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http://www.youtube.com/user/Pepsimus · by **Black Bumblebee** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:36 pm

It says that it's only 2 inches, and is only $12 instead of some insane price, so methinks Hello Kitty Prime is rather small.

STILL--will have to get this. My wife is a massive HK fan.

by **Yotsuyasan** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:53 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:If I had a Mickeymus, I'd probably be tempted to do the same thing, but getting one now seems like it'd be... Impractical. Though unless Hello Kitty is bigger than or the same size as Mickey, this could wind up ridiculously-scaled anyhow. Like, you know, most things involving multiple Transformers toys.

Well, here is how big Mickey is compared to a standard height DVD case:

And grabbing the measuring tape, he comes up to about 4¾" in height. So if this is true:

Black Bumblebee wrote:It says that it's only 2 inches...

...then I guess Mickey will indeed tower over Kitty. But I am okay with this. They will still be the best of friends in my collection. :lol:

And on hot days, they can even hang out with my popsicle mascot transforming vaguely Optimus-ish guy, for extra corporate mascot fun.

Man, add Pepsi Convoy into the mix... and too bad I never got Sports Label Convoy. I could have a whole bunch of fun with Mascot Primes! (What is Sports Label Convoy going for these days... Checking eBay... And... Yeah, never mind that...)

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:31 pm

Yeah, Gari-Robo-Kun might not fit in with Mickey and Hello Kitty. He's diffferent for two reasons: He doesn't turn into a truck and he's kinda frightening.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:13 pm

Va'al wrote:
Bumblevivisector wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Who are those last 3? I remember Va'al's avatar looked like the first purple garbage truck figure.
Evanglelion units one, zero, and two. Though you've probably seen more pics of unit zero in blue than orange, since it gets a new paint job early in the series.

I mayyyyy have to look into getting those.

Before or after you get the Evangelion MP 10?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 12:36 am

Q-Transformers toys are tiny little things, and both Kitty and the EVAs are Q-Transformers toys.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:59 am

The Hello Kitty transformer has arrived. There is no loving god.

News Credits: 3595 · by **Seibertron** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 4:34 pm

Has anyone gotten their hands on Tracks yet? It seems like he got skipped/delayed. Wondering what happened to him!

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:22 pm

Blogger Alfes2010 was busy today posting galleries, among them being Q Transformers QT-19 Optimus Prime and QT-20 Megatron! See these adorable little guys below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:44 pm

More cases of Takara names in Katakana with Hasbro names in Latin script. TakaraTomy's really making this confusing for those who try to categorize their toys.

News Credits: 3595 · by **Seibertron** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:46 pm

Sabrblade wrote:More cases of Takara names in Katakana with Hasbro names in Latin script. TakaraTomy's really making this confusing for those who try to categorize their toys.

How is this any more difficult than it has always been?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:54 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:More cases of Takara names in Katakana with Hasbro names in Latin script. TakaraTomy's really making this confusing for those who try to categorize their toys.

How is this any more difficult than it has always been?

Well, up until recently, Takara's toys had always had one character name on their packaging. Now, some of them have two names on them.

Take that new good guy truck QT-19 toy seen above, for instance. The Katakana says he's named "Convoy", but the Latin script says he's named "Optimus Prime". Whereas the Katakana and Latin script for the other guy, QT-20, both call him "Megatron", thereby avoiding such confusion. One toy has two consistent names, while the other has two different names.

News Credits: 3595 · by **Seibertron** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:02 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:More cases of Takara names in Katakana with Hasbro names in Latin script. TakaraTomy's really making this confusing for those who try to categorize their toys.

How is this any more difficult than it has always been?
Well, up until recently, Takara's toys had always had one character name on their packaging. Now, some of them have two names on them.

Take that new good guy truck QT-19 toy seen above, for instance. The Katakana says he's named "Convoy", but the Latin script says he's named "Optimus Prime". Whereas the Katakana and Latin script for the other guy, QT-20, both call him "Megatron", thereby avoiding such confusion. One toy has two consistent names, while the other has two different names.

But Convoy is Optimus Prime and vice versa. Megatron has always been called Megatron by both Hasbro and Takara. I think what you're really seeing here is how Takara's products are enjoying a life outside of Japan (and thus are being marketed as that thanks to the Internet) so they are putting the Hasbro (or English) names on the products as well as the name from their local market. I wish they would just drop Cybertrons, Destrons, Convoy, etc, but this is a good alternative to that as well (though it continues to fuel these characters having two names which I feel is really bad for marketing purposes).

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:10 pm

Maybe it's just me, but I quite like the Japanese names like Destron and Convoy. *shrug*

by **Desslok2201** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:42 pm

The name thing doesn't bother me either, and that Prime/Convoy is the first must have I've seen from this line. Well, that and Hello Kitty.

News Credits: 3595 · by **Seibertron** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:43 pm

Seibertron wrote:Has anyone gotten their hands on Tracks yet? It seems like he got skipped/delayed. Wondering what happened to him!

Just wanted to bump this real quick ... anyone know what happened to Q-Tracks?

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Wed May 13, 2015 10:23 pm

Online Retailer amiami have Q-Transformers merchandise such as T-shirts, Stickers, Acrylic Keychains, and Can Badges up for preorder! And with that we get some nice new product images! Check out the image we've mirrored below, and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sun May 24, 2015 12:45 pm

via the Dengeki Hobby website, we have some images to correlate the reveals from a while back about some more Takara Tomy Q Transformers, plus three new additions to the line after that: QT21 Skids (Suzuki Hustler), QT22 Drift (Mazda RX-7 FD3S), and QT 23 Optimus Prime, QT 24 Bumblebee and QT 25 Lockdown, in their web episodes incarnations. Check out the images mirrored below, as we await their June 2015 release (for 999 Yen each - approx 8 USD)!

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Sun May 24, 2015 5:17 pm

Fresh from TakaraTomyMall, we have new official images of Q Transformers QT-17 Tracks! This little blue fella will be released alongside Skids and Drift (also recently reported) and is listed for 1078 Yen. Keep scrolling to see the pic, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun May 24, 2015 6:57 pm

Show-accurate Optimus, Bumblebee, and Lockdown! :DANCE:

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:32 pm

Taking a small break from BotCon 2015 and Tokyo Toy Show 2015 coverage we get better quality images of the Q Transformers Hello Kitty QTC01 toy courtesy of Dengeki Hobby. We get a look at the figure in both robot and alt mode. The release is scheduled for late July for 1,200 yen.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:44 pm

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Taking a small break from BotCon 2015 and Tokyo Toy Show 2015 coverage we get better quality images of the Q Transformers Hello Kitty QTC01 toy courtesy of Dengeki Hobby. We get a look at the figure in both robot and alt mode. The release is scheduled for late July for 1,200 yen.

Ruin forever! Give me a gun and euthanized this sick piece of sweet cuteness! 8-}