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[DMSL]

That looks much better than the Hasbro versions.

I hope the Takara Galvatron and Blaster won't have the gimmick.

[william-james88]

That looks much better than the Hasbro versions.

I hope the Takara Galvatron and Blaster won't have the gimmick.

They need the gimmick, it was confirmed they cant transform without it (heads cannot be kept on during transformation). But we dont know if there will even be Takara versions. Think about it, Takara only released 3 of the 6 leader figures we had during Combiner Wars and one of those 3 was an exclusive. Takara has proven that just because Hasbro releases something,its not certain they will release it too, especially if its not something they care about. Its one year later and there is still no such thing as Takara Alpha Bravo. Nor is there Crosscut, Jihaxus and the list goes on.....

[Hellscream9999]

Hmm, I like Skullcruncher's new noggin, but I wonder if these are part of the 'additional head series', rumors were that many figures would get 2 versions of their heads for fans to choose from, TT might be choosing the more accurate of the 2 and eschewing the rest

I like 'em, but I won't pay import prices for them, I'll definitely be waiting to find them in the wild

[Robogeek1973]

Definitely liking these heads more than Hasbro's.


Guess I'm going with TakTom yet again.

[Agamemnon]

Hb and TT will have different heads?

Hb and TT will have different heads!

(Yeah, that's in sarcasm. Now I will have to decide which one I want, or more likely, am I going to pick up both. Oh, my poor wallet!)

Ya'll know what this means? Takara's Fort Max will likely have an anime-accurate head for Fortress instead of the cartoon-accurate one Cerebros has.

Probability? 99.99999999%

ETA for TFYuki to start wanking us fans? June 2016.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

(That was my wallet. And probably my wife's reaction to the basement decor...)

[Hellscream9999]

Just gonna leave this, as food for thought, but I wonder if these are part of the 'additional head series', rumors were that many figures would get 2 versions of their heads for fans to choose from, TT might be choosing the more accurate of the 2 and eschewing the rest

[MemphisR56]

Just gonna leave this, as food for thought, but I wonder if these are part of the 'additional head series', rumors were that many figures would get 2 versions of their heads for fans to choose from, TT might be choosing the more accurate of the 2 and eschewing the rest

I would most certainly dig it, even if they just released a multipack of alternate heads for the main head masters.

It's a perk of the gimmick that they could certainly exploit to give fans a mote of extra choice and customisation.

I really hope they're thinking along those lines, if not, they're really missing out on something that they could market really effectively, I think.

[william-james88]

Just gonna leave this, as food for thought, but I wonder if these are part of the 'additional head series', rumors were that many figures would get 2 versions of their heads for fans to choose from, TT might be choosing the more accurate of the 2 and eschewing the rest

I would most certainly dig it, even if they just released a multipack of alternate heads for the main head masters.

It's a perk of the gimmick that they could certainly exploit to give fans a mote of extra choice and customisation.

I really hope they're thinking along those lines, if not, they're really missing out on something that they could market really effectively, I think.

Not for being a negative roberta again but I think we are forgetting the fact that Hasbro is releasing the heads with those small vehicles and animals. That makes the titanmaster releases a bit more involved than just different heads since every head needs their own extra toy to interact with. And even if they do release all these extra heads, that would mean that you would end up with a truckload of redeco'd small animals and vehicles since I am certain that Hasbro wont go all out and give distinct individual extra toys to each small head.

Of all the rumours, the one I am most suspucious of is that we will get all these extra heads (along with the one of godbomber).

And remember this people, as we now know, not all the rumours panned out (deluxes being bigger, and coming with animal companions ect).

[Hellscream9999]

Just gonna leave this, as food for thought, but I wonder if these are part of the 'additional head series', rumors were that many figures would get 2 versions of their heads for fans to choose from, TT might be choosing the more accurate of the 2 and eschewing the rest

I would most certainly dig it, even if they just released a multipack of alternate heads for the main head masters.

It's a perk of the gimmick that they could certainly exploit to give fans a mote of extra choice and customisation.

I really hope they're thinking along those lines, if not, they're really missing out on something that they could market really effectively, I think.

Not for being a negative roberta again but I think we are forgetting the fact that Hasbro is releasing the heads with those small vehicles and animals. That makes the titanmaster releases a bit more involved than just different heads since every head needs their own extra toy to interact with. And even if they do release all these extra heads, that would mean that you would end up with a truckload of redeco'd small animals and vehicles since I am certain that Hasbro wont go all out and give distinct individual extra toys to each small head.

Of all the rumours, the one I am most suspucious of is that we will get all these extra heads (along with the one of godbomber).

And remember this people, as we now know, not all the rumours panned out (deluxes being bigger, and coming with animal companions ect).

Fair enough, though, it'd be pretty d|ckish of hasbro to eschew most of the actual headmasters and release them only as heads, so that they can retro-actively make a bunch of other g1 characters into headmasters

I'd say, now that we know that the heads are separate molds, and that TT has these different ones, that this would lend some level of logical credence to that rumor

[MemphisR56]

Just gonna leave this, as food for thought, but I wonder if these are part of the 'additional head series', rumors were that many figures would get 2 versions of their heads for fans to choose from, TT might be choosing the more accurate of the 2 and eschewing the rest

I would most certainly dig it, even if they just released a multipack of alternate heads for the main head masters.

It's a perk of the gimmick that they could certainly exploit to give fans a mote of extra choice and customisation.

I really hope they're thinking along those lines, if not, they're really missing out on something that they could market really effectively, I think.

Not for being a negative roberta again but I think we are forgetting the fact that Hasbro is releasing the heads with those small vehicles and animals. That makes the titanmaster releases a bit more involved than just different heads since every head needs their own extra toy to interact with. And even if they do release all these extra heads, that would mean that you would end up with a truckload of redeco'd small animals and vehicles since I am certain that Hasbro wont go all out and give distinct individual extra toys to each small head.

Of all the rumours, the one I am most suspucious of is that we will get all these extra heads (along with the one of godbomber).

And remember this people, as we now know, not all the rumours panned out (deluxes being bigger, and coming with animal companions ect).

I never actually said anything about Hasbro doing it, and we are infact in the takara legends thread!

But then again they could quite easily end up mixing and matching on the deluxe heads and titan masters with partners. Similar to how they mixed up torsos and drones with the power core combiners sets.

We have no information at the present time about whether the heads are even actually produced on the same sprues as the rest of the figures at the factory. Though seeing as how they seem to all share plastic colours, that seems like a logical jump a touch too far.

I was never saying 'They will do this,' more 'It would be really cool if they'd at least considered doing this.'

[william-james88]

Fair enough, though, it'd be pretty d|ckish of hasbro to eschew most of the actual headmasters and release them only as heads, so that they can retro-actively make a bunch of other g1 characters into headmasters

I'd say, now that we know that the heads are separate molds, and that TT has these different ones, that this would lend some level of logical credence to that rumor

It seems like Hasbro is releasing apeface as just a head, which is insane considering there is a whole class of triplechanging headmasters in their lineup.

I never actually said anything about Hasbro doing it, and we are infact in the takara legends thread!

Sorry Memphis, I had my wires crossed.

Just curious, does your username have anything to do with the King?

[MemphisR56]

I never actually said anything about Hasbro doing it, and we are infact in the takara legends thread!

Sorry Memphis, I had my wires crossed.

Just curious, does your username have anything to do with the King?

Only if by 'the king' you mean Nicholas Cage. I made a Gundam Unicorn joke involving his character from gone in 60 seconds a long time ago, and Memphis Raines just kinda stuck.

[Cyberpath]

[william-james88]

Fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath has found a new picture of Transformers Legends LG 19 Springer posted by TF Yuki. It shows him in all his three modes as well as in package, where he is in robot mode. This is Hisashi Yuki's last hurrah to promote the toy before it becomes available at the end of the month.

Below we have also put a photo that was posted in the discussion which shows the different decos available of this toy (Hasbro Generations, Takara Generations and Takara Legends).

[Alpha Dominus]

I'm actually kinda digging it. Cartoon inspired (Or is it the comics)? Much better than the previous, muted colors take from Takara.

[dragons]

Make me hungry for lime jello and key lime pie looking at this new paint job of takara figure

[Sabrblade]

I'm actually kinda digging it. Cartoon inspired (Or is it the comics)? Much better than the previous, muted colors take from Takara.

It's supposed to be the cartoon colors, but in every pic we've seen, the shades of green are still very off.

[Ultra Markus]

reminds me of an elf he just needs an energon bow

[Ultra Markus]

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i know they are trying to go with a more g1 cartoon look but i dont think it translated very well from the original

[King Kuuga]

Yeah, that's Takara's fatal flaw: applying super cartoon-accurate decos to figures that are not molded to be super cartoon accurate. Putting aside that the animation models were badly colored to begin with, applying those decos to toys that aren't molded similarly often just looks wrong.

[Sabrblade]

In this case, though, it's another case like UW Blast Off in which they got the color shades of the deco so wrong. It's like someone over at Takara needs their monitor adjusted or something.

[MemphisR56]

In this case, though, it's another case like UW Blast Off in which they got the color shades of the deco so wrong. It's like someone over at Takara needs their monitor adjusted or something.

Not to mention that colours as they appear to one person can be different to another.

Congenital colour blindness comes in a variety of flavours. I myself suffer from issues with Green/Brown and Red/Orange recognition.

I'll never be allowed to be a Fighter pilot, Demolitions expert, or Electrician.

[william-james88]

Congenital colour blindness comes in a variety of flavours. I myself suffer from issues with Green/Brown and Red/Orange recognition.

I'll never be allowed to be a Fighter pilot, Demolitions expert, or Electrician.

Or Bomb expert. I can just see it:

"Cut the red wire not the orange one"

"THEY ARE BOTH THE RED WIRE!!!!!!"

Sorry to laugh at your expense. My vision is also impaired enough not to be an astronaut.

[fenrir72]

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Immediate get! But gone are the days when those ugly exposed panels were that...EXPOSED!

The original Hardhead, despite being a thin brick/panel had very solid arms and shins.

[william-james88]

Here' the image: