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Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised

Transformers News: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised

Sunday, February 25th, 2018 12:57PM CST

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Thanks to fellow Seibertronian, primalxconvoy we have some interesting news about the Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG61 Decepticon Clones set. Evidently there was an error in the original instructions. Included in the package was a slip that corrects Wingspan and Pounce's robot modes that were swapped by mistake in the original instructions.

The slip shows the corrected robot modes and explains the error. In case your Japanese is a little rusty the pages have been translated for you. Please note that some grammar does not always translate cleanly but the idea should be understood fairly easily. Do you have this set and did the error affect you? Let us know on the boards.

Transformers News: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised

Transformers News: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised

Transformers News: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised

Transformers News: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised

Transformers News: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised
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Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942410)
Posted by primalxconvoy on February 25th, 2018 @ 2:57pm CST
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:but, of course if that's what you meant, and TT doesn't sell their toys at b&m in japan at all, then it would make sense that they're hemorrhaging money and need to borrow the potp figures from hasbro :lol:


Yes, thats what i meant. Takra doesnt distribute these legends toys at big box retailers in Japan, as far as I have looked into it. Hence the 15 year old age on the box.

Takara has limited the age range for these toys and I have no clue why when its the same toys Hasbro markets to kids.

Anyways... I thought this pic was awesome and well thought out

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1/ Takara haven't limited sales of the toys to only online. I showed photographic evidence of this already of the Legends toys being sold in a major chain retailer in Japan. Here is the picture again. However, although most BM retailers are not carrying these figures, that's not so unusual as Transformers have never enjoyed a strong presence in such shops in the time I've been in Japan.

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I interviewed a shop assistant at that shop and they were unaware of the 15+ age on the box. Once told why, he stated that their shop (Yodabashi Camera, I think) allowed unaccompanied children of any age to buy toys, but didn't allow such children to buy videogames that the shop consisted graphically violent, or sexual in nature. When asked why the Legends toys were rated 15+, the staff postulated that this was due to the "original version of the toy being aimed at the same age" (we didn't understand this idea) and/or that the transformation was more complicated/the toy had sharper, more dangerous parts than regular released TFs).

2/ The increased age range is probably due to the use of "nsfw" imagery and themes in the attached comics that came with some of the figures (such as Octane, for example).

3/ These could be related to dwindling sales or a lack of money at Takara. TFwiki postulated that when Binaltech sales were low (possibly due to complicated transformations, etc), Takara aimed the toys at an older market, which meant that they could employ a more nsfw themes to entice a specific demographic (certain, older male "otaku" that liked nostalgic and/or "adult" references in their Transformers media). Thus, this seems to be a similar situation, with low sales/limited availability of Legends toys and similar adult content.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942414)
Posted by primalxconvoy on February 25th, 2018 @ 3:07pm CST
WreckerJack wrote:Thanks to fellow Seibertronian, primalxconvoy we have some interesting news about the Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG61 Decepticon Clones set. Evidently there was an error in the original instructions. Included in the package was a slip that corrects Wingspan and Pounce's robot modes that were swapped by mistake in the original instructions.

The slip shows the corrected robot modes and explains the error. In case your Japanese is a little rusty the pages have been translated for you. Please note that some grammar does not always translate cleanly but the idea should be understood fairly easily. Do you have this set and did the error affect you? Let us know on the boards.

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Here's a cleaner scan of the paper:

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Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942416)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 25th, 2018 @ 3:12pm CST
It does show how well the Clones are made if the ones who made the instructions can't tell them apart. :lol:
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942438)
Posted by fenrir72 on February 25th, 2018 @ 6:29pm CST
primalxconvoy wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:but, of course if that's what you meant, and TT doesn't sell their toys at b&m in japan at all, then it would make sense that they're hemorrhaging money and need to borrow the potp figures from hasbro :lol:


Yes, thats what i meant. Takra doesnt distribute these legends toys at big box retailers in Japan, as far as I have looked into it. Hence the 15 year old age on the box.

Takara has limited the age range for these toys and I have no clue why when its the same toys Hasbro markets to kids.

Anyways... I thought this pic was awesome and well thought out

Image


1/ Takara haven't limited sales of the toys to only online. I showed photographic evidence of this already of the Legends toys being sold in a major chain retailer in Japan. Here is the picture again. However, although most BM retailers are not carrying these figures, that's not so unusual as Transformers have never enjoyed a strong presence in such shops in the time I've been in Japan.

IMG_20180211_171424.jpg


I interviewed a shop assistant at that shop and they were unaware of the 15+ age on the box. Once told why, he stated that their shop (Yodabashi Camera, I think) allowed unaccompanied children of any age to buy toys, but didn't allow such children to buy videogames that the shop consisted graphically violent, or sexual in nature. When asked why the Legends toys were rated 15+, the staff postulated that this was due to the "original version of the toy being aimed at the same age" (we didn't understand this idea) and/or that the transformation was more complicated/the toy had sharper, more dangerous parts than regular released TFs).

2/ The increased age range is probably due to the use of "nsfw" imagery and themes in the attached comics that came with some of the figures (such as Octane, for example).

3/ These could be related to dwindling sales or a lack of money at Takara. TFwiki postulated that when Binaltech sales were low (possibly due to complicated transformations, etc), Takara aimed the toys at an older market, which meant that they could employ a more nsfw themes to entice a specific demographic (certain, older male "otaku" that liked nostalgic and/or "adult" references in their Transformers media). Thus, this seems to be a similar situation, with low sales/limited availability of Legends toys and similar adult content.


Takara hemorrhaging financially? Really? You better back up that statement or else some "expert" out there might call you out as a bearer of FAKE NEWS! :lol:

TF isn't really as strong in Nippon as Gundam etc. The bread and butter is always and always be China!
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942465)
Posted by Emerje on February 25th, 2018 @ 10:08pm CST
primalxconvoy wrote:3/ These could be related to dwindling sales or a lack of money at Takara.

Why do people still feel the need to perpetuate this myth? Takara themselves have posted their financial reports in English for all to see and they are very strong. They even specifically point at strong Transformers sales. They had an abysmal 2016, but 2017 was their best year since 2013 and that includes setting aside over US$3 million to prepare for losses from Toys R Us restructuring in the USA. Both their income from within Japan and globally as a parent company have been strong.

Here are some highlights:

From Takara Tomy as a parent company
TT Net Income.PNG


TT Net Assets.PNG


Global sales (remember, Tomy operates worldwide and Hasbro does use Transformers under license so TT does make money off Hasbro's sales)

Global sales.PNG


Maybe a good argument could have been made in 2016 when Takara Tomy had a bad year, but not now. The final results for 2017 come out in March and I expect some big numbers to end the fiscal year. That doesn't mean Hasbro wont try to buy the, but it wont be because Takara Tomy is in the red.

Emerje
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942466)
Posted by kurthy on February 25th, 2018 @ 10:12pm CST
Emerje wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:3/ These could be related to dwindling sales or a lack of money at Takara.

Why do people still feel the need to perpetuate this myth? Takara themselves have posted their financial reports in English for all to see and they are very strong. They even specifically point at strong Transformers sales. They had an abysmal 2016, but 2017 was their best year since 2013 and that includes setting aside over US$3 million to prepare for losses from Toys R Us restructuring in the USA. Both their income from within Japan and globally as a parent company have been strong.

Here are some highlights:

From Takara Tomy as a parent company
TT Net Income.PNG


TT Net Assets.PNG


Global sales (remember, Tomy operates worldwide and Hasbro does use Transformers under license so TT does make money off Hasbro's sales)

Global sales.PNG


Maybe a good argument could have been made in 2016 when Takara Tomy had a bad year, but not now. The final results for 2017 come out in March and I expect some big numbers to end the fiscal year. That doesn't mean Hasbro wont try to buy the, but it wont be because Takara Tomy is in the red.

Emerje


Given that lines are planned out much more than a year in advance, is it possible that Power of the Primes is the result of bad sales in 2016?
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942468)
Posted by Emerje on February 25th, 2018 @ 10:23pm CST
kurthy wrote:Given that lines are planned out much more than a year in advance, is it possible that Power of the Primes is the result of bad sales in 2016?

That's entirely possible, but that would depend entirely on what happened in 2016. I feel like whatever it was wasn't because of Transformers.

Emerje
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942483)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 26th, 2018 @ 12:41am CST
Emerje wrote:
kurthy wrote:Given that lines are planned out much more than a year in advance, is it possible that Power of the Primes is the result of bad sales in 2016?

That's entirely possible, but that would depend entirely on what happened in 2016. I feel like whatever it was wasn't because of Transformers.

Emerje


I'm trying to think what lines were out in 2016 and I might be wrong but Adventure might have been the problem.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942486)
Posted by Emerje on February 26th, 2018 @ 1:03am CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
kurthy wrote:Given that lines are planned out much more than a year in advance, is it possible that Power of the Primes is the result of bad sales in 2016?

That's entirely possible, but that would depend entirely on what happened in 2016. I feel like whatever it was wasn't because of Transformers.

Emerje


I'm trying to think what lines were out in 2016 and I might be wrong but Adventure might have been the problem.

That could be, both Prime and Adventure ended rather abruptly without finishing their shows and toy lines. I'm not so sure that alone would have been enough to suffer such a huge loss, but it couldn't have helped. Probably some combination of failed investments in new toy lines, video games, and anime, or maybe something in their electronics division crashed especially hard. For 2017/2018 they seem to have found some success in their new Tomica Hyper Rescue and Shinkalion franchises. Maybe Japan just prefers their robot cartoons homegrown. Maybe it's time for another Unicron Trilogy?

Emerje
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942499)
Posted by primalxconvoy on February 26th, 2018 @ 3:39am CST
The "myth" of Takara Tomy's poor sales is actually based upon facts, plus some speculation:

- https://seekingalpha.com/article/409679 ... ard-spiral

- https://seekingalpha.com/article/408662 ... -gunsights

One of the major factors was that Takara Tomy lost the (master?) licence for Pokemon, apparently.

Also, regardless of Takara doing well, it's the LEGENDS Transformers that apparently were not selling that well, or the limited market that they were aimed at, creating a "chicken or egg" situation.

As far as I have seen, Transformers have never enjoyed a really strong, consistent presence in most toy departments (with the exception of Toys R Us, and at Yodabashi/Bic Camera). This may mean that TFs have not really enjoyed the success of, say, Power Rangers, or Masked Rider in Japan.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942502)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 26th, 2018 @ 3:57am CST
Well in Japan transformers does face stiff competition, especially in the more adult oriented market. Bandai are takara's biggest threat. I see takara's shinkalion as a hope of the second coming of the brave franchise (of which gaogaigar was the best)
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942505)
Posted by kurthy on February 26th, 2018 @ 5:21am CST
Emerje wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
kurthy wrote:Given that lines are planned out much more than a year in advance, is it possible that Power of the Primes is the result of bad sales in 2016?

That's entirely possible, but that would depend entirely on what happened in 2016. I feel like whatever it was wasn't because of Transformers.

Emerje


I'm trying to think what lines were out in 2016 and I might be wrong but Adventure might have been the problem.

That could be, both Prime and Adventure ended rather abruptly without finishing their shows and toy lines. I'm not so sure that alone would have been enough to suffer such a huge loss, but it couldn't have helped. Probably some combination of failed investments in new toy lines, video games, and anime, or maybe something in their electronics division crashed especially hard. For 2017/2018 they seem to have found some success in their new Tomica Hyper Rescue and Shinkalion franchises. Maybe Japan just prefers their robot cartoons homegrown. Maybe it's time for another Unicron Trilogy?

Emerje


In 2016, they would have also been heavily in the design processes of Diaclone II (a line seriously threatening my bank account) and revamping the MP line, in addition to designing all the heavy retools for UW and Legends. Those might have been heavy capital expenses hitting their books without immediate gains to offset. Just speculating though.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942507)
Posted by Burn on February 26th, 2018 @ 5:41am CST
So ah ... cool topic and all guys, but as I have said on multiple occasions when it comes to the financial side of the business, could you just ... I dunno ... put it in it's own thread?

People obviously want to discuss it, as it keeps getting brought up across various threads, but no one seems to actually want to start the discussion on it's own.

So until that happens ... can we keep this about the Legends Toyline please? Come on, I'm asking nicely ... apparently people prefer their Admins to be nice. I personally think that's a load of hogwash but hey, I'm willing to give it a go. Image
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942508)
Posted by kurthy on February 26th, 2018 @ 5:48am CST
Utter hogwash.

Which one of these lovelies is making it to your house, Burn?
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942509)
Posted by primalxconvoy on February 26th, 2018 @ 6:44am CST
Archforce, and his brother, Megastorm.

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Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942513)
Posted by Emerje on February 26th, 2018 @ 7:45am CST
Burn wrote:So ah ... cool topic and all guys, but as I have said on multiple occasions when it comes to the financial side of the business, could you just ... I dunno ... put it in it's own thread?

People obviously want to discuss it, as it keeps getting brought up across various threads, but no one seems to actually want to start the discussion on it's own.

So until that happens ... can we keep this about the Legends Toyline please? Come on, I'm asking nicely ... apparently people prefer their Admins to be nice. I personally think that's a load of hogwash but hey, I'm willing to give it a go. Image

Since you asked so nicely, here's a new topic discussing Takara Tomy's finances.

Emerje
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942520)
Posted by primalxconvoy on February 26th, 2018 @ 8:29am CST
Burn wrote:So ah ... cool topic and all guys, but as I have said on multiple occasions when it comes to the financial side of the business, could you just ... I dunno ... put it in it's own thread?

People obviously want to discuss it, as it keeps getting brought up across various threads, but no one seems to actually want to start the discussion on it's own.

So until that happens ... can we keep this about the Legends Toyline please? Come on, I'm asking nicely ... apparently people prefer their Admins to be nice. I personally think that's a load of hogwash but hey, I'm willing to give it a go. Image



Who are you, and what have you done with Burn?

I agree though, it's one of those things, like the social issues in the Legends comics, Legality/Morality of KOs, etc that really needs its own thread. I keep on meaning to start/make an interesting thread about these, but right now, I'm too darn busy.

Anyway, here are some pics be of Archforce, with other purple Headmasters. There are even two Beast Wars Megatron Headmasters included, too.

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Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1942928)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 27th, 2018 @ 6:34pm CST
Stupid question, is Greatshot delayed to April like the Jumpstarters and Darth Vader?
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1943300)
Posted by Emerje on March 1st, 2018 @ 11:33pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Stupid question, is Greatshot delayed to April like the Jumpstarters and Darth Vader?

No, but he's scheduled for 3/31 so he may as well be April. But the April delay was only a few days in if I remember right so it doesn't effect too much (aside from combined monthly shipping).

Man, the wait for TFSource to get Legends Blurr in is killing me here. I ordered him there instead of BBTS for less so that I could add him to my stack and get free shipping on my MP15E/16E cassettes. I want my cassettes! :BOOM: They changed his release to March now, by the time they get him he'll be shipped with Greatshot and Grand Maximus.

Emerje
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1943304)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on March 2nd, 2018 @ 12:47am CST
Emerje wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Stupid question, is Greatshot delayed to April like the Jumpstarters and Darth Vader?

No, but he's scheduled for 3/31 so he may as well be April. But the April delay was only a few days in if I remember right so it doesn't effect too much (aside from combined monthly shipping).

Man, the wait for TFSource to get Legends Blurr in is killing me here. I ordered him there instead of BBTS for less so that I could add him to my stack and get free shipping on my MP15E/16E cassettes. I want my cassettes! :BOOM: They changed his release to March now, by the time they get him he'll be shipped with Greatshot and Grand Maximus.

Emerje


Those reprint Legends figures must be trickling in little by little to TFSource. I got my Blurr (replacing one of the first runs with bad paint slop) from TFSource a few weeks ago now, and I know that I finally got mine almost a month after other people started getting theirs from TFSource too. It's weird.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1943309)
Posted by Emerje on March 2nd, 2018 @ 2:17am CST
Wolfman Jake wrote:Those reprint Legends figures must be trickling in little by little to TFSource. I got my Blurr (replacing one of the first runs with bad paint slop) from TFSource a few weeks ago now, and I know that I finally got mine almost a month after other people started getting theirs from TFSource too. It's weird.

That really is weird, I did the pre-order back on January 4 when they still said it would be out in February. It wasn't until only a week or so ago that they stopped taking orders. I guess the wait continues.

Emerje
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1943344)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 2nd, 2018 @ 9:46am CST
My Legends G2 Megatron processed last night, as did MP-40. War Hammer Bee got kicked back to March, so the wait is still on.

Depending when Greatshot comes in, I may ship him with Megs, Bee, and a new gun to get Greatshot early and do a review of him with his 2 mold brothers, and ship MP-40 with Barricade in April.

TFsource is weird sometimes.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1943408)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on March 2nd, 2018 @ 5:50pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:My Legends G2 Megatron processed last night, as did MP-40. War Hammer Bee got kicked back to March, so the wait is still on.

Depending when Greatshot comes in, I may ship him with Megs, Bee, and a new gun to get Greatshot early and do a review of him with his 2 mold brothers, and ship MP-40 with Barricade in April.

TFsource is weird sometimes.


Did you order Legends Windblade too, per chance? My stacked orders for G2 Megatron and MP Targemaster Hot Rod also processed the other night, but nothing so much as an "in stock" notice for Windblade as come up yet.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1943626)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 3rd, 2018 @ 6:58pm CST
Wolfman Jake wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:My Legends G2 Megatron processed last night, as did MP-40. War Hammer Bee got kicked back to March, so the wait is still on.

Depending when Greatshot comes in, I may ship him with Megs, Bee, and a new gun to get Greatshot early and do a review of him with his 2 mold brothers, and ship MP-40 with Barricade in April.

TFsource is weird sometimes.


Did you order Legends Windblade too, per chance? My stacked orders for G2 Megatron and MP Targemaster Hot Rod also processed the other night, but nothing so much as an "in stock" notice for Windblade as come up yet.

I did not. War Hammer Bee got pushed back a month, and he was supposed to come in stock with them, so maybe Windblade suffered the same fate?
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1944094)
Posted by Relic0037 on March 5th, 2018 @ 6:52pm CST
Just got LG63 in, so why not post a few photos of one of the last of the Legends line until we get Grand Max & a few others later this month.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1944114)
Posted by Emerje on March 5th, 2018 @ 8:57pm CST
My one complaint about G2 Megs is that they didn't take the opportunity to paint up the seat portion of the smaller gun to look like the air bellow on the original figure and maybe do the back of the canon in light blue. All black on a G2 inspired figure is a little uninspired.

Image

The shape is all there in the Legends figure, it just needed the paint.

Emerje
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1944202)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 6th, 2018 @ 9:29am CST
Relic0037 wrote:Just got LG63 in, so why not post a few photos of one of the last of the Legends line until we get Grand Max & a few others later this month.

Niiiiiiiiice. I eagerly anticipate mine in a month here or so
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1944222)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 6th, 2018 @ 10:43am CST
Here's my review of legends Windblade.

Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1944738)
Posted by Counterpunch on March 8th, 2018 @ 1:50pm CST
LG Windblade is one of those figures that shocks me how much better it is than the Hasbro version through its small changes and plastic color swaps.

G2 "Megatron" is a figure that I was going to ignore, but the in-hand pictures just changed my mind. It's beautiful. On top of that, the tie ins to BW Megatron in the comics are right in line with how I was head-canoning the figure.

Pounce and Wingspan seem to be superior to the domestic releases, again, though it's the pink color of the Hasbro versions that sticks out in my mind for those characters. I need to figure out if I'm going to keep or sell the Hasbro set.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1944815)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on March 8th, 2018 @ 5:57pm CST
Megatron is really awesome, i just love having him, and i have two guys that will just go wonderfully with him being Ultra Mammoth and Laser Prime.

Also got Overlord in the same shipment as Megatron, and had to check on those chest panels as i heard they were glued in. turns out they wernt. I had to take him apart, but when i did i discovered the panels are clipped in rather than glued. I was able to remove them without damaging anything and put them back with no trouble (still need to review the toy :) ).

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Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1944862)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 8th, 2018 @ 10:21pm CST
Guess I'm one of the few who's okay with Legends Overlord's Iacon Engines.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1945375)
Posted by Emerje on March 11th, 2018 @ 1:18am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Guess I'm one of the few who's okay with Legend Overlord's Iacon Engines.

I'm OK with it, but only because I think the bot mode looks better with the doors closed. ;) I'm not a big fan of things sticking out in front of the arms.

Emerje
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1945528)
Posted by Relic0037 on March 11th, 2018 @ 3:35pm CDT
Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Guess I'm one of the few who's okay with Legend Overlord's Iacon Engines.

I'm OK with it, but only because I think the bot mode looks better with the doors closed. ;) I'm not a big fan of things sticking out in front of the arms.

Emerje


While I would have preferred removable Powermasters/ godmasters as the engines, I still like the homage they went with & prefer it over the empty cavities Hasbro gave us. & while I'm aware you can fill those holes with Prime Masters or whatever, I'm not sure what would look right in those spots.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1945551)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on March 11th, 2018 @ 4:58pm CDT
Relic0037 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Guess I'm one of the few who's okay with Legend Overlord's Iacon Engines.

I'm OK with it, but only because I think the bot mode looks better with the doors closed. ;) I'm not a big fan of things sticking out in front of the arms.

Emerje


While I would have preferred removable Powermasters/ godmasters as the engines, I still like the homage they went with & prefer it over the empty cavities Hasbro gave us. & while I'm aware you can fill those holes with Prime Masters or whatever, I'm not sure what would look right in those spots.


it works two ways really, one is for those who really like the Primemaster gimmick. I do actually think its a fun notion that Metalhawk and Cloudburst can hyjack Giga and Mega's transtector. But the other is more for the people who are dead set on having Overlord as a Powermaster instead of a Headmaster, taking out those bits and Swapping the faces on Giga and Mega's backs for Engine pieces from Shapeways can make that happen, something i actually plan on doing myself
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1945565)
Posted by Relic0037 on March 11th, 2018 @ 5:39pm CDT
grimdragon2001 wrote:
Relic0037 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Guess I'm one of the few who's okay with Legend Overlord's Iacon Engines.

I'm OK with it, but only because I think the bot mode looks better with the doors closed. ;) I'm not a big fan of things sticking out in front of the arms.

Emerje


While I would have preferred removable Powermasters/ godmasters as the engines, I still like the homage they went with & prefer it over the empty cavities Hasbro gave us. & while I'm aware you can fill those holes with Prime Masters or whatever, I'm not sure what would look right in those spots.


it works two ways really, one is for those who really like the Primemaster gimmick. I do actually think its a fun notion that Metalhawk and Cloudburst can hyjack Giga and Mega's transtector. But the other is more for the people who are dead set on having Overlord as a Powermaster instead of a Headmaster, taking out those bits and Swapping the faces on Giga and Mega's backs for Engine pieces from Shapeways can make that happen, something i actually plan on doing myself

Basically, I like the Masterforce show accurate look of Legends Overlord, but wouldn't want to take apart such an expensive figure & risk damaging him to get Powermasters. The most I usually do to customize figures is by using Reprolabels or head swapping (although if I can get POTP Inferno at a good price, I may take a shot at adding a headmaster port to get a Cab).
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1946824)
Posted by Cyberpath on March 18th, 2018 @ 10:01am CDT
The clones arrived today! Both sets are really nice. It would have been cool if Wingspan and Pounce had jaw articulation, but I get that they are smaller/cheaper figures.

Got all my Decepticon beasts on my desk now! Shame that HasTak hasn't made Snapdragon & Apeface to complete things. Kind of surprised that no 3P has crated a version compatible with TR / Legends yet.

Also, the Terrorcons could have looked great with this crowd, but I'm not crazy about the Hasbro decos. (Maybe if there's a really good sale someday. Or a UW edition.)
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1946851)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 18th, 2018 @ 1:09pm CDT
Cyberpath wrote:Also, the Terrorcons could have looked great with this crowd, but I'm not crazy about the Hasbro decos. (Maybe if there's a really good sale someday. Or a UW edition.)
It is possible to get a cartoon-accurate deco for Abominus's head if you're willing to customize the toy a bit, as the whole head is cast in maroon plastic, meaning that the white helmet is just painted white. All you have to do is remove all of the paint on the head to reveal the maroon plastic underneath, and then paint/color the eyes red and the face gray/silver to get that full cartoon look. ;)^
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1946905)
Posted by Cyberpath on March 18th, 2018 @ 5:06pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:Also, the Terrorcons could have looked great with this crowd, but I'm not crazy about the Hasbro decos. (Maybe if there's a really good sale someday. Or a UW edition.)
It is possible to get a cartoon-accurate deco for Abominus's head if you're willing to customize the toy a bit, as the whole head is cast in maroon plastic, meaning that the white helmet is just painted white. All you have to do is remove all of the paint on the head to reveal the maroon plastic underneath, and then paint/color the eyes red and the face gray/silver to get that full cartoon look. ;)^

I always get too ambitious with these things, then bored and eventually leave it unfinished. It's not just the Hun-gurrr/Abominus faces; I think that with some tweaks Takara would have pushed these to the next level. (For instance, I don't get why Hun-gurrr's thighs have these random white blocks?) Takara spoiled me with its awesome Legends decos. :) There were figures I would have probably skipped if not for its attention to detail & colour schemes. (Not to mention extra articulation and signature guns for the Constructicons.) It's fine though, I'm not too bothered by it.

BTW, shame that the engineering doesn't allow for dragon knees on Abominus. I always thought it was a cool feature because it kind of looked like the heads belonged to Sinnertwin & Cutthroat. (AKOM made that mistake in an amusing piece of animation.)

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Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1947138)
Posted by Emerje on March 19th, 2018 @ 5:48pm CDT
Wow, I never realized how much they screwed that up. In the first frame it's a funny colored Hun-gurrr, then he splits into Sinnertwin and Cutthroat with dragon heads, and then finally Hun-gurrr pops on top of the dragon heads to form Abominus. That's has to be one of their weirdest animation errors in a series full of animation errors.

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Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1947680)
Posted by Albatross250 on March 23rd, 2018 @ 4:09am CDT
Seaspray, Topspin and Twintwist located at Hong kong
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Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1947705)
Posted by Albatross250 on March 23rd, 2018 @ 8:04am CDT
This was intentional isn't it?

Picture by Oscar Fung.
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Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1947706)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 23rd, 2018 @ 8:08am CDT
Just another configuration made up by Sakamoto fiddling with the toys.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1947715)
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on March 23rd, 2018 @ 9:25am CDT
I've been trying to figure out how to get that mode and I can't seem to get it like they do in the pictures. It doesn't work for me. Has anyone else gotten it to work?
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1947734)
Posted by Albatross250 on March 23rd, 2018 @ 11:05am CDT
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I've been trying to figure out how to get that mode and I can't seem to get it like they do in the pictures. It doesn't work for me. Has anyone else gotten it to work?

Check on Topspin's legs, they might have the holes or pegs. and directly connect it on Twintwist's Leg.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1947736)
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on March 23rd, 2018 @ 11:06am CDT
Albatross250 wrote:
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I've been trying to figure out how to get that mode and I can't seem to get it like they do in the pictures. It doesn't work for me. Has anyone else gotten it to work?

Check on Topspin's wings and directly connect it on Twintwist's Leg.


I figured it out. I wasn't looking at it correctly.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1947756)
Posted by blackeyedprime on March 23rd, 2018 @ 12:54pm CDT
Seems odd that is easier to get the legends twintwist over the hasbro one but I want the colors to match :( looking forward to Seaspray. Just got the Leoconvoy (after never having/wanting Alpha Trion) and it's a lot nicer than I thought it would be.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1947851)
Posted by william-james88 on March 23rd, 2018 @ 10:05pm CDT
The Takara Legends line as we know it is almost at an end, so we should appreciate these newly released legends figures, which sport different paint applications from their Hasbro counterparts, while we still can. Below we have images of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG-64 Seaspray, LG-65 Targetmaster Twin Twist and LG-66 Targetmaster Topspin. LG-65 Twin Twist includes Targetmaster partner Spoil, a new mold inspired by G1 Spoilsport, and LG-66 Topspin includes Targetmaster Peaceman, who is a retool and redeco of Legends Recoil.

While we do not have the full comic scans yet, we do have an image of a combined mode of Topspin and Twin Twist drawn by Sakumoto. This mode is achievable with the toys and you can see images of it below.

Here are all the sources for in hand images of these toys, where you can find more:

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Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1947893)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on March 24th, 2018 @ 12:05am CDT
I wonder if Takara is gearing up for the "series finale" of Transformers Legends now. I believe that Topspin, Twintwist, and Seaspray with Lione are the last of the mainline releases for the LG line, correct? Would they pack the final Legends stories with LG-EX Greatshot and Brave Maximus?
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1947911)
Posted by DMSL on March 24th, 2018 @ 4:15am CDT
I already have the Jumpstarters from Hasbro, because i didn't care for them being Targetmasters. I pre-ordered Seaspray, but i think i was wrong there too. I do not understand why the windshield is not painted, it looks bad.
Re: Takara Tomy LG61 Decepticon Clones Instruction Error Revised (1947934)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 24th, 2018 @ 7:43am CDT
DMSL wrote:I pre-ordered Seaspray, but i think i was wrong there too. I do not understand why the windshield is not painted, it looks bad.
It is painted. It's just painted a different shade of blue from the rest of the body's blue because of...

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