Wolfman Jake wrote:You tossed Alpha Bravo a bone, but no mention of Rook!? For shame!
SG Roadbuster wrote:"Japanese fans had to pay double for the combiner wars g2 boxsets"
and us westerners had to pay double for Grand Galvatron, Megatronia, and Baldigus.
ScottyP wrote:Alternately: with a plethora of other beautiful Valkyrie toys, no one in Japan missed out on all that much in not getting Jetfire.
william-james88 wrote:It seems obvious now, but the idea of Jetfre did not come to me immediately. Macross is deeply associated to Japan so to think that they would not have access to Jetfire was almost unthinkable. But it's true. Because Macross is Japanese, the classic Valkyrie mold could only be released as a Macross toy in Japan. Hasbro, on the other hand, was able to import that figure and incorporate it within the Transformers line as Jetfire, one of the best toys of the entire G1 toyline. Japan never saw that Macross toy in the glorious red and white deco as Jetfire, and most likely never will.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:william-james88 wrote:It seems obvious now, but the idea of Jetfre did not come to me immediately. Macross is deeply associated to Japan so to think that they would not have access to Jetfire was almost unthinkable. But it's true. Because Macross is Japanese, the classic Valkyrie mold could only be released as a Macross toy in Japan. Hasbro, on the other hand, was able to import that figure and incorporate it within the Transformers line as Jetfire, one of the best toys of the entire G1 toyline. Japan never saw that Macross toy in the glorious red and white deco as Jetfire, and most likely never will.
The reason for no Transformers release in Japan is less to do with Macross (after all, by that logic there would never have been Transformers rereleases of the toys that had already been put out under Diaclone!) and more to do with the fact that when Takatoku Toys went under, they and all their molds were bought up by Bandai. Bandai is Takara's arch-rival. Hasbro was able to license the Valkyrie mold (and others like the Beetras and Dorvack molds) because Bandai had no real US presence at the time and thus didn't care. Licensing it to their main competitor in Japan on the other hand? Soooo not happening
Also, are you absolutely sure Japan never got the red and white deco on the big Valkyrie? That would be very weird considering that was the livery of Hikaru's, one of the main ones on the show. And featured in the intro.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:The reason for no Transformers release in Japan is less to do with Macross (after all, by that logic there would never have been Transformers rereleases of the toys that had already been put out under Diaclone!)
william-james88 wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:The reason for no Transformers release in Japan is less to do with Macross (after all, by that logic there would never have been Transformers rereleases of the toys that had already been put out under Diaclone!)
You sure about that? That logic doesnt seem to hold since Diaclone was by Takara, the same licence holder of Transformers in Japan. So there is no conflict, its the same toys sold by the same company but under different branding. But we cant say the same about toys not made by Takara, hence why there was no Omega Supreme released in Japan back in the 80s, and it was only released once Takara and Tomy were the same company. The same would thus hold true for Macross.
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