BT-19 and BT-20

[Kyle]

http://www.hk-tf.com/discuz/upload/viewthread.php?tid=3235&extra=page%3D1

[MV75]

WRX - what? Looks generic.

RX8 - Would look good if it's a glossy/polished silver. But really, they should have done a real solstice.
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[1orion2many]

:)Some different vehicles would be nice, I suppose they are limited to the manufacturers who have given them permission to use thier real life cars for Transformer moulds.:( Would love a Hummer in the BT's.

[kup]

Are these new up and coming BTs?

If they are I would like a white Jazz! I can't afford US$180 for the current one on Ebay!
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[Tober]

Are you sure these arn't KOs?

That blue WRX looks like the Streak mold with a Smokescreen head and Meister looks like a silver Laserwave with a Meister head.

[Pulse]

Are these new up and coming BTs?

If they are I would like a white Jazz! I can't afford US$180 for the current one on Ebay!

Last time I was at Sheriff's Minicars in Parra they had this guy for around about $100

[GoktimusPrime]

That blue WRX looks like the Streak mold with a Smokescreen head and Meister looks like a silver Laserwave with a Meister head.
Pretty much. :)

According to the text, Smokescreen has been redone in blue mica, which is supposedly a more commonly found colour amongst Imprezas IRL. And yeah, Jazz is now sporting Laserwave's body with a new silver colour scheme matching that of movie Jazz.

And for those who know the difference between Meister and Laserwave's bodies (in car mode only) then quickly hit the triv thread and answer the latest question!! :D

[Tober]

Well the lack of TAKARA/TOMY's logo and any information at Wonderfest just yesterday makes me even more certain that they are KOs.

Meister is the standard road version of the Mazda RX-8 while Laserwave is the GT version. One of the premises for the BINALTECH line was that there would only be 2 versions of each mold - a street mold and a GT mold, it didn't last long.

[STL]

I do hope this news is true. Pwease? Be true!!! Cheap Meisters... I'll order 10!

[kup]

Last time I was at Sheriff's Minicars in Parra they had this guy for around about $100

ITS MINE!!
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[Kyle]

Release date: 26th June.

[iceburn]

They look like BT01/07 Smokescreen and BT08 Meisters....

[Tober]

Bluestreak is probably a pass, Meister might be ok depending how the silver finish turns out... couldn't be worse than the white one at least.

[gamblor916]

Great if it's true but looks KO to me.


Last time I was at Sheriff's Minicars in Parra they had this guy for around about $100

ITS MINE!!

I think it's probably long gone. We would have seen it at the last meet.

[Tober]

They do look like KOs but apparently they are genuine.

BBTS has them up for preorder with product codes.

[gamblor916]

Wow that was fast.
Guess I'm ordering multiples of these then...

[kup]

They are official:

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/alternators-10/binaltech-line-to-continue-with-bt-19-bluestreak-and-bt-20-meister-164300/
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[Paulbot]

Yeah BBTS is confirming that too and has them up for preorder (but pricey!)
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=7

[i_amtrunks]

Meh I'll stick to my alternator version of Silverstreak and Meister, these repaints are too boring-ly plain.

[STL]

Now that I know the news is true, I'll likely preorder 2 Meisters but I'm not sure about Bluestreak. I can't think of any custom stickers that may alter it either so yeah... not so sure. At the very least they could have repainted the head as it looks simply like a paint-stripped Smokescreen.

[iceburn]

ohhh ordering time

anyone spotted it in other online stores? group orders???

[Kyle]

I think they are very boring. Seems they are trying to milk as much money as they can from the same old toys. But I already have 1 - 18 so I'll get these 2 as well.

[iceburn]

hahahaha. kyle, we are sucked into their schemes

[Kyle]

Well on the bright side, fans who missed out on these toys before have a chance to get them now. :p

[Tober]

What gets me is that with BTA-01 that WRX mold was past its used by date. So I'm wondering if these will be plastic or dicast. :confused:

And if they're plastic will they use paints like the KP line or crap blue and grey plastic.

[Pulse]

Honestly, what was the point in putting these two into production? It's all about taking more money out of the fanboy's wallet - isn't it?

[Kyle]

I won't be surprised if they end up being all plastic. But they'll probably still have the nice "realistic" car finish.

[Saintly]

a nice change would be to see the new WRX used to make BT19

[griffin]

They are official:

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/alternators-10/binaltech-line-to-continue-with-bt-19-bluestreak-and-bt-20-meister-164300/

Doesn't prove anything, because they are just using the images from the first link. And no one has posted any official proof that they are legit yet either.


Yeah BBTS is confirming that too and has them up for preorder (but pricey!)
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=7

BBTS is one online store that has been known in the past to list pre-orders for unconfirmed items, to get in early on the sales. When an item is proven false they just cancel the pre-orders.
So again, it is not a confirmation.

I'm not saying that it isn't true, but with the increasing number of KOs at the moment (including BT Prowl), plus there being no mention of them at the recent JP Wonderfest, I'm just a little hesitant on including them on my want list before an official source (not a fan-board or online store) reveals them.
The only thing in supporting the possibility that these are real is that the advertisement was in the style (with Japanese writing) that most JP TFs are listed.

[iceburn]

What gets me is that with BTA-01 that WRX mold was past its used by date. So I'm wondering if these will be plastic or dicast. :confused:

And if they're plastic will they use paints like the KP line or crap blue and grey plastic.

BBTS says that it will be plastic but also cannot confirm if they will be die-cast until manufacturers have confirmed. At current, I would say these are just KOs and won't be jumping in that soon

[Zippo]

I always wanted a Meister in white, but using the Laserwave GT mold. This is probably as close as I can get.

Really hoping that these are diecast. Pre ordered..

[Tober]

They sure look like KOs but I don't think they are anymore. Strange cos I thought it would be in Tomy's nature to include a little plastic figure as well to double the price... :rolleyes:

Really strange to renew the lisences too for such a limited run, and I thought TAKARA was aware that BINALTECH was failing because of the repeated repaints :confused: They could have at least thumped Megatron's head onto the RX-8 and almost anything else onto the WRX...



I got this from BBTS:


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NEW PREORDERS:
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TRANSFORMERS - BINALTECH RETURNS!! Just confirmed moments ago, Takara
will revive the Binaltech line with the BT-19 Bluestreak and BT-20 Jazz /
Meister release. While both of these use body existing molds, they each
now have the appropriate head molds. We are going to assume these are
primarily made of plastic and will not have die-cast parts, but that has
not yet been confirmed. Each piece is up for preorder at the standard
$54.99 per piece rate, and lets hope this is only the beginning for more
new Binaltechs!
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=7


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[GoktimusPrime]

Strange cos I thought it would be in Tomy's nature to include a little plastic figure as well to double the price...
That's only for Binaltech Asterisk and Kiss Play. Binaltech Mirage didn't have ny figurines.

[iceburn]

not sure where the reviews are for BT19 and BT20 but after receiving them yesterday and taking pictures of my acquisitions....

i've kind of noticed that the car plates are no longer "unique" where both BTs are displaying the car's general branding

INSTEAD of the character's name

Silverstreak or Agent Meister respectively

what do you guys think??? are there stickers now to replace them?