TakTom TF4 "Lost Age" Advance toyline

[griffin]

The batch I got, as a group shot for your viewing pleasure...
(ignore the purple Elita-1, as I got it at the same time)







Dispensor Vs Dispensor...


I wasn't too impressed with the new Dispensor, particularly the head. It looks very "rough".

Other comparison photos to come.

[Omega Metro]

That Bumblebee looks nice. Shame they put all that effort into yet another Bumblebee toy. Starscream next to it certainly needs some of that 'effort'.

[Mythirax]

The batch I got, as a group shot for your viewing pleasure...

Damn, Jolt and Protoform Optimus look so good in those colors. Love it

[UltraMarginal]

I got the Dispensor, Evasion Prime and Scorn.

I liked Dispensor, I don't have any other version of the mold, I thought it wasn't a bad transformation for it's age. I don't like the claw gimmick, I wish it could be folded up onto the back of the robot mode.

The Prime is an interesting transformation and a nice paintjob, in my mind the best paintjob that mold has seen.

Scorn is OK, I feel the robot mode articulation is a bit of a let down, same with alt mode but I do like the overall look of both modes, as a movie related bitsy dinosaur.

[griffin]

I took some comparison photos, including the Dispensor, which I swapped over the one I posted above (so it includes Payload now).

TF1 Dispensor, JP Dispensor & TF1 Payload


TF2 Ratchet, JP Ratchet, TF3 Ratchet


TF2 Jolt, JP Jolt, TF3 Jolt


TF2 Optimus, JP Optimus


TF3 Starscream, JP Starscream, TF1 Starscream


Assortment of golden Bumblebees and the TF2 non-golden Bumblebee.


TF1 Protoform Optimus, TF1 JP Protoform Optimus, JP Protoform Optimus


The amount of paint apps on some of them is quite impressive. The protoform Optimus in particular has so much coloured, it almost makes it worthwhile buying an interstellar snot-bomb. (if only they had painted it green...)

[Golden Phoenix]

TF1 Protoform Optimus, TF1 JP Protoform Optimus, JP Protoform Optimus

Is the gun different or is that just me?

Does the change actually do anything?

[griffin]

I initially thought it had a new weapon, but it is exactly the same... the top part is folded out on the new JP one, but folded up with the other two.
A bit disappointing, as the other Deluxe JP figures had new weapons.
Actually, more disappointing was the new weapons for Starscream. He has two massive axes, but can't hold onto them as the hands were too thin for a fist hole. So they plug into the arms like arm cannons, but the massive axe blades stick out, and add nothing to either mode except ruining the look of the "cannons".

[Sinnertwin]

Yeah, i think that they were a poor choice of weapons for him.

[griffin]

I really love the big massive axes as weapons... but it was a poor choice giving them to a toy that can't even hold them.

[Sinnertwin]

They are cool on their own & i'll probably end up giving them to another figure, but two great big honking battle axes hanging off the wings of an F22...
I would've preferred missile pods or Gatling guns