For our Japan fans, here is the extra info on where he got the figure:
Matt in Japan wrote:I found it at my local Toys R Us.
I paid ¥3,346 ($27.82) each.
Check out that super shiny deco, enjoy!
Matt in Japan wrote:I found it at my local Toys R Us.
I paid ¥3,346 ($27.82) each.
Carnivius_Prime wrote:
I think mine was sent via EMS. To be honest I didn't really know what I was doing and just went with default as it seemed a good price and I certainly wasn't expecting it to be sent this quick. I thought it might be next week or the week after going by past deliveries I've had from the US or Australia and such so figured Japan would take a while too. £22.40 is a bargain for that travel and especially since Deluxe figures in the UK cost about £15.99 from a store and this is a japanese exclusive with a bit more than regular Arcee had (the sais)
Shockwave7 wrote:I think the package artists are.... shall we say, 'projecting' a little too much of how they'd LIKE these fem-bots to appear in how they're drawing them....
Soraboo1030 wrote:I could probably translate these comics but it'd take a while!
Oh, so it looks like Slipstream got her new body upgrade from Swindle. And look, there's Sentinel Magnus just as he appeared in the Season 3.5 fiction. I wonder if Derrick J. Wyatt had any involvement in this comic.
It's just something Takara does. If they deem an accessory that came with a figure's original release is unecessary or inappropriate for the character that the mold is to be redecoed/remolded into, they take it out. Thankfully, they were willing to create brand new null rays for her that suit her character far more.Alpha Weltall wrote:I really don't like that Slipstream doesn't come with the sword. Nightbird comes with all four of the base mold's weapons and then the two new ones. Combiner Hunter Arcee doesn't even come with the four base weapons yet Nightbird does. So why doesn't Slipstream come with Windblade's sword? I'd like to at least have had the option in displaying her with the sword or not.
mooncake623 wrote:Soraboo1030 wrote:I could probably translate these comics but it'd take a while!
That would be awesome
Sabrblade wrote:Oh, so it looks like Slipstream got her new body upgrade from Swindle. And look, there's Sentinel Magnus just as he appeared in the Season 3.5 fiction. I wonder if Derrick J. Wyatt had any involvement in this comic.It's just something Takara does. If they deem an accessory that came with a figure's original release is unecessary or inappropriate for the character that the mold is to be redecoed/remolded into, they take it out. Thankfully, they were willing to create brand new null rays for her that suit her character far more.Alpha Weltall wrote:I really don't like that Slipstream doesn't come with the sword. Nightbird comes with all four of the base mold's weapons and then the two new ones. Combiner Hunter Arcee doesn't even come with the four base weapons yet Nightbird does. So why doesn't Slipstream come with Windblade's sword? I'd like to at least have had the option in displaying her with the sword or not.
The same thing happened with Henkei! Henkei! Lambor and Alert. The engine piece that came with Sunstreaker (as well as every Hasbro release of the Universe Sunstreaker/Sideswipe mold) was left out of Lambor's and Alert's releases since it was a piece that, in the fiction, was more associated with Sunstreaker and not Sideswipe or Red Alert. Takara probably thought the same about Slipstream, thinking "She doesn't use a sword," and took it out, replacing it with the new null rays.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Oh, so it looks like Slipstream got her new body upgrade from Swindle. And look, there's Sentinel Magnus just as he appeared in the Season 3.5 fiction. I wonder if Derrick J. Wyatt had any involvement in this comic.It's just something Takara does. If they deem an accessory that came with a figure's original release is unecessary or inappropriate for the character that the mold is to be redecoed/remolded into, they take it out. Thankfully, they were willing to create brand new null rays for her that suit her character far more.Alpha Weltall wrote:I really don't like that Slipstream doesn't come with the sword. Nightbird comes with all four of the base mold's weapons and then the two new ones. Combiner Hunter Arcee doesn't even come with the four base weapons yet Nightbird does. So why doesn't Slipstream come with Windblade's sword? I'd like to at least have had the option in displaying her with the sword or not.
The same thing happened with Henkei! Henkei! Lambor and Alert. The engine piece that came with Sunstreaker (as well as every Hasbro release of the Universe Sunstreaker/Sideswipe mold) was left out of Lambor's and Alert's releases since it was a piece that, in the fiction, was more associated with Sunstreaker and not Sideswipe or Red Alert. Takara probably thought the same about Slipstream, thinking "She doesn't use a sword," and took it out, replacing it with the new null rays.
Isn't the sword necessary to form the tail fin?
mooncake623 wrote:Soraboo1030 wrote:I could probably translate these comics but it'd take a while!
That would be awesome
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Isn't the sword necessary to form the tail fin?
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Isn't the sword necessary to form the tail fin?
Hellscream9999 wrote:No, it did nothing other than store under her alt mode. In fact it was just slightly taller than her landing gear, so she had a tendency to tip to one side a lot.
william-james88 wrote:No, those are on her feet. however, the sword does help to fill out the gap in her body in alt mode.
Agamemnon wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Isn't the sword necessary to form the tail fin?Hellscream9999 wrote:No, it did nothing other than store under her alt mode. In fact it was just slightly taller than her landing gear, so she had a tendency to tip to one side a lot.william-james88 wrote:No, those are on her feet. however, the sword does help to fill out the gap in her body in alt mode.
Well, the hilt did form a cool rear rotor that made some sense in the VTOL context. Necessary? Not really. But a cool addition in cross function of weapon kibble, in my opinion.