TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV-18 Drift Tweeted

Blogger slash Tweeter Alfes2010 has posted some pictures of TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure figures TAV-15 Lockdown, TAV-16 Bombshell & TAV-17 Shrapnel! Lockdown is of course a re-deco of the original Transformers Animated figure, while the Insecticons (Bombshell & Skrapnel) hail from the Legends Class Generations/Combiner Wars lines. Lockdown aside from deco remains unchanged, but the bugs have been slightly remolded in order to incorporate the circle TAV logo sticker on their chests. This development may turn some off, the unified deco of the pair still pleases this reporter. See the pics below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

shajaki wrote:Blogger slash Tweeter Alfes2010 has posted some pictures of TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure figures TAV-15 Lockdown, TAV-16 Bombshell & TAV-17 Shrapnel! Lockdown is of course a re-deco of the original Transformers Animated figure, while the Insecticons (Bombshell & Skrapnel) hail from the Legends Class Generations/Combiner Wars lines. Lockdown aside from deco remains unchanged, but the bugs have been slightly remolded in order to incorporate the circle TAV logo sticker on their chests. This development may turn some off, the unified deco of the pair still pleases this reporter. See the pics below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

Lockdown looks so sick! (Not literally lol.)

I know I am just stating the obvious but those paint aps on his chest and face really make him look, well EVIL!

Hey guys? have you noticed that Lockdown has green lightpiping, painted over with red? Just pointing out something kinda silly about this figure.

Ugh. Why do those stickers have to be so big?

Burn wrote:

megatronus wrote:Ugh. Why do those stickers have to be so big?

Really kills the figures doesn't it? Worse is the knowledge this comes from TakaraTomy. You'd expect this sort of thing from Hasbro.

Yeah I know, they don't even fit on the chests!

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:

Burn wrote:

megatronus wrote:Ugh. Why do those stickers have to be so big?

Really kills the figures doesn't it? Worse is the knowledge this comes from TakaraTomy. You'd expect this sort of thing from Hasbro.

Pardon my ignorance, but is the code scanner game thing even available in Japan? Because if they don't, the usage of those stickers is even more ridiculous.

They have their own game app just for them.

Remember, the oversized stickers are just dummy stickers for packaging and, per Takara's request, photographing, as they prevent the real codes from being scanned and used without the purchase of the toys in question. In person, once you have these out of the package, the scannable insignias will be of a smaller size, fitting the figures appropriately. Still, I'll be ripping the stickers of the Insecticons, Powerglide, and Cosmos, replacing them with appropriate licensed Decepticon and Autobot decals from Ocean once I get my paws on them.

shajaki wrote:

Well, glad I didn't buy these and try to remove the stickers. Not sure why Takara Tomy bothered to make them look so G1 if they were just going to remold them. They look bad with or without the stickers. Glad I went with the Hasbro versions after all.

Emerje

Optimizzy wrote:

Burn wrote:

megatronus wrote:Ugh. Why do those stickers have to be so big?

Really kills the figures doesn't it? Worse is the knowledge this comes from TakaraTomy. You'd expect this sort of thing from Hasbro.

why is this kinda stuff even said? I wish people would stop being TT fanboys and just like Transformers.

Yeah, me too. Both companies care about the brand and have their own agendas with products they want to put out and in what way. And it's not like Takara is the be all end all, after all they were the ones who came up with the Microns which is a concept very few like. Oh sure Takara, give Megatron a gorilla micron I have to piece together myself instead of a nice cannon.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Yeah, me too. Both companies care about the brand and have their own agendas with products they want to put out and in what way. And it's not like Takara is the be all end all, after all they were the ones who came up with the Microns which is a concept very few like. Oh sure Takara, give Megatron a gorilla micron I have to piece together myself instead of a nice cannon.

Said gorilla becomes a very nice cannon.

Haha! I am glad you like him. What I dont like is that since it isnt one piece, it tends to split a bit and not be even. Also that cannon is HUGE. My other beef was with Ironhide. Hasbro's Kup had these great movie Ironhide weapons that would have gone great with Takara's Ironhide. But no, instead we get:



Instead of this:


Transformers Prime: Robots In Disguise Sergeant Kup Gallery


Also, while I have you here Sabr, could you explain to me what these are in terms of toy/fiction?

Sabrblade wrote:
Left to right: Gob 2, Zad 1, Optimus Prime Blaster, Bumblebee Sword, Zad 2, Gob 1

So that is actually Optimus that turns into a gun for...who?