I wouldn't mind a U.S. release of Soundblaster with Ratbat, Overkill, & Slugfest.
The only Takara release I will get will be Bumblebee for obvious reasons.
The only Takara release I will get will be Bumblebee for obvious reasons.
Takara Transformers
- Thread starter Bravestarr
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This MP Soundwave is amazing. With 5 cassettes, he is easily worth the price. I am blown away by the cassettes and can't believe their weapons are part of the transformation. Genius!
The ridiculously stiff joints are scary, especially the ball joint hips that feel like they could snap easily, but a few twists of the screws fixed that for the most part. This is the first toy toy make me feel like a kid again in years. I sat and watched G1 cartoons for 2hrs while playing with him.
What is the loose grey piece for in the box? Does the Takara version have a battery for his switch and record light? It feels like it should work.
The ridiculously stiff joints are scary, especially the ball joint hips that feel like they could snap easily, but a few twists of the screws fixed that for the most part. This is the first toy toy make me feel like a kid again in years. I sat and watched G1 cartoons for 2hrs while playing with him.
What is the loose grey piece for in the box? Does the Takara version have a battery for his switch and record light? It feels like it should work.
Are there any improvements over the Tak version? I have MP-13 and all the Tak tapes. While this total package is cheaper, I can't justify buying him again without some worthwhile reason.
The loose grey piece connects to the side of Soundwave in tape deck mode, as well as one of the pairs of piledrivers as that connection port that I can only ever remember being seen in the movie, when he's playing back Laserbeak's findings on the screen in the Decepticon's ship.
That loose piece (if it's the same as the silver one that came with Takara SW) also plugs into his back for storage. That's where I keep it, or stored away in the "head" pack on his back. I think it's also some sort of scanner thing, too, right? Goes on his hand...
Thanks guys. I also read it replaces on of his hands for a scanner. Now I must find the port on his back for it.
Cassette differences:
Buzzsaw: TT more gold/orange, Hasbro more yellow
Blue Frumble: TT closer to toy colors, chrome (fragile in my experience); Hasbro closer to toon colors, silver paint (paint looks better IMO)
Red Frumble: TT chrome (fragile), Hasbro gold paint (chrome looks better IMO). The reds are also different but it's subtle.
Both Frumbles: TT black screws, Hasbro bare screws. Hasbro also has tolerance issues, mostly the ankle joints. Mine stress marked on the first transformation.
Ravage: identical
Laserbeak: don't have both to compare.
Btw, when I said "don't" to Eddie, I meant don't skip it.
It's a great set.
Sideswipe is pretty awesome... except for the piss-poor QC. Dunno if the second batch will be any better, but the paint on the first run was really haphazard. Some were perfect, others not so much. The problem now is that the market has been flooded with knockoffs. They're mostly pretty high quality from what I've heard, but I'd rather not support the Chinese mafia.
Buzzsaw: TT more gold/orange, Hasbro more yellow
Blue Frumble: TT closer to toy colors, chrome (fragile in my experience); Hasbro closer to toon colors, silver paint (paint looks better IMO)
Red Frumble: TT chrome (fragile), Hasbro gold paint (chrome looks better IMO). The reds are also different but it's subtle.
Both Frumbles: TT black screws, Hasbro bare screws. Hasbro also has tolerance issues, mostly the ankle joints. Mine stress marked on the first transformation.
Ravage: identical
Laserbeak: don't have both to compare.
Btw, when I said "don't" to Eddie, I meant don't skip it.
Sideswipe is pretty awesome... except for the piss-poor QC. Dunno if the second batch will be any better, but the paint on the first run was really haphazard. Some were perfect, others not so much. The problem now is that the market has been flooded with knockoffs. They're mostly pretty high quality from what I've heard, but I'd rather not support the Chinese mafia.
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So these Sideswipes are good to go for half the price?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TAKARA-Tran...39&rk=2&rkt=15&sd=310728113438&#ht_1596wt_970
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TAKARA-Tran...39&rk=2&rkt=15&sd=310728113438&#ht_1596wt_970
I'm guessing these are NOT legit. There are KO MP Sideswipes out there, so buyer beware.
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/945000-how-id-ko-mp-12-a.html
http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/ko-mp-12-sideswipe-p1499692.php
Not that there is anything wrong with getting a cool figure on the cheap, as long as you know you're not getting the real thing.
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/945000-how-id-ko-mp-12-a.html
http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/ko-mp-12-sideswipe-p1499692.php
Not that there is anything wrong with getting a cool figure on the cheap, as long as you know you're not getting the real thing.
Yes, it says KO right in the description which I now realize I didn't make clear. It looks like the KO's are the same toy and are perfect for my needs. Thanks Nacho! I sure hope this trend continues since I've sent thousands to Takara already and now just want cheap nostalgia.
I just preordered the reissue Prime from BBTS. How did I avoid Transformers for 30 years and now think they are awesome.
The MP's are everything that we wished the G1 bricks of 1984 were, and everything good we remember them to be. Superior engineering, modern articulation, superb display-ability, tremendous nostalgic designs and decos. They are the perfect TF line.
It woulda been so much cooler had they made Bluestreak a Delorean...and eventually a BTTF version and added time travel into TF toons ...but seriously, that woulda been awesome!
...but seriously, that woulda been awesome!
Can't wait for the KO's!
I'll just leave this here... http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/trans...ece-appreciation-thread-674.html#post10012230
I wish they'd show better pics of Ratbat, at least. WTF is with them being all weird sending shit pics to the distributors? Takara's marketing team fucking blows.
sensitive so what do you plan to do with your second SW 'dingo?
Don't act like you'll pass...they had you at hello
Don't act like you'll pass...they had you at hello
sensitive so what do you plan to do with your second SW 'dingo?
Don't act like you'll pass...they had you at hello
Naw, I will either buy Ratbat parted out, or go with a 3rd party or KO down the road. Takara pulled a shitty move, and I'm skipping the first new mold ever due to it.
Naw, that's too much for a cassette. I may regret it one day, but I do NOT want to spend that money on it. I really wanted Ratbat to complete the set of toon cassetticons, but I passed on the 3rd party combiner cassettes already. I just decided that even though I had those as a kid, they weren't cool enough, and I passed on the drone one too from the cartoon... So there are already cassettes I don't own, and the main 4 are enough (I really wish they would've traded out Buzzsaw for Ratbat, as I don't care for him at all).
I would love to pick up an Autoscout. It wasn't on my radar when it came out, but given what we've gotten in the interim I think it would make a neat addition to the collection.
I just hope KFC does a better job with Slamdance than they did with Squalkbox.
I just hope KFC does a better job with Slamdance than they did with Squalkbox.
When the KO is coming from the same factory, is it really a KO? I bought almost every Alt and MP's 1-9, so I have certainly done my part to keep Takara afloat. I just don't see $100 worth of value in a smaller than Alt car just because it has a Takara stamp on it. If Hasbro brings them here for a proper price around $50, I'll gladly support official product. I have never bought a KO before and once I pull the trigger on a Sideswipe, I'll decide if it warrants continued purchases of future KO's.
I was never a Napster or a torrent guy either, always paid for my music and movie downloads. Can you say the same?
Great news for those who never found MP-10 at TRU:
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-3rd-party-discussion/946001-ko-mp-10-a.html
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-3rd-party-discussion/946001-ko-mp-10-a.html
Hellion, I saw you thanking someone for an early written review over at TFW, so I thought you might enjoy this shiny new video review. I'm dumbfounded at what the guy has to say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpe5_3UxJpU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpe5_3UxJpU
Man...that review is selling me on the KO...I had no prior interest in picking him up, real or KO...
fuck that was long.
Looks solid too me but the Lamborga contak would bug the shit out of me. That alone would prevent me from buying it lol
The seller has KO Tigertrack and Red Alert too. I already have Tak SS and RA, but I wasn't going to pay $90 for a yellow version. But for $40....
Way too much time spent on the box!
Since the writing is so small, I'm glad it is spelled incorrectly to give an easy KO ID.
that's a good way to look at it. I'm too OCD for that shit though. It would literally drive me nuts.