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william-james88 wrote:DAMMIT!!!!!!! Jazz is sold out on amiami, after what, not even 5 hours?! They still have optimus though but I dont want to just have him shipped alone.

Aww dude... did you learn nothing from my Drift ordeal?

I was about to order this TAV 21 Optimus but I had second thoughts. I understand that the legs are hollow for the trailer segment but I dont like how they are open. I would have much preferred there to be a flap which closes the legs, like with Ultra Magnus or at least for the hollowness to be on the back like. As it is, the figure only looks great (and by that I mean freaken phenominal) from the front and thats too bad. Am I the only one to feel that way?

william-james88 wrote:I was about to order this TAV 21 Optimus but I had second thoughts. I understand that the legs are hollow for the trailer segment but I dont like how they are open. I would have much preferred there to be a flap which closes the legs, like with Ultra Magnus or at least for the hollowness to be on the back like. As it is, the figure only looks great (and by that I mean freaken phenominal) from the front and thats too bad. Am I the only one to feel that way?

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:DAMMIT!!!!!!! Jazz is sold out on amiami, after what, not even 5 hours?! They still have optimus though but I dont want to just have him shipped alone.

Aww dude... did you learn nothing from my Drift ordeal?

I did, I got him at around the same time I got Drift. I didnt wait till I got home, I did it while at work. But he was already sold out. He is on my watch list now. I might be tempting fate, but I feel like waiting for this Optimus. At least waiting till august to buy him so that he could be shipped with arcee (IF I do buy arcee, I still hope we get a hasbro release in canada). Arrgh, I just dont want to regret anything. I dont want to be dissatisfied and yet I dont want to miss out and I also dont want to pay shipping for every single figure every single time.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I cannot see the really catchy differences between this Sideswipe and Hasbros. The things that stick out to me are the bottom of the feet are painted red, which actually looks worse than the Hasbro one since the black sticks out better, and that little hood paint. Now mind you the paints actually match, but for me that is not a big issue. Overall, I'm still very happy with the hasbro version. Now that Optimus though, that is a nice figure.

Hasbro's sideswipe had a great deco from the start and the only complaints I heard were of the actual mold. Does yours hold together well? The main reason to getting a takara version would be more to get a tighter and better fitting version of the mold if that aspect of the figure was reworked. The deco is almost secondary priority if that part of the figure is fixed.

I have not actually purchased the figure yet. I'll be getting him in the fall though. gotta manage my budget.
But after watching many reviews, I do not think it will hold up all that well. I have yet to hear someone way their Sideswipe actually holds without modification. And he does have a good deco in my opinion.
to tell the truth here, I have only ever bought 1 takara figure, and that was 1-step Stinger since He was the same price on amazon as the hasbro one when I bought him. The paint really does not matter to me, i'm not particular about it. The paint job has never been a make-or-break deal to me.

william-james88 wrote:Wait a sec, so that Optimus is a big toy, has electronics, great articulation, and not a simplified transformation... could this be the first actual leader class toy to incorporate all this since Leader Sentinel Prime?!

Also, while I am still not sure about the figure itself, the paint apps on Takara's Jazz put Hasbro to shame. I mean, we all thought it looked naked, but this is just sad:

Takara


Hasbro

I'd have gotten Jazz except, wtFrack happened to his visor? It's not Jazz without the visor

william-james88 wrote:DAMMIT!!!!!!! Jazz is sold out on amiami, after what, not even 5 hours?! They still have optimus though but I dont want to just have him shipped alone.

Glad I was quick on that pre-order button!

Hey. Takara didn't paint his rims.

Convoy is SOLD OUT already!

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... 6&page=top

Like it wasn't even 24 hours yet!

fenrir72 wrote:Convoy is SOLD OUT already!

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... 6&page=top

Like it wasn't even 24 hours yet!

You.

YOUUUUUUU!!!!

...Allowed me not to miss out!

-Kanrabat- wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Convoy is SOLD OUT already!

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... 6&page=top

Like it wasn't even 24 hours yet!

You.

YOUUUUUUU!!!!

...Allowed me not to miss out!

The feeling of getting another seibertron member's wallet punctured full of holes is reward enough already

Too bad about Jazz, I'm really OCD on him with a visor. Had to let him go.

Jazz and Convoy are available again. Sideswipe sold out at amiami

fenrir72 wrote:Convoy

Konboi wa dare desu ka? Kore ga Oputimasu Puraimu.

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Convoy

Konboi wa dare desu ka? Kore ga Oputimasu Puraimu.

He's called Convoy in their catalog in amiami

See.........



If you type in Optimus Prime in amiami looking for this item, you might get a "cannot find" item response

It looks like Prime's hands are molded in two different grips

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Convoy

Konboi wa dare desu ka? Kore ga Oputimasu Puraimu.

He's called Convoy in their catalog in amiami

See.........


If you type in Optimus Prime in amiami looking for this item, you might get a "cannot find" item response

AmiAmi doesn't decide what the toys are called. TakaraTomy does, and they call it "TAV21 Optimus Prime".

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Convoy

Konboi wa dare desu ka? Kore ga Oputimasu Puraimu.

He's called Convoy in their catalog in amiami

See.........


If you type in Optimus Prime in amiami looking for this item, you might get a "cannot find" item response

AmiAmi doesn't decide what the toys are called. TakaraTomy does, and they call it "TAV21 Optimus Prime".

You did see the screen cap I posted ne? Tell that to the company and their IT designer who encoded it. As you have noticed, I was speaking about the availability of the toy in amiami not what he is called in the show.

fenrir72 wrote:Jazz and Convoy are available again. Sideswipe sold out at amiami

You sure? Because last night when I posted, Sideswipe and Optimus were still available while Jazz was sold out and 6 hours later it's still the very same status on all 3. Did the stock do a complete 360 in less than 6 hours?

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Jazz and Convoy are available again. Sideswipe sold out at amiami

You sure? Because last night when I posted, Sideswipe and Optimus were still available while Jazz was sold out and 6 hours later it's still the very same status on all 3. Did the stock do a complete 360 in less than 6 hours?

Sold out again.If you base it on the time(12:28) stamp I posted the availability, it was like a total of 5 hours they were available. Heck, despite my not liking a visorless Jazz, I also preordered one.

fenrir72 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Jazz and Convoy are available again. Sideswipe sold out at amiami

You sure? Because last night when I posted, Sideswipe and Optimus were still available while Jazz was sold out and 6 hours later it's still the very same status on all 3. Did the stock do a complete 360 in less than 6 hours?

Sold out again.If you base it on the time(12:28) stamp I posted the availability, it was like a total of 5 hours they were available. Heck, despite my not liking a visorless Jazz, I also preordered one.

Yup, only sideswipe left. But with this avaialble/not available looking like an on off swtich, isnt this more like Amiami ordering more when they realize how popular an item is?

fenrir72 wrote: Heck, despite my not liking a visorless Jazz, I also preordered one.

Fen, I think you'll be happy. He is a neat lil' bot toy.

Cobotron wrote:

fenrir72 wrote: Heck, despite my not liking a visorless Jazz, I also preordered one.

Fen, I think you'll be happy. He is a neat lil' bot toy.

I'm a bit OCD on Jazz, gawd, need to get more plastic crack

Who needs Botcon when you can have a Powerglide Party! TFyuki comes at us again Tweeting a nice comparison shot of upcoming TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV-19 Powerglide with Hasbro Generations Powerglide and their G1 counterpart. At this time it is unknown if the TAV version will sport any remolding (ala sticker circle Insecticons) but we can see that his main difference is a lighter shade of grey plastic closer matching G1. See the pic below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com: home for the best Galleries and Conversation around!

It sure looks like there is an indent where the sticker is also looks like TAV Powerglide will be more show accurate in vehicle mode.

shajaki wrote:Who needs Botcon when you can have a Powerglide Party!

Amen!

A dumb circle sticker and a stupid white dot on his head that mimics a screw of all things ? What a joke...