Takara The Last Knight Wave 1 In-Package Images
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Posted by william-james88 on April 26th, 2017 @ 11:22am CDT
Its 2007 all over again with how japan is releasing the same exact toy package and all with a sticker for the japanese text. I didnt think we would get back to that. And I didnt know that meant we were seeing the final packaging at the Tokyo toy show.
Well, technically, since Takara did the engineering on these toys and its the same deco for takara, all of us who own any The last Knight figure now owns a Takara toy and vice versa.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on April 26th, 2017 @ 11:37am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 26th, 2017 @ 12:05pm CDT
Of the previous four films, all three of the sequels were given different names from the English ones for their respective Japanese releases, but whose subheadings were all still foreign word names rendered in Katakana:
ROTF: トランスフォーマー リベンジ Toransufōmā Ribenji, "Transformers: Revenge"
DOTM:トランスフォーマー ダークサイド・ムーン Toransufōmā Dākusaido Mūn, "Transformers: Darkside Moon"
AOE:トランスフォーマー ロストエイジ Toransufōmā Rosuto Eiji, "Transformers: Lost Age"
Here, however, the title's subheading is instead rendered in Kanji (along with a の Hiragana):
トランスフォーマー最後の騎士王 Toransufōmā Saigo no Kishi-ō, which means "Transformers: The Last Knight King"
This sounds to me like it could give a bit more context as to who the titular knight is. He's not just a knight, but the king of the knights.
Posted by Va'al on April 26th, 2017 @ 1:51pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Anyone else notice that the Japanese logo for the movie doesn't have any Katakana in its subheading?
Of the previous four films, all three of the sequels were given different names from the English ones for their respective Japanese releases, but whose subheadings were all still foreign word names rendered in Katakana:
ROTF: トランスフォーマー リベンジ Toransufōmā Ribenji, "Transformers: Revenge"
DOTM:トランスフォーマー ダークサイド・ムーン Toransufōmā Dākusaido Mūn, "Transformers: Darkside Moon"
AOE:トランスフォーマー ロストエイジ Toransufōmā Rosuto Eiji, "Transformers: Lost Age"
Here, however, the title's subheading is instead rendered in Kanji (along with a の Hiragana):
トランスフォーマー最後の騎士王 Toransufōmā Saigo no Kishi-ō, which means "Transformers: The Last Knight King"
This sounds to me like it could give a bit more context as to who the titular knight is. He's not just a knight, but the king of the knights.
I swear we've had this conversation before.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 26th, 2017 @ 1:54pm CDT
Not with me.Va'al wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Anyone else notice that the Japanese logo for the movie doesn't have any Katakana in its subheading?
Of the previous four films, all three of the sequels were given different names from the English ones for their respective Japanese releases, but whose subheadings were all still foreign word names rendered in Katakana:
ROTF: トランスフォーマー リベンジ Toransufōmā Ribenji, "Transformers: Revenge"
DOTM:トランスフォーマー ダークサイド・ムーン Toransufōmā Dākusaido Mūn, "Transformers: Darkside Moon"
AOE:トランスフォーマー ロストエイジ Toransufōmā Rosuto Eiji, "Transformers: Lost Age"
Here, however, the title's subheading is instead rendered in Kanji (along with a の Hiragana):
トランスフォーマー最後の騎士王 Toransufōmā Saigo no Kishi-ō, which means "Transformers: The Last Knight King"
This sounds to me like it could give a bit more context as to who the titular knight is. He's not just a knight, but the king of the knights.
I swear we've had this conversation before.
Posted by Va'al on April 26th, 2017 @ 2:13pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Not with me.Va'al wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Anyone else notice that the Japanese logo for the movie doesn't have any Katakana in its subheading?
Of the previous four films, all three of the sequels were given different names from the English ones for their respective Japanese releases, but whose subheadings were all still foreign word names rendered in Katakana:
ROTF: トランスフォーマー リベンジ Toransufōmā Ribenji, "Transformers: Revenge"
DOTM:トランスフォーマー ダークサイド・ムーン Toransufōmā Dākusaido Mūn, "Transformers: Darkside Moon"
AOE:トランスフォーマー ロストエイジ Toransufōmā Rosuto Eiji, "Transformers: Lost Age"
Here, however, the title's subheading is instead rendered in Kanji (along with a の Hiragana):
トランスフォーマー最後の騎士王 Toransufōmā Saigo no Kishi-ō, which means "Transformers: The Last Knight King"
This sounds to me like it could give a bit more context as to who the titular knight is. He's not just a knight, but the king of the knights.
I swear we've had this conversation before.
I swear this conversation has been had on the site before.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 27th, 2017 @ 12:51am CDT
Posted by Autobot Roadburn on April 27th, 2017 @ 1:39am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on April 27th, 2017 @ 2:12am CDT
Posted by Autobot Roadburn on April 27th, 2017 @ 2:15am CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:That is very nice. Reckon I can get the regular Hasbro release looking almost as nice with a bit of paint with flames provided by Toyhax/Reprolabels who I hope are working on a sticker set.
Good point, I honestly completely forgot about Reprolabels! I'll probably start painting my Prime in a couple days, I'm excited to see how accurate I can make him.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on April 27th, 2017 @ 2:22am CDT
Autobot Roadburn wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:That is very nice. Reckon I can get the regular Hasbro release looking almost as nice with a bit of paint with flames provided by Toyhax/Reprolabels who I hope are working on a sticker set.
Good point, I honestly completely forgot about Reprolabels! I'll probably start painting my Prime in a couple days, I'm excited to see how accurate I can make him.
Yeah me too (when I get my figure). Hm, that Dark Optimus Prime's truck flames are much better than the ones Hasbro actually did bother do to. That might be a harder thing to 'fix'. But the robot mode shouldn't be too difficult.
Posted by Diem on April 28th, 2017 @ 9:09am CDT
Also me, noticing that Barricade comes with a 5mm-compatible truncheon: ffffffffffffffff
Posted by Va'al on April 28th, 2017 @ 12:06pm CDT
Posted by RAR on April 29th, 2017 @ 3:58pm CDT
Posted by primalxconvoy on April 30th, 2017 @ 6:38am CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 14th, 2017 @ 4:10am CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 20th, 2017 @ 10:53am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 20th, 2017 @ 11:53am CDT
Posted by Emerje on May 20th, 2017 @ 10:32pm CDT
The advance ticket release is 7/25 while the non-ticket release is 9/29. What's the Japanese release date, I can't find it anywhere? it's strange that the advance ticked would come out after the the movie has already been in theaters a month. People seem to think the September non-ticket release is for the BR/DVD release.
Emerje
Posted by BERSEKAEL on May 21st, 2017 @ 10:39am CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 21st, 2017 @ 11:28am CDT
Emerje wrote:The advance ticket release is 7/25 while the non-ticket release is 9/29. What's the Japanese release date, I can't find it anywhere? it's strange that the advance ticked would come out after the the movie has already been in theaters a month. People seem to think the September non-ticket release is for the BR/DVD release.
Emerje
It's also June, which is why the dates listed are confusing.
Posted by william-james88 on May 28th, 2017 @ 8:33am CDT
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on May 28th, 2017 @ 9:33am CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 28th, 2017 @ 1:44pm CDT
What is entirely new is the small Legion class Megatron entirely in red - and we have seen a red Cybertronian show up in the latest international trailer for the movie. Check out the page scan below, courtesy of Twitter user マクベス, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 28th, 2017 @ 2:15pm CDT
"Caliber" refers to firearms, specifically to the size of the bullet. The correct spelling should be "Caliur", derived from the fabled sword Excalibur. It's used quite a lot in Japanese pop culture for significant sword type weapons.
I'm guessing that moniker is used to distinguish the Leader from the standard yet exclusive Voyager release.
Posted by Va'al on May 28th, 2017 @ 2:16pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And the classic typo pops up yet again.
"Caliber" refers to firearms, specifically to the size of the bullet. The correct spelling should be "Caliur", derived from the fabled sword Excalibur. It's used quite a lot in Japanese pop culture for significant sword type weapons.
Surely you mean caliBur.
TPYOS EVERYWHERE
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 28th, 2017 @ 2:19pm CDT
Va'al wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And the classic typo pops up yet again.
"Caliber" refers to firearms, specifically to the size of the bullet. The correct spelling should be "Caliur", derived from the fabled sword Excalibur. It's used quite a lot in Japanese pop culture for significant sword type weapons.
Surely you mean caliBur.
TPYOS EVERYWHERE
I sure did. which goes to show everyone is susceptible.
Posted by User897 on May 28th, 2017 @ 4:13pm CDT
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on May 28th, 2017 @ 4:14pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Va'al wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And the classic typo pops up yet again.
"Caliber" refers to firearms, specifically to the size of the bullet. The correct spelling should be "Caliur", derived from the fabled sword Excalibur. It's used quite a lot in Japanese pop culture for significant sword type weapons.
Surely you mean caliBur.
TPYOS EVERYWHERE
I sure did. which goes to show everyone is susceptible.
Man this new Soul Calibur game looks great
Posted by TimothyR on May 28th, 2017 @ 8:29pm CDT
User897 wrote:And yet again we have an Optimus Prime figure that HasBLO should make available in the USA, instead of another lousy repaint. Lame.
Or maybe they should've reworked and improved the leader figure. But clearly that's not high up on the priorities.
Posted by william-james88 on May 28th, 2017 @ 8:46pm CDT
TimothyR wrote:User897 wrote:And yet again we have an Optimus Prime figure that HasBLO should make available in the USA, instead of another lousy repaint. Lame.
Or maybe they should've reworked and improved the leader figure. But clearly that's not high up on the priorities.
Or maybe make a new mold. I get that both Hasbro and Takara kept reusing the ROTF Leader Prime since it was really hard to improve, and they did eventually end up giving us a new mold (coming out this year) when technology caught up. But this Leader AOE mold is not something worth improving upon, its not a great mold and removing the backpack doesnt make him all that much more similar to what we see onscreen. The kibble around the feet is still obscene and the shoulders and hip guards arent accurate. The next Leader Prime in this design I pick up will be a new mold and if that never happens, then so be it.
Posted by galvatron00 on May 28th, 2017 @ 9:42pm CDT
THE SOUL STILL BURNS!!SW's SilverHammer wrote:Man this new Soul Calibur game looks great
Also, dang it. I thought I didn't need another leader Bayverse Optimus. Now I don't want my Armor Knight anymore
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on May 28th, 2017 @ 10:39pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 28th, 2017 @ 10:53pm CDT
GalvatronG1 wrote:so....Japan does the movie toys right?
I don know, you used toys as a plural and so far this is the only toy that is different from the Hasbro line.
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on May 29th, 2017 @ 10:08am CDT
william-james88 wrote:GalvatronG1 wrote:so....Japan does the movie toys right?
I don know, you used toys as a plural and so far this is the only toy that is different from the Hasbro line.
i'm going with AOE also, with Despinsor and Darkside Soundwave,
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 29th, 2017 @ 5:11pm CDT
GalvatronG1 wrote:william-james88 wrote:GalvatronG1 wrote:so....Japan does the movie toys right?
I don know, you used toys as a plural and so far this is the only toy that is different from the Hasbro line.
i'm going with AOE also, with Despinsor and Darkside Soundwave,
AoE/Lost Age is an exception to the rule that initial waves of movie toys are the same between Japan and the rest of the world. Not only is Calibur Optimus Prime a somewhat later figure (TLK-15), he's not an original mold, so either company can take it into the direction they see fit. Hasbro is into simple redecos (of older molds no less), while TakaraTomy likes taking things a step further.
Since the toy ID's have come up, I do find it kind of bothersome that for TLK TakaraTomy has decided to lump it all into a single line, instead of splitting it like they did for AoE/Lost Age and Adventure. Why?
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 30th, 2017 @ 12:58pm CDT
Posted by WreckerJack on May 31st, 2017 @ 5:44pm CDT
From what we can see on this poster it appears to be coming out on July 15th, 2017. The figure will cost 4,499 yen which is roughly $40.59 USD with current exchange rates.
Also, the sign shows yet another image of the one movie toy that is exclusive to Takara so far in the line: Calibur Optimus Prime. Enjoy! Thanks to Type-R from TFW2005 for sharing this image.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 31st, 2017 @ 5:50pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 31st, 2017 @ 9:35pm CDT
EDIT: Updated with more images including Calibur Optimus Prime packaging.
Posted by Kurona on May 31st, 2017 @ 9:40pm CDT
Much spikier yet defined in a way that looks much more Anime-esque than the extremely realistic approach of the movies.
Posted by fruityrobo on May 31st, 2017 @ 9:47pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 31st, 2017 @ 10:03pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 31st, 2017 @ 10:52pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on June 1st, 2017 @ 12:12am CDT
But in less than an hour the pre-orders closed. They could open back up so keep an eye on that. It is listed as "limited", I'm not sure if that means they only got a small quantity or if that means it includes the shield (AmiAmi does sometimes get campaign items).
Great looking figure, but I can't squeeze in any more July pre-orders.
Emerje
Posted by william-james88 on June 1st, 2017 @ 12:42am CDT
fruityrobo wrote:Is this part of the Takara line or part of Hasbro Premier Edition?
That leader optimus is only from takara.
Posted by Emerje on June 1st, 2017 @ 12:55am CDT
Looks like the "limited" refers to the extra sword.
Emerje
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on June 1st, 2017 @ 1:28am CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 1st, 2017 @ 4:10am CDT
Respectively from Amazon.co.jp and Toys'R'Us Japan, the images have been mirrored below, and also include a second Amazon listing for Calibur Optimus' Limited Edition (with an added sword) - check them out.
Posted by Va'al on June 2nd, 2017 @ 3:11pm CDT
Also included is a quick GIF showing off Leader Megatron's battle mask faceplate gimmick. It's nifty, if it doesn't give you nightmares!