New Images of Takara Tomy Legends Misfire, Doublecross, Triggerhappy, Broadside, Targetmasters

The online comics page has been overhauled as well - http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/products/tf_lg/tf_lg_comic

Now it's far more easier to navigate through all of the comics on one page.

Doublecross is a win, if even just for his painted headmaster

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

MagicDeath wrote:Ok! So, who are all these guys based on, now that we have clear, straight-on pictures?

The Targetmasters are, from left to right, Kup's partner Recoil, Hot Rod's partner Firebolt, Blurr's partner Haywire (who comes with Doublecross because Legends Blurr already came out; he's obviously still designed to go with Blurr - see those clips on him? Those are no doubt for attaching to Blurr's car mode since it lacks topside ports), Triggerhappy's partner Blowpipe, and Misfire's partner Aimless. That first Headmaster is Triggerhappy's head. Doublecross's Headmaster is based on White Leo (and unlike the US version's "Daburu" is fully painted up to really show it). Not sure on the other head

Aah, but not quite.

While it would be simpler if the Targetmasters came with their actual partners - and I have no idea why they didn't do that - the Targetmasters that are actually assigned to each figure are largely random. I'll quote from Jelze since she had the full list so far:-

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Checklist time:

Pinpointer: None
Peacemaker: LG46 Targetmaster Chear / Kup
Spoilsport: None

Firebolt: None
Haywire: LG51 Targetmaster Doublecross / Twinferno
Recoil: None

Aimless: LG52 Targetmaster Misfire
Blowpipe: LG49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy
Caliburst: LG?? Targetmaster Slugslinger

Fracas: LG45 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus
Nightstick: None

We should start making image comparisons to be honest.

MagicDeath wrote:

Kurona wrote:We should start making image comparisons to be honest.

Cue Cyberbath

We need a Bat-Signal to summon Cyberpath for this stuff.

Kurona wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

MagicDeath wrote:Ok! So, who are all these guys based on, now that we have clear, straight-on pictures?

The Targetmasters are, from left to right, Kup's partner Recoil, Hot Rod's partner Firebolt, Blurr's partner Haywire (who comes with Doublecross because Legends Blurr already came out; he's obviously still designed to go with Blurr - see those clips on him? Those are no doubt for attaching to Blurr's car mode since it lacks topside ports), Triggerhappy's partner Blowpipe, and Misfire's partner Aimless. That first Headmaster is Triggerhappy's head. Doublecross's Headmaster is based on White Leo (and unlike the US version's "Daburu" is fully painted up to really show it). Not sure on the other head

Aah, but not quite.

While it would be simpler if the Targetmasters came with their actual partners - and I have no idea why they didn't do that - the Targetmasters that are actually assigned to each figure are largely random. I'll quote from Jelze since she had the full list so far:-

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Checklist time:

Pinpointer: None
Peacemaker: LG46 Targetmaster Chear / Kup
Spoilsport: None

Firebolt: None
Haywire: LG51 Targetmaster Doublecross / Twinferno
Recoil: None

Aimless: LG52 Targetmaster Misfire
Blowpipe: LG49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy
Caliburst: LG?? Targetmaster Slugslinger

Fracas: LG45 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus
Nightstick: None

We should start making image comparisons to be honest.

Jelze is wrong and I have no idea where they pulled the Fracas name from. Peacemaker I can see based on comparison, but not Fracas.
Just look at the photos of these Targetmasters and compare them to the original toys.

Firebolt:

Fracas:

Recoil:

Peacemaker:

The LG45 Targetmaster is Firebolt. He has Firebolt's shoulders, Firebolt's head, Firebolts pec detailing, Firebolt's leg detailing, and is double-barreled like Firebolt. On top of that, his eyes are colored Autobot Blue.
The LG46 Targetmaster is less clear-cut. The body detail is like Peacemaker's but the headsculpt is like Recoil's. I would lean towards him being Recoil because he's colored like Recoil and is double-barreled like Recoil.

Fracas already had an update anyway, it was called Nightstick and packaged with Cyclonus because the perpetual bunglers at Marvel Productions & Sunbow mixed the two up back in the eighties:

Weren't a lot of the Targetmaster models switched around in the cartoons? I think the most infamous one was Nightstick but I could've sworn the original toys are a different story.

Still, I was wrong about Firebolt. Whoops!

I'm glad they didn't ditch it like they did with Revolver being Jack on Sixshot. Should be interesting to see how the Legends comic handles this; maybe this will be the introduction of the American style of Headmastering?

Seeing these pictures reminds me why I usually wait for the releases. All the extra paint detail makes a difference. Plus this answers a question I had about whether or not Broadside would include the mini planes from the version.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Kurona wrote:Weren't a lot of the Targetmaster models switched around in the cartoons? I think the most infamous one was Nightstick but I could've sworn the original toys are a different story.

Still, I was wrong about Firebolt. Whoops!

Really the only other big mixup was Blurr's regular gun being drawn instead of Haywire's gun mode.

Exactly, but the Fracas/Nightstick mix-up is the more infamous one, and the one with far-reaching headache-inducing consequences. Not just between the naming of the toys between the US and Japan, but the Marvel comics got a wallop as well via Krunix.

And yes, I was wrong about Firebolt, but the two do superficially look similar. To be frank it was the striping on the legs that threw me off.

Shots out of Minerva and Cab in head mode. The paint is kinda thick on these, though I'm reckoning that might be because they're hand painted prototypes