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News Credits: 241 · Wed Jan 18, 2017 6:17 pm

But on the flipside, Voyager Optimus Prime and Megatron, as well as Leader Sky Shadow have pretools (Octone, Blitzwing and Overlord respectively) that are more favorable for various reasons. We'll have to wait and see.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:38 am

There's also the possibility that they're done with Headmasters now since they've only announced three Legends figures for 2017 between now and May: LG40 Astrotrain, LG41 Leo Prime, and LG42 Godbomber. Astrotrain is a straight repaint, but the other two are unique to Takara Tomy. It feels like if they were going to do more they'd have already announced them and they wouldn't have numbered these the way they have so that's definitely it for five months. After May, who knows? They could be taking a break or they could be doing more unique remolds like they did with the Wave 8 trio of evil ladies while they wait for Hasbro to release Power of the Primes.

Emerje

News Credits: 241 · Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:52 am

I'd say taking a break because with Leo Prime, there's no longer a so-called "buffer" between Hasbro and TakaraTomy. By May, Hasbro should have pumped out Waves 3 and 4, maybe 5, with enough unique molds for them to play with.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Fri Jan 20, 2017 1:14 am

Maybe, but there's plenty still that they could have prepared for before May like Frenzy, or any of the wave 3 guys that came out in December. As for the buffer, Japan got Soundwave in December while a lot of still haven't seen him in stores.

Emerje

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jan 20, 2017 1:22 am

Well, I'm sure Lio Convoy will become an even more desired figure after this happened:

News Credits: 1646 · Fri Jan 20, 2017 1:30 am

Sabrblade wrote:

This is beautiful. Where is it from?

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jan 20, 2017 1:31 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:

This is beautiful. Where is it from?

The epic finale to Beast Wars: Uprising, "Derailment".

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:05 am

So he's officially Beast Machines rather than Transmetals 2 like a lot of people theorized? (Edit: Ah, in Fun Pub canon, I see.) Now I really want some more BM re-dos. Maybe I should invest in getting BotCon 2013 Obsidian and Strika? :-?

Emerje

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:54 am

Emerje wrote:So he's officially Beast Machines rather than Transmetals 2 like a lot of people theorized?

That's just a scene from the Vehicon Apocalypse. The body he has in that story is the one form he got during the Beast Upgrade that Megatron initiated.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:14 am

I am really going to miss FunPub's fiction, Beast Wars: Uprising is really great, along with quite a bit of the Timelines stuff. Back to Legends though, I went ahead and just bought Hasbro Hot Rod as it looks like Takara isnt going to do one. Maybe I am wrong but seems they would have at least shown a black outline version by now. Any other thoughts?

News Credits: 191 · Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:21 am

It's weird that they haven't shown anything yet, but I'd find it infinitely more weird if they didn't use the molds at some point - especially for someone as prominent as Hot Rod. While it has been some time I just can't see why they'd be skipped.

News Credits: 332 · Sat Jan 21, 2017 10:29 pm

I have a premonition, the seven deities have spoken to me. Takara will do a possible limited edition set of Headmaster heads, the highlight of which are the Hasbro versions of Chromedome, Brainstorm, and Hardhead, color coded for the Legends bodies.

News Credits: 241 · Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:11 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I have a premonition, the seven deities have spoken to me. Takara will do a possible limited edition set of Headmaster heads, the highlight of which are the Hasbro versions of Chromedome, Brainstorm, and Hardhead, color coded for the Legends bodies.

I could see that happening as store giveaways, oddly enough. Finding proper venues for 8 "US variant" heads shouldn't be hard if the campaign is split in 2 with 4 each. Lione, Shuffler and Toraizer are giftset material, and I found an extra use for Fangry's drone:

Transformers Beast Machines Savage Noble (Beast Changer) (Doublechanger) Gallery

News Credits: 1646 · Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:28 pm

Thanks to Taghobby we have some interesting and exciting news to bring to you today. Takar Tomy has shown us in a magazine scan that they will be doing the individual heads of 6 different figures based on their Hasbro Titan Master design. Those 6 figures would be:

-Brainstorm with his Rebirth head
-IDW Chromedome
-Faceplated Hardhead
-Grimlock AKA Clobber
-Brawn
-Flywheels AKA Skytread

The figures themselves have the standard Takara detailing, something the Hasbro versions lacked, especially one the faces, and have been color coded for the Legends colors.

The set will be available at Wonderfest 2017 in Japan on February 19, and will be going for 3240 yen. After the event ends February 25, it will be sold at Cybertron satellite stores.

Check out the image below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

News Credits: 1646 · Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:33 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I have a premonition, the seven deities have spoken to me. Takara will do a possible limited edition set of Headmaster heads, the highlight of which are the Hasbro versions of Chromedome, Brainstorm, and Hardhead, color coded for the Legends bodies.

Ya know chuck, if you get that feeling, maybe you should contact news. It was only an hour between this post and the news breaking

News Credits: 462 · Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:34 pm

In other words, they're just Takara redecos of the Hasbro-faced versions of Chromedome, Hardhead, and Brainstorm, as well as three Hasbro-only Titan Masters that Takara hasn't released yet.

News Credits: 79 · Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:35 pm

Pretty cool. I'm glad Japan gets this option.

...also, is the Brawn head blue? And if so...why?

News Credits: 462 · Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:39 pm

Speaking of Brawn, both he and Flywheels/Skytread are using their original Japanese names of "Gong" and "Flywheel" in this magazine scan.

News Credits: 241 · Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:44 pm

So basically a set of six Hasbro-exclusive heads. Pretty cool their names leave no ambiguity on who they are: Clobber is "Grimlock" and Skytread is "Flywheel" (no "s" for his Japanese name). Of course, Brawn is named Gong and putting him in the set is a clever way of getting around the whole "double character" thing for the main line.

News Credits: 191 · Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:46 pm

Have they given up on packaging Titan Masters with Legends figures, then? Or are there just so many different Titan Masters compared to Legends figures that they were left over with a few after pairing up every Legends mold with a Titan Master?

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:48 pm

Kurona wrote:Have they given up on packaging Titan Masters with Legends figures, then? Or are there just so many different Titan Masters compared to Legends figures that they were left over with a few after pairing up every Legends mold with a Titan Master?

Its the second reason.

News Credits: 462 · Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:56 pm

Kurona wrote:Have they given up on packaging Titan Masters with Legends figures, then? Or are there just so many different Titan Masters compared to Legends figures that they were left over with a few after pairing up every Legends mold with a Titan Master?

This appears to just be a way to get three Hasbro version heads out in Japan whose larger main line toys already have Japanese version heads, as well as three Titan Masters whose being body-less heads wouldn't make sense in the main line. Think of this as just something extra done in addition to the main line's offerings.

News Credits: 241 · Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:56 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Kurona wrote:Have they given up on packaging Titan Masters with Legends figures, then? Or are there just so many different Titan Masters compared to Legends figures that they were left over with a few after pairing up every Legends mold with a Titan Master?

Its the second reason.

Actually it makes me wonder why Brawn is included, as he's the only non-repeat in the set. Is his pretool already lined up? :-?

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jan 22, 2017 12:00 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Kurona wrote:Have they given up on packaging Titan Masters with Legends figures, then? Or are there just so many different Titan Masters compared to Legends figures that they were left over with a few after pairing up every Legends mold with a Titan Master?

Its the second reason.

Actually it makes me wonder why Brawn is included, as he's the only non-repeat in the set. Is his pretool already lined up?

Well, it wouldn't make sense for him to be just a head in the main line. Putting him in this convention exclusive allows him to see some form of release in Japan while also allowing his Legends class mold to potentially get released in the main line.

News Credits: 191 · Sun Jan 22, 2017 12:02 am

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Kurona wrote:Have they given up on packaging Titan Masters with Legends figures, then? Or are there just so many different Titan Masters compared to Legends figures that they were left over with a few after pairing up every Legends mold with a Titan Master?

Its the second reason.

Actually it makes me wonder why Brawn is included, as he's the only non-repeat in the set. Is his pretool already lined up?
Well, it wouldn't make sense for him to be just a head in the main line. Putting him in this convention exclusive allows him to see some form of release in Japan while also allowing his Legends class mold to potentially get released in the main line.

Why wouldn't it make sense?