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New Galleries: Japanese Transformers Prime Arms Micron from Takara Tomy

Postby Dead Metal » Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:06 am

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The vast seibertron.com galleries have assimilated the next batch of Transformers Prime figures and this time round it's the Japanese versions, also known as Arms Micron. Arms Micron stands for Targetmaster Mini-Cons since these versions of the toys feature Mini-Cons that are also Targetmasters! As is mostly the case with Japanese releases these versions feature a few differences from the Hasbro releases, the most obvious difference is the inclusion of the aforementioned Arms Microns. The Arms Microns come as easily assembled unpainted snap together kits you have to free from their sprues first.

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These Arms Microns also come at a cost though, they are designed to resemble the characters weaponry in atl-mode and as such replace the weapons that come with the Hasbro releases, the figures themselves also feature new Mini-Con ports on the alt and bot-modes, these can be rather annoying to some.

Another difference are the paint-apps, or rather the lack thereof. Contrary to TakraTomys usual reputation amongst the fandom, these figures feature even less paint than the Hasbro releases and instead rely on stickers you have to apply yourself just like with G1 toys - from the 80s. Best or worst example which ever you prefer is Ratchet, who without stickers is just a mass of white plastic, some gray plastic and a teeny tiny bit of paint.

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"Who says stickers are an obsolete technology?"


The galleries each feature a few images of the figures the way they look out of the box, and without their stickers applied.

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"Photographer not included!"


Of special interest in this line is Skywarp, a repaint of the First Edition deluxe class Starscream. It's not the fact that the Mini-Con ports make him look even more different from Starscream, no it's the fact that he's as of yet a Japanese exclusive character and may not be released by Hasbro. We're also glad to report that even without stickers he looks rather excellent.

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So take a look at the galleries by clicking the links or the photo samples below!

Skywarp (Deluxe Class)
Arms Micron

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Bulo (Microns)
Arms Micron

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Megatron (Deluxe Class)
Arms Micron

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Gora (Microns)
Arms Micron

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Optimus Prime (Voyager Class)
Arms Micron

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O.P. (Microns)
Arms Micron

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Ratchet (Deluxe Class)
Arms Micron

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R.A. (Microns)
Arms Micron

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Bumblebee (Deluxe Class)
Arms Micron

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B.2. (Microns)
Arms Micron

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Cliffjumper (Deluxe Class)
Arms Micron

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C.L. (Microns)
Arms Micron

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Re: New Galleries: Japanese Transformers Prime Arms-Micron

Postby gothsaurus » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:50 am

It's so funny. The stickers really shocked me.... left me put off and feeling like I was getting shorted. Then I started thinking back to G1. Putting on stickers was one of my favorite things to do in the known universe. Most exciting part of getting the toy. I gotta get back into that mindset.
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Re: New Galleries: Japanese Transformers Prime Arms-Micron

Postby Sabrblade » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:55 am

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In this case, there is no comparison. Hasbro clearly won out this time.

The only Takara advantages I can see are the dark blue plastic used on Optimus:
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And the specific gray plastic used on Megatron:
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Though, I can't quite tell which version of the two First Editions on AM Megatron's left and right is which. Is Hasbro's on the left and Takara's on the right (from the viewer's perspective, not AM Megatron's), or vice-versa?


Also, while we know that the Super Combo Weapon formed by O.P., B2, and R.A. is called the Star Saber, do any of the other Super Combo Weapon combinations (like the one with Gora and Bulo) have any of their own names?
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Re: New Galleries: Japanese Transformers Prime Arms-Micron

Postby JelZe GoldRabbit » Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:58 am

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gothsaurus wrote:It's so funny. The stickers really shocked me.... left me put off and feeling like I was getting shorted. Then I started thinking back to G1. Putting on stickers was one of my favorite things to do in the known universe. Most exciting part of getting the toy. I gotta get back into that mindset.


You can also think it this way: you can either put the stickers on as intended (I plan to with the Arms Micron I get) or you can be bold and try painting the figures yourself.
Now that I think about it, could TakaraTomy be trying to tap into the model builders market with these?

And no further Super Combo weapons are known yet, but that may change with the next few waves.
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Also looking for any clear Arms Microns, like Shadow (Gora & R.A.), Hellflame and Shining (O.P. and R.A.).

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Re: New Galleries: Japanese Transformers Prime Arms-Micron

Postby gothsaurus » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:05 am

Yeah, some of those solid red areas on Ratchet... or the black stripes on Bee. Nice idea to paint 'em. :-D
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Re: New Galleries: Japanese Transformers Prime Arms-Micron

Postby AutobotMR2 » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:19 am

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Re: New Galleries: Japanese Transformers Prime Arms Micron

Postby gothsaurus » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:25 am

Yeah, same here. I'm more interested in the minicons. Wish they showed up over here as capsule toys or something. I know... I'm dreamin'.
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Re: New Galleries: Japanese Transformers Prime Arms-Micron

Postby Seibertron » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:37 am

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gothsaurus wrote:It's so funny. The stickers really shocked me.... left me put off and feeling like I was getting shorted. Then I started thinking back to G1. Putting on stickers was one of my favorite things to do in the known universe. Most exciting part of getting the toy. I gotta get back into that mindset.


Same here. While most of the stickers were fun to apply, the issue I had with some of them is that stickers aren't really meant to be applied on non-flat surfaces. If you look at the stickers on Ratchet's upper chest near his neck, you'll see that the stickers just end up being wrinkled. I tried and tried and tried to get those stickers to lay 100% flat, but they wouldn't because of the curved surfaces. The nice part about stickers on G1 figures is that the stickers are almost always applied to flat surfaces. I think the most difficult stickers to apply, until you get good at it, are the abdomen stickers on the G1 Seekers, as well as their eye stickers. But even those work just fine once you get good at applying them.
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Re: New Galleries: Japanese Transformers Prime Arms-Micron

Postby Seibertron » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:39 am

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Sabrblade wrote:And the specific gray plastic used on Megatron:
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Though, I can't quite tell which version of the two First Editions on AM Megatron's left and right is which. Is Hasbro's on the left and Takara's on the right (from the viewer's perspective, not AM Megatron's), or vice-versa?


From your left to right: Hasbro's First Edition Megatron, Arms Micron Megatron, and Takara Tomy's First Edition Megatron. I completed the Takara Tomy FE Megatron gallery as well, but won't be posting it until later down the road when I get Hasbro's Cliffjumper and Takara Tomy's Arcee galleries completed. For the record, Takara Tomy's FE Megatron is almost a yellowed grey ... it is NOT the same color as the TFP RID Voyager Megatron, which is far more grey.
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Re: New Galleries: Japanese Transformers Prime Arms-Micron

Postby Sabrblade » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:47 am

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Seibertron wrote:From your left to right: Hasbro's First Edition Megatron, Arms Micron Megatron, and Takara Tomy's First Edition Megatron. I completed the Takara Tomy FE Megatron gallery as well, but won't be posting it until later down the road when I get Hasbro's Cliffjumper and Takara Tomy's Arcee galleries completed. For the record, Takara Tomy's FE Megatron is almost a yellowed grey ... it is NOT the same color as the TFP RID Voyager Megatron, which is far more grey.
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