Anyone get him yet? TomyTakara Optimus Maximus

Posted:
Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:49 am
by fenrir72
He's just been released in Japan. I'm considering getting one but want to know if there ARE actual differences.
Anybody around here get theirs already? Pics would be appreciated.
Re: Anyone get him yet? TomyTakara Optimus Maximus

Posted:
Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:12 pm
by xyl360
I was going to get him. I had him preordered on BBTS forever until I stopped and took a long look at my preorders and started cutting out some of the items that I was no longer terribly interested in. While I am somewhat interested in him still, once I realized he would cost more than MP Lambor, I decided I had to cut him out.
So now that he's instock, I'm going to wait until he goes on clearance (which I'm certain he will, there's NO WAY he's going to sell out for around $100) and then I'll probably snatch one up, assuming he actually is different from the Hasbro version. If I find out he's no different from the domestic release, then I'll just get that instead, so I like you am awaiting pics or preferrably a review comparing the two versions.
Re: Anyone get him yet? TomyTakara Optimus Maximus

Posted:
Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:57 pm
by xyl360
A quick update. I did finally find some product pics of Takara's version of the mold in-package from Toyarena. As far as I can tell, they're the same, just different boxes:


Re: Anyone get him yet? TomyTakara Optimus Maximus

Posted:
Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:52 pm
by Blurrz
A base for Microns... it all makes sense now.