Transformers Missing Link Arcee Preorders Up for $100 + Official Images

Sure, that Arcee have the big-ass shoulder pads, but they follow the fashion of the 1980's.



Also, she seem to have the slimmest backpack of any transformable "G1" style Arcees that came out so far. That's quite the tour de force!


As for the price, sure she's expensive, but at least at Hobby Search / AmiAmi, the prices are acceptable and the shipping options are good. I preordered both the Proto and the Classic. Fingers crossed for no custom fees once the time come.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Also, she seem to have the slimmest backpack of any transformable "G1" style Arcees that came out so far. That's quite the tour de force!

'Tis what happens when the shoulder kibble flaps are integrated into the upper arms instead of being set behind them like on the finalized character model.

That price is bananas, and I agree that the shoulder pads should be offset behind the figure.

It would be nice to get a good chug arcee one of these years. I guess the bumblebee movie is the best we're going to get unless newage upscales theirs...

Her belly sticker doesn't match the sculpted details, now that's authentic!

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Her belly sticker doesn't match the sculpted details, now that's authentic!

Emerje

I'd put the belly sticker on the Prototype, along the "Texaco" symbols. The toon version, I would just give her the .

I'm still surprised that no "super nerd" found out what's up with the "Texaco" symbols so far.

I'll be saving a bundle NOT buying this one. The rest of you collectors, have at it! I just don't see the lure...

DeathReviews wrote:I'll be saving a bundle NOT buying this one. The rest of you collectors, have at it! I just don't see the lure...

Yeah, same here. $15 -$25 MAYBE for the novelty of it, but honestly it's a pretty ugly figure compared to other ones out there.

Brokebot wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:I'll be saving a bundle NOT buying this one. The rest of you collectors, have at it! I just don't see the lure...

Yeah, same here. $15 -$25 MAYBE for the novelty of it, but honestly it's a pretty ugly figure compared to other ones out there.

There are no other ones out there if you're going for the G1 toy aesthetic. For anyone that collects vintage G1 figures this one is some serious unfinished business.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Brokebot wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:I'll be saving a bundle NOT buying this one. The rest of you collectors, have at it! I just don't see the lure...

Yeah, same here. $15 -$25 MAYBE for the novelty of it, but honestly it's a pretty ugly figure compared to other ones out there.

There are no other ones out there if you're going for the G1 toy aesthetic. For anyone that collects vintage G1 figures this one is some serious unfinished business.

Emerje

Maybe he meant "3rd party," but I found them to be quite redundant. That TRUE G1 Arcee is something original.
Also, I do hope that Prototype G1 Unicron will have the ML treatment. Even if I have to pay Titan prices for it.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Brokebot wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:I'll be saving a bundle NOT buying this one. The rest of you collectors, have at it! I just don't see the lure...

Yeah, same here. $15 -$25 MAYBE for the novelty of it, but honestly it's a pretty ugly figure compared to other ones out there.

There are no other ones out there if you're going for the G1 toy aesthetic. For anyone that collects vintage G1 figures this one is some serious unfinished business.

Emerje

Maybe he meant "3rd party," but I found them to be quite redundant. That TRUE G1 Arcee is something original.
Also, I do hope that Prototype G1 Unicron will have the ML treatment. Even if I have to pay Titan prices for it.

Actually, I mean Arcee's in general. I still have most of my G1 figures from the 80's and my kids will probably bury me with them, but to me, it's like preferring an AMC Gremlin over a Bugatti Veyron because you like the hubcaps. I do understand that completionist need, though. I love my Megatron, but as a figure, ol' Triggerdick is wonky as all hell and stays in gun mode. I would not have even bothered with it if it was a modern production of the original at the price they'd probably be asking. If you could get your hands on the ACTUAL Arcee prototype, now THAT would be a definite score.

Hey, you're into what you're into. No judgements.

Brokebot wrote:If you could get your hands on the ACTUAL Arcee prototype, now THAT would be a definite score.

The ACTUAL Arcee prototype was made of styrofoam.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Even if I have to pay Titan prices for it.

We would be so lucky!

Emerje

Sabrblade wrote:

Brokebot wrote:If you could get your hands on the ACTUAL Arcee prototype, now THAT would be a definite score.

The ACTUAL Arcee prototype was made of styrofoam.

Then she'd have a third mode of a boat. She'd actually float.

Missing Link Anime Bee & Cliff 2-pack (C-09) displayed at Shizuoka Hobby Show (Japan) this week.

Boy, I hope the broken ankle/leg issue has been remedied.

Still no Destron. *sigh*

megatran wrote:Missing Link Anime Bee & Cliff 2-pack (C-09) displayed at Shizuoka Hobby Show (Japan) this week.

Boy, I hope the broken ankle/leg issue has been remedied.

Still no Destron. *sigh*

What issue?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

megatran wrote:Missing Link Anime Bee & Cliff 2-pack (C-09) displayed at Shizuoka Hobby Show (Japan) this week.

Boy, I hope the broken ankle/leg issue has been remedied.

Still no Destron. *sigh*

What issue?

In giving ML Toy version Bumble & Cliff articulated legs, the ankle circular joint was prone to break when transforming or trying articulated poses.

megatran wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

megatran wrote:Missing Link Anime Bee & Cliff 2-pack (C-09) displayed at Shizuoka Hobby Show (Japan) this week.

Boy, I hope the broken ankle/leg issue has been remedied.

Still no Destron. *sigh*

What issue?

In giving ML Toy version Bumble & Cliff articulated legs, the ankle circular joint was prone to break when transforming or trying articulated poses.

Glad I've been careful with mine. No stressing from the looks of it but when I first transformed them I thought "oh yeah, that's a problem spot!"

megatran wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

megatran wrote:Missing Link Anime Bee & Cliff 2-pack (C-09) displayed at Shizuoka Hobby Show (Japan) this week.

Boy, I hope the broken ankle/leg issue has been remedied.

Still no Destron. *sigh*

What issue?

In giving ML Toy version Bumble & Cliff articulated legs, the ankle circular joint was prone to break when transforming or trying articulated poses.

Wow. Never knew or heard about it before today.

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:

megatran wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

megatran wrote:Missing Link Anime Bee & Cliff 2-pack (C-09) displayed at Shizuoka Hobby Show (Japan) this week.

Boy, I hope the broken ankle/leg issue has been remedied.

Still no Destron. *sigh*

What issue?

In giving ML Toy version Bumble & Cliff articulated legs, the ankle circular joint was prone to break when transforming or trying articulated poses.

Glad I've been careful with mine. No stressing from the looks of it but when I first transformed them I thought "oh yeah, that's a problem spot!"

Some suggested using shock oil to lubricate the joint & minimise the risk. In any case, mine is staying in its box.

I had not heard about that issue either, mine's still good though

There is chatter about a ML Ultra Magnus.

Where are the Destrons, Takara?

A missing link Ultra Magnus would be incredible, the thought of it is very exciting.

Hopefully it actually happens, though the price may really hurt

megatran wrote:Where are the Destrons, Takara?

It's funny you bring this up. Over in Japan, it's actually not very common for toys of villains to get released in children's toylines. When Transformers was first released in Japan, it was actually quite startling to them how many bad-guy toys there were in the range. Oftentimes, Japanese-original toylines will either release only a small few or even zero bad-guy toys at all, because it's the heroes that Japan wants kids to get into and admire, promoting them as good role models so that kids can grow up to become respectable and productive members of society. Bad guys are a bad influence, so they get little to no toys.

In the case of Missing Link, since it is a Transformers line, it's still in its infancy as a line, so starting off with a bunch of good guy toys is a much safer bet for the line to succeed in Japan. Bad guy toys may still come, but figuring out ways to give articulation to a lot of those old Diaclone and Micro Change toys is pretty tricky. A good starting point for the villains would be Soundwave, since his G1 toy already had some good articulation, so I'd expect to see him released first. What's stopping his release, however, may be his cassette minions, as figuring out how to increase their articulation may be the real difficulty and you just know fans would complain if Soundwave didn't come with at least one of his cassettes.

Rumor (from Baidu user) of ML Ironhide & Ratchet AND a Destron (finally...)

Sabrblade wrote:

megatran wrote:Where are the Destrons, Takara?

It's funny you bring this up. Over in Japan, it's actually not very common for toys of villains to get released in children's toylines. When Transformers was first released in Japan, it was actually quite startling to them how many bad-guy toys there were in the range. Oftentimes, Japanese-original toylines will either release only a small few or even zero bad-guy toys at all, because it's the heroes that Japan wants kids to get into and admire, promoting them as good role models so that kids can grow up to become respectable and productive members of society. Bad guys are a bad influence, so they get little to no toys.

In the case of Missing Link, since it is a Transformers line, it's still in its infancy as a line, so starting off with a bunch of good guy toys is a much safer bet for the line to succeed in Japan. Bad guy toys may still come, but figuring out ways to give articulation to a lot of those old Diaclone and Micro Change toys is pretty tricky. A good starting point for the villains would be Soundwave, since his G1 toy already had some good articulation, so I'd expect to see him released first. What's stopping his release, however, may be his cassette minions, as figuring out how to increase their articulation may be the real difficulty and you just know fans would complain if Soundwave didn't come with at least one of his cassettes.

Thanks for rationale.
C-01 Convoy is getting a reissue, already.

Heads up if anyone was waiting on HLJ to process their preorder for Sunstreaker and Cordon - they don't even have them yet. I recommend canceling your order for them there and grabbing from somewhere like Amazon Japan while there are still a handful available, or just wait for the stateside e-tailers to get them.

ScottyP wrote:Heads up if anyone was waiting on HLJ to process their preorder for Sunstreaker and Cordon - they don't even have them yet. I recommend canceling your order for them there and grabbing from somewhere like Amazon Japan while there are still a handful available, or just wait for the stateside e-tailers to get them.

Amazon Japan only has stock from third party retailers right now.

Sabrblade wrote:

megatran wrote:Where are the Destrons, Takara?

It's funny you bring this up. Over in Japan, it's actually not very common for toys of villains to get released in children's toylines. When Transformers was first released in Japan, it was actually quite startling to them how many bad-guy toys there were in the range. Oftentimes, Japanese-original toylines will either release only a small few or even zero bad-guy toys at all, because it's the heroes that Japan wants kids to get into and admire, promoting them as good role models so that kids can grow up to become respectable and productive members of society. Bad guys are a bad influence, so they get little to no toys.

In the case of Missing Link, since it is a Transformers line, it's still in its infancy as a line, so starting off with a bunch of good guy toys is a much safer bet for the line to succeed in Japan. Bad guy toys may still come, but figuring out ways to give articulation to a lot of those old Diaclone and Micro Change toys is pretty tricky. A good starting point for the villains would be Soundwave, since his G1 toy already had some good articulation, so I'd expect to see him released first. What's stopping his release, however, may be his cassette minions, as figuring out how to increase their articulation may be the real difficulty and you just know fans would complain if Soundwave didn't come with at least one of his cassettes.

so very true. I mentioned this in my t-spark exkaiser review. That series has tons of badguys based on existing transformers molds that never got made into toys for that very reason. (like the dinobots)

ScottyP wrote:Heads up if anyone was waiting on HLJ to process their preorder for Sunstreaker and Cordon - they don't even have them yet. I recommend canceling your order for them there and grabbing from somewhere like Amazon Japan while there are still a handful available, or just wait for the stateside e-tailers to get them.

Does Amazon Japan ship to US?

megatran wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Heads up if anyone was waiting on HLJ to process their preorder for Sunstreaker and Cordon - they don't even have them yet. I recommend canceling your order for them there and grabbing from somewhere like Amazon Japan while there are still a handful available, or just wait for the stateside e-tailers to get them.

Does Amazon Japan ship to US?

Only on items that are considered eligible.

Sabrblade wrote:

megatran wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Heads up if anyone was waiting on HLJ to process their preorder for Sunstreaker and Cordon - they don't even have them yet. I recommend canceling your order for them there and grabbing from somewhere like Amazon Japan while there are still a handful available, or just wait for the stateside e-tailers to get them.

Does Amazon Japan ship to US?

Only on items that are considered eligible.

Plus, shipping is super expensive.

Hobby Search is much more reasonable.

Sunstreaker is still available.
https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/11147592

Sabrblade wrote:

megatran wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Heads up if anyone was waiting on HLJ to process their preorder for Sunstreaker and Cordon - they don't even have them yet. I recommend canceling your order for them there and grabbing from somewhere like Amazon Japan while there are still a handful available, or just wait for the stateside e-tailers to get them.

Does Amazon Japan ship to US?

Only on items that are considered eligible.

And if something you want isn't eligible wait, the option might change.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Amazon Japan only has stock from third party retailers right now.

I grabbed them from a third party where Amazon fulfills it, and they ended up being pretty much exactly the same price they would have been on HLJ. If those are also gone now, then sure, may not be the best choice any longer.

megatran wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Heads up if anyone was waiting on HLJ to process their preorder for Sunstreaker and Cordon - they don't even have them yet. I recommend canceling your order for them there and grabbing from somewhere like Amazon Japan while there are still a handful available, or just wait for the stateside e-tailers to get them.

Does Amazon Japan ship to US?

Varies by item. If Amazon themselves is the seller, or if it's a third party seller where Amazon fulfills, things usually do, but not always. I don't have any idea what the criteria is.

ScottyP wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Amazon Japan only has stock from third party retailers right now.

I grabbed them from a third party where Amazon fulfills it, and they ended up being pretty much exactly the same price they would have been on HLJ. If those are also gone now, then sure, may not be the best choice any longer.

megatran wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Heads up if anyone was waiting on HLJ to process their preorder for Sunstreaker and Cordon - they don't even have them yet. I recommend canceling your order for them there and grabbing from somewhere like Amazon Japan while there are still a handful available, or just wait for the stateside e-tailers to get them.

Does Amazon Japan ship to US?

Varies by item. If Amazon themselves is the seller, or if it's a third party seller where Amazon fulfills, things usually do, but not always. I don't have any idea what the criteria is.

Funny enough one of the big criteria is food, so any variation of a candy kit, even a sealed case won't be available to ship. If it does it'll get stopped from leaving the country.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Your voice sounds familiar. Are you a voice actor, by any chance?

megatran wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Your voice sounds familiar. Are you a voice actor, by any chance?

No, but I've been around for awhile now.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

megatran wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Your voice sounds familiar. Are you a voice actor, by any chance?

No, but I've been around for awhile now.

I've heard the molds were lost/destroyed. What I didn't know was the boat/ship carrying the molds sunk.

megatran wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

megatran wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Your voice sounds familiar. Are you a voice actor, by any chance?

No, but I've been around for awhile now.

I've heard the molds were lost/destroyed. What I didn't know was the boat/ship carrying the molds sunk.

That's what I always heard, hope it wasn't an urban myth. One thing I know that's a myth, some KO company hired divers to get the molds for their use.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

megatran wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

megatran wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Your voice sounds familiar. Are you a voice actor, by any chance?

No, but I've been around for awhile now.

I've heard the molds were lost/destroyed. What I didn't know was the boat/ship carrying the molds sunk.

That's what I always heard, hope it wasn't an urban myth. One thing I know that's a myth, some KO company hired divers to get the molds for their use.

I may have to call on OceanGate to have their submersible Titan to retrieve the molds from the bottom of the ocean.

megatran wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

megatran wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

megatran wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Your voice sounds familiar. Are you a voice actor, by any chance?

No, but I've been around for awhile now.

I've heard the molds were lost/destroyed. What I didn't know was the boat/ship carrying the molds sunk.

That's what I always heard, hope it wasn't an urban myth. One thing I know that's a myth, some KO company hired divers to get the molds for their use.

I may have to call on OceanGate to have their submersible Titan to retrieve the molds from the bottom of the ocean.

Steel molds and salt water are a terrible combination! Those things are well beyond use now.

Emerje