Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV51 to TAV56 Teasers

I hate when we get these kinds of teasers AFTER we see what the molds look like.

I'm no big fan of the RiD line or its offshoots. But I confess - that Scorponok figure looks pretty neat....

TAV51 Hyper Surge Bumblebee
TAV53 Hyper Surge Sideswipe

TAV52 Sawtooth & Strongarm Gekiryū Armor
TAV55 Windblade

TAV54 Scorponok
TAV56 New Prime

Is that Scorponok?
I NEED

Hanzako wrote:Is that Scorponok?
I NEED

Yup, he was revealed at NY Toy Fair this year, the pics here are gone, but he's already been shown in the show; feast your eyes upon him (though he looks alot more like botcon sandsting or double punch or whomever...)

Like the others before her, Strongarm's armor's name 激流 (gekiryu) has a specific meaning: "torrent" or "raging stream". Unlike the others, "Sawtooth" has no relation to that, but since that's a direct translation of the US name, I'm expecting it to change in due time.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Hanzako wrote:Is that Scorponok?
I NEED

Yup, he was revealed at NY Toy Fair this year, the pics here are gone, but he's already been shown in the show; feast your eyes upon him (though he looks alot more like botcon sandsting or double punch or whomever...)

No way that thing can stand up unaided. It looks too top heavy with legs like toothpicks.

MegaDump wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Hanzako wrote:Is that Scorponok?
I NEED

Yup, he was revealed at NY Toy Fair this year, the pics here are gone, but he's already been shown in the show; feast your eyes upon him (though he looks alot more like botcon sandsting or double punch or whomever...)

No way that thing can stand up unaided. It looks too top heavy with legs like toothpicks.

Depends, the line has been making use of faux-ratchets, if so, the poses will stick, the problem point would be the ankles

Not only that, but it looks pretty light, the claws in bot mode are completely hollow, I guess he can use them like boxing gloves

Curious that those large Bee and Sideswipe figures with the Mini-cons are under the TAV banner. Guess maybe the TED stuff isn't going to continue?

ScottyP wrote:Curious that those large Bee and Sideswipe figures with the Mini-cons are under the TAV banner. Guess maybe the TED stuff isn't going to continue?

I believe it's the Mini-Con gimmick that qualifies them for the TAV line, and not TED. Remember, all 4 Deployers (Drift, Fracture, Overload and Crazybolt) are under the TAV line as well, despite being "simple".

Wait. WAIT. So that Scorponok partforms? DISGRACE. NEED RETRACTED.

Hanzako wrote:Wait. WAIT. So that Scorponok partforms? DISGRACE. NEED RETRACTED.

If this is true I'll be passing on him.


Excited for Windblade though.

Robogeek1973 wrote:

Hanzako wrote:Wait. WAIT. So that Scorponok partforms? DISGRACE. NEED RETRACTED.

If this is true I'll be passing on him.

Not as severely as you may think: only the claws are separate pieces. Think of them as boxing gloves.

I like transformers with boxing gloves......

Courtesy of TakaraTomyMall - via fellow Seibertron.com member william-james88 - we have a full colour look at some further Transformers Adventure figures, namely TAV46 Overload and TAV47 Crazybolt, both Deployers, both with Minicons, both viewable below for your convenience!

The Deployer Mini-Cons remind me of Bakugan...anyone remember those?

I really really really really really want Crazybolt

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I really really really really really want Crazybolt

ILLUMINATION THROUGH ACCELERATION!!

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I really really really really really want Crazybolt

ILLUMINATION THROUGH ACCELERATION!!

Best battle cry ever!!!

In addition to the two figures we saw revealed in colour yesterday, TakaraTomyMall has also the surrounding Transformers Adventure figures: TAV44 Bumblebee and Sideswipe, TAV45 Optimus and Grimlock, and they each come with their Minicons and the clear plastic battle armour.

Next are the two collection packs from the EZ subline, featuring the smaller class of figures, and including TAV48 Bumblebee, Fixit and Winblade vs Thunderhoof, and TAV49 Optimus, Ratchet, Drift vs Clampdown - you can check them all out in the images mirrored below!

Overload gives me a Tarn vibe just change his head to deciptimask and call it a day

What is it with Takara's fixation on coloring Fixit peach instead of orange?

Now all the minicons are cosplaying as their partners. So cute!

Wait a sec, so Takara is releasing 2 different grimlocks,one with clear red weapons and oe with clear blue weapons? Why?

Beautiful paint apps. These guys look good

Great to see some LEGION class!!!

william-james88 wrote:Wait a sec, so Takara is releasing 2 different grimlocks,one with clear red weapons and oe with clear blue weapons? Why?

All 4 Battle Pack figures are released twice: a normal standalone release (TAV40 - TAV43), then slightly redecoed as "Supreme Armor" and paired off (TAV44 and TAV45).

Takara's doing Ratchet too? Guess that pretty much confirms he'll be in the show this season.

ScottyP wrote:Takara's doing Ratchet too? Guess that pretty much confirms he'll be in the show this season.

Looking at the synopsis for the shows coming up, he may be the old friend coming back

ScottyP wrote:Takara's doing Ratchet too? Guess that pretty much confirms he'll be in the show this season.

Either that or they're just seizing the opportunity to release an available mold.

We got two new images from TF Yuki's twitter relating to the Transformers Adventure line. One features the Deployers TAV 46 Overload and TAV 47 Crazybolt and the other features some Minicons/Microns with an added peg that is different from any of the Hasbro releases. Fellow Seibertronian Sabreblade explains that tweet in more depth:

Yuki's Tweet [...] is announcing that the Microns for the Adventure subline called "Prime of Micron" are to be released at the end of the month and that new 5mm pegs have been added to the molds. [The image shows] how the Microns' new pegs now allow them to attach to bigger figures' 5mm ports.

should have done this to begin with

grimlockprime108 wrote:should have done this to begin with

Why?


It's a nice feature but not one that was necessary.

The ball Mini-Cons really remind me of Bakugan...o'course, I'm probably the only one here who remembers those...

Sigma Magnus wrote:The ball Mini-Cons really remind me of Bakugan...o'course, I'm probably the only one here who remembers those...

We're not all that young.

Sabrblade wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:The ball Mini-Cons really remind me of Bakugan...o'course, I'm probably the only one here who remembers those...

We're not all that young.

True, true. To be honest, I feel kinda honored to be able to talk with so many veterans of the TF franchise.

Sigma Magnus wrote:The ball Mini-Cons really remind me of Bakugan...o'course, I'm probably the only one here who remembers those...

I may have 5 years on you, but I remember those things. But these are still cool!

Sigma Magnus wrote:The ball Mini-Cons really remind me of Bakugan...o'course, I'm probably the only one here who remembers those...

I remember them, but only because my son and nephews loved them.

I really like these and the possibility of making a rack and ruin using the Rook mold twice. Too bad fun pub couldn't pull it off anymore.

Sigma Magnus wrote:The ball Mini-Cons really remind me of Bakugan...o'course, I'm probably the only one here who remembers those...

The fact that its mentioned 23 times in the other thread tells me you are not alone

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Deadput wrote:

grimlockprime108 wrote:should have done this to begin with

Why?


It's a nice feature but not one that was necessary.

considering the minicon play-ability up to this point has really been relegated to the deployers only was stupid.you had minicons for characters who had a practically non articulated deployer,and a warrior figure.the peg just makes more since

So when do 5mm adapters for existing minicons come out? Or might that be a Shapeways product?

Kyleor wrote:So when do 5mm adapters for existing minicons come out? Or might that be a Shapeways product?

just use the hard plastic crazy straws from walmart

Seibetronian and Twincaster xRotorstormx pointed us towards a new entry on the Autobase Aichi blog, featuring the Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV 50 (Power Surge) Optimus Prime, including the minicon - who transforms very similarly to the Pterodactyl zord of old - that gives Optimus the extra powers and wings. Check out the stock photography below!

That new deco is almost enough to make the altmode look not completely terrible.

Almost.

Wow. Not even a Takara deco can save this damn thing...

Of note is that the Japanese version is instead called "Hyper Surge Optimus Prime" rather than "Power Surge".

That is a nice looking Prime. The hasbro colors are still really cool though for the mold

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:That is a nice looking Prime. The hasbro colors are still really cool though for the mold

I will agree that the robot mode looks pretty awesome. But really...it doesn't excuse the terrible 'truck' mode.

Sigma Magnus wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:That is a nice looking Prime. The hasbro colors are still really cool though for the mold

I will agree that the robot mode looks pretty awesome. But really...it doesn't excuse the terrible 'truck' mode.

No it really doesn't, But most of my figures are in robot mode anyway, so I won't mind terribly

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