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Takara has revealed four addition store giveaway campaign Arms Microns! These four Arms Microns come in a smokey gray translucent plastic and will be available on April 28th for Japanese customers at select retailers.

Autobase Aichi via Google Translate wrote:◆ Micron shadow Arms campaign gift
Micron presents clear version of the Black Arms campaign. Starting at 4/28 either.

* Shadow C.L.: Toys R Us all stores. TF 3000 yen or more prime product
* Shadow R.A.: ion toy department. Optimus AM01 each purchase.
* Shadow Gora/Gola: Joshin, Bic Camera. TF 3000 yen or more prime product.
* Shadow Balo/Bulo: Yamada Denki, Yodobashi, Edion. TF 3000 yen or more prime product.

This. makes. my. head. hurt.

Now where'd I put that damn Advil?

Shurikenbull is still my least favourite but damn, i want them all!

edit: the cost isn't even that excessive for these ones. Shipping is probably the only thing stopping me here...well, that and knowing someone who could go get 3000yen worth of TFs and a free minicon for me. Anyone making a shopping trip today?

Darn it, i really want that sword and tri-barrel gun... Let's try to write an email to Hasbro Singapore...

Well, Takara Singapore has imported exclusive beyblade giveaways from japan, for similar campaigns... Wait... Why isn't Takara Singapore importing Transformers then...

Seibertron wrote:This. makes. my. head. hurt.

Now where'd I put that damn Advil?

It's gonna make that wallet hurt!

Bleh at the Google translation.

Sabrblade wrote:Bleh at the Google translation.

care to elaborate?

Must have!!!!! Awesome exclusives.

craggy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Bleh at the Google translation.

care to elaborate?

The actual names are:

- C.L. (Cliffjumper)
- R.A. (Ratchet)
- Gola/Gora (Gorilla)
- Bulo (Buffalo)

Moral of this post: *never* trust online translators alone.

I like the mistranslated names for the first 2 more.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

craggy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Bleh at the Google translation.

care to elaborate?

The actual names are:

- C.L. (Cliffjumper)
- R.A. (Ratchet)
- Gola/Gora (Gorilla)
- Bulo (Buffalo)

Moral of this post: *never* trust online translators alone.

Not just that, but the whole "Engrish" feel of it.

And, now it's "Balo".

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

craggy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Bleh at the Google translation.

care to elaborate?

The actual names are:

- C.L. (Cliffjumper)
- R.A. (Ratchet)
- Gola/Gora (Gorilla)
- Bulo (Buffalo)

Moral of this post: *never* trust online translators alone.

Not just that, but the whole "Engrish" feel of it.

And, now it's "Balo".

I like "Bulo" better, since that preserves the pun in both languages. To elaborate:

バッファロー (baffalou/baffarou) = Buffalo
バロ (balo/baro) = Bulo

Don't you just hate vowels between Japanese and English? I know I do.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And, now it's "Balo".

I like "Bulo" better, since that preserves the pun in both languages. To elaborate:

バッファロー (baffalou/baffarou) = Buffalo
バロ (balo/baro) = Bulo

Don't you just hate vowels between Japanese and English? I know I do.

Yeah, but the Romanized form of the name is "Baro", hence the "Ba" pronounciation. Though, we could say that the pun is more of "Buffalo" instead of "Buffalo".

Blurrz wrote:Oh dear.

Well they'll go great with a clear grey bulk.

Spoiler Alert!!! But true!

More "not" Targetmasters from Takara. Thank heaven for Mastershooter creations...

(Im not saying theyre not cool for people who collect TF Prime stuff, I just want to see more G1 styled targetmasters that ARE NOT repaints of Nightstick)

Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, but the Romanized form of the name is "Baro", hence the "Ba" pronounciation. Though, we could say that the pun is more of "Buffalo" instead of "Buffalo".

not sure either of those is really an honest to goodness, according to Whiteley "pun".

craggy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, but the Romanized form of the name is "Baro", hence the "Ba" pronounciation. Though, we could say that the pun is more of "Buffalo" instead of "Buffalo".

not sure either of those is really an honest to goodness, according to Whiteley "pun".

Here's what TFWiki wrote on the matter:

Balo's name is a shortening of "buffalo", accomplished by dropping the middle syllable from the Japanese spelling of the word, turning baffarō (バッファロー) into baro (バロ). It's a bit fiddly when it comes to being effectively translated, though: if we were attempting to recreate the intent of the name's origin in English, he'd be "Bulo", but that's not how his name is actually pronounced, so... nngh.

More?!

I was pretty pleased with myself for getting the last 7, but 4 more?

My wallet hurts...!!

Sabrblade wrote:

craggy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, but the Romanized form of the name is "Baro", hence the "Ba" pronounciation. Though, we could say that the pun is more of "Buffalo" instead of "Buffalo".

not sure either of those is really an honest to goodness, according to Whiteley "pun".

Here's what TFWiki wrote on the matter:

Balo's name is a shortening of "buffalo", accomplished by dropping the middle syllable from the Japanese spelling of the word, turning baffarō (バッファロー) into baro (バロ). It's a bit fiddly when it comes to being effectively translated, though: if we were attempting to recreate the intent of the name's origin in English, he'd be "Bulo", but that's not how his name is actually pronounced, so... nngh.

Here's what wikipedia says about puns. Shortening a name by removing the middle of it isn't a pun, unless Bulo, or Balo or Baro means something in Japanese that makes the naming of a robot buffalo funny.

That Shadow RA figure is actually at Aeon stores. It's katakanized as イオン. TF Prime figures have been pretty thin on the ground in Aeon department stores in my area, so I don't hold out much hope for that guy, but it's worth checking in one location while I'm at the Toys'R'Us next door. I'm suddenly glad I haven't bought any Prime figures yet. It's time to go hunting!

EDIT: AND Yamada Denki? Dammit, can't afford all three. I'm not used to so many exclusives showing up in my not-as-cool-as-Nagoya/Kyoto/Osaka/Tokyo city.

The campaign figures have arrived on schedule at Toys'R'Us and Yamada Denki. The YD folks didn't understand how the promo works, so buying 2 figures to reach the ¥3000 yen threshold netted me 2 of Shadow Bulo and 2 of a strange multi-character foil sticker sheet. It looks like it should add tribal tattoos, bullet holes, license plates and faction symbols to whatever figure I feel like. It's marked "Not for Resale" and "Custom Label" and, very roughly, "stick it where you like on your Transformer figure."

Today's loot:


The customizing sticker sheet:


Now for the pain of deciding how much is in the budget to keep and what needs to be sold to pay for the rest of them. The sprues make it so much more difficult not to open the packages.

Nice haul, I might be interested of one of those Microns is for sale?

This set is up on eBay for $99.99 shipped!! I grabbed 2 sets

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200753545874?_t ... 230wt_1163