Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-53 and 54 Sideswipe and Scorponok Stock Images
Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 11:04PM CDT
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Posted by Decepticon Stryker on June 29th, 2016 @ 11:17pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on June 30th, 2016 @ 12:45am CDT
BTW, bigger pictures of Scorponok on HLJ.
Emerje
Posted by Optimizzy on June 30th, 2016 @ 8:52am CDT
Posted by Sigma Magnus on June 30th, 2016 @ 9:56am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 30th, 2016 @ 10:02am CDT
Posted by MGrotusque on June 30th, 2016 @ 12:50pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on June 30th, 2016 @ 5:00pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Though closer to the show deco than Hasbro's, Scorponok's black should be more green.
Take a closer look, the figure is definitely green, not black.
Emerje
Posted by william-james88 on July 2nd, 2016 @ 7:59pm CDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 2nd, 2016 @ 11:26pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:I placed an order for TAV-33 because a good deal came up and in anticipation I was searching for reviews demonstarting his new features. But there are none in English. This was the best I could find and I wish it were longer.
I'll get to it, but regular giant Prime left a real bad taste in my mouth.
Posted by Va'al on July 7th, 2016 @ 5:53am CDT
Posted by Kurona on July 7th, 2016 @ 6:54am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 7th, 2016 @ 6:58am CDT
Quite dissapointed with this.
Posted by kurthy on July 7th, 2016 @ 9:14am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 7th, 2016 @ 11:42am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 7th, 2016 @ 11:44am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Wait, is Takara doing two releases of the Power Surge OP mold?
Yes. With different accessories (and maybe deco). TAV 61 and TAV 50 are 2 different releases of th same mold. I may go edit that in the news post to make it more clear.
Posted by Emerje on July 7th, 2016 @ 2:34pm CDT
Emerje
Posted by no-one on July 9th, 2016 @ 7:56am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 11th, 2016 @ 6:39am CDT
Posted by Decepticon Stryker on July 11th, 2016 @ 6:05pm CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on July 11th, 2016 @ 11:40pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 14th, 2016 @ 5:46am CDT
Posted by Kurona on July 14th, 2016 @ 6:45am CDT
Posted by Robogeek1973 on July 14th, 2016 @ 7:03am CDT
Posted by Allenspurs on July 14th, 2016 @ 7:17am CDT
Posted by Noideaforaname on July 14th, 2016 @ 7:22am CDT
Kurona wrote:Takara's retools are really getting impressive. They've managed to turn the Starscream mold into a circle and an oval.
ARMADA HOMAGE!
Posted by Kurona on July 14th, 2016 @ 7:54am CDT
Noideaforaname wrote:Interesting timing.Kurona wrote:Takara's retools are really getting impressive. They've managed to turn the Starscream mold into a circle and an oval.
ARMADA HOMAGE!
And here I was, thinking this mold couldn't get any more Starscream references if they tried.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 17th, 2016 @ 4:00pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 24th, 2016 @ 1:07am CDT
TAV 57 Hyper Surge Starscream
TAV 56 Windblade
TAV 58 Sideswipe Weaponiser in clear Plastic
TAV 56 Hyper Surge Nemesis Prime
The images also contain the upcoming figures Scorponok, Ratchet and Bisk.
Windblade and Nemesis Prime are the big reveals here since it was unknown how Takara would release the warrior Power Surge Optimus Prime mold. As it turns out, they will be releasing this warrior figure in Nemesis Prime colours, as they did with their release of the original Warrior Optimus mold. This means that, like the original mold, every main deco of this figure will be its own regional/retail exclusive: The Standard Optimus colours will be a Hasbro exclusive, the Nemesis Prime deco will be Takara Exclusive and the Clash of Transformers deco will be Toysrus exclusive. If anyone wants to know more about the Power Surge Warrior remold, feel free to check out this recent picture filled review.
Onto Windblade, the reason this toy's reveal was so anticipated was to compare it with the Hasbro release which seemed to be lacking paint applications to make it less red. The Takara one does indeed have black paint applications over the red plastic on the head (hair), hands, shoulder pads, sides and near the rotors in vehicle mode. Pictures of the Hasbro version have bee included for comparisons below. Let us know which of these you intend on picking up and if you will stick with the Hasbro version for any of these.
Hasbro version of Windblade:
Posted by primalxconvoy on July 24th, 2016 @ 7:01am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 24th, 2016 @ 7:32am CDT
primalxconvoy wrote:How does this compare to Takara's LEGENDS range Windblade? If the details are the same, then perhaps I'll pick this version up as my CHUG version. I ought the Decepticon repaint (Slipstream?) of her, and wasn't really impressed by the mold (hard to stand up, bits don't really clip together well in alt mode, etc) already.
They are totally different molds, forget the details.
You can compare the two molds at your liesure:
Legends Windblade mold: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... de/3616/1/
RID Windblade mold: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... and/35828/
Posted by Evil Eye on July 24th, 2016 @ 7:52am CDT
Posted by Gunmetal on July 24th, 2016 @ 8:16am CDT
Delta Magnus wrote:The lack of wrists still sucks, but that is some pure-grade TAKARA WINS AGAIN on Windblade there. I might actually be tempted to buy that (though I'll still be looking for a way to articulate those wrists).
"Pure-grade"? It looks like the Hasbro figure with a purple sword to me.
Posted by Evil Eye on July 24th, 2016 @ 8:17am CDT
Gunmetal wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:The lack of wrists still sucks, but that is some pure-grade TAKARA WINS AGAIN on Windblade there. I might actually be tempted to buy that (though I'll still be looking for a way to articulate those wrists).
"Pure-grade"? It looks like the Hasbro figure with a purple sword to me.
Tsk tsk. Someone isn't looking very hard it would seem.
Posted by Kurona on July 24th, 2016 @ 8:24am CDT
Can anyone who already has the RiD Windblade mold tell me if it's better than the Generations one? Just the mold itself, ignoring the paint apps.
Posted by Gunmetal on July 24th, 2016 @ 8:28am CDT
Delta Magnus wrote:Gunmetal wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:The lack of wrists still sucks, but that is some pure-grade TAKARA WINS AGAIN on Windblade there. I might actually be tempted to buy that (though I'll still be looking for a way to articulate those wrists).
"Pure-grade"? It looks like the Hasbro figure with a purple sword to me.
Tsk tsk. Someone isn't looking very hard it would seem.
The pictures are right next to each other; are we not seeing the same ones?
Oh, black hands. That changes everything.
Edit: okay, now I see the dabs on the head, but that's something I could do myself and save the import costs and wait. Leader Prime it's not.
Posted by william-james88 on July 24th, 2016 @ 8:35am CDT
Kurona wrote:That paint is so much better; looks like I've got two choices for Windy now
Can anyone who already has the RiD Windblade mold tell me if it's better than the Generations one? Just the mold itself, ignoring the paint apps.
It hasn't been widely released yet.
Posted by Kurona on July 24th, 2016 @ 8:36am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:That paint is so much better; looks like I've got two choices for Windy now
Can anyone who already has the RiD Windblade mold tell me if it's better than the Generations one? Just the mold itself, ignoring the paint apps.
It hasn't been widely released yet.
Oh.
Lol.
Posted by SureShot18 on July 24th, 2016 @ 10:16am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 24th, 2016 @ 10:28am CDT
SureShot18 wrote:I mean yeah Takara wins a gain but it's still not that big of a difference. I'm one of the few who thinks the Generations Windblade isn't that bad, especially when you pop off the heels and turn them around. I'll have to think about the RiD figure more. However, I really like that Nemesis Prime redeco.
Will stick with Hasbro's as well for windblade, especially with the current exchange rate.
Also, just curious, is it still a redeco if this is the first release of the mold from takara?
Posted by Kurona on July 24th, 2016 @ 10:54am CDT
william-james88 wrote:SureShot18 wrote:I mean yeah Takara wins a gain but it's still not that big of a difference. I'm one of the few who thinks the Generations Windblade isn't that bad, especially when you pop off the heels and turn them around. I'll have to think about the RiD figure more. However, I really like that Nemesis Prime redeco.
Will stick with Hasbro's as well for windblade, especially with the current exchange rate.
Also, just curious, is it still a redeco if this is the first release of the mold from takara?
I'm tempted to coin the word 'Predeco' tbh
Posted by SureShot18 on July 24th, 2016 @ 11:23am CDT
william-james88 wrote:SureShot18 wrote:I mean yeah Takara wins a gain but it's still not that big of a difference. I'm one of the few who thinks the Generations Windblade isn't that bad, especially when you pop off the heels and turn them around. I'll have to think about the RiD figure more. However, I really like that Nemesis Prime redeco.
Will stick with Hasbro's as well for windblade, especially with the current exchange rate.
Also, just curious, is it still a redeco if this is the first release of the mold from takara?
I don't bother with the technicalities for the most part, but well it's a new deco for a mold that has already been released, although not by Takara. So between the two companies and the mold in general, I'd call it a redeco. However, in Takara's case it is brand new tooling with the very first deco for the mold. I think it just depends on your point of view.
Posted by william-james88 on July 24th, 2016 @ 12:22pm CDT
Posted by PrymeStriker on July 24th, 2016 @ 3:09pm CDT
Ratchet, on the other hand....
Posted by Cobotron on July 24th, 2016 @ 3:13pm CDT
PrymeStriker wrote:Fools.
No, no. No need.
Posted by primalxconvoy on July 24th, 2016 @ 4:58pm CDT
william-james88 wrote: Compare them at your leisure
Cheers for that. I knew that they were different molds, but wanted to know if the Adventure version had enough paint details and mold design to be better or as good as the Japanese Legends release.
I've popped a comparison pic below, using your helpful links. Cheers!
Btw, I couldn't upload this picture via Seibertron, as it wouldn't allow any image over 256kb, or something like that. Please fix this, as that's a pretty small amount, plus other sites like TFW2005 have no such problems for me.
Cheers.
Posted by PrymeStriker on July 24th, 2016 @ 5:31pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:PrymeStriker wrote:Fools.
No, no. No need.
For...what, exactly? The word "fools"? Was my point completely negated because of that? Is my comparison of the two figures not worth reading because "fool" is such a derogatory term? Should I have typed out five more words and said "what are you guys talking about" instead? Is anyone on this planet honestly offended by the word "fool" (especially given that absolutely no one in particular was targeted there)?
Posted by Sabrblade on July 24th, 2016 @ 5:36pm CDT
To me, it sounded Galvatron-esque (as in "Fools! Galvatron can be any size he wishes!"), which made me chuckle.PrymeStriker wrote:Cobotron wrote:PrymeStriker wrote:Fools.
No, no. No need.
For...what, exactly? The word "fools"? Was my point completely negated because of that? Is my comparison of the two figures not worth reading because "fool" is such a derogatory term? Should I have typed out five more words and said "what are you guys talking about" instead? Is anyone on this planet honestly offended by the word "fool" (especially given that absolutely no one in particular was targeted there)?
Posted by PrymeStriker on July 24th, 2016 @ 5:41pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:To me, it sounded Galvatron-esque (as in "Fools! Galvatron can be any size he wishes!"), which made me chuckle.PrymeStriker wrote:Cobotron wrote:PrymeStriker wrote:Fools.
No, no. No need.
For...what, exactly? The word "fools"? Was my point completely negated because of that? Is my comparison of the two figures not worth reading because "fool" is such a derogatory term? Should I have typed out five more words and said "what are you guys talking about" instead? Is anyone on this planet honestly offended by the word "fool" (especially given that absolutely no one in particular was targeted there)?
I'm never going to not read that post in Galvatron's voice now.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 25th, 2016 @ 1:00am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 28th, 2016 @ 1:32pm CDT