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by **Rated X** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:34 am

Good news. This opens up the door for metallic paintjobs and extra paint apps that make these small crappy figures actually worth buying. How about a G1 accurate FOC Bruticus that includes a proper grey and blue Vortex ? I pre-ordered that Takara Shockwave hoping it would have a more cartoon accurate paintjob like Henkei Cyclonus colors.

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:01 pm

Ahh yes, the EU doing its thing to save cardboard.

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:10 pm

Can Takara make them bigger too?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:34 pm

mooncake623 wrote:Can Takara make them bigger too?

Upsizing molds? Wouldn't that make them a KO company?

News Credits: 1 · by **AutobotMR2** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:42 pm

Sorry guys, but no ammount of metallic paint or chrome can save these figures from their irregular size. One jazz should not be looking RTS Jazz in the chest unless its a scout, pass just as I passed on the domestic version.

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:48 pm

mooncake623 wrote:Can Takara make them bigger too?

Upsizing molds? Wouldn't that make them a KO company?

they've downsize molds before(Energon Megs) so why not!

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:56 pm

mooncake623 wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:Can Takara make them bigger too?

Upsizing molds? Wouldn't that make them a KO company?

they've downsize molds before(Energon Megs) so why not!

Only once, even that was exceptional. Don't get your hopes up.

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:58 pm

mooncake623 wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:Can Takara make them bigger too?

Upsizing molds? Wouldn't that make them a KO company?

they've downsize molds before(Energon Megs) so why not!

Only once, even that was exceptional. Don't get your hopes up.

Oh I don't believe for a sec they will... but again i can hope

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:41 pm

Hopefully it's more than just lipstick on a pig

News Credits: 86 · by **Powered Convoy** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:57 pm

Sodan-1 wrote:
Flux Convoy wrote:I'm listening. Wonder if Shockwave will get a separate release here too. It would be hard to believe the Arms Micron version being the only release.

Good point. That will be an interesting one to see how it's handled. I wonder if the Arms Micron figure will just be integrated into this TG line.

Considering the Arms Micron figure is being released the same month these are supposedly coming out (December 2012), I don't see it happening.

TakaraTomy is moving Shockwave to their Prime line to get more figures out for that line because he appears on the show.

Rated X wrote:Good news. This opens up the door for metallic paintjobs and extra paint apps that make these small crappy figures actually worth buying. How about a G1 accurate FOC Bruticus that includes a proper grey and blue Vortex ? I pre-ordered that Takara Shockwave hoping it would have a more cartoon accurate paintjob like Henkei Cyclonus colors.

Well he's going to be on the Prime cartoon so I imagine the toy's colors might be changed to reflect that version rather than the G1 cartoon.

Randy

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:04 pm

What about Cybertron Starscream...they upsized him from a Voyager to a Supreme...

Not Has to Tak version, but close enough.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:07 pm

Kibble wrote:What about Cybertron Starscream...they upsized him from a Voyager to a Supreme...

True, but I still don't see TakaraTomy do that to every single figure.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:18 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:True, but I still don't see TakaraTomy do that to every single figure.

Neither do I...especially from a small deluxe to a regular size deluxe. but I didn't want to miss out on the convo.

Website · by **Flux Convoy** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:53 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Kibble wrote:What about Cybertron Starscream...they upsized him from a Voyager to a Supreme...

True, but I still don't see TakaraTomy do that to every single figure.

Neither of the figures talked about here have been upsized or downsized. They were all separate molds. They're extremely similar but they're separate molds.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:23 pm

Flux Convoy wrote:Neither of the figures talked about here have been upsized or downsized. They were all separate molds. They're extremely similar but they're separate molds.

Meaning? That the design was altered?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:37 am

Kibble wrote:
Flux Convoy wrote:Neither of the figures talked about here have been upsized or downsized. They were all separate molds. They're extremely similar but they're separate molds.

Meaning? That the design was altered?

See, that's where the difference between retool and separate mold enters a grey area. SL Galvatron could very well be downsized from Energon Megatron from the design sketches on, using the same design cues but executing them in two different sizes.
Starscream is a bit harder to properly place, as the differences between the Voyager and the Supreme are quite numerous. It is possible that TakaraTomy went ahead with an earlier version of the design, and that Hasbro refined it for the Supreme.

by **noctorro** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:03 am

I do hope they upscale Optimus to a voyager just like they did with Soundwave. I'll be getting that Blaster, but not Soundwave and Soundblaster, the deluxe Soundwave is good enough.

They don't need to upscale all the others, just Optimus (and Ultra Magnus). Eventhough I already own Optimus

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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:36 pm

e-Hobby has revealed the first images of Takara Tomy's Transformers Generations: Fall of Cybertron TG01 Optimus Prime and TG02 Jazz. These redecos of Hasbro's Transformers Generations: Fall of Cybertron Deluxe Optimus Prime and Jazz feature new metallic paint jobs. Images mirrored below.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:53 pm

Hmph. Would you look at that. They're better than the U.S release. I'm so surprised.

:roll:

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:54 pm

Yep, although I don't agree with them dropping the blue from Jazz entirely, these look significantly better than the Hasbro versions. Too bad they cost more than twice as much.

by **SPRINGER112** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 10:01 pm

primes a pass butt jazz looks amazing he is definitly on my want list

News Credits: 438 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 10:04 pm

I already own the American versions, but man, those look beautiful. :HALUC:

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 10:07 pm

SPRINGER112 wrote:primes a pass butt

And with that, my coffee has passed through my nasal passages. :oops:

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 10:07 pm

Jazz looks mucgh better than Hasbro's version. However I'm uninterested in the mold itself.

by **Gearslide** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 10:09 pm

Personally, that Prime is too shiny for me to feel like it belongs in a war.

But that Jazz has an extremely accurate deco, unlike Bizarre Blue Jazz we got from Hasbro.