First look at Japanese Classics repaints
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:54 amHere's the first sets of pictures confirming the "more G1 accurate" repaints of Classics Prime, Bumblebee & Grimlock being released by Takara/Tomy in February & March:
http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=albu...ze=800&start=0
No images yet of Mirage, Starscream or Megatron.
I personally think Prime's repaint looks decent, but not worth justifying the import price to buy the figure again. Bumblebee definitely looks better with the yellow forearms instead of off-white, but overall seems quite plain compared to Hasbro's version and not necessarily worth paying the import price for either. Grimlock with his gold neck is a complete pass imo.
You'll also notice that the rubsigns have been replaced with actual red Autobot faction logos.
Overall, these look pretty much exactly how I expected they would - less yellow on Prime, more yellow & less white on Bumblebee, and more gold & red on Grimlock. Don't have too high of hopes for Mirage either, but am still VERY anxious to see what they do with Megatron & Starscream.
PS: no use wondering/hoping/speculating what they'll do with Astrotrain, Cliffjumper, Jetfire, etc. since none of the Classics besides the current 6 listed above have been announced or confirmed yet.
Enjoy... and here's hoping this thread doesn't degrade into yet another bunch tired "they should/shouldn't release the BotCon Seekers..." debates.
http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=albu...ze=800&start=0
No images yet of Mirage, Starscream or Megatron.
I personally think Prime's repaint looks decent, but not worth justifying the import price to buy the figure again. Bumblebee definitely looks better with the yellow forearms instead of off-white, but overall seems quite plain compared to Hasbro's version and not necessarily worth paying the import price for either. Grimlock with his gold neck is a complete pass imo.
You'll also notice that the rubsigns have been replaced with actual red Autobot faction logos.
Overall, these look pretty much exactly how I expected they would - less yellow on Prime, more yellow & less white on Bumblebee, and more gold & red on Grimlock. Don't have too high of hopes for Mirage either, but am still VERY anxious to see what they do with Megatron & Starscream.
PS: no use wondering/hoping/speculating what they'll do with Astrotrain, Cliffjumper, Jetfire, etc. since none of the Classics besides the current 6 listed above have been announced or confirmed yet.
Enjoy... and here's hoping this thread doesn't degrade into yet another bunch tired "they should/shouldn't release the BotCon Seekers..." debates.
