Takara Transformers Prime Arms Micron AM-01 to AM-06 and MP-11 Starscream 2.0 In-Package Images

Seems like we are required to put on the stickers for the Deluxe robots ourselves too!? Kidding here!?

i can see customizers and model kit fans enjoying these figures, the stickers approch gives those whod prefer to paint the figures to match thier ideal looks a chance to do so without having to remove what on already.

as for the minicons, come on hasbro, blindbag and put these things out individually

So, Takara aren't even taking the chance of letting the customer even SEE what they're buying before they've bought it!!!!

I literally "WTF!?" when I read this news...Are you kidding me!? Here's some thing to prove Takara is getting dumber :-

1) Box packaging - Seriously we cant even see what we buy!? I mean I know you can ask the store employee to open it but it will just be annoying for them and for us to have them open it up for each of the deluxes -.-...

2) Minicon building - Wow serious!? Now we even need to start building our own TF(s)? I am utterly speechless...

3) Stickers - We even need to put the stickers ourself!? Wanna know why I rarely buy gundams? Because I hate putting stickers. If you mess up just a tidbit it would look horrible on the figure -_-...

4) Overprice - So we pay for this figures with alot of money and let's see what we have to put up. Cant see the figure,we have to build the minicon ourselves and finally we need to apply stickers!?

Well it's official people. Takara is finally getting dumber than Hasbro. I totally didnt expect this to happen so soon...

PS : R.I.P Takara. You had your good moments. We will miss ya.

The model builder in me is slightly intrigued by these, but to be honest, the sheer price of importing these figures makes it not really hobby material for someone like me who's barely making it paycheque to paycheque.
That said, all the official images still make these stickers look like crap.

I'm also really not liking how the characters' individual weapons available in the Hasbro releases are seemingly absent from these releases in favour of Microns who transform into something vaguely resembling the character's onscreen weapon. This poses problems especially for the types who dual wield.
Take Ratchet, for example. US Figure comes with two blade weapons, Japanese comes with one, granted that one is also a Micron, but if you want to have him with two blades, you either need to buy a second one, or wait to see if these things eventually do get a Micron Booster or similar release.

Takara, I'm all for a company taking a property they've been dealing with for many years and doing something different with it, but this whole thing just screams bad idea to me. I hardly think this is a move that's going to spell downfall for either the brand, or the company, but I just hope they get through this quickly so we can all forget about it, and move on.

I'm a bit torn on the microns being DYI.

On the one hand, I buy so many unassembled figures already(wargames, Lego, Halo megabloks, Kreo), I feel a bit hypocritical for not liking the fact that I need to assemble them.

On the other hand, other than the aforementioned Kreo sets, it's not something I'm used to doing for my Transformers collection, so I fell like it's something that should have been done at the factory.

As for the sticker, IF I ever end up buying this Skywarp, he's ending up on the painting table between whatever batches of Skaven I'm working on at that time.

Call me an oddball, but I'm actually quite jealous of the Takara versions. My only complaint would have to be the sticker apps and that Megs is a deluxe... hopefully our Eastern brethren will get a proper voyager. That said, I LOVE the arms microns way better than the crap powerizer weapons our voyagers are getting (save for voyager Megs), and they are better alternatives to some of the weapons our deluxes got, such as Cliffjumper's engine gun/hammer. Bumblebee's and Rachet's look great to me even though they only come with one. And I actually love the idea of building my own toy... It'd be great if Hasbro released these later as a group or something.

Seems somewhat different than what we saw in earlier pictures. I'm pretty sure the face wasn't this dark. Just comes to show you cant trust photo editing. Im also very disappointed to see there's no stand included for jet mode, lets hope some 3rd party company can step in and make that happen.

Great comparision pics between the original MP Screamer and the "New Leader". It's fun looking for all the little tweaks made for the new version, but I'm so glad we're finally getting a new pilot. I'm not too pleased with how the dome of his crown turned out, but I'm looking forward to getting this set in-hand.

WTF I thought the stickers where only for the Microns?!

Other than that and the lack of weapons I like everything about these, the packaging is awesome.

I may pick up some of the Micron boosters if they are also unassembled.