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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:27 am

Courtesy of HK-TF user James_lo we have a couple of images of Takara Tomy's Transformers Go! G07 Bakudora, a metallic redeco of Beast Hunters Deluxe Ripclaw with brand new head mold. Check out the comparison images below.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:36 am

Pretty neat.

I still get a Deathsaurus vibe from him.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:40 am

I'm still not onboard with the separation of colours in beastmode, particularly the blue head and black neck/body. However, Bakudora looks great in botmode to me.

by **Joetx** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:41 am

Bakudora is so much better than Ripclaw.

Any guesses as to whether Hasbro will offer him here?

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:42 am

Joetx wrote:Any guesses as to whether Hasbro will offer him here?

To be honest, I doubt the 'doras will see stateside retail.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:54 am

Someone said Vangelus interviewed the Hasbro guys at BotCon and told him the Go! toys would not be coming stateside.

As for Bakudora, YOWZA! Gorgeous deco! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 12:14 pm

Joetx wrote:Any guesses as to whether Hasbro will offer him here?

I can't see it happening.

The Go! versions of Lazerback, Ripclaw, Skystalker, and Grimwing have head sculpts with a facial aesthetic design that matches the Samurai and Ninja combiner teams. By that, I mean they have noses. It would stand out like a sore thumb.

Also consider that we already have the following repaints of the Predacons in Hasbro's offerings in the way of:

Vertebreak(Lazerback repaint) in wave 4 of Beast Hunters line

Skylynx(Skystalker repaint) in the Predacons Rising subline

Darksteel(Grimwing repaint) in of the Predacons Rising subline

I think that Ser-Ket could be a potential repaint of Ripclaw from Hasbro

by **Joetx** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:24 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Someone said Vangelus interviewed the Hasbro guys at BotCon and told him the Go! toys would not be coming stateside.

That's a shame. The 'doras look so much better than the Hasbro versions.

Plus, the combiner teams look quite sweet as well.

by **Joetx** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:27 pm

Convotron wrote:
Joetx wrote:Any guesses as to whether Hasbro will offer him here?

I can't see it happening.

The Go! versions of Lazerback, Ripclaw, Skystalker, and Grimwing have head sculpts with a facial aesthetic design that matches the Samurai and Ninja combiner teams. By that, I mean they have noses. It would stand out like a sore thumb.

Also consider that we already have the following repaints of the Predacons in Hasbro's offerings in the way of:

Vertebreak(Lazerback repaint) in wave 4 of Beast Hunters line

Skylynx(Skystalker repaint) in the Predacons Rising subline

Darksteel(Grimwing repaint) in of the Predacons Rising subline

I think that Ser-Ket could be a potential repaint of Ripclaw from Hasbro

That's too bad. The new head sculpts, along w/ the color scheme changes, make the 'doras much more attractive. The repaints, although in some instances are an improvement, don't quite do it for me.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:09 pm

I agree, the Go! versions of the Predacons look fantastic. It's too bad that for people outside of Japan, the toys can only be bought normally at the higher TakaraTomy MSRP as well as pay for shipping fees or markup prices if they're available at local specialty stores.

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:29 pm

Yeah, they're expensive, but I gotta get em'. Besides the fact that they look super sweet, I'm also trying to get all of the Predacon repaints, at least those of Deluxe size or larger (still contemplating whether or not to snag the many Abominus/Abominus component repaints as I have the first version and it's not really that impressive to me at all).

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:34 pm

Bakudora - Oh, lord. This thing looks awful. The colors looks so disgusting together, and it doesn't help that he [looks like] a dude in a female's body. EasyPass.

Honestly. Budora is the only decent one thus far. We've yet to see Judora in-hand, but from the scans, he looks like vomit too. Dammit, Takara. What the hell are you doing? First, you make some new horsecrap molds, then you give us a bunch of unappealing repaints (save for Smokescreen), and then you screw up some Predacons, and finally you make a stupid TV miniseries. What are you guys smoking?

News Credits: 387 · by **Bounti76** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:05 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:Bakudora - Oh, lord. This thing looks awful. The colors looks so disgusting together, and it doesn't help that he [looks like] a dude in a female's body. EasyPass.

Yeah, I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees this. The hips are very curvy, the upper chest is prominent...it's only her head that prevents Ripclaw from immediately being identified as a female. Putting a new head on that body just doesn't cut it, in this case.

by **noctorro** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 4:40 am

I'm I the only one who thinks the japanese suck at naming their transformers?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:53 am

noctorro wrote:I'm I the only one who thinks the japanese suck at naming their transformers?

To us English speakers the names may sound like nonsense, but there is some Japanese linguistics involved:

Bakudora: "Baku" means burst or explosion, while "dora" is short for "doragon" or dragon.
Gaidora: Given his function, "Gai" means supernatural.
Goradora: Not yet confirmed, but I read somewhere that "Gora" can mean "Terror" in Sanskrit ( घोर "Ghorá"). Japanese doesn't limit itself to English or Japanese for names.