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Sowndwave76 wrote:Just found this:

I'll believe it when I see it. Whenever leaks come from Takara's side of the brand, they're typically covered in Japanese text, not English.

And how would that even work? That'd be like coloring Optimus blue and trying to pass it off as Soundwave. Or coloring Optimus silver and saying it's Megatron. A mere color change isn't gonna cut it.

Plus, Japan doesn't even use the name "Sentinel Prime" for that U-Haul Robot, since he went unnamed in the original cartoon (and they likely wouldn't even call him that anyway since Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime are instead named "Convoy" and "Rodimus Convoy" in Japan). The only "Sentinel Primes" recognized by Japan are the one from Animated, the one from Dark of the Moon, the ones from the Marvel, Dreamwave, and IDW comics, and the one from the Generations Selects manga Red Sentinel Prime.

From TakaraTomy's Transformers 40th Anniversary Exhibition website and PR Times:

Missing Link C-01S Sentinel Prime

センチネルプライムはサイバトロン先代総司令官で、トレーラートラックからロボットに変形します。

ビークル本体の黄色のカラーリングは、アニメ「戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマ―」の第1話でメインコンピューターのテレトラン１がコンボイのためにスキャニングしたトレーラートラックがモチーフとなっています。

コンテナ部分は移動基地に変形し、センチネルプライムと組み合わせて遊ぶことができます。

そのほか豊富な武器やパーツが付属します。

商品名：ミッシングリンク C-01S センチネルプライム

発売日：2024年9月13日(金)

希望小売価格：18,000円(税込)

対象年齢：15歳以上

商品サイズ：約W75×H105×D313mm

著作権表記： © ＴＯＭＹ

Sentinel Prime is the former commander of the Cybertrons, and transforms from a trailer truck into a robot.

The yellow coloring of the vehicle body is based on the trailer truck scanned by the main computer Teletraan I for Convoy in the first episode of the anime "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers."

The container part transforms into a mobile base and can be played with in combination with Sentinel Prime.

A wide variety of weapons and parts are included.

Product name: Missing Link C-01S Sentinel Prime

Release date: Friday, September 13, 2024

Suggested retail price: 18,000 yen (tax included)

Target age: 15 years old and over

Product size: Approx. W75 x H105 x D313mm

Copyright: © TOMY

This item is being sold exclusively at the Transformers Expo 2024 exhibition event in Tokyo, Japan.

One other thing to note is that while the description says the yellow coloring was based on the truck scanned by Teletraan I in the first episode, the truck only appears yellow in the Japanese DVDs, which used video masters from the LaserDisc release that had washed out colors.



(Sidenote: These washed out masters are why several Takara Galvatron toys have colored him in light pastel purple instead of dark purple.)

In the US DVD releases, the truck appears properly more orange.

That's actually pretty neat looking

Months after I received my order of the full Missing Link set of Optimus Prime, I got a refund from Amazon.jp on the export fees. And MAN, this is pretty substantial.

So I just saw these prototype pictures for Missing Link Arcee and Sunstreaker!

I don't know where these were taken, but I seriously hope this is true!





Source of these pics is here:

https://x.com/ian_reid/status/183441589 ... dp45w&s=19

Apparently Sunstreaker is next while Arcee is a maybe.

Emerje

I'd sell my soul for a ML Arcee and Unicron.

Sunstreaker would honestly be the best 84 character to get the Missing Link treatment, so this makes me so excited!

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd sell my soul for a ML Arcee and Unicron.

I've seen a lot of people saying this. Can't believe after all these years there's actually a tangible glimmer of hope!

Emerje

Remember the G1 Arcee toy that didn't end up getting made? Well Takara remembers and they are currently working on finally making it a reality. Takara Tomy’s TF40 Expo is on right now and the new reveals they ahve for us are in the Missing Link line. They displayed a prototype for Missing Link Sunstreaker along with a model for Missing Link Arcee. While the prototype for Sunstreaker does transform, the one on display for Arcee does not, it is something they are still working on.

You can check out the pics below. They were first posted by the following Twitter users:
https://x.com/fuji_seitaiblog/status/18 ... 3626772626
https://x.com/BWREX/status/1834414852682760545
https://x.com/634the3rd/status/1834415234439938324

Arcee x resident evil village coming soon. At least she is tall enough to go on all the rides at cybertron land

Sunstreaker I don't care about at all.

Arcee is interesting. The wheels on the front of the robot is a choice. But it's exciting that they're gonna do a new G1 style toy! Not sure I'm going to get it, but I'm happy we're getting it.

I wonder how retro they'll go. Will they do prototype colors or final? A part of me kinda wants prototype colors since few of the movie guys match their final colors at all, but the prototype colors are so niche there's little frame of reference.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I wonder how retro they'll go. Will they do prototype colors or final? A part of me kinda wants prototype colors since few of the movie guys match their final colors at all, but the prototype colors are so niche there's little frame of reference.

I think there's a strong possibility that they'd want to milk this for all it's worth and do both, maybe a Paradron Medic as well. Same with Sunstreaker.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I wonder how retro they'll go. Will they do prototype colors or final? A part of me kinda wants prototype colors since few of the movie guys match their final colors at all, but the prototype colors are so niche there's little frame of reference.

I think there's a strong possibility that they'd want to milk this for all it's worth and do both, maybe a Paradron Medic as well. Same with Sunstreaker.

Emerje

If we’re somehow getting a Sentinel Prime from Optimus, I have no doubts about a Paradron Medic. But the fact that this is being made, I literally cannot contain my excitement. I hope they don’t diverge from keeping these guys looking G1 accurate, this line has some serious chops so far.

Arcee would be awesome, but I will go wild for that Sunstreaker!

Emerje wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd sell my soul for a ML Arcee and Unicron.

I've seen a lot of people saying this. Can't believe after all these years there's actually a tangible glimmer of hope!

Emerje

Not only would we get what we never got, but the things would be improved too! I know they will be ludicrously expensive, especially Unicron, but my wallet better get ready to be sacrificed to Primus!

I'm just gonna say it. That Arcee looks awful. G1 love-letter or not, it's an eyesore and I'll leave it to other collectors who have the power to see past the robot mode and still buy it...

DeathReviews wrote:I'm just gonna say it. That Arcee looks awful.

Oh yes indeed she does. In the pure spirit of Movie G1. And I LOVE it.

I mean ... just as awful as all the other G1 movie toys, I think. It's what G1 is. It seems pretty faithful to what we might have gotten, which is the important part.

I'm on the fence on Arcee, but I'd buy the Hell out of Unicron. Awful bot mode and all!

Anyone know if there are KOs of Prime? I want to get Sentinel while he's still relatively close to MSRP, but don't want to pay $150 on Aliexpress or something only for it to be a fake. Searching around it doesn't seem like it has been, but I just want to be sure.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Anyone know if there are KOs of Prime? I want to get Sentinel while he's still relatively close to MSRP, but don't want to pay $150 on Aliexpress or something only for it to be a fake. Searching around it doesn't seem like it has been, but I just want to be sure.

Emerje

I may be talking out of my ass here, but I think this is way too soon for a K.O to have been made yet.

There's some 40th toon G1 Optimus floating around at 40$CAN, but those are sure to be KOs since the original G1 Prime have been K.O'd since decades, and a straight repaint is easy. But Missing Link is an entirely different mold that is fairly new. So I'd be surprised if it'd be already been K.O'd.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Emerje wrote:Anyone know if there are KOs of Prime? I want to get Sentinel while he's still relatively close to MSRP, but don't want to pay $150 on Aliexpress or something only for it to be a fake. Searching around it doesn't seem like it has been, but I just want to be sure.

Emerje

I may be talking out of my ass here, but I think this is way too soon for a K.O to have been made yet.

There's some 40th toon G1 Optimus floating around at 40$CAN, but those are sure to be KOs since the original G1 Prime have been K.O'd since decades, and a straight repaint is easy. But Missing Link is an entirely different mold that is fairly new. So I'd be surprised if it'd be already been K.O'd.

That's reassuring, thanks!

Emerje