The Energon Pub

[ZeroWolf]

Interesting, I wasn't aware of their freeform pricing. I'd had just assumed they were like hasbro and priced all the same size together. This makes a lot of sense now as to why they didn't mind the extra tooling on devy.

Thanks kurona You've taught me something quite interesting!

[Kurona]

Interesting, I wasn't aware of their freeform pricing. I'd had just assumed they were like hasbro and priced all the same size together. This makes a lot of sense now as to why they didn't mind the extra tooling on devy.

Thanks kurona You've taught me something quite interesting!

Very welcome!
Admittedly I don't know why the markets are so different, just that they are... the reason AM Breakdown remains import-exclusive ;-;

[Hellscream9999]

Interesting, I wasn't aware of their freeform pricing. I'd had just assumed they were like hasbro and priced all the same size together. This makes a lot of sense now as to why they didn't mind the extra tooling on devy.

Thanks kurona You've taught me something quite interesting!

Very welcome!
Admittedly I don't know why the markets are so different, just that they are... the reason AM Breakdown remains import-exclusive ;-;

Well, that way, they never have to skimp on quality or vision to meet a set of constraints, they price the object at what it's worth, and their customers respect it knowing this. But, at the same time, it also creates loose ends, say they bump up pmop (for instance) to be more expensive, but people don't buy it, they lose money, whereas the Hasbro model probably allows for this through various outs, such as staggered case selections (for instance 2 bumblebee's and prime's for 1 quillfire and thunderhoof)

[Kurona]

Interesting, I wasn't aware of their freeform pricing. I'd had just assumed they were like hasbro and priced all the same size together. This makes a lot of sense now as to why they didn't mind the extra tooling on devy.

Thanks kurona You've taught me something quite interesting!

Very welcome!
Admittedly I don't know why the markets are so different, just that they are... the reason AM Breakdown remains import-exclusive ;-;

Well, that way, they never have to skimp on quality or vision to meet a set of constraints, they price the object at what it's worth, and their customers respect it knowing this. But, at the same time, it also creates loose ends, say they bump up pmop (for instance) to be more expensive, but people don't buy it, they lose money, whereas the Hasbro model probably allows for this through various outs, such as staggered case selections (for instance 2 bumblebee's and prime's for 1 quillfire and thunderhoof)

Oh yeah, there's definetely pros and cons for each system. Even for the consumer, at least with Hasbro you have consistency - when you buy Weirdwolf, short of scalping or some shops having idiotic pricing you at least know every deluxe will cost the same so you can plan ahead with your money a bit easier. With Takara, it's a little trickier.
And even if you do know every price in advance, it's much easier to remember "titan master 5, legend 10, deluxe 17, voyager 23, leader 45, titan 150" than individual prices for every single figure.
Okay, that is admittedly a bit of a small factor when at the end of the day Takara's system - at least in theory - would assure a more quality package, but even so. Consistency and memory go hand in hand. ... Says the one who failed college psychology

[fenrir72]

Nah!!!!!!!!!! Too expensive! I'll stick to my Hasbro not Ginrai version. More bang for the buck!

[fenrir72]

What a lazy repaint! Fortmax is not wort the pound of plastic he's made off! Shame on you Hb and Takara for hoodwinking us fans!

Don't buy it folks! Vote with your wallets and stay away from this piece of turd, PRAY the Titan's line DIES ..............seriously

If you hate the item, naff of the negativity! And the topic. You ain't buying him anyway. But if you dig the mold, prepare your wallet for some serious butt kicking. That is if you can afford it and try not to rain on the people ( who want him) parade.

[Kurona]

Nah!!!!!!!!!! Too expensive! I'll stick to my Hasbro not Ginrai version. More bang for the buck!

But... You know neither the price of ginrai nor how he'll turn out...
Is this a case of sarcasm being hard to detect on the internet? Because I'm not sure I get the joke

[Hellscream9999]

Nah!!!!!!!!!! Too expensive! I'll stick to my Hasbro not Ginrai version. More bang for the buck!

But... You know neither the price of ginrai nor how he'll turn out...
Is this a case of sarcasm being hard to detect on the internet? Because I'm not sure I get the joke

He's taking a pot-shot at me (among others likely), because I dared to say that I thought (like some other's) that Fort Max wasn't worth retail price or higher, due to being an unsubtle remold, he's being unusually salty about it though. Apparently in his mind: not buying Fort Max = an end to the Titan class

[william-james88]

... Typing something that long on a phone is bloody exhausting send help im dying

Interesting, I wasn't aware of their freeform pricing. I'd had just assumed they were like hasbro and priced all the same size together. This makes a lot of sense now as to why they didn't mind the extra tooling on devy.

Thanks kurona You've taught me something quite interesting!

Very welcome!
Admittedly I don't know why the markets are so different, just that they are... the reason AM Breakdown remains import-exclusive ;-;

Yup yup, but it works both ways. When Takara rereleased Animated Lockdown as part of TAV, they considered him in between classes since his bot mode was so tall so they priced him higher than a deluxe.

[Hellscream9999]

Animated Lockdown

Now, that was a figure

[william-james88]

He's taking a pot-shot at me (among others likely), because I dared to say that I thought (like some other's) that Fort Max wasn't worth retail price or higher, due to being an unsubtle remold, he's being unusually salty about it though. Apparently in his mind: not buying Fort Max = an end to the Titan class

I just learnt today that TRU will be charging $229.99 CDN for Fort Max. Thats quite the increase. That's $180 US. Aint no way I'm paying that.

[Hellscream9999]

He's taking a pot-shot at me (among others likely), because I dared to say that I thought (like some other's) that Fort Max wasn't worth retail price or higher, due to being an unsubtle remold, he's being unusually salty about it though. Apparently in his mind: not buying Fort Max = an end to the Titan class

I just learnt today that TRU will be charging $229.99 CDN for Fort Max. Thats quite the increase. That's $180 US. Aint no way I'm paying that.

Figured they'd be marking him up, but even so, that's quite a bit

[Sabrblade]

I hope takaras dumped the headmaster gimmick for this.

They didn't...we've known that for awhile now...

And what department of takaras do you work in?

I already gave you a Takara statement about this many pages ago.

[ThunderThruster]

I think since they are going as far as they are with this retool, I'd say it's certainly a possibility they're making Ginrai a Powermaster instead of a Headmaster. That said, that's just pure speculation as we have nothing to prove either way; it's just a possibility - but one I feel is likely due to how far they are shown to be going with the retool.

Hell, this can be backed up by the fact that so far, we have not been shown any Takara takes on TR figures that were target/powermasters turned into headmasters.
"But wait, most beautiful supreme goddess Kurona!" I hear you cry, if greatly paraphrased and peppered with compliments in my head. "They've shown Scourge and Blurr who are still headmasters and not targetmasters!"
This is true. However... Blurr, Hot Rod, Kup, Cyclonus and Scourge were only rereleased and retooled as Targetmasters in 1987 by Hasbro. In Japan, they were not. So from the perspective of Takara, this is not changing Targetmasters into Headmasters - just changing characters with no notable gimmicks originally into Headmasters, like Galvatron and Astrotrain.

Therefore, the possibility remains open that Triggerhappy and all the rest could be given their Targetmaster status and such back with the Headmaster gimmick omitted. At the very least, it remains very possible for Ginrai - especially given the extent of his retool and given we had comments on the smaller Ginrai figure apparently being altered.


... Typing something that long on a phone is bloody exhausting send help im dying

While this is a valid stance, the fact that of those 6 targetmaster characters we only know of Triggerhappy, to my recollection, being done by hasbro at the moment. So there is only 1 figure that fits your hypothesis for now.
While I'm not discounting for statement, you are painting it with a rather broad brush

[Prowl4]

I hope takaras dumped the headmaster gimmick for this.

They didn't...we've known that for awhile now...

And what department of takaras do you work in?

...are we really doing this again? Look at the packaging pictures a few pages back. Very clearly some Headmasters. Hell, look at the display, there are little Headmasters everywhere!

In which department of takara do you work Hun?

[Prowl4]

I hope takaras dumped the headmaster gimmick for this.

They didn't...we've known that for awhile now...

And what department of takaras do you work in?

Dear Primus, you are not seriously starting this again

There are clearly headmasters on the figures you want 'remolded', the figures show off the headmaster gimmick on the display, and Yuki's facebook page, among other places; time to cut the trolling, and acceprt things the way they are

Me thinks that you are the troll as you respond to everything i say. What department of takara are you in that makes you privy to this information? Jog on.

[Va'al]

Hey everyone: give up the petty bickering.

Thank you.

[Kurona]

I think since they are going as far as they are with this retool, I'd say it's certainly a possibility they're making Ginrai a Powermaster instead of a Headmaster. That said, that's just pure speculation as we have nothing to prove either way; it's just a possibility - but one I feel is likely due to how far they are shown to be going with the retool.

Hell, this can be backed up by the fact that so far, we have not been shown any Takara takes on TR figures that were target/powermasters turned into headmasters.
"But wait, most beautiful supreme goddess Kurona!" I hear you cry, if greatly paraphrased and peppered with compliments in my head. "They've shown Scourge and Blurr who are still headmasters and not targetmasters!"
This is true. However... Blurr, Hot Rod, Kup, Cyclonus and Scourge were only rereleased and retooled as Targetmasters in 1987 by Hasbro. In Japan, they were not. So from the perspective of Takara, this is not changing Targetmasters into Headmasters - just changing characters with no notable gimmicks originally into Headmasters, like Galvatron and Astrotrain.

Therefore, the possibility remains open that Triggerhappy and all the rest could be given their Targetmaster status and such back with the Headmaster gimmick omitted. At the very least, it remains very possible for Ginrai - especially given the extent of his retool and given we had comments on the smaller Ginrai figure apparently being altered.


... Typing something that long on a phone is bloody exhausting send help im dying

While this is a valid stance, the fact that of those 6 targetmaster characters we only know of Triggerhappy, to my recollection, being done by hasbro at the moment. So there is only 1 figure that fits your hypothesis for now.
While I'm not discounting for statement, you are painting it with a rather broad brush

Aye, that's fair enough - though we also do know we're getting Getaway (originally a Powermaster) and there's rumours of Quake (originally a Targetmaster), as remolds of Chromedome and Hardhead respectively.
I guess I was saying it that way just to keep it a bit more open in case they expand beyond Triggerhappy and Ginrai, haha. That said, there is also the fact that Triggerhappy being a headmaster could be integral to his transformation; we don't know yet. We know from Magnus that being a headmaster isn't integral to Ginrai so he's fair game.

That said, it's just a possibility. If you're holding your breath over the idea he might become a powermaster, uh, probably don't do that. Could go either way, I just said what I did because we know they're doing an extensive remold already and there isn't exactly precedence for the specific situation of Ginrai, Triggerhappy and whoever Quake and Getaway became in Japan.
Also keep in mind that the only other Masterforce stuff they've shown so far are Headmasters, but they were Headmasters originally anywho. Still holding out for that Minerva though.

[Kurona]

Okay so never mind Quake was never released in Japan

[ThunderThruster]

agreed, we need to see more before we can confidently say what Takara are doing for those characters.

[ZeroWolf]

I would like to think that they will give us Mineva, and then Cab just so Ginrai can have the Headmaster Jr to fight alongside.

Would be nice for them to do a new Metal Hawk for the anniversary of Masterforce

[Kurona]

Yeah, personally I think we just haven't got Minerva yet because she requires a retool. Nightbeat's face just... Doesn't work.
I think we will get her though. She and Ginrai always end up being the ones chosen out of those four for new toys and figures. Probably because girl

[grimdragon2001]

i would love a Minerva, even if they do just the Titanmaster for her, id try to get it. then id get a 2nd Getaway and paint the body up to be like minerva's with a shapways chestplate just to make it look better

[grimdragon2001]

oh and i see your point about minerva possibly needing a retool. for those who dont, enjoy this quick digibash of what nightbeats head mode looks like in minerva colors

[Sabrblade]

Ew, yeah, that face does not fit Minerva at all.