Takara Tomy to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Beast Wars in 2016

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

From Seibertron (http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/takara-tomy-to-celebrate-20th-anniversary-of-beast-wars-in-2016/34479/):


TakaraTomy designer Hisashi Yuki has Tweeted (https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/682685819283353600) a New Years photo featuring the Beast Wars Metals X-9 Metals Jaguar figure, which was a Japanese exclusive retool of Transmetal Cheetor released as Ravage back in 1999. The photo contains the message of あけましておめでとうごがいます, which seems to be a typoed form of あけましておめでとうございます, which means "Happy New Year".

But the real meat of this Tweet is the text that accompanies the photo, in which Yuki announces that TakaraTomy will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars with Beast Wars-related events and toys planned for release in 2016!

http://i.imgur.com/za9tC6y.jpg

Oh man! This looks like it's gonna be good! :D

[VGMStudios]

Oh my. As a huge BW fan. I am so looking forward to this!. Thanks mate

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Oh my. As a huge BW fan. I am so looking forward to this!. Thanks mate

Oh yeah! I'm getting excited as well! Even if they just re-release some of the older figures, i'd be happy, but they probably have more than that planned!

Plus it's great to hear that they haven't forgotten BW, what with all the fanfare over the G1 MPs that are getting released in the first half of the year.

[Mr_K]

I hope there's a reissue of that figure coming!

[Sinnertwin]

Somebody wake Verno!

[BigTransformerTrev]

Good news for those BW inclined. I'd love that Ravage but that's about it for my interest. Maybe if they redo the Generations Rattrap and Rhinox in their Transmetal modes I might be tempted (don't think they've made a second use of those molds which is unusual these days).

If Takara is going to do the 20 year anniversary of BW then I hope Hasbro is going to do the 30 year anniversary of TF:TM :D

[Jetfire in the sky]

If Takara is going to do the 20 year anniversary of BW then I hope Hasbro is going to do the 30 year anniversary of TF:TM :D

One would have to think that a G1 Optimus special edition would be on the cards, oh ooo ooo, a three pack with sleep convoy, Rodimus and Ultra Magnus. Sorry for the slight hi-jack of the topic.

I do look forward to what will be done with Beast Wars, such a great toy line and so many solid characters from the show to do.

[ampoldj]

Somebody wake Verno!

Was thinking bout that when I checked TF yuki's tweet:rolleyes:

[Verno]

Somebody wake Verno!


Was thinking bout that when I checked TF yuki's tweet:rolleyes:
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdqyojMmkK1r855fd.gif

[drifand]

and this isn't an mp while the optimus primal is? But this looks better?

Will look further when the toy pics appear.

[Paulbot]

I'd be happy for them to do an Encore line so I could get a good priced and stable TM Megatron, but...

When I saw that tweet and the particular character chosen, I simply thought of the upcoming BotCon toy. The Beast Wars toy even looks like he has wheel's on his back, I had to look twice. There's a new head scuplt already in the works so maybe Takara Tomy Mall will have another box set combiner inspired by the BotCon toys?

http://i.imgur.com/afIhEgA.jpg

[liegeprime]

If they do an encore type celebration release, thatll be great, just hope they incorporate some extras with the figures... say e.g. a rubber ducky for Megs... although iI wouldnt mind a more modern version release of each show figures only.

[nsm034]

I can feel myself having to put in a lot of overtime this year :)

[Verno]

I can feel myself having to put in a lot of overtime this year :)
I was just thinking the same thing :p

@ Paulbot: A new Ravage toy is certainly a possibility, but it won't have anything to do with BotCon.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

I hope there's a reissue of that figure coming!

The X-9 Ravage is nice, but it's woefully inaccurate! If they revisit him, I hope they try to make him transform into his cassette mode, rather than him be the remold of TM2 Cheetor as he is now.


I can feel myself having to put in a lot of overtime this year :)

As much as I love this news, I know it's gonna be costly, because when it comes to Beast Wars (proper), it's a must buy!

[Trent]

The X-9 Ravage is nice, but it's woefully inaccurate! If they revisit him, I hope they try to make him transform into his cassette mode, rather than him be the remold of TM2 Cheetor as he is now.


But a cassette is soooooooo boring. I can't see the appeal in an alt mode that is just a flat box that a large percentage of the young population today have never seen in real life.

[BigTransformerTrev]

The X-9 Ravage is nice, but it's woefully inaccurate! If they revisit him, I hope they try to make him transform into his cassette mode, rather than him be the remold of TM2 Cheetor as he is now!


But a cassette is soooooooo boring. I can't see the appeal in an alt mode that is just a flat box that a large percentage of the young population today have never seen in real life.

Make it a triple changer - makes everyone happy :D

[TAAUBlaster]

This is awesome news! I can't wait to see what Takara has in store for BW this year. :D

[DELTAprime]

There are some BW figures I wouldn't mind getting as reissues, they would work good as Generations stand-ins.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

But a cassette is soooooooo boring. I can't see the appeal in an alt mode that is just a flat box that a large percentage of the young population today have never seen in real life.

But this celebration is aimed at people who watched Beast Wars, and unless they missed out on The Agenda episodes, they know that Ravage is still a cassette!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b-sQuznwMo

Plus after 20 years, you'd think they'd try to make Ravage resemble both his modes, not half-ass it and just do a mere re-release.

[GoktimusPrime]

The X-9 Ravage is nice, but it's woefully inaccurate! If they revisit him, I hope they try to make him transform into his cassette mode, rather than him be the remold of TM2 Cheetor as he is now.
"Woefully inaccurate"? Consider the following:
Unlike most other Beast Wars Transformers, Ravage was created as a show character rather than being scanned from a pre-existing toy. Takara later retooled Transmetal Cheetor to produce a BW Ravage toy.
The CG show model for Ravage is actually a retool of TM Cheetor's model. This is because CG animation is expensive, and retooling Cheetor's model in the cartoon was cheaper than creating a whole new model from scratch; especially for a character who - at the time - was never intended to market a toy, and was only going to make a brief appearance in the show. Many other non-toy-based characters who appear in the show are given extremely simple or undeveloped CG models which they cover in darkness so that they don't need to spend money to complete rendering these models. e.g. the Tripredacus Council (http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/transformers/images/8/83/TripredacusCouncil1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20061206034922) & Protoform X (http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/transformers/images/3/3d/BWRampage_Badspark_thepast.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20070817141055), as well as all the pre-beast (http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/0/0b/BWPart1_preformatting_Megatron.jpg) mode BW TFs (http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/2/25/DeepMetal_DepthCharge_transmetalisation.jpg) -- all had their details (or lack thereof) obscured by darkness and/or indirect camera angles. Even Transformers Prime used the same trick with "hi then bye" characters like Tailgate (http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/3/39/Predatory-partner.jpg) (they actually just reused Cliffjumper's model, but covered him darkness and indirect angles to make it less obvious).
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/comparisons/comparison_ravage_cheetor_zps6ezd6nyq.jpg. Sure, the neck is a bit thinner than the show mode, but of course, the head needed to be able to swing up 90 degrees for the beast mode. And yes, the toy does have a few extra paint ops that the show model lacks, but I suspect that was to help break up all that black and help make the toy more appealing to kids. It's not all that different to all the paint ops that Hasbro put on toys like Combiner Wars Onslaught to help break up the blue (the cartoon colours (http://toys.tfw2005.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2010/06/slaught_2_1277038603.jpg) are actually quite dull; and yes, it also makes Onslaught more G1 toy-accurate). A reissue might strip away some of these additional paint ops in favour of more black on this toy for greater show-accuracy, and perhaps they might be able to thicken the neck, but these are relatively minor cosmetic details IMO. And come on, how fun is his quickdraw gimmick? :D I also love how they took advantage of the grooves that already existed on TM Cheetor's upper legs (which also exist on Ravage's show models) to allow his pistols to "holster" onto his legs. :cool: But yeah, aside from some cosmetic differences, I don't see what else they could do to the basic Ravage toy to make it more show-accurate.

As for the cassette mode... really? :confused: Because Ravage basically just magically morphs into his cassette mode in the cartoon. I'm not really sure how you can physically take a show-accurate roundish robot mode and make it transform into a rectangular prism of a cassette tape. Not without significantly compromising one or both modes. It's just not physically possible. I'd be surprised if they could even do it on a Masterpiece level. You know, the only reason that Ravage transforms into a cassette tape in the cartoon was because Mainframe Entertainment wanted to include a bit of G1 musical fan service. Ravage was supposed to start playing the original G1 theme song after inserting himself into his ship's cassette player (why would a ship have a cassette player?!). This is why you see him sitting in cassette mode in the player for a while after transforming, but all we here is the Beast Wars background music playing. The reason for this is because Mainframe were unable to secure the rights from Sunbow to use the music, however, the animation for it had already been done. You may have considered this toy "woefully inaccurate" and passed it up back in '99, but I was so excited that I bought two of them (I've since traded off my spare) :o

My only gripe about this toy is that the chrome flakes off too easily. If they choose to reissue this toy, I hope that they use better quality chrome, or just forgo the chrome altogether (it's really not necessary). Metallic coloured paint/plastic is fine.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

"Woefully inaccurate"?

In the show he turns into a cassette, in the toy he turns into a flying "jaguar", yeah, i'd call that inaccurate, you may take point to my use of "woeful" but it is inaccurate to what we saw.

My point still stands, for the 20th Anniversary i'd expect a little more than just a reissue -- i've already got the X-9, it's a nice figure, but it's still based on TM2 Cheetor, i'd rather a standalone Ravage (this is a celebration isn't it? Not a lazy cash grab of retools?), hell, i'd be happy with a non-transforming one, given the change to cassette mode was done with CGI magic.

[GoktimusPrime]

Let me get this straight... because the toy's alt mode doesn't match the show -- because it cannot match the show -- that makes it a complete steaming pile of garbage (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/woeful) to you? :confused: Sure, it's not show-accurate, but I personally don't hold that against the toy. What are your thoughts on Combiner Wars Megatron, then? Because that toy also...
* Has a reasonably G1-accurate robot mode but "inaccurate" alt mode.
* Was also designed to be retooled as another toy (CW Armada Megatron).


hell, i'd be happy with a non-transforming one, given the change to cassette mode was done with CGI magic.
:confused: So a non-transforming Ravage toy is fine by you, but you cannot abide a toy that is reasonably show-accurate in robot mode but transforms into an alt mode that is different from the show's? :confused: If they ever did release a modern update of Ravage, then they may consider designing it so that it can also be easily redecoed as Transmetal Cheetor, which may include casting variant parts on the same mould. They've done this with many Generations and even some Masterpiece TFs. So even if the retooling is extensive (as we've seen on toys like CW Swindle, MP Road Rage etc.), odds are that the core toy itself will be Cheetor so that HasTak can make more money back from R&Ding the mould in the first place (which also helps to keep the cost of TFs down for consumers). This means that Ravage would more likely transform into a flying jaguar rather than a cassette. Would this be a deal breaker for you?

I don't mean to sound snarky or challenge/diminish your views -- you're fully entitled to your opinion. I'm just trying to understand your chain of thought here. :o

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

1) I didn't say anything of the toy's quality, hell I bought the damn thing, but do I think in terms of representation of the alt mode that it's a "steaming pile of garbage"?

YES!!!!!

It does not represent what it is meant to represent. FULL STOP.

2) As for Combiner Wars Megatron, he's meant to homage G1 Megatron, but he wasn't released as G1 Megatron, hence the Combiner Wars banner. Now if he were released as a replacement for G1 Megatron to celebrate the 20th anniversary of G1, then I would question that as well.

As for the quality of the toy, he looks well made, nice paint, etc, but that's not my point.

3) If Takara went high quality with a 3A-style non-transforming Ravage, then i'd get that badboy instantly! His transformation in the show was a nod to G1, but otherwise we only saw him in robot mode primarily and we don't know what other alt modes he has, if any, asides from the cassette. Why make up an alt mode that was never seen to celebrate an anniversary? Make up new fiction to justify the modes, but don't pass off something that we never saw on the show for that show's anniversary.

[GoktimusPrime]

Fair call. :)

[Trent]

But this celebration is aimed at people who watched Beast Wars, and unless they missed out on The Agenda episodes, they know that Ravage is still a cassette!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b-sQuznwMo

Plus after 20 years, you'd think they'd try to make Ravage resemble both his modes, not half-ass it and just do a mere re-release.

I watched Beast Wars. I love Beast Wars. I am fully aware of what Ravage's alt mode was in the show. It doesn't change the fact that it's a boring and dull alt mode. And as Gok said, How? To make that show model transform into a box without huge compromises is going to take some awesomeness on Yuki's part.

Anyway, all this is superfluous. All we've seen is essentially a photo. It could be a straight reissue with fancy colours in all likelihood.

[Verno]

The worst (and essentially only) instance of mass-shifting in the entire Beast Wars series:

http://49.media.tumblr.com/68cf3dfe7adc8e9f51a5d879e3b74145/tumblr_nxhxhzdTcm1qcrr5qo1_r1_400.gif

There's also nothing to say that Ravage can't transform into some kind of cat, even though we don't see it in the show. He may well be a triple-changer, as Trev said.

[GoktimusPrime]

The worst (and essentially only) instance of mass-shifting in the entire Beast Wars series
True, but considering that Ravage was never intended to market a toy, it's understandable. :) It was really something done as service for G1 fans.

And Ravage is just one of my examples of just how dedicated Forward and DiTillio were towards tying in BW with G1 continuity. It still amazes me that these writers came in knowing nothing about Transformers, but making the effort to communicate with fans and do their homework about G1 so that they could infuse it with BW. Okay, they didn't always get it right, but the effort is absolutely appreciated. They didn't take the lazy route with a continuity reboot (yet BW still stands on its own well enough that G1 knowledge isn't essential to enjoying the show, but G1 knowledge absolutely enhances one's enjoyment of it :)). You'll notice that when the end credits rll for The Agenda, it says "Story Consultant: Benson Yee." What did Ben do to have his name enshrined in the ending credits? He sent the writers a copy of Ravage's G1 tech specs! :D And of course, this wasn't the first or last time that the writers communicated with Ben and several other fans. Many of us know that the BW show makes multiple fan references, because it was how the writers were thanking the fans for their input. :)

e.g.
* Waspinator referring to himself as Wonko the Sane; aside from being a reference to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Wonko the Sane was Ben Yee's online alias in the 90s.
* Rampage referring to killing Depthcharge's friends on "Starbase Rugby." This was a name of a fan site.
* Optimus Prime encodes transmission "M Sipher," the online handle for Greg Sepelak.
etc. etc.!

[Sinnertwin]

http://49.media.tumblr.com/68cf3dfe7adc8e9f51a5d879e3b74145/tumblr_nxhxhzdTcm1qcrr5qo1_r1_400.gif

http://i1335.photobucket.com/albums/w661/sinnertwinsphotos/878_zpsrssleb1b.gif (http://s1335.photobucket.com/user/sinnertwinsphotos/media/878_zpsrssleb1b.gif.html)

[griffin]

A recent tease from Japan (http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/01/05/q-transformers-arcee-talks-beast-wars-anniversary-307430) could be seeing the Q-Transformers series having a beast theme... either by including the characters in their next series of cartoon episodes, or actual Q-Transformers toys representing Beast Wars characters.
We'll have to wait and see.

[VGMStudios]

The whole argument is moot to me. Ravage works as a cat.
I know he's suppose to be some homage to G1 but this is BW not G1.
Hopefully they can figure it out.

[Jinto]

Reissue of X-9 Ravage?! :D

Ah..
Aahhh...

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nvn2hyvF1r0cym8o3_250.gif

[Verno]

There's a rumor floating around on TFW2005 atm...


Are you guys ready?

First of all the bad news - no carbots were announced and it it still kept under wraps.

Here is the good news for BW fans.
1) MP Megatron
2) MP Cheetor
3) MP RatTrap

Sorry and I apologize in advance for raising the hopes up too high for teh MP carbots. They might still materialize, but not at the moment. But for the rest, it is 100%.
Apparently, TCracker has been accurate with his rumors in the past. However, one other poster added the following:

TCracker has not been a reliable source in the past, so unless he has new sources, you can ignore anything he has to say on the rumor front. Beyond dreaming, of course. For instance, he predicted MP Jetfire, an MP Starscream that was an F-14, MP Megatron, all kinds of other bogus info. All around the time we got MP-11 and MP-12, neither of which he saw coming at all or remotely hinted at. He plays it off well though, things change, blah blah blah, so people still believe him for some reason. He stopped the rumor crap for a long time and now is back at it. I'd love to eat crow, that's a nice list, but I'm extremely skeptical, especially considering the way he has reacted when called out on constantly being wrong. By the way, he says no carbots are coming. He may regret that sooner rather than later.
So, it may be happening, or it may not be happening. Either way, there is a lot of excitement around the Beast Wars anniversary.

[GoktimusPrime]

Wow. I guess every day must be April 1 for this TCracker fella. :p

[MayzaPrime]

Imagine the G1 fury if this were true... :p

At the most I can really only see 1 MP Beast Wars figure release per year if Optimus Primal is successful.

I am not complaining, I would love to see Beast Wars MP figures, and I would buy all 3 of those figures if they were released. :D

[ampoldj]

No rattrap please :eek:

It is not safe to say no car MPs coming because that is where TT is getting the juice :D (unless we will see reissues only as started by Wheeljack).

We still have to see the schedule for May to December if TT is serious in pulling their 1MP per month with Optimus Primal around August or so as they said Summer Release

[GoktimusPrime]

I wouldn't mind seeing an updated Generations Rattrap, primarily with the backpack being able to rotate 180 degrees for show likeness, and the inclusion of his gun and maybe explosives. ;) Otherwise the original TM toy is pretty damn awesome as it is.

[Keidatron]

MP Beast Wars would be awesome, but I dunno if they could pull it off. A lot of them would have insane backpack kibble issues I imagine. Even the latest Hot Rod figure appears to be rather back heavy. It works great for Primal, but there wasn't really much to him to begin with.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

TF Yuki has tweeted (https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/690842994631553025) a link to Takara's Beast Wars anniversary page:

http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/tfbw20th/

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Looks like Takara is planning to re-release the legends Beast Wars (http://www.qtransformers.com/tff/index.html) figures in 'toon accurate colours:

http://i.imgur.com/z663G8d.png

TF Prototype has done a comparison image (https://www.facebook.com/TFPrototype/photos/a.720040001364157.1073741828.718540678180756/1115878768446943/?type=3&theater) of the mold versions:

http://s8.postimg.org/dg69c4cch/12525468_1115878768446943_5241068209627784417_o.jp g (http://postimg.org/image/dg69c4cch/)

Click on the image to open in new window/tab, click again for full size.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Looks like Takara is planning to re-release the legends Beast Wars (http://www.qtransformers.com/tff/index.html) figures in 'toon accurate colours:

http://i.imgur.com/z663G8d.png

TF Prototype has done a comparison image (https://www.facebook.com/TFPrototype/photos/a.720040001364157.1073741828.718540678180756/1115878768446943/?type=3&theater) of the mold versions:

http://s8.postimg.org/dg69c4cch/12525468_1115878768446943_5241068209627784417_o.jp g (http://postimg.org/image/dg69c4cch/)

Click on the image to open in new window/tab, click again for full size.


Meh - lazy considering how recently these figures came out. Where are the Transmetal versions of Rattrap and Rhinox? Id buy those happily

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Meh - lazy considering how recently these figures came out. Where are the Transmetal versions of Rattrap and Rhinox? Id buy those happily

I definitely agree! Too lazy, and the "ex" might even indicate these are exclusives as well!

I'm with you on the Transmetals! Give us updates of those (even though the originals were already awesome to begin with!).

[ampoldj]

This will probably be the exclusives to be sold at the 20th anniv BW Event this coming May as the EX would mean

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Via TF Yuki (https://twitter.com/tfyuki):

http://i.imgur.com/ZyDeuQq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SAau5RZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JjYxN1p.jpg

[Verno]

Do we have any Japanese members that could buy sets for all of us?

[Sinnertwin]

lol
1 MP & 3 repaints
Happy 20th anniversary :rolleyes:

[prjkt]

That's kinda cool, from the product naming, might end up as a boxset?

Not interested personally as I'm ok with the versions I already have, but a sweet opportunity for those that missed out earlier/want better screen accuracy

[Lord_Zed]

Quite a bit different from the US versions, but hardly much change from the original Japanese release.

The only difference I can see on Rattrap to the previous United Japanese release is the black rat eyes.

[prjkt]

Previous TG Waspinator was a deep metallic green with gold, rather than this green and yellow, so a bit of difference there. As I'm a fan of the Shiny, I'm happy with my current Tg version, but I can see the desire for these.

[laproblematique]

Any chance of another BW MP hitting before the end of 2016?

Would love a leader or more voyager scale BW's.

[Megatran]

I love the optimism of the thread title.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

I love the optimism of the thread title.

I'm pretty sure I lifted the title from Seibertron way back in January, so you can blame them for that! :p

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Stacks on via TF Yuki (https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/714022392205414400):

http://i.imgur.com/LzvYVVU.jpg

[BigTransformerTrev]

lol
1 MP & 3 repaints
Happy 20th anniversary :rolleyes:

It's more than the 30th anniversary of the Movie seems to be getting. A couple of repaints as platinum-sets and Hot Rod can go fishing :(

Where's our MP Titan-scaled Unicron?

[reillyd]

Stacks on via TF Yuki (https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/714022392205414400):

http://i.imgur.com/LzvYVVU.jpg

Okay, that looks kinda sus.
Kinky beast orgy?!?

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Okay, that looks kinda sus.
Kinky beast orgy?!?

It gets lonely on prehistoric earth! And it does makes you wonder what those combiners get up to...

[griffin]

I remember when Beast Wars came out in the late 90s, we had a big following by Furries (don't google search that at work or if you are a minor)... who have an obsession about "highly sentient" (talking) animals, so they loved the parts where the CGI animals would talk, and interact with each other as different animals.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Some of the BW stuff to be sold at Transformers FES (via TF_pr (https://twitter.com/TF_pr/status/728490871058923521)):

http://s32.postimg.org/i485thtfp/Chweja9_U4_AU2a0k_jpg_large.jpg

[Verno]

I'll take one of each. No idea what any of them are, but sign me up.

[TAAUBlaster]

I'll take one of each. No idea what any of them are, but sign me up.

Beast Wars leaflet (probably just info about the series.)
Beast Wars LG-EX figure print T-shirt
Beast Wars logo T-shirt
Beast Wars ticket holder
Transformers logo fan
Beast Wars acrylic keyholders (keyring)

Wouldn't mind the logo T-shirt myself :)

[EDIT] Typed Beast Wars fan instead of Transformers fan :o

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

A live shot of some of the merchandise via TF Yuki (https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/728546224802947072):

http://s32.postimg.org/jbkeks1c5/Chx_Q7if_VEAAa_HAv_jpg_large.jpg

Wish the fan/fly swatter/spanking paddle had the Maximal and Predacon symbols.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Robot Kingdom has the LG-EX BW up for preorder:

Rhinox for US$49.90 (http://www.robotkingdom.com/lgexrhinox.html).

Rattrap for US$34.90 (http://www.robotkingdom.com/lgexrattrap.html).

Waspinator also for US$34.90 (http://www.robotkingdom.com/lgexwaspinator.html).

[Verno]

Good, excellent, MP Inferno revealed to keep the G1 fans happy for the weekend. Now, for our big reveal...

[Verno]

... and BOOM!

Masterpiece Cheetor.

[1AZRAEL1]

... and BOOM!

Masterpiece Cheetor.

If true will be awesome. But i want a Megatron

[doublespy]

Great news if true. I personally wish they'd do all the show cast.
But logically this decision seems a bit odd to do Cheetor before Megs, if they do more than primal at all.
Unless of course they'd planned to do all of them right from the get go

[Lord_Zed]

... and BOOM!

Masterpiece Cheetor.

You tease!:p

I'd prefer to see BW Megs first though, not to mention Dinobot.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

While I would've preferred Dinobot or Megatron, Cheetor'll do nicely!

Hopefully this signals that BW MPs are viable enough for Takara to continue with...

[Wormz]

... and BOOM!

Masterpiece Cheetor.

Will certainly get him if true but a MP Tarantulas would be awesome

[MayzaPrime]

Will certainly get him if true but a MP Tarantulas would be awesome

I think all of the season 1 cast should get the MP treatment...

I have been thinking of the repaint/retool aspect for Cheetor, possibilities
Tigatron (I hope some major retooling will occur to make him bigger)
Shadow Panther
Fox Kids Cheetor

The only problem that I see with this line is the repaint/retooling possibilities. So I would expect that some of the costs would be passed on to us... which is fine by me I am happy to get some BW love :p

[Verno]

A set of 14 Season One Masterpiece Beast Wars figures? You already know my vote.

But do I think it will happen? Highly unlikely. We'd be more likely to see a couple of MPs, with the rest in the Generations line. The choices of characters have to be viable, though. And by viable, I mean redeco-able and retool-able.

Cheetor - Tigatron
Tarantulas - Blackarachnia
Waspinator - Buzz Saw
Terrorsaur - Lazorbeak
Dinobot - Grimlock

These work in our favour, but bots like Scorponok and Inferno don't.

[MayzaPrime]

A set of 14 Season One Masterpiece Beast Wars figures? You already know my vote.

But do I think it will happen? Highly unlikely. We'd be more likely to see a couple of MPs, with the rest in the Generations line. The choices of characters have to be viable, though. And by viable, I mean redeco-able and retool-able.

Cheetor - Tigatron
Tarantulas - Blackarachnia
Waspinator - Buzz Saw
Terrorsaur - Lazorbeak
Dinobot - Grimlock

These work in our favour, but bots like Scorponok and Inferno don't.

Antgony from Inferno
Sandstorm from Scorponok

Very obscure characters but valid repaints... I mean we got MP Exhaust, most people had never heard of the character before the MP was announced :p

I would be interested to see the repaints from Megatron :)

[Other]

Antgony from Inferno
Sandstorm from Scorponok

Very obscure characters but valid repaints... I mean we got MP Exhaust, most people had never heard of the character before the MP was announced :p

I would be interested to see the repaints from Megatron :)

Scorponok could also be made into Double Punch(Botcon Japan exclusive)

[Verno]

Antgony from Inferno
Sandstorm from Scorponok

Very obscure characters but valid repaints... I mean we got MP Exhaust, most people had never heard of the character before the MP was announced :p

I would be interested to see the repaints from Megatron :)
BotCon-only characters are a little too obscure.

[MayzaPrime]

BotCon-only characters are a little too obscure.

You say that :p

[Verno]

Have characters like CatScan or Fractyl ever made the transition to received a normal retail release?

[MayzaPrime]

Have characters like CatScan or Fractyl ever made the transition to received a normal retail release?

Guess you miss tongue in cheek emjoi :confused:

[tinyJazz]

Have characters like CatScan or Fractyl ever made the transition to received a normal retail release?

Flamewar did.

[Seraphim Prime]

BotCon-only characters are a little too obscure.

Could not the same argument be made about the E-Hobby inspired Masterpieces?

IE - Tigertrack, Delta Magnus, Exhaust

The latter two in particular show that an interesting deco will be enough to sell the character, not just name recognition.

[Verno]

I've got no problem with interesting decos.

http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/5/5f/BWtoy-Antagony.jpg

It's just that this isn't one of them.

[Paulbot]

I've got no problem with interesting decos.

http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/5/5f/BWtoy-Antagony.jpg

It's just that this isn't one of them.

Black reprints. TakaraTomy loves those. Dark Designs Rhinox too?

[MayzaPrime]

Black reprints. TakaraTomy loves those. Dark Designs Rhinox too?

Lol... That they do

Great episode... A Predacon MP Rhinox would be an awesome edition to the MP ranks :D

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

I wouldn't mind seeing a glowing transwarp explosion repaint:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VekxlP39ie0

While a bit gimmicky, it would be a nice segue into Transmetals if they ever got around to doing them.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Via genteiichiba (https://twitter.com/genteiichiba/status/730561917366886400), seen at the Shizuoka Hobby Show:

http://i.imgur.com/nBtvDjP.jpg

[griffin]

Looks like the three Beast Wars toys that were released at the Transformers Festival back on May 7th, are being released through TakaraTomyMall at the end of this month (June 28th).
For those who missed out the first time and can access TakaraTomyMall products, this is a second chance to avoid the probably high secondary market prices... but maybe it could also mean a general release from Hasbro Asia (HK), as they release all of the TTM exclusives (this may not technically be a TTM exclusive... as it could just be excess stock from the Festival).
I guess if that were going to happen, they would have shown up as pre-orders from the usual HK sources.

Legends EX
- Rhinox (http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810866961/) - 5600yen
- Rattrap (http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810866954/) - 3780yen
- Waspinator (http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810866978/) - 3780yen