Larger sized Kiss Players Autrooper/Atari coming in December?

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:33 pm

Listed at Amenbo:
http://www.amenbo.com/cgi-bin/list/toys/tf/new2-e.cgi

Listed at U-Toys:
http://u-toys.com/comingsoon.htm

Photoshopped image:
http://u-toys.com/images/transformers/bta6.jpg

Thanks to Type-R of the TFW2005 boards for the heads-up.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:36 pm

Hey...what head sculpt is that?

Is that a actual new one? I don't recognize it.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:45 pm

It's just a heavily photoshopped Meister head sculpt.

The actual toy will most likely have a new sculpt.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:05 pm

Originally posted by Nevermore
The actual toy will most likely have a new sculpt.

Wow, if that's the case this would be the first new head sculpt on just a repain in quite a while (not for Binal-Tech...but for Binalternators in general).

It'd be since...well...of the last few repaints (Hot Rod, Nemesis Prime, Cam Shaft, Rollbar, Ricochet, Blaster, Alert, Sunstreaker, and...uh...Decepticharge, I think) it's been since Decepticharge since a repaint figure was actually a slight remold as well. It'd be nice if they go back to that, it doesn't make the repaints seem as cheap.

EDIT: Actually, I take that back, Alert was the last true remold we got (even if it wasn't a new head sculpt). It was slightly different from Streak.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:15 pm

Rodimus has a different head sculpt than Mirage, albeit he can be argued as being not truly a "remold". If you consider KP Rodimus as a remold of Mirage, you'd also have to consider Hasbro and Takara Prowl as being remolds of each other.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:45 pm

Originally posted by Nevermore
Rodimus has a different head sculpt than Mirage, albeit he can be argued as being not truly a "remold".

He does? I didn't realize that. I thought it was just a repainted head (like Skids/Broadblast). I guess I haven't gotten much of a look at Rodimus yet.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:54 pm

Originally posted by Brimstone
He does? I didn't realize that. I thought it was just a repainted head (like Skids/Broadblast). I guess I haven't gotten much of a look at Rodimus yet.

http://www.fantofan.jp/news/mag/dengeki ... 2006-3.jpg

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:31 pm

Hmm...interesting. Doesn't look a whole lot like Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime. It has the little forhead thingy, but the visor and lambchops are kind of strange.

Thanks for the pic, though!

Post by **Clay** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:22 am

Up for preorder at BBTS.

Also has very blurry picutres of the actual toy with the new head sculpt (not photoshopped).

Knightdramon · Post by **Knightdramon** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:39 pm

Up for pre-order at hlj.com as well

Standart price of 6175 yen for those pre-ordering it before september 13th.

Here's thinking the line won't end after Convoy and Rodimus...but then again, BTA only got three releases.

Roadstripe · Post by **Roadstripe** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:00 pm

Autorooper makes for a nice 'bot. I'll restate my ever present hope this comes to the US as an Alternator.

That extraneous fleshling, though...her head looks too doughy for her body frame.

:(