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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:06 pm

News Credits: 3 · by **DISCHARGE** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:04 pm

Seeing all that yummy candy really makes me loathe the direction Hasbro went with Prime's toy line.

News Credits: 10 · by **Trikeboy** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:22 pm

Man, i really want those Masterpiece toys. The illustrations of Soundwave show that the gun will attach to the back, not store like G1 Soundwave, interesting.

Also, check out the spider mode for Airachnid, wish it didn't look like a helicopter with legs.

News Credits: 461 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:47 pm

Looks like they've attempted to try and make a pseudo-spider mode for Airachnid.

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:58 pm

So the AM Airachnid actually has extra legs? Or am I misunderstanding something here? Not that it fixes most of the problems with that mold, but I may just have to shell out for her after all.

And damn, those Masterpieces get better with each new photo. I usually brush off complaints that, "HasTak needs to COMPETE with 3rd Party stuff instead of taking legal action", since it's more about different niches, but I never thought I'd see a Laserbeak that show-accurate from an official source; I keep having to remind myself that it's not a prototype from Fansproject or Impossible Toys. Hell, I'm almost ready to believe that even if Takara can't reproduce those dino-combiner cassettes because their molds are missing/damaged, they'll just plain 1-up the proud legacy of KOTOYS by doing entirely new and better sculpts of them! Hey, if the price of plastic ends up making legions of tiny Masterpieces economically viable, ya' never know.
Come on, Masterpiece Slamdance...

News Credits: 461 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:27 pm

Bumblevivisector wrote:So the AM Airachnid actually has extra legs? Or am I misunderstanding something here? Not that it fixes most of the problems with that mold, but I may just have to shell out for her after all.

They took a second rotor from another Airachnid figure and stuck it on her copter's side.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:23 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Bumblevivisector wrote:So the AM Airachnid actually has extra legs? Or am I misunderstanding something here? Not that it fixes most of the problems with that mold, but I may just have to shell out for her after all.
They took a second rotor from another Airachnid figure and stuck it on her copter's side.

Well then... Looks like I'll be buying another Airachnid...

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:11 am

And we have new names for the Microns:

Airachnid's: Ida from "spider", or in Japanese supaida.
Swerve's: Sou, they were probably going for "SaW" given his weapon mode and Swerve's name.

And the turtle in the AMW series has his final name: Dado, from "turtle" or tatoru.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:24 am

Bottom left, page 94: what is that?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:28 am

Va'al wrote:Bottom left, page 94: what is that?

Battle Shield Optimus, a Toys 'R Us Japan exclusive. A repaint of the Arms Micron Voyager, he not only comes with the three G1-themed shield Microns, but also a cardboard trailer.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:59 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Va'al wrote:Bottom left, page 94: what is that?

Battle Shield Optimus, a Toys 'R Us Japan exclusive. A repaint of the Arms Micron Voyager, he not only comes with the three G1-themed shield Microns, but also a cardboard trailer.

No no no, the one next to that! The illustration, rather than the photo.