TakaraTomy to release Classics figures in Japan

jprime69 wrote:who knows, if this sells well, we might be able to see the remaining seekers get released. its wishful thinking, but its plausable.

cellshock wrote:Oh god... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let them release Classics Megatron in proper colors!!!!!! I'd give my left *anything* for a G1 colored version.

Leonardo wrote:What was wrong with Starscream? I didn't buy him.

Auto Bot wrote:It's about time the Japanese gets a taste of these beautiful toys.

They've been soaking in Reissues and Encores for far too long.

Bonger wrote:

jprime69 wrote:who knows, if this sells well, we might be able to see the remaining seekers get released. its wishful thinking, but its plausable.

Doubt it. Hasbro sold those rights to Fun Publications. So, Takara would need to buy them from Fun Pub.

A regular release is thus, unlikely. I wouldn't be shocked though, if Fun Pub sold them to Takara to use at Japcon.

Nemesis Cyberplex wrote:

Bonger wrote:

jprime69 wrote:who knows, if this sells well, we might be able to see the remaining seekers get released. its wishful thinking, but its plausable.

Doubt it. Hasbro sold those rights to Fun Publications. So, Takara would need to buy them from Fun Pub.

A regular release is thus, unlikely. I wouldn't be shocked though, if Fun Pub sold them to Takara to use at Japcon.

If you'll remember, though, the same problem arose awhile back when they had a limited release of a "Hot Rod" repaint of Galaxy Force Excilion. It was so well done, a lot of American fans wanted a chance to get it. However Hasbro couldn't for the same reasons, so instead they did a similar design, but not exact, & now we have Cybertron Excelion.

So it could very well be possible that we'll see 3 other seekers, but if we do they won't look exactly like the Botcon versions.

Bonger wrote:

Leonardo wrote:What was wrong with Starscream? I didn't buy him.

Paint apps were shoddy compared to the other seekers. The face paint is really kinda blotchy comparatively.

Bonger wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:It's about time the Japanese gets a taste of these beautiful toys.

They've been soaking in Reissues and Encores for far too long.

Aww poor them,soaking in enroes, reissues, ehoobys, MPs.....

But yes, lol, except that any collector there has already probably imported these from the US.

Auto Bot wrote:

Bonger wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:It's about time the Japanese gets a taste of these beautiful toys.

They've been soaking in Reissues and Encores for far too long.

Aww poor them,soaking in enroes, reissues, ehoobys, MPs.....

But yes, lol, except that any collector there has already probably imported these from the US.

Now, they can get them in local shops. In large quantities!

Ohayo gazaimazu!

Bonger wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:

Bonger wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:It's about time the Japanese gets a taste of these beautiful toys.

They've been soaking in Reissues and Encores for far too long.

Aww poor them,soaking in enroes, reissues, ehoobys, MPs.....

But yes, lol, except that any collector there has already probably imported these from the US.

Now, they can get them in local shops. In large quantities!

Ohayo gazaimazu!

How in holy hell do you have 4653 posts in 3 months? Averaging 52 posts a day. They need to make you the Seibertron Mascot.

Auto Bot wrote:

Bonger wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:

Bonger wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:It's about time the Japanese gets a taste of these beautiful toys.

They've been soaking in Reissues and Encores for far too long.

Aww poor them,soaking in enroes, reissues, ehoobys, MPs.....

But yes, lol, except that any collector there has already probably imported these from the US.

Now, they can get them in local shops. In large quantities!

Ohayo gazaimazu!

How in holy hell do you have 4653 posts in 3 months? Averaging 52 posts a day. They need to make you the Seibertron Mascot.

Wow, you sure are good in math!

I hope i'm not required to wear heavy sweaty bloated costumes.

Well, many members have posts in the order of 5 digits. So i guess i'm not that extraordinary.

Den-O wrote:Cool. Wasnt the C designation used for Cybertrons in the past?

Auto Bot wrote:

Bonger wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:It's about time the Japanese gets a taste of these beautiful toys.

They've been soaking in Reissues and Encores for far too long.

Aww poor them,soaking in enroes, reissues, ehoobys, MPs.....

But yes, lol, except that any collector there has already probably imported these from the US.

Now, they can get them in local shops. In large quantities!

Ohayo gazaimazu!

Den-O wrote:Cool. Wasnt the C designation used for Cybertrons in the past?

Bonger wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:

Bonger wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:

Bonger wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:It's about time the Japanese gets a taste of these beautiful toys.

They've been soaking in Reissues and Encores for far too long.

Aww poor them,soaking in enroes, reissues, ehoobys, MPs.....

But yes, lol, except that any collector there has already probably imported these from the US.

Now, they can get them in local shops. In large quantities!

Ohayo gazaimazu!

How in holy hell do you have 4653 posts in 3 months? Averaging 52 posts a day. They need to make you the Seibertron Mascot.

Wow, you sure are good in math!

I hope i'm not required to wear heavy sweaty bloated costumes.

Well, many members have posts in the order of 5 digits. So i guess i'm not that extraordinary.

LOL, yup, but they have been here for years. ;-0

I thin if there was an average posts per day count, you sir, would be the winner.

Den-O wrote:And I hope it's released around end November, coz I'm going to Japan at that time...

Bonger wrote:

Den-O wrote:And I hope it's released around end November, coz I'm going to Japan at that time...

Do you live anywhere near Mass? If so, I have a shopping list to take with you.

P.S. Who's kidding?

Den-O wrote:

Bonger wrote:

Den-O wrote:And I hope it's released around end November, coz I'm going to Japan at that time...

Do you live anywhere near Mass? If so, I have a shopping list to take with you.

P.S. Who's kidding?

LOL! Actually, i live closer to Japan than the States...

Stormrider wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:

Bonger wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:It's about time the Japanese gets a taste of these beautiful toys.

They've been soaking in Reissues and Encores for far too long.

Aww poor them,soaking in enroes, reissues, ehoobys, MPs.....

But yes, lol, except that any collector there has already probably imported these from the US.

Now, they can get them in local shops. In large quantities!

Ohayo gazaimazu!

This is great news, but ouch these prices are going to hurt. These inflated prices seem to be in line with the prices that Takara charged for the movie toys. The movie toys were made in Canada and imported into Japan. I'm guessing the same thing will happen with the Classics.

Bonger wrote:

Leonardo wrote:What was wrong with Starscream? I didn't buy him.

Paint apps were shoddy compared to the other seekers. The face paint is really kinda blotchy comparatively.

hinomars19 wrote:

Bonger wrote:

Leonardo wrote:What was wrong with Starscream? I didn't buy him.

Paint apps were shoddy compared to the other seekers. The face paint is really kinda blotchy comparatively.

Screamer had no paint aps, unless you mean the eyes, which were pretty bad. Skywarp kicks his butt!!

Den-O wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:

Bonger wrote:

Leonardo wrote:What was wrong with Starscream? I didn't buy him.

Paint apps were shoddy compared to the other seekers. The face paint is really kinda blotchy comparatively.

Screamer had no paint aps, unless you mean the eyes, which were pretty bad. Skywarp kicks his butt!!

No paint apps? Isn't the blue stripe a paint app? Along with his goldish kneepads?

skywarp-2 wrote:3 Wishes when it comes to this...

1. Megatron gets his Silver paint applications with red and Black..no orange cap... that would sooo rule over all others..

2. Optimus Prime Voyager gets a remolded shoulder with Autobot symbol...


Where the hell did that Megs come from?? I tried doing the same with mine, but it pales to this guy!!

3. The Seekers all get released, and if they have to differ slightly from Botcon then fine by me.. but I would love to have them finally!!!





that's my thoughts..

skywarp-2 wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:

Den-O wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:

Bonger wrote:

Leonardo wrote:What was wrong with Starscream? I didn't buy him.

Paint apps were shoddy compared to the other seekers. The face paint is really kinda blotchy comparatively.

Screamer had no paint aps, unless you mean the eyes, which were pretty bad. Skywarp kicks his butt!!

No paint apps? Isn't the blue stripe a paint app? Along with his goldish kneepads?

oops... I'm still tired, I meant face paint apps. Sorry for the confusion...

Auto Bot wrote:Yeah. A Classic Megs with G1 color will be nice.

Leave it to the Japanese to fulfill our dreams!

skywarp-2 wrote:3 Wishes when it comes to this...

1. Megatron gets his Silver paint applications with red and Black..no orange cap... that would sooo rule over all others..

2. Optimus Prime Voyager gets a remolded shoulder with Autobot symbol...


3. The Seekers all get released, and if they have to differ slightly from Botcon then fine by me.. but I would love to have them finally!!!





that's my thoughts..

Tekka wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:

I just noticed both Starscream and Skywarp have a new style of body trim whereas Thundercracker is the only one to retain his G1 stripes. How odd.

hinomars19 wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:3 Wishes when it comes to this...

1. Megatron gets his Silver paint applications with red and Black..no orange cap... that would sooo rule over all others..

2. Optimus Prime Voyager gets a remolded shoulder with Autobot symbol...


3. The Seekers all get released, and if they have to differ slightly from Botcon then fine by me.. but I would love to have them finally!!!





that's my thoughts..

where did that megs come from? I tried painting mine, but it pales in comparison to this guy!! (apologies for the above mistake, think I'll just go back to bed!)

skywarp-2 wrote:yeah maybe that means IF Takara releases them they can do it right...I hope they make the missiles a bit shorter on the arms.. they are kinda big for the figuures size...

Tekka wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:

I just noticed both Starscream and Skywarp have a new style of body trim whereas Thundercracker is the only one to retain his G1 stripes. How odd.

Tekka wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:yeah maybe that means IF Takara releases them they can do it right...I hope they make the missiles a bit shorter on the arms.. they are kinda big for the figuures size...

That would be sublime. I would love to be able to rotate the arms all the way forward without having to fold the wings back.

Auto Bot wrote:

Tekka wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:yeah maybe that means IF Takara releases them they can do it right...I hope they make the missiles a bit shorter on the arms.. they are kinda big for the figuures size...

That would be sublime. I would love to be able to rotate the arms all the way forward without having to fold the wings back.

I doubt if the Japanese will create a different mold for the missiles.

Tekka wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:

Tekka wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:yeah maybe that means IF Takara releases them they can do it right...I hope they make the missiles a bit shorter on the arms.. they are kinda big for the figuures size...

That would be sublime. I would love to be able to rotate the arms all the way forward without having to fold the wings back.

I doubt if the Japanese will create a different mold for the missiles.

Why must you shatter our dreams?

Auto Bot wrote:

Tekka wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:

I just noticed both Starscream and Skywarp have a new style of body trim whereas Thundercracker is the only one to retain his G1 stripes. How odd.

It's not odd. They are created for different series.

Starscream and Skywarp (very nice) were created for Classics, with the usual improvements, plus a more creative paintjob. The basic goal is to mimic the cartoon closely, plus a measure of realism.

Thundercracker (not so nice) was created for BotCon Exclusives. It was made to look like G1.

skywarp-2 wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:

Tekka wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:

I just noticed both Starscream and Skywarp have a new style of body trim whereas Thundercracker is the only one to retain his G1 stripes. How odd.

It's not odd. They are created for different series.

Starscream and Skywarp (very nice) were created for Classics, with the usual improvements, plus a more creative paintjob. The basic goal is to mimic the cartoon closely, plus a measure of realism.

Thundercracker (not so nice) was created for BotCon Exclusives. It was made to look like G1.

honestly the Botcon Thundercracker looks the best, IMO...

skywarp-2 wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:

Tekka wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:

I just noticed both Starscream and Skywarp have a new style of body trim whereas Thundercracker is the only one to retain his G1 stripes. How odd.

It's not odd. They are created for different series.

Starscream and Skywarp (very nice) were created for Classics, with the usual improvements, plus a more creative paintjob. The basic goal is to mimic the cartoon closely, plus a measure of realism.

Thundercracker (not so nice) was created for BotCon Exclusives. It was made to look like G1.

honestly the Botcon Thundercracker looks the best, IMO...