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Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall

Posted by william-james88 Jul 7, 2017 at 9:53pm CDT 18,921 views
The results for the poll are in and we now know all the Legends figures that will be rereleased by Takaratomymall. The list and many details have been thoroughly described by fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade and can all seen below. What is important to understand here is that these rereleases can only be obtained from Takaratomymall, so not BBTS, TF Source or any other importer (at least for now, see below). Also, takaratomymall only ships to Japan adresses. So if anyone outside Japan is interested in these figures, which includes the very sought after figures like Legends Blurr and Arcee, you have to open an account at takaratomymall.jp (which is all in Japanese) and have the toys shipped to a Japan mailing service that will then ship it to you, meaning you pay the shipping twice. If you want to know more, ask the community in the forums, we will help you as much as we can. And for all Japanese fans, congrats on getting this great second chance at these figures!

EDIT: As with previous TTMall exclusives, Hasbro Asia can always distribute it under their name as their own release and make it easier for fans outside of Japan to acquire these. Blurr and Wheelie will be getting this Hasbro Asia release and can currently be preordered at Robot Kingdom. We do not know about the others at this time.

Sabrblade wrote:The results of this TakaraTomy Mall Transformers: Legends reissue survey are in!

http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/e/eTflgVote/?mm170707TF

The order period for these figures runs from July 7 at Noon to July 25 at 1pm, Japan time of course.

Scheduled for release in Mid-December are:
  • LG-25 Blurr
  • LG-26 Scourge
  • LG-29 Wheelie & Goshooter
  • LG-31 Fortress Maximus
  • LG-32 Chromedome
Scheduled for release in late February of next year, 2018, are:
  • LG-07 Jetfire
  • LG-10 Arcee
  • LG-12 Windblade
  • LG-13 Megatron
  • LG-14 Ultra Magnus
Each figure will be limited to a purchase quantity of no more than three per customer.

To enable these to reach as many customers as possible, and to prevent scalping, multiple orders from the same name and address will be invalidated.

Quantities are limited, so some may sell out before the release date.

If there is any stock leftover after the sale, it is currently undecided how the remaining stock will be sold.

These cannot be ordered together with other items not part of this sale.

The release dates may be subject to change if necessary.

If not enough of a figure's production run is preordered, that figure's production may be canceled.

Once your preorders are set, they cannot be canceled.






Of course, all these rules are for Japanese customers ordering directly from TakaraTomy Mall. Don't expect these to turn up at places like BBTS and such, due to just how limited these rereleases are.

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Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (view post)
Comment by Randomhero Jul 7, 2017
Woo Megatron! Except he's still in stock at all online retailers and sometimes the price drops so there's that
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Jul 8, 2017
To enable these to reach as many customers as possible, and to prevent scalping, multiple orders from the same name and address will be invalidated.


That makes me happy, even though there's no way I'll be able to order them. :x
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Comment by Relic0037 Jul 8, 2017
I have most of the ones I would want on this list in either :HASBRO: or :TAKARATOMY: form, so I'm not too upset about not being able to get my hands on these....maybe a :TAKARATOMY: Arcee to replace my :HASBRO: version, but otherwise, I'm good.
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Comment by Kurona Jul 8, 2017
Glad to see Blurr and Arcee on that list since they became extremely difficult to get. Should be fantastic for people who wanted them but missed out
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Comment by william-james88 Jul 8, 2017
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
To enable these to reach as many customers as possible, and to prevent scalping, multiple orders from the same name and address will be invalidated.


That makes me happy, even though there's no way I'll be able to order them. :x

There is now, at least for Blurr. Hasbro Asia to the rescue!

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Robotkingdo ... 7210578988
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Comment by Hydrargyrus Jul 8, 2017
With the Blurr release, Doublecross sales should go up.

Also, the TT Megatron ended up being cheaper than the Hasbro one on many sites. Don't know what that means now, but it relates.
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Comment by Kurona Jul 8, 2017
MagicDeath wrote:With the Blurr release, Doublecross sales should go up.

Also, the TT Megatron ended up being cheaper than the Hasbro one on many sites. Don't know what that means now, but it relates.

Depends on which sites they were. If they were American/European ones that had imported them then it makes sense -- he wasn't awfully different from the local Hasbro release which also had Autobot stickers, so there wasn't much appeal as there would be in something significantly better like Blurr or something with significant difference to match another media like Chromedome.

Could be wrong tho. What differences are there between Hasbro and Takara Megs? I'm assuming Takara has a brighter silver or something.
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Comment by Deadput Jul 8, 2017
Yay another chance for Blurr one of the few who I agree that Takara does better paint on!

For those who have him how is he in hand compared to stock images or online pictures?
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Comment by vwpbl Jul 8, 2017
"and have the toys shipped to a Japan mailing service that will then ship it to you" has anyone been able to sign up to the ttmall website? is there a way to translate it so I can understand the fields?

what japan mailing services can I sign up to to act as the third party to ship to me?
Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (view post)
Comment by vwpbl Jul 8, 2017
having problems with that second field:
Please enter all Kana (SAY) in full-width Kana.
Please enter all Kana (May) in full-width Kana.

what does that mean?

doesn't seem to like my canadian postal code either, should I have already signed up for that japanese mailing service and be putting their address?
Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (view post)
Comment by william-james88 Jul 8, 2017
vwpbl wrote:having problems with that second field:
Please enter all Kana (SAY) in full-width Kana.
Please enter all Kana (May) in full-width Kana.

what does that mean?

doesn't seem to like my canadian postal code either, should I have already signed up for that japanese mailing service and be putting their address?

Yes, you have to sign up with that website as your adress when you sign in.

Some that have worked for others are Big in Japan https://www.biginjap.com/en/content/14-proxy

However, we now know that Hasbro Asia is also distributing both Blurr for $23.90 and Wheelie for $13.90 so they might rerelease others as well. We just can't confirm that. So the question now is does one go through all the trouble of paying double shipping for an item through a Japanese mailing proxy while the product can still be preordered or wait to see if Hasbro Asia will distribute the rest of the rereleases. The later is of course much easier since all you have to do is order it on robot kingdom where you can currently preorder Blurr for $23.90 and Wheelie for $13.90.
Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (view post)
Comment by william-james88 Jul 8, 2017
Yesterday we posted news saying which Takara Legends figures were being rereleased. Now it was said that the rereleases were just available for Japanese residents through Takaratomymall. While that is still true in terms of Takara distribution, we now know that Hasbro Asia is also distributing rereleases of both Blurr and Wheelie so they might rerelease others as well. We just can't confirm that.
So the question now is does one go through all the trouble of paying double shipping for an item through a Japanese mailing proxy or wait to see if Hasbro Asia will distribute the rest of the rereleases and risk missing the preorder on Takaratomymall if there is no Hasbro Asia release. The Hasbro Asia release is of course much easier since all you have to do is order it on robot kingdom where you can currently preorder Blurr for $23.90 and Wheelie for $13.90.

There are no easy answers but we did want to give you a much info regarding these rereleases as possible.

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Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (view post)
Comment by Sabrblade Jul 8, 2017
For preordering from RobotKingdom, does one have to pay upfront or when the item comes in stock? I've only ever bought from them when the items were in stock.
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Comment by Randomhero Jul 9, 2017
Sabrblade wrote:For preordering from RobotKingdom, does one have to pay upfront or when the item comes in stock? I've only ever bought from them when the items were in stock.



I think it's pretty standard now. I use PayPal and it pays it when you order or if you use the 2 week wait period it comes out after 14 days
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Comment by Sabrblade Aug 10, 2017
Got some bad news about these reissues. Some of them didn't get enough orders in to make it to production.

http://snakas.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-6086.html

The ones that didn't make it are LG07 Jetfire, LG-13 Megatron, LG-31 Fortress Maximus, and LG-32 Chromedome. These four reissues have thus been canceled.

The rest, however, will be coming.
Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (view post)
Comment by william-james88 Aug 10, 2017
We had written that the Takara Legends Line reissues resulting from the Japan only survey would be dependent on preorders. Well it seems more were ready to answer the survey than to preorder the products since the lack of preorders on Takaratomymall website have resulted in them cancelling the reissues of LG-07 Jetfire, LG-13 Megatron, LG-31 Fortress Maximus, and LG-32 Chromedome. It is of course understandable that several fans reading this news did not preorder since only someone with a Japanese mailing adress can preorder from Takaratomymall. The news was found on the snakas blog and sent to us by Sabrblade.

Sabrblade wrote:Got some bad news about these reissues. Some of them didn't get enough orders in to make it to production.

http://snakas.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-6086.html

The ones that didn't make it are LG07 Jetfire, LG-13 Megatron, LG-31 Fortress Maximus, and LG-32 Chromedome. These four reissues have thus been canceled.

The rest, however, will be coming.


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Comment by RAR Aug 10, 2017
I was Kinda mystified by the Jefire Reissue he's very easy to get heck one of the sources on eBay is a Japanese collectables chain.

Blurr Makes a lot of sense - Wheelie modest sense.
jetfire was alway a bit of "Huh" moment.

Fort Max's problem is simply he cost to much - if they want to be able to sell them simply reissue them in a future line with new (previously missing) accessories made for it - and don't glue the legs together and make an extra label sheet for the interior. (printing a bonus base mode transformation on the rear) ideally though that thing need whole new knees.
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Aug 10, 2017
Well, that is certainly bum news to hear
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Comment by Hellscream9999 Aug 10, 2017
pffft, not surprised, most of those figures sucked in the first place, and if they wanted to sell a bunch more fort max's they should first endeavor to make sure the base mold isn't a huge disappointment >:oP
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