Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Commander Collection LC01-LC04 Images and Listings

well, these are pretty cool, except for the last one... kill it with fire!

*GASP!*

A SECOND CHANCE FOR LIO CONVOY!!!!!

These look nice while the guys from car robots/ RID 2001 , Armada, energon, Cybertron, animated weep in a corner

You know what, while this Brainstorm still isn't up to par with Fansproject's Smartrobin, the Takara version does look way better than the Hasbro version.

What bugs me the most is the lack of engineering that went into this.

The waistpieces and the weird wings look terrible IMHO.

I was hoping on a reissue of BWII Lio Convoy for a second. It's the RM version. Bummer.

All of the toys look like candy (except for Lio Convoy)!!! Transformers toys are starting to become inappropriate for little children.

how tall are this toys?

BERSEKAEL wrote:how tall are this toys?

Deluxe-size or a tad smaller, like any new-mold Robot Masters toy

RhA wrote:I was hoping on a reissue of BWII Lio Convoy for a second. It's the RM version. Bummer.

the original lio convoy aint that expensive, between 50-60 bucks. viola..

MISB korean boxed

MISB japanese box

wondering: have they gotten rid of Lio Convoy's gun accessory, or are they just not bothering to display him with it.

I was thinking, Cool now I can replace this tragedy with a little Leo...
but, thanks to Shajaki's hot tip, I can reasonably find the real McCoy.
Thanks man!

Unfortunately, guys, all four of these things are sold out, with Primal and Lio having been sold out since long before this news was posted.

Welp, looks like it's back to watching eBay.

Is anyone else super excited for Brainstorm? I admit I'm not a fan of the wings but otherwise he looks like great fun.

Any word on a release date other than January?

Yes. Super excited.
I know there are only a couple of Headmasters in IDW, but I've been hoping we would get a bunch of them for a long time.
Think they'll do Chromedome?

RotorstormNZ wrote:Is anyone else super excited for Brainstorm? I admit I'm not a fan of the wings but otherwise he looks like great fun.

Any word on a release date other than January?

I think he could look a bit more G1, don't get me wrong, I adore the IDW style, but I feel a boxier look would fit in better amongst the other figures in my collection

Cobotron wrote:Yes. Super excited.
I know there are only a couple of Headmasters in IDW, but I've been hoping we would get a bunch of them for a long time.
Think they'll do Chromedome?

Nope. That's why Fun Pub was able to do Chromedome: Because Hasbro wasn't planning one.

Though, none of the characters known to be Headmasters in other fiction are Headmasters in IDW (save for Scorponok, but that was short-lived). But it did give us Sunstreaker as one for a while (until he went back to being normal).

Sabrblade wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Yes. Super excited.
I know there are only a couple of Headmasters in IDW, but I've been hoping we would get a bunch of them for a long time.
Think they'll do Chromedome?

Nope. That's why Fun Pub was able to do Chromedome: Because Hasbro wasn't planning one.

Though, none of the characters known to be Headmasters in other fiction are Headmasters in IDW (save for Scorponok, but that was short-lived). But it did give us Sunstreaker as one for a while (until he went back to being normal).

Bummer. That Club one looks great but, he's not a headmaster. I guess the IDW situation explains why.
I feel like there are so many old gimmicks they could capitalize on. I miss the modularity of the old days.
But, that's just the old guy talking.

Cobotron wrote:Bummer. That Club one looks great but, he's not a headmaster. I guess the IDW situation explains why.
I feel like there are so many old gimmicks they could capitalize on. I miss the modularity of the old days.
But, that's just the old guy talking.

Well, IDW did previously try it's own take on the Headmaster concept, but only utilized Scorponok and Sunstreaker. Though, in this version, becoming a Headmaster was depicted as a ghoulish, torturous, and abominable process. After all, it is basically a form of decapitation anyway. It involved a TF having its head removed, stripped apart, and then hooked up to a computer system that would allow the head to remain in psychically linked to the body whilst said body would be operated by a human in a transformable exosuit that, after an intense ordeal of surgical implantation, becomes the new head, allowing the mind of the TF and the human to become one and enabling the body to be of both persons as one.

Though, it also gave us this nightmare fuel:



More recently, however, IDW has reintroduced the concept via ancient Headmasters from Cybertron's past, but these are all newly-made characters instead of any existing ones.

Well that's terrifying!

Sabrblade wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Yes. Super excited.
I know there are only a couple of Headmasters in IDW, but I've been hoping we would get a bunch of them for a long time.
Think they'll do Chromedome?

Nope. That's why Fun Pub was able to do Chromedome: Because Hasbro wasn't planning one.

On the other hand, Funpub is doing lio convoy for next year's freebie, so what takara happens to do just for takara clearly doesn't factor in, which says that while it's extremely unlikely, takara COULD do chromedome.

also, really hope these guys get stocked again at some point after the first run, because I really want that leo convoy. Also hope they get stocked by stores that aren't takaratomy mall, so I can actually order one to the US -_-

Nevermind!

megatronus wrote:Nevermind!

Plus, it has become increasingly rare these days for Takara to do something on their own without Hasbro's input or influence. The last new molds Takara made completely on their own were the Swordbots and Optimus ExPrime from Go!, which were original creations rather than based on any existing characters or designs.

Sabrblade wrote:

megatronus wrote:Nevermind!

Plus, it has become increasingly rare these days for Takara to do something on their own without Hasbro's input or influence. The last new molds Takara made completely on their own were the Swordbots and Optimus ExPrime from Go!, which were original creations rather than based on any existing characters or designs.

You mean besides masterpieces, right?

megatronus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

megatronus wrote:Nevermind!

Plus, it has become increasingly rare these days for Takara to do something on their own without Hasbro's input or influence. The last new molds Takara made completely on their own were the Swordbots and Optimus ExPrime from Go!, which were original creations rather than based on any existing characters or designs.

You mean besides masterpieces, right?

Those are a different case, yes. I'm referring to regular figure lines, not the super-duper extra special high-grade for-collectors-only line.

Sabrblade wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Yes. Super excited.
I know there are only a couple of Headmasters in IDW, but I've been hoping we would get a bunch of them for a long time.
Think they'll do Chromedome?

Nope. That's why Fun Pub was able to do Chromedome: Because Hasbro wasn't planning one.

Though, none of the characters known to be Headmasters in other fiction are Headmasters in IDW (save for Scorponok, but that was short-lived). But it did give us Sunstreaker as one for a while (until he went back to being normal).

They did briefly introduce Myskrion who was partnered with some one who looked suspiciously like Lione as well as giving us a totally new headmaster Thinkbox.

They do like killing headmasters off almost straight away I must say.

Also, the TF club revealed at RORC that they had been working on concepts for small head masters for deluxe sized figure with ball jointed legs and showed some prototypes, but they were very successful so we're shelved. They actually showed some hard copies too and the first prototype of the Botcon Scorponok(which had a lot of issues).

deluxe sized headmasters would be hard. their limbs would probably end up like twigs.

shajaki wrote:

RhA wrote:I was hoping on a reissue of BWII Lio Convoy for a second. It's the RM version. Bummer.

the original lio convoy aint that expensive, between 50-60 bucks. viola..

MISB korean boxed

MISB japanese box

Thank you, kind sir.

durroth wrote:deluxe sized headmasters would be hard. their limbs would probably end up like twigs.

They were very similar to the headmaster Jnrs, just file out legs. But as you said were so small it never quiet worked

Cobotron wrote:I was thinking, Cool now I can replace this tragedy with a little Leo...
but, thanks to Shajaki's hot tip, I can reasonably find the real McCoy.
Thanks man!

ahhhh! what the hell happened there?

shajaki wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I was thinking, Cool now I can replace this tragedy with a little Leo...
but, thanks to Shajaki's hot tip, I can reasonably find the real McCoy.
Thanks man!

ahhhh! what the hell happened there?

He was up high on something, a candle was burning a good 3 to 4 feet below him.
Who knew a candle flame's heat could travel so far.
Lesson learned. Candles and collections, not friends.

but he looks so gloriously derpy

Neurie wrote:

durroth wrote:deluxe sized headmasters would be hard. their limbs would probably end up like twigs.

They were very similar to the headmaster Jnrs, just file out legs. But as you said were so small it never quiet worked

So, that's why those old toys were so noisy.

The Planet Iacon Facebook page has shared some in-hand images of the Takara Transformers Legends LG-02 Optimus Primal, a reissue of the Beast Wars Reborn figure. Check them out mirrored below.

Of note: It seems that the Transformers Legends line uses both the US and Japanese names on the packaging. Observe:

- In the Latin alphabet we have "Optimus Primal"
- In Japanese kana, we have コンボイ (konboi), or "Convoy"

Same goes for Rattrap: "Rattrap" in English, but ラットル (rattoru) or Rattle in Japanese. The next one will be Sky-Byte vs. ゲルシャーク (gerushāku) or Gelshark.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Of note: It seems that the Transformers Legends line uses both the US and Japanese names on the packaging. Observe:

- In the Latin alphabet we have "Optimus Primal"
- In Japanese kana, we have コンボイ (konboi), or "Convoy"

Same goes for Rattrap: "Rattrap" in English, but ラットル (rattoru) or Rattle in Japanese. The next one will be Sky-Byte vs. ゲルシャーク (gerushāku) or Gelshark.

That is WEIRD!!! Which names do we use to refer to them officially? Have this ever happened before, with two different names written in two different languages?

Well, that's just PRIME!

I LOVE the second picture! XD The monkey face is like "JESUS it smells in that box!"

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Of note: It seems that the Transformers Legends line uses both the US and Japanese names on the packaging. Observe:

- In the Latin alphabet we have "Optimus Primal"
- In Japanese kana, we have コンボイ (konboi), or "Convoy"

Same goes for Rattrap: "Rattrap" in English, but ラットル (rattoru) or Rattle in Japanese. The next one will be Sky-Byte vs. ゲルシャーク (gerushāku) or Gelshark.

The is WEIRD!!! Which names do we use to refer to them officially? Have this ever happened before, with two different names written in two different languages?

I don't think so, this is fairly unique. Even back in G1/G2, each region (UK, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux) had their own names, but also their own packaging.

I countered this problem for now by formatting the release names as "JP Name" / "US Name" if they're different. Thankfully, it only applies to the three I already mentioned: Jetfire is still "Jetfire" in Japanese.

It's decided: I'm displaying Monsterarts King King with LG02 Optimus Primal.

May the best monkey win!!!

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I LOVE the second picture! XD The monkey face is like "JESUS it smells in that box!"

ROFL. HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAA!!! Perfect description!

box bursting pic is cute.

i wonder if he's exactly the same as the beast wars reborn beast convoy.

[quote="Va'al"]The Planet Iacon Facebook page has shared some in-hand images of the Takara Transformers Legends LG-02 Optimus Primal, a reissue of the Beast Wars Reborn figure. Check them out mirrored below.





Those are some freaky zombie monkey eyes breaking out of that box. I like the Robot mode not the ape.

tankor has vehicon symbols on the shoulders!

Courtesy of the higekumatoytoy blog we get a plethora of additional in-hand images of Transformers Legends LG02 Optimus Primal. These images show off the many weapons stored inside the figures arms and back. We have mirrored many of the images for you below, but you can click on the images to see the rest.

Unfortunately, no battle mask gimmick.

There's a second Primal gallery and two Rattrap galleries on that blog as well.

the rattrap gallery and some highlights! but i couldnt find any comparisons with hasbros

shajaki wrote:the rattrap gallery and some highlights! but i couldnt find any comparisons with hasbros

They're in the second Rattrap gallery.

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Unfortunately, no battle mask gimmick.

Ya I never liked the mouth hole, even in the show, and the weird demon mask thing was so strange and cool. Mine fell off and was never heard from again.
I was hoping this release would be the original so I could get a fresh one with the mask. My old one is getting a bit rickety, due to the fact that I love him so.

I get why they're releasing this one though, show accurate and all.
Just glad folks will have the chance to get him if they haven't all ready.
He is one bot everyone should have in their stash.