Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG-19 Springer Revealed

...wel.

That kicks ass.

Its meh but that green is a little overpowering... i prefer the hasbro one

steals_your_goats wrote:I'm genuinely lost on this one. Quick someone tell me how to feel!

You feel good about this. You want one. You only feel he's a tad skinny, but you'll take 3 anyway.

steals_your_goats wrote:

RhA wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:I'm genuinely lost on this one. Quick someone tell me how to feel!

You feel good about this. You want one. You only feel he's a tad skinny, but you'll take 3 anyway.

Okay thanks I knew someone would pull through for me

No problem, dude.

Seibertron wrote:I'm confused why you guys seem excited about this one. It's unlike Takara to come out with repaints like this ... this seems more like something from Hasbro, or a multi-pack variant or something. It's also trying to be accurate to Springer's animation model in some respects, but then it's not in others.

I find this release super odd too. It's like Takara is doing as if this guy below never happened. It really sucks for those who paid a little extra the first time to get the takara version.



This release just straight up baffles me.

steals_your_goats wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I'm confused why you guys seem excited about this one. It's unlike Takara to come out with repaints like this ... this seems more like something from Hasbro, or a multi-pack variant or something. It's also trying to be accurate to Springer's animation model in some respects, but then it's not in others.

Like I said I'm still unsure about this one. On one hand I really like the green that They chose. It's more vibrant and personally I think it looks better. However I'm more than happy with my Hasbro version so I won't be getting this guy, especially with the pre-order prices I've seen.

It's only 30$ USD plus shipping.

http://www.anime-export.com/product/28015

The MSRP is actually cheaper than Takara's previous release of Springer, which is even more baffling. It went from 5450 yen to 5200 yen.

here is a listing of the previous release for the record.

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=TOY-RBT-3128&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Dspringer%24pagemax%3D40%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1

Well that's a lot more of a change than the previous Takara version. It's nice but I feel it's just missing something from the chest (the animation model isn't green in the very front bit of the chest/hood). I'm happy with my Hasbro one though (well even moreso after I made the lil rocketpack, and I repainted all that ugly yellow plastic with a nice slightly orange-yellow I used for painting up my AoE Bumblebee too).

Why do I feel like he's based on an obscure Sunbow animation error? He looks like one of those off model background characters that look like one of the regular characters. Without the yellow on his chest and some of the strange things they kept but could have fixed with paint like the shoulder stripes this is probably one of Takara Tomy's worst G1 repaint efforts.

I'm thinking they're only doing this in the first place because of MP Hot Rod, but maybe just a straight rerelease of the previous one would have been good enough.

Emerje

I'm digging this second try at Generations Springer by Takara. They KNOW they missed the mark last time. Everything looks right this time for a screen accurate paint mask, from the two tones of green down to the pale olive-green fists, thighs, and face. Hasbro's original release is still great for IDW Springer, but for people who want more G1 in their Classics/Universe/Generations figures, this is it.

william-james88 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I'm confused why you guys seem excited about this one. It's unlike Takara to come out with repaints like this ... this seems more like something from Hasbro, or a multi-pack variant or something. It's also trying to be accurate to Springer's animation model in some respects, but then it's not in others.

I find this release super odd too. It's like Takara is doing as if this guy below never happened. It really sucks for those who paid a little extra the first time to get the takara version.



This release just straight up baffles me.

Maybe TT heard a lot of requests for a re pressing of the mold. That or the lot is going to be sold to "China".