Takara Tomy Mall Exclusive MPG-06S Kaen Features Additional Trainbot Accessories

Well looks like Pulse made good on the offering. In an odd twist however they have ONLY the MPG-06S box with extras, no listing yet for the stand-alone MPG-06 Kaen.

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/new ... inbot-kaen

Price is pretty reasonable all things considered. I'm glad I was able to cancel my Amazon Japan order for the standard Kaen.

The only downside is now, I'll have MPG-05 by October, it will be a long 8 months waiting after that to finally finish Raiden in May of 2024.

o.supreme wrote:Well looks like Pulse made good on the offering. In an odd twist however they have ONLY the MPG-06S box with extras, no listing yet for the stand-alone MPG-06 Kaen.

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/new ... inbot-kaen

Price is pretty reasonable all things considered. I'm glad I was able to cancel my Amazon Japan order for the standard Kaen.

The only downside is now, I'll have MPG-05 by October, it will be a long 8 months waiting after that to finally finish Raiden in May of 2024.

Yeah, they definitely hit the right price on that set, definitely the way to go over the standard Kaen.

Emerje

o.supreme wrote:
The only downside is now, I'll have MPG-05 by October, it will be a long 8 months waiting after that to finally finish Raiden in May of 2024.

Yeah, the rollout schedule for these things is killing me. Over two years for the full set and you can't connect any of them together until the fourth one arrives.

Jerks.

angtre wrote:There are two questions in my mind:
1 - Will they ever reuse these molds for the alternative Diaclone color scheme? Apart from transparent and chromium ones, they were pretty neat.
2 - Will they release more MP Combiners and give us the Devastator we deserve?

For question 1, yeah that's happening as MPG 7 through 12 apparently.

For question 2, have you met us? We don't deserve anything

Brokebot wrote:

o.supreme wrote:
The only downside is now, I'll have MPG-05 by October, it will be a long 8 months waiting after that to finally finish Raiden in May of 2024.

Yeah, the rollout schedule for these things is killing me. Over two years for the full set and you can't connect any of them together until the fourth one arrives.

Jerks.

Anyone who collected SS Devastator knows this struggle, I've survived it once, I'm ok this time around.

Funny enough, my 2 favorite SS Devastator bots were one of the first and one of the last, one limb and the crotch, and for Raiden, my 2 favorite appear to be a limb and the crotch, the crotch again released last.

As for the boxset, I don't want all those extra stands and box, so I am good with my Amazon JP order of vanilla Kaen

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:As for the boxset, I don't want all those extra stands and box, so I am good with my Amazon JP order of vanilla Kaen

Same. Raiden will be standing on the shelf, not the individual trains. I have no use for all that other stuff. No use for the tracks, but I have 'em for . . . . reasons.

I had 06 all set on AJP but now with Pulse having 06S, i will have to cancel.

Also, DMax, Vanilla Kaen is a great descriptor phrase. Excellent work!

Now that 06 is on Pulse I can't imagine why anyone would choose that over 06S at such a small markup.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Now that 06 is on Pulse I can't imagine why anyone would choose that over 06S at such a small markup.

Emerje

Well, we just said why. Some of us just don't need or want the extra stuff. The only thing of significance in it for me is the extra sword, and I'm fine without it. The rest of it would be going in a box taking up space. And personally, I'm just ready to wrap this up. I'm not waiting the extra two or three extra months for stuff that I don't need.

Brokebot wrote:

Emerje wrote:Now that 06 is on Pulse I can't imagine why anyone would choose that over 06S at such a small markup.

Emerje

Well, we just said why. Some of us just don't need or want the extra stuff. The only thing of significance in it for me is the extra sword, and I'm fine without it. The rest of it would be going in a box taking up space. And personally, I'm just ready to wrap this up. I'm not waiting the extra two or three extra months for stuff that I don't need.

I'm with Brokebot, I have no desire nor reason to get the extras

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Brokebot wrote:

Emerje wrote:Now that 06 is on Pulse I can't imagine why anyone would choose that over 06S at such a small markup.

Emerje

Well, we just said why. Some of us just don't need or want the extra stuff. The only thing of significance in it for me is the extra sword, and I'm fine without it. The rest of it would be going in a box taking up space. And personally, I'm just ready to wrap this up. I'm not waiting the extra two or three extra months for stuff that I don't need.

I'm with Brokebot, I have no desire nor reason to get the extras

For me it's not so much about what I need but what I can get for just $30 more. I've mentioned before that I doubt I'll display these as Raiden since, frankly, it looks terrible and those extra stand parts could be useful in that.

Emerje

I understand the pros and cons of fans who just want the individual Kaen release, as well as those who want the special box.

For me it isn't even about the additional accessories, as much as it is the Box itself. I absolutely adore Giftsets. The art and the idea that you get them all at once was always so cool to me as a kid.

I have all 11 UW Boxes, as well as all the giftsets that came out for CW, and even the 2 TR sets (even though they weren't combiners, they were the same style and packaging). I also have all the TT Selects sets as well, although they have no art really.

The Raiden Box just looks amazing to me. I've said this before, and I'll say it again, when it comes to customizations, if some 3P company actually produced high quality packaging for Combiners that never had a proper box set, I'd definitely purchase them.

I like a boxset primarily for it's practicality. Get 'em all at once so you didn't have to chase all of the individual members down. As for the artwork, I do love it but Predaking and Computron came with a mini-poster that takes up a hell of a lot less space on the wall than the box does on a shelf. Add to that, a basement flood had ruined all the packaging I had stored up from my Beast Wars collection as well as all my wife's Star Wars stuff. I don't bother with it anymore.

My MPG4 Suiken just shipped from Amazon Japan. Price went down too, so he was $124 shipped. Looking forward to this one, I think he is the 2nd best looking of the crew.

Yes mine would have shipped yesterday also, but like a dummy, I had the wrong payment info for my MPG-04 purchase (and MPG-05 apparently), so I went in and fixed them both. Looks like it will ship within the next 24 hours.

The price reduction is probably due to the exchange doing slightly better in the last month or so. It's still not as good as it was last year when MPG-01 and 02 came out, but it is better than when 03 came out in March, and still slightly better than any other retail price.

My yen price went down 2000 yen, it wasn't just the exchange rate.

I am super excited for Suiken. He looks so good, and I really hope he is good.

Got my copy yesterday. I just opened the shipping box, but haven't had time to open the toy itself.

o.supreme wrote:Got my copy yesterday. I just opened the shipping box, but haven't had time to open the toy itself.

Mine's still a week away. Not sure why it's coming so slow this time

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Got my copy yesterday. I just opened the shipping box, but haven't had time to open the toy itself.

Mine's still a week away. Not sure why it's coming so slow this time

For whatever reason they used ECMS instead of DHL this time. They all arrived in California, which makes sens why o.supreme has his already. Mine is due Monday.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Got my copy yesterday. I just opened the shipping box, but haven't had time to open the toy itself.

Mine's still a week away. Not sure why it's coming so slow this time

Yeah, still waiting on mine as well.

Thats ok, in this case 1st definitely isn't best. Ya'll will probably have yours out and on display before I finally get to enjoy mine (still unopened 5 days later)

o.supreme wrote:Thats ok, in this case 1st definitely isn't best. Ya'll will probably have yours out and on display before I finally get to enjoy mine (still unopened 5 days later)

Hell, man, if you're not gonna open the damn thing, send it to me and I'll send mine to you whenever it comes.

Brokebot wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Thats ok, in this case 1st definitely isn't best. Ya'll will probably have yours out and on display before I finally get to enjoy mine (still unopened 5 days later)

Hell, man, if you're not gonna open the damn thing, send it to me and I'll send mine to you whenever it comes.

I would if I had time. . Seriously though, with the holiday tomorrow I should have time to open and enjoy it

Mine should arrive tomorrow, so I hopefully can open him up tomorrow night

My Suiken arrived finally.

This was the Trainbot I was 2nd most excited for, after Kaen. And he is pretty good.

The one complaint I have is that his backback sticks out a bit farther than I anticipated and would like.

But other than that, he is pretty good. the colors are as nice in person as I was hoping, and I enjoy how different his silhouette is from the other trains. I also appreciate that he is much more proportionate compared to the legs.

The built-in hand is also nice. I like how it functions.

I will share more pictures later, but I am liking him so far.

Still waiting . . . .

He looks so dang good

Got to mess around with Suiken some more, and he is definitely the best of the trains so far.

for one thing, his transformation is much more straightforward and enjoyable compared to the others. His robot mode proportions are also strong. and his colors rock.

I also put him in arm and ankle winglet mode, and it looks pretty good. I really like how the robot mode thighs become the combiner connection, and the robot chest and arms form the combiner forearm.

Also, you can use the combiner hand to create some entertaining robot modes

I also love how all of his and Raiden's weapons store in the front portion of the train that disconnects to form the ankle piece

So, with the first limb combination, I'm beginning to see more complications. The connection is fairly stable, but I think Im glad I ordered the deluxe Kaen with the stand. Not sure if Raiden when fully formed will be able to support his own weight.

o.supreme wrote:So, with the first limb combination, I'm beginning to see more complications. The connection is fairly stable, but I think Im glad I ordered the deluxe Kaen with the stand. Not sure if Raiden when fully formed will be able to support his own weight.

He wouldn't be the first. As stupid as I am for a combiner set, the gestalt forms have always been a bit wobbly at best. My Elita 1 is so loose, Orthia (or whatever her name is) is being held together with pipe cleaners and has to lean against the back of the bookshelf or she'd fall apart.

I haven't needed any stands yet, but the upgrade kit I got for Volcanicus has worked wonders.

Yeah Orthia and Combined Starscream from PotP are pretty bad. Mine are are standing on their own, but their backs are arched like they are going to limbo.

Overall however, I agree with D-Maximal_Primal. Suiken is fun in that he is not overly-complicated, and the Bot form as well as the train actually look good. Even transforming him into an arm wasn't that bad.

All of the Combiner Wars figures suffer from a lean because there's too much space between the teeth of the ratchets.

o.supreme wrote:Yeah Orthia and Combined Starscream from PotP are pretty bad. Mine are are standing on their own, but their backs are arched like they are going to limbo.

Oddly, my combined Starscream is tight and stands straight. At one point, I considered posing them with him holding her up like a dude getting his drunk girlfriend home.

Anyway, I should be basking the glow of Suiken's awesomeness today.

Well Seizan seems to either have little fanfare, or people are just slow to review him. I know he is very similar to the previous Trainbot Suiken, but the arms seem to be the bets developed of the set so far.

I know there is some doom and glomo hanging over this set. I'm having doubs myself about the final combined form, especially since now that I have the arms attached to Gesuei ther support is pretty unstable, even if the connection itself is solid.

I seriously doubt there will be Generations Trainbots any time soon whihc is why I supported this project. However there are some highlights, The sword os really cool as are the many other weapon accessories.

Its going to be a long 5 months wait for Kain. While those who ordered individually on Amazon Japan will start getting him in January. Those of us who ordered the deluxe bos on Hasbro Pulse will have to wait until March at least (possibly later due to delays which often happen with imports.

Im hoping at least the stands provide some stability.

o.supreme wrote:Well Seizan seems to either have little fanfare, or people are just slow to review him. I know he is very similar to the previous Trainbot Suiken, but the arms seem to be the bets developed of the set so far.

I know there is some doom and glomo hanging over this set. I'm having doubs myself about the final combined form, especially since now that I have the arms attached to Gesuei ther support is pretty unstable, even if the connection itself is solid.

I seriously doubt there will be Generations Trainbots any time soon whihc is why I supported this project. However there are some highlights, The sword os really cool as are the many other weapon accessories.

Its going to be a long 5 months wait for Kain. While those who ordered individually on Amazon Japan will start getting him in January. Those of us who ordered the deluxe bos on Hasbro Pulse will have to wait until March at least (possibly later due to delays which often happen with imports.

Im hoping at least the stands provide some stability.

The engineering (trains . . . engineering . . . ha!) is pretty interesting and surprisingly complicated. I had a hell of a time getting Seizan's shoulder joints in the right place when transforming him to Raiden arm mode, but that might just be because of the Japanese language, postage-stamp sized instructions. The connection to Shouki is creative, but there is a lot of stuff in the way of posing Raiden's arms in any dynamic way. Par for the course with combiners. Still, Raiden's completed upper half looks pretty cool to me and I'm pleased so far. Looking forward to Kaen and getting this guy finished.

On a somewhat related note, is there any combined mode for the butt load of guns that come with these guys? I don't remember seeing anything about it.

Well a couple of them combine to form the Raiden Bazooka but that was shown in previous instructions. As for all the others, not that I'm aware of. I think its neat they found creative ways to store them all in Train Mode, but as for storage in Combined mode...nope, I think there's going to be a LOT of loose Gun accessories.

I got mine 2 weeks ago, but have not had time to open him yet.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I got mine 2 weeks ago, but have not had time to open him yet.

Almost the same here. I've manage to open him , but that is it so far. I should finally get to enjoy him this weekend.

o.supreme wrote:Well a couple of them combine to form the Raiden Bazooka but that was shown in previous instructions. As for all the others, not that I'm aware of. I think its neat they found creative ways to store them all in Train Mode, but as for storage in Combined mode...nope, I think there's going to be a LOT of loose Gun accessories.

Yeah, I'm not finding very many (any) places to peg in the smaller, grey guns - only the 3 piece black one.

Finally opened by Seizan. He's pretty good. I liked this mold as Suiken, and this one is good too. I like the little faceplate, and the sword is cool. Not bad at all.

I am looking forward to Kaen a lot.

I tell you what, the trainbots are taking up a lot of room on the MP general shelf. And what's sad is, they will most likely go somewhere else once Kaen arrives and they can combine

Welp, here we go again.



I'm a little confused because the bot is the character Silver, but the train colors are Doctor Yellow (a special train in Japan for diagnosing track issues) which is what fellow prototype member Doctor is based on. Because of this weird amalgamation I doubt we'll be getting a full prototype team.

Whatever the case, we should get an official announcement later tonight (Friday in Japan).

Emerje

https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/2192872/

I'm torn on this. I don't really want it, but There is some intrigue as to if they are going to release just this one, or the whole set again in alternate colors ?

Emerje wrote:Welp, here we go again.

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I'm a little confused because the bot is the character Silver, but the train colors are Doctor Yellow (a special train in Japan for diagnosing track issues) which is what fellow prototype member Doctor is based on. Because of this weird amalgamation I doubt we'll be getting a full prototype team.

Whatever the case, we should get an official announcement later tonight (Friday in Japan).

Emerje

Doctor Yellow trains are BIG and train fans line up when one is spotted, so it's no real surprise that deco is chosen for the leader Shouki (even though it was Yukikaze that had it as an alternate deco in Diaclone). Also, it doesn't look like that's Silver, but rather a new character (or a new form for Shouki) called "Gin'ou".

:EDIT: Aaaaand I just read that out of the two Shinkansen models in the line, it's the "0"-series, or Shouki, that's used for Doctor Yellow trains, not the "200"-series or Yukikaze. Model Train fans will be pleased.

Amazon Japan / AJP link is up for preorder;

https://amzn.asia/d/95H7gVW

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Also, it doesn't look like that's Silver, but rather a new character (or a new form for Shouki) called "Gin'ou".

"Gin'ou" means silver king in Japanese. I think the new name simply means he's been upgraded or something.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Also, it doesn't look like that's Silver, but rather a new character (or a new form for Shouki) called "Gin'ou".

"Gin'ou" means silver king in Japanese. I think the new name simply means he's been upgraded or something.

Emerje

The manga that was written to advertise the first three Trainbot releases also introduced a second team of prototype Trainbots that use the color schemes of the second Diaclone team. So there are two teams, now.

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Also, it doesn't look like that's Silver, but rather a new character (or a new form for Shouki) called "Gin'ou".

"Gin'ou" means silver king in Japanese. I think the new name simply means he's been upgraded or something.

Emerje

The manga that was written to advertise the first three Trainbot releases also introduced a second team of prototype Trainbots that use the color schemes of the second Diaclone team. So there are two teams, now.

There's a second Diaclone team, so three teams total then? So the first Diaclone team is lead by Doctor and the second by Gin'ou? That's a little much, Takara Tomy...

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Also, it doesn't look like that's Silver, but rather a new character (or a new form for Shouki) called "Gin'ou".

"Gin'ou" means silver king in Japanese. I think the new name simply means he's been upgraded or something.

Emerje

The manga that was written to advertise the first three Trainbot releases also introduced a second team of prototype Trainbots that use the color schemes of the second Diaclone team. So there are two teams, now.

There's a second Diaclone team, so three teams total then? So the first Diaclone team is lead by Doctor and the second by Gin'ou? That's a little much, Takara Tomy...

Emerje

Doctor (or possibly Silver) is probably going to become Ginou, like how Shouki's original name in the story was "Mach".

o.supreme wrote:I'm torn on this. I don't really want it, but There is some intrigue as to if they are going to release just this one, or the whole set again in alternate colors ?

Agreed. I'm tempted, but not overly so. If there was a second set so I wouldn't have a dismembered torso, or it made a significant change to Raiden's appearance (or at least more than I can make out in the photo,) I might be on board - no pun intended.

As it is, Raiden feels like he's taken far too long to complete. I'm not particularly interested in doing this again for just a recolor.