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Sabrblade wrote:Alfes 2010 took all those pics.

fixed. the page wasnt in english so i just went by the addy. my bad. thanks sabre

Mine shipped and will be coming in January. Cant wait. I loce that two face chest.

A bit late. Legends Wreckers crew. Kind of disappointed with my RB because of te loose shoulder ratchets. Still quite awesome with the illiterate jarhead and the ex (?) psycho together.

fenrir72 wrote:

Is this from Lena? I guess it means I will be getting my Whirl and Gelshark soon. I am looking at the pics of Roadbuster and for the life of me I cannot see much paint app differences from the Hasbro one. And the Hasbro one had stickers with it, so I was hoping that Takara would have some of them tampographed instead. Let me know if there are some paint apps I am not seeing.

Takara's Roadbuster has more G1-toy accurate paint apps on the legs (thighs are completely orange, green detailing on the outsides of his lower legs) and green light-piped eyes where the Hasbro version's eyes are painted over with green paint, rendering the gimmick useless.

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Is this from Lena? I guess it means I will be getting my Whirl and Gelshark soon. I am looking at the pics of Roadbuster and for the life of me I cannot see much paint app differences from the Hasbro one. And the Hasbro one had stickers with it, so I was hoping that Takara would have some of them tampographed instead. Let me know if there are some paint apps I am not seeing.

Nope. Got this from amiami and hobbysearch.

Wolfman Jake got it spot on. Light piping optics. No paint in the thighs but an added green patch on the side legs. The Autobot symbol is tampographed. And a bit lose on the shoulders.

The orange in the plastic is a bit more lighter.

The shoulders on my Takara Roadbuster are just as tight as those on my Hasbro version, which is to say VERY tight. The joints have a very hearty ratcheting mechanism on both pieces I own. I think the issue of loose shoulders is not a systemic one with Takara's batch.

Nice pics!! I'm considering Takara Roadbuster now, and that Whirl is growing on me too.

Thanks to Seibertronian Shakaji providing us the links, we now have two new Alfes2010 galleries to share with you. Up first is Legends (Generations) Voyager Class Gel Shark (Sky-Byte) who is sporting a metallic and show accurate deco, whereas the Hasbro version deviated but still homaged the original. (You can see the Hasbro version of this figure in our galleries right here.)

Alfes2010 also posted a gallery of Legends Jetfire, which you'll also notice has a few different changes to it to differentiate from the US version. No chrome on the weapons/fastpack, the weapons are painted like the promotional images we were shown almost a year ago, and new paint/different paint apps on the figure's body itself. (You can see our gallery of the US version here.)

We've mirrored a few of the images below, and you can click on each figure's images to be take to their respective page entries over at Alfes2010's blog.

Gel Shark:










Jetfire:














If you have either figure preordered, you should be seeing them in stock at your favorite etailer shortly, so until then you'll have to let these images whet your appetite for a bit longer.

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

Strange thing about that Gelshark/Sky-Byte toy is that the packaging winds up using both names at once, with "SKY-BYTE" written in English and "Gerushaaku" written in Katakana.

Sabrblade wrote:Strange thing about that Gelshark/Sky-Byte toy is that the packaging winds up using both names at once, with "SKY-BYTE" written in English and "Gerushaaku" written in Katakana.

We had the same thing with Optimus Primal/Convoy and Rattrap/Rattle. I'm more surprised that TakaraTomy kept "Jetfire" for the Leader, even though he should be called "Skyfire" in accordance with the Henkei toy.

I found an even bigger surprise: his bio actually mentions RID or Robots in Disguise, plus it acknowledges his name in that series to be Sky-Byte (スカイバイト sukaibaito)!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'm more surprised that TakaraTomy kept "Jetfire" for the Leader, even though he should be called "Skyfire" in accordance with the Henkei toy.

Well, they've had other Jetfire toys named "Jetfire". The G2 Cyberjet, for instance.

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'm more surprised that TakaraTomy kept "Jetfire" for the Leader, even though he should be called "Skyfire" in accordance with the Henkei toy.

Well, they've had other Jetfire toys named "Jetfire". The G2 Cyberjet, for instance.

True, "Skyfire" isn't mention anywhere in his bio, but the cartoon itself is...

btw edited the post about Gelshark

Hey guys (and girls), I got a question. I was playing around with Hasbro's Roadbuster and comparing him to the Takara Legends version and I caught something odd in this picture:



How is that small missile launcher being kept in place near his right elbow?

william-james88 wrote:Hey guys (and girls), I got a question. I was playing around with Hasbro's Roadbuster and comparing him to the Takara Legends version and I caught something odd in this picture:



How is that small missile launcher being kept in place near his right elbow?

Is it attached to his chest instead?

Sabrblade wrote:
Is it attached to his chest instead?

AHA! I didnt even know there were holes there, thanks dude!

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:
Is it attached to his chest instead?

AHA! I didnt even know there were holes there, thanks dude!

Wow I never noticed the launcher there before. The fun things people do with their toys.

just thought i would post some whirl mold comparison shots! enjoy!

shajaki wrote:
oh WJ... how right you are about our friend lena. my whirl and shocky are crisp and minty. i reaaaallly hope they list some more skybytes!

Haha, thanks for the nice words! I am so impressed with the quality of these Legends figures! Oh man, I wish it so much for you that you get a Gelshark. For the life of me I do not know why these were not chosen to be boxed and sold. Maybe this is just a case of overproduction and extra figures left once they had enough to fill their quota. Regardless, we got very luck this time.

Also, I wanted ot post here because I am looking at reviews of Hasbro's Generation Skybyte and they are resoundingly negative. Granted, the deco on Takara's is insanely better especially for that asymetric chest). But there are problems said that I simply dont see. I will agree that the right arm is odd and lazy and awkward. But, the complaints about him looking down and being unstable don't hold any water. He has amazing balance due to the way the feet are made (also seen negatively). And this allows for a nice curvature of his spine which makes it really easy to place him in a pose where he looks straight.



Also, as crappy as my cellphone image is, you guys can make out his eyes and what color they are. Which is why I do not get the criticism that the paint job on the eyes isn't great on the hasbro version. I mean, how bad can it be that you can't see his eyes?

william-james88 wrote:Oh man, I wish it so much for you that you get a Gelshark.

ha! dont worry bout me. ill buy a MISB one if i have to.

william-james88 wrote:Also, I wanted ot post here because I am looking at reviews of Hasbro's Generation Skybyte and they are resoundingly negative. Granted, the deco on Takara's is insanely better especially for that asymetric chest). But there are problems said that I simply dont see. I will agree that the right arm is odd and lazy and awkward. But, the complaints about him looking down and being unstable don't hold any water. He has amazing balance due to the way the feet are made (also seen negatively). And this allows for a nice curvature of his spine which makes it really easy to place him in a pose where he looks straight.

he did get a bad wrap. and i initially had issues with him, but he's really grown on me.

the right arm is actually my only complaint now. but if you think about it its not that big a deal since he doesnt have anything to hold or reason to point the arm (ala classics megatron). so the fixed wrist aint no thang
incidentally, i really like the other arm because the fin/claw/pincer thing can actually open and close this time around.

as for the instability, i might be able to shed some light (just a theory though). when transforming his legs, theres a part where you snap the shins into the knees, making the legs quite solid. but when i opened mine (he's obviously packaged in bot mode) and his legs are not securely snapped together properly. so assuming the he was TF'd right, i thought "damn those are some awkward unstable legs". but then i TF'd him to shark, then back to bot, and i figured it out.

so... maybe people arent transforming him correctly...? either way, he is rather solid and is a pretty great figure.

shajaki wrote:
the right arm is actually my only complaint now. but if you think about it its not that big a deal since he doesnt have anything to hold or reason to point the arm (ala classics megatron). so the fixed wrist aint no thang
incidentally, i really like the other arm because the fin/claw/pincer thing can actually open and close this time around.

as for the instability, i might be able to shed some light (just a theory though). when transforming his legs, theres a part where you snap the shins into the knees, making the legs quite solid. but when i opened mine (he's obviously packaged in bot mode) and his legs are not securely snapped together properly. so assuming the he was TF'd right, i thought "damn those are some awkward unstable legs". but then i TF'd him to shark, then back to bot, and i figured it out.

so... maybe people arent transforming him correctly...? either way, he is rather solid and is a pretty great figure.

Those were my thoughts. Coming from Lena, he was loose so I knew he wasn't in the definite transformed mode when I got him, which made me seek out his best transformation before commenting.

And funny you mention Classics Megs. I thought the SAME thing. And I love classic megs, so I can totally get behind this figure especially since, like you, that arm is my only issue. He is surprisingly stable and solid. I am very impressed by his design. And that Shark mode has the best paneling I have seen in quite a while.

I've got Gelshark preordered... Super excited for him!

I'd still buy the Hasbro version on sight, though, if I ever see him...

megatronus wrote:I've got Gelshark preordered... Super excited for him!

I'd still buy the Hasbro version on sight, though, if I ever see him...

Why get the hasbro if you have the Gelshark on the way? I hope I dont come across as elitist to takara, I am just curious. Also, does anyone know why Hasbro did not go for the asymmetrical chest? Because every version of the character ever depicted seem to have the two colored chest design, unless I am wrong (in that case, please let me know).