Takara Tomy Official Images for Transformers Legends Overlord, Blitzwing and Autobot Clones

I think the Elephant is supposed to be in Megatron colors...not sure what that homages too though.

I need one those nerdy Takara lore guys to back me up here!

Responding to multiple people at once.

Kurona wrote:You're seeing two Titan Masters - Giga and Mega - and two non-transforming Powermaster engines.

Yep. And each has a different face for Overlord. A male one called "Overlord Giga (male type)" and a female one called "Overlord Mega (female type)". Mega's face must be the lippy IDW version while Giga's is the more traditional/show-accurate one.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:You know, first with Sixshot, and now with Overlord, I fail to see the exact reason for going the extra mile of retooling the helmet if they already have "enough" resemblance to whatever source material they used. TakaraTomy is usually pretty lenient with using the mold as is.

Maybe Takara just really doesn't like the big, flat, plain-looking foreheads of the Hasbro versions' helmets.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Then it struck me: if they're gonna create all-new Headmasters,

They're not just the Dreadnaut and Ominus molds?

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

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Takara: please stop using light shades of purple!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are taking cartoon accuracy way too far.

And man, did they really miss the opportunity to do multiple faces with Blitzwing? I was really hoping for his bat-shit crazy face and his DC-Cyborg face from Animated. Urgh.

The purple doesn't bug me so much. It's a bit lighter, but not completely off base like Legends Galvatron. What stands out to me much more in the creamy yellow plastic used instead of the lighter beige of the G1 cartoon, the original toy, and Hasbro's new Titans Return version. It's just a bit too bright and saturated like the color of light brown they used for Legends Hardhead. It's not quite right, but it doesn't look "bad."

Someone at Takara seriously needs to readjust the color settings on their monitor.

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:They weren't gonna remove the Headmaster gimmick on Overlord. Period. We're well past the point of speculating that Takara would do that for any of the non-Headmaster toys.

It really wouldn't have been that hard to remove his Headmaster gimmick.

That's beside the point I was making. Of course they could have removed it, but they weren't going to.

They've already established that they have no intention of removing the Headmaster gimmick from the toys of characters who weren't originally Headmasters, and have also already established a whole story for how all/most of these characters have become Headmaster, with anyone else needing explanation having their Headmaster origin further added to the ongoing story.

Randomhero wrote:

Deadput wrote:I think the Elephant is supposed to be in Megatron colors...not sure what that homages too though.

I need one those nerdy Takara lore guys to back me up here!

My first thought was ravage colors

It's just Blitzwing's Partner Drone, whose name we don't know yet.

Though, other than Ape-X Arms and Broadside's Partner Drone, none of the Partner Drones have been colored to resemble anything other than the colors of the larger bot they've been paired with, so this elephant could just be colored the way it is simply because "it look cool".

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:They say PMs unlock powers, but it's really just the same idea as Titan Masters giving figures powers. It's all imagination.

Emerje

John Warden has told us otherwise. He told us there is an actual physical unlocking.

I'm quoting John Warden from the video Ryan uploaded to YouTube. When he says that the Prime Masters unlock something in the figure he quickly adds "through kid's imagination" making it exactly the same as the Titan Masters unlocking powers. He talked about them unlocking the ability to combine in Dreadwind and Blackwing even though they don't really, they just sit on the extra part that hasn't been clearly shown. He said the Voyagers come with bucklers that go on the arms, but don't actually do anything there. He talked about them allowing the Leaders to evolve, but also said you put the Matrix in after, saying it's the "final piece".

Seriously, this isn't Armada or Cybertron, Prime Masters don't do anything.

Anyway, on topic, pre-orders are up at the Japanese sites. Only ordered Overlord, I don't really like the colors on the Clones or Blitzwing.

Emerje

Randomhero wrote:It's not like it'll even have a name. None of the others do so far to my knowledge

All of the Partner Drones have had names.

Whew! The tan colored plastic and paint on these official Takara Tomy Mall pics make Blitzwing look much better. The purples used are also a bit darker than what we saw before. What are you thinking now, William-James? Still going Hasbro for darker purple and lighter beige, but with a purple face, wrong colored tank barrel, and crappy stickers? Or will you now get the Takara version with slightly lighter purple, slighter darker tan, non-purple face, and no crappy stickers?

Also, I thought of ONE reason why Takara might have retooled those chest flaps on Overlord. Perhaps they better hold on to the tank for their cartoon-accurate combined mode than the Hasbro ones? That's a feature that's more of an easter egg for Hasbro, but a MUST for Takara Tomy for this character, so it has to work well, not just "good enough."

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:It's not like it'll even have a name. None of the others do so far to my knowledge

All of the Partner Drones have had names.

You're right I I had no idea. I figure they were just vehicles and such. Only legends figures I've gotten lately is Ginrai and Godbomber from this line with the gimmick. I can justify spending an amount on them due to their size but not $35-$50 on deluxe size ones.

SureShot18 wrote:Hmm...the only one that interests me out of the three is Blitzwing and he's a not quite enough of an upgrade for me. Tak Blitz has a more cohesive deco but the colors are a little too bright. I really wish at least the tan was darker. If it had extra Animated heads it would have been an instant preorder but as is I might not bother. Takara releases really have to wow me to spend the extra money. Speaking of which I need to get that Blurr re-release.

Blurr is totally worth it. I snagged him on eBay in box for $20 and I love him. I was gonna get hot rod and kup but canceled hot rod after POTP. I don't need a slew of hot rods.

Prime Target wrote:They all look great I think the LG Cloudraker looks better than the TR one , Blitzwing gets rid of the dreaded stickers and just brightens up the overall paintjob and he looks all the better for it and Overlord ..... well I think this is what he should have been from the start = Masterforce accurate since Hasbro can't do an accurate IDW Overlord

It wasn't hasbros goal at all to do IDW overlord. They went straight for G1 toy overlord.

Deadput wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Still going Hasbro for darker purple and lighter beige, but with a purple face, wrong colored tank barrel, and crappy stickers? Or will you now get the Takara version with slightly lighter purple, slighter darker tan, non-purple face, and no crappy stickers?

What?