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With the release of Transformers Animated under Takara's jurisdiction this weekend, those shiny and metallic figures might be arriving on your door step shortly. 25 individual figures and 5 box sets are set to be released this upcoming weekend and continuing throughout the month of April. The first seven will be Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Prowl, Ratchet and Starscream. For those who happen to have forgotten just what those figures exactly look like, take a look at them below, pictures courtesy of E-hobby.









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Megatron is one sexy beast. The metallic look on these toys do them a lot of justice.

mechabooks wrote:Megatron is one sexy beast. The metallic look on these toys do them a lot of justice.

Too bad it won't last, though. The only other one gettign the metallic treatment that we know of is Blitzwing. The others are merely identical to their U.S. toys, save for the correctly colored insignia.

Though; Lockdown, Arcee, Grimlock and lugnut will be a little different from their U.S. versions. Lockdown is getting additional show-accurate paint apps, Arcee will be a different shade of pink, Lugnut a different shadeof violet, and Grimlock will have brighter colors overall.

I plan to pick at least one of these guys up and do a comparison review...

Sabrblade wrote:

mechabooks wrote:Megatron is one sexy beast. The metallic look on these toys do them a lot of justice.

Too bad it won't last, though. The only other one gettign the metallic treatment that we know of is Blitzwing. The others are merely identical to their U.S. toys, save for the correctly colored insignia.

Though; Lockdown, Arcee, Grimlock and lugnut will be a little different from their U.S. versions. Lockdown is getting additional show-accurate paint apps, Arcee will be a different shade of pink, Lugnut a different shadeof violet, and Grimlock will have brighter colors overall.

not really, for first wave - prime, bee, ratchet, ironhide (bulkhead) are significantly different due to metallic paint work.
I saw ironhide personally couple weeks ago, quite diff compare to hasbro version.

Hmm, I'm still debating whether or not to preorder Arcee, since I've yet to get my hands on the Hasbro one. But she hasn't been released here either, so maybe I should take my chances.

Mach wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

mechabooks wrote:Megatron is one sexy beast. The metallic look on these toys do them a lot of justice.

Too bad it won't last, though. The only other one gettign the metallic treatment that we know of is Blitzwing. The others are merely identical to their U.S. toys, save for the correctly colored insignia.

Though; Lockdown, Arcee, Grimlock and lugnut will be a little different from their U.S. versions. Lockdown is getting additional show-accurate paint apps, Arcee will be a different shade of pink, Lugnut a different shadeof violet, and Grimlock will have brighter colors overall.

not really, for first wave - prime, bee, ratchet, ironhide (bulkhead) are significantly different due to metallic paint work.
I saw ironhide personally couple weeks ago, quite diff compare to hasbro version.

Um, that's what I said. The metallic paint schemes won't last long until as the only other metallic figure beyond their wave will be Blitzwing. The others will either be identical to the the Hasbro versions, or some will have different non-metallic paint jobs.

The most different ones are coming home.

Saw these guys today at the Hikone Toys'r'us while on vacation with my wife. Due to suitcase constraints I only picked up Bumblebee (or in my lineup, Goldbug) but I was really impressed with the look of the metallic paintjobs. I'd been underwhelmed by the photos but they really do look better in person.