Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line

Monday, April 10th, 2017 11:41pm CDT

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TFW2005 user catz has shared an order form which claims that a new item will be similar to AD 31 Armor Knight Optimus Prime from the Takara version of the Age of Etinction Line called Movie Advanced. AD 31 is Takara's retool of the AOE Leader Optimus. We already know hat Hasbro is re-releasing AOE Leader Optimus Prime in the Transformers The Last Knight movie line with a new deco. We can guess that Takara would be doing the same with their toyline but using their retool instead. The price matches up as well since the MSRP shown here is 8,000 yen, around the same MSRP as AD 31 Armor Knight Optimus Prime. Stay tuned!

Transformers News: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime

Credit(s): catz from TFW2005.com

This article was last modified on Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 8:29am CDT

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Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1873700)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 11th, 2017 @ 11:09am CDT

AD31 sure was purdy. Any chance to see him again would be nice.

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1873705)
Posted by Emerje on April 11th, 2017 @ 11:29am CDT

Pretty unusual for Takara Tomy release the same exact figure under two different toy lines or with two different product numbers. If it's exactly the same figure they'd probably just reissue the original AD31 straight up. I'm guessing this one will be painted differently, probably based on the purple-eyed version from the movie.

Emerje

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1873742)
Posted by william-james88 on April 11th, 2017 @ 1:34pm CDT

Emerje wrote:Pretty unusual for Takara Tomy release the same exact figure under two different toy lines or with two different product numbers. If it's exactly the same figure they'd probably just reissue the original AD31 straight up. I'm guessing this one will be painted differently, probably based on the purple-eyed version from the movie.

Emerje

I too think it will be a redeco of that mold.

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1874690)
Posted by william-james88 on April 15th, 2017 @ 8:49pm CDT

Takara's TLK Transformers the Last Knight toys will be released on April 29th in Japan. To make this extra special, there will be a promotion at Toysrus with a gift for the first 6000 customers to spend more than 2000 Yen at a Japanese ToysRUs. Those people will get the Temenos Sword, which is a highly detailed version of Leader Optimus Prime's sword. There was a similar promotion for the previous movie toyline with the same sword. We know this from a tweet from @07groundprime which has images from a Japan Toysrus flyer.

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1874705)
Posted by TimothyR on April 15th, 2017 @ 10:21pm CDT

Pretty pathetic when 5 of the 9 figures on a promo for a new toy line are repaints.

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1874710)
Posted by william-james88 on April 15th, 2017 @ 10:56pm CDT

TimothyR wrote:Pretty pathetic when 5 of the 9 figures on a promo for a new toy line are repaints.

And they even happen to be the same as the hasbro releases, giving even less variety to this line.

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1875176)
Posted by william-james88 on April 18th, 2017 @ 8:43am CDT

Were any of you dissapointed to find out that Takara's TLK Voyager Optimus was the same as Hasbro's? Well, Takara is releasing a special limited redeco of this figure as part of an advanced ticket sale for Transformers The Last Knight in Japan. It is very blurry, but the Snakas Blog this picture was found on states that they can make out purple eyes so this may be Takara's take on the "shadow spark prime" deco. This figure now joins a long line of advance ticket sales exclusives in Japan like the Darkside Optimus Prime for DOTM and G1 color Grimlock for AOE.

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1875741)
Posted by Prowl4 on April 20th, 2017 @ 7:11am CDT

What's the difference between hasbro and takara berserker and hasbro and takara barricade?

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1875742)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 20th, 2017 @ 7:12am CDT

Prowl4 wrote:What's the difference between hasbro and takara berserker and hasbro and takara barricade?

Nothing really. The wave 1 Hasbro guys are pretty much identical to their Takara counterparts

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1875744)
Posted by Prowl4 on April 20th, 2017 @ 7:20am CDT

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Prowl4 wrote:What's the difference between hasbro and takara berserker and hasbro and takara barricade?

Nothing really. The wave 1 Hasbro guys are pretty much identical to their Takara counterparts

Is there any visible differences at all?

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1875746)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 20th, 2017 @ 7:31am CDT

Prowl4 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Prowl4 wrote:What's the difference between hasbro and takara berserker and hasbro and takara barricade?

Nothing really. The wave 1 Hasbro guys are pretty much identical to their Takara counterparts

Is there any visible differences at all?

I think Beserker has a bit of red hue in the legs that the Hasbro one doesn't have, but I think that's the only real visible difference

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1875752)
Posted by william-james88 on April 20th, 2017 @ 8:28am CDT

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Prowl4 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Prowl4 wrote:What's the difference between hasbro and takara berserker and hasbro and takara barricade?

Nothing really. The wave 1 Hasbro guys are pretty much identical to their Takara counterparts

Is there any visible differences at all?

I think Beserker has a bit of red hue in the legs that the Hasbro one doesn't have, but I think that's the only real visible difference

Yup, the only difference in all of wave 1 is a few red bits on the legs of Berserker. Everything else is the same.

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1875768)
Posted by Bumblebee21 on April 20th, 2017 @ 9:27am CDT

i guess this is new
https://twitter.com/autobase_aichi/stat ... 1621486592

heres a better one
https://www.facebook.com/TransformersNe ... 4711827399

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1875825)
Posted by Va'al on April 20th, 2017 @ 2:09pm CDT

Bumblebee21 wrote:i guess this is new
https://twitter.com/autobase_aichi/stat ... 1621486592

heres a better one
https://www.facebook.com/TransformersNe ... 4711827399

It was newsed over here: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... oys/37846/

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1876139)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on April 21st, 2017 @ 12:55pm CDT

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Prowl4 wrote:What's the difference between hasbro and takara berserker and hasbro and takara barricade?

Nothing really. The wave 1 Hasbro guys are pretty much identical to their Takara counterparts

Which sucks. But at least in let's me feel better about getting the cheaper alternative and doing some customizing magicssss!

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1876498)
Posted by WreckerJack on April 22nd, 2017 @ 11:29pm CDT

TakaraTomy has posted on their website with the latest info on exclusive Transformers: The Last Knight giveaways! The first giveaway is the silver Temenos Sword, which will be exclusive to ToysRus stores in Japan.

Optimus Prime's Age Of Extinction shield will also be a giveaway item later in the Summer. If you are lucky enough to get one of these swords make sure you keep the ticket that comes with it. Those who do will be able to obtain a "Clear File" which is a clear plastic file folder featuring Transformers artwork on it.

In the Fall Optimus' Dark of the Moon axe will become a promotional item, a bonus for those who got the shield. Make sure to keep those tickets someplace safe so you won't miss out!

Unfortunately, these giveaways are only for Japan. If you live in the US the new Transformers The Last Knight toys will hit stores Monday, April 24th!

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1876578)
Posted by Overcracker on April 23rd, 2017 @ 10:06am CDT

WreckerJack wrote:... If you live in the US the new Transformers The Last Knight toys will hit stores Monday, April 29th!

The 29th is Saturday. Monday is May First. Unless you are talking about some other year.

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1876583)
Posted by Va'al on April 23rd, 2017 @ 10:13am CDT

Overcracker wrote:
WreckerJack wrote:... If you live in the US the new Transformers The Last Knight toys will hit stores Monday, April 29th!

The 29th is Saturday. Monday is May First. Unless you are talking about some other year.

Actually we meant 24th. Typo!

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1876586)
Posted by Overcracker on April 23rd, 2017 @ 10:58am CDT

Actually we meant 24th. Typo!

Re: Possible Takara Tomy AD 31 Optimus Prime Re-issue as Part of TLK Line (1877049)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 25th, 2017 @ 5:13am CDT

Well, this is it. The TAKARA 1-steps are exactly the same POS as the Hasbro ones:

Hound:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10444508

Barricade:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10444507

Optimus:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10444506

Bumblebee:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10444505

They are pretty much the same price as the US or Canada. That's not counting shipping, obviously.

Sigh... Guess I'll wait for a clearance sale for Hound.

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