No Debut for Jizaitoys - Powerglide

Just because Takara gives their okay, doesn't make them official. I love the look of these g1 accurate figures, but it's no different than hasbro giving the ok for people to sell their customs on ebay.

This powerglide makes the classics one look like the garbage it is. Haters can say whatever you want, but this one guy made a far more appealing product to me than that huge disappointment hasbro is going to release.

(PS For the record I think the rest of classics 2 is awesome, but powerglide is garbage)

Then these are official TFs if they recognized by TakaraTomy. The limited venues they can sell their products would only serve to drive their resale value higher.

Only selling these figures at a Japanese convention seems extremely stupid to me. Why doesn't Takara Tomy just buy Jizaitoys and keep them working on figures like these? That way the world can enjoy them without having to go through scalpers and stuff.

UltraPrimal wrote:Only selling these figures at a Japanese convention seems extremely stupid to me. Why doesn't Takara Tomy just buy Jizaitoys and keep them working on figures like these? That way the world can enjoy them without having to go through scalpers and stuff.

It does seem like TakaraTomy could do well if they bought Jizaitoys.

Man, forget Classics. These are what Hasbro should be giving us instead. They're like tiny Masterpiece figures.

Sabrblade wrote:Man, forget Classics. These are what Hasbro should be giving us instead. They're like tiny Masterpiece figures.

I 300% agree. Plus the fact that this totally looks like Powerglide, color and all. Jizai toys Powerglide is the shiznit! Ha ha.

Sabrblade wrote:Man, forget Classics. These are what Hasbro should be giving us instead. They're like tiny Masterpiece figures.

Do you own a Jizaitoys Cyclonus or Wheelie? I own both of them.

If you did own either one, I promise you, you would NOT say that.

You guys talk about them like they are so superior to what Hasbro/Takara has put out, I'm telling you they are not even close. Superior to Hasbro in LOOKS? Sure. BUT THATS IT!

Masterpieces? Laughable. Not even anywhere remotely close in quality, not even the same ball park.

While they both LOOK great in both modes, they have many, MANY issues. Ask anyone that actually owns one and they'll tell you the same thing.

Jazaitoys are OK but still need some MAJOR tweaking to put them on a level with even a BASIC Hasbro TF.

Try transforming one of them & you'll see exactly what I mean, try even something as simple as posing one and you'll see as well. They don't stay together well in either mode, SHAKY at best. Keeping Cyclonus in jet mode? Not gonna happen.

Comparing these to real Hasbro or Takara toys is nothing less than a joke. They are well designed visually BUT VERY POORLY engineered.

Don't get me wrong, I really like my Cyclonus & Wheelie BUT they aren't better than a real TF toy.

Take them for what they are: custom, amateur made toys. Better than most, but still just that.

Those are some really cool figures! Love the powerglide better than the classics 2 pumped up on steroids powerglide. Why the hell would they do that to powerglide. I just don't understand!

tacogrande wrote:

Prankmeister wrote:

tacogrande wrote:Just because Takara gives their okay, doesn't make them official. I love the look of these g1 accurate figures, but it's no different than hasbro giving the ok for people to sell their customs on ebay.

This powerglide makes the classics one look like the garbage it is. Haters can say whatever you want, but this one guy made a far more appealing product to me than that huge disappointment hasbro is going to release.

(PS For the record I think the rest of classics 2 is awesome, but powerglide is garbage)

Not being G1 accurate doesn't automatically make Classics Powerglide garbage, esspecially when nobody has even seen it inside its box in person let alone fooled around with it. Yeah, the kit looks really nice and all, but I'm quite fond of the Classics version too, and find it sort of silly that you're trying to judge a figure six months before it's even released.

I think it's quite silly of you to be fond of a figure nobody has seen in its box in person let alone fooled around with it. Your words (and grammar) not mine.

See how that works? It's called an opinion. You don't have to agree, but to be fair classics powerglide might be a nice toy as far as toys go, but he's got to many problems for me to spend $20+. First, he is way too huge (why start using scale now, the jets are all deluxes) especially for a figure that was a minicon. He should be a deluxe, and not be white or silver. That plus the sculpt itself isn't all that great as far as transformers go. He'll be the first classics I pass on, and this is all something I can tell straight from the pictures. Why should I be fond of a figure 6 months before it's release? Just to accept everything? I understand you like it and that's great but why would you think it's silly that someone else doesn't think the same way as you or like all the same things? I know you didn't mean anything malicious but I'm curious.

All I was saying is that I think the figure might turn out to be pretty good. I like the way the kit looks, but I'm not going to write off Classics Powerglide either. Hey, it just might be crap, but is it possible to tell that right now? Not really. I'll just wait for the reviews of the figure when it comes out before I judge it fully.

Does ironmaniac own one? Are they really scraptacular as you describe them?