2014 Japan-exclusive toys: Masterpiece, Generations, etc
- Knightdramon
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand
First official pics of G2 Sideswipe and Soundblaster with Ratbat are up on tfsource for now.
No surprises here, glad they went all black on Soundblaster and not hints of blue like the original toy.
Ratbat looks too busy, but the shot is small.
Loving the colours on Sideswipe.
It's official. Just MP figures from me from now on.
First official pics of G2 Sideswipe and Soundblaster with Ratbat are up on tfsource for now.
No surprises here, glad they went all black on Soundblaster and not hints of blue like the original toy.
Ratbat looks too busy, but the shot is small.
Loving the colours on Sideswipe.
It's official. Just MP figures from me from now on.
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Me and probably a billion over fans outright predicted it. No joke about it. Ever since that takara designer said they're making ratbat, it was the only place for him.
At this point I think it's better for me to sell my takara soundwave, get hasbro's version and then takara soundblaster.
Or maybe get the four tapes and then Soundblaster? Decisions decisions
At this point I think it's better for me to sell my takara soundwave, get hasbro's version and then takara soundblaster.
Or maybe get the four tapes and then Soundblaster? Decisions decisions
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So was the Soundblaster/Ratbat thing not announced ages ago? Or was that people talking about their assumptions as if they were fact?
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There was a translated interview of a fan with a designer on a toy fair show. Really obscure, like blink and miss it, on the tfw2005 forums. The designer said that they have Ratbat planned/designed.inflatable dalek wrote:So was the Soundblaster/Ratbat thing not announced ages ago? Or was that people talking about their assumptions as if they were fact?
This was around the time the cassette packs were announced. So this left one cassette with Soundwave, four more released as two packs, and Ratbat on his own.
Seeing as nobody believed that takara would invest on other cassettes, and Ratbar would be too cheap to sell on his own, many, myself included, speculated that a Soundblaster repaint partnered with just Ratbat would be the way to go.
Which, apparently, it is. And today, out of the blue, we get official confirmation of it.
So yes, SB with Ratbat, along with Prowl and his mould mates, make four unique cases in which I was right in my assumptions about takara tomy.
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I love G2 Sideswipe and his silly '90s guns. Oddly, with the reverse colours of G1 Sidey, he looks better proportioned and less cluttered in robot mode. Looks like the silly 'Side Swipe' and 'SS' things are stickers too, so you can leave the alt mode looking brutal in plain black. G2 logo on the bonnet looks a bit lost without a white border though.
...and £55 on pre-order from Kapow. Hmm...
...and £55 on pre-order from Kapow. Hmm...
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Preorders up at HLJ, amiami and animeexport.
HLJ only has G2 Sideswipe for now.
Also, at ehobby's site there's new product shots for both of them, plus final shots for takara's rhinox and waspinator.
HLJ only has G2 Sideswipe for now.
Also, at ehobby's site there's new product shots for both of them, plus final shots for takara's rhinox and waspinator.
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Blast... That's a lot of money for Ratbat, when I really don't care about Soundblaster... But Ratbat does look very nifty...
New sale thread added with a range of Transformers including Masterpiece, Botcon, CHUG, RID, Movies etc.
Looking for MP-11T Thundercracker and MP-9 Rodimus v2 (Takara version with as few QC issues as possible).
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didn't seem worth starting a new thread for this, but the anime version of Encore Devastator is around £52 from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transformers-En ... k_h_b_cs_1
I didn't know they'd resculpted the faces of the original toys for this.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transformers-En ... k_h_b_cs_1
I didn't know they'd resculpted the faces of the original toys for this.
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If nothing else that increases the chances of Mixmaster actually having a head.
EDIT: Jeeeeez, I hope no one brought reissue Piranacon as a financial investment.
EDIT: Jeeeeez, I hope no one brought reissue Piranacon as a financial investment.
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I had thought I wouldn't be picking up Wheeljack, but now I'm not so sure. The prototype looks very nice indeed. Of course, having our baby on March and moving house in January may mean I simply can't get this one past my wife...
Delayed release now though - August is hardly 2nd quarter of the year!
Really want to see Bumblebee...
Delayed release now though - August is hardly 2nd quarter of the year!
Really want to see Bumblebee...
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Christ that's good... Bumblebee I can actually picture the engineering of because the toy and the animation model have a lot of big similarities in terms of general body shape - add in a slide-out crotch, pimp the articulation, put the show head on, fold those wheels away, should be pretty intuitive if they don't Binaltech the shit out of the thing for the sake of it. Assuming they've got the VW licence (which, as outlined previously, they surely do) I think he's pretty safe; it'll be how much remoulding they're prepared to do for Cliffjumper that's more of a question (though Red, Blue and Smokey all suggest the answer is quite a bit seeing as those figures would all have sold pretty well as straight redecos).
Wheeljack however has his wonderful but weird original toy and really boring sanded down character model with a lot of potential for screwing up inbetween... that looks like a really good blend that takes the detail and kibble of the toy while using the proportions of the character model.
WHEN IS HE OUT?
EDIT: Ooops, August... and he's the next scheduled, yeh? That's cool, actually, might be able to save up funds for MP-10 and Soundwave in the meantime.
Wheeljack however has his wonderful but weird original toy and really boring sanded down character model with a lot of potential for screwing up inbetween... that looks like a really good blend that takes the detail and kibble of the toy while using the proportions of the character model.
WHEN IS HE OUT?
EDIT: Ooops, August... and he's the next scheduled, yeh? That's cool, actually, might be able to save up funds for MP-10 and Soundwave in the meantime.
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Neat. He's up for preorder at anime export.
First actual japanese preorder.
First actual japanese preorder.
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