In Hand Images of Transformers Wild King Line Finally Give us an Idea of their Size

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:I don't think we really appreciated how big these figures are until we saw these pictures. Shame the tariff rollercoaster meant a lot of didn't pre-order these. Hope whoever bought them is ready for a Chinese price hike to be added on.

Emerje

Why would they be subject to the Chinese tariff if imported from Japan? Won't it just be the blanket 10%?

The tariffs are for the items' country of origin, meaning the country they're manufactured in, not where they're sold from.

I thought they were manufactured in Vietnam, not China?

Hasbro just take a bread from the mouths of chinese childrens, whose parents making all those crazy knock-off crossovers with Thomas the tank engine/angry birds/DCU etc/

Collector Canine wrote:I thought they were manufactured in Vietnam, not China?

Regardless, it's not US made so...

Anyway, I just love Canada's hypocrisy that complain about Trump's tariffs when they are tariffing themselves. They impose mandatory taxes on all eBay purchases and if anyone import anything that is worth above 100$, bang, we get hit.

Anyway, the base price of these things are pretty expensive so I don't want to pay taxes and shipping on top of that.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Anyway, I just love Canada's hypocrisy that complain about Trump's tariffs when they are tariffing themselves. They impose mandatory taxes on all eBay purchases and if anyone import anything that is worth above 100$, bang, we get hit.

But that's not a tariff. That's just sales tax which the US also has, as does the UK (VAT) and most other countries.

Sure we also get a 10$ admin fee, but that's not a tariff either. A tariff is an additional percentage fee on top of the sales tax. Canada does not have that on items imported from Japan.

Collector Canine wrote:I thought they were manufactured in Vietnam, not China?

Hasbro products are manufactured mostly in Vietnam but Takara manufactures in China.

william-james88 wrote:

Collector Canine wrote:I thought they were manufactured in Vietnam, not China?

Hasbro products are manufactured mostly in Vietnam but Takara manufactures in China.

Specifically, Takara Tomy figures initiated by them (Masterpiece, most of the T-Spark stuff) are made in China, stuff they share with Hasbro (Generations molds, Earthspark molds) are made in Vietnam.

Emerje

Does anyone know of any online retailer that has preorders up for these?

Apparently stores are not offering international PO for wave 02,although HLJ has two of the figures up.

So, Takara posted on YouTube a diorama story for the first-wave Wild King toys, but also geoblocked it for every part of the world outside of Japan.

Luckily, Transformers multimedia archivist Walruslaw of TFRaw has gotten himself a hold of the video and uploaded to his archive on Google Drive for all to see and enjoy.

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Collector Canine wrote:I thought they were manufactured in Vietnam, not China?

Hasbro products are manufactured mostly in Vietnam but Takara manufactures in China.

Specifically, Takara Tomy figures initiated by them (Masterpiece, most of the T-Spark stuff) are made in China, stuff they share with Hasbro (Generations molds, Earthspark molds) are made in Vietnam.

Emerje

So, uh, a user on another board acquired Hydrophant's toy and it says Vietnam:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Collector Canine wrote:I thought they were manufactured in Vietnam, not China?

Hasbro products are manufactured mostly in Vietnam but Takara manufactures in China.

Specifically, Takara Tomy figures initiated by them (Masterpiece, most of the T-Spark stuff) are made in China, stuff they share with Hasbro (Generations molds, Earthspark molds) are made in Vietnam.

Emerje

So, uh, a user on another board acquired Hydrophant's toy and it says Vietnam:

You know, I wondered if Takara might have made these with the hope that Hasbro would jump in with them only for Hasbro to decide to do Cyberworld instead. I wouldn't rule out Hasbro repurposing Wild King figures for Cyberworld later if they're in such a convenient place for them make use of, they seem like they could aesthetically fit in together, not like these lines care about scale.

Emerje

balgorra wrote:Does anyone know of any online retailer that has preorders up for these?

It's really tough since they sold out from Amazon Japan instantly and they are not being carried by western collectible vendors.

Many fans were curious about Takara's Transformers Wild King line and we have some video reviews to share with you. This will give you the best idea of what this line entails.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Wild King is an entertaining line thus far. The transformation is simple, but still fun, and I appreciate the stock transformations for the limbs.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:If I'm honest, overall, I like Volca and Leafback more than Longlight and Hydrophant. Prime is a simpler transformation that's more fun, but Megatron is the overall better figure.

Images of the second wave popped up last week on Amazon Japan and you can see them below.
These will all release on June 28, 2025.
WKB-05 Ignite Leo
WKB-06 Spirituan
WKB-07 Drill No Horn
WKB-08 Thunderbeak

I think I'd be far more interested in this if Prime and Megatron weren't involved. Admittedly, I know nothing of this line other than the photos, but all the animal forms attached to a vehicle themed robot has the feel of a middle aged white dude in a 3-piece suit wearing native war paint or Polynesian tattoos. I think a beast mode leader would look far better and more cohesive, but that's just me, I guess.

Brokebot wrote:I think I'd be far more interested in this if Prime and Megatron weren't involved. Admittedly, I know nothing of this line other than the photos, but all the animal forms attached to a vehicle themed robot has the feel of a middle aged white dude in a 3-piece suit wearing native war paint or Polynesian tattoos. I think a beast mode leader would look far better and more cohesive, but that's just me, I guess.

The thing is, the basic concept behind Wildocking is supposed to emphasize bonds forged between individuals from very different walks of life. They're not supposed to be a uniform combiner team.

Think of it kind of like those Japanese G1 Combiner combinations made from members of different Scramble City Combiner teams: Abomenaticus, Comperian, Cybertron Super Scramble, Destron Super Scramble, Scramble 7, and Volcaticon.

In a way, the story feels a lot like an isekai, with Optimus and Megatron being two vehicular Transformers from the technologically advanced world of Cybertron who find themselves in the very different, much more primitive jungle world of Elementros that's fully inhabited by tribes of animal-themed Transformers. There's a great sense of culture clash with the Energy Beasts being amazed by Optimus and Megatron's otherworldliness, while they themselves try to get a better sense of what this world is like and what their role in this world is to be. There is a strong "fish out of water" theme that is further emphasized by the vehicular nature of Optimus and Megatron in this world of jungle beasts.

Like I said, I was just going by appearances alone.

Nope - the more I see of these things, the less I think of them. Too simple, too blocky, too "kiddie" for my taste. There's more advanced stuff out there I can get if I skip these and reserve the money....

Takara has a second wave of limb bots (and a backpack) for their Wild King line. As with the previous limbs, most share the same parts and have identical transformations, except for the Pteranodon, called WKB-08 Thunderbeak. The others are WKB-05 Ignite Leo, WKB-06 Spirituan and WKB-07 Drillnohorn (rhino). The images come from Telamaga. These were made for Japanese children and not adult collectors, making it a bit tricky for collectors outside Japan to order.

Wave 02 is hitting surprisingly hard.

The more I see of these, the more tempted I am. The price though, that is still too high

I actually like how the limb-bots look.

Now if they were able to disassemble and combine with EACH OTHER (rather than just the "main" bot), a la the Fossilizers, then I'd be 100% sold.

I wish these would get a US release, but might just have to be Amazon Japan to the rescue for me.

They just revealed the repaints of the energy Masters and three new energy beasts. Prime and Megatron are being done in black and that will be, as far as I know, the only other commanders in the line; there will be no new molds. Two of the new energy beasts appear to be Decepticon sided since they are lizards while the third one is a bull and I guess a bull being a mammal will go with the Autobots. As of this moment there is no leaf or flying based energy beast to go with Optimus Prime.

More pics of each beyond each link:

WKB-09 Energy Beast Abyssrain


WKS-03 Nemesis Prime & Lavamuleta Wildocking Set


WKS-04 Shadow Megatron & Frost Saber Wildocking Set

Thanks to Amazon Japan, Takara Tomy and Telemaga, we now have loads of images of the third wave for the Transformers Wild King line. This one has redecos of the central bots, with Optimus being Nemesis Prime, as well as a stand alone limb, Abyssrain.

There is no indication that western retailers will be stocking these so your best bet if you want them is to order directly from Amazon Japan.

Here is the link for Amazon Japan where the two packs are $50 USD plus shipping and tariffs and taxes: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/b0fb2q?tag=seibertron00-22& ... sform0c-22

WKB-09 Energy Beast Abyssrain


WKS-03 Nemesis Prime & Lavamuleta Wildocking Set


WKS-04 Shadow Megatron & Frost Saber Wildocking Set

I'm confused, are two of the three new Energy Beasts only available with the repaints?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm confused, are two of the three new Energy Beasts only available with the repaints?

Yes

Weird seeing Nemesis Prime as an Autobot. You'd think they'd have gone with a different name.

Also no US tariff on these since since they're made in Vietnam and de minimis (tax free under $800) still exists outside of China and Hong Kong.

Emerje

So Black redecos of Prime and Megs instead of new Torsos... At least bring in Grimlock for all the new dinos

Emerje wrote:Weird seeing Nemesis Prime as an Autobot. You'd think they'd have gone with a different name.

I'm betting the Autobot symbol's placement is to better make Nemesis a mirror image of Optimus, as it's placed on the opposite shoulder of Optimus's Autobot symbol.


Also, reminder that Legacy Nemesis Leo Prime likewise had a Maximal symbol.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm confused, are two of the three new Energy Beasts only available with the repaints?

Yes

Well that's a shame. Haven't seen a listing for the Stegosaurus yet.

I think we now have everyone we would need for a Mighty Morphin Megazord. If they made a box set with them in the right colors I would by that in a heart beat.

Even though I decided to stick with Studio Series and Age of the Primes for Transformers-collecting and skip Earthspark, One, and Cyberworld (unless it was an older toy from G1-Prime Wars and RID15), but I do want some Wild King stuff since it felt like the right kind of mainline fun like I had with some ROTB figures. That balance of articulation and Megazord/Sentai Robo combination gimmicks works for me.

wow these look great