Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More

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Thanks to Loopaza, we now have high resolution scans of the latest issue of the Figure King Magazine, issue 247. Oddly enough, the big highlight in this issue is Power Charge Bumblebee from the upcoming Bumblebee Movie line. So yes, a gimmick centered toy aimed at kids is the most promoted item of Takara this month. We get to see a big promo shot we had not seen in yesterday's news.

Aside from Bee, we also have a lot of images of Legendary Optimus Prime and an image comparing it to the voyager Evasion Mode Optimus Prime, showing it to be the size of a modern day leader class toy (or just about). Speaking of scale, we also see how big Micromasters are, which is the exact same size as the Prime Master decoy armour (so slightly bigger than their G1 counterparts).

We also see other Transformers Siege toys, but nothing that has yet to be revealed. Thanks to these high resolution images, we can finally see that this is the final product with weathering effects. They are simply less pronounced in the final toy than what we had seen from Hasbro which was only digital renders and painted prototypes. So this tells us that as expected, the brand unification is in full effect and the weathering won't be as intense, especially since that would mean a lot more paint applications than usual.

We also see Masterpiece Optimus Prime version 3 which highlights his articulation and backpack.

And there is more, much more, like Takara Tomy Studio Series Starcream, Movie Bumblebee and KSI Sentry, MPM-06 Ironhide, Encore Big Convoy, Studio Series DOTM Ratcher, Ironhide and Shadow Raider, PP Throne of The Primes, Masterpiece Wheeljack, Legends Grotusque and Repugnus and the Unite Warriors reissues.

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Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980418)
Posted by william-james88 on August 24th, 2018 @ 11:20am CDT

Randomhero wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:Pay more to avoid weathering paint apps?

Uhg...

Fine.

Sideswipe has the weathering so it’s probaky just takara painted proto

Sadly, the weathering effects will not be avoided, we see them better now in the new scans:

You can at least see it on Optimus's thigh and wheel. I am not a big fan because this seems like they didnt really go all the way. Reminds me of Beast Hunters Wheeljack.

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980429)
Posted by leokearon on August 24th, 2018 @ 12:02pm CDT

I thought Cog couldn't become Gasket and Grommit

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980432)
Posted by william-james88 on August 24th, 2018 @ 12:13pm CDT

leokearon wrote:I thought Cog couldn't become Gasket and Grommit

He could, they just dont have robot modes of their own, which no one expected

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980436)
Posted by Seibertron on August 24th, 2018 @ 12:27pm CDT

leokearon wrote:I thought Cog couldn't become Gasket and Grommit

I asked about that at SDCC to the Hasbro team. I misspoke with my question by asking if Cog could transform into the individual robot modes for Gasket and Grommet. As I was asking the question, I was really thinking for some reason that Gasket and Grommet had individual robot modes, when in fact they do not and not sure what I was mixing them up with.

Cog is amazing, by the way. Way to take a BS character and make him awesome.

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980442)
Posted by galvatron00 on August 24th, 2018 @ 1:16pm CDT

I'm definitely getting excited for SIEGE. I'm also pretty pumped with that upscale retool and redeco of Evasion Optimus.

Pretty sure that's what it is.

I mean, who'd leave those elbows ON PURPOSE?!

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980444)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on August 24th, 2018 @ 1:31pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:Pay more to avoid weathering paint apps?

Uhg...

Fine.

Sideswipe has the weathering so it’s probaky just takara painted proto

Sadly, the weathering effects will not be avoided, we see them better now in the new scans:

You can at least see it on Optimus's thigh and wheel. I am not a big fan because this seems like they didnt really go all the way. Reminds me of Beast Hunters Wheeljack.

I must say, though, that the scaled back weathering effects look much better to me. A little does really go a long way. It should help the Siege figures fit in that much better with the rest of the Classics/Universe/Generations line. These high resolution scans also make Optimus Prime's red look a whole lot more on model. The low resolution scans before made him look almost hot pink.

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980450)
Posted by no-one on August 24th, 2018 @ 1:46pm CDT

itscramtastic wrote:I'm definitely getting excited for SIEGE. I'm also pretty pumped with that upscale retool and redeco of Evasion Optimus.

Pretty sure that's what it is.

I mean, who'd leave those elbows ON PURPOSE?!

Apparently Takara. I've heard of a glass jaw, but a glass elbow?

Any prices on that big boy yet? Not sure if I can justify him and emop.

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980454)
Posted by galvatron00 on August 24th, 2018 @ 1:51pm CDT

carytheone wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:I'm definitely getting excited for SIEGE. I'm also pretty pumped with that upscale retool and redeco of Evasion Optimus.

Pretty sure that's what it is.

I mean, who'd leave those elbows ON PURPOSE?!

Apparently Takara. I've heard of a glass jaw, but a glass elbow?

Any prices on that big boy yet? Not sure if I can justify him and emop.

I mean, you get me. Clearly.

Who else is guessing $79.99 USD? Pretty standard leader price for a Takara piece. Or, $89.99.

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980455)
Posted by no-one on August 24th, 2018 @ 1:53pm CDT

itscramtastic wrote:I mean, you get me. Clearly.

Totes

I was thinking in the $60-80 range. Definitely an attractive figure.

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980456)
Posted by angtre on August 24th, 2018 @ 2:02pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:
leokearon wrote:I thought Cog couldn't become Gasket and Grommit

I asked about that at SDCC to the Hasbro team. I misspoke with my question by asking if Cog could transform into the individual robot modes for Gasket and Grommet. As I was asking the question, I was really thinking for some reason that Gasket and Grommet had individual robot modes, when in fact they do not and not sure what I was mixing them up with.

Cog is amazing, by the way. Way to take a BS character and make him awesome.

Definitely one of my favourites too. Fingers crossed for the likes of Six-Gun, Slammer and Brunt.

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980464)
Posted by NTESHFT on August 24th, 2018 @ 2:31pm CDT

I am looking forward to this line u OP. My wallet will hurt indeed...

What about some color shots of 3.0 prime?...and when will we see more of MP hound?....

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980508)
Posted by william-james88 on August 24th, 2018 @ 7:19pm CDT

itscramtastic wrote:
carytheone wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:I'm definitely getting excited for SIEGE. I'm also pretty pumped with that upscale retool and redeco of Evasion Optimus.

Pretty sure that's what it is.

I mean, who'd leave those elbows ON PURPOSE?!

Apparently Takara. I've heard of a glass jaw, but a glass elbow?

Any prices on that big boy yet? Not sure if I can justify him and emop.
I mean, you get me. Clearly.

Who else is guessing $79.99 USD? Pretty standard leader price for a Takara piece. Or, $89.99.

Its much less than that, thankfully.

Its 6800 yen

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980513)
Posted by What's Crackin'? on August 24th, 2018 @ 7:43pm CDT

Am I the only one who really likes these weathering affects? Idk they look pretty neat to me.

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980518)
Posted by NTESHFT on August 24th, 2018 @ 8:16pm CDT

What's Crackin'? wrote:Am I the only one who really likes these weathering affects? Idk they look pretty neat to me.

I actually like the detail myself too....

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980534)
Posted by SkyFire Prime on August 24th, 2018 @ 11:05pm CDT

NTESHFT wrote:
What's Crackin'? wrote:Am I the only one who really likes these weathering affects? Idk they look pretty neat to me.

I actually like the detail myself too....

Me too they're really nice, just a pinch, like the perfect seasoning. Invisible from some angles.

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980536)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on August 25th, 2018 @ 12:12am CDT

SkyFire Prime wrote:
NTESHFT wrote:
What's Crackin'? wrote:Am I the only one who really likes these weathering affects? Idk they look pretty neat to me.

I actually like the detail myself too....

Me too they're really nice, just a pinch, like the perfect seasoning. Invisible from some angles.

Exactly. Less is more with the "battle worn" paint apps. The understated details tell a better story and make a better figure than the over-the-top painted by hand details Hasbro showed off at SDCC. Now, if only they could have shown as much restraint with the "greebling" on some of the figures. Poor Chromia probably got it worst, and Ultra Magnus isn't much better, unfortunately.

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980629)
Posted by SkyFire Prime on August 25th, 2018 @ 5:08pm CDT

Wolfman Jake wrote:
SkyFire Prime wrote:
NTESHFT wrote:
What's Crackin'? wrote:Am I the only one who really likes these weathering affects? Idk they look pretty neat to me.

I actually like the detail myself too....

Me too they're really nice, just a pinch, like the perfect seasoning. Invisible from some angles.

Exactly. Less is more with the "battle worn" paint apps. The understated details tell a better story and make a better figure than the over-the-top painted by hand details Hasbro showed off at SDCC. Now, if only they could have shown as much restraint with the "greebling" on some of the figures. Poor Chromia probably got it worst, and Ultra Magnus isn't much better, unfortunately.

I like the Greebling on Magnus, looks interesting on Cromia. But this a new effort. Let's see how these look in person.

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1980921)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 27th, 2018 @ 7:52pm CDT

What's Crackin'? wrote:Am I the only one who really likes these weathering affects? Idk they look pretty neat to me.

I like them. It's pretty awesome, and helps set this figures apart from others. And it gives me a good old video game WFC/FOC feel

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1986128)
Posted by Va'al on September 26th, 2018 @ 2:54am CDT

It's that time of the month again as Loopaza Mega Store over on Facebook provides us with full, hi definition scans of the Japanese hobby publication Figure King Magazine, now on issue #248 - which means we have a full spread of Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege, the Bumblebee Movie toys part of Studio Series (including Legendary Optimus) and the simplified lines, Blue Big Convoy, and more!

You can check out the entire selection below, as Cyberpath shared the images with us to be mirrored, and use the links above to join the conversation on each of the threads related to the topic of your choosing.

Hi-Res Scan Figure King No. 248 Transformers

This month Magazine Figure King cover the first line up of SIEGE. Also there is the confirmation date of the MPM-7 Bumblebee and more.

Re: Hi Res Scans of Figure King Magazine 247 With Legendary Optimus, Siege, MP Optimus V3 and More (1986150)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 26th, 2018 @ 8:14am CDT

Legends Blue Big Convoy is looking blue-ti-ful!.

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