Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Comics 35 and 36 with Starscream and Springer

Just putting this out there...it's always nice to see a ship between Springer and Arcee

budmaloney wrote:Just putting this out there...it's always nice to see a ship between Springer and Arcee

Agreed, hence why I chose that picture to be the thumbnail.

Springer gets all the ladies.

Fellow Seibertronians, interesting and exciting news has surfaced, tfscource.com has listed pre-orders for the Takara Tomy Legends figures LG-21 Hardhead, LG-22 Skullcruncher, and LG-23 Galvatron. The interesting part, is that the deluxe's appear to include a titanmaster vehicle from Hasbro's wave 1 of Titans Return. Hardhead appears to be paired with an army themed recolor of Terribull's vehicle, and Skullcruncher is paired with Crashbash's animal. Moreover, both Titanmaster's are shown in their hitherto revealed weapons modes.













And for comparison:

Well, I'll be. A two-for-one deal!

Sabrblade wrote:Well, I'll be. A two-for-one deal!

Is it still a two-for-one when they're still priced two-for-two? I'm pretty well sold on the Japanese versions now even more.

Does Galvatron have a visor? Maybe they used a temp head for the photo? And I wonder if all of the partner vehicles will be colored to match the larger figure?

Emerje

Don't really care for the "Action Master" partners; hope it won't jack up the prices of these Headmaster figures.

Cyberpath wrote:Don't really care for the "Action Master" partners; hope it won't jack up the prices of these Headmaster figures.

Well, mot really sure, nightbird was $30, but the rid warrior figures are $26, and these have additional vehicle-things, so I'm actually not terribly sure

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Don't really care for the "Action Master" partners; hope it won't jack up the prices of these Headmaster figures.

Well, mot really sure, nightbird was $30, but the rid warrior figures are $26, and these have additional vehicle-things, so I'm actually not terribly sure

Just going by TFSource's prices the previous round of Legends up to Armada Super Starscream were $30 while the Headmasters are $36. So yeah, the price is up now. I'm thinking most of the export shops are going to be in the area of 3,000JPY after the discounts.

Emerje

I'm SO happy that Takara is doing Galvatron as a headmaster. Not because I want him, if hardhead is anything to go bu I think I'll be happy with Hasbro (too saturated looking I prefer the duller tones) but because all the people who were bitching and complaining that Takara was going to "fix Hasbros mistake" by making him a headmaster were wrong

Oh yeah that little tank has suuuch a convincing weapon mode there, Hardhead...

I'll stick with the Hasbro version (mainly cos I like the faceplate on HH more)

I wonder if since Skullcruncher comes with the dino/dragon thing Grax has Crashbash's legs? CB has those teeth sculpted into his legs, it'll look strange in dino mode without teeth on Grax's legs.

Emerje

We finally get to see the weapon modes!

all cool but that galvatron looks soo awesome.

Sabrblade wrote:Well, I'll be. A two-for-one deal!

Its not since they cost extra. And you dont even get the bonus head.

Emerje wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Don't really care for the "Action Master" partners; hope it won't jack up the prices of these Headmaster figures.

Well, mot really sure, nightbird was $30, but the rid warrior figures are $26, and these have additional vehicle-things, so I'm actually not terribly sure

Just going by TFSource's prices the previous round of Legends up to Armada Super Starscream were $30 while the Headmasters are $36. So yeah, the price is up now. I'm thinking most of the export shops are going to be in the area of 3,000JPY after the discounts.

Emerje

I would have preferred a twin gun instead.

Two for the price of two! What a deal!

Cyberpath wrote:
I would have preferred a twin gun instead.

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Me too, but whatcha gonna do I guess.

Finally! weapons modes! And they don't look terrible either

LG21 Hardhead:























LG22 Skullcruncher:




















LG23 Galvatron:

















From: http://hobby.dengeki.com/news/172290/

Dagnabbit, those all look really good.

Okay, wallet....are you going to put up a fight? On the other hand, it might be hard to justify purchasing both Takara and Hasbro to the accountant...

But it is nice to have choices...

Pre-orders on HLJ:

LG21 Hardhead ($28.31)

LG22 Skullcruncher ($28.31)

LG23 Galvatron ($35.39)

I don't think they look all that different at a glance. I haven't compared pics side by side yet though.

Galvatron's the only one that looks noticibly different in terms of decco, but I always much preferred a more purple look for him than lavender, so i'll probably take the hasbro option personally.

Odlly I'm normally all about show accuracy over toy accuracy, so theres no basis whatsoever for me preferring hardhead's new bonce. The definitive version of him in my head has always had the faceplate. I just loved the look of the toy box art character models from the headmaster era onwards. Maybe my show accuracy loyalty only goes as far as season 3!

I'd much prefer the toy/headmasters look on cerebros though. So if takara unveil some significant retooling on their fortress/cerebros then it'll be a case of swings and roundabouts for my wallets.

Between the minimal paint differences and price it makes it so much easier to just stick with Hasbro.

Fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath has spotted over on the Dengeki Hobby website new images of the Takara Tomy Legends versions of three of the Titanmasters, offered by Hasbro under the Titan Returns line: Skullcruncher, Galvatron and Hardhead. Check out the images mirrored below, sporting the slightly different decos, and showing the minifigures and multiple modes of the figures!

Fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath has spotted over on the Dengeki Hobby website new images of the Takara Tomy Legends versions of three of the Titanmasters, offered by Hasbro under the Titan Returns line: Skullcruncher, Galvatron and Hardhead. Check out the images mirrored below, sporting the slightly different decos, and showing the minifigures and multiple modes of the figures!

What is it with Takara and light purple'ing up their Galvatrons?

steals_your_goats wrote:Between the minimal paint differences and price it makes it so much easier to just stick with Hasbro.

But isnt the price difference because these come with the extra titan master vehicle? Also, we have absolutely 0 indication of the Hasbro price so how can anyone know if this is truly more expensive?

My birthday is next week, so I should have enough money to afford them after that
And the special pre-order price on anime-export lasts till the 25th of March, so that's perfect

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Between the minimal paint differences and price it makes it so much easier to just stick with Hasbro.

But isnt the price difference because these come with the extra titan master vehicle? Also, we have absolutely 0 indication of the Hasbro price so how can anyone know if this is truly more expensive?

Even if the deluxe figures went up to $20 a piece it would still be cheaper since the titan master/vehicle sets are going to be $5 a piece. And with buying both you get an extra head on top of it being cheaper.

steals_your_goats wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Between the minimal paint differences and price it makes it so much easier to just stick with Hasbro.

But isnt the price difference because these come with the extra titan master vehicle? Also, we have absolutely 0 indication of the Hasbro price so how can anyone know if this is truly more expensive?

Even if the deluxe figures went up to $20 a piece it would still be cheaper since the titan master/vehicle sets are going to be $5 a piece. And with buying both you get an extra head on top of it being cheaper.

Thats fair, I'm hoping its not above the 20$ price. Also, I like how with hasbro I can choose to save money if I dont want to buy the extra titanmaster vehicle.

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Between the minimal paint differences and price it makes it so much easier to just stick with Hasbro.

But isnt the price difference because these come with the extra titan master vehicle? Also, we have absolutely 0 indication of the Hasbro price so how can anyone know if this is truly more expensive?

Even if the deluxe figures went up to $20 a piece it would still be cheaper since the titan master/vehicle sets are going to be $5 a piece. And with buying both you get an extra head on top of it being cheaper.

Thats fair, I'm hoping its not above the 20$ price. Also, I like how with hasbro I can choose to save money if I dont want to buy the extra titanmaster vehicle.

I honestly don't think it'll reach $20 (toys r us excluded) they may be a bit more complex but nothing too extreme where I can see them really raising it. I expect it to stay between $15 and $17 USD

Leaving aside accuracy arguments I think I like the Japanese versions a bit better, except Galvatron. I prefer the darker Hasbro purple.

Does anyone think it's slightly wack that the titan master vehicles don't come with their intended masters? For the dino/bird dude/thing it completely voids out the dino mode. He'll have no lower jaw. What good is a dinosaur if it can't bite stuff?

(sorry, have a cold, and too sicky to look back at proper names and junk.)

Cobotron wrote:Does anyone think it's slightly wack that the titan master vehicles don't come with their intended masters? For the dino/bird dude/thing it completely voids out the dino mode. He'll have no lower jaw. What good is a dinosaur if it can't bite stuff?

(sorry, have a cold, and too sicky to look back at proper names and junk.)

I guess thats because he is only a weapon when the main figure is in robot mode and is used as such. But then in alt mode the head can join forces with the titan master vehicle/animal.

But still, I completely agree and this is something I had not thought of. Guess what, this cements things: I am sticking to hasbro for all TR deluxes which arent exclusive.

Well, except for Skullcruncher, I think I'll go with the Hasbro version. I like the use of black instead of brown on certain parts of Hardhead. It makes a better blending for the legs and vehicle mode. Plus I like Hardhead's toy head.

Galvatron, I like deep purple more than pale purple, so even though TT does a better job on the gray contrasts in some areas like the treads, I'll have to go with Hasbro.

But Skullcruncher, that red doesn't do it for me, I want that Takara pink!

I like the Hasbro purple better.

steals_your_goats wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Between the minimal paint differences and price it makes it so much easier to just stick with Hasbro.

But isnt the price difference because these come with the extra titan master vehicle? Also, we have absolutely 0 indication of the Hasbro price so how can anyone know if this is truly more expensive?

Even if the deluxe figures went up to $20 a piece it would still be cheaper since the titan master/vehicle sets are going to be $5 a piece. And with buying both you get an extra head on top of it being cheaper.

I doubt it'll be cheaper in any way. You have to factor in that 1. It's Japanese. 2. Import costs 3. Different paint 4. Brand new heads. 5. Vehicles in exclusive colors.
Or given that almost always, TT versions have been more expensive than Hasbro releases.

Cobotron wrote:Does anyone think it's slightly wack that the titan master vehicles don't come with their intended masters? For the dino/bird dude/thing it completely voids out the dino mode. He'll have no lower jaw. What good is a dinosaur if it can't bite stuff?

(sorry, have a cold, and too sicky to look back at proper names and junk.)

Ohh, I didn't know that the vulture combines with another headmaster to form a reptile mode. That's kinda interesting. Now I like the inclusion of the small partners in this set even less.

But I still fancy the main figures! Wish that Skullcruncher could transform without excess parts though. That tail weapon is not elegant like Weirdwolf's tail/blade.

Is the little dude that comes with Galvatron, Megatron? Looks like him

SuperStryker7 wrote:I doubt it'll be cheaper in any way. You have to factor in that 1. It's Japanese. 2. Import costs 3. Different paint 4. Brand new heads. 5. Vehicles in exclusive colors.
Or given that almost always, TT versions have been more expensive than Hasbro releases.

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Ok, so now onto your point, yes as soon as you bring in import costs it will never be cheaper unless one lives in japan. For sure. But I tend to judge the toys in their own rights. As it might be more expensive for me, its not Takara's fault that I live in a country they dont distribute in and thus have to pay a higher fee. So I was judging the price more than the cost, which as you mention indeed will always be higher.

So yeah, Takara will almost* never be cheaper, but I just wonder if there are enough differences worth paying the extra importing cost. In this case I really dont feel its so. Much unlike Combiner Wars.

*Takara sometimes is cheaper when the actual hasbro counterpart is not sold in my country (Canada) which happened quite a bit last year. We never got Gen Arcee or the online exclusive combiner limbs Slingshot and Wildrider. it turned out that it was more expensive to import the Hasbro version from the states than the takara version from japan. And yeah, even if I buy all the Superion components minus Slingshot locally.

If anyone is wondering why the shadows are so smooth on galvatron, thats because he is digitally coloured. I believe quite a few of the other pics are too. Here is the original imges without the digital colouring.
http://www.allspark.com/2016/03/new-pho ... ta-magnus/

So yeah, these are the planned colours but not necesarily the finished ones.

Spotter5 wrote:Is the little dude that comes with Galvatron, Megatron? Looks like him

Not quite, as Galvatron in most continuities is Megatron, reborn through Unicron (go watch the 1986 Movie ). The little guy is called "Nucleon", and should be considered more of homage to the original Megatron, as well as a bit of an in-joke.

Nik Hero wrote:

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I like the Hasbro purple better.

Hasbro usually goes for a much deeper purple than how Galvatron appeared on the cartoon or in the '86 movie. It's a match for the purple found on the original G1 toy, even though the color layout is much more based on his screen appearances. Takara likes to go for a lighter purple, but they go just a bit too light in most cases. It's a better match for Cyclonus' on screen appearance, honestly. This has been the case ever since Takara redecoed the original Galvatron toy for a reissue in the early 2000's. For some reason, they're convinced that light purple is THE definitive color for the crazy Decepticon despot. For what it's worth, I think the recent "Decepticons: Specialists" redeco of the Universe deluxe Galvatron mold is the closest purple we've gotten to Galvatron's G1 cartoon/movie look. Take a gander for yourselves:

Wolfman Jake wrote: It's a match for the purple found on the original G1 toy

The purple on his arms and thighs right?

william-james88 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote: It's a match for the purple found on the original G1 toy

The purple on his arms and thighs right?

Yep. That's Hasbro for you. The TOY is always the definitive version to them. All other media appearances are imperfect interpretations of their "original" vision for these characters, apparently.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Spotter5 wrote:Is the little dude that comes with Galvatron, Megatron? Looks like him

Not quite, as Galvatron in most continuities is Megatron, reborn through Unicron (go watch the 1986 Movie ). The little guy is called "Nucleon", and should be considered more of homage to the original Megatron, as well as a bit of an in-joke.

Ahh thanks! Yeah I've seen the movie which was why I was a little confued that Nucleon looked like Megatron He'd look cool with a teeny tiny Decepticon insigna on his chest

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote: It's a match for the purple found on the original G1 toy

The purple on his arms and thighs right?

Yep. That's Hasbro for you. The TOY is always the definitive version to them. All other media appearances are imperfect interpretations of their "original" vision for these characters, apparently.

Not for Sky Bye though. In that case Takara went with the dark blue that was remeniscent of the toy while Hasbro went for the more show accurate sky blue.



They did butcher the rest of that toy though.

Spotter5 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Spotter5 wrote:Is the little dude that comes with Galvatron, Megatron? Looks like him

Not quite, as Galvatron in most continuities is Megatron, reborn through Unicron (go watch the 1986 Movie ). The little guy is called "Nucleon", and should be considered more of homage to the original Megatron, as well as a bit of an in-joke.

Ahh thanks! Yeah I've seen the movie which was why I was a little confued that Nucleon looked like Megatron He'd look cool with a teeny tiny Decepticon insigna on his chest

Still makes me wonder what route TakaraTomy will take for them. The only instance in which Megatron and Galvatron were side-by-side (current IDW series aside) was in the Marvel comics via an alternate timeline. That Galvatron is now considered a separate entity, dubbed "Galvatron II" and is featured rather prominently in the eHobby comics.