Targetmasters Are Back! Takara Transformers Prime Micron Arms Series: First Look at Skywarp
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 8:04AM CST
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Site sponsor Kapow Toys have revealed a new Transformers Prime series, Takara Prime Micron Arms, which are basically Targetmasters reborn! Check out the images below, we also get a look at Takara's Skywarp a repaint of Deluxe First Edition Starscream. Will Hasbro bring these to domestic consumers?
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Posted by Hypershock on February 1st, 2012 @ 8:13am CST
Posted by GuyIncognito on February 1st, 2012 @ 8:16am CST
Posted by Che on February 1st, 2012 @ 8:34am CST
Posted by freaky777 on February 1st, 2012 @ 8:56am CST
Posted by acchillyaout on February 1st, 2012 @ 9:10am CST
Posted by Dead Metal on February 1st, 2012 @ 9:17am CST
acchillyaout wrote:I think the Cliffjumper figure used in these pictures is broken. He only has one horn on his head? That's stupid. At least use a figure that has all the parts & pieces.
Dude, that is the remold/repaint of Cliffjumper into Zombie Cliffjumper, he's supposed to look like that.
Also, yea, look like I'll be collecting the Takara line.
Posted by Mkall on February 1st, 2012 @ 9:23am CST
Posted by Tranzilla on February 1st, 2012 @ 9:24am CST
Posted by Agamemnon on February 1st, 2012 @ 9:47am CST
acchillyaout wrote:I think the Cliffjumper figure used in these pictures is broken. He only has one horn on his head? That's stupid. At least use a figure that has all the parts & pieces.
Either you haven't seen the show or you're making a funny...
And, Squeeeee! Zombie Cliffy looks to be a slight remold of FE Cliffy. This possibility might have me skipping PRID Cliffy entirely.
All in all, the target masters look good. I hope Hasbro brings them in. It might bring me back to the Prime line...
Below Skywarp....They wouldn't do a silhouette of Starscream...Thundercracker?
Posted by Skywarp64 on February 1st, 2012 @ 9:52am CST
Posted by craggy on February 1st, 2012 @ 9:52am CST
Posted by Laserwave13 on February 1st, 2012 @ 10:15am CST
After what Hasbro did to us even one reason more to stick with Takaras TF:Prime toys. They re-use at least some of the first edition molds and include Targetmasters instead of glowing-mechtec crap.
Hope your RID line becomes the biggest shelf warmer Hasbro!
Posted by Requiem Prime on February 1st, 2012 @ 10:18am CST
Posted by Delicon on February 1st, 2012 @ 10:21am CST
craggy wrote:wow, these are cool. the added minicon awesomeness is making me consider getting the majority of these. sucks for my wallet. unless Hasbro are able to announce that they'll be releasing these minicons, and at mass market, and for more than 5 minutes, i'm turning japanese
Yikes, I'll have that song in my head for weeks. Ironically, I think a few other fans "turned Japanese" the moment they saw these figures.
Posted by Mkall on February 1st, 2012 @ 10:22am CST
My poor wallet
weeping...weeping...
Posted by Joetx on February 1st, 2012 @ 10:29am CST
Posted by kirbenvost on February 1st, 2012 @ 10:42am CST
I bet that Skywarp will never see the light of day in Hasbro's line, and while we may see these minicons somehow, they won't be included with the Hasbro figures.
Posted by triKlops on February 1st, 2012 @ 10:59am CST
looks like they will work perfectly with the aesthetic of the new line
Posted by BeastProwl on February 1st, 2012 @ 11:13am CST
Posted by Tigertrack on February 1st, 2012 @ 11:16am CST
Posted by Sodan-1 on February 1st, 2012 @ 12:17pm CST
Agamemnon wrote:Below Skywarp....They wouldn't do a silhouette of Starscream...Thundercracker?
Ah, but they would do a silhouette of Starscream, as that'd be the voyager class figure. Kapow also have listings for Knock-Out and Breakdown. Worryingly they're both priced as deluxe class.
Can Ratchet and Arcee be called Targetmasters? Shouldn't they be Sushi-masters or something?
As much as I want those Mini-Cons, there's no way I'm paying for Takara's premium versions of what I feel are truely horrific figures just to get them. Hopefully Hasbro will release them in Mini-Con packs.
Posted by Rodimus Minor on February 1st, 2012 @ 12:30pm CST
Posted by Hypershock on February 1st, 2012 @ 12:43pm CST
Posted by Rodimus Minor on February 1st, 2012 @ 12:51pm CST
Hypershock wrote:ok, people keep callin cliffs b=guns the horns and i keep gettin confused. They're not literally called the horns, he was referencing that he's guna fight back n play rough, and that he has horns. the guns rnt called horns; sry to bitch but i keep getting really confuseed reading these. But yea, thatd be my main reason for getting them too
I know they aren't called the Horns I just liked that name
Posted by prowl123 on February 1st, 2012 @ 2:50pm CST
Posted by craggy on February 1st, 2012 @ 3:25pm CST
I still would like some word on if we're getting any of these wee guys from Hasbro. I'd probably buy a set of just the Minicons quite happily.
Posted by Mkall on February 1st, 2012 @ 3:27pm CST
Posted by NTESHFT on February 1st, 2012 @ 3:43pm CST
Mkall wrote:Please come to North America, please come to North America...
What he said, what he said, what he said............
Posted by Hypershock on February 1st, 2012 @ 3:56pm CST
Rodimus Minor wrote:Hypershock wrote:ok, people keep callin cliffs b=guns the horns and i keep gettin confused. They're not literally called the horns, he was referencing that he's guna fight back n play rough, and that he has horns. the guns rnt called horns; sry to bitch but i keep getting really confuseed reading these. But yea, thatd be my main reason for getting them too
I know they aren't called the Horns I just liked that name
Sokay, i was in a bad mood :J so will the micron/ gun thing come in place of the gun/hammer thing or will they both be with it, anybody know?
Posted by craggy on February 1st, 2012 @ 4:04pm CST
Posted by Blurrz on February 1st, 2012 @ 4:15pm CST
Posted by xyl360 on February 1st, 2012 @ 4:23pm CST
Posted by Rodimus Minor on February 1st, 2012 @ 4:51pm CST
Posted by craggy on February 1st, 2012 @ 5:16pm CST
Rodimus Minor wrote:Are these figures coming with 2 or 1 micron figure I hope its 2 I don't want to bye doubles
My Japanese is rustier than the Titanic so I'm going to have to go with the pictures, where it looks like probably all but Soundwave have 1 Minicon, that has 2 modes. Soundwave has the Laserbeak "minicon" as part of him anyway, so with his Micron Arms partner, that's 2 you'll get with him.
Posted by funklizard on February 1st, 2012 @ 5:25pm CST
Skywarp64 wrote:Just watch as Takara releases this Skywarp and Hasbro does nothing and I become heartbroken, having missed yet another Skywarp.
I will be a little surprised if Hasbro ever releases this mold again.
And, frankly, I'd be more disappointed if Skywarp made an appearance on the show and then didn't get the Voyager treatment that Starscream is getting.
But my guess is that Skywarp/Thundercracker never appear on the show and these just are just easy recolors that TakaraTomy is putting out there for the die-hard Seeker collectors. It looks like the head hasn't even been remolded. (If it has, the difference is subtle.) As someone who's collected more than one set of seekers and as someone who's very fond of the Transformers: Prime characterizations, I'm still having a hard time getting excited about these recolors.
I might feel differently if they do appear in the show and these TarakaTomy renditions turn out to be the only figures of them made. But I doubt that will turn out to be the case.
Posted by RhA on February 1st, 2012 @ 5:35pm CST
Do this.
Love,
RhA
Posted by Starscream GaGa on February 1st, 2012 @ 5:35pm CST
Posted by metaphorge on February 1st, 2012 @ 6:00pm CST
I have the Takara First Edition Bulkhead and hae the Takara First Edition Optimus on the way; I wonder if they'll be made redundant by the Arms Micron releases....
Posted by Starscream GaGa on February 1st, 2012 @ 6:07pm CST
metaphorge wrote:I'm anxious to see the specifics of which molds will be used for the Takara Arms Micron releases, especially Optimus and Bulkhead.
You can see that that silhouette is Powerizer Optimus and considering we know a new mold Bulkhead is on the way, I think it's safe to assume that it'll be Arms Micron Bulkhead.
Posted by Hypershock on February 1st, 2012 @ 6:19pm CST
Posted by metaphorge on February 1st, 2012 @ 6:25pm CST
Starscream GaGa wrote:metaphorge wrote:I'm anxious to see the specifics of which molds will be used for the Takara Arms Micron releases, especially Optimus and Bulkhead.
You can see that that silhouette is Powerizer Optimus and considering we know a new mold Bulkhead is on the way, I think it's safe to assume that it'll be Arms Micron Bulkhead.
Yeah, I thought it was likely that Takara will be using the RID molds for the majority of the Arms Micron releases, but it will be nice to get confirmation on that.
How much you want to bet that AM-01 Optimus Prime will not be plagued with as much translucent material as his RID counterpart (if he does indeed use the "Powerizer" mold)?
Posted by NatsumeRyu on February 1st, 2012 @ 10:23pm CST
Posted by funklizard on February 2nd, 2012 @ 12:57am CST
I must dissent. I'm no fan of this gimmick.
These little robots (or humanoids in exo-suits) have been responsible for some of the worst Transformers fiction. Please understand that I say this as a child of the 80s who was unimpressed with the rationale for Targetmasters/Headmasters at their inception and, later, borderline offended at the rationale for Mini-cons in Armada. (Really? Robots that want to be enslaved by the Right Masters?)
It's my hope that this is just a gimmick in the TakaraTomy toys that will not be reflected in the Transformers: Prime fiction. Because that just hasn't turned out well in the past.
Posted by AnnaChristine on February 2nd, 2012 @ 2:27am CST
Posted by RhA on February 2nd, 2012 @ 4:02am CST
Posted by DecepticonFinishline on February 2nd, 2012 @ 8:45am CST
Posted by metaphorge on February 2nd, 2012 @ 10:35am CST
Doesn't hurt my feelings; I don't have any versions of the Deluxe Megs mold yet.
Posted by Turlain on February 2nd, 2012 @ 11:23am CST
If you look at the weapons attached to optimus in the two pictures, you can clearly tell that these resemble the press release mock up of the AM Microns. The sword in his hand resembles the Micro w/ Ratchet, the three barrel cannon on his left shoulder looks like Cliffjumper's. And the right shoulder looks like Bumblebee's and Optimus' combined.
Now this is only speculation on my part and may have no basis in reality
Posted by metaphorge on February 2nd, 2012 @ 11:32am CST
Turlain wrote:I wonder if we have already seen images of the AM Voyager Optimus from the World Hobby Fair...
If you look at the weapons attached to optimus in the two pictures, you can clearly tell that these resemble the press release mock up of the AM Microns. The sword in his hand resembles the Micro w/ Ratchet, the three barrel cannon on his left shoulder looks like Cliffjumper's. And the right shoulder looks like Bumblebee's and Optimus' combined.
I think your identification of the Microns is dead-on. They look full of majesty!
As to the Prime in that photo, I think it's been generally agreed upon that it's a slightly modified First Edition; apparently the AM-01 solicitation image shows the RID "Powerizer" mold:
It's possible Takara might release a slight retool of the FE Prime as AM-01, but if so, why would they use the Powerizer version for the image above?
Also: Why does AM-01's gun transform into a Micron Shockwave? It seems like many of the other Autobots' Microns tranform into tiny replicas of the Autobots (with an Optimus-like Micron being one of the Microns included in the capsule assortment), so what's the deal here?