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News Credits: 13 · by **grimdragon2001** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:11 am

hey, is Ginrai coming out this month or next? he's the one ive been looking forward to

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:12 am

grimdragon2001 wrote:hey, is Ginrai coming out this month or next? he's the one ive been looking forward to

December 20.

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 7:28 am

Shipped!

And new pic from Takara:

Pity that they didn't fix "Vorath's" colours..

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 10:08 am

Cyberpath wrote:Pity that they didn't fix "Vorath's" colours..

Ah well. They could handwave it as being a new look for him after the Blackballs incident.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 11:13 pm

Cyberpath wrote:Shipped!

And new pic from Takara:

Pity that they didn't fix "Vorath's" colours..

Or could it be that the animation got the colors wrong? 8-}

Remember how different Stakeout and Doubleclouder was different from the toy and the show?

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 11:41 pm

fenrir72 wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:Shipped!

And new pic from Takara:

Pity that they didn't fix "Vorath's" colours..

Or could it be that the animation got the colors wrong? Remember how different Stakeout and Doubleclouder was different from the toy and the show?

You jest, but...

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 12:47 am

Kind of out of character, Takara is generally very good with details and cartoon-accuracy. Maybe they thought that he'd look too much like "Stylor" with the all-red limbs. I might paint it myself after it gets here.

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 12:50 am

Cyberpath wrote:Kind of out of character, Takara is generally very good with details and cartoon-accuracy. Maybe they thought that he'd look too much like "Stylor" with the all-red limbs. I might paint it myself after it gets here.

Or maybe the purple limbs were gangmolded with other parts on the Transtector that needed to be purple.

Either way, Sakamoto can justify the limb color change in the fiction if he feels a need to do so.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 5:10 am

With a new image from their @TF_pr Twitter account, Takara Tomy show off the full beast Headmaster line-up from the Transformers Legends line, as LG34 Mindwipe joins Weirdwolf/Wolfwire and Skullsmasher/Skullcruncher, and the three Titan Masters just chill out. Check out the image below!

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 8:19 am

Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:Shipped!

And new pic from Takara:

Pity that they didn't fix "Vorath's" colours..

Or could it be that the animation got the colors wrong? Remember how different Stakeout and Doubleclouder was different from the toy and the show?
You jest, but...

Just checked my vintage Mindwipe. The purple indeed has a bit more red than Ratbat's purple as comparison (since I still haven't received my TL Wipe I can't really make a definite conclusion yet but based of the Takara image, Wipe's HM seems more like Ratbat purple. Emphasis on "seems" because I don't trust PC images to actually render the real thing accurately..........just see how different G1 UM is from his images.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 8:42 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:You know, I noticed a trend with the names of the Crashbash drone redecos:

バトラ batora: can be translated as "Butler"
サーバント sābanto: can translated as "Servant"

As in, they're based on words for service jobs. Anybody think those are the intended names, or if there's a pun behind it?

Could be as simple as them being paired with Headmasters.

Emerje

News Credits: 2 · by **Hero Alpha** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 11:06 am

Takara Mindwipe looks great, I'm tempted to replace my TR one. The red they added really sells it along with the correct limb colours. Love the Headmaster show but the whole transector kinda falls apart with me on the animals. It makes sense that the autobot master guy would drive their vehicle alt modes, but some of the stuff with the decepticon animals alt modes doesnt work as one individual as opposed to the Rebirth symbiosis set up, to me.

On another Legends note, I'm very excited that my Takara Chromedome is about to ship.

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 11:19 am

Moonshot wrote:Love the Headmaster show but the whole transector kinda falls apart with me on the animals. It makes sense that the autobot master guy would drive their vehicle alt modes, but some of the stuff with the decepticon animals alt modes doesnt work as one individual as opposed to the Rebirth symbiosis set up, to me.

Think of it as the Decepticons piloting ferocious killing machines rather than armed transport vehicles.

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 11:43 am

it's like theyre a zord. A remote control animal fighting machine instead of a vehicle.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 5:02 pm

Emerje wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:You know, I noticed a trend with the names of the Crashbash drone redecos:

バトラ batora: can be translated as "Butler"
サーバント sābanto: can translated as "Servant"

As in, they're based on words for service jobs. Anybody think those are the intended names, or if there's a pun behind it?

Could be as simple as them being paired with Headmasters.

Emerje

*long agonizing groan* :roll:

Speaking of which, concerning Rarigo, wouldn't Larigo be a better transliteration to make the pun more evident? Looking into homophones in other languages right now, but... they all involve wind pipes. :???:

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 3:33 pm

My Chromedome just shipped today.

The hasbro one just doesn't look right being the leader. He's much more deserving hugging Rewind.

The Legends one is going to be suh-weet with the others. :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:42 am

New pic from Takara...

News Credits: 149 · by **Big Grim** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:47 am

Looks great but that foot is still a little odd looking.

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 12:20 pm

Funky feet aside, Super Jinrai's lookin' super! 8-)

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 12:25 pm

Seibertronian Cyberpath has shared the latest image from the official Twitter account for Takara Tomy's Transformers, featuring the Powermaster Optimus Prime release from Titans Return in their Legends line as LG-35 Super Ginrai! We also get a better look at the changes from the Hasbro release, including the odd feet choices, new forearms, chest piece, and faceplate (but Sabrblade doesn't believe so, so who are we to say otherwise). Check it out below.

News Credits: 13 · by **grimdragon2001** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 12:55 pm

Dr Va'al wrote:Seibertronian Cyberpath has shared the latest image from the official Twitter account for Takara Tomy's Transformers, featuring the Powermaster Optimus Prime release from Titans Return in their Legends line as LG-35 Super Ginrai! We also get a better look at the changes from the Hasbro release, including the odd feet choices, new forearms, chest piece, and faceplate (but Sabrblade doesn't believe so, so who are we to say otherwise). Check it out below.

this is the one i must have. put aside money during Thanksgiving thinking it came out in November (TF Source lied), but that went to Fort Max instead. Luckily holiday season paychecks are usually good, so here is hoping for a Ginrai for Christmas, or New Years given how long TF Source takes to get their import toys