chuckdawg1999 wrote:How much longer do you think it'll be before Takara says screw it and goes back to doing their own designs on figures?
M. Spector wrote:See. the thing about Siege Magnus is he doesnt need the black guns to cover up the front end of the trailer/hauler section! Overall, the Kingdom one does have a smoother, chunkier atheistic but for my collection, Siege is still supreme. The more nimble vibe and crazy details are more appealing to my eye and the vehicle could def pass as an earth mode much like Sideswipe or Spinister
Sentinel_Primal wrote:I think what would have sold me on Kingdom Mags is if they had actually retooled ER Prime into the inner bot instead of the Siege figure. He's just too... Slapped together? The inner bot doesn't look great to me, and honestly the armor parts could have done with a bit more work
Jeddostotle7 wrote:Sentinel_Primal wrote:I think what would have sold me on Kingdom Mags is if they had actually retooled ER Prime into the inner bot instead of the Siege figure. He's just too... Slapped together? The inner bot doesn't look great to me, and honestly the armor parts could have done with a bit more work
IIRC, according to one or two of the leakers over on TFW, retooling ER Prime and giving him new trailer parts to become Ultra Magnus was originally the plan for Kingdom Magnus, but that apparently turned out to push it over-budget or something, so they ended up just retooling Siege Magnus.
Jeddostotle7 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:How much longer do you think it'll be before Takara says screw it and goes back to doing their own designs on figures?
Given the whole reason for the "brand unification" in the first place was lackluster sales on Takara's side, and that seems to have continued leading to things like making a substantial portion of the Earthrise line TTMall exclusives: a very long time, if ever.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Jeddostotle7 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:How much longer do you think it'll be before Takara says screw it and goes back to doing their own designs on figures?
Given the whole reason for the "brand unification" in the first place was lackluster sales on Takara's side, and that seems to have continued leading to things like making a substantial portion of the Earthrise line TTMall exclusives: a very long time, if ever.
Really? I heard it was because Hasbro was losing sales to the Takara because collectors were going for the Takara releases over the Hasbro versions.
Sentinel_Primal wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Jeddostotle7 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:How much longer do you think it'll be before Takara says screw it and goes back to doing their own designs on figures?
Given the whole reason for the "brand unification" in the first place was lackluster sales on Takara's side, and that seems to have continued leading to things like making a substantial portion of the Earthrise line TTMall exclusives: a very long time, if ever.
Really? I heard it was because Hasbro was losing sales to the Takara because collectors were going for the Takara releases over the Hasbro versions.
Nope. Takara's sales had been declining since Transformers Prime, and during the Prime Wars Trilogy fans in Japan had to order online because lots of stores weren't even putting Transformers on shelves anymore and the subsequent loss of revenue resulted in Hasbro offering to bail out Takara with the big requirement being Brand Unification
Jeddostotle7 wrote:Slight clarification (not to Sentinel, just for anyone reading Sentinel's post): due to how collector/toy stores in Japan apparently work, stores not putting Transformers on shelves doesn't meant they weren't selling them at that store, just that it's something you had to ask them to get from the back. Transformers being relegated to that still means they were underperforming sales/popularity-wise, just not quite the total physical-retail-presence apocalypse it might sound like if you didn't have this context.
-Kanrabat- wrote:I may add that ordering the more "fancy" Takara version for non-Japanese collectors was pretty much uncommon. It may not have appeared so on forums where the hardcore are vocals, but in the real world not many people wanted to pay double or triple the price to import a fancier toy instead of just going to their local store.
Jeddostotle7 wrote:Basically, a lot of collectors spend a lot of time in places like this, see how frequently talked about these kinds of topics are, and extrapolate that to assume they make for a much larger buying force than they actually are.
Sentinel_Primal wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Jeddostotle7 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:How much longer do you think it'll be before Takara says screw it and goes back to doing their own designs on figures?
Given the whole reason for the "brand unification" in the first place was lackluster sales on Takara's side, and that seems to have continued leading to things like making a substantial portion of the Earthrise line TTMall exclusives: a very long time, if ever.
Really? I heard it was because Hasbro was losing sales to the Takara because collectors were going for the Takara releases over the Hasbro versions.
Nope. Takara's sales had been declining since Transformers Prime, and during the Prime Wars Trilogy fans in Japan had to order online because lots of stores weren't even putting Transformers on shelves anymore and the subsequent loss of revenue resulted in Hasbro offering to bail out Takara with the big requirement being Brand Unification
Sowndwave76 wrote:IF I get Magnus, it will be the Kingdom version. Simply because of the bot mode.
But this will only happen if I find him on a decent sale. He's retailing for $50?
If I saw him for $35 I wouldn't hesitate.
ZeroWolf wrote:Greetings Seibertronians! We have some possible exciting news for those curious to see the Conmander Class for Transformers War for Cybertron: Kingdom.
It should be pointed out that so far, there is nothing else to go on other then this picture and what information has been shared with leakers so far. The following picture it's self comes from twitter user, @hotconvoy, who doesn't offer a source for the picture.
As you can see, this is just the main body of Rodimus Prime, and though the picture isn't detailed, you can see some details on the legs that matches the style we've seen so far inn the WfC Trilogy. It's too early to say if be shares anything other then looks with the SS86 Voyager Class Hot Rod. We also see two accessories, a sword and a gun.
The picture also gives a Japanese ID number for him as KD-12 as well as a release date (in Japan), as August 2021, as well as his price in Yen. A date is also given of 10th of March, which, if this is to be believed, could be when we get our good and detailed look at the figure and everything he comes with.
Till we have a source for this, or get official confirmation, treat this as rumour.
If this is the real deal, what are your thoughts? Don't think this will be three in a row for Commander Class releases?
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