Transformers Henkei Powerglide, Silverbolt, and Onslaught Announced!!!

[autobreadticon]

Deary me

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/universe-classics-20-29/transformers-henkei-powerglide-silverbolt-and-onslaught-announced-will-have-cartoon-like-colors-164979/

henkei love right there with my favourite tf powerglide, so much love!

my offical stance is that i only collect one unique mold of a transformer, i am not even bothering getting classics prowl or sunstreaker when their henkei versions are released at the same time, so i will do the same for their figures. Henkeis are roughly the same price as Hasbro's but Takara seems to have more respect to the fans and what they want in a toy...

bread's thought
The changes are purely cosmetic so there are no changes to the toy's mold

Powerglide - the new red paint job blows me away, just for the fact it represents the red barron that was G1 powerglide.
great chrome application on the torso and middle area of the body and on the mouth piece
This eats up the hasbro figure as their is chrome on the turbines and inside the air intake thingys , i also suspect that missle launcher mounted on either sides of the wing will get a chrome app.it seriously makes the Hasbro one look like dull cheap white plastic....
i cannot tell if the the text ,numbers and symbols have been replaced.

Onslaught -The changes are not apparent, from comparing the Hasbro images the metallic parts actually do look reasonable. If anything i think the henkei version paintjob will have a darker shade of green.
and come one takara chrome doesnt even compare to hasbro metallic finishings...

Silverbolt - While the Hasbro figure does actually look good with it metallic looking finishes, the henkei figures approach it with "more is less", a bold red paint scheme rather than the maroon finish with orange.(maybe two tone red) I suspect chrome tailfins on the shoulders will replace the dark gray.Also the face is more cartoon accurate.

[Paulbot]

Takara "USA Editions"? Hmmm

[sifun]

but with show accurate colours!! hells yes.

[Pulse]

Eh, the Hasbro ones will do me.

[autobreadticon]

Pulse poor soul, Hasbro has really brainwashed you :p

nah j/k, some reasons y these toys eats up Hasbro's release

[kurdt_the_goat]

Can't wait for better photos - the Powerglide looks early to me; the red looks like it's got blotches in places and one of his knees isn't silver. I hope this mould turns out good, i'm having a hard time imagining Powerglide as such a big toy though!

[Hereticpoo]

Sweet! Hasbro are their own worst enemy. I say this because they have a hugely popular franchise, and they don't even paint their figures in the colours they were advertised in. (i.e. Cartoons). I wonder how much money they spent on developing Powerglides colours. They could have saved themselves time and cash by doing it right the first time! Eg. Astrotrain, Megatron.

Sidetrack-
Ult Bumblebee's box picture has him represented in a resplendant gold with detail in the limbs picked out in metallics. The figure in the box is bland, flat yellow, with grey cast plastic. MP Scream G1 is beautifull in promo pictures, but he's fluro, and dirty, and drab. *sigh*

I'm begining to turn to the dark side, Yamato Valkyries, Help! :D

[Tober]

Heh, Red Powerglide is now desireable. Hopefully they do well with Octane as well... Yes, I said 'Octane' :P



I'm begining to turn to the dark side, Yamato Valkyries, Help! :D

Have a look at the price, that usually turns most people off pretty quick. I however am not 'most' people ;)

The new 1/60 Veritech (http://www.over-drive-inc.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=457) is pure plastic porn tho

[STL]

I dunno, I'm not as excited by the news. Not b/c I don't want these figs just that it was really expected anyway. I'm a bit sad about the stupid Hasbro USA versions though. That'll mean we won't get the tech spec cards I love so much. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

I'll be chasing these down for sure.

[dirge]

I can't say I like the Powerglide mould - so I still won't get this version - but it looks about 47,882,561 times better in red (:

[Robzy]

Red Powerglide was always going to be my choice! ;)

[kup]

SLAG YES!!!

I knew Takara wouldn't fail me!

EAT SLAG, ARCHER!

[kurdt_the_goat]

Seeing these got me motivated to Photoshop my own idea of Powerglide:
http://www.australian-postcodes.com/powerglide.jpg

[kup]

Your Powerglide is better than Henkei but still any red Powerglide is better than that THING Hasbro will release later this year.

[Gutsman Heavy]

funny I'm not liking that Powerglide, hmmm, must be tired. I'll wait for better pics but he's not grabbing me in the way I would have expected. Love Onslaught however.

[i_amtrunks]

I prefer Kurdts over henkei, but Henkei is still leaps and bounds better than Hasbro's. Not only does being red make Powerglide go faster, but he also looks nicer! :p

More pics are needed, and prices with shipping would also need to be disclosed before I was willing to pre-order him.

[STL]

I prefer Kurdts over henkei

+1!

[Lord_Zed]

Yay Swat free Octane, and red Powerglide.

Still I'm not that huge a fan of those moulds, so I'll have to see which version I get. Might still get Assbro's version if thier on sale cheap enough.

Kurdts version is be far the best tho, mind you Takara's is more G1 accurate.


Tober Wrote

The new 1/60 Veritech is pure plastic porn tho

Don't you mean Valkyrie? I can't decide wether to get that or not given Yamato's up an down QC.

[roller]

any red Powerglide is better then Hasbros, Powerglide is red Hasbro!!! You guys created him and you gave him the wrong bloody colours!


Is Henkei Tankor going to be called Octane?


If so im buying Henkei

[1orion2many]

:oWell I actually prefer the Hasbro colouring, I love the A10 mould and being in more realistic plane colours suit the mould better than Ferrari red but I know a lot of people are excited about a flying fire engine:p:D.

[Zippo]

I'm torn. Would love to get the better paint apps and such, but having another large oversided Hasbro box in the collection will be hard. Japan knows how to make a box fit the toy..

[llamatron]

Powerglide is tempting, but the others seem pretty close to their Hasbro counterparts.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Takara "USA Editions"? Hmmm
They did USA editions before with the original "Universe" series.

Oh and STL, the site said that they would come in original "universe" packaging, so my spider sense is telling me they will be in the same box as english release, but they will have an "USA Edition" sticker and the jap ingrediants list stickers on them(if they continue the USA edition theme from before), so you will still get the Bio.

I prefer red PG lots more! Shame they will tower over the rest of the classics, but considering how at the current market rate, they will probably be cheaper than local release, I will go for them over hasbros ripoff-bots!

[STL]

What I was referring to was the little trading card style ones that are inside the pack, Tetsu. Not the ones on the back of the packaging. I'm a sucker for them. I got the Takara USA MP Starscream hoping that might be the case but nope, no card. :(

[autobreadticon]

Massive update from Takaratomy that the Henkei will be released in October