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News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:38 am

Who doesn't love a Black Repaint? As Seibertron.com prepares its various Age of Extinction Nemesiseses characters galleries, Yodobashi.com has listed the Takara Tomy Movie Advanced Black Knight Dinobot Slug, with nice images to accompany it, on which we reported a while back. Currently listed at 3456 Yen (approx $34), the figure appears to be set for a November release. Check out images below!

by **monstrinhotron** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:18 am

i do love a black repaint. My bright purple slug just got thrown over my shoulder to land in the trash through a tiny, comedy basketball hoop to make space on the shelf for this bad boy.

I will probably regret that, when i find out the only way i can buy it is importing it at great personal cost, waiting months for it to arrive only for it to be seized by Royal Mail until i pay the import tax and £20 ransom fee.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:15 pm

I really can't tell if this is supposed to be Takara's answer to a movie-accurate redeco of this mold, or if they just wanted to do it in black for fun.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:26 pm

Sabrblade wrote:I really can't tell if this is supposed to be Takara's answer to a movie-accurate redeco of this mold, or if they just wanted to do it in black for fun.

i assumed it was their version of movie accuracy.

at the end of all this... im going to have so many AOE dinobots...
retail fruity dinos, sdcc, platinum 5pack, and MAYBE these bastards too...

by **RSDADDIMUS2** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:48 pm

Shiny!! I just showed my wife.If I don't get it for her..she says apparently I never loved her. lol

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:26 am

Thanks to Takara Tomy's Transformers Twitter account, We get new images of the Lost Age LA-13 Nemesis Prime. This figure is a black and teal redeco of the Power Battlers Optimus Prime and is expected to be released in Japan this weekend. Check out the images we've mirrored below.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:47 am

It's like Takara wanted some kind of exclusive deco, but couldn't find s decent toy to put it on. Welcome to the Age of Extinction toyline.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:50 am

RhA wrote:It's like Takara wanted some kind of exclusive deco, but couldn't find s decent toy to put it on. Welcome to the Age of Extinction toyline.

More like, "We already have an Optimus toy, what do we do with the Power Attacker to avoid duplicate characters outside of Grimlock?"

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:53 am

I'm buying this... =X

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:57 am

mooncake623 wrote:I'm buying this... =X

Don't legitimize their horrible toys.

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:58 am

RhA wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:I'm buying this... =X

Don't legitimize their horrible toys.

It's a black Prime... I gotta have them all!... sigh..

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:33 am

This is sure to be popular among 5-year-olds who collect repaints. >:oP

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:36 am

GuyIncognito wrote:This is sure to be popular among 5-year-olds who collect repaints.

Wouldn't be a repaint to Japan, as they never got the Power Attacker Optimus in some form until now. They did get the One-Step as an exclusive.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:44 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:This is sure to be popular among 5-year-olds who collect repaints.

Wouldn't be a repaint to Japan, as they never got the Power Attacker Optimus in some form until now. They did get the One-Step as an exclusive.

My point is that it doesn't make much sense to take a toy designed for pre-schoolers and give it a paint job that appeals to collectors. The audience for one-step changers probably don't know who Nemesis Prime even is. It's a strange combination. Then again, Japan is a strange country.

by **Arrancon** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 11:19 am

Well... at least the box art is cool...

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 11:23 am

Full name is "Battle Attack Nemesis Prime".

News Credits: 13 · by **OptimalOptimus2** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 11:27 am

Not the best repaint, but it's interesting.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:26 pm

I like me some Nemesis Prime repaints, but this one I think I can skip.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:57 pm

rpetras wrote:I like me some Nemesis Prime repaints, but this one I think I can skip.

... Which is the general consensus. :michaelbay:

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:21 pm

So wait, he has 4 arms? 2 of which just sort of sprout out of nowhere for the gimmick attack?

And yeah, it's weird making a collector-orientated version of a kiddie toy.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:46 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:And yeah, it's weird making a collector-orientated version of a kiddie toy.

This figure is no different from the decos of the other Lost Age Series toys.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 2:22 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Noideaforaname wrote:And yeah, it's weird making a collector-orientated version of a kiddie toy.
This figure is no different from the decos of the other Lost Age Series toys.

Or from any other general retail black repaint, like Armada Nemesis Prime (Scourge was exclusive however) and Arms Micron Nemesis Prime.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 2:40 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Noideaforaname wrote:And yeah, it's weird making a collector-orientated version of a kiddie toy.
This figure is no different from the decos of the other Lost Age Series toys.

Or from any other general retail black repaint, like Armada Nemesis Prime (Scourge was exclusive however) and Arms Micron Nemesis Prime.

Except those were figures from the main toy line, aimed at all TF fans, as opposed to toys that were specifically designed for young children who probably have never even heard of "Nemesis Prime". How would pre-schoolers be familiar with Nemesis Prime? Was he a featured character in TF Animated or Rescue Bots?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 2:44 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:Except those were figures from the main toy line, aimed at all TF fans, as opposed to toys that were specifically designed for young children who probably have never even heard of "Nemesis Prime". How would pre-schoolers be familiar with Nemesis Prime? Was he a featured character in TF Animated or Rescue Bots?

This is the main line in Japan. Lost Age Series. The Movie Advanced Series is the secondary line to this one in Japan. And practically all of the Lost Age Series toys have premium collector-aimed decos with metallic paint and everything.

And how would preschoolers in Japan even know about Rescue Bots anyway? Or Animated, for that matter, since that one might have been before their time over there.