Official JP images - Fort Max, FOC Bruticus & others, Masterpiece

[Hursticon]

Amiami's got all of the Generations guys up for pre-order. 2340yen for deluxes and 4080yen for Voyagers.

You don't know how hard it is for me having to put off Preordering the Takara Voyager Soundwave man...

The differences between the Takara & SDCC releases is quite stark aren't they?

[Quickstrike]

You don't know how hard it is for me having to put off Preordering the Takara Voyager Soundwave man...

Dooo iiiiiit.

So Soundblaster's sold out. I suppose people already have a deluxe Soundwave which probably makes the Voyager less interesting.

[Hursticon]

Dooo iiiiiit.

So Soundblaster's sold out. I suppose people already have a deluxe Soundwave which probably makes the Voyager less interesting.

Those people have questionable decision making abilities.
I really want to but I've got so many Preorders going at the moment already...

[Lord_Zed]

Well considering Hasbro is decreasing the amount of paint aps and their quality while keeping the same price, the Japanese not following suite and maintaining their standards more or less justifies the price rise.

Aside from that my friend who went to visit his Japanese friends said that everyone's wage went up and then cost of living (and extras like toys) caught up.

[Tober]

I'll just leave these here:

Ripped from TFW2005 Dengeki 20th Ann. Festival

Masterpiece





Generations (FOC figures with metallic paintjobs)





Pics courtesy of ToYz80's Twitpic, TakaraTomy's Facebook.

[kurdt_the_goat]

What's the extra piece included with Frenzy & Rumble?

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

What's the extra piece included with Frenzy & Rumble?

Just an educated guess, but it looks like a piece to store their pile-drivers when they're not in use...which also happens to make them look passably like a pair of batteries. Well played, TakTom.

[GoktimusPrime]

What's the extra piece included with Frenzy & Rumble?

I think they're meant to be the propellers that Frenzy* used to quickly get out of the river at Sherman Dam after fighting Hound in "More Than Meets The Eye Part 2."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...Yz_d4dA#t=756s

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*In Japanese continuity (since we're discussing a Japanese toy), Rumble in Anglophone continuity.

[griffin]

More of the same display, with different angles and close-ups.

[Tober]

Gives us a better look at that battery-holder thing... The pile-drivers appear to have lids, maybe to store the guns...

That mystery piece looks like it has a clip and 2 small pegs. Maybe they attach to Soundwave...