In-Package Images of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG35 Super Ginrai, LG36 Soundwave, LG37 Ravage, LG38 Laserbeak, LG39 Brainstorm
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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 21st, 2016 @ 2:52pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on December 21st, 2016 @ 3:24pm CST
Black Hat wrote:Late to the party I know, but I should be getting Legends Arcee for Christmas. Hooray!
Thats amazing, congrats!
Posted by grimdragon2001 on December 21st, 2016 @ 3:27pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on December 21st, 2016 @ 4:14pm CST
grimdragon2001 wrote:ok, so i preordered Ginrai, Laserbeak and Convobat through TFscource, generally how long after the japanese release date do they normally get the Takara releases in?
We have seen everything from a few days to over a month.
Posted by RAR on December 21st, 2016 @ 5:27pm CST
Which as it isn't it possibly can't. (I don't know I can't check as I don't own that mould yet)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 21st, 2016 @ 5:42pm CST
RAR wrote:If Takara had designed the mini-vehicle as specific companions from the outset -I get the impression they might have considered that such a vehicle might make a nice replacement part for any Transformer that uses a body part removal like Blurr and Brainstorm do. I can see that little vehicle fitting into the nose of the vehicle instead of the shield if that had been designed specifically for it.
Which as it isn't it possibly can't. (I don't know I can't check as I don't own that mould yet)
I wouldn't think so, as the vehicles are themed after specific characters from Wave 2 on (Apeface, Brawn). Wave 1 and its redecos was meant as original characters from the onset, hence the vehicles not matching all the time (the closest is Skytread with the Tank/Jet)
With Brainstorm the Wave 2 set (Rarigo and Synapse) is complete. Next up is wave 3: Pteranodon, Lion, Bug and Werewolf. I could see TakaraTomy being cheeky with calling the Pteranodon "Graphy"
Posted by Ultra Markus on December 21st, 2016 @ 9:08pm CST
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on December 22nd, 2016 @ 8:49am CST
Posted by VanOscuro on December 22nd, 2016 @ 7:57pm CST
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on December 22nd, 2016 @ 10:01pm CST
Posted by fenrir72 on December 22nd, 2016 @ 10:22pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:What's up with the sword that comes with God Bomber and is used by God Ginrai?
In Victory, GG (Godginrai) also wielded a sword.
Posted by Sabrblade on December 22nd, 2016 @ 10:24pm CST
God Ginrai used a sword in one episode of the Victory cartoon.chuckdawg1999 wrote:What's up with the sword that comes with God Bomber and is used by God Ginrai?
Posted by Kurona on December 23rd, 2016 @ 8:15am CST
Sabrblade wrote:God Ginrai used a sword in one episode of the Victory cartoon.chuckdawg1999 wrote:What's up with the sword that comes with God Bomber and is used by God Ginrai?
Wow. That's... that's Masterpiece levels of accessories. I suppose I should also expect swappable helmets and chests too
Posted by william-james88 on December 23rd, 2016 @ 11:47am CST
Enjoy and give us your thoughts!
Posted by Evil Eye on December 23rd, 2016 @ 11:53am CST
Regardless, he looks superb. The feet are weird, but hey, ankle articulation, I'll take it. And armoured up, he's sublime. I love the shoulder cannon in particular.
I will say though, I wish they'd gone to town on Ultra Magnus like they did here. I'd buy him were it not for the lack of ankle articulation and shoddy hands. Well, and Minimus Ambus not being able to stay in the cab in vehicle mode. I know there's that upgrade set but it kinda borks the car carrier functionality.
Posted by Insurgent on December 23rd, 2016 @ 12:02pm CST
I'm tempted by this guy, odd feet aside, and go for Godbomber as well. He's really tempting. Even Ginrai himself looks well done.
Posted by Kurona on December 23rd, 2016 @ 12:06pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 23rd, 2016 @ 12:11pm CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 23rd, 2016 @ 12:27pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Man, it's not just his wings but God Ginrai's entire backpack is set too high up on his back. Looks like the wings don't detach from Godbomber's torso, so instead the whole torso just splits in half and each half just hangs off the back of God Ginrai as large backpack kibble.
Actually, from what I can tell, Godbomber just splits into feet, arms and armor. The armor seems to fold around the upper body via the shoulders, using the two tabs behind the head.
Posted by dragons on December 23rd, 2016 @ 12:51pm CST
Posted by Madeus Prime on December 23rd, 2016 @ 12:59pm CST
Posted by Kurona on December 23rd, 2016 @ 1:04pm CST
Those are some CW connector ports alright. Very confusing, but I'm sure we'll see a lot of bizarre combinations between God Bomber and Combiners once he hits.
Posted by It Is Him on December 23rd, 2016 @ 1:17pm CST
Posted by kurthy on December 23rd, 2016 @ 1:20pm CST
Kurona wrote:
Those are some CW connector ports alright. Very confusing, but I'm sure we'll see a lot of bizarre combinations between God Bomber and Combiners once he hits.
Yes, even with the backpack wings, I'm going to have a lot of fun with this toy.
Posted by fenrir72 on December 23rd, 2016 @ 11:14pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Man, it's not just his wings but God Ginrai's entire backpack is set too high up on his back. Looks like the wings don't detach from Godbomber's torso, so instead the whole torso just splits in half and each half just hangs off the back of God Ginrai as large backpack kibble.
Less partsforming. Izzat so bad?
Posted by Emerje on December 23rd, 2016 @ 11:26pm CST
Emerje
Posted by fenrir72 on December 23rd, 2016 @ 11:40pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 24th, 2016 @ 12:21am CST
Not the partsforming, the issue with the wings and backpack being so much higher than they ought to be.fenrir72 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Man, it's not just his wings but God Ginrai's entire backpack is set too high up on his back. Looks like the wings don't detach from Godbomber's torso, so instead the whole torso just splits in half and each half just hangs off the back of God Ginrai as large backpack kibble.
Less partsforming. Izzat so bad?
Posted by King Kuuga on December 24th, 2016 @ 2:37am CST
william-james88 wrote:With Transformers Legends LG 35 God Ginrai coming out soon, we are getting some in hand images found across facebook. These show parts of the transformation and it gives us an idea of how different or similar it is to the Hasbro version. We also have new magazine scans from Loopaza for the Figure King magazine, which has both God Ginrai and LG 42 God Bomber. And peaking of magazines, we have some hi resolution images from the generations book which feature these two toys as well (which come from a private facebook page).
This toy is SUPER Ginrai. God Ginrai is the combination with Godbomber.
Posted by fenrir72 on December 24th, 2016 @ 3:46am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Not the partsforming, the issue with the wings and backpack being so much higher than they ought to be.fenrir72 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Man, it's not just his wings but God Ginrai's entire backpack is set too high up on his back. Looks like the wings don't detach from Godbomber's torso, so instead the whole torso just splits in half and each half just hangs off the back of God Ginrai as large backpack kibble.
Less partsforming. Izzat so bad?
And the exoskeleton redesign did not allow for the wing part to be lower without compromising the entire transform feature as this version minimized the partsforming from the original.
In the original Godbomber, the part that makes up Godginrai's wing mount is parts formed and attached to Ginrai's supermode back holes which are situated way down on his back. Hence the wings more or less are parallel to his arms/shoulders. If Takara followed what you want, cosmetically, it would look like original but to do so, an extra folding hinge would pack in another extra cost to the fig etc etc
Really, if it was an exact carbon copy partsforming articulated modern version, people will complain. A slight tweak and people will still complain. Heck, even Ginrai's angled flat feet which is actually anime accurate and people will still complain. Too many grinches I say.
If I've got a complaint, it's the release date...past Christmas! I'll probably be getting him in the 2nd week of January 2017.
Positives:
1. Less partsforming
2. Articulated
3. Got a sword
4. No chrome
Neutral:
1. headmaster feature
Negative:
1. Not a carbon copy of the original (which is, in some way a positive)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 24th, 2016 @ 8:26pm CST
The Transformers Generations 2017 book says that Godbomber's Headmaster is not based on anything preexisting. It's a new design.
And according to Figure King #227, Godbomber is fully transformable from trailer mode to robot mode and back without any partsforming involved (minus the Headmaster, of course). Only when he becomes armor for Ginrai does he need some parts to be removed, but not between his vehicle and robot modes.
Posted by fenrir72 on December 24th, 2016 @ 9:26pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Just got some confirmation about a couple neat things pertaining to the new Godbomber figure.
The Transformers Generations 2017 book says that Godbomber's Headmaster is not based on anything preexisting. It's a new design.
And according to Figure King #227, Godbomber is fully transformable from trailer mode to robot mode and back without any partsforming involved (minus the Headmaster, of course). Only when he becomes armor for Ginrai does he need some parts to be removed, but not between his vehicle and robot modes.
Meaning as compared to the original that required partsforming for both modes, it's only the power up that requires it. That's already a given based on the hinges seen in the hobbymag images. Seems to be following what the "original" Godbomber design intended but was eventually scraped.
Posted by Cyberpath on December 24th, 2016 @ 11:35pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 25th, 2016 @ 12:04am CST
The blue chest door is also nicer looking.
Posted by Va'al on December 25th, 2016 @ 11:46am CST
Posted by Va'al on December 25th, 2016 @ 11:51am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 25th, 2016 @ 12:11pm CST
Posted by AutoArtBotX on December 25th, 2016 @ 1:53pm CST
Posted by Kurona on December 25th, 2016 @ 3:34pm CST
AutoArtBotX wrote:Sometimes when I see a repaint/retool of a figure from Takara Tomy, I have this "Oh my gosh that is a million times better!" reaction. This, not so much. Now the difference between the TItans return Blaster and Takara/Tomy Legends Blaster are much more drastic than this.
In general that's happening a lot with the Titans Return figures. A few exceptions to the rule like Blurr aside, Takara's takes are either barely different; or are only drastically different due to representing a different version of the character rather than just being better - ie Takara's Brainstorm is very different to SDCC Brainstorm, but you can't really say one's better than the other when one's a very good representation of Headmasters Brainstorm and the other is a very good representation of MTMTE Brainstorm.
Posted by fenrir72 on December 25th, 2016 @ 6:56pm CST
I'm 50%/50% on his face being unpainted as the TR Blaster silver paint apps aren't that nicely applied.
Posted by fenrir72 on December 25th, 2016 @ 6:59pm CST
AutoArtBotX wrote:Sometimes when I see a repaint/retool of a figure from Takara Tomy, I have this "Oh my gosh that is a million times better!" reaction. This, not so much. Now the difference between the TItans return Blaster and Takara/Tomy Legends Blaster are much more drastic than this.
Blaster to Broadcast: Different paint apps and decal placements. Different feet
Brainstorm to Brainstorm: Different Headmaster and paint apps plus extra vehicle/weapon. (Not drastic?)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 25th, 2016 @ 7:41pm CST
Kurona wrote:AutoArtBotX wrote:Sometimes when I see a repaint/retool of a figure from Takara Tomy, I have this "Oh my gosh that is a million times better!" reaction. This, not so much. Now the difference between the TItans return Blaster and Takara/Tomy Legends Blaster are much more drastic than this.
In general that's happening a lot with the Titans Return figures. A few exceptions to the rule like Blurr aside, Takara's takes are either barely different; or are only drastically different due to representing a different version of the character rather than just being better - ie Takara's Brainstorm is very different to SDCC Brainstorm, but you can't really say one's better than the other when one's a very good representation of Headmasters Brainstorm and the other is a very good representation of MTMTE Brainstorm.
fenrir72 wrote:AutoArtBotX wrote:Sometimes when I see a repaint/retool of a figure from Takara Tomy, I have this "Oh my gosh that is a million times better!" reaction. This, not so much. Now the difference between the TItans return Blaster and Takara/Tomy Legends Blaster are much more drastic than this.
Blaster to Broadcast: Different paint apps and decal placements. Different feet
Brainstorm to Brainstorm: Different Headmaster and paint apps plus extra vehicle/weapon. (Not drastic?)
I thought AutoArtBotX was talking about the Soundwaves.
Posted by fenrir72 on December 26th, 2016 @ 5:55am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Kurona wrote:AutoArtBotX wrote:Sometimes when I see a repaint/retool of a figure from Takara Tomy, I have this "Oh my gosh that is a million times better!" reaction. This, not so much. Now the difference between the TItans return Blaster and Takara/Tomy Legends Blaster are much more drastic than this.
In general that's happening a lot with the Titans Return figures. A few exceptions to the rule like Blurr aside, Takara's takes are either barely different; or are only drastically different due to representing a different version of the character rather than just being better - ie Takara's Brainstorm is very different to SDCC Brainstorm, but you can't really say one's better than the other when one's a very good representation of Headmasters Brainstorm and the other is a very good representation of MTMTE Brainstorm.fenrir72 wrote:AutoArtBotX wrote:Sometimes when I see a repaint/retool of a figure from Takara Tomy, I have this "Oh my gosh that is a million times better!" reaction. This, not so much. Now the difference between the TItans return Blaster and Takara/Tomy Legends Blaster are much more drastic than this.
Blaster to Broadcast: Different paint apps and decal placements. Different feet
Brainstorm to Brainstorm: Different Headmaster and paint apps plus extra vehicle/weapon. (Not drastic?)
I thought AutoArtBotX was talking about the Soundwaves.
Why not ask him? I'm not a telepath like Soundwave
Anyway I already have a notice from amiami
Posted by frogbat on December 26th, 2016 @ 7:08am CST
Posted by fenrir72 on December 26th, 2016 @ 9:40am CST
frogbat wrote:still think the fact they didn't include his iconic handgun is a bit of a let down (besides other issues I might have). Takara seem to have tried to address the issue with the silver painted muzzle but it's still far away... at least there's the shoulder cannon.
Another shoulder cannon would have had broken the bank for Takara...major bummer!
Posted by Cyberpath on December 26th, 2016 @ 2:25pm CST
fenrir72 wrote:Anyway I already have a notice from amiami
Me too from HLJ! And still waiting for the last three Headmasters & MP Inferno to arrive. The mail is probably clogged with eveyone's Black Friday / Cyber Monday stuff.
Posted by xMXUx on December 27th, 2016 @ 5:13am CST
Cyberpath wrote:Me too from HLJ! And still waiting for the last three Headmasters & MP Inferno to arrive. The mail is probably clogged with eveyone's Black Friday / Cyber Monday stuff.
Same, Ginrai shipped yesterday from AE and Inferno is still somewhere on the way. Was expecting him for Christmas, but oh well.
Posted by grimdragon2001 on December 27th, 2016 @ 2:02pm CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 27th, 2016 @ 2:28pm CST
Transformers Legends LG35 Super Ginrai: Vehicle Mode & Zone Mode
Parts of the accompanying comic are included (with a rough Google Translation) and a certain enemy makes its debut (HINT: It's not Overlord). Don't try everything he's attempted, especially fitting Goshooter inside the trailer!
Posted by fenrir72 on December 27th, 2016 @ 10:53pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Alfes2010 has the first blog up for LG35 Super Ginrai, displaying the Vehicle and Zone (base) modes:
Transformers Legends LG35 Super Ginrai: Vehicle Mode & Zone Mode
Parts of the accompanying comic are included (with a rough Google Translation) and a certain enemy makes its debut (HINT: It's not Overlord). Don't try everything he's attempted, especially fitting Goshooter inside the trailer!
So it IS Ginrai! The human Ginrai! Whatever happened to the sentient transtector post SGMF!