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Here at Seibertron.com we've made the leap into Japanese hobby specialist magazine, in our mission and dedication to bring the best content to our members and fellow Transformers fans! To that purpose, check out below a full scan of the latest issue of Dengeki and Hobby Japan magazines, featuring Takara Tomy's offerings in the United Warriors (Combiner Wars), Adventure (RID), QT, Legends and Masterpiece lines, including their own Superion - and full Aerialbot shots - main animated series cast with Bumblebee, G2 Bumblebee and Exhaust, Arcee, Chromia and Windblade plus Leader Megatron, DMK Battle of Hong Kong Optimus Prime and much more - check it all out below!

That Leader class Megs looks fantastic. The only thing i don't like is that i would have preferred if he was Voyager class. I don't understand Hasbro's fixation to make Megatron bigger than Prime.

Dang that Full Armor kit with the Green Psychoframe for the PG unicorn...

Really glad I waited for Takara's Arcee and Chromia.

What are those blue and white skeleton things?

Nemesis Primal wrote:What are those blue and white skeleton things?

Something called "Jointform"

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:What are those blue and white skeleton things?

Something called "Jointform"

Thanks.

Yep, that is definitely stock photography of the Hasbro Generations Megatron being used for Takara's Legends Megatron.

After sitting on the appearance of the Aerialbots, I think I've pinned their alt-modes. Skydive is a Mig-29, Fireflight/Slingshot and Air Raid are both decently close to the Harrier and F-14 Tomcat respectively. However Silverbolt's alt mode is made up. It's really a mishmash of different aircraft here. The Mig-29 in the Soviet analog to Skydive's original alt-mode the F-16. The Harrier is what Slingshot originally turned into, meanwhile Fireflight turned into the totally unrelated F-4. The F-14 on the other hand is the US Navy's contemporary to the F-15 of the US Air Force, which was Air Raid's original alt-mode. So for some reason they updated all of their alt-modes to aircraft that aren't really any newer, or that make any more sense (As in the case of Silverbolt, where his exotic shape makes him look goofy, and is sort of a B-line thematically). Interesting stuff to ponder, It's like they just searched "Airplane" on Google images and took the first five pictures whether real or fake.

welcometothedarksyde wrote:After sitting on the appearance of the Aerialbots, I think I've pinned their alt-modes. Skydive is a Mig-29, Fireflight/Slingshot and Air Raid are both decently close to the Harrier and F-14 Tomcat respectively. However Silverbolt's alt mode is made up. It's really a mishmash of different aircraft here. The Mig-29 in the Soviet analog to Skydive's original alt-mode the F-16. The Harrier is what Slingshot originally turned into, meanwhile Fireflight turned into the totally unrelated F-4. The F-14 on the other hand is the US Navy's contemporary to the F-15 of the US Air Force, which was Air Raid's original alt-mode. So for some reason they updated all of their alt-modes to aircraft that aren't really any newer, or that make any more sense (As in the case of Silverbolt, where his exotic shape makes him look goofy, and is sort of a B-line thematically). Interesting stuff to ponder, It's like they just searched "Airplane" on Google images and took the first five pictures whether real or fake.

I won't get into the individual bots, as unlike in the 80's, Hasbro has to watch it designs and make them half-way "generic" or else they would need to get permission from the plane makers no different than getting permission from GM, Dodge, Ford, VW, etc to use different car forms. Hasbro did the same thing with the earlier Generations/Classics stuff with the cars. That being said, in regard to Silverbolt's "exotic...goofy shape," I submit this for your consideration.... The XB-70, one of the USAF's first ventures into a supersonic bomber...Looks a tad familiar don't ya think You should read the wiki on the XB-70, it was one BAD MF. With what it could do, it would be a perfect form for a robot in disguise...

Although a more modern Aerialbots should really have a B-2 as Silverbolt, and throw in an F-22, F-35, MAYBE an F-117, and maybe an Osprey. Ultimately, whatever modern aircraft choosen need to be from the SAME country because a group of multinational fighters roaming together would be weird/suspect. Honestly (wish coming here) I think a team of vintage aircraft would be cool... like the ones you see at airshows, PERFECT cover!! I am thinking a B-29 or B-17 Silverbolt then throw in a Japanese Zero, a P-51, an Mig-18, an F-86, Messerschmitt Me 262...Combos are limitless really.

Uncontrolable_myosin wrote:Dang that Full Armor kit with the Green Psychoframe for the PG unicorn...

If the MG set is any indication, it will be unbalanced as hell, and at PG scale, I have no idea where you're going to get the space to display it with those huge thrusters jutting out of the backpack. But you kinda need them to keep it from toppling over.

Also, I want that windblade.

Following our earlier post about scans from the latest issue of the Dengeki hobby magazine, we now have new scans from Figure Oh #204 which recently came out. These Also show a variety of upcoming figures from the Legends, Q, and Masterpiece line.

But first, here are some other scans from the Dengeki March 2015 issue. These include the upcoming Genesis Megatron and Playstation Optimus coming from Takara Tomy T-Arts division. These give an idea of the scale of these figures.









Scans from Figure Oh #204

I wish Takara would go ahead and reveal their deco for Legends LG13 Megatron already, instead of still using Hasbro stock photos for it.

Sabrblade wrote:I wish Takara would go ahead and reveal their deco for Legends LG13 Megatron already, instead of still using Hasbro stock photos for it.

what if it looks exactly the same?

Optimizzy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I wish Takara would go ahead and reveal their deco for Legends LG13 Megatron already, instead of still using Hasbro stock photos for it.

what if it looks exactly the same?

Then that would be disappointing for those anticipating a different/cooler-looking deco for the figure from Takara.

Takara's Roadbuster was too similar to Hasbro's deco that I just didn't bother with it and picked up the Hasbro version instead. But Takara's Gelshark/Sky-Byte, Arcee, and Windblade all look good enough for me to want those over Hasbro's.

I kinda imagine that since the scheme Hasbro has is favorable to the fans, we wont see much of a difference except a tweak here or there. I bet they will do a G2 version eventually though.

what is that optimus prime thing on the bottom picture?

Ultra Markus wrote:what is that optimus prime thing on the bottom picture?

A remote-controlled robot that was used for robot fighting in Japan.

So no Legion class...

Do you guys know where can scans of the rest of the issue can be found?

Can some one tell me what it says about those five little jet things down in the corner of the first image?

DMSL wrote:That Leader class Megs looks fantastic. The only thing i don't like is that i would have preferred if he was Voyager class. I don't understand Hasbro's fixation to make Megatron bigger than Prime.

Welcome to the amazing world of first world problems!

Kegor wrote:Can some one tell me what it says about those five little jet things down in the corner of the first image?

In the first image?

If you mean the second image, it's just the Aerialbots.

Sabrblade wrote:

Kegor wrote:Can some one tell me what it says about those five little jet things down in the corner of the first image?

In the first image?

If you mean the second image, it's just the Aerialbots.

I think he means the from this image:



They're from Shooting Game Historica REBOOT, a line of model ships from popular Arcade shooter games. This particular model is from the game Terra Cresta.