Takara TAV62 Deluxe Starscream Revealed for Transformers Adventure Line along with TAV 61 God Optimus Prime

Posted by william-james88 Sep 29, 2016 at 2:40pm CDT 35,346 views

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The Toyrsus exclusive Clash of the Transformers Robots in Disguise Warrior Starsceam figure was released a while ago to great surprise by the fan base but it was still unknown how Takara's version would look like. It has finally been revealed. It will not be an exclusive, unlike last year's Clash fo the Transformers figurs which were the same in Japan as in the rest of the world. Instead, this new Starscream is part of the main line and sports the code TAV 62. It has a similar deco theme to the Hasbro version with a few changes and extra paint apps (ex: chin, abdominal area, a red line on the shoulders). A comparison can be found below.

TAV61 God Optimus Prime has also been revealed. It is a redeco of TAV50 and has a very similar deco to the Hasbro version of this mold known as Power Surge Optimus Prime. He also comes with three minicons, it seems, including a clear version of Weapon minicon Dragonus and Tricerashot. Comparison images can also be found below. Let us know if these are worth the import, especially at the higher exchange rate. They are currently available for preorder at Takaratomymall for ?2,700 ($27) and ?9,720 ($97) respectively and coming out November 12th 2016.

Transformers News: Takara TAV62 Deluxe Starscream Revealed for Transformers Adventure Line along with TAV 61

Takara TAV62 Deluxe Starscream Revealed for Transformers Adventure Line along with TAV 61

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Comment by Hellscream9999 Sep 29, 2016

Who on earth would pay $95 for that dumbed-down prime :shock:

(especially since habsro's has all those additional 'energy' paint apps) you could buy the hasbro release and paint it up yourself for a sliver of the price 8-}

Also, wouldn't it be more since TTmall doesn't let people order them from outside of Japan? So wouldn't they be even more expensive from the likes of bbts?

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Comment by william-james88 Sep 29, 2016

Hellscream9999 wrote:Also, wouldn't it be more since TTmall doesn't let people order them from outside of Japan? So wouldn't they be even more expensive from the likes of bbts?

Only if they were exclusives, giving the other distributor (Hasbro Asia or now Transformers Asia) ability to ask for more. But these arent exclusives, so they can still get them from any middleman. BBTS and TFSource can never buy directly from takara (doesnt matter if they are ttmall exclusives or not) but when they arent exclusives, the amount of middlemen they can buy it form is very high and thus the rates are far more competitive, so they can charge the takara MSRP (or less if they made a deal before the exchange rate hike http://tfsource.com/transformers-advent ... mus-prime/).

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Comment by Hellscream9999 Sep 29, 2016

william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Also, wouldn't it be more since TTmall doesn't let people order them from outside of Japan? So wouldn't they be even more expensive from the likes of bbts?

Only if they were exclusives, giving the other distributor (Hasbro Asia or now Transformers Asia) ability to ask for more. But these arent exclusives, so they can still get them from any middleman. BBTS and TFSource can never buy directly from takara (doesnt matter if they are ttmall exclusives or not) but when they arent exclusives, the amount of middlemen they can buy it form is very high and thus the rates are far more competitive, so they can charge the takara MSRP (or less if they made a deal before the exchange rate hike http://tfsource.com/transformers-advent ... mus-prime/).

Right, but at that point, the original point still stands, is anyone going to pay $100 for that crappy prime figure? Maybe they'll order enough to cover pre-orders, but, I mean, I've seen it, held it, and it is just no where near worth $100 + shipping :HEADHURTS:

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Comment by william-james88 Sep 29, 2016

Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Also, wouldn't it be more since TTmall doesn't let people order them from outside of Japan? So wouldn't they be even more expensive from the likes of bbts?

Only if they were exclusives, giving the other distributor (Hasbro Asia or now Transformers Asia) ability to ask for more. But these arent exclusives, so they can still get them from any middleman. BBTS and TFSource can never buy directly from takara (doesnt matter if they are ttmall exclusives or not) but when they arent exclusives, the amount of middlemen they can buy it form is very high and thus the rates are far more competitive, so they can charge the takara MSRP (or less if they made a deal before the exchange rate hike http://tfsource.com/transformers-advent ... mus-prime/).

Right, but at that point, the original point still stands, is anyone going to pay $100 for that crappy prime figure? I've seen it, held it, and it is just garbage

Oh I know, I just wanted to give some info, hope you didnt mind. I would also be very curious who in Japan would pay that amount. Most japanese retailers dont use the MSRP and sell him for 60$ instead which is the same price point that mold goes for in Canada.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Sep 29, 2016

They both look beautiful paint wise

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Comment by Hellscream9999 Sep 29, 2016

william-james88 wrote:Oh I know, I just wanted to give some info, hope you didnt mind. I would also be very curious who in Japan would pay that amount. Most japanese retailers dont use the MSRP and sell him for 60$ instead which is the same price point that mold goes for in Canada.

Naw, it's all good, love to hear about stuff like that ;)^

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Comment by Hellscream9999 Sep 29, 2016

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:They both look beautiful paint wise

They're identical, except that the lightning on the legs of the hasbro version were swapped for toe paint, and darker plastics...

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Sep 29, 2016

Hellscream9999 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:They both look beautiful paint wise

They're identical, except that the lightning on the legs of the hasbro version were swapped for toe paint, and darker plastics...

But it's those little details that are really sticking out there for me

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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 29, 2016

Hellscream9999 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:They both look beautiful paint wise

They're identical, except that the lightning on the legs of the hasbro version were swapped for toe paint, and darker plastics...

Takara's version has white on its arms, the wings seem to be more translucent, the arm fins have their deco inverted, the sides of the robot mode torso are gray instead of red, colored wheel rims, dark blue hands instead of gray hands, Aerobolt is more extensively painted, gray circles on the shoulders, white truck sides instead of red, and maybe more differences.

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Comment by Counterpunch Sep 29, 2016

Brutal.

Let's pretend the Minicons cost $100 and the Prime is a bonus figure.

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Comment by Hellscream9999 Sep 29, 2016

Counterpunch wrote:Brutal.

Let's pretend the Minicons cost $100 and the Prime is a bonus figure.

Speaking of which, I think that it should be mentioned in the news story that the o/p mold comes with the first tav release of the weaponizer dragonus and tricerashot, and may - ironically - be the among the easiest ways people in the US could get those figures :HEADHURTS:

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Comment by SureShot18 Sep 29, 2016

HLJ has preorders up now. Starscream is around $19 US and Prime is about $71US. Starscream certainly looks nice but I don't think I need to double dip with him, I haven't done that yet and I don't really want to start now.
Starscream- https://hlj.com/product/tkt86291?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

Prime- https://hlj.com/product/tkt87523?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Sep 30, 2016

Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Also, wouldn't it be more since TTmall doesn't let people order them from outside of Japan? So wouldn't they be even more expensive from the likes of bbts?

Only if they were exclusives, giving the other distributor (Hasbro Asia or now Transformers Asia) ability to ask for more. But these arent exclusives, so they can still get them from any middleman. BBTS and TFSource can never buy directly from takara (doesnt matter if they are ttmall exclusives or not) but when they arent exclusives, the amount of middlemen they can buy it form is very high and thus the rates are far more competitive, so they can charge the takara MSRP (or less if they made a deal before the exchange rate hike http://tfsource.com/transformers-advent ... mus-prime/).

Right, but at that point, the original point still stands, is anyone going to pay $100 for that crappy prime figure? Maybe they'll order enough to cover pre-orders, but, I mean, I've seen it, held it, and it is just no where near worth $100 + shipping

Is there some retooling on the figure as well, new shoulder cannons or is it just the pic? I never realized you could peg minicons on the sword, nice.

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Comment by Va'al Sep 30, 2016

Fellow Seibetronian xRotorstormx, currently travelling through Japan, dove into the Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure line and fished out a TAV56 Prime of Micron Nemesis Prime figure - and decided to share some in-hand package images of the black and red repaint of Optimus Prime, featuring its red cleavers, and the deluxe/warrior Power Surge look. Check them out below, and keep your optics peeled soon for some more images!

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Comment by Microraptor Sep 30, 2016

That red is so pretty.

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Comment by Kurona Sep 30, 2016

Are those some scenes we haven't seen yet from upcoming episodes on the back of the packaging?

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Comment by Kyleor Sep 30, 2016

I wonder how good it would look to swap the red for the original blue wings/swords.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Sep 30, 2016

That is so cool looking

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Comment by william-james88 Sep 30, 2016

Arent the top of Starscream's shoulders supposed to be blue?

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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 30, 2016

william-james88 wrote:Arent the top of Starscream's shoulders supposed to be blue?

They look gray to me in that pic.

Keep in mind that whole image is blue-tinted given it's from a recording of a recording, so everything in it has a blue hue to it.

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