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Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:23 pm**

Site sponsor RobotKingdom has sent us their newsletter, full of products that are now in stock, as well as pre-orders for new products that have just been announced. There's also new pictures of the final product for HeadRobot's Cobra Head, as well as packaging images for all of the new Takara Transfomers Animated releases! Check out all of the goodies below!

#1. Takara Transformers Shanghai Bot.con Alternity A-01U Nissan GT-R Exclusive.
Pre-order, available before Sept 2010.
US$49.9pcs

#2. Takara Henkei Classics C-13 Hound.
Pre-order, restock on June 2010.
US$18.9pcs

#3. Head-on!! Headrobots - Cobra Head.
Available Now!
US$17.5/pcs

#4. Fansproject Warbot : Defender.
Available Now!
US$99.9/pcs

#5. Takara Transformers Animated - Bumblebee Vs. Starscream.
Available Now!
US$55.9/pcs

Takara Transformers Animated - TA01 Optimus Prime.
Available Now!
US$35.9/pcs

Takara Transformers Animated - TA02 Bumblebee.
Available Now!
US$22.9/pcs

Takara Transformers Animated - TA03 Bulkhead.
Available Now!
US$35.9/pcs

Takara Transformers Animated - TA05 Prowl.
Available Now!
US$22.9/pcs

Takara Transformers Animated - TA07 Starscream.
Available Now!
US$35.9/pcs

Takara Transformers Animated - TA10 Cliff Jumper.
Available Now!
US$11.9/pcs

Takara Transformers Animated - TA11 Dargi (Dirge).
Available Now!
US$11.9/pcs

Also, don't forget to check their Just List Items & Restock items!

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Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:36 pm**

Here are a few thoughts I have about Takara's TFA toys.

1. I like that they're packaged in robot mode.

2. I like that they've got the proper colored faction symbols instead of the silver ones Hasbro did.

3. Interesting that the packaging has a "technical point" scale for the level of transformation difficulty.

4. I really like that Takara keeps using the American names instead of the traditional Japanese names (Optimus Prime, Autobots, Decepticons, Bumblebee instead of Convoy, Cybertrons, Destrons, and Bumble). The Transformers have never been as popular in Japan as it has been elsewhere in the world ... so I'd like to think that what they were doing all those years just wasn't working. It makes things much simpler just having it be Optimus Prime no matter what country you're in.

Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:48 pm**

The stripe on BBs chest is on the wrong side.

Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:55 pm**

Seibertron wrote:Here are a few thoughts I have about Takara's TFA toys.
3. Interesting that the packaging has a "technical point" scale for the level of transformation difficulty.

Unless I'm missing something what's Interesting is that cliffjumper and bumblebee have a different "technical point" rating

Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:57 pm**

billybobjoe004 wrote:
Seibertron wrote:Here are a few thoughts I have about Takara's TFA toys.
3. Interesting that the packaging has a "technical point" scale for the level of transformation difficulty.

Unless I'm missing something what's Interesting is that cliffjumper and bumblebee have a different "technical point" rating

Bumblebee is Deluxe class, while Cliffjumper is an Activators class. Thus they're two different size groups.

Posted: **Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:19 am**

Damn Takara for including collector cards... I like the Hasbro versions better, but I'm a sucker for those collector cards. Must resist trading in all of Hasbro versions for the Takara ones...

Posted: **Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:01 am**

Seibertron wrote:
4. I really like that Takara keeps using the American names instead of the traditional Japanese names (Optimus Prime, Autobots, Decepticons, Bumblebee instead of Convoy, Cybertrons, Destrons, and Bumble). The Transformers have never been as popular in Japan as it has been elsewhere in the world ... so I'd like to think that what they were doing all those years just wasn't working. It makes things much simpler just having it be Optimus Prime no matter what country you're in.

Either that or the Michael Bay movies made Takara want to seperate American product from Japanese product as much as possible! It's only Movie and Animated that use the US names, Masterpiece, Alternity, Encore et al are still using the J-names.

Posted: **Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:05 am**

Seibertron wrote:Here are a few thoughts I have about Takara's TFA toys.

1. I like that they're packaged in robot mode.

2. I like that they've got the proper colored faction symbols instead of the silver ones Hasbro did.

3. Interesting that the packaging has a "technical point" scale for the level of transformation difficulty.

4. I really like that Takara keeps using the American names instead of the traditional Japanese names (Optimus Prime, Autobots, Decepticons, Bumblebee instead of Convoy, Cybertrons, Destrons, and Bumble). The Transformers have never been as popular in Japan as it has been elsewhere in the world ... so I'd like to think that what they were doing all those years just wasn't working. It makes things much simpler just having it be Optimus Prime no matter what country you're in.

I also think it's great that for Japanese a release, there seems to be more English on the packaging than their own native language

But yeah, even as a big Hasbro supporter, I'm really digging what TT is doing with the line. I may consider picking up the battle packs to keep MISB.

Posted: **Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:25 am**

I could care less about the Animated stuff I had them all but had to sell most of them because of the job situation, just hoping the rest of the animated figures shown off last year won't be cancelled.

Awesome, well they've shown one of the many Transformer reissues which is Hound now what about Predaking and Sixshot and of course the rest for those who don't have them. =P~

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