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News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 6:34 pm

If anyone's after the TV Magazine Blizzard Optimus, here's an eBay listing. BBTS had preorders but they're sold out.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:14 pm

Wait, when was that a thing? I never heard of that recent release. :shock:

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:38 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Wait, when was that a thing? I never heard of that recent release.

It kind of popped up out of nowhere, yeah! I think it came out about the same time as the latest Jeffrey Prime (the battlepack scaled one)

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:50 am

As you may or may not know, Yukisan is no longer the one spearheading Takara Tomy's online PR on Twitter. That has now been relegated to another Twitter handle simply called @TF_PR. And today, they show us the two new toys coming out at the end of this month: MP-32 Masterpiece Optimus Primal and TAV-59 Adventure Ratchet. There is a far bigger emphasis on Ratchet. Are the slight differences to the Hasbro release enough to sway some fans to this version? Let us know!

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:04 am

ratchet looks okay.

primal is small for 120 squids

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:08 am

120? I think mine only cost me 70 squids. Which is fine since he's MP Car sized and about their price.

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:25 am

Insurgent wrote:120? I think mine only cost me 70 squids. Which is fine since he's MP Car sized and about their price.

Yeah while I understand people using the BBTS price to judge the figure (since it is what they are paying for it), its not really fair.
Firstly, Insurgent, the guy meant 120 dollars, which is what american resellers sell him for.

Secondaly, the figure itself though is only $90 plus import fees. And I feel like thats how it should be judged. Yes, he is small for 120$ but thats because thats not the price of the figure, thats just the price americans pay for not living in Japan. So compared to the plane ticket to go there and buy him for $90, I think $ 120 locally is a decent price. That would be a more fair way to judge a figure.

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:46 am

Oh. Squids is slang for quid which is slang for pound so I thought he was talking pound.

You know what? This is not even a thread I'm interested in. I came here from the news for the monkey. I think I'll quietly withdraw.

by **RustedCross** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:03 am

Both of these figures will be mine.

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:11 pm

i wasnt gonna say squids but it sounded cool at the time

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:29 pm

Got TAV-56 Nemesis Prime in the mail yesterday. He's FANTASTIC. I hadn't picked up either of the US releases yet, because I wanted this one to be my first experience with the mold.

He might be all the PSP I need.

He likes to sword fight. With anybody!

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:37 pm

I still stand by that a better RID Ratchet would be a retool of the Prime mold, but Takara's take on the Strongarm retool looks good enough for me to grab at some point in the future. However, Windblade and Starscream will be taking utmost priority.

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:54 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:I still stand by that a better RID Ratchet would be a retool of the Prime mold, but Takara's take on the Strongarm retool looks good enough for me to grab at some point in the future. However, Windblade and Starscream will be taking utmost priority.

As they should, especially Starscream. That is a damn fine mold. Really impressive how they keep finding original ways to transform a jet to a robot.

by **Ultra Markus** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 11:05 pm

just wait for the other seekers in that mold 8-)

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:14 am

Can't wait to get your claws on the new Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV60 Bisk? The official Transformers Twitter account has you coveting more, with their latest in hand and in package image of the lobster-car, car-lobster, Cybertronian crustacean from the animated series Robots in Disguise! Check out below the mirrored image, and join the conversation in the Energon Pub.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kyleor** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:21 am

Dr Va'al wrote:Can't wait to get your claws on the new Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV60 Bisk? The official Transformers Twitter account has you coveting more, with their latest in hand and in package image of the lobster-car, car-lobster, Cybertronian crustacean from the animated series Robots in Disguise! Check out below the mirrored image, and join the conversation in the Energon Pub.

Has anyone taken a picture of Bisk with/in a bowl of lobster bisque?

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:37 am

If people are looking for windblade, it is being sold on the secondary japanese market for $30 plus shipping

http://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/?page_id=121&id=1732992

News Credits: 79 · by **Sigma Magnus** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:38 am

william-james88 wrote:If people are looking for windblade, it is being sold on the secondary japanese market for $30 plus shipping

I assume I can trust this site?

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:49 am

Sigma Magnus wrote:
william-james88 wrote:If people are looking for windblade, it is being sold on the secondary japanese market for $30 plus shipping

I assume I can trust this site?

Big time, they are by far the very best site to get rarer Japanese items. Its where I do all my purchases for TFs I cant find on e-bay. If you have any questions, let me know.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:34 am

Bisk sounds like a delicious expensive soup! :lol:

News Credits: 79 · by **Sigma Magnus** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:36 am

william-james88 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:
william-james88 wrote:If people are looking for windblade, it is being sold on the secondary japanese market for $30 plus shipping

I assume I can trust this site?

Big time, they are by far the very best site to get rarer Japanese items. Its where I do all my purchases for TFs I cant find on e-bay. If you have any questions, let me know.

Alright. Thanks! ;)^