Additional Images of Encore Twincast and Soundblaster

I just want the cassettes! Why are they making this so difficult!

Mkall wrote:I just want the cassettes!

You and me both. I can't tell you how many times I've thought about dropping my pre-order and just going shopping with the money set aside for this but for those cassettes!

Midnight_Fox wrote:

Mkall wrote:I just want the cassettes!

You and me both. I can't tell you how many times I've thought about dropping my pre-order and just going shopping with the money set aside for this but for those cassettes!

It would be awesome if they put out a cassette 4 pack as they have done in the past. Which is about time that they did another set featuring these 4...c'mon Takomy you can do it!

Seibertron wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:

Mkall wrote:I just want the cassettes!

You and me both. I can't tell you how many times I've thought about dropping my pre-order and just going shopping with the money set aside for this but for those cassettes!

It would be awesome if they put out a cassette 4 pack as they have done in the past. Which is about time that they did another set featuring these 4...c'mon Takomy you can do it!

They won't do that. These sets are designed this way so that people who already own Twincast and Soundblaster will buy them for these cassettes. That's the big draw and how they can continue to profit from molds that have been released multiple times over the past decade.

And the reality is these will sell just for those alone.

excuse my lack of uber hardcore transformers knowledge but...who the hell are these guys? i mean its clearly repainted Blaster and Soundwave toys but they have different names. so are these what those characters are known by in japan and if so, did they appear with these names and color schemes on the japanese cartoons and/or comics or something?

Bouncy X wrote:excuse my lack of uber hardcore transformers knowledge but...who the hell are these guys? i mean its clearly repainted Blaster and Soundwave toys but they have different names. so are these what those characters are known by in japan and if so, did they appear with these names and color schemes on the japanese cartoons and/or comics or something?

I haven't seen all of Headmasters yet, but in the second episode, Blaster (J-name Broadcast) and Soundwave more or less kill each other, only to be rebuilt in more powerful bodies, renamed Twincast and Soundblaster respectively, in episode 4. While previous releases have stayed pretty true to their original toys, these have apparently been repainted to be more accurate to their anime likenesses, to make cassette fans who already got them (myself included) feel less like we're double dipping. If you're a cassette completist, you really do need the earlier Twincast to get Flipsides too, despite her close resemblance to Rosanna...yeah, I was doomed to shell out for these guys no matter what.

The cassettes are each a much longer story: the 'Bots are characters so obscure that they've only gotten text mentions without a single drawing, and the 'Cons have both technically had toys before, just not the proper ones they deserved. Just punch in Stripes, Nightstalker, Wingthing, and Enemy on the TF Wiki.

Bumblevivisector wrote:

Bouncy X wrote:excuse my lack of uber hardcore transformers knowledge but...who the hell are these guys? i mean its clearly repainted Blaster and Soundwave toys but they have different names. so are these what those characters are known by in japan and if so, did they appear with these names and color schemes on the japanese cartoons and/or comics or something?

I haven't seen all of Headmasters yet, but in the second episode, Blaster (J-name Broadcast) and Soundwave more or less kill each other, only to be rebuilt in more powerful bodies, renamed Twincast and Soundblaster respectively, in episode 4. While previous releases have stayed pretty true to their original toys, these have apparently been repainted to be more accurate to their anime likenesses, to make cassette fans who already got them (myself included) feel less like we're double dipping. If you're a cassette completist, you really do need the earlier Twincast to get Flipsides too, despite her close resemblance to Rosanna...yeah, I was doomed to shell out for these guys no matter what.

The cassettes are each a much longer story: the 'Bots are characters so obscure that they've only gotten text mentions without a single drawing, and the 'Cons have both technically had toys before, just not the proper ones they deserved. Just punch in Stripes, Nightstalker, Wingthing, and Enemy on the TF Wiki.

well thank you for the detailed answer. can't believe it took japan to get a proper Blaster vs. Soundwave fight....figures.

These are Freakin awesome! ill be picking these up ASAP!

Please explain the tiny robot stickers on the cassettes. Why do the Takara cassettes have those? what's the significance?

What is it about those backs of boxes box-art that just drives me insane. Its so freaking awesome. Its like something you'd find on the cover of a really trippy old-school heavy metal band.