Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LD13 Megatron Released in May 2015

id pay 50 bucks for that

"This is the foreign version pictured"

"foreign" meaning "Hasbro" version.

Typical Takara placeholders.

Sabrblade wrote:"This is the foreign version pictured"

"foreign" meaning "Hasbro" version.

Typical Takara placeholders.

At last, now we know. I was pretty sure there weren't any real differences between Takara's solicitation and Hasbro's stock photography. It'll be interesting to see what Takara does with the deco. I wonder if they'll bother to release the "Armada" version as well. Might they go the extra mile and retool it to put the cannon on his hip?

A good looking figure but i don't understand why it isn't a voyager class figure. I feel that would make it scale better with the current classic figures.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:"This is the foreign version pictured"

"foreign" meaning "Hasbro" version.

Typical Takara placeholders.

At last, now we know. I was pretty sure there weren't any real differences between Takara's solicitation and Hasbro's stock photography. It'll be interesting to see what Takara does with the deco. I wonder if they'll bother to release the "Armada" version as well. Might they go the extra mile and retool it to put the cannon on his hip?

Yeah, I made an edit to the post to point it out.

Wolfman Jake wrote:It'll be interesting to see what Takara does with the deco. I wonder if they'll bother to release the "Armada" version as well. Might they go the extra mile and retool it to put the cannon on his hip?

Takara seems to be avoiding releasing retools of molds from the same line in their Japanese Generations lines lately.

They never released the FOC Wreckers, Doubledealer, Junkheap, Sky Shadow (Black Shadow), Dreadwing, Goldfire, Crosscut (or Skids, for that matter), Jhiaxus, Nightbeat (outside of Million Publishing's Goshooter exclusive), or any of the GDO retoolings (outside of the Cloud line, which is done).

That looks seriously nice.

Va'al wrote:

Standing a majestic 25cm tall, Megatron transforms into a burly tank with a firing cannon! The metallic silver paint makes this amazing version of the Decepticon leader really stand out. Don't miss out, place your order now!

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*squeee* Holy crap, 25 centimeters! That's actually slightly taller than MP-10! This is everything I could ever want in an official Hastak Megatron! It'll be even better once someone (and you know someone will) makes articulated hands for it!

Metro Prime wrote:*squeee* Holy crap, 25 centimeters! That's actually slightly taller than MP-10!

But we've seen how it sizes up to MP-10. It's shorter.

Sabrblade wrote:

Metro Prime wrote:*squeee* Holy crap, 25 centimeters! That's actually slightly taller than MP-10!

But we've seen how it sizes up to MP-10. It's shorter.

For the fans of the imperial system, 25 cm is roughly 10 inches.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Metro Prime wrote:*squeee* Holy crap, 25 centimeters! That's actually slightly taller than MP-10!

But we've seen how it sizes up to MP-10. It's shorter.

For the fans of the imperial system, 25 cm is roughly 10 inches.

Exactly. MP-10 is 9.5 inches, and that comparison photo is tiny, squashed horizontally, and not at a great angle.

Metro Prime wrote:Exactly. MP-10 is 9.5 inches, and that comparison photo is tiny, squashed horizontally, and not at a great angle.

It is very possible that HLJ was counting the height added by the treads on the figure's back, which can be raised above the figure's head.

At least Megatron is looking better than he did in the initial pics from a few months ago, as those made him look freaking horrid.

Funny how the best shots of Hasbro's Megatron come from Takara. I'm optimistic about this being a really good figure, maybe even the best Transformer under US$50. Can't believe Hasbro has gone this long without giving him and Armada Megs a public appearance. Really want to see him under less than ideal conditions.

Then again, I still haven't seen Jetfire in person at any store and the new Walmart shelf reset doesn't have spaces for Leaders so I'll certainly have to buy him online.

Emerje

Looks great in robot mode with all that silver but it just doesn't quite do it for me in tank mode. A tank is supposed to be gritty, rugged and shiny silver just doesn't bring that vibe across.

CrankyOldTruck wrote:Looks great in robot mode with all that silver but it just doesn't quite do it for me in tank mode. A tank is supposed to be gritty, rugged and shiny silver just doesn't bring that vibe across.

We dont know if thats the deco Takara will go for since they are using the Hasbro version for pictures right now. For all we know, we might be in a time of reversal where it is Hasbro who has the shinier finishes, which was the case with Jetfire.

william-james88 wrote:

CrankyOldTruck wrote:Looks great in robot mode with all that silver but it just doesn't quite do it for me in tank mode. A tank is supposed to be gritty, rugged and shiny silver just doesn't bring that vibe across.

We dont know if thats the deco Takara will go for since they are using the Hasbro version for pictures right now. For all we know, we might be in a time of reversal where it is Hasbro who has the shinier finishes, which was the case with Jetfire.

If we got a dark grey coloration similar to that of United WFC Megatron, I would be one happy camper.

Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:







Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Cyberpath wrote:Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

william-james88 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

The listing should be for the TakaraTomy one, but the images are of the Hasbro version, used as placeholders. Common practice.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

The listing should be for the TakaraTomy one, but the images are of the Hasbro version, used as placeholders. Common practice.

Yeah, they may be of the Hasbro version, but they're being used to promote the Takara toy.

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

The listing should be for the TakaraTomy one, but the images are of the Hasbro version, used as placeholders. Common practice.

Yeah, they may be of the Hasbro version, but they're being used to promote the Takara toy.

Sure, but placed above up there without the listing and no other context, it is just a big picture of a toy that is not part of this thread. There is no difference between that post and me posting a bigger picture of Hasbro's Sky Byte.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

The listing should be for the TakaraTomy one, but the images are of the Hasbro version, used as placeholders. Common practice.

Yeah, they may be of the Hasbro version, but they're being used to promote the Takara toy.

Sure, but placed above up there without the listing and no other context, it is just a big picture of a toy that is not part of this thread. There is no difference between that post and me posting a bigger picture of Hasbro's Sky Byte.

The listing itself is what's important, and the images we got did come from Takara rather than Hasbro.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

The listing should be for the TakaraTomy one, but the images are of the Hasbro version, used as placeholders. Common practice.

Yeah, they may be of the Hasbro version, but they're being used to promote the Takara toy.

Sure, but placed above up there without the listing and no other context, it is just a big picture of a toy that is not part of this thread. There is no difference between that post and me posting a bigger picture of Hasbro's Sky Byte.

The listing itself is what's important, and the images we got did come from Takara rather than Hasbro.

Are we talking about the same thing here^ This post has no listing, just a bigger picture of a toy that should be elsewhere.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Larger photos from Amazon Japan, click to enlarge:


Looks good but I'm still on the fence. I wonder if the shoulder joints will stick out like that in every pose.

Shouldnt these be posted on the Generations thread instead? Because this isnt the Takara version.

The listing should be for the TakaraTomy one, but the images are of the Hasbro version, used as placeholders. Common practice.

Yeah, they may be of the Hasbro version, but they're being used to promote the Takara toy.

Sure, but placed above up there without the listing and no other context, it is just a big picture of a toy that is not part of this thread. There is no difference between that post and me posting a bigger picture of Hasbro's Sky Byte.

The listing itself is what's important, and the images we got did come from Takara rather than Hasbro.

Are we talking about the same thing here^ This post has no listing, just a bigger picture of a toy that should be elsewhere.

It claims to be from Amazon Japan. I took the liberty of locating the listing: LG13 Megatron (really, posting the link is a good habit).

Dat headsculpt tho.

fenrir72 wrote:That was fast!

May 2015 ETA






From: amiami

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... 0&page=top

Edit......Always failed to mention.....He's got a nice face sculpt. Even better than MP-05.

All amiami pre orders sold out now.

Another promotional image from Takara from the Dengeki Hobby Magazine:

It really doesn't look at that different from Hasbro's after all. Maybe the differences will be like those between the Roadbusters and only be one or two minor paint app differences?

These digicam pictures are really hard to decypher with their resolutions. Proof in the pie will indeed be when Megs is released.

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Swerve and Tailgate available

Takara Tomy has just released the 18th comic in their Japanese Transformers Legends Comic Series.
This one features, as they put it, fun everyday drama with Swerve, Phaser, Rattrap, and Trypticon (?!).

The comic has been mirored below for your enjoyment.

Trypticon is an odd inclusion, given the heavy Beast Era focus of these manga stories. Gigastorm might have been more appropriate.

Sabrblade wrote:Trypticon is an odd inclusion, given the heavy Beast Era focus of these manga stories. Gigastorm might have been more appropriate.

Maybe they are preparing us for his Encore reissue

Of note is that Rattrap actually questions Swerve's cartoon appearance and his original name (two scenes through the whole run, "Wave" instead of "Swerve"), which he seems elude and amaze Rattle. Phaser joins in by explaining he transforms into My First Blaster... songs and all. Of course, Dinosaurer (Trypticon, you know the reason why he's included) is less than impressed.

:EDIT: ... or not. The yonkoma may feature BW caricatures, but it deals with every aspect of the line's history, so Trypticon is still justified: he "contributed" to Swerve's cartoon appreance by stepping on him.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Trypticon is an odd inclusion, given the heavy Beast Era focus of these manga stories. Gigastorm might have been more appropriate.

Maybe they are preparing us for his Encore reissue

What Encore reissue?

The rumored Platinum Edition one is from Hasbro (Asia).

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote::EDIT: ... or not. The yonkoma may feature BW caricatures, but it deals with every aspect of the line's history, so Trypticon is still justified: he "contributed" to Swerve's cartoon appreance by stepping on him.

So that's why Trypticon's in this.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Trypticon is an odd inclusion, given the heavy Beast Era focus of these manga stories. Gigastorm might have been more appropriate.

Maybe they are preparing us for his Encore reissue

What Encore reissue?

The rumored Platinum Edition one is from Hasbro (Asia).

Yeah, but that was never confirmed. For all we know it couls come from Takara. I was just being a little jokey. We really know nothing at all at this point and a bunch o frumours have not panned out, so I am just having some fun with his appearance here.

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote::EDIT: ... or not. The yonkoma may feature BW caricatures, but it deals with every aspect of the line's history, so Trypticon is still justified: he "contributed" to Swerve's cartoon appreance by stepping on him.

So that's why Trypticon's in this.

I dont get it, what?

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote::EDIT: ... or not. The yonkoma may feature BW caricatures, but it deals with every aspect of the line's history, so Trypticon is still justified: he "contributed" to Swerve's cartoon appreance by stepping on him.

So that's why Trypticon's in this.

I dont get it, what?

Swerve's single major appearance was in the G1 episode "Five Faces of Darkness pt. 5", with a minor appearance in "Forever is long time coming". The first is special because he took part in the Ark's defense, only to get stepped on (rather hurmorously) by Trypticon:



The joke is, in the yonkoma he seems to be a show-off.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote::EDIT: ... or not. The yonkoma may feature BW caricatures, but it deals with every aspect of the line's history, so Trypticon is still justified: he "contributed" to Swerve's cartoon appreance by stepping on him.

So that's why Trypticon's in this.

I dont get it, what?

Swerve was among the group of Autobots who fought Trypticon in "Five Face of Darkness" when Trypticon destroyed the Ark. Trypticon is included here to show off Phaser's My First Blaster form since Trypticon was the only Decepticon Swerve got to fight in the cartoon, as well as having stepped on Swerve in their fight.



EDIT: Ninja'd by JelZe.

Tee Hee

At any rate, anything pertaining to Transformers history, from:

- the UK comics (Roadbuster & Whirl as Englishmen)
- Beast Machines bodies (Jetstorm and Thrust, much to Silverbolt's and Waspinator's chagrin)
- G1 cartoon (Trypticon vs. Swerve)
- IDW comics (Swerve's singing My First Blaster, poor Phaser)

... to everything else is fair game to be made fun of in these yonkoma.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Tee Hee

At any rate, anything pertaining to Transformers history, from:

- the UK comics (Roadbuster & Whirl as Englishmen)
- Beast Machines bodies (Jetstorm and Thrust, much to Silverbolt's and Waspinator's chagrin)
- G1 cartoon (Trypticon vs. Swerve)
- IDW comics (Swerve's singing My First Blaster, poor Phaser)

... to everything else is fair game to be made fun of in these yonkoma.

I wish I could read Japanese (or that these were translated)

What the... I just looked at some in-hand images of Legends Swerve on Alfes2010's blog, and the bio of him and Tailgate show a name change for the one of the Micromasters: Groundbuster (aka Neutro) has been renamed Groundshaker (グランドシェイカー gurandosheikā). That still works, since "Groundshaker" was never used in Japan. The base was called "Landshaker", and the Micromaster Goundshaker was replaced with a Roadhandler redeco called "Gunrunner".

the pic most important to me....



i get what takara was going for with their version, but i like hasbros light red a lot better.

shajaki wrote:the pic most important to me....



i get what takara was going for with their version, but i like hasbros light red a lot better.

If you can swap the heads between the two, the Takara one would have an almost perfect G1 screen accurate deco. The reds still a little dark, but the brighter Hasbro one isn't a perfect match either.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

shajaki wrote:the pic most important to me....



i get what takara was going for with their version, but i like hasbros light red a lot better.

If you can swap the heads between the two, the Takara one would have an almost perfect G1 screen accurate deco. The reds still a little dark, but the brighter Hasbro one isn't a perfect match either.

Well, Hasbro's is meant to be MTMTE-accurate rather than cartoon-accurate.

Takara, however, opted for toy-accuracy with theirs.

shajaki wrote:the pic most important to me....



i get what takara was going for with their version, but i like hasbros light red a lot better.

I like it enough to get the 2-pack... For $15 on HLJ, why not?

Legends Swerve and Tailgate Galleries are up:


Transformers Legends Swerve Gallery


Transformers Legends Tailgate Gallery

And I'm leaning more and more towards the Legends, especially with Tailgate.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Legends Swerve and Tailgate Galleries are up:


Transformers Legends Swerve Gallery


Transformers Legends Tailgate Gallery

And I'm leaning more and more towards the Legends, especially with Tailgate.

Yea - the silver highlights on Tailgate (especially on the face) really help the figure.