arcee, et all having cute adventures.

shajaki wrote:For those who are worried about their UM being too IDW, I can see a 3P making a piece to slid into the Ambus drivers seat to make it look like a Matrix chamber (hopefully with a Matrix as well). S'what I'm hoping for

Also wishing this gets done.

Clearest images yet?

mooncake623 wrote:Clearest images yet?

Getting better and better! UM really deserves this treatment!

Same old same old. Amiami finally uploaded their own images

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/review ... 1557&page=

TF Yuki has uploaded new pictures to his Twitter, featuring Legends LG 13 Megatron. This is the first time we see the toy in package and there are a few things to note. Firstly, this is the first Legends figure to ever be packaged in robot mode. Also, the box does not feature any new artwork and instead reuses Hasbro's digital image found on the Combiner Wars packaging.

TF Yuki also posted an image with this figure obscuring the Armada redeco of this mold and it is unclear if this is our first view of Takara's rendition of this deco or simply the Hasbro version serving as a hint that Takara will be releasing it eventually.

Takara finally decided to start milking the Hasbro retool cows. What I dont understand is why they never got a Jihaxus? Why did they never get a skullgrin or nightbeat? And why did they never get a skids ? But yet takara feels the need to do armada megatron? Theres 7 of them keeping the shelf warm at my local TRU. Its a cool figure dont get me wrong. It actually has a reason to be a tank unlike the G1 colored version.

Yeah, I'd probably buy Takara's Armada Megatron if it pushed all the right nostalgia buttons for me. Glad I didn't jump on Hasbro's just yet.

From what I can see, it appears to be Hasbro's Armadatron.

So interesting that he's packaged in robot mode - was really hoping/expecting vehicle mode. I suspect the same will be true of Ultra Magnus.

If that's the Hasbro Armada Megatron then someone has repainted the horns. I think we're seeing the Takara repaint here.

Rated X wrote:Takara finally decided to start milking the Hasbro retool cows. What I dont understand is why they never got a Jihaxus? Why did they never get a skullgrin or nightbeat? And why did they never get a skids ? But yet takara feels the need to do armada megatron? Theres 7 of them keeping the shelf warm at my local TRU. Its a cool figure dont get me wrong. It actually has a reason to be a tank unlike the G1 colored version.

You're jumping the gun. We don't know if Takara is releasing the Armada Megatron or not. For all we know that could just be the Hasbro figure and Yuki having a little fun with it (he does that kind of thing sometimes).

Rated X wrote:Takara finally decided to start milking the Hasbro retool cows. What I dont understand is why they never got a Jihaxus? Why did they never get a skullgrin or nightbeat? And why did they never get a skids ? But yet takara feels the need to do armada megatron? Theres 7 of them keeping the shelf warm at my local TRU. Its a cool figure dont get me wrong. It actually has a reason to be a tank unlike the G1 colored version.

I've wondered the same. I'm holding out for a G2 comic colors accurate Jhiaxus from Takara at some point in this Legends line. I also find it odd they didn't get Skullgrin, Nightbeat and Skids ... yet. In the case of the Energon Sharkticon and Cybertron Unicron, it sometimes takes them a while to get to products in their line. Hopefully in the Legends series!

As for Armada Megatron, I think it's biggest problem is that it comes in a 1:1 ratio with the much more desirable regular Megatron. If Leader Class figures came four to a case instead of 2, I could see the ratio of 3:1 Megatron:Armada Megatron working much better.

Well, Armadatron's "ears" are grey instead of orange....

Optimizzy wrote:Well, Armadatron's "ears" are grey instead of orange....

Could just be a trick of the lighting, or a glare reflecting off them.

Sabrblade wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Well, Armadatron's "ears" are grey instead of orange....

Could just be a trick of the lighting, or a glare reflecting off them.

The green looks a little darker, or at least different?

Sabrblade wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Well, Armadatron's "ears" are grey instead of orange....

Could just be a trick of the lighting, or a glare reflecting off them.

I don't know, it definitely looks more blue and black to me.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Well, Armadatron's "ears" are grey instead of orange....

Could just be a trick of the lighting, or a glare reflecting off them.

I don't know, it definitely looks more blue and black to me.

Yeah, that doesn't look like a glare. I do think its a re-deco. I know you're being cautious Sabreblade but it looks grey. Maybe TFYuki did some custom painting? I would if it mattered to me.

Optimizzy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Well, Armadatron's "ears" are grey instead of orange....

Could just be a trick of the lighting, or a glare reflecting off them.

I don't know, it definitely looks more blue and black to me.

Yeah, that doesn't look like a glare. I do think its a re-deco. I know you're being cautious Sabreblade but it looks grey. Maybe TFYuki did some custom painting? I would if it mattered to me.

Sorry Optimizzy, I was just making a dumb joke. I don't know if it is glare or not, but this talk of colour reminded me of that viral dress story and I couldn't help but reference that.

william-james88 wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Well, Armadatron's "ears" are grey instead of orange....

Could just be a trick of the lighting, or a glare reflecting off them.

I don't know, it definitely looks more blue and black to me.

Yeah, that doesn't look like a glare. I do think its a re-deco. I know you're being cautious Sabreblade but it looks grey. Maybe TFYuki did some custom painting? I would if it mattered to me.

Sorry Optimizzy, I was just making a dumb joke. I don't know if it is glare or not, but this talk of colour reminded me of that viral dress story and I couldn't help but reference that.

Heh. Oh ok. Yeah. That whole thing was a weird moment for our species.

Guess it wasnt a trick of the light afterall



Sadly though, this is not a wide retail release, but instead a Tokyo Show exclusive.

william-james88 wrote:Sadly though, this is not a wide retail release,

That seems to be the case with Takara's recent releases of Hasbro remolded Generations figures.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Sadly though, this is not a wide retail release,

That seems to be the case with Takara's recent releases of Hasbro remolded Generations figures.

Which other examples are there? And isn't TAV Dreadwing a hasbro remolded genr... ah, I see.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Sadly though, this is not a wide retail release,

That seems to be the case with Takara's recent releases of Hasbro remolded Generations figures.

Which other examples are there? And isn't TAV Dreadwing a hasbro remolded genr... ah, I see.

No, Dreadwing's a Prime remold, not Generations.

But other examples of remolded Hasbro Generations released by Takara as special cases would be Nightbeat getting released as Million Publishing Goshooter, Doubledealer as Cloud Starscream, GDO Megatron as Cloud Megatron, and the unreleased GDO Brawn as Cloud Brawn.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Sadly though, this is not a wide retail release,

That seems to be the case with Takara's recent releases of Hasbro remolded Generations figures.

Which other examples are there? And isn't TAV Dreadwing a hasbro remolded genr... ah, I see.

No, Dreadwing's a Prime remold, not Generations.

But other examples of remolded Hasbro Generations released by Takara as special cases would be Nightbeat getting released as Million Publishing Goshooter, Doubledealer as Cloud Starscream, GDO Megatron as Cloud Megatron, and the unreleased GDO Brawn as Cloud Brawn.

Thanks! And I knew about Dreadwing, hence why I stopped mid sentence to show I caught it. I guess it didnt translate well in text form.

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From Takara.

Thanks to fellow fan, collector and Seibertronian, Cyberpath, we have new official images of Legends (what we call Generations/Combiner Wars) Car Robots Black Convoy/RID (2001) Scourge and Armada Megatron to feast upon!

The images come from the official Takara Tomy Twitter feed and feature the Black Convoy/Scourge/Nemesis Prime color scheme on the G2 Optimus Prime mold from 2010's Reveal The Shield, as well as Leader Class Armada Megatron from the currently released Combiner Wars line. (You can see Prime's gallery here and Megatron's gallery here.)

Both figures are Tokyo Toy Show 2015 exclusives and the information pertaining to their limitations and pricing can be seen below:
Armada Megatron is 7,500 JPY ($62.13 USD) with a limit of 2 per person and Black Convoy is 3,500 JPY ($28.99 USD) with a limit of 1 per person.









Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

I am so getting that Black Convoy if there's a chance.

The face looks much better with brighter eyes and the silver encased by purple. Also the black horns look way better than the rusty crusty "chop shop" look.

I'd def choose the Takara on this mold... but still holding out for a MP Galvatron announcement one day for that spot on my shelf.

Maybe now maketoys will finally make a trailer for scourge for those who dont want to buy their take on the figure.

Yep, Fun Pub definitely did it better with their Scourge compared to the deco of this Black Convoy.

But Takara's Armada Megatron, however, is a little better looking than Hasbro's.

Sabrblade wrote:Yep, Fun Pub definitely did it better with their Scourge compared to the deco of this Black Convoy.

But Takara's Armada Megatron, however, is a little better looking than Hasbro's.

I was almost going to accuse you of fan-boy cronyism but I went to look at both of them and yeah, I think you're right. The more purple and details in the face really bring out the different look.

Personally, I really like my Armada Megatron. In Fact, he inspired me to watch a few Armada episodes...which I didn't like that much. but I don't think I'll double-dip though. However, I wonder why they didnt do an orange stripe on the horns? That seems like a detail Takara would be all about.

oh and BTW, I will probably be getting that Scourge. Don't have a decent rep of him and since it's based on Laser Prime it looks good to me.

TFCC did Scourge better. BC here is missing his upside down G2 bot symbol!

Takara has done a bang-up job. However, considering the price and the limited nature, you would have thought that they could have given him a Targetmaster, or an Arms Micron as leader-1. That's what I am going to give him.

Also, what with Grand Scourge, TFA nemesis Prime, and now this, could it be that this is the most congested amount of Nemmys we've ever had in such a short space of time?

For those saying that the US version is better:

primalxconvoy wrote:For those saying that the US version is better:

Yeah, kinda liking Takaras. Also, I'll have an easier time getting this one.