Transformers Collection 2007 - Review
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 10:51AM CDT
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The book, itself, is 95 pages long and includes Transformers from Takara from 2004 - 2007. The book is divided into five sections:
Part 1 - Movie 2007
Part 2 - KISS Players
Part 3 - Technical Transformers
Part 4 - Various Transformers
Part 5 - Transformers Extras
Not much is known about this book (partly because it is written in Japanese); but don't let that stop you from picking it up. Large, clear, and colorful pictures fill the entire book and are printed on fine quality paper. The figures are laid out according to their toy number. Each character has a stats listing and description. The photos show the figures in robot mode, alt mode, close-up head shots, gimmicks, and automorph features. There is also lots of concept art, which add hours of interest even for non-Japanese readers.
MP Megatron - Concept art
Note: opening chest, the Heart of Cybertron and Spark, the Key to Vector Sigma, and the gun and dagger hilt store in the leg compartments
Click here to read more and see other interesting pictures.
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Posted by Maniac23 on October 17th, 2007 @ 11:01am CDT
That got my hopes up for a second lol.
Posted by Stormrider on October 17th, 2007 @ 11:02am CDT
Sid Burn wrote:Zeds wrote:Awesome read and great pics. Found out some things that I did not know about. This being the key one which blew me away:
Note: opening chest, the Heart of Cybertron and Spark, the Key to Vector Sigma, and the gun and dagger hilt store in the leg compartments
Is that actually a feature? My MP05 is packed away because I am moving, but can someone confirm that the chest does open and all these items are present inside?
I dont remember seeing any way to open his chest compartment.
Or are these just concepts that never came to be?
Sadly they are only concepts and were never put into effect.
Posted by Leonardo on October 17th, 2007 @ 11:04am CDT
Posted by Kimmer on October 17th, 2007 @ 11:05am CDT
Posted by Tigertrack on October 17th, 2007 @ 11:13am CDT
Dig some of those crazy designs for the shoes!
Posted by Insurgent on October 17th, 2007 @ 11:15am CDT
I love seeing concept art and production models, getting an insight of what could have been and how they reached the final product.
Posted by Vegitron on October 17th, 2007 @ 11:27am CDT
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Now I'm more excited than ever to "read" it!
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on October 17th, 2007 @ 11:50am CDT
Posted by Down_Shift on October 17th, 2007 @ 1:25pm CDT
Posted by mpchi on October 17th, 2007 @ 2:26pm CDT
Posted by Vegitron on October 17th, 2007 @ 3:01pm CDT
Transformers: Identification and Price Guide by Mark Bellomo ?
That is another excellent book covering almost all the G1 toys released in the USA. And it's in English.
mpchi wrote:I got this book too. Its a very nice book, but wish its more extensive. I was hoping it would have covered some old G1 stuff, as well as others, sort of like a brief histroy of TF toys, but no. Just whatever that is current, and the BT, Alt, and MP, with the Movie toys being the center stage. But I do enjoy it a lot still.
Posted by mpchi on October 17th, 2007 @ 3:29pm CDT
Vegitron wrote:Do you have a copy of
Transformers: Identification and Price Guide by Mark Bellomo ?
That is another excellent book covering almost all the G1 toys released in the USA. And it's in English.
No I don't have that. But might have seen it before at bookstore. I can actually read some Japanese, and I always like their book layout and nicer pictures. But if I come across that book you mentioned, I might take a look if its worth getting. Thanks.
Posted by Stormrider on October 17th, 2007 @ 4:47pm CDT
It is also interesting to see that Megatron's cannon is smaller in the picture than the actual one.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on October 17th, 2007 @ 5:25pm CDT
Posted by DavidBeoulve on October 17th, 2007 @ 5:26pm CDT
We own a few and for actual (careful) RPG play they just stink compared to Classics. "Okay, I need to transform (Leader Class Prime) Ultra Magnus this turn. *5 minutes later* Where were we?"
Classics? No problem.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on October 17th, 2007 @ 5:26pm CDT
Stormrider wrote:I would have preferred the opening chest and spark instead of the pistol and dagger. I wonder if the chest was conceived to also hold the matrix.
It is also interesting to see that Megatron's cannon is smaller in the picture than the actual one.
Yeah, but all that would have made sense
Posted by i_amtrunks on October 17th, 2007 @ 5:36pm CDT
Posted by Dclone Soundwave on October 17th, 2007 @ 9:21pm CDT
Posted by Professor Smooth on October 17th, 2007 @ 11:19pm CDT
Posted by Alex Kingdom on October 18th, 2007 @ 1:32am CDT
Yours AK
Posted by Stormrider on October 18th, 2007 @ 1:50am CDT
Alex Kingdom wrote:Love al the extra detail on the MP Megatron design, shame it never got implemented. Seeing those pics of the Kiss Players line just makes me sad that it appears to have ended, I was hoping we'd at least get Legion before it all fell to pieces.
Yours AK
I wonder if the Megatron with the Mustang body would have been used for the Legion. The heads look rather similar.