The Energon Pub

[OptimalOptimus2]

Am I the only one who loves Whirl's colors? It looks better than the Hasbro version.

[xyl360]

Looks pretty good! Loving Tankor in particular. Shame that the inevitable crazy price of Takara imports makes army building out of the question.

I'd army build the hell out of them if the alt mode looked more like the show. As it is, I'll have this and Hasbro's Tankors in bot mode on the shelf and my 4 smaller Hasbro Deluxe Tank Drones in tank mode representing the army of drones.

Also, am I the only one who finds it funny that the Japanese releases of the Beast Era figures are (mostly) infinitely superior to the Hasbro ones, in spite of the Japanese dubs of Beast Wars and Beast Machines being utter abominations? Even the Japanese thought it was awful IIRC.

Takara's been doing more show accurate paint schemes on the Beast Wars figures pretty much since the beginning. In fact, I just acquired this for my collection (although on my 'cast' shelf I have a kitbashed custom representing Terrorsaur in bot mode) and that's back from 1997:



edit: Sorry, it looks like TFU doesn't like linking to their images. Anyway, it's the version on this page under Variations.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Looks pretty good! Loving Tankor in particular. Shame that the inevitable crazy price of Takara imports makes army building out of the question.

I'd army build the hell out of them if the alt mode looked more like the show. As it is, I'll have this and Hasbro's Tankors in bot mode on the shelf and my 4 smaller Hasbro Deluxe Tank Drones in tank mode representing the army of drones.

Also, am I the only one who finds it funny that the Japanese releases of the Beast Era figures are (mostly) infinitely superior to the Hasbro ones, in spite of the Japanese dubs of Beast Wars and Beast Machines being utter abominations? Even the Japanese thought it was awful IIRC.

Takara's been doing more show accurate paint schemes on the Beast Wars figures pretty much since the beginning. In fact, I just acquired this for my collection (although on my 'cast' shelf I have a kitbashed custom representing Terrorsaur in bot mode) and that's back from 1997:



edit: Sorry, it looks like TFU doesn't like linking to their images. Anyway, it's the version on this page under Variations.

The first year had them all be identical to Hasbro's, the "show-accurate" variations appeared in the second year and are much rarer. Terrorsaur commands an especially high price, reach $200 MISB easy.

[xyl360]

Looks pretty good! Loving Tankor in particular. Shame that the inevitable crazy price of Takara imports makes army building out of the question.

I'd army build the hell out of them if the alt mode looked more like the show. As it is, I'll have this and Hasbro's Tankors in bot mode on the shelf and my 4 smaller Hasbro Deluxe Tank Drones in tank mode representing the army of drones.

Also, am I the only one who finds it funny that the Japanese releases of the Beast Era figures are (mostly) infinitely superior to the Hasbro ones, in spite of the Japanese dubs of Beast Wars and Beast Machines being utter abominations? Even the Japanese thought it was awful IIRC.

Takara's been doing more show accurate paint schemes on the Beast Wars figures pretty much since the beginning. In fact, I just acquired this for my collection (although on my 'cast' shelf I have a kitbashed custom representing Terrorsaur in bot mode) and that's back from 1997:



edit: Sorry, it looks like TFU doesn't like linking to their images. Anyway, it's the version on this page under Variations.

The first year had them all be identical to Hasbro's, the "show-accurate" variations appeared in the second year and are much rarer. Terrorsaur commands an especially high price, reach $200 MISB easy.

Yep, that's because in the first year, the show didn't exist so there was nothing to be done to make the toys more show accurate (since the toy line came first). Yeah, I just snagged that one for $170 MIB. They're definitely pricey.

[Heckfire]

You ever wonder if there's some Dvorack fan out there psyched that two of the mechs are getting new toys?

[chuckdawg1999]

You ever wonder if there's some Dvorack fan out there psyched that two of the mechs are getting new toys?

I know there are many fans of Japanese Mecha who would be excited for this but they might not know since the majority of those fans hate Transformers.

[shajaki]

tankor looks reeeaallly nice. but its a shame we still cant the sides of his shoulders to confirm some vehicon badges.

and gratz on the terrorsaur xyl!

[Va'al]

Who's up for some early week exclusive looks? We have a set of multiple items courtesy of Weibo user 北马伊斯力, taken at a Takara Tomy display booth, with many many robots we had yet to see, including TRU Exclusive AoE Rusty Optimus Prime Evasion Mode, Transformers Expo exclusives Nemesis Prime and Black Knight Grimlock, the Transformers Legends wave 1 of Commanders (G1 Optimus Prime, Age of Extinction Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal, and Lio Convoy), Age of Extinction Dinobot Snarl and our very first look at the box for Masterpiece MP-20 Wheeljack! Check them all out mirrored below, and click on the names above to head to the discussion threads!

[Sabrblade]

Purdy pics, but a bit on the small side.

[OptimalOptimus2]

Did Takara announce a golden Evasion Mode Optimus Prime? I can't recall if they did.

[Sabrblade]

Did Takara announce a golden Evasion Mode Optimus Prime? I can't recall if they did.

Yeah, it's a Lucky Draw figure.

[leokearon]

What size are the Transformers Legends Commanders in relation to other transformers?

[Sabrblade]

What size are the Transformers Legends Commanders in relation to other transformers?

Small Deluxes.

[GuyIncognito]

Are the Legends Commanders new molds, or redecos?

[Sabrblade]

Are the Legends Commanders new molds, or redecos?

LC-01 Convoy is redeco of RobotMaster RM-01 G1 Convoy.

LC-02 Convoy (Beast Wars) is a redeco of RobotMasters RM-11 Beast Convoy.

LC-03 Lio Convoy is a redeco of RobotMasters RM-22 Lio Convoy.

LC-04 Optimus Prime is a redeco of AOE 1 Step Changer Optimus Prime.

[MightyMagnus78]

Those AOE Evasion Primes... and Grimlock's pretty awesome to.

[Aximalli_Prime]

If Rustimus Prime is available for a decent price I'll definitely have him ordered

[K2vox]

I want that Optimus Primal, Lio Convoy, and Snarl

[shajaki]

If Rustimus Prime is available for a decent price I'll definitely have him ordered

hes available for preorder from a few places.

robotkingdom is the cheapest, but preorders are sold out. when hes actually in stock maybe check again. however robotkingdom tends to be pricey when it comes to shipping...

TRU Exclusive Movie Advanced Optimus Prime rusty Version @ robotkingdom $47.90

BBTS and tfsource have him up as well both for the same price. tfsource is probably your best bet if you live in the states, what with their free shipping over $150.

Transformers 4 - Lost Age - Rusty Optimus Prime - Limited Edition @ tfsource $64.99

Transformers: The Lost Age Evasion Mode Optimus Prime Rusty Exclusive @ BBTS $64.99

[Nemesis Destron]

Ahhhh yeah another must Nemesis Prime for the fold...sold!

[Gallifreyan Autobot]

Purdy me gusta I want I wish I could obtain Japanese exclusive figures though I did see some Chinese versions of the season 2 combiners at my local gordmans in Fremont, NE

[Sabrblade]

Purdy me gusta I want I wish I could obtain Japanese exclusive figures

What's stopping you from buy such things from online retailers?

though I did see some Chinese versions of the season 2 combiners at my local gordmans in Fremont, NE

Those would most likely be bootlegs/knockoffs.

[mooncake623]

Site sponsor Robotkingdom just reported and put up pre-orders for the next two releases of Takara Tomy's Transformers Legends line. Sky-Byte will be LG-06 and Jetfire will be LG-07. Both due to be released in December of this year. While the images provided is small and may vary from the final product, it looks like in a strange turn of events Takara's Jetfire will have a flat red color and lose all the chrome from the Hasbro version.

[Sabrblade]

Sky-Byte has the asymmetrically-colored torso the original had, more paint apps on his legs, and blue missile instead of yellow.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Sky-Byte has the asymmetrically-colored torso the original had, more paint apps on his legs, and blue missile instead of yellow.

Furthermore, it looks like they'll continue to use the Japanese names like they did for Primal and Rattrap. So it may not be Sky-Byte, but Gelshark.