Takara Tomy Transformers Legends In-Hand Roundup: Fortress Maximus, Broadcast, Rewind, And More

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Seibertronian Logan. has been hard at work hunting down almost 50 new in-hand images of upcoming Takara Tomy Legends figures! In order of appearance in this pictorial round-up, we have:

*3 Images of Fortress Maximus, as Tweeted by TFyuki
*3 Images of Fortress Maximus compared to G1 Fortress Maximus, courtesy of Planet Iacon on Facebook.
*23 Images of Broadcast and Rewind, courtesy of Loopaza Megastore
*5 Images of Fortress Maximus courtesy of @tagoal on twitter
*15 Images of Wheelie with Goshooter, Broadcast, Rewind with Nightbeat, and Weirdwolf, also from @tagoal on twitter"

You can check out all of the images below, and let us know what you think in the comments section!

Transformers News: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends In-Hand Roundup: Fortress Maximus, Blaster, Rewind, And More

Takara Tomy Transformers Legends In-Hand Roundup: Fortress Maximus, Blaster, Rewind, And More

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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 24, 2016

Though people originally thought that Blaster's Titan Master head was based on Perceptor, it actually seems to sculpted (not colored, but sculpted) more in homage to the headsculpt of Binaltech Asterisk Broad Blast.

Blaster's pack-in Legends comic seems to agree with this as there's a close up panel of Blaster's helmet-less head that also contains a thought bubble that flashes back to his Binaltech Asterisk body.

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Comment by Bumblebee21 Sep 24, 2016

why is blasters face white

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Comment by Rainmaker Sep 24, 2016

I wonder what Legends Blaster's deco is meant to be accurate to...

:MAXIMAL:

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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 24, 2016

Bumblebee21 wrote:why is blasters face white

Because the head is in Twincast's colors. The larger body isn't the real Blaster, just a lifeless Transtector that Twincast, the head, controls.

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Comment by Terrsolpix Sep 24, 2016

I knew it wasn't a coincidence! The legends tablets confirmed to work with Fort Max's chest just made my day. I wonder why it wasn't mentioned on either TR legend tablets or Fort Max.

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Comment by Bumblebee21 Sep 24, 2016

ok, thats weird

who is that blue cassette next to rewind

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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 24, 2016

Bumblebee21 wrote:ok, thats weird

who is that blue cassette next to rewind

You mean Eject?

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Comment by Bumblebee21 Sep 24, 2016

Sabrblade wrote:
Bumblebee21 wrote:ok, thats weird

who is that blue cassette next to rewind
You mean Eject?

its been soo long since ive seen him i forgot what color he was.

does that mean takara will make him

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Sep 24, 2016

Terrsolpix wrote:I knew it wasn't a coincidence! The legends tablets confirmed to work with Fort Max's chest just made my day. I wonder why it wasn't mentioned on either TR legend tablets or Fort Max.

I'll just go with total design fluke. :-?

Maximal Rainmaker wrote:I wonder what Legends Blaster's deco is meant to be accurate to...

The G1 cartoon of course, including the white face:

Bumblebee21 wrote:who is that blue cassette next to rewind

Eject, and completion's sake, the pink one's Rosanna.

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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 24, 2016

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Maximal Rainmaker wrote:I wonder what Legends Blaster's deco is meant to be accurate to...

The G1 cartoon of course, including the white face:

Though, for clarity's sake, this toy isn't being treated as Blaster's cartoon body proper, but is instead treated as an evolved form of that body, an upgrade from his Twincast body that he got in The Headmasters cartoon. A third form for Cartoon Blaster overall.

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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 24, 2016

More Legends pack-in manga images - https://twitter.com/aonoseijakujp1/status/779750566058524672

LG28 Rewind & Nightbeat

LG29 Wheelie & Goshooter

LG30 Weirdwolf

Comments:

* So, Japanese Nightbeat is EVERYONE!

(Specifically, Nightbeat is just a Headmaster Junior suit worn by... I guess all of the employees of the Axalon Trading Company, with Rattrap being the first one to don the armor via a pair of Master-Braces.)

* Uh, Wheelie, you do know that Arcee is usually naked 99% of the time, right? What you're peeking at is always exposed anyway. 8-|

* And Chromedome is still stuck inside Batora's mouth.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Sep 24, 2016

Wheelie hiking up Arcee's skirt is a sly reference to a similar incident in 15! 15! Go!

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Comment by Kurona Sep 24, 2016

Why do they keep referencing that thing :BANG_HEAD:

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Comment by Sabrblade Sep 24, 2016

Kurona wrote:Why do they keep referencing that thing

There was a lot of continuity-rich material in both Kiss Players Position and Teletraan 15 Go! Go!. And Sakamoto is a continuity nut himself who loves filling in continuity holes and referencing other materials to add to the continuity overall.

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Comment by Bumblebee21 Sep 24, 2016

Kurona wrote:Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

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Comment by SW's SilverHammer Sep 24, 2016

Bumblebee21 wrote:
Kurona wrote:Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

Maybe because Kiss Play is one of the greatest stories ever told

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Sep 24, 2016

Bumblebee21 wrote:
Kurona wrote:Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

By the same illustrator, no less. Mind you, he's also done Metro Wars, Train Wars, and done line work for FunPub. And skirt hiking is seemingly considered "humorous" over there as it incidentally pops up in manga, anime, and the occasional live action series.

...

Don't look at me like that!

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Comment by fenrir72 Sep 24, 2016

Broadcast's transtector body mass shifts to the size of a Boombox?! Cool! :BOWDOWN:

Galvatron's transtector body functions by itself and treats the head like a soccer ball? Weird and not surprising. Galvatron is a looney as you can get.

All this references and retcons by Takara is really eerie yet fits.........as if they really planned the connections years ago.

Somewhat related,if that Megatronia combiner eventually becomes, which looks to be, canon in the JP continuity, Convoy dies after 7 days, Galvatron gets stasis lock and is thrown back into the Arctic then leads to Return of Convoy then leads to eventual Metrowars etc

Really eerie coincidental with the product background connections.(No wonder in one of the G2 comics a few years back, Broadcast was already in his G1 mode (i.e. red)..........enough to make your head spin and yet now makes sense.

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Comment by fenrir72 Sep 24, 2016

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Bumblebee21 wrote:
Kurona wrote:Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

By the same illustrator, no less. Mind you, he's also done Metro Wars, Train Wars, and done line work for FunPub. And skirt hiking is seemingly considered "humorous" over there as it incidentally pops up in manga, anime, and the occasional live action series.

...

Don't look at me like that!

In other words, it's kinda cultural as I mentioned in Unite Warriors. This can be seen in anime since like Gatchaman (1972) (or even earlier Astroboy( not Tatsunoko) episodes and even religious Superbook where one of the boy characters are seen swimming nude which was eventually edited in later shows also by Tatsunoko) where you see Jun the Swan keeps getting gratuitous upskirt shots.

Why? Well JZGR says it all. :lol:

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Comment by Bronzewolf Sep 25, 2016

Seibertronians, our very own xRotorstormx is currently reporting directly from the Japanese convention Superfest. She's shared with us some exclusive additional pictures of LG-EX Convobat, along with his Ape-x drone. Check 'em out below and then tell us in the comments below: Do these additional images make you like the figure more or less? Will you be getting it when it comes out in December?