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[chuckdawg1999]

I like this set just for getting that Hardhead head in its Legends colors. Now I can sell off my Hasbro figure like Chromedome and Highbrow.

[Cyberpath]

From Takara:

http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/toy/event/20 ... inter.html

[Carnivius_Prime]

The Titan Masters themselves really do look 1000% less crappy when coloured all nice like that.

[Sodan-1]

I like them, and will probably end up picking them up at stupidly inflated prices, but it feels like a missed opportunity for a stand-alone Cerebros head.

[fenrir72]

I like them, and will probably end up picking them up at stupidly inflated prices, but it feels like a missed opportunity for a stand-alone Cerebros head.

Who knows..if the sales are strong, a wave 2 of the other 'cons too.

[grimdragon2001]

I like them, and will probably end up picking them up at stupidly inflated prices, but it feels like a missed opportunity for a stand-alone Cerebros head.

Who knows..if the sales are strong, a wave 2 of the other 'cons too.

Or he could come with thier version of Bumblebee

[Sabrblade]

I like them, and will probably end up picking them up at stupidly inflated prices, but it feels like a missed opportunity for a stand-alone Cerebros head.

Who knows..if the sales are strong, a wave 2 of the other 'cons too.

Or he could come with thier version of Bumblebee

Since Cerebros had a black body in The Rebirth, I'd imagine that if Takara were to do their own release of the Hasbro head, they'd go all the way and include the body in show-accurate colors as well, since Fortress and Cerebros had very different cartoon color schemes.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Seibertronian Cyberpath has provided us with a few new images from Takara showing off the LG-EX set of 6 headmasters. This set contains individually released heads colored for Takara's Legends figures, and includes:

-Faceplated Hardhead
-IDW Chromedome
-Faceplated Brainstorm
-Flywheel (AKA Flywheels)
-Gong (AKA Brawn)
-Grimlock

These figures are a special set that will be sold at Wonderfest in February for 3000 yen. Leftovers will be made available at Japanese satellite stores. Check out the new images, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

[Carnivius_Prime]

Grimlock looking unusually flamboyant there... what would the other Dinobots say?

Brawn's head fits that Hardhead body alright.

[Stuartmaximus]

Aye wasn't there talk on here(or on the hasbro tr thread) ages ago in the run up to Titans Return suggesting the possibility of individually released TM's(heads) or even in a pack? & now such a release is limited to Wonderfest! + it's a pity that Hasbro never jumped at the chance to release such a thing(instead we got the TM's with their weird vehicle/weapon type things)

[TF-fan kev777]

Aye wasn't there talk on here(or on the hasbro tr thread) ages ago in the run up to Titans Return suggesting the possibility of individually released TM's(heads) or even in a pack? & now such a release is limited to Wonderfest! + it's a pity that Hasbro never jumped at the chance to release such a thing(instead we got the TM's with their weird vehicle/weapon type things)

Actually, I think the little vehicles have been pretty outstanding in most cases, especially the beast ones. And the weapon modes are nice since most of the Legends class figures from CW and TR don't have any weapons.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

So Gong's blue helmet was not a mistake, it's intentional. But why? It couldn't be based on his original packaging art, which had blue to evoke the shininess, right?

[fenrir72]

Didn't Twincast take over as Commander of Autobot City in HM (and Metro Wars)? So the Hm of Broadcast is a shoe in for Takara Metroflex. Too bad you can't connect the play sets to the latter.

Speaking of which, Metro Wars happened after the Legends timeline and it was Twincast who commanded Metroflex against Metrotitan.

So somewhere along the way, the mass shifting transtector of his will be lost and he'll be back to normal size.

[Randomhero]

So Gong's blue helmet was not a mistake, it's intentional. But why? It couldn't be based on his original packaging art, which had blue to evoke the shininess, right?

Maybe that?

[Sabrblade]

Didn't Twincast take over as Commander of Autobot City in HM (and Metro Wars)? So the Hm of Broadcast is a shoe in for Takara Metroflex. Too bad you can't connect the play sets to the latter.

Speaking of which, Metro Wars happened after the Legends timeline and it was Twincast who commanded Metroflex against Metrotitan.

So somewhere along the way, the mass shifting transtector of his will be lost and he'll be back to normal size.

Oh dear. I think you just uncovered a continuity hiccup between Andrew Hall's "Metrowars" manga and Hayato Sakamoto's Legends manga.

[SW's SilverHammer]

Does anyone think there's a possibility that if Takara does Lightfoot, they'll throw a curveball and deco the figure like MTMTE getaway?

[Sabrblade]

Does anyone think there's a possibility that if Takara does Lightfoot, they'll throw a curveball and deco the figure like MTMTE getaway?

Considering that the base mold doesn't physically resemble any iteration of Getaway or Lightfoot (being just Chromedome's body in Getaway colors), with the head being the only aspect that really looks anything like the Getaway or Ligthfoot, but which Takara would probably end up retooling anyway since it doesn't already look like Lightfoot's animation model head, I really can't see the media-slavish Takara doing their own release of Lightfoot in the same vein as Hasbro's Getaway Breakaway.

[Cyberpath]

From Loopaza Mega Store --

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Still can't get over Grimlock on Lio Convoy's body

[DestronMirage22]

Still can't get over Grimlock on Lio Convoy's body

I know right? It just looks odd, especially that last pic with the horn thingys up.

Anyways, this is a pretty cool set. Good for anyone in Asia or wherever who want to pick up these sculpts and aren't able to. Way better than their U.S. releases, that's for sure.

[Va'al]

Also from Loopaza Mega Store on Facebook, via fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath and in addition to the official images seen so far, we have a group shot of the upcoming Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG-EX Headmasters, featuring IDW Chromedome, Brawn (Gong), faceplated Brainstorm and Hardhead, Grimlock, and Flywheels. Check it out!

[Sabrblade]

You know what's funny about the more IDW-based Hasbro head on the Takara Chromedome body? Takara Chromedome, while meant to be in more cartoon-based colors than otherwise, has a deco that is a little more closely-matched to IDW Chromedome's Shadowplay body than the deco of Hasbro Chromedome is.

So in a way, this release of the Hasbro head for Takara's Chromedome gives people an even more Shadowplay-accurate Chromedome than Hasbro's Chromedome does by itself.

[Hydrargyrus]

You know what's funny about the more IDW-based Hasbro head on the Takara Chromedome body? Takara Chromedome, while meant to be in more cartoon-based colors than otherwise, has a deco that is a little more closely-matched to IDW Chromedome's Shadowplay body than the deco of Hasbro Chromedome is.

So in a way, this release of the Hasbro head for Takara's Chromedome gives people an even more Shadowplay-accurate Chromedome than Hasbro's Chromedome does by itself.

I think the same could be said for a toy-accurate Hardhead.

Or if you want a big-footed Flywheels (I'm sure that there's another way for that, though)

[chuckdawg1999]

Those hips on Flywheels don't look good, like they're going to pop off.

[fenrir72]

Does anyone think there's a possibility that if Takara does Lightfoot, they'll throw a curveball and deco the figure like MTMTE getaway?

I hope Takara goes the route of what they did with Computicon. Change/modify Scattershot, Strafe and the Lightspeed base vehicle. The Hb Getaway one is just plain lazy.