Flashwave wrote:Kurona wrote:william-james88 wrote:Autobot N wrote:Since Kaiser is a Platinum, I'll probably wait to see what Takara does with him, since the price won't be that different anyway.
Actually him being a Platinnum is a good indication that Takara wont do him. So far any platinum release from Takara is just a rerelease of the US version. So odds are if Takara releases Liokaiser, it will just be this same toy.
Thing is, what have the Platinum releases aside from those been? Pretty much just straight redecoes of older toys - some less old than others; Autobot Heroes literally has a toy from last year; releases of Takara-exclusive molding like Battle Grimlock which... well, should be obvious why Takara didn't release them, and... I think aside from all that, the only unique tooling a Platinum set has ever had was the Sweep's head in the Cyclonus' Armada set which I can easily see why they didn't care.
This? This is a set that has never seen any retail release and has completely unique tooling on four of it's figures. If any Platinum set has a likelihood to be released or improved by Takara, it's most certainly this.
Counter Argument: LioKaiser is a Japanese character. He is most prevalent to the Japanese fanbase. While that certainly lends itself to Takara wanting to hit him out of the park, why haven't they done him yet? its the International company doing the homage for a market clamoring for it, who didnt know he existed until the internet told them about it 10-15 years ago
Because every other Combiner is much more relevant and popular?
Just because he's from Japan doesn't mean the Japanese fans don't like their Devastators and Superions more. Even in Japan the likes of Victory are still obscure compared to the original three seasons. A lot of people don't seem to understand this fsr
Just because they haven't done him before doesn't mean they won't do him. I don't see why him being a Japanese character means anything at all other than it makes Takara more likely to do him.