June 2022 Japanese and Asia exclusives

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Only two new items listed by TakaraTomy this month, and as soon as I work out how to post more than 3 links in a post without getting a 403 error, I will do up the July listing.

- MPM-13 - Decepticon Blackout & Scorponok (new) - Late DEC (26,400yen)
- MP-48+ - Dark Amber LeoPrime (black redeco Lio Prime) - Late JAN 2023) (22,000yen)

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(still haven't been able to fix the glitch concerning posting more than 3 links)

Just like with the Netflix toys, the Velocitron toys will be released in Japan, as four of the eight have now been listed on the TakaraTomyMall site as exclusives, for release in January.
Three of them are Deluxe Road Rocket, Blurr and Burn Out, while the fourth one is Voyager Road Hauler.

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Scans from last month's Figure King magazine in Japan, mostly featuring the Movie Masterpiece Blackout and those licensed anime girl figures.

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(still unable to start a new monthly topic due to limitations of posting links)

The new items added in August at the TakaraTomyMall site...

Legacy VS500 Collection
- TL EX-01 Autobot Blurr - TTM exclusive (late January 2023 - 3850yen) - https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810900269/
- TL EX-02 DiaBurnout - TTM exclusive (late January 2023 - 3850yen) - https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810900276/
- TL EX-03 Roadrocket - TTM exclusive (late January 2023 - 3850yen) - https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810900283/
- TL EX-04 Roadhauler - TTM exclusive (late January 2023 - 5830yen) - https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810900306/

Legacy
- TL-15 Autobot Pointblank & Autobot Peacemaker (late January 2023 - 3850yen) - https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810220831/
- TL-16 Dead End (late January 2023 - 3850yen) - https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810220848/

Masterpiece
- MPM-10R Starscream Revenge Vers. (late February 2023 - 24,200yen) - https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810298762/
- MP-53+B DiaBurnout - TTM exclusive (late March 2023 - 10,780yen) - https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810206095/

Canon/Transformers
- Optimus Prime R5 (late February 2023 - 19,800yen) - https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810180906/
Comes with mini Canon R5 camera, and Matrix.
- Decepticon Reflector/Refraktor R5 - TTM exclusive (late February 2023 - 19,800yen) - https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810187677/
Comes with mini Original Reflector camera, and "Quantum Dial".
(product page says Reflector, but promo image has English on it saying Refraktor)

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Scans of a new issue of Figure King magazine has on the Transformers pages, the Canon duo, Velocitron toys and the redeco MPM Starscream.

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The TakaraTomy Mall site has now revised the date for MPM-12 Bumblebee movie Optimus from "delayed" to end of July

https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810176794/

Just noting that the MPM-12 Optimus was indeed finally released at the end of July... and HLJ still have some leftover stock as I finally got to order one (I guess they got a lot of cancellations during the 9 month delay of its release since October 2021).

[Kyle]

Just noting that the MPM-12 Optimus was indeed finally released at the end of July... and HLJ still have some leftover stock as I finally got to order one (I guess they got a lot of cancellations during the 9 month delay of its release since October 2021).

Was so happy when the preorder was finally fulfilled, after almost a whole year of delay! I was actually worried that it would never be released. And it's nice that the TT version is a little different than the Hasbro one, with black windows instead of blue ones.

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Was so happy when the preorder was finally fulfilled, after almost a whole year of delay! I was actually worried that it would never be released. And it's nice that the TT version is a little different than the Hasbro one, with black windows instead of blue ones.

Is it definitely different to the Hasbro release?
After the first two (Mv1 Optimus and Bumblebee) had some very minor deco differences, I didn't think that any of the rest had had any differences, as I was under the impression that the Movie MPs (and pretty much everything now) was all the one production run (as they have now done with the main lines - Generations and Studio Series).

[Kyle]

Is it definitely different to the Hasbro release?
After the first two (Mv1 Optimus and Bumblebee) had some very minor deco differences, I didn't think that any of the rest had had any differences, as I was under the impression that the Movie MPs (and pretty much everything now) was all the one production run (as they have now done with the main lines - Generations and Studio Series).

Some pictures comparing the two here:
https://mobile.twitter.com/Alfes2010...09956408147968

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It's a strange thing to just change the window colour, or at least, not have it the same in all releases. I can't see anything else different at all, other than the vents above the Autobot symbols on the shoulders (one is painted grey, one is red).