New Image of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG40 Astrotrain
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Comment by Emerje
Jan 11, 2017
See, Takara Tomy can do dark purple when they want to, they just don't always want to.
Emerje
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They only do it when its show accurate
Comment by william-james88
Jan 11, 2017
Emerje wrote:See, Takara Tomy can do dark purple when they want to, they just don't always want to.
Emerje
They only do it when its show accurate

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Comment by grimdragon2001
Jan 11, 2017
He does look real good, makes me wish I could afford to go all in for Takara's stuff over Hasbro's.
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Comment by william-james88
Jan 11, 2017
Amiami restocked their Ginrais but are selling them at full MSRP, so its 90$ + import costs http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
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Wow, so glad I pre-ordered him for $51.52 several months ago at Anime-Export.
Comment by Overcracker
Jan 11, 2017
william-james88 wrote:Amiami restocked their Ginrais but are selling them at full MSRP, so its 90$ + import costs http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
Wow, so glad I pre-ordered him for $51.52 several months ago at Anime-Export.
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Comment by william-james88
Jan 11, 2017
Yeah sold out everywhere else. I think the reveal of the apex armour guy relly upped the demand. Right now, the best way to get this guy is though japanese auction sites. At that point, everyone might as well be speaking japanese to me.
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Comment by Cyberpath
Jan 11, 2017
LG39 Brainstorm -- Takara's final Autobot Headmaster of the original group. Shipped one month after the last batch and arrived almost at the same time.
Brainstorm looks fantastic! The proportion of the body; the contrast of the colours--!
I've already had a Brainstorm that I liked (LG09) but ordered this one too just because of scale & compatibility; I wasn't enthusiastic about it but it turned out great!
The face sculpt is really well done -- detailed and crisp. But he doesn't look like the Brainstorm that I know as he's got a mouth. There's space between his jaw and "helmet" so I might try to somehow fashion a faceplate for him that would tab there.
Hey this kind of works, no?
Yet another Autobot Headmaster that's supposed to have twin-guns but doesn't. Instead he was packed with the generic gun that Chromedome came with. He can however wield LG09's guns! The colour is not exactly the same, but it works.
I was glad to find out that you can transform him without removing the nosecone, but you can remove it if you want a less prominent back.
The articulation is very good, he's even got waist rotation that's not related to transformation; so far only the Decepticons have had it.
He's got the exact same thighs as Chromedome and the shin-transformation is similar.
The transformation is cool and impressive, love the fin storage, the way the back-rest changes into his abs; the windshield, it's all pretty great for a deluxe.
And the jet mode is just as nice as the robot! Though I'm surprised there is no peg hole for a stand.
Brainstorm's drone buddy is a little more interesting than Chromedome's. And it's got this motorbike type mode.
Didn't think I'd have a Headmaster, much less all of them (and two Brainstorms!) but here we are..
Now I "need" only Cerebros, Apeface & Snapdragon.
Brainstorm looks fantastic! The proportion of the body; the contrast of the colours--!
I've already had a Brainstorm that I liked (LG09) but ordered this one too just because of scale & compatibility; I wasn't enthusiastic about it but it turned out great!
The face sculpt is really well done -- detailed and crisp. But he doesn't look like the Brainstorm that I know as he's got a mouth. There's space between his jaw and "helmet" so I might try to somehow fashion a faceplate for him that would tab there.
Hey this kind of works, no?

Yet another Autobot Headmaster that's supposed to have twin-guns but doesn't. Instead he was packed with the generic gun that Chromedome came with. He can however wield LG09's guns! The colour is not exactly the same, but it works.
I was glad to find out that you can transform him without removing the nosecone, but you can remove it if you want a less prominent back.
The articulation is very good, he's even got waist rotation that's not related to transformation; so far only the Decepticons have had it.
He's got the exact same thighs as Chromedome and the shin-transformation is similar.
The transformation is cool and impressive, love the fin storage, the way the back-rest changes into his abs; the windshield, it's all pretty great for a deluxe.
And the jet mode is just as nice as the robot! Though I'm surprised there is no peg hole for a stand.
Brainstorm's drone buddy is a little more interesting than Chromedome's. And it's got this motorbike type mode.
Didn't think I'd have a Headmaster, much less all of them (and two Brainstorms!) but here we are..
Now I "need" only Cerebros, Apeface & Snapdragon.

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Comment by Kurona
Jan 11, 2017
Is that FAB 1 for Arcee.
That's just beautiful.
That's just beautiful.
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You could always start selling organs. No one needs two kidneys, am I right?
Comment by Relic0037
Jan 11, 2017
grimdragon2001 wrote:He does look real good, makes me wish I could afford to go all in for Takara's stuff over Hasbro's.
You could always start selling organs. No one needs two kidneys, am I right?

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Comment by william-james88
Jan 11, 2017
Fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath has a splendid pictorial review for us of the recently released Takara Transformers Legends LG39 Brainstorm. He compares it to the previous Takara Brainstorm release and we see here how giving the old one's guns to new Brainstorm works out. Enjoy!
LG39 Brainstorm -- Takara's final Autobot Headmaster of the original group. Shipped one month after the last batch and arrived almost at the same time.
Brainstorm looks fantastic! The proportion of the body; the contrast of the colours--!
I've already had a Brainstorm that I liked (LG09) but ordered this one too just because of scale & compatibility; I wasn't enthusiastic about it but it turned out great!
The face sculpt is really well done -- detailed and crisp. But he doesn't look like the Brainstorm that I know as he's got a mouth. There's space between his jaw and "helmet" so I might try to somehow fashion a faceplate for him that would tab there.
Hey this kind of works, no?
Yet another Autobot Headmaster that's supposed to have twin-guns but doesn't. Instead he was packed with the generic gun that Chromedome came with. He can however wield LG09's guns! The colour is not exactly the same, but it works.
I was glad to find out that you can transform him without removing the nosecone, but you can remove it if you want a less prominent back.
The articulation is very good, he's even got waist rotation that's not related to transformation; so far only the Decepticons have had it.
He's got the exact same thighs as Chromedome and the shin-transformation is similar.
The transformation is cool and impressive, love the fin storage, the way the back-rest changes into his abs; the windshield, it's all pretty great for a deluxe.
And the jet mode is just as nice as the robot! Though I'm surprised there is no peg hole for a stand.
Brainstorm's drone buddy is a little more interesting than Chromedome's. And it's got this motorbike type mode.
Didn't think I'd have a Headmaster, much less all of them (and two Brainstorms!) but here we are..
LG39 Brainstorm -- Takara's final Autobot Headmaster of the original group. Shipped one month after the last batch and arrived almost at the same time.
Brainstorm looks fantastic! The proportion of the body; the contrast of the colours--!
I've already had a Brainstorm that I liked (LG09) but ordered this one too just because of scale & compatibility; I wasn't enthusiastic about it but it turned out great!
The face sculpt is really well done -- detailed and crisp. But he doesn't look like the Brainstorm that I know as he's got a mouth. There's space between his jaw and "helmet" so I might try to somehow fashion a faceplate for him that would tab there.
Hey this kind of works, no?

Yet another Autobot Headmaster that's supposed to have twin-guns but doesn't. Instead he was packed with the generic gun that Chromedome came with. He can however wield LG09's guns! The colour is not exactly the same, but it works.
I was glad to find out that you can transform him without removing the nosecone, but you can remove it if you want a less prominent back.
The articulation is very good, he's even got waist rotation that's not related to transformation; so far only the Decepticons have had it.
He's got the exact same thighs as Chromedome and the shin-transformation is similar.
The transformation is cool and impressive, love the fin storage, the way the back-rest changes into his abs; the windshield, it's all pretty great for a deluxe.
And the jet mode is just as nice as the robot! Though I'm surprised there is no peg hole for a stand.
Brainstorm's drone buddy is a little more interesting than Chromedome's. And it's got this motorbike type mode.
Didn't think I'd have a Headmaster, much less all of them (and two Brainstorms!) but here we are..
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Comment by no-one
Jan 11, 2017
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Any chance you could provide an extreme closeup (Seibertron.com style) of his face? The first one I bought had a paint flaw on his nose, and the 2nd and 3rd ones that I bought also have paint flaws on the nose or face, but in different places. I'm kind of OCD about facial paint flaws more than anything because of all of the close-up shots I do of their heads and upper torso/body. I just want to know if all Brainstorms have paint flaws on their face paint or I've just got 3 that do. Admittedly, they are small paint flaws, but they are paint flaws nonetheless. I'm extremely picky about their face paint.
Comment by Seibertron
Jan 11, 2017
Any chance you could provide an extreme closeup (Seibertron.com style) of his face? The first one I bought had a paint flaw on his nose, and the 2nd and 3rd ones that I bought also have paint flaws on the nose or face, but in different places. I'm kind of OCD about facial paint flaws more than anything because of all of the close-up shots I do of their heads and upper torso/body. I just want to know if all Brainstorms have paint flaws on their face paint or I've just got 3 that do. Admittedly, they are small paint flaws, but they are paint flaws nonetheless. I'm extremely picky about their face paint.
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Comment by ScottyP
Jan 11, 2017
They're called second (or third, or nth) production runs, not delayed batches, and the only difference between those and what we'd call a "reissue" is marketing. LG-9 Brainstorm got one back in September, and several of the LG releases have those on the way (Scourge, Blurr, etc.) On the TAV front, I think only TAV-21 (and maybe 33?) has gotten any sort of second run so far.fenrir72 wrote:
Those at HLJ were delayed batches. Not actual re-releases like MP-IH, TL Legends.There are instance when MP Exhaust got a re-release at Amiami but zilch at HLJ.
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Yeah. The taller Brainstorm also got a second printing. Though with this anime accurate one being released, seams like too little too late.
Comment by fenrir72
Jan 11, 2017
ScottyP wrote:They're called second (or third, or nth) production runs, not delayed batches, and the only difference between those and what we'd call a "reissue" is marketing. LG-9 Brainstorm got one back in September, and several of the LG releases have those on the way (Scourge, Blurr, etc.) On the TAV front, I think only TAV-21 (and maybe 33?) has gotten any sort of second run so far.fenrir72 wrote:
Those at HLJ were delayed batches. Not actual re-releases like MP-IH, TL Legends.There are instance when MP Exhaust got a re-release at Amiami but zilch at HLJ.
Yeah. The taller Brainstorm also got a second printing. Though with this anime accurate one being released, seams like too little too late.
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Comment by Cyberpath
Jan 12, 2017
Thanks, Will!

Seibertron -- sure. Are these okay? (click to enlarge.)
Thanks! Not sure; it was in a Kinder Surprise egg ages ago and I've always kept it because it reminded me of Arcee.Kurona wrote:Is that FAB 1 for Arcee.
That's just beautiful.
Thanks.

Seibertron -- sure. Are these okay? (click to enlarge.)
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Comment by Kurona
Jan 12, 2017
Oh my god that facesculpt is beautiful.
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Comment by Cyberpath
Jan 12, 2017
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Comment by Sabrblade
Jan 12, 2017
Good gravy, the sculpting on those cheeks, lips, chin, nose, everything below the eyes is GORGEOUS!
How could anyone wanna cover up such a beautiful face?
How could anyone wanna cover up such a beautiful face?

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#Braingate
Great pic CP!
Comment by Cobotron
Jan 12, 2017
This November, vote Brainstorm
For a better future for Cybertron
For a better future for Cybertron

#Braingate

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via Imgflip Meme Generator
Comment by william-james88
Jan 12, 2017
Cobotron wrote:This November, vote Brainstorm
For a better future for Cybertron
