"Ground" would make more sense, though, given that this the land-based counterpart to the "Jet" Vehicon General.SW's SilverHammer wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Glad there's no fictional precedence to compel me to want that thing. Not to mention its head is still silver instead of black.
Though, do we still not know if it's supposed to be "Grand" or "Ground"?
Grand I believe.
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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure Line (TAV, TED, Misc)
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Posted by william-james88 Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:03 pm
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Glad there's no fictional precedence to compel me to want that thing. Not to mention its head is still silver instead of black.
Though, do we still not know if it's supposed to be "Grand" or "Ground"?
Grand I believe.
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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure Line (TAV, TED, Misc)
Posted by Sabrblade Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:06 pm
Before ya post it, lemme look real quick to see if its name is supposed to be "Ground" or "Grand".william-james88 wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Glad there's no fictional precedence to compel me to want that thing. Not to mention its head is still silver instead of black.
Though, do we still not know if it's supposed to be "Grand" or "Ground"?
Grand I believe.
What's the source for the pic. First person who posts the source gets a news cred!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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Posted by william-james88 Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:13 pm
Sabrblade wrote:Before ya post it, lemme look real quick to see if its name is supposed to be "Ground" or "Grand".william-james88 wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Glad there's no fictional precedence to compel me to want that thing. Not to mention its head is still silver instead of black.
Though, do we still not know if it's supposed to be "Grand" or "Ground"?
Grand I believe.
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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure Line (TAV, TED, Misc)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:28 pm
william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Before ya post it, lemme look real quick to see if its name is supposed to be "Ground" or "Grand".william-james88 wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Glad there's no fictional precedence to compel me to want that thing. Not to mention its head is still silver instead of black.
Though, do we still not know if it's supposed to be "Grand" or "Ground"?
Grand I believe.
What's the source for the pic. First person who posts the source gets a news cred!
Sure thing, but as I said (which I think the community knows by now, simple rules of journalism), I can't post till I have a source anyway.
https://twitter.com/3dprintron/status/6 ... 6499770368
グランド | gland, grand, ground
ビーコン | "Vehicon"
ジェネラル | General
Hey may very well be the grand ground vehicon generalissimo.
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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure Line (TAV, TED, Misc)
Posted by Sabrblade Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:36 pm
There's also pics for TAV27 Micron Shooter Drift Set - http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B014BFYXAM/
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Official images of Takara Transformers TAV 28 Grand Vehicon General and TAV 27 Deployer Drift
Posted by william-james88 Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:51 pm
Now we have it, thanks to fellow Seibertronian SW's SilverHammer and Starsabr who found these pictures on twitter and Amazon.
It appears the deco will consist of silver covering almost every inch of this figure, which does not reference anything in the fiction so far. This was a very anticipated deco reveal from the fan community as the Prime RID Vehicon moldis a fan favourite. Since this is a TAV figure, it does have a sticker for the Japanese mobile app. This figure is currently slated for a September release.


Amazon Japan also had official Images of TAV27 Micron Shooter Drift which reveals that he will come with both his Microns:





You can see for yourselves here the extent of the deco improvements on that figure compared to Hasbro's.
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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure Line (TAV, TED, Misc)
Posted by Sabrblade Sun Aug 23, 2015 11:22 pm
Micron Shooter Fracture comes with Airazor but not Divebomb. Sandsting is included instead.Wolfman Jake wrote:Nice to know that TAV Drift (and presumably TAV Fracture) will be coming with both of their respective minicon buddies.
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Sabrblade wrote:Micron Shooter Fracture comes with Airazor but not Divebomb. Sandsting is included instead.Wolfman Jake wrote:Nice to know that TAV Drift (and presumably TAV Fracture) will be coming with both of their respective minicon buddies.
Okay, that's bizarre. WTF, Takara Tomy?
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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure Line (TAV, TED, Misc)
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Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
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Hellscream9999 wrote:So Runabout is still on 'pre-order' at bbts; did I miss the boat on this one? Has anyone here gotten one from them yet?
ETA end of August. Same Over ride. That's why I had to delay my UW Menasor, I combined them shipping.
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fenrir72 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:So Runabout is still on 'pre-order' at bbts; did I miss the boat on this one? Has anyone here gotten one from them yet?
ETA end of August. Same Over ride. That's why I had to delay my UW Menasor, I combined them shipping.
Well they were july and now they're august (and I suspect its a feature of the site to automatically push up the date by every month); they still haven't gotten the next shipment of protectobots in, they've been on 'pre-order' since may
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I think same.william-james88 wrote:Hey guys, is the gun different than the original one? Because it looks different to me.

Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
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Cobotron wrote:I think same.william-james88 wrote:Hey guys, is the gun different than the original one? Because it looks different to me.
You know, because everything is silver I confused where the gun begins and ends. Yes, it is the same.
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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure Line (TAV, TED, Misc)
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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure Line (TAV, TED, Misc)
Posted by Optimizzy Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:10 am
While I love G1 I also love new innovations and takes on the characters.
I prefer official Hasbro releases of stuff for the most part
I'm not a huge fan of Japanese original Transformers media or designs.
It's easier for me to say which are my LEAST favorite toy lines: Beast Machines, Robots in Disguise.
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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure Line (TAV, TED, Misc)
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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure Line (TAV, TED, Misc)
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Optimizzy wrote:There are many copies. And they have a plan.
To look bitchin'
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