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TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 2:35PM CDT

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Seibertron sponsors BigBadToyStore and TFsource has listed a bunch of new preorders for the Transformers Adventure TAV and TED lines! The most notable members of this batch are likely Hasbro's Legends Class Groove and Blackjack, seen here as Overdrive and Runnabout (G1 Runabout being the obvious homage). The new listings consist of:
-TAV21 Optimus Prime
-TAV22 Sideswipe
-TAV23 Jazz
-TAV24 Micron Shooter Fracture
-TAV25 Runabout
-TAV26 Override (mis-translated as Overdrive)
-TAV27 Micron Shooter Drift
-TAV28 Grand Vehicon General
-TAV29 Bumblebee Supreme Mode
-TAVVS Sideswipe & Stepper
-TED10 Strongarm
-TED11 Steeljaw
-TED12 Thunderhoof

Keep scrolling to see some shots of the all the new Adventure figures, and be sure to check out TFsource and BigBadToyStore to preorder if you like what you see!

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource

Transformers News: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV/TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource
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Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675647)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 15th, 2015 @ 2:45pm CDT
You sure it's Overdrive and not Override?

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Transformers G1 1988 Override Gallery

I think he's still called Runabout (and I called it :DANCE:). Never trust the translation the stores give. I mean, "sublime" is most likely "Supreme" :lol:

Still a nice list, and a confirmation of some sort that Groove remains in Unite Warriors.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675650)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on April 15th, 2015 @ 2:51pm CDT
I eagerly await grand general of the vehicon armada: Steve
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675652)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 15th, 2015 @ 2:55pm CDT
That Optimus Prime looks VERY nice. Think Hasbro will release it stateside, or is this another example of Takara Tomy making their own Optimus Prime figure for a line (a la the Transformers: Lost Age line)?
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675657)
Posted by shajaki on April 15th, 2015 @ 3:08pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:You sure it's Overdrive and not Override?
While you might be correct, both sites have him listed as Overdrive:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK12110&mode=retail
http://tfsource.com/transformers-adventure/tav-26-overdrive/

I had to look it up myself... cause he ain't no red car :-?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I think he's still called Runabout (and I called it :DANCE:). Never trust the translation the stores give. I mean, "sublime" is most likely "Supreme" :lol:
Right you are. I picked up that typo from TFsource (which they've actually already fixed now, and so have I) ;)^
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675660)
Posted by william-james88 on April 15th, 2015 @ 3:14pm CDT
Dammit Takara, would it kill you to reveal the new deco for the new Warrior Steeljaw figure coming out in June?! That is the picture I am second most eager to see right behind United Warriors Defensor.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675662)
Posted by megatronus on April 15th, 2015 @ 3:17pm CDT
I've been dead set against getting into the RID toy line, but I have to admit that Jazz is might tempting.

Also, I love the Blackjack mold; I'm glad we're getting an interesting redeco (at a nice, affordable price to boot!).

Finally, YES. All about the Vehicon General. Maybe this means we'll get a Jet Vehicon re-release sometime in the near future?
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675667)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 15th, 2015 @ 3:23pm CDT
megatronus wrote:Also, I love the Blackjack mold; I'm glad we're getting an interesting redeco (at a nice, affordable price to boot!)


No, as he was originally intended to be to boot ;)
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675668)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 15th, 2015 @ 3:24pm CDT
That new Optimus is GIGANTIC! Like, the size of God Ginrai or RID Omega Prime or Armada Super Optimus Prime or MP-1 Convoy or MP-22 Ultra Magnus or MP-24 Star Saber! :shock:
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675675)
Posted by william-james88 on April 15th, 2015 @ 3:38pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:That new Optimus is GIGANTIC! Like, the size of God Ginrai or RID Omega Prime or Armada Super Optimus Prime or MP-1 Convoy or MP-22 Ultra Magnus or MP-24 Star Saber! :shock:


He also has a working trailer that can be used for storage. I am forgetting things now, is this a figure we will get from Hasbro, or is this another case of the other Big easy Optimus from AOE we never got?
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675676)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 15th, 2015 @ 3:40pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:That new Optimus is GIGANTIC! Like, the size of God Ginrai or RID Omega Prime or Armada Super Optimus Prime or MP-1 Convoy or MP-22 Ultra Magnus or MP-24 Star Saber! :shock:


He also has a working trailer that can be used for storage. I am forgetting things now, is this a figure we will get from Hasbro, or is this another case of the other Big easy Optimus from AOE we never got?
We've never seen this Optimus before. Whatever company it comes from, it's brand new to us for now. =P~
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675679)
Posted by Emerje on April 15th, 2015 @ 3:41pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Still a nice list, and a confirmation of some sort that Groove remains in Unite Warriors.


Yes, but in what form? It's unlikely they'll use this mold since Takara Tomy is going traditional and keeping with the five bot teams. I doubt they'll be making a new groove figure so maybe Rook has a groove head in his mold?

Runabout is a no-brainer, that's who the mold was intended to be in the first place.

Emerje
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675683)
Posted by william-james88 on April 15th, 2015 @ 3:49pm CDT
Emerje wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Still a nice list, and a confirmation of some sort that Groove remains in Unite Warriors.


Yes, but in what form? It's unlikely they'll use this mold since Takara Tomy is going traditional and keeping with the five bot teams. I doubt they'll be making a new groove figure so maybe Rook has a groove head in his mold?

Runabout is a no-brainer, that's who the mold was intended to be in the first place.

Emerje


What are we getting the groove confirmation from?

Also, Sabr, is that Optimus as big as the giant Hasbro Bumblebee coming out later this year? Does he beat DOTM's supposedly Tallest Optimus figure?
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675686)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 15th, 2015 @ 3:55pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Still a nice list, and a confirmation of some sort that Groove remains in Unite Warriors.


Yes, but in what form? It's unlikely they'll use this mold since Takara Tomy is going traditional and keeping with the five bot teams. I doubt they'll be making a new groove figure so maybe Rook has a groove head in his mold?

Runabout is a no-brainer, that's who the mold was intended to be in the first place.

Emerje


What are we getting the groove confirmation from?


Legends Groove released as a different character (and probably a new deco). Had Groove not been in Unite Warriors TakaraTomy could have released that mold as is, as Groove.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675688)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 15th, 2015 @ 4:00pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Still a nice list, and a confirmation of some sort that Groove remains in Unite Warriors.


Yes, but in what form? It's unlikely they'll use this mold since Takara Tomy is going traditional and keeping with the five bot teams. I doubt they'll be making a new groove figure so maybe Rook has a groove head in his mold?

Runabout is a no-brainer, that's who the mold was intended to be in the first place.

Emerje


What are we getting the groove confirmation from?

Also, Sabr, is that Optimus as big as the giant Hasbro Bumblebee coming out later this year? Does he beat DOTM's supposedly Tallest Optimus figure?
No. That Bumblebee is, IIRC, 2 feet tall. This Optimus is 30cm tall, about 1/2 the size of Super Bee.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675729)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on April 15th, 2015 @ 5:07pm CDT
So that Optimus is a new mold and not the redeco/retool of the 3-steper we saw at toy fair? Also is it me or does that Vehicon look like the one from Prime but with something different done for its gun? I see a peg coming out of its arm.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675737)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 15th, 2015 @ 5:18pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:So that Optimus is a new mold and not the redeco/retool of the 3-steper we saw at toy fair?


Looks like a new mold. Judging from the pic he'll be a foot tall, and feature sounds.

Also is it me or does that Vehicon look like the one from Prime but with something different done for its gun? I see a peg coming out of its arm.


Nope, that's perfectly possible with the regular Vehicon. The gun has two small clamps on the bottom so it can attach to the either the sides of the hood (above the wheel covers), or on his forearms. And yes, the 5mm post is actually on the side of the gun, not the bottom :)
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675742)
Posted by Optimum Supreme on April 15th, 2015 @ 5:36pm CDT
I wish I'd known about Runabout ~2 weeks ago. I would have foregone Blackjack for that. Oh well, Blackjack's not awful or anything.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675759)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on April 15th, 2015 @ 6:16pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:So that Optimus is a new mold and not the redeco/retool of the 3-steper we saw at toy fair?


Looks like a new mold. Judging from the pic he'll be a foot tall, and feature sounds.

Also is it me or does that Vehicon look like the one from Prime but with something different done for its gun? I see a peg coming out of its arm.


Nope, that's perfectly possible with the regular Vehicon. The gun has two small clamps on the bottom so it can attach to the either the sides of the hood (above the wheel covers), or on his forearms. And yes, the 5mm post is actually on the side of the gun, not the bottom :)


I forgot about that. I'm still on the fence about the figure.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675761)
Posted by Autobot032 on April 15th, 2015 @ 6:29pm CDT
That Prime is incredibly interesting, I'm already opening my wallet, but I hope it'll be domestic as well so I don't have to squeeze out more money for import prices...
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675783)
Posted by fenrir72 on April 15th, 2015 @ 7:16pm CDT
shajaki wrote:Seibertron sponsors BigBadToyStore and TFsource has listed a bunch of new preorders for the Transformers Adventure TAV and TED lines! The most notable members of this batch are likely Hasbro's Legends Class Groove and Blackjack, seen here as Overdrive and Runabout (G1 Runabout being the obvious homage). The new listings consist of:
-TAV21 Optimus Prime
-TAV22 Sideswipe
-TAV23 Jazz
-TAV24 Microshooter Fracture
-TAV25 Runabout
-TAV26 Overdrive
-TAV27 Microshooter Drift
-TAV28 Grand Vehicon General
-TAV29 Bumblebee Sublime Mode
-TAVVS Sideswipe & Stepper
-TED10 Strongarm
-TED11 Steeljaw
-TED12 Thunderhoof

Keep scrolling to see some shots of the all the new Adventure figures, and be sure to check out TFsource and BigBadToyStore to preorder if you like what you see!

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TAV21 brings back memories of Action Master Optimus Prime.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675784)
Posted by Seibertron on April 15th, 2015 @ 7:19pm CDT
My fingers are still crossed for a Unite / Combiner Wars Deluxe Class Groove.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675791)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 15th, 2015 @ 7:35pm CDT
fenrir72 wrote:
shajaki wrote:Seibertron sponsors BigBadToyStore and TFsource has listed a bunch of new preorders for the Transformers Adventure TAV and TED lines! The most notable members of this batch are likely Hasbro's Legends Class Groove and Blackjack, seen here as Overdrive and Runabout (G1 Runabout being the obvious homage). The new listings consist of:
-TAV21 Optimus Prime
-TAV22 Sideswipe
-TAV23 Jazz
-TAV24 Microshooter Fracture
-TAV25 Runabout
-TAV26 Overdrive
-TAV27 Microshooter Drift
-TAV28 Grand Vehicon General
-TAV29 Bumblebee Sublime Mode
-TAVVS Sideswipe & Stepper
-TED10 Strongarm
-TED11 Steeljaw
-TED12 Thunderhoof

Keep scrolling to see some shots of the all the new Adventure figures, and be sure to check out TFsource and BigBadToyStore to preorder if you like what you see!

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TAV21 brings back memories of Action Master Optimus Prime.


There's no need to quote everything. We just saw that and it take too much sp...
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...dammit.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675795)
Posted by megatronus on April 15th, 2015 @ 7:54pm CDT
Is Microshooter Fracture a brand new mold or a redeco of something else?
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675796)
Posted by shajaki on April 15th, 2015 @ 7:57pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:TAV21 brings back memories of Action Master Optimus Prime.
There's no need to quote everything. We just saw that and it take too much sp...
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...dammit.
Kan, you bring up a good point. Lets give it our best efford to not bog down threads with giant pic heavy quotes people! ;)^
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675806)
Posted by fenrir72 on April 15th, 2015 @ 8:24pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
shajaki wrote:Seibertron sponsors BigBadToyStore and TFsource has listed a bunch of new preorders for the Transformers Adventure TAV and TED lines! The most notable members of this batch are likely Hasbro's Legends Class Groove and Blackjack, seen here as Overdrive and Runabout (G1 Runabout being the obvious homage). The new listings consist of:
-TAV21 Optimus Prime
-TAV22 Sideswipe
-TAV23 Jazz
-TAV24 Microshooter Fracture
-TAV25 Runabout
-TAV26 Overdrive
-TAV27 Microshooter Drift
-TAV28 Grand Vehicon General
-TAV29 Bumblebee Sublime Mode
-TAVVS Sideswipe & Stepper
-TED10 Strongarm
-TED11 Steeljaw
-TED12 Thunderhoof

Keep scrolling to see some shots of the all the new Adventure figures, and be sure to check out TFsource and BigBadToyStore to preorder if you like what you see!

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TAV21 brings back memories of Action Master Optimus Prime.


There's no need to quote everything. We just saw that and it take too much sp...
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...dammit.


Too many pics.I couldn't cut them off as I wanted too. Besides, you also quoted my long quote. :P
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675828)
Posted by Cobotron on April 15th, 2015 @ 8:56pm CDT
:lol: :lol: :lol: ...and Fen, you just re-quoted it. :roll:

THOSE WARRIOR CLASS TOYS ARE RIDING IN THAT PRIME!

Totally super awesome cool!

Let's hope that sees a Christmas time domestic release.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675838)
Posted by william-james88 on April 15th, 2015 @ 9:14pm CDT
megatronus wrote:Is Microshooter Fracture a brand new mold or a redeco of something else?


Hes not really much of a redeco actually, he's just Deployer Fracture for japanese audiences (and anyone willing to import him). We are getting him stateside.

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Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675840)
Posted by william-james88 on April 15th, 2015 @ 9:23pm CDT
Cobotron wrote::lol: :lol: :lol: ...and Fen, you just re-quoted it. :roll:

THOSE WARRIOR CLASS TOYS ARE RIDING IN THAT PRIME!

Totally super awesome cool!

Let's hope that sees a Christmas time domestic release.


I wish it to you. But I really fear that this guy will be like Lost age prime.

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Both are simpler designs aimed at kids, both are optimus, both are made to interact with other figures, and I fear both wont ever get a US release. Is there any precedent in the past 5 years for a figure made and distributed by hasbro to be leaked first by an official listing for a takara product? Aside from quickslinger and brake-neck (if that counts)?

Also, I have a question. Hasbro is the designer behind most if not all these toys. So when it comes to toys like that Optimus or the Lost Age one pictured above, which might/will only be released by Takara, then is it designed by Takara instead? It's so odd to me since these toys seem ingrained with a line fully designed by Hasbro, based on media that is also from hasbro (Age of Extinction and RID 2015). It puzzles and intrigues me how this works. If anyone has a clue, let me know.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675944)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 16th, 2015 @ 7:30am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Also, I have a question. Hasbro is the designer behind most if not all these toys. So when it comes to toys like that Optimus or the Lost Age one pictured above, which might/will only be released by Takara, then is it designed by Takara instead? It's so odd to me since these toys seem ingrained with a line fully designed by Hasbro, based on media that is also from hasbro (Age of Extinction and RID 2015). It puzzles and intrigues me how this works. If anyone has a clue, let me know.


TakaraTomy has done designs in-house; while Hasbro may request designs to be made, TakaraTomy, as owner of the brand, can create figures on their own without being asked to, based on the (imported) media used. On the flipside, Hasbro has done designs in-house as well, but they are few and far inbetween:

- G2 Power Masters (suspected)
- Energon Deluxe High Wire
- Energon Mega-Dinobot

The long and short of it is that Hasbro does design all of the figures for its own market on paper, but commissions TakaraTomy to do the actual sculpting and refining. TakaraTomy is free to design any additional figures for its own market, but as they're not "ordered" by Hasbro, I wouldn't expect the Takara-only figures to hit state-side immediately.

Quickslinger and Brake-Neck shouldn't count as an argument against the latter statement, as there are signs that the heads were requested and included in the mold from the start, just held back by Hasbro.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675952)
Posted by william-james88 on April 16th, 2015 @ 7:58am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Also, I have a question. Hasbro is the designer behind most if not all these toys. So when it comes to toys like that Optimus or the Lost Age one pictured above, which might/will only be released by Takara, then is it designed by Takara instead? It's so odd to me since these toys seem ingrained with a line fully designed by Hasbro, based on media that is also from hasbro (Age of Extinction and RID 2015). It puzzles and intrigues me how this works. If anyone has a clue, let me know.


The long and short of it is that Hasbro does design all of the figures for its own market on paper, but commissions TakaraTomy to do the actual sculpting and refining. TakaraTomy is free to design any additional figures for its own market, but as they're not "ordered" by Hasbro, I wouldn't expect the Takara-only figures to hit state-side immediately.

Quickslinger and Brake-Neck shouldn't count as an argument against the latter statement, as there are signs that the heads were requested and included in the mold from the start, just held back by Hasbro.


Thanks! This is such an interesting partnership.

So do you suspect this new big RID Optimus to be an in house Takara design or a Hasbro design that is being released in Japan first?

Also I just realized that all masterpiece figures are all examples of inhouse Takara designs that are eventually taken by Hasbro to distribute in their market.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675955)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 16th, 2015 @ 8:10am CDT
william-james88 wrote:So do you suspect this new big RID Optimus to be an in house Takara design or a Hasbro design that is being released in Japan first?


The fact it has non-standard gimmicks and size point to it being a Takara-only design. The RiD2015 line seems to have done away with figure interaction except for the Mini-Cons and their Deployers.

The funny thing is that Lost Age Battle Command Optimus Prime was made to effectively replace Stomp & Chomp Grimlock, and to avoid "Character Saturation": TakaraTomy lines usually have only 2 versions of any character, tops and Grimlock met that quota with the One-Step and the Flip & Change.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675957)
Posted by william-james88 on April 16th, 2015 @ 8:19am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
william-james88 wrote:So do you suspect this new big RID Optimus to be an in house Takara design or a Hasbro design that is being released in Japan first?


The fact it has non-standard gimmicks and size point to it being a Takara-only design. The RiD2015 line seems to have done away with figure interaction except for the Mini-Cons and their Deployers.

The funny thing is that Lost Age Battle Command Optimus Prime was made to effectively replace Stomp & Chomp Grimlock, and to avoid "Character Saturation": TakaraTomy lines usually have only 2 versions of any character, tops and Grimlock met that quota with the One-Step and the Flip & Change.


Thats interesting. I am guessing the character saturation only applies to sublines right? Like Lost age and not AOE in general?

And is this also why they are using Warrior Optimus' RID 2015 toy as nemesis, keeping only Big Optimus and that really big gimicky optimus?
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675964)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 16th, 2015 @ 8:37am CDT
william-james88 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
william-james88 wrote:So do you suspect this new big RID Optimus to be an in house Takara design or a Hasbro design that is being released in Japan first?


The fact it has non-standard gimmicks and size point to it being a Takara-only design. The RiD2015 line seems to have done away with figure interaction except for the Mini-Cons and their Deployers.

The funny thing is that Lost Age Battle Command Optimus Prime was made to effectively replace Stomp & Chomp Grimlock, and to avoid "Character Saturation": TakaraTomy lines usually have only 2 versions of any character, tops and Grimlock met that quota with the One-Step and the Flip & Change.


Thats interesting. I am guessing the character saturation only applies to sublines right? Like Lost age and not AOE in general?

And is this also why they are using Warrior Optimus' RID 2015 toy as nemesis, keeping only Big Optimus and that really big gimicky optimus?


Per subline, yes. TakaraTomy's penchant for wrapping multiple Hasbro sublines into one or two to avoid customer confusion does work against some figures. As it now stands, the two lines contain the following:

Adventure Series (TAV): Warriors, Mini-Cons and Deployers, Generations Legends, plus redecos of older or previously unreleased figures, and normally "TED" figures for characters with no other suitable toy (like Fixit and Underbite)
Easy Dynamic Series (TED): One-Steps, 3-Steps (denoted with "Big") and the odd unreleased AoE One-Step and Power Battler :)

That leaves the Legions unaccounted for, sorta. Extra Store Giveaways anyone? ;;)
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675966)
Posted by gavinfuzzy on April 16th, 2015 @ 8:47am CDT
When I first saw this, I thought this killed chances of a deluxe groove. Then I realized this was a separate line.

Hopefully Takara does pull a deluxe groove for their Unite Warriors Defensor. A Bike mold makes sense given how it can be remolded into Afterburner.

Liking the colours on the blackjack repaint. The red will look nice on menasor IMO.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675972)
Posted by fenrir72 on April 16th, 2015 @ 9:05am CDT
william-james88 wrote:
megatronus wrote:Is Microshooter Fracture a brand new mold or a redeco of something else?


Hes not really much of a redeco actually, he's just Deployer Fracture for japanese audiences (and anyone willing to import him). We are getting him stateside.

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Reminds me of Soundwave from Prime.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675974)
Posted by fenrir72 on April 16th, 2015 @ 9:07am CDT
gavinfuzzy wrote:When I first saw this, I thought this killed chances of a deluxe groove. Then I realized this was a separate line.

Hopefully Takara does pull a deluxe groove for their Unite Warriors Defensor. A Bike mold makes sense given how it can be remolded into Afterburner.

Liking the colours on the blackjack repaint. The red will look nice on menasor IMO.


Long time no hear gf. What happened to you?
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1675977)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 16th, 2015 @ 9:16am CDT
One thing to keep in mind that even though they're in an Aligned-based toy line (well, separate from anything else as far as TakaraTomy's concerned) the G1-based characters are not confirmed to be their Prime versions. Meaning they may actually be the G1 characters. They include:

TAV16 Bombshell
TAV17 Shrapnel
TAV19 Powerglide
TAV20 Adams (Cosmos)
TAV25 Runabout
TAV26 Override

Roadblock is confirmed to be a new Aligned-based character, as he's mentioned in Gregevor's bio.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1676143)
Posted by Emerje on April 16th, 2015 @ 3:51pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:One thing to keep in mind that even though they're in an Aligned-based toy line (well, separate from anything else as far as TakaraTomy's concerned) the G1-based characters are not confirmed to be their Prime versions. Meaning they may actually be the G1 characters. They include:

TAV16 Bombshell
TAV17 Shrapnel
TAV19 Powerglide
TAV20 Adams (Cosmos)
TAV25 Runabout
TAV26 Override

Roadblock is confirmed to be a new Aligned-based character, as he's mentioned in Gregevor's bio.


If they are G1 based then they're in the wrong toy line. Everything in this line so far has been made part of the Adventure line and feature character art in the Adventure style and the circular faction symbols. If they are G1 (etc.) characters then they should be in the Legends line. But then again Legends appears to be over so maybe they're pulling out the shoehorn on this one, depends on the bios.

BTW, all this talk about new characters and not one person has mentioned that Jazz is being repainted into Stepper (Ricochet) for a vs. pack with Sideswipe. I'm going to have get that two pack and hope Sideswipe is repainted as well.

Emerje
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1676150)
Posted by william-james88 on April 16th, 2015 @ 4:04pm CDT
Emerje wrote:
BTW, all this talk about new characters and not one person has mentioned that Jazz is being repainted into Stepper (Ricochet) for a vs. pack with Sideswipe. I'm going to have get that two pack and hope Sideswipe is repainted as well.

Emerje


To be fair, its hard to get as excited when there is no deco to go with it.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1676256)
Posted by gavinfuzzy on April 16th, 2015 @ 10:11pm CDT
fenrir72 wrote:
gavinfuzzy wrote:When I first saw this, I thought this killed chances of a deluxe groove. Then I realized this was a separate line.

Hopefully Takara does pull a deluxe groove for their Unite Warriors Defensor. A Bike mold makes sense given how it can be remolded into Afterburner.

Liking the colours on the blackjack repaint. The red will look nice on menasor IMO.


Long time no hear gf. What happened to you?


Nothing much. I still come by to check the forums everyday, just rarely a topic I'll post in. I guess forums are slowly deserted due to social media.

No interest in the RID toyline, I guess its really too simplified for my tastes. Somehow I remember japanese TAV promo shots to have better paint and the lack of the scan-code autobot symbol, but that never happened. So I won't be gettting any RID stuff it seems.

As for Unite warriors, went ahead and pre ordered the 2 combiners (superior, menasor). Between the raised hasbro prices here, (US$24.5 deluxe, US$42 Voyager), and the fact that Takara is giving us the 5th member "early" in a convenient set, I'll jump on it. Still have hopes for a "proper" Defensor with a bike as a limb :KREMZEEK:
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1676259)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 16th, 2015 @ 10:14pm CDT
gavinfuzzy wrote:Somehow I remember japanese TAV promo shots to have better paint
They do.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1676270)
Posted by william-james88 on April 16th, 2015 @ 10:41pm CDT
gavinfuzzy wrote:
As for Unite warriors, went ahead and pre ordered the 2 combiners (superior, menasor). Between the raised hasbro prices here, (US$24.5 deluxe, US$42 Voyager), and the fact that Takara is giving us the 5th member "early" in a convenient set, I'll jump on it. Still have hopes for a "proper" Defensor with a bike as a limb :KREMZEEK:


I had a similar logic, hence why I ordered UW Superion. But now I realize that we will be getting both slingshot and wildrider before Takara's superion ships. The two extra limbs are coming in may.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1676320)
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on April 17th, 2015 @ 12:43am CDT
I'll still go the Hasbro route. They're cheaper and I don't mind Alpha Bravo being part of the team
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1676339)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 17th, 2015 @ 4:43am CDT
LegendaryAntiHero wrote:I'll still go the Hasbro route. They're cheaper and I don't mind Alpha Bravo being part of the team


Lemme guess. American? Because you guys are still the ones who have TFs for cheapest in the world. Yes, even despite the recent price hike. Many people from the rest of the world go Takara simply for a matter of price. It's amazing when we think about it. Takara used to be so expensive, but the recent price hike of TFs make them suddenly affordable, even WITH shipping! Plus, the decos are usually superior.

I've been collecting TFs since late ROTF and some weeks ago, I ordered my first recent Takara TFs, the Bee and Wolfie 2pack. It ironically ammount to 1 or 2$CAN more than I would have paid live in store with taxes for superior Takara decos! Fingers crossed to be spared by customs. Because having to pay an extra 25-30$CAN more would suck big time and put to an halt my sudden Takara shift. Let's wait for the figures to arrive and hope for the best.
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1677800)
Posted by mooncake623 on April 22nd, 2015 @ 8:22am CDT
Thanks again to Tag Hobby we get a first look at Transformers Adventure Lockdown! Transformers Adventure Lockdown looks like a repaint of the Transformers Animated Lockdown in a Movie inspired deco. Check out the image below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!


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Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1677803)
Posted by megatronus on April 22nd, 2015 @ 8:26am CDT
mooncake623 wrote:Thanks again to Tag Hobby we get a first look at Transformers Adventure Lockdown! Transformers Adventure Lockdown looks like a repaint of the Transformers Animated Lockdown in a Movie inspired deco. Check out the image below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!


Image

That deco on the ROTF mold please...
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1677805)
Posted by mooncake623 on April 22nd, 2015 @ 8:29am CDT
megatronus wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:Thanks again to Tag Hobby we get a first look at Transformers Adventure Lockdown! Transformers Adventure Lockdown looks like a repaint of the Transformers Animated Lockdown in a Movie inspired deco. Check out the image below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!


Image

That deco on the ROTF mold please...


Stop hating on animated [-(
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1677808)
Posted by Rated X on April 22nd, 2015 @ 8:35am CDT
What I dont get is why they didnt use the superior ROTF Lockdown mold instead of the crappy cartoony animated mold ?
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1677820)
Posted by ScottyP on April 22nd, 2015 @ 8:56am CDT
Ooh, pretty. Loving this line. It's not silly expensive either!
Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Adventure TAV / TED New Listings at BBTS and TFsource (1677829)
Posted by Powered Convoy on April 22nd, 2015 @ 9:12am CDT
You can see a gray chested Bombshell there as well.

Randy

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