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[Sabrblade]

"This is the foreign version pictured"

"foreign" meaning "Hasbro" version.

Typical Takara placeholders.

[Wolfman Jake]

"This is the foreign version pictured"

"foreign" meaning "Hasbro" version.

Typical Takara placeholders.

At last, now we know. I was pretty sure there weren't any real differences between Takara's solicitation and Hasbro's stock photography. It'll be interesting to see what Takara does with the deco. I wonder if they'll bother to release the "Armada" version as well. Might they go the extra mile and retool it to put the cannon on his hip?

[DMSL]

A good looking figure but i don't understand why it isn't a voyager class figure. I feel that would make it scale better with the current classic figures.

[Va'al]

"This is the foreign version pictured"

"foreign" meaning "Hasbro" version.

Typical Takara placeholders.

At last, now we know. I was pretty sure there weren't any real differences between Takara's solicitation and Hasbro's stock photography. It'll be interesting to see what Takara does with the deco. I wonder if they'll bother to release the "Armada" version as well. Might they go the extra mile and retool it to put the cannon on his hip?

Yeah, I made an edit to the post to point it out.

[Sabrblade]

It'll be interesting to see what Takara does with the deco. I wonder if they'll bother to release the "Armada" version as well. Might they go the extra mile and retool it to put the cannon on his hip?

Takara seems to be avoiding releasing retools of molds from the same line in their Japanese Generations lines lately.

They never released the FOC Wreckers, Doubledealer, Junkheap, Sky Shadow (Black Shadow), Dreadwing, Goldfire, Crosscut (or Skids, for that matter), Jhiaxus, Nightbeat (outside of Million Publishing's Goshooter exclusive), or any of the GDO retoolings (outside of the Cloud line, which is done).

[Evil Eye]

That looks seriously nice.

[Peridot]

Standing a majestic 25cm tall, Megatron transforms into a burly tank with a firing cannon! The metallic silver paint makes this amazing version of the Decepticon leader really stand out. Don't miss out, place your order now!

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*squeee* Holy crap, 25 centimeters! That's actually slightly taller than MP-10! This is everything I could ever want in an official Hastak Megatron! It'll be even better once someone (and you know someone will) makes articulated hands for it!

[Sabrblade]

*squeee* Holy crap, 25 centimeters! That's actually slightly taller than MP-10!

But we've seen how it sizes up to MP-10. It's shorter.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

*squeee* Holy crap, 25 centimeters! That's actually slightly taller than MP-10!

But we've seen how it sizes up to MP-10. It's shorter.

For the fans of the imperial system, 25 cm is roughly 10 inches.

[Peridot]

*squeee* Holy crap, 25 centimeters! That's actually slightly taller than MP-10!

But we've seen how it sizes up to MP-10. It's shorter.

For the fans of the imperial system, 25 cm is roughly 10 inches.

Exactly. MP-10 is 9.5 inches, and that comparison photo is tiny, squashed horizontally, and not at a great angle.

[Sabrblade]

Exactly. MP-10 is 9.5 inches, and that comparison photo is tiny, squashed horizontally, and not at a great angle.

It is very possible that HLJ was counting the height added by the treads on the figure's back, which can be raised above the figure's head.

[Robogeek1973]

At least Megatron is looking better than he did in the initial pics from a few months ago, as those made him look freaking horrid.

[Emerje]

Funny how the best shots of Hasbro's Megatron come from Takara. I'm optimistic about this being a really good figure, maybe even the best Transformer under US$50. Can't believe Hasbro has gone this long without giving him and Armada Megs a public appearance. Really want to see him under less than ideal conditions.

Then again, I still haven't seen Jetfire in person at any store and the new Walmart shelf reset doesn't have spaces for Leaders so I'll certainly have to buy him online.

Emerje

[CrankyOldTruck]

Looks great in robot mode with all that silver but it just doesn't quite do it for me in tank mode. A tank is supposed to be gritty, rugged and shiny silver just doesn't bring that vibe across.

[william-james88]

Looks great in robot mode with all that silver but it just doesn't quite do it for me in tank mode. A tank is supposed to be gritty, rugged and shiny silver just doesn't bring that vibe across.

We dont know if thats the deco Takara will go for since they are using the Hasbro version for pictures right now. For all we know, we might be in a time of reversal where it is Hasbro who has the shinier finishes, which was the case with Jetfire.

[megatronus]

Looks great in robot mode with all that silver but it just doesn't quite do it for me in tank mode. A tank is supposed to be gritty, rugged and shiny silver just doesn't bring that vibe across.

We dont know if thats the deco Takara will go for since they are using the Hasbro version for pictures right now. For all we know, we might be in a time of reversal where it is Hasbro who has the shinier finishes, which was the case with Jetfire.

If we got a dark grey coloration similar to that of United WFC Megatron, I would be one happy camper.

[Cyberpath]

Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:







Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

[william-james88]

Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

The listing should be for the TakaraTomy one, but the images are of the Hasbro version, used as placeholders. Common practice.

[Sabrblade]

Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

The listing should be for the TakaraTomy one, but the images are of the Hasbro version, used as placeholders. Common practice.

Yeah, they may be of the Hasbro version, but they're being used to promote the Takara toy.

[william-james88]

Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

The listing should be for the TakaraTomy one, but the images are of the Hasbro version, used as placeholders. Common practice.

Yeah, they may be of the Hasbro version, but they're being used to promote the Takara toy.

Sure, but placed above up there without the listing and no other context, it is just a big picture of a toy that is not part of this thread. There is no difference between that post and me posting a bigger picture of Hasbro's Sky Byte.

[Sabrblade]

Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

The listing should be for the TakaraTomy one, but the images are of the Hasbro version, used as placeholders. Common practice.

Yeah, they may be of the Hasbro version, but they're being used to promote the Takara toy.

Sure, but placed above up there without the listing and no other context, it is just a big picture of a toy that is not part of this thread. There is no difference between that post and me posting a bigger picture of Hasbro's Sky Byte.

The listing itself is what's important, and the images we got did come from Takara rather than Hasbro.

[william-james88]

Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

The listing should be for the TakaraTomy one, but the images are of the Hasbro version, used as placeholders. Common practice.

Yeah, they may be of the Hasbro version, but they're being used to promote the Takara toy.

Sure, but placed above up there without the listing and no other context, it is just a big picture of a toy that is not part of this thread. There is no difference between that post and me posting a bigger picture of Hasbro's Sky Byte.

The listing itself is what's important, and the images we got did come from Takara rather than Hasbro.

Are we talking about the same thing here^ This post has no listing, just a bigger picture of a toy that should be elsewhere.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

The listing should be for the TakaraTomy one, but the images are of the Hasbro version, used as placeholders. Common practice.

Yeah, they may be of the Hasbro version, but they're being used to promote the Takara toy.

Sure, but placed above up there without the listing and no other context, it is just a big picture of a toy that is not part of this thread. There is no difference between that post and me posting a bigger picture of Hasbro's Sky Byte.

The listing itself is what's important, and the images we got did come from Takara rather than Hasbro.

Are we talking about the same thing here^ This post has no listing, just a bigger picture of a toy that should be elsewhere.

It claims to be from Amazon Japan. I took the liberty of locating the listing: LG13 Megatron (really, posting the link is a good habit).

[Peridot]

Dat headsculpt tho.