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News Credits: 409 · Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:51 am

ACToys has images from the new Transformers Generations book.. The book features new and older toys along with artwork and concept drawings. A coupon is included for the mail away figure – Henkei Mirage Electrodisruptor version, as was reported here earlier. Transformers Generations will be released in Japan tomorrow.

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News Credits: 217 · Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:14 am

Hell yeah. Gotta get this.

News Credits: 7 · Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:07 am

I wish they had an English version (with Electro Disruptor Ligier of course).

Oh my aching wallet! :sad:

News Credits: 4 · Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:23 am

How much is this thing again?

And filling out that order form should be fun

News Credits: 8 · Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:40 pm

The book itself shouldn't cost you more than 30$, but as I understand it, you can't order the special Ligier outside of Japan, which is why BBTS has it set up to be able to get the Ligier. Iffin' I wasn't so pressed for cash, I'd be getting the set with that Ligier, but as is I don't even know if I can afford the book... and the book looks nice, but doesn't seem to have as much concept art in it as I would have liked. I think it all depends on how cheap I can get the book alone for...

News Credits: 4 · Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:09 pm

The book looks really nice.

I wonder if it will ever get an American release and be translated into English.

News Credits: 8 · Sun Feb 15, 2009 2:59 pm

Firebird wrote:The book looks really nice.

I wonder if it will ever get an American release and be translated into English.

Highly, highly unlikely.
Much of the product featured in the book with be Jaopanese only releases.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:00 pm

NuclearConvoy wrote:
Firebird wrote:The book looks really nice.

I wonder if it will ever get an American release and be translated into English.

Highly, highly unlikely.
Much of the product featured in the book with be Jaopanese only releases.

Oh well.

Guess its time to start learning Japanese then

News Credits: 34 · Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:03 pm

Couldn't find much info on this book... is it a reprint of Transformers Generations that came out years ago?

News Credits: 409 · Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:57 pm

Supreme Convoy wrote:Couldn't find much info on this book... is it a reprint of Transformers Generations that came out years ago?

I believe it's a completely new book because the pages that were shown are all new.

News Credits: 217 · Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:31 am

Bollocks, my local shop didn't have it. Need to keep searching.

Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:17 am

Yeah, umm..I wouldn't recommend going to that site, I went there just out of curiosity, making a new window from the "Here" link and bam my Mcafee SiteAdvisor turned red, meaning bad, not good. Yellow is caution, like adware or spyware, red, can be much worse, so as usual I don't stick around, I click on X to get the F out of there..

News Credits: 409 · Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:05 am

I just got the book. It is very cool. It basically begins where the Japanese Transformers Collection book left off 2 years ago (for reference http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-Collection-2007-Action-Toy-Guide-Art-Book_W0QQitemZ280311048310QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item280311048310&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A3%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318) . It is similar in style and quality as the former. Lots of detailed pictures showing numerous angles and gimmicks for each bot printed on high quality paper.

There are 100 pages. Each robot gets 1-4 pages. The book covers all of the Henkei figures and nicely includes a frame for each Hasbro version for comparison. The only Henkei not included were Red Alert, Smokescreen, and the Minibots (they'll probably be in volume 2).

For Binaltechs & Masterpiece it has: Arcee, Blue Streak, Argent Meister, Convoy, MP US Edition Starscream, MP Thundercracker, and Grimlock. The details of Grimlock are very cool and include the transformation process. Sorry...can't give away secrets.

For Encore, the book covers from Ironhide through Hoist. (Optimus, Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave were covered in the Transformers Collection). The cassettes and Bruticus were not included, but will probably be in the next volume.

For the miscellenious figures you'll see - Mickey Mouse, Music Label Soundblaster & Exile Label Convoy, along with all the exclusives for the past two years.

Now for the fun part. The reason why this book is called "generations" is because it spans all 25 years ("Generations" is also the campaign name used on Takara Transformers website). Volume 1 gives us an in depth view of all the G1 Optimus Primes ever made (legitimately). Eight pages of Takara & Hasbro Primes showing all the large and small variations between each. There must be 20 Primes shown. I would imagine that the next volume will do something similar, perhaps with a different figure.

The other cool feature of this book is the concept art. Some very interesting, old, and outlandish artwork has been pulled from some dusty archive hidden below Takara's HQ. There are drawings of Powered Convoy (Ultra Magnus). But the armor shown is more similar to the Go-Bot power suits than to the G1 figure. For example, motorcycles are used for the arms and legs. Some other cool drawings include Prime's trailer transforming into a combat vehicle, and Prime himself had a different transformation and head (very Victory looking).

I highly recommend this book if you are into concept art and like referencing Japanese figures from numerous angles.

News Credits: 217 · Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:24 pm

DAMN YOU STORMY!!!

Which book shop did you get this from? If I don't find it today I'll be most miffed. Also, how much is the Ligier mail away?

News Credits: 8 · Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:48 pm

Damn, Stormrider, now I really want both of those books (like my desire for the original Generation Deluxe isnt frustrating enough...). But, dammit, I'm so broke...

News Credits: 409 · Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:26 pm

Diem wrote:DAMN YOU STORMY!!!

Which book shop did you get this from? If I don't find it today I'll be most miffed. Also, how much is the Ligier mail away?

I just went to a small local bookstore in my area that carries the hobby magazines. Geo sometimes carries hobby books, you might want to check there.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:29 pm

Stormrider thanks for the summary.

Does the book mention anything about the Alternity line?

News Credits: 409 · Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:39 pm

Yes, it does cover Optimus Prime Alternity in a lot of detail - 9 pages, with additional pages with prototype pics. Alternity Megs is not covered.

The Lieger exclusive figure is Y4,500. Or, (2) for Y8,400.

Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:35 am

I have the Leiger figure on order form BBTS. I just hate to pay 30 bucks for a book I can't even read. I know thier are lots of pictures, so its pretty darn tempting. I may have to see if any are at Botcon this year so I can leaf through them.

If I can see it myself I may cave and buy one.

I'm pretty stoked about the next volume that will have the ghost of starscream as the figure. Hopefully BBTS will have the same deal there.

News Credits: 217 · Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:37 am

FINALLY got it; had to go to Kinokuniya in Shinjuku. It's a bloody sweet book and I'm confident that non-Japanese speakers can still enjoy it. It's very pretty.

Now to order myself a couple of Rijies.

I wonder how much demand a clear Grimlock would be in for volume 3...

News Credits: 217 · Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:11 am

What the hell? Rijie isn't being mailed out 'til August?

News Credits: 409 · Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:50 am

FantoFan has posted some more scans from the Transformers Generations magazine.

News Credits: 553 · Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:25 am

I picked mine up at Quest. It was displayed with the hobby magazines, much like last year's TF artbook.

News Credits: 1082 · Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:14 am

Can't wait to get mine! Looks really cool. And I quite enjoy these types of collection books even if I cannot read a word from them. The images tell the story for me.

News Credits: 23 · Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:47 am

tigertracks 24 wrote:Can't wait to get mine! Looks really cool. And I quite enjoy these types of collection books even if I cannot read a word from them. The images tell the story for me.

I agree, I get as many tf books as I can. Just to keep a nice detail of everything if I can. I just put my preorder of this book n Liger on BBTS this morning. Can't wait!!