Official High Res Images: Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG03 Tankor, LG04 Roadbuster, LG05 Whirl

Looks pretty good! Loving Tankor in particular. Shame that the inevitable crazy price of Takara imports makes army building out of the question.

Also, am I the only one who finds it funny that the Japanese releases of the Beast Era figures are (mostly) infinitely superior to the Hasbro ones, in spite of the Japanese dubs of Beast Wars and Beast Machines being utter abominations? Even the Japanese thought it was awful IIRC.

EDIT: Duplicate post. Damned Kremzeeks must be in my PC.

Delta Magnus wrote:Also, am I the only one who finds it funny that the Japanese releases of the Beast Era figures are (mostly) infinitely superior to the Hasbro ones, in spite of the Japanese dubs of Beast Wars and Beast Machines being utter abominations? Even the Japanese thought it was awful IIRC.

I prefer Hasbro's Waspinator & Rhinox (except for the guns)...

Am I the only one who loves Whirl's colors? It looks better than the Hasbro version.

Delta Magnus wrote:Looks pretty good! Loving Tankor in particular. Shame that the inevitable crazy price of Takara imports makes army building out of the question.

I'd army build the hell out of them if the alt mode looked more like the show. As it is, I'll have this and Hasbro's Tankors in bot mode on the shelf and my 4 smaller Hasbro Deluxe Tank Drones in tank mode representing the army of drones.

Delta Magnus wrote:Also, am I the only one who finds it funny that the Japanese releases of the Beast Era figures are (mostly) infinitely superior to the Hasbro ones, in spite of the Japanese dubs of Beast Wars and Beast Machines being utter abominations? Even the Japanese thought it was awful IIRC.

Takara's been doing more show accurate paint schemes on the Beast Wars figures pretty much since the beginning. In fact, I just acquired this for my collection (although on my 'cast' shelf I have a kitbashed custom representing Terrorsaur in bot mode) and that's back from 1997:



edit: Sorry, it looks like TFU doesn't like linking to their images. Anyway, it's the version on this page under Variations.

xyl360 wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:Looks pretty good! Loving Tankor in particular. Shame that the inevitable crazy price of Takara imports makes army building out of the question.

I'd army build the hell out of them if the alt mode looked more like the show. As it is, I'll have this and Hasbro's Tankors in bot mode on the shelf and my 4 smaller Hasbro Deluxe Tank Drones in tank mode representing the army of drones.

Delta Magnus wrote:Also, am I the only one who finds it funny that the Japanese releases of the Beast Era figures are (mostly) infinitely superior to the Hasbro ones, in spite of the Japanese dubs of Beast Wars and Beast Machines being utter abominations? Even the Japanese thought it was awful IIRC.

Takara's been doing more show accurate paint schemes on the Beast Wars figures pretty much since the beginning. In fact, I just acquired this for my collection (although on my 'cast' shelf I have a kitbashed custom representing Terrorsaur in bot mode) and that's back from 1997:



edit: Sorry, it looks like TFU doesn't like linking to their images. Anyway, it's the version on this page under Variations.

The first year had them all be identical to Hasbro's, the "show-accurate" variations appeared in the second year and are much rarer. Terrorsaur commands an especially high price, reach $200 MISB easy.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

xyl360 wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:Looks pretty good! Loving Tankor in particular. Shame that the inevitable crazy price of Takara imports makes army building out of the question.

I'd army build the hell out of them if the alt mode looked more like the show. As it is, I'll have this and Hasbro's Tankors in bot mode on the shelf and my 4 smaller Hasbro Deluxe Tank Drones in tank mode representing the army of drones.

Delta Magnus wrote:Also, am I the only one who finds it funny that the Japanese releases of the Beast Era figures are (mostly) infinitely superior to the Hasbro ones, in spite of the Japanese dubs of Beast Wars and Beast Machines being utter abominations? Even the Japanese thought it was awful IIRC.

Takara's been doing more show accurate paint schemes on the Beast Wars figures pretty much since the beginning. In fact, I just acquired this for my collection (although on my 'cast' shelf I have a kitbashed custom representing Terrorsaur in bot mode) and that's back from 1997:



edit: Sorry, it looks like TFU doesn't like linking to their images. Anyway, it's the version on this page under Variations.

The first year had them all be identical to Hasbro's, the "show-accurate" variations appeared in the second year and are much rarer. Terrorsaur commands an especially high price, reach $200 MISB easy.

Yep, that's because in the first year, the show didn't exist so there was nothing to be done to make the toys more show accurate (since the toy line came first). Yeah, I just snagged that one for $170 MIB. They're definitely pricey.

You ever wonder if there's some Dvorack fan out there psyched that two of the mechs are getting new toys?

Heckfire wrote:You ever wonder if there's some Dvorack fan out there psyched that two of the mechs are getting new toys?

I know there are many fans of Japanese Mecha who would be excited for this but they might not know since the majority of those fans hate Transformers.

tankor looks reeeaallly nice. but its a shame we still cant the sides of his shoulders to confirm some vehicon badges.

and gratz on the terrorsaur xyl!

Who's up for some early week exclusive looks? We have a set of multiple items courtesy of Weibo user 北马伊斯力, taken at a Takara Tomy display booth, with many many robots we had yet to see, including TRU Exclusive AoE Rusty Optimus Prime Evasion Mode, Transformers Expo exclusives Nemesis Prime and Black Knight Grimlock, the Transformers Legends wave 1 of Commanders (G1 Optimus Prime, Age of Extinction Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal, and Lio Convoy), Age of Extinction Dinobot Snarl and our very first look at the box for Masterpiece MP-20 Wheeljack! Check them all out mirrored below, and click on the names above to head to the discussion threads!

Purdy pics, but a bit on the small side.

Did Takara announce a golden Evasion Mode Optimus Prime? I can't recall if they did.

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Did Takara announce a golden Evasion Mode Optimus Prime? I can't recall if they did.

Yeah, it's a Lucky Draw figure.

What size are the Transformers Legends Commanders in relation to other transformers?

leokearon wrote:What size are the Transformers Legends Commanders in relation to other transformers?

Small Deluxes.

Are the Legends Commanders new molds, or redecos?

GuyIncognito wrote:Are the Legends Commanders new molds, or redecos?

LC-01 Convoy is redeco of RobotMaster RM-01 G1 Convoy.

LC-02 Convoy (Beast Wars) is a redeco of RobotMasters RM-11 Beast Convoy.

LC-03 Lio Convoy is a redeco of RobotMasters RM-22 Lio Convoy.

LC-04 Optimus Prime is a redeco of AOE 1 Step Changer Optimus Prime.

Those AOE Evasion Primes... and Grimlock's pretty awesome to.

If Rustimus Prime is available for a decent price I'll definitely have him ordered

I want that Optimus Primal, Lio Convoy, and Snarl

Aximalli_Prime wrote:If Rustimus Prime is available for a decent price I'll definitely have him ordered

hes available for preorder from a few places.

robotkingdom is the cheapest, but preorders are sold out. when hes actually in stock maybe check again. however robotkingdom tends to be pricey when it comes to shipping...

TRU Exclusive Movie Advanced Optimus Prime rusty Version @ robotkingdom $47.90

BBTS and tfsource have him up as well both for the same price. tfsource is probably your best bet if you live in the states, what with their free shipping over $150.

Transformers 4 - Lost Age - Rusty Optimus Prime - Limited Edition @ tfsource $64.99

Transformers: The Lost Age Evasion Mode Optimus Prime Rusty Exclusive @ BBTS $64.99

Ahhhh yeah another must Nemesis Prime for the fold...sold!

Purdy me gusta I want I wish I could obtain Japanese exclusive figures though I did see some Chinese versions of the season 2 combiners at my local gordmans in Fremont, NE

Autobot tap out wrote:Purdy me gusta I want I wish I could obtain Japanese exclusive figures

What's stopping you from buy such things from online retailers?

Autobot tap out wrote:though I did see some Chinese versions of the season 2 combiners at my local gordmans in Fremont, NE

Those would most likely be bootlegs/knockoffs.

Site sponsor Robotkingdom just reported and put up pre-orders for the next two releases of Takara Tomy's Transformers Legends line. Sky-Byte will be LG-06 and Jetfire will be LG-07. Both due to be released in December of this year. While the images provided is small and may vary from the final product, it looks like in a strange turn of events Takara's Jetfire will have a flat red color and lose all the chrome from the Hasbro version.

Sky-Byte has the asymmetrically-colored torso the original had, more paint apps on his legs, and blue missile instead of yellow.

Sabrblade wrote:Sky-Byte has the asymmetrically-colored torso the original had, more paint apps on his legs, and blue missile instead of yellow.

Furthermore, it looks like they'll continue to use the Japanese names like they did for Primal and Rattrap. So it may not be Sky-Byte, but Gelshark.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Sky-Byte has the asymmetrically-colored torso the original had, more paint apps on his legs, and blue missile instead of yellow.

Furthermore, it looks like they'll continue to use the Japanese names like they did for Primal and Rattrap. So it may not be Sky-Byte, but Gelshark.

Oh, is he called Gelshark? I couldn't tell from the tiny pic.

What about Jetfire? Is his name the same or are they going with the "Skyfire" name?

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Sky-Byte has the asymmetrically-colored torso the original had, more paint apps on his legs, and blue missile instead of yellow.

Furthermore, it looks like they'll continue to use the Japanese names like they did for Primal and Rattrap. So it may not be Sky-Byte, but Gelshark.

Oh, is he called Gelshark? I couldn't tell from the tiny pic.

What about Jetfire? Is his name the same or are they going with the "Skyfire" name?

I think they're going with Jetfire this time around. The Japanese text just describes the figure, but the first paragraph tells what characters the figures are based on, "Jetfire from the cartoon" and "2000, Galshark from Car Robot" in a sense.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Sky-Byte has the asymmetrically-colored torso the original had, more paint apps on his legs, and blue missile instead of yellow.

Furthermore, it looks like they'll continue to use the Japanese names like they did for Primal and Rattrap. So it may not be Sky-Byte, but Gelshark.

Oh, is he called Gelshark? I couldn't tell from the tiny pic.

What about Jetfire? Is his name the same or are they going with the "Skyfire" name?

I think they're going with Jetfire this time around. The Japanese text just describes the figure, but the first paragraph tells what characters the figures are based on, "Jetfire from the cartoon" and "2000, Galshark from Car Robot" in a sense.

You can read the text? it's so small..

I like Jetfire's stuff better without the chrome "bling" but not so much better that I'd pay import prices and wait until December or whatever.

Anyone know of the best choice for a retailer to get Jetfire to the USA? BBTS seems a bit high.

Jetfire looks better without the chrome, but I think I'll stick with the domestic release here in the States.

Sky-Byte/Gelshark looks incredible! The darker blue and silver paint on the side of the shark look so much better. Might invest on Takara's version rather than the Hasbro version.

Mindmaster wrote:Sky-Byte/Gelshark looks incredible! The darker blue and silver paint on the side of the shark look so much better. Might invest on Takara's version rather than the Hasbro version.

*agrees*
gotta say, i was indifferent about hasbros skybyte but would have got him anyways because the character was so great. but now i actually want him.

The Takara Tomy Twitter has released images of the transformers legends Rattle / Rattrap package
According to my loose translation of japanese,
【ラットル】なに～オイラが本物のおもちゃになっちゃった！で、でも、このパッケージ最高にイカす！！し、しかもキャラごとに特別マンガも付録するのか！？こりゃ10月発売待ちきれないよ～(>_<)　

The Takara tomy production team is excited for the toy, as well as the special packaging. With each figure will be a manga/ comic related to each character, They can't wait for the figure to release in october.

Thanks to a tip from fellow Seibertron.com user SW's SilverHammer, we have mirrored below the in-package image of LG01 Rattle (Rattrap) that the Takara Transformers account tweeted earlier today, showing off the new box for the line, which will include redecos of older figures such as Optimus Primal, and newer Generations such as Tankor, Whirl and Roadbuster (and Sky-Byte). Check it out, and compare it to the Hasbro version here!

I would imagine Rattrap being stolen in stores. We need...A Better Mousetrap.

I'm going to jump on that Takara Jetfire for sure. Once pre-orders go up at TFSource, I'm taking the Hasbro version off my pre-order stack. The flat red paint apps look a lot better than the red chrome overload on the Hasbro version IMO.

Is Rattrap really any different from the Hasbro version?

XDMan wrote:I would imagine Rattrap being stolen in stores. We need...A Better Mousetrap.

I don't think Rattrap is actually going to be packaged like that. The way he's displayed in the photo wouldn't really fit on store shelves. Plus, he's not even secured in the box.

Metro Prime wrote:

XDMan wrote:I would imagine Rattrap being stolen in stores. We need...A Better Mousetrap.

I don't think Rattrap is actually going to be packaged like that. The way he's displayed in the photo wouldn't really fit on store shelves. Plus, he's not even secured in the box.

I was thinking he same thing man. Box instead of card though is cool.

Tigertrack wrote: Box instead of card though is cool.

Yeah, if you hate the Earth

Serious question though: Why are Takara's packaging so wildly different than Hasbro's? Have all of the generations toys been boxed?

boxed! i love it! its like original takara beast wars were.

and just cause hes not secured in the box doesnt mean its not official. could just be a mock up.

RatTrap and Inferno were my 2 favorites along with Megs.That's a snazzy figure. I may just want one.

Very reminiscent of the original Beast Wars packaging! Simply a nice throwback

kinda funny that when Takara puts chrome on a figure that hasbro doesn't, people are all like "OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! it has chrome!!!!!!!!! Hasbro suks and Takara rulz", and then when the opposite happens people be like "eh I could do without the chrome".

LOST Cybertronian wrote:kinda funny that when Takara puts chrome on a figure that hasbro doesn't, people are all like "OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! it has chrome!!!!!!!!! Hasbro suks and Takara rulz", and then when the opposite happens people be like "eh I could do without the chrome".

I dunno... I think it depends on the situation.

I haven't seen many (or maybe even any) complaints about most of the AoE chromed stuff, like the Platinum Edition OP & Grimlock 2-pack, or the OP Evolution 2-pack, or the SDCC Dinobots, etc. Even the AoE Leader Prime's chrome is fairly well placed.

Jetfire's chrome isn't just an accent... it comprises a large part of the toy. Especially against a white background, it's a lot. I personally don't really mind it, but probably could have gone for more black on the weapons to break them up a bit.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:kinda funny that when Takara puts chrome on a figure that hasbro doesn't, people are all like "OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! it has chrome!!!!!!!!! Hasbro suks and Takara rulz", and then when the opposite happens people be like "eh I could do without the chrome".

Eh, what toys are you talking about, because I don't know of any main line Takara figures to use any chrome on them other than Convoy and his variants (for the grill and bumper) since the original Henkei Henkei figures. My praise of Takara's figures has almost always been due to the use of metallic paint (BIG difference between metallic and chrome) and the sheer number of paint apps (like painting in headlights/tail lights and other details that are molded in but conspicuously unpainted in the Hasbro variants from time to time).

Regarding Jetfire, I'm with the others here. I'm going for the Takara version. I preordered it when I saw it come up on BBTS earlier today and I cancelled my preorder for the Hasbro version. Had Hasbro covered all the red bits with red chrome it may have been worth it, but mixing chrome with a different type of paint for details that are supposed to match doesn't look too good in my opinion (I wasn't a big fan of some of the Henkei Henkei figures with their one-off chrome bits either for the very same reason as it just looked out of place).

Optimizzy wrote:Serious question though: Why are Takara's packaging so wildly different than Hasbro's? Have all of the generations toys been boxed?

This is a different line that Generations for Japan. In Japan, the Generations line has been long over. Back when it was in effect, it used a packaging style that look very similar to Hasbro's Generations packaging. But now that Generations is over in Japan, they're starting a new line for the remaining Generations toys to be sold in Japan, which will be known as the Transformers: Legends line. And with a new line comes new packaging.

As for the box-style packaging instead of carded packaging, in this case, it's a homage to the Japanese Beast Wars packaging from the late 90's, which also used boxes instead of cards.

Following yesterday's announcement of Takara's Legends Jetfire & Sky-Byte we have Larger images provided to us by the Agabyss Twitter page. Looks like this confirms our guesses of Jetfire loseing all the red chrome in favor of a flat red color, and Sky-Byte having extra paint applications. We've mirrored the images below.