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Cobotron wrote:Got notification from Amiami for Lio Daddy, so he has been released.

And mine from HLJ.

Wolfman Jake wrote:The Takara Transformers Legends EX Headmaster set is now available at Big Bad Toy Store for $34.99. Yes, it is available to ship NOW! This is not a preorder!

The niche factor of BBTS selling that set kinda makes me love it.

carytheone wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:The Takara Transformers Legends EX Headmaster set is now available at Big Bad Toy Store for $34.99. Yes, it is available to ship NOW! This is not a preorder!

The niche factor of BBTS selling that set kinda makes me love it.

Can you explain? I don't quite get it.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:The Takara Transformers Legends EX Headmaster set is now available at Big Bad Toy Store for $34.99. Yes, it is available to ship NOW! This is not a preorder!

The niche factor of BBTS selling that set kinda makes me love it.

Can you explain? I don't quite get it.

Me neither, the set is only niche in japan. What BBTS is selling is the 25$ Hasbro asia release that can be easily imported by any wholesaler.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/lgexheadmaster.html

Any online collectable retailer who imports should have it, no problem.

Get it because you like the heads, not because of the of how rare you think it is.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:The Takara Transformers Legends EX Headmaster set is now available at Big Bad Toy Store for $34.99. Yes, it is available to ship NOW! This is not a preorder!

The niche factor of BBTS selling that set kinda makes me love it.

Can you explain? I don't quite get it.

Maybe my choice of words are off, I'll try again.

I would think that BBTS is selling to a small pool of westerners who have the legends Headmasters but also want the Hasbro head molds.

Maybe I'm just off my rocker, maybe I'm just plain off base. The whole thing just seemed kinda silly and ironic to me. I just found some humor in it.

Hopefully, Amazon Japan will process my pre-order between now and tomorrow for Lio Convoy.

"Head" up!

Right after their release, courtesy of blogger Tagoal we finally have photos and comparison pieces of Takara's releases of previously-Hasbro-exclusive Headmasters - those of course being Clobber (Grimlock), Brawn, Skytread and the Hasbro versions of Brainstorm, Chromedome and Hardhead!

Tagoal has an extensively long gallery of the lot so we're simply linking directly to their post here. That said, we've still included some of the most notable ones below - including comparisons with their Hasbro counterparts; showing that aside from the much better painted robot modes, each Headmaster seems to have much brighter, vibrant shades of colour than their Hasbro counterparts - which may even be better for MTMTE displays in the case of Chromedome and Brainstorm! For the comparisons keep in mind that the Takara versions of Brainstorm, Chromedome and Hardhead are in the middle while Brawn, Clobber and Skytread are to the right. Take a look and tell us what you think in the forums!

Awesome comparisons! Strange that "Clobber" doesn't have blue optics.

That Legends-Class Brawn looks pretty cool, too.

Cyberpath wrote:Strange that "Clobber" doesn't have blue optics.

It's also strange that Brawn has a blue helmet.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Strange that "Clobber" doesn't have blue optics.

It's also strange that Brawn has a blue helmet.

Depending on the episode, Brawn could sometimes look like he had a blue helmet in the cartoon.

Kurona wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Strange that "Clobber" doesn't have blue optics.

It's also strange that Brawn has a blue helmet.

Depending on the episode, Brawn could sometimes look like he had a blue helmet in the cartoon.

He's also show up in the books with a blue helmet.

While the Toy-fair hype is still dying down, let's jump across the pond for a bit, and look at some new in-hand images of Takara Legends LG-41 Lio Convoy! Courtesy of Alfes2010 on twitter, the new group of images show off the toy's Lion, Robot, and battle cruiser modes! Check 'em out below!

So beautiful!

Leo Prime has some surprises in the names department: the English calls out "Ancient Leo to Robot", and his Japanese title is マクシマル上級司令官 makushimaru joukyuu shireikan or "Maximal Advanced Supreme Commander", not "Cybertron". Would that connect him to his Prime incarnation?

My Lio Prime not only shipped from Amazon Japan but there was a price reduction too. Shipped from Japan is now several dollars cheaper than BBTS before shipping.

chuckdawg1999 wrote: Shipped from Japan is now several dollars cheaper than BBTS before shipping.

But isnt that usually the case, and why we all import figures ourselves?

Look at what his Headmaster is colored to resemble:

Sabrblade wrote:Look at what his Headmaster is colored to resemble:

So this IS Lioconvoy and not an alternate version of him?

fenrir72 wrote:So this IS Lioconvoy and not an alternate version of him?

Well, even if it is the TF:Prime version, that version was still the BWII cartoon version having dimension-hopped from one world to another and having changed his name from "Great Lio Convoy" to "Leo Prime".

Yeah its always the same Lio Convoy.

william-james88 wrote:Yeah its always the same Lio Convoy.

...Unless it's the Legends Universe native undergoing Transformer Sickness.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote: Shipped from Japan is now several dollars cheaper than BBTS before shipping.

But isn't that usually the case, and why we all import figures ourselves?

No. Amazon has a lowest price guarantee that other retailers don't have. I've only used Amazon Japan once, and I saved a couple of bucks. This time I saved much more, almost $10.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Yeah its always the same Lio Convoy.

...Unless it's the Legends Universe native undergoing Transformer Sickness.

Sure sure, but thats like Arcee being Rattrap's aunt (it was aunt right?). Its for the sake of this cute little continuity world and I wasnt really thinking about it.

Anywho, speaking how all the toys of Lio COnvoy are of the same guy, I thought this pic I came across was fun



Also, here he is compared to Alpha Trion (not the greatest image)



This image is better



Its cool how they are the same height

I'd be curious to see how Leo Prime looks with Ginrai or Wave 3 Prime's head