Takara Transformers 10th Anniversary Movie Line Name Revealed

Heh, "Transformers: Movie The Best" is so delightfully Engrishy a name. It reminds me of some Kamen Rider names.

Sabrblade wrote:Heh, "Transformers: Movie The Best" is so delightfully Engrishy a name. It reminds me of some Kamen Rider names.

Kamen Rider: The First, Kamen Rider: The Next and Kamen Rider TheBee from Kabuto I'm guessing?

I still like my "Movie Birthday" a lot better.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Heh, "Transformers: Movie The Best" is so delightfully Engrishy a name. It reminds me of some Kamen Rider names.

Kamen Rider: The First, Kamen Rider: The Next and Kamen Rider TheBee from Kabuto I'm guessing?

I still like my "Movie Birthday" a lot better.

I wonder how many stores will say "Zabest" like they did with TheBee.

Even in the videogame industry, games that are best sellers get the same "the best" labels. "Playstation the Best. Or like a Yoda speak, technically the best Playstation omitting "games"

What about Milton Bradley? Motor Breath? Mind Blowing?

Bad jokes aside, I'm pretty excited about getting Leader Prime again, and with it being a reissue of the second Asia Premium Series Prime (without the Jetwing accessories) makes him a little more accessible for my budget.

Even though that Leader class O.P. causes me almost nothing but pain, I want it. I want it very much.

Is a fine selection of figures despite some obvious scale issues with each other. Still happy with my modified voyager Grimlock, Deluxe Bee and Eva Prime so I don't need those. I do miss my old Buster Prime though so that new version would be nice.

Kinda want the Leader Prime, even if I don't like the design, it's one of those toys you should own during your lifetime.

I've got both Primes and Shockwave on order, they're the only ones I'm really interested in. It would be one thing if these were being spread out better, but all of these in two months alongside other releases is far too much.

And yeah, Playstation the Best was the first thing I thought of when seeing this title. Engrish, gotta love it.



Emerje

Thanks to zairj2010 on Taobao, we have a pair of new images for the upcoming Takara 'Movie the Best' Shockwave, the redeco of Shockwave from Dark of the Moon that is celebrating some of the best figures made during the 10 years of the live-action film franchise! Shockwave's packaging draws inspiration from the 3rd film, as the packaging features Sentinel Prime and the Driller, as well as a Revenge of the Fallen and Age of Extinction era Bumblebee alongside his own close-up on the front. Shockwave is labelled as MB-04. Check out the packaging below, and let us know what you think in the comments section!

as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

SG Roadbuster wrote:as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

...how? How you even do that?

SG Roadbuster wrote:as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

Meanwhile, poor Shocky himself seemed like an afterthought in the movie.

Randomhero wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

...how? How you even do that?

A playset with metal tentacles.

There have already been TF tentacle playets before

william-james88 wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

...how? How you even do that?

A playset with metal tentacles.

There have already been TF tentacle playets before

Heck, there was the Ark playset from the same movie. I don't get why they didn't make a Driller for Legends Shockwave to ride around in.

I really wanted a Driller. That thing was cool and had potential for a great playset styled toy

RiddlerJ wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

...how? How you even do that?

A playset with metal tentacles.

There have already been TF tentacle playets before

Heck, there was the Ark playset from the same movie. I don't get why they didn't make a Driller for Legends Shockwave to ride around in.

Yeah but it is a giant worm and I don't think it would have appealed at all especially since those play sets did not sell at all. It was at the time when we got the Ark and Prime did the energon drill and Wheeljacks ship and all of those things ended up on clearance racks.

If we had gotten a driller it Would have probably been an early concept of the thing when it looked like Shockwave was using a chariot and it probably would have ended up looking like a slug that also shelfwarmed until it went on clearance.

I have speculated before the best way to do the Driller as a toy is as a Hybrid toy - part action figure accessory and part Role play Gun (not unlike the 2016 Rescuebots toys with trailers).

You'd have a large nerf rifle like toy with a geared spinning mechanism with spinning rubberised tentacles on it and perhaps some Nerf projectiles - it would have a handle to hold for kids to use.

It would also fold the handle up and sit on the ground and when pushed along the tentacles would undulate and spin.

On the back it would open and have a spot to slot Voyager Shockwave onto it so he's basically pulling a huge trailer with a spray of tentacles on the back.

Also on the top it would have an opening hatch that Legion Shockwave could sit in.

That is how i'd do it - if you look the driller designs up (the whole thing) you can see what I mean.

Also possibly it could be posed in a eating a building pose up chair legs and such.

Didn't the Cyberverse Shockwave figure came with the Driller?

RazorSlash92 wrote:Didn't the Cyberverse Shockwave figure came with the Driller?

No, he had this dumb tank-thing that mounted to the back of his alt mode and turned into a gun emplacement.

Randomhero wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:as much as it was featured in the film itself and the advertising, i'm shocked the Driller never got a toy itself.

...how? How you even do that?

i have seen custom work as the driller being a stationary object
and then putting the shockwave toy on it as a display

Courtesy of TFND over on Facebook, we have the first promotional video for the Takara Tomy Transformers Movie The Best line of toys, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the first live-action Transformers film - from Paramount and Michael Bay. The original video is Japan-locked on YouTube, but we do have the FB version of the clip, showing off Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet and Ironhide and the Decepticons Megatron, Starscream, Shockwave and Soundwave, right here below. Check it out!

I do love stop-motion Transformer figure videos. If only I had the patience to do some myself.

Nice commercial! I like the effort they made to recreate the 2007 deserts.

Anybody else notice how, despite the logo saying "Movie the Best" in both English and Katakana, the announcer consistently referred to the name instead as "Movie the Best Series"?

Also, unless it's for Armada Tidal Wave, I am still not used to hearing the Japanese verbally use the name "Shockwave" instead of "Laserwave".

And did anyone else catch the announcer calling Grimlock a "Legendary Dinobot" ("Densetsu no Dainobotto")?

Sabrblade wrote:And did anyone else catch the announcer calling Grimlock a "Legendary Dinobot" ("Densetsu no Dainobotto")?

isnt that what he is?

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And did anyone else catch the announcer calling Grimlock a "Legendary Dinobot" ("Densetsu no Dainobotto")?

isnt that what he is?

Yeah. I just didn't think Takara would integrate that into the toy's function.

SOUNDO GIMMICK NICEU!

At least Takara can admit that electronics are a gimmick

Yeah, I had no idea Leader Prime had a sound box. Shame he's yelling in Japanese. I'll just stick him with Legends Fort Max so they can shout random lines at each other.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Yeah, I had no idea Leader Prime had a sound box. Shame he's yelling in Japanese. I'll just stick him with Legends Fort Max so they can shout random lines at each other.

Emerje

I will have him yell with his TAV self

On another note, did anyone notice how these finalized toys are not as well painted as promised?

Emerje wrote:Yeah, I had no idea Leader Prime had a sound box.

You mean you've never experienced the endlessness of the ROTF Leader saying "I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime..."?

Lucky you.

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:Yeah, I had no idea Leader Prime had a sound box.

You mean you've never experienced the endlessness of the ROTF Leader saying "I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime.I am Optimus Prime..."?

Lucky you.

Multiply this by 10 and you have the standard amount of talking while you attempt to Transform the arms alone

Sabrblade wrote:Anybody else notice how, despite the logo saying "Movie the Best" in both English and Katakana, the announcer consistently referred to the name instead as "Movie the Best Series"?

I don't think "series" is part of the name, it's supposed to mean "line", or "range". Japanese uses more English loanwords, adapted or not, than one would think.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Anybody else notice how, despite the logo saying "Movie the Best" in both English and Katakana, the announcer consistently referred to the name instead as "Movie the Best Series"?

I don't think "series" is part of the name, it's supposed to mean "line", or "range". Japanese uses more English loanwords, adapted or not, than one would think.

But they did it for Movie Advanced Series and Lost Age Series as well. In some cases like magazine pages, Legends is called "Legends Series" in written Katakana.

Alfes Blog has some nice in hand images of the first set of Movie the Best toys to be released. Earlier this week, MB 01- 04 which are Optimus, Megatron, Bumblebee and Shockwave, were released. You can see them below. Note how the cab for Otimus has deco on all sides, unlike some earlier in hand images. Also, unlike the others, the Megatron toy with this silver deco is actually a release that was planned back in 2009 under the ID of MR02. An image of what that deco was supposed to look like back in the day is added after the images for you to compare how much has changed since.

These should be shipping out to those who ordered directly from Japan, let us know which are on their way to you! For those who haven't ordered these toys, let us know if these images convince you to get these!

These are gorgeous with only Bumblebee looking a bit of a let down (great figure but really should have had more paint apps). Never got that Megatron before but I'm very tempted by this shiny version.

Thanks to a new flier received from Toys R Us Japan, we have word that TRU Japan is giving away free file folders featuring the image of Optimus Prime and the 3 headed dragon from Transformer: The Last Knight! The file folders will be given away to the first 3000 people to spend over ¥2000 on Takara Tomy related Transformers products.

Movie the Best Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are both being released today and are priced at ¥3999 and ¥2999 respectively, so anyone purchasing those 2 figures will be available for the file folder. So head on out to the Japanese Toys R Us and get your file folder and your new Movie the Best figures!

The screenshot you've posted is NOT from a flyer. It was originally taken from the Toys R Us Mobile website.

Furthermore, the picture you're using is actually MY picture, which I posted at TFW2005:

- http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/t ... n.1098600/

The reason I know, beyond doubt, that it's mine, is because I edited the blue border around the picture. The original, which is also pictured at TFW2005, has part of another picture going OVER the top blue original border, so I removed the original border, and added my own.

Please give credit to me and/or TFW2005, please.

primalxconvoy wrote:The screenshot you've posted is NOT from a flyer. It was originally taken from the Toys R Us Mobile website.

Furthermore, the picture you're using is actually MY picture, which I posted at TFW2005:

- http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/t ... n.1098600/

The reason I know, beyond doubt, that it's mine, is because I edited the blue border around the picture. The original, which is also pictured at TFW2005, has part of another picture going OVER the top blue original border, so I removed the original border, and added my own.

Please give credit to me and/or TFW2005, please.

We did not claim we received it, but we apologise for the misunderstanding. The image was actually not sourced from TFW but a social media group - which clearly used your image too.

We have now updated the story, but would also like to remind you that we are happy to report on news that is submitted to us through a variety of channels, including PM and email! Thank you for your contributions, nonetheless.

Va'al wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:The screenshot you've posted is NOT from a flyer. It was originally taken from the Toys R Us Mobile website.

Furthermore, the picture you're using is actually MY picture, which I posted at TFW2005:

- http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/t ... n.1098600/

The reason I know, beyond doubt, that it's mine, is because I edited the blue border around the picture. The original, which is also pictured at TFW2005, has part of another picture going OVER the top blue original border, so I removed the original border, and added my own.

Please give credit to me and/or TFW2005, please.

We did not claim we received it, but we apologise for the misunderstanding. The image was actually not sourced from TFW but a social media group - which clearly used your image too.

We have now updated the story, but would also like to remind you that we are happy to report on news that is submitted to us through a variety of channels, including PM and email! Thank you for your contributions, nonetheless.

Thanks. I was going to submit here, but the submission form didn't have the option to attach an image. At TFW2005, they've got that option, so it is easier to submit news there, especially if it's dependant on images.

william-james88 wrote:Alfes Blog has some nice in hand images of the first set of Movie the Best toys to be released. Earlier this week, MB 01- 04 which are Optimus, Megatron, Bumblebee and Shockwave, were released. You can see them below. Note how the cab for Otimus has deco on all sides, unlike some earlier in hand images. Also, unlike the others, the Megatron toy with this silver deco is actually a release that was planned back in 2009 under the ID of MR02. An image of what that deco was supposed to look like back in the day is added after the images for you to compare how much has changed since.

These should be shipping out to those who ordered directly from Japan, let us know which are on their way to you! For those who haven't ordered these toys, let us know if these images convince you to get these!

Prime and all his detailed glory!

fenrir72 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Alfes Blog has some nice in hand images of the first set of Movie the Best toys to be released. Earlier this week, MB 01- 04 which are Optimus, Megatron, Bumblebee and Shockwave, were released. You can see them below. Note how the cab for Otimus has deco on all sides, unlike some earlier in hand images. Also, unlike the others, the Megatron toy with this silver deco is actually a release that was planned back in 2009 under the ID of MR02. An image of what that deco was supposed to look like back in the day is added after the images for you to compare how much has changed since.

These should be shipping out to those who ordered directly from Japan, let us know which are on their way to you! For those who haven't ordered these toys, let us know if these images convince you to get these!

Prime and all his detailed glory!

And sold out at amiami already. Good I pre ordered this.

While we have seen in-hand images of the 10th Movie Anniversary figures from Takara Tomy Transformers, in their Movie The Best line, the Facebook page Planet Iacon has also shared (from a different source) some images comparing the new toys of Optimus Prime, Shockwave, Bumblebee, and Megatron to their original incarnation in previous live-action movie lines. Check them out mirrored below!

Yep. As said before I'd like Prime, Megatron and Shockwave but Bee doesn't look worth it over the regular released version.

And that's Takara's Evasion Prime isn't it? Cos Hasbro's looked like an inferior KO in comparison. I like my Hasbro one after sprucing it up but yeah both of those shown there look better than Hasbro's version.

I never owned that Megatron and always wanted to. He looks really cool but I'm pretty set with Datk of the Moon Megs. Don't care how the last knight one looks I'll pick it up too

Shock wave sure is tempting but that's because I buy all shockwaves. My shrine needs more offerings!

Megatron looks better (don't know what they were thinking with the green), but I like original Shockwave more.

RiddlerJ wrote:Megatron looks better (don't know what they were thinking with the green), but I like original Shockwave more.

It's assumed he had that color because he was under the ocean for a few years. I guarantee it came down to the designers getting the movie design, being told what his resurrection entailed and doing that deco. Personally I don't think it looks bad. Looks so alien I'm feeling it that's why I wanted it.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Yep. As said before I'd like Prime, Megatron and Shockwave but Bee doesn't look worth it over the regular released version.

And that's Takara's Evasion Prime isn't it? Cos Hasbro's looked like an inferior KO in comparison. I like my Hasbro one after sprucing it up but yeah both of those shown there look better than Hasbro's version.

It's Takara's as you can tell by the silver hands and feet rather than the blue on the (perfectly fine, not at all KO looking, wtf?) Hasbro.

Optimum Supreme wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Yep. As said before I'd like Prime, Megatron and Shockwave but Bee doesn't look worth it over the regular released version.

And that's Takara's Evasion Prime isn't it? Cos Hasbro's looked like an inferior KO in comparison. I like my Hasbro one after sprucing it up but yeah both of those shown there look better than Hasbro's version.

It's Takara's as you can tell by the silver hands and feet rather than the blue on the (perfectly fine, not at all KO looking, wtf?) Hasbro.

The mold's great but the lack of colours on the Hasbro compared to the Takara version really does make it look worse in my opinion. Especially on details like the 'fake' smokestacks in robot mode being bizarrely red on Hasbro's. Hasbro's Evasion Prime was a figure I sorta kinda liked when I bought it but really fell in love with it a month or so later once I'd added paint to it for accuracy and to break up some of the overdone blue and red (especially needed on the arms) and add some Reprolabels for the flames.

I never bought Evasion Prime of any kind - due to the Hasbro distribution issues with them being TRU exclusives - I just never bothered.

I think I'd prefer buying the KO and painting it up though. If I ever summon up the interest to buy one in the 1st place.

I think I should buy one perhaps one of the reasons I didn't was because I was spoiled for choice - my preferred one would have been the Autobot "Platinum" Boxed set one I guess.

I really don't have an excuse - I guess after I got the Leaderclass I didn't really feel the need - especially as I will eventually get the KBB version anyway.

I do like that Silver Megatron though. I guess i'm a little concerned with all the talk of them breaking too. I know myself well enough to know that the only reason i'd be buying it was because it's Optimus.

It's strange though to look at what interests me and what I like and what I don't like and I think it comes down to playability and function.

For example I actually like One-Step Changers as the quick Transformation is a benefit in an of itself to me. I find I don't like overly complex Transformations as they take to long and bleed out all the fun - but I'm prepared to put that to one side to buy a toy just for the robot mode in some cases.

I think the Movie toys in AOE fall into some dead zone with my tastes they are to complex to be fun to play with and two simple & under decorated to be worth buying for the robot mode alone.

It's the Battle Blade Bumblebee problem - he's a fabulous robot but an atrocious 'Transformer' as he's just to much of pain to transform with everything getting in each others way all the time.

That mechtech Bee is OK a bit flimsy but he's not that hard to transform (He actually feels a bit like RTS Jazz to me in some ways) but he's so plain looking and I don't think he's a huge amount of well "fun".

Oh well people have their tastes I guess and when it comes to Movie toys - I'm blow a bit hot and cold on them.