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BBTS Preorders give us first images of Japanese Animated Figures
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Jan 8, 2010 at 11:44am CST
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Check out all the images by clicking on the following links:
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These preorders have an estimated release in April.
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Comment by Dead Metal
Jan 8, 2010
I'm just too slow lately.... 
And hell these are pretty, so much for the straight Hasbro repacks.
And hell these are pretty, so much for the straight Hasbro repacks.
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Comment by Razorclaw0000
Jan 8, 2010
Ironhide looks pretty nice, but I really dislike the Voyager Bulkhead mold. I'm not sure what ones I'll be getting yet, though. We'll have to see.
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Comment by Editor
Jan 8, 2010
Wow, anyone else looking at the Bumblebee get a G2 feel from it?
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Comment by DevastaTTor
Jan 8, 2010
Nice. Now give me a Takara ROTF Bludgeon paint job.
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Comment by Forgotten
Jan 8, 2010
I really like Starscream and I have yet to get an Animated incarnation of him, but 50 plus shipping. I think I might just have to get the US release and skip the shiny.
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Comment by Tekka
Jan 8, 2010
And Starscream is still blue. =(
Oh well, so much for that idea.
Oh well, so much for that idea.
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Comment by Tigertrack
Jan 8, 2010
Bulkhead is an odd looking color... Aquamarine or something? ( I don't know, I just went with that name-- turquoise-ish?)
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Comment by Razorclaw0000
Jan 8, 2010
The more I look at them, the less I like them. The shiny doesn't fit at all. I really prefer the Hasbro versions' flat look. It matches the animation model much better. So far, I think I'm going to pass.
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Shiny is often a good way to get my attention, but the one it looks best on is BBee, and the mold is pretty junky, so no thanks. Maybe if Samurai Prowl ends up looking awesome or something.
Comment by Tigertrack
Jan 8, 2010
Razorclaw0000 wrote:The more I look at them, the less I like them. The shiny doesn't fit at all. I really prefer the Hasbro versions' flat look. It matches the animation model much better. So far, I think I'm going to pass.
Shiny is often a good way to get my attention, but the one it looks best on is BBee, and the mold is pretty junky, so no thanks. Maybe if Samurai Prowl ends up looking awesome or something.
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I'd like to see some really unique repaints, like Ramjet, and a full size Dirge, or a "One with the AllSpark" Samurai Prowl in transparent light blue.
Comment by Razorclaw0000
Jan 8, 2010
tigertracks 24 wrote:Razorclaw0000 wrote:The more I look at them, the less I like them. The shiny doesn't fit at all. I really prefer the Hasbro versions' flat look. It matches the animation model much better. So far, I think I'm going to pass.
Shiny is often a good way to get my attention, but the one it looks best on is BBee, and the mold is pretty junky, so no thanks. Maybe if Samurai Prowl ends up looking awesome or something.
I'd like to see some really unique repaints, like Ramjet, and a full size Dirge, or a "One with the AllSpark" Samurai Prowl in transparent light blue.
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110% agree with you. They are trying to make them look more "real" when the whole point is for them to look more "cartoony" and excuse the pun "animated."
Comment by the_dark_decepticon
Jan 8, 2010
Razorclaw0000 wrote:The more I look at them, the less I like them. The shiny doesn't fit at all. I really prefer the Hasbro versions' flat look. It matches the animation model much better. So far, I think I'm going to pass.
110% agree with you. They are trying to make them look more "real" when the whole point is for them to look more "cartoony" and excuse the pun "animated."
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Now that I would buy the hell out of.
Comment by Forgotten
Jan 8, 2010
Razorclaw0000 wrote:tigertracks 24 wrote:Razorclaw0000 wrote:The more I look at them, the less I like them. The shiny doesn't fit at all. I really prefer the Hasbro versions' flat look. It matches the animation model much better. So far, I think I'm going to pass.
Shiny is often a good way to get my attention, but the one it looks best on is BBee, and the mold is pretty junky, so no thanks. Maybe if Samurai Prowl ends up looking awesome or something.
I'd like to see some really unique repaints, like Ramjet, and a full size Dirge, or a "One with the AllSpark" Samurai Prowl in transparent light blue.
Now that I would buy the hell out of.
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Comment by joevill
Jan 8, 2010
*drools*
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It's Animated Goldbug.
Comment by RiddlerJ
Jan 8, 2010
Editor wrote:Wow, anyone else looking at the Bumblebee get a G2 feel from it?
It's Animated Goldbug.
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Comment by First Gen
Jan 8, 2010
Oh God these look horrible.
Now to read the Takara fanboys go nuts over this crap.
Now to read the Takara fanboys go nuts over this crap.
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Comment by kirbenvost
Jan 8, 2010
Hmm, I'm guessing it's the promo image shine and they won't look so metallic when they're actually released, but I think I prefer the Hasbro jobs. Megatron definitely benefits from the full metallic treatment though.
I hope they repaint at least one of the Prowls in G1 colors so I can add him to my collection.
I hope they repaint at least one of the Prowls in G1 colors so I can add him to my collection.
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Comment by Elvaan
Jan 8, 2010
Pretty.
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I always liked the mold, but he was just too $#%@ SMALL!
Then I got Legends BB & Prowl, and I realized he's not a small voyager, he's a LARGE Legends class
Voyager Bulkhead + Activators Prime and Ratchet + Legends BB & Prowl = very pleased scale nazi.
I also like the idea of TFA Goldbug. That's a neat idea.
Comment by rpetras
Jan 8, 2010
Razorclaw0000 wrote:Ironhide looks pretty nice, but I really dislike the Voyager Bulkhead mold. I'm not sure what ones I'll be getting yet, though. We'll have to see.
I always liked the mold, but he was just too $#%@ SMALL!
Then I got Legends BB & Prowl, and I realized he's not a small voyager, he's a LARGE Legends class
Voyager Bulkhead + Activators Prime and Ratchet + Legends BB & Prowl = very pleased scale nazi.
I also like the idea of TFA Goldbug. That's a neat idea.
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Comment by Rorschach
Jan 8, 2010
Animated is my favorite TF line to date. While I adore each of these molds, there's no way I'm going to dump that much more into figures I already own doubles and triples of, the prices are simply obscene.
I will, however, be completely boned when Takara does what Hasbro would not: Produce actual figures of Omega Supreme, Constructicons Mixmaster & Scrapper, Brawn, Strika, Cyclonus, etc.
Basically, any mold we never got.
I will, however, be completely boned when Takara does what Hasbro would not: Produce actual figures of Omega Supreme, Constructicons Mixmaster & Scrapper, Brawn, Strika, Cyclonus, etc.
Basically, any mold we never got.
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They're not going to do it. Animated to them is just a filler line. They were afraid to bring it over at all due to the animation style, and I think they expect the line to not do as well.
Comment by Razorclaw0000
Jan 8, 2010
Rorschach wrote:I will, however, be completely boned when Takara does what Hasbro would not: Produce actual figures of Omega Supreme, Constructicons Mixmaster & Scrapper, Brawn, Strika, Cyclonus, etc.
Basically, any mold we never got.
They're not going to do it. Animated to them is just a filler line. They were afraid to bring it over at all due to the animation style, and I think they expect the line to not do as well.
