New Images of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG25 Blurr and LG26 Scourge

I'll take that Cyclonus, Scourge, and Sweeps picture as a ringing endorsement from TFYuki and Takara Tomy for using Unite Warriors Cyclonus as G1 "Classics" Cyclonus. I can hardly wait until Legends Galvatron and Scourge (and Titans Return Scourge for some Sweeps army building) are released!

I have to be honest, this only makes me wish even more that TR Scourge was made as a Voyager. I already have and prefer the old Generations mold, and I only bought CW Cyclonus because I thought we'd get a Scourge to match him and Galvatron. I feel like this was a really weird decision in terms of scale.

On the other hand, though, SO glad I got a preorder in for Blurr. The Takara version is beautiful.

Am glad I pre-ordered Blurr and Scourge. They do look good especially Blurr. Still don't like that Cyclonus at all. Gonna track down the older Targetmaster Generations figure (I used to have it) and it's so much better.

william-james88 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'll take that Cyclonus, Scourge, and Sweeps picture as a ringing endorsement from TFYuki and Takara Tomy for using Unite Warriors Cyclonus as G1 "Classics" Cyclonus. I can hardly wait until Legends Galvatron and Scourge (and Titans Return Scourge for some Sweeps army building) are released!

Does it also endorse that Cyclonus' armada is the sweeps?

Cyclonus' Armada can be the...
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What's the team name for Grand Galvatron's components? The Grandicons? Galvicons? Haunticons?

Can we all just sit for a minute and appreciate that there are a ton of good looking Transformers coming, (mostly) all with new molds? I mean, coming from COMBINER Wars (although that did have its moments), this is all like a breath of fresh air. You done did good, Has/Tak.
(Ach, this is what happens when you don't proof read)

Bronzewolf wrote:Can we all just sit for a minute and appreciate that there are a ton of good looking Transformers coming, (mostly) all with new molds? I mean, coming from Combined Wars(although that had it's moments), this is all like a breath of fresh air. You done did good, Has/Tak.

Assuming, of course, the plastic quality/QC/tolerances aren't total garbage. And given there's rumours the manufacturing got moved yet AGAIN, this time to India of all places...yeah. I await Titans Return with cautious optimism.

fenrir72 wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:Can we all just sit for a minute and appreciate that there are a ton of good looking Transformers coming, (mostly) all with new molds? I mean, coming from Combined Wars(although that had it's moments), this is all like a breath of fresh air. You done did good, Has/Tak.

Assuming, of course, the plastic quality/QC/tolerances aren't total garbage. And given there's rumours the manufacturing got moved yet AGAIN, this time to India of all places...yeah. I await Titans Return with cautious optimism.

Ain't capitalism grand?Now Hb is moving to India. Maybe to minimize KOing or lowering the price even more? I yearn for the days when stuff was made in the USA like the early G.I. Joe playset and vehicles. Same with the Fisher Price vehicles (their figures were made in HK but the plastics smelled good and were very tough back then).

Didn't one of the Hb people interviewed a few weeks back say something about improving the hollowness of their products? Hopefully that includes improving the plastic quality. And, is it possible to dilute the plastic content to save on cost but also affecting the stress tolerance/quality of the plastic? Being expensive and all, I share DM's concerns too.

It'll undoubtedly be to get even cheaper labour. Chinese workers demanded better conditions and better pay, so they moved to Vietnam. Now the same is probably happening over there, and thus the move to India. Given what India is like I can't imagine the QC (or, ahem, cleanliness) of the figures will improve much.

Lord know where they'll go when India starts demanding better pay. Probably Brazil. Although given the way the world's going, with the US Election probably being a contest between Shillary "Hides government secrets in a private email account and lets Americans die in foreign territory" Clinton and Donald "Daemon Prince of Khorne" Trump, Europe becoming a socialist hellhole and the Middle East basically drowning in blood, we'll be lucky if we haven't all been reduced to ash by atomic fire by 2020.

fenrir72 wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:Can we all just sit for a minute and appreciate that there are a ton of good looking Transformers coming, (mostly) all with new molds? I mean, coming from Combined Wars(although that had it's moments), this is all like a breath of fresh air. You done did good, Has/Tak.

Assuming, of course, the plastic quality/QC/tolerances aren't total garbage. And given there's rumours the manufacturing got moved yet AGAIN, this time to India of all places...yeah. I await Titans Return with cautious optimism.

Ain't capitalism grand?Now Hb is moving to India. Maybe to minimize KOing or lowering the price even more? I yearn for the days when stuff was made in the USA like the early G.I. Joe playset and vehicles. Same with the Fisher Price vehicles (their figures were made in HK but the plastics smelled good and were very tough back then).

Didn't one of the Hb people interviewed a few weeks back say something about improving the hollowness of their products? Hopefully that includes improving the plastic quality. And, is it possible to dilute the plastic content to save on cost but also affecting the stress tolerance/quality of the plastic? Being expensive and all, I share DM's concerns too.

Yeah, manufacturing returning to the U.S. would be great, but it's a pipe dream. But Hasbro's (relatively) good at listening to fans, so I wouldn't doubt they're at least trying to work on hollowness and quality. I hope the quality of the Titan's Return figures matches the quality of their looks.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'll take that Cyclonus, Scourge, and Sweeps picture as a ringing endorsement from TFYuki and Takara Tomy for using Unite Warriors Cyclonus as G1 "Classics" Cyclonus. I can hardly wait until Legends Galvatron and Scourge (and Titans Return Scourge for some Sweeps army building) are released!

Does it also endorse that Cyclonus' armada is the sweeps?

Nope! But, you can see Cyclonus' real Armada in the pics I posted recently in the Unite Warriors thread!

Just pulling your tail Your pics are awesome. And plus, Cyclonus clealy had an armada for at least a moment:

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