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I ended up preordering all 4 of the Takara reveals. Jawbreaker is my favorite character in the show, so despite his warrior being a great toy, I will get toy of his to come out. Hashtag is finally full sized and her Takara paintwork and gimmick removal makes her look so much nicer. Aftermath is fantastic looking. And i like elita, so getting a better tooled version of the character and mold will be great

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I ended up preordering all 4 of the Takara reveals. Jawbreaker is my favorite character in the show, so despite his warrior being a great toy, I will get toy of his to come out. Hashtag is finally full sized and her Takara paintwork and gimmick removal makes her look so much nicer. Aftermath is fantastic looking. And i like elita, so getting a better tooled version of the character and mold will be great

Ditto, the novelty of old skool Takara along with my belief that there will be demand for these down the line made them a must purchase.

Apparently Takara Tomy's Elita 1 has an issue where people are reporting the neck shearing right off. Supposedly a pin that allows it to turn is weakening the plastic causing it to pop off when people turn it.

BTW, the new figures have been periodically showing up on Amazon Japan again and sometimes on sale.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Apparently Takara Tomy's Elita 1 has an issue where people are reporting the neck shearing right off. Supposedly a pin that allows it to turn is weakening the plastic causing it to pop off when people turn it.

Not shocked, it's uncomfortably tight. Glad they did that change but sucks that the other hardware didn't help it out more. I'm sure they only have a particular set of fasteners to choose from that the factory keeps on-hand.

Mine should be arriving today, so I'll get to take a look

My Elita-1 is ok, but I'm not turning the head again. On another note, I just realized that Jawbreaker looks like Moon Tobin from The Great North.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:My Elita-1 is ok, but I'm not turning the head again.

So, importing that E1 is totally worthless.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:My Elita-1 is ok, but I'm not turning the head again.

So, importing that E1 is totally worthless.

They changed more than just her head and colors.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:My Elita-1 is ok, but I'm not turning the head again.

So, importing that E1 is totally worthless.

They changed more than just her head and colors.

The head is separated from the back, removed the weapon gimmick, way better paint, storage for the guns on the roof.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:My Elita-1 is ok, but I'm not turning the head again.

So, importing that E1 is totally worthless.

They changed more than just her head and colors.

The head is separated from the back, removed the weapon gimmick, way better paint, storage for the guns on the roof.

Depending of the overall price, it may be worth it after all. I don't care for the different weaponry, but the better paint job fix her #1 flaw.

I'll hopefully share my pics soon, but I got the 4 deluxes.

Elita is definitely worth it, so much nicer, they did a lot to improve her. I love this retool.

Hashtag is a good figure, worth the wait to finally get a good figure of her. The Terran siblings are finally properly complete!

Aftermath is pretty dang neat, though his shoulders are limited, which is a shame because he is quite cool.

Jawbreaker is disappointing, feels like a step down from his warrior. He feels like he lacks refinement, though he is a nice size. Posing is difficult and awkward, and even getting a neutral pose is awkward.

Fellow Seibertronian Chuckdawg did us all a favor and imported the 4 new deluxes from Takara's version of the Earthspark line. Now you'll notice both the words Deluxe and Exclusive were in quotes in the title and that's because while these versions are exclusive to the Japanese market, they are all toys that we either got or will get from Hasbro. For Aftermath and Jawbreaker, we will get those same toys in slightly worse decos and the Elita 1 and Hashtag toys are warrior class figures which Takara retooled to provide more articulation, turning them into a deluxe figure.

Here are the reviews:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:While I appreciate the work that went into retooling the figure from a Warrior to Deluxe Class, I think this one can be skipped or wait for a sale.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is a great-looking figure. While I miss the forearm blaster I think this is a great update.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:A surprisingly fun figure to transform with a great deco!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I can't remember the last time Takara/Tomy released a mainline Transformer before Hasbro. Hashtag is simple, but that doesn't mean it's a bad toy!

I finally got to share pics of my 4 Takara deluxes



Messing with them more, my original opinions have not changed much, though I like Aftermath more and feel more disappointed in Jawbreaker.

Also, have a nice pic of the idealized Terran siblings, minus one.

This line and all the figures are a huge pile of wasted plastic, plastic that could have been used for better figures. But from the pile of this plastic mountain comes a decent looking figure and that is Aftermath. A really impressive figure that should have been a voyager class but still awesome!

The only thing that could have been made better is the firing weapon, it's just too small IMO.

The fact the Takara figure looks worth my dollar takes me back when fans had that same option, to choose the version or the often superior version.

Messed around with Hashtag some more, this is s fun toy for a fun character






Also, my daughter loves Elita-1 and the itty bitty Hashtag

The Transformers Earthspark line isn't fully dead yet. We got a whole new batch of episodes last month or so and now we have word that there will be even more toys coming out in 2025. And better yet, these will be deluxes and one of them is Hashtag which means Hasbro will end up giving us deluxe figures of all Terrans. The other deluxes are Spitfire (redeco of Twitch), Cyber Glow Megatron (another redeco), Soundwave and Cosmos. Those last two are especially interesting, as Soundwave has quite the cool design on the show. Cosmos had some really odd proportions so we will see how that is rendered in toy form.

This news comes to us from JTPrime17.

Well, at least we'll get a second Weird Al Transformer toy.

Cosmos is an interesting choice. I haven't watched much of this season of Earthspark, but isn't he only in a few episodes, and mostly as a peripheral character?

Excellent! More Earhtrise deluxes that may (most likely not) randomly show up at Australian retail.

Last new Deluxe ES figure I saw at retail was Starscream last year, last Warrior was Shockwave, last year... Only new ES figures I've seen at retail this year was the Cyber Combiners and the Nerf gun. Good thing Amazon carries them somewhat reliably.

Emerje

I have ZERO interests in Earthspark.

But that Cosmos...

I hope his toy will be good and will look exactly like that screenshot. If yes on both accounts, it will be an instant buy.

Emerje wrote:Last new Deluxe ES figure I saw at retail was Starscream last year, last Warrior was Shockwave, last year... Only new ES figures I've seen at retail this year was the Cyber Combiners and the Nerf gun. Good thing Amazon carries them somewhat reliably.

Emerje

Nerf gun? The sword gauntlet thing?