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Tue May 20, 2014 6:05 pm

Yeah you guys are right. I am just getting tired of paying twice and 3 times the value of the toy from online retailers.the mark ups are outrageous!I could be happy that it's being released, but I'm not because I think it's wrong. If you are not going to send it here, at least sell it online for the price it would be here. I would not mind paying the shipping

News Credits: 101 · Tue May 20, 2014 6:40 pm

Database29 wrote:Yeah you guys are right. I am just getting tired of paying twice and 3 times the value of the toy from online retailers.the mark ups are outrageous!I could be happy that it's being released, but I'm not because I think it's wrong. If you are not going to send it here, at least sell it online for the price it would be here. I would not mind paying the shipping

This is only in your dream.
Why? There's many points.

1) There's not as much copies of it made as if it were for a North American release.
2) The USA is the place were Transformers sell the cheapest for some unexplained reason. Everywere else in the world, the normal price is from a few dollars more, to double or triple the price it would sell in the USA.
3) For brand new items that just came out, the competition between online retailers is pretty fierce. So, the average price for a item that just came out is as low as it can be, despite the fact that it's so high compared to the common TrU toy of your region.
4) Having to pay for shipping and imort taxes suck for sure. Unfortunately, delivery companies dont work for free and your government want it's cut as well. It suck, but it's how life goes.

There you go. Just a reality check for toys that are not meant or will never be meant for a local release.

The only time you would heva a right to complain is if a toy have been released widely in half your country, but the other half suffured piss-poor distribution and/or is not released in your specific region just because of some stoopid local laws.

Tue May 20, 2014 8:10 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Mykltron wrote:Ah man, I got excited about a Dino toy...
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Christ, just give us a proper Dino figure already!

Hate to say it, but that's the best that we're gonna get with Dino/Mirage, for several reasons:

1) We already have a Cyberverse Mirage based on Legends Sideways
2) An all new Dino mold is out of the question, since he's not in the cast
3) And perhaps most importantly, Mattel has an exclusive license for making toys based on Ferraris, which Dino/Mirage is. So grab your torches and pitchforks, you know where to go.

i hate it when they tease us with a cool character and dont make a toy for it but then go ahead and make toys out other characters that are less than impressive say for instance, jolt.. barely any screen time and he gets a toy( don't get me wrong the jolt toys aren't bad), Dino had more screen time and said some words and looked cool doing it

News Credits: 101 · Tue May 20, 2014 8:26 pm

Ultra Markus wrote:i hate it when they tease us with a cool character and dont make a toy for it but then go ahead and make toys out other characters that are less than impressive say for instance, jolt.. barely any screen time and he gets a toy( don't get me wrong the jolt toys aren't bad), Dino had more screen time and said some words and looked cool doing it

Best example:
Skids and Mudflap get brand new deluxe molds for DotM even though they never appeared in the movie.
Why?
It seem it's because it the opposite of that Dino fiasco. They weere under contract to make more toys out of the Brother's licenced vehicles. So...

Ah, the wonders and mysteries of business.

News Credits: 293 · Tue May 20, 2014 9:20 pm

that soundwave (soundblaster?) looks amazing. im generally disinterested in movie figures, usually only pick a couple here and there, so importing movie figures will be new for me. this figure is nice enough for me to want to import it.

but dino? can someone explain to me why (seemingly collectively) the whole fandom love this character? honestly im not picking a fight. i have no point of reference. all i see is the toy... looks alright besides those tiny feet...

News Credits: 217 · Tue May 20, 2014 9:38 pm

Thanks to Japanese online toy store Maruzen we now have names for AD28, AD29, and AD30, previously known as Dinobot A, Dinobot B and Autobot B in store listings.

AD28 will be Snarl, AD29 is Clubber (or possibly Crabber, the name can be translated multiple ways) and, as a possible spoiler AD30 is Drift Helicopter

As usual these preorder names are subject to change and photos are not yet available. The figures are scheduled to be released in Japan through August and September

News Credits: 2 · Tue May 20, 2014 10:02 pm

thats actually sad... :-(

News Credits: 251 · Tue May 20, 2014 10:17 pm

So if the enigmatic copter is indeed Drift, that might explain why the Great Product List Leak of '13 (or was it this year?) claims he's getting a Voyager figure later on.

News Credits: 462 · Tue May 20, 2014 10:22 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Best example:
Skids and Mudflap get brand new deluxe molds for DotM even though they never appeared in the movie.
Why?

They were too in the movie:

This is the only shot of them that was left in the movie, as they were supposed to be in the film originally, but had all of their scenes cut out. They were supposed to die by Sentinel Prime's hand shortly after he killed Ironhide and wrecked the N.E.S.T. base.

They were taken out due to the overwhelmingly negative reaction they received in ROTF. Since Bay promised DOTM would have "no stupid humor" (a promise he obviously didn't keep thanks to one Jerry Wang), the twins got axed from the film's final cut, with all traces of their presence--save for that one shot of them driving up in the background--eradicated.

News Credits: 461 · Tue May 20, 2014 10:30 pm

BERSEKAEL wrote:

thats actually sad...

Why? not Ferrari? Kind of the only Takara movie figure I want. and Maybe shiny bumblebee

News Credits: 129 · Wed May 21, 2014 1:30 am

News Credits: 101 · Wed May 21, 2014 1:44 am

BERSEKAEL wrote:

thats actually sad...

I can't beleive we're having a repaint! How dare they?
How dare they made a repaint... in a repaint line indeed?! I'm so angry I'm going to roll in a corner and cry! Me mad! :sad:

News Credits: 6188 · Wed May 21, 2014 4:33 am

Thanks to fellow Seibertron.com member and podcaster jON3.0, we get a look at the new official Takara Tomy Transformers Lost Age and Movie Advanced commercial/demo video. The clip seems to take place in three parts, showing off the core of wave 1 of the Age of Extinction line first, featuring Grimlock, Scorn, Slug, Optimus Prime, Crosshairs and Bumblebee, the rest of the wave from the movie line second, and the previous Transformers trilogy repaints last - check out the embedded clip below!

News Credits: 10 · Wed May 21, 2014 7:04 am

Mindmaster wrote:So if the enigmatic copter is indeed Drift, that might explain why the Great Product List Leak of '13 (or was it this year?) claims he's getting a Voyager figure later on.

Does anyone have a link to this thread?

I originally doubted all the listings when i first saw that thread... But damn, it has been spot on. Would really love to go see what figures the poster listed that we have yet to hear off...

News Credits: 462 · Wed May 21, 2014 7:18 am

Very interesting and very cool video. Lots of new info in it, like the Dinobots being "mysterious lieforms".

News Credits: 6188 · Wed May 21, 2014 7:20 am

gavinfuzzy wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So if the enigmatic copter is indeed Drift, that might explain why the Great Product List Leak of '13 (or was it this year?) claims he's getting a Voyager figure later on.

Does anyone have a link to this thread?

I originally doubted all the listings when i first saw that thread... But damn, it has been spot on. Would really love to go see what figures the poster listed that we have yet to hear off...

TRA MV4 GEN VOYAGER ADRIAN/GALVATRON A7947
TRA MV4 GEN VOYAGER AUTOBOT DRIFT A8118
TRA MV4 GEN VOYAGER DUKE/HOUND A7946
TRA MV4 GEN VOYAGER IVAN/GRIMLOCK A6515
TRA MV4 GEN VOYAGER OPTIMUS PRIME A6514
TRA MV4 GEN VOYAGER SLOG A8117

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ate/28707/

Wed May 21, 2014 8:03 am

Love the Japanese commercials. They are actually cool. Unlike the american commercials which feature creepy kids who look old enough to be into girls.

News Credits: 10 · Wed May 21, 2014 9:16 am

Va'al wrote:
gavinfuzzy wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So if the enigmatic copter is indeed Drift, that might explain why the Great Product List Leak of '13 (or was it this year?) claims he's getting a Voyager figure later on.

Does anyone have a link to this thread?

I originally doubted all the listings when i first saw that thread... But damn, it has been spot on. Would really love to go see what figures the poster listed that we have yet to hear off...

TRA MV4 GEN VOYAGER ADRIAN/GALVATRON A7947
TRA MV4 GEN VOYAGER AUTOBOT DRIFT A8118
TRA MV4 GEN VOYAGER DUKE/HOUND A7946
TRA MV4 GEN VOYAGER IVAN/GRIMLOCK A6515
TRA MV4 GEN VOYAGER OPTIMUS PRIME A6514
TRA MV4 GEN VOYAGER SLOG A8117

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ate/28707/

There was another one last year i believe. someone did a name dump of every figure, no indication of size.

Probably was using a throwaway account as an anonymous tip off

News Credits: 5 · Wed May 21, 2014 9:18 am

jON3.0 wrote:

That was a very cool commercial. Even though I understood only the few English words here and there. Is that a normal length commercial or just a promo video of some sort. If that's a normal length commercial the only word that comes to mind is tevo.

:MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 462 · Wed May 21, 2014 9:21 am

STngAR wrote:
jON3.0 wrote:

That was a very cool commercial. Even though I understood only the few English words here and there. Is that a normal length commercial or just a promo video of some sort. If that's a normal length commercial the only word that comes to mind is tevo.

I think that was actually four commercials compiled into one video.

News Credits: 4 · Wed May 21, 2014 2:21 pm

Cool; I'd be interested in getting that Deluxe Jolt (Looks like a movie-accurate redeco of the DOTM-line more accurate mold! ^^) and probably Devastator too...

But why no Deluxe Ratchet in his first-two-movies deco? Would've thought that'd be obvious! XD Along with Soundwave in a better, more accurate metallic grey...!

Oh well, they appear to have just started, so hopeful for any future waves! ^^

AM

News Credits: 241 · Wed May 21, 2014 2:25 pm

Swiftknife24 wrote:Cool; I'd be interested in getting that Deluxe Jolt (Looks like a movie-accurate redeco of the DOTM-line more accurate mold! ^^) and probably Devastator too...

But why no Deluxe Ratchet in his first-two-movies deco? Would've thought that'd be obvious! XD Along with Soundwave in a better, more accurate metallic grey...!

Oh well, they appear to have just started, so hopeful for any future waves! ^^

AM

I think that's all we'll be getting with Legacy Figures (4 for each movie). After AD18 and AD19, we're getting AoE figures again, including Leader Grimlock, Lockdown, Galvatron and Hound.

News Credits: 6188 · Thu May 22, 2014 6:25 pm

Courtesy of the Transformers Addicts Facebook group, its user Peter Kamoske and fellow Seibertron.com member Autobot Genocide, we get some nice in-hand images of the upcoming Takara Tomy Transformers: Lost Age Movie Advanced AD-11 Dispensor, the long time Dew repaint of 2007 Payload! Check them out mirrored below.