Tomy struggling with Japanese Market, possible Adult-focused ideas brewing!

and DON'T make me come over there again Tomy-Takara!

I don't think it will spell a doom for them, as the demographic they are targeting is the one that has kids and does remember the older shows. They are more likely to get future customers from the kids of collectors, then they would from the regular population, I think. I like the idea that they are finally targeting us, the adults.

Besides, something that is more "adult" has that added cool factor that kids seem to glom onto, rather then something that they consider made for little kids, as is usual with Tf toys. Trust me, when kids see these new made-for-adults Tfs, they WILL want them. Even the children of non-collectors. Stuff made for adults tends to be made cooler looking, more realistic, and the charecters' stories more dark. What kills Tfs is when they are made too "kiddie," and that makes older kids and teens stay away from them for fear of being seen playing with toys deemed too "babyish."

It'll be interesting to hear what comes of this.

Well if Hasbro does something like this over here I'll be happy. I hope whoever's idea it was to make Kiss Players for little girls is fired because no offense, but marketing Transformers to little girls is like trying to marketing Barbie to little boys. Hopefully Takara Tomy makes more Masterpiece Transformers because Optimus Prime is rated as one of the best toys ever.

Hope this breeds creativity and innovation.

Interesting development indeed. I am not holding my breath on anything until I see something solid but at the same time I am very glad to hear that!

I have became very hard to satisfy with Transformers so this could mean something at the level I was hoping for. I just hope they don't pull another Kiss Player again because, while I DO like hentai, I don't like it mixed with Transformers (unless its fan art ).

This is a tread i will definitivelly keep my optics fixed on!

Autobot032 wrote:This is good news. We'll get reissues (and new reissues) and we might even see new molds aimed at an adult audience. (I.E. More Masterpiece, more complexities. Not sicko stuff.)

I agree. I don't like the sicko stuff either.

And here I was expecting to read about transforming fembots that interface with Convoy MP-RJE (Ron Jeremy Edition). I am disappointed now.

it's plain and its simple here and ya guys can
back me up here release
skylyx,
omega suspreme,
star saber and victory leo,
a gestalt or like devastator seacons,
scourponok in all plain and simple
takara tomy if ya want to make a shit load of
yen release the big guns and i mean big guns
release that we as thought would never be
release in a million years any 1 with me

Maybe them now paying attention to the older fans will help spawn a cartoon that is to appeal to the "new" demographic. It makes sense, especially if their change of demos proves profitable.