Unused Japanese Headmaster concepts

[griffin]

A bit of a retro treat for the fans... some concept art of Japanese Headmaster heads from way back in the mid 80s, that included a lot of potential Headmaster head toys (we only ended up getting 6 produced, and they were released in 1987 in Japan... now commanding hundreds of dollars each on the secondary market).
I think the smaller images were printed in one of the Generations books, but the larger ones look to be new (tweeted from here (https://twitter.com/miiakira2017)).


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[TaZZerath]

Oh man, please TakaraTOMY be all over this for an exclusive!!!

[GoktimusPrime]

Wow... so many unique alt modes! A DUGONG?! :eek:
https://i.ibb.co/bKr7P6F/headmaster-warriors1.jpg

[1AZRAEL1]

I would love these to be made

[DELTAprime]

I hope HasTak does these one day. They are all really cool concepts.

[dirge]

Wow the sea snake is awesome

[Raider]

They look awesome. Headmasters were my favourite gimmick. Would love a 3P to come along and make these given the fact there is almost no way TT would.

[SuspectimusPrime]

Like the dugong's head mode. In general, love the time and attention they've put into all these unique head/face designs.

[TaZZerath]

Like the dugong's head mode. In general, love the time and attention they've put into all these unique head/face designs.

Headrobots actually made a snake one VERY similar to the design here, a few years back

[Ravagecat]

Yeah these are awesome...sure wish Takara would seriously think about taking the project "head on" and making them for the fans...:D

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah these are awesome...sure wish Takara would seriously think about taking the project "head on" and making them for the fans...:D
They did give us Sawback and Shuffler in Titans Return. To think that CHUG would give us those characters is pretty darn awesome! :D I quickly scooped both up when I found them in stores. But yes, I would certainly love to see more. :) I wonder if Sawback and Shuffler sold well enough to justify making the rest of the Headmaster Warriors. Then there are the Godmaster Warriors like Zetoca et al.

[1AZRAEL1]

Wow the sea snake is awesome

It does look great, reminds me of one of the faces on the Quintesson Judge.


Headrobots actually made a snake one VERY similar to the design here, a few years back

I believe that Headrobots head was designed off this unreleased headmaster. It was quite cool.

[Jellico]

While I agree that they are awesome, not one of the faces matches a G1ish head aesthetic. They all remind me of different 1980s Japanese IPs.

[1AZRAEL1]

While I agree that they are awesome, not one of the faces matches a G1ish head aesthetic. They all remind me of different 1980s Japanese IPs.

Some, I'd agree. But most look to fit Transformers, especially Headmasters series. The Dugong looks like Star Sabre

[TaZZerath]

They did give us Sawback and Shuffler in Titans Return. To think that CHUG would give us those characters is pretty darn awesome! :D I quickly scooped both up when I found them in stores. But yes, I would certainly love to see more. :) I wonder if Sawback and Shuffler sold well enough to justify making the rest of the Headmaster Warriors. Then there are the Godmaster Warriors like Zetoca et al.

I found Shuffler just before Christmas last year in a Myer after looking for ages and boy I wasn't disappointed :)

Never got Sawback sadly :(

[GoktimusPrime]

Never got Sawback sadly :(
https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Generations-Titans-Return-Sawback/dp/B01BY1KX0U