Takara "Exclusive" DOTM Voyager Prime, Arcee, Air Raid, Sideswipe, Vortex at BigBadToyStore!

Road-hole wrote:Sideswipe looks a million times better when he's actually painted, but it's too bad I can't afford to import him. I may just spray paint him myself.

Why does Japan always get the good stuff? Damn you Hasbro for being cheap!!!

You should damn retailers for refusing to sell more expensive/intricately painted figures, and damn parents for not being able to afford $40 deluxes, and collectors for not buying more. If Hasbro could get away with charging more to provide more paint apps, they would.

Does anyone know what that Prime trailer does besides simply opening up?

Razorclaw0000 wrote:

Road-hole wrote:Sideswipe looks a million times better when he's actually painted, but it's too bad I can't afford to import him. I may just spray paint him myself.

Why does Japan always get the good stuff? Damn you Hasbro for being cheap!!!

You should damn retailers for refusing to sell more expensive/intricately painted figures, and damn parents for not being able to afford $40 deluxes, and collectors for not buying more. If Hasbro could get away with charging more to provide more paint apps, they would.

They had no problem painting RoTF Sideswipe silver and selling him for 10-13 bucks at retailers.

If this Sideswipe really is silver, it looks like I'll be importing him.

It's not. We've got all the new DOTM toys here at Toys 'R' Us in Okayama (including the Takara-exclusive Optimus Prime), and Sideswipe is as ugly and unpainted as the Hasbro release.

Don't believe the hype.

I could take some pictures and upload them in about fourteen hours' time...

Here it is, the incontrovertible proof you requested. Spread the word.



I've seen them in Kobe, and I've seen them in Okayama -- DA-08 Sideswipe is as dull grey as his Hasbro counterpart. Only the stickers on the front and bottom of the package separate the Japanese release from the US version.

Road-hole wrote:They had no problem painting RoTF Sideswipe silver and selling him for 10-13 bucks at retailers.

Exactly! I was thinking WTH was going on when they would not even paint Sideswipe his characteristic colour. Which to be honest, is one reason I'm sure many of us fell in love with the character. Unless the movie Sideswipe if he's in there has somehow become white. Though why they'd take a step down for his iconic look is beyond me.

It can't be that difficult to paint, unless they decided they wanted to average out the total cost of production as low as they could.

Out of curiosity, did anyone not buy him because he wasn't silver? I know a few here have actually stated they don't mind.

Bonecrusher27 wrote:Wait an effin minute! Is that the same unipedal Arcee that we saw in ROTF? I would have thought they'd make something nicer like the first movie Arcee. That picture shows it to be more symmetrical than the grotesque monstrosity that was the ROTF version though. Anyone know more about this figure?

It's a barely altered RotF Chromia:

I guess Hasbro spent their painting budget on Deluxe Roadbuster's vehicle mode.

Oh well. No huge importing prices for me!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Razorclaw0000 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Bonecrusher27 wrote:Wait an effin minute! Is that the same unipedal Arcee that we saw in ROTF? I would have thought they'd make something nicer like the first movie Arcee. That picture shows it to be more symmetrical than the grotesque monstrosity that was the ROTF version though. Anyone know more about this figure?

It's a barely altered RotF Chromia:

Barely altered, to homage TF:Prime Arcee! I love homages!

An homage to a figure that hasn't been released yet? The Prime definition of a Time Paradox.

Yes, it's badass. It's all there: the richer blue, the light pink, the white, the blade...