New images of the prototype
http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/06/11/t...-images-316917
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New images of the prototype
http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/06/11/t...-images-316917
Oooohhhh... part of me is tempted to get both, because they are different characters. But the other part of me knows that I don't have the space to keep collecting variants of big toys. :p
You shall be mine!
Good lord, are those ankle tilts?? A more realistic truck cab?? Better looking guns???? Taktom may have knocked it out of the park and into the next county with this one! I can't wait to see the colour version.
If the colours are good then this may well address all my issues with Hasbro one.
I think I've found my Powermaster Prime/Ginrai.
I am laughing so hard for those who bought the one with all the holes in arms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zed
Yes this is certainly a big improvement.
This one has me excited. I NEED him for my collection.
Looking good so far!
I have the same dilemma... to have both, or just the nicer of the two... decisions, decisions!Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Takes me back to Easter '88 as this was the last transformer I got as a kid, just the nostalgia alone is a seller for me!
I've been waiting for news on the Takara and have so far resisted any Hasbro preorders but might get tempted if the Hasbro has a good sale price at retail. Unfortunately or fortunately, with the way Aussie retail stores are going with TF stuff, I may not have the chance to be tempted to get both.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bladestorm
Now the wait for Takara preorders...
I've been having this dilemma where on one hand, Ginrai looks to be the better toy but he's not Optimus Prime (they are distinctively different characters despite appearances). Optimus Prime looks cheaper, but he's Optimus Prime -- plus he's G1 accurately cheaper looking (ever put PM Optimus Prime and G1 Ginrai side by side? ;)).Quote:
Originally Posted by Bladestorm
The simple solution would be to purchase Ginrai and repurpose him as Optimus Prime, but I wasn't sure if I could suspend that level of disbelief... until I just realised that when I was a youngin' I would frequently repurpose my PM Optimus Prime toy as Ginrai. Although my first exposure to Masterforce was via the atrocious dubs where he was called Optimus Prime and I was blissfully unaware that they were different characters, but there were times when I would play w/ my PM Optimus Prime as per his Anglophone persona (i.e. he's Optimus Prime), and other times when I would play him according to his Masterforce persona (i.e. a mindless machine controlled by aLego figure^human). So in essence, I really was repurposing him as Ginrai anyway, just not in name. I never got Ginrai until he was reissued, and by that time I was already a post grad student (so having two separate toys was never part of my childhood). But as a kid I frequently repurposed my PM OP as Ginrai... I just didn't know his proper name at the time (but a Prime by any other name ;)).
Yeah... I think I'll go with Ginrai. Just gotta bite my lip and be patient when Optimus Prime comes out first. I got PM Optimus Prime in Jan 1992 whereas I didn't get Ginrai until he was reissued in Sep 2001 -- so if I could wait 9 years and 8 months for G1 Ginrai, I'm sure that I can wait a couple of months for Legends Ginrai. At least, this is what I need to keep telling myself to stave off my impatience. :p
Getting Ginrai & repurposing him as Optimus, simples :cool:
Quote of the decade right there ladies and gentlemen.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Ha h aha h, I like it!
And the same could be said for TakaraTOMY's Fortress Maximus -- Hasbro's actually has more happening in colours, but TakTOM's is G1 accurately duller. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy
Not sure about that, if you take all the stickers off seen in promo shots on Hasbro's version, they seem much of a muchness to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
I second your opinion, I was totally put off by Hasbro's version and it really was dull.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zed
The TT version would have changed my thoughts of getting one if it was initially coloured. I has no issues missing out on it.
I think I may get both. Then I have a Ginari for my Generations display and the Optimus for my 'Optimus with trailer' alt mode display.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
I have to remind myself of why they are different characters :o
Quote:
Originally Posted by drifand
So you are laughing at the expense of those that bought the Optimus but you don't think the Ginari version is good enough to buy anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by drifand
Thanks for commenting
Ah, I didn't realise that they were stickers. Right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zed
No...I think this Ginrai version is probably the better buy of the two. I didn't say this wasn't good enough, The Hasbro one to me wasn't good enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
Some interesting discussion here, I've still never seen the animation featuring Ginrai.
For my collection the Voyager prime of years ago is my Optimus Prime. I will most likely get the Takara release depending on colours (if it's saturated in Chrome I might be put off) and it will feature as my Powermaster prime.
I enjoyed the PM prime when I was a kid and I have a MISB reissue Ginrai sitting in the study that's going to be opened up directly, but to me it is just Powermaster OP with more features.
I'm sorry for those of you struggling to decide which to get, I totally understand space being a deciding factor not to get both.
G1 Ginrai is hands down superior to PM Optimus Prime, but PM OP is the toy that I grew up with, so I have fond childhood memories of that toy. Plus I scored it free of my cousin who thought that we were "too old" for toys. :rolleyes: (a ridiculous and alien concept, I know)
Here's one of the very first Transformers photo skits that I ever took back in 1999 (shortly after getting Big Convoy; unfortunately I've lost that STARS base :() and on film!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...uest_stars.jpg
This page has comparative pics between PMOP and Ginrai. :)
This video shows Ginrai combining with his trailer for the first time to become Super Ginrai (skip to 1:50 to get straight to the action) ;)
I hope they repaint Alpha Bravo into God Bomber!