MARCH 2015 Japanese (and HK excl) toy items

[griffin]

These are TakaraTomy toys I currently know about, and maybe some significant licensed items, scheduled for release in MARCH in Japan & Asia (most JP toys are also released through Hasbro Hong Kong).

These monthly lists are archived on the Australian Transformers Checklist here if you need to refer to a completed, accurate list later (if anything is found out later, these monthly lists won't be updated after their month ends).

Dates and details can change at any time - Approximate yen prices listed are just a rough guide to their retail price in Japan.
(posting corrections or additions are greatly appreciated - I will try to update as often as I can)

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MARCH

Masterpiece
MP-23 - Exhaust - March 21 (was Feb 28) (7,000 yen)
MP-24 - Star Saber - March 21 (was March 15) (19,000 yen)

Cloud
TFC-A04 - Cloud Ironhide (redeco VOY GEN Roadbuster) (5940 yen - TakaraTomy Mall excl) - March 21 (5,940 yen)
TFC-D04 - Cloud Hellwarp (redeco VOY GEN Sky-Byte/Gelshark) (5940 yen - Ehobby excl) - March (5,500 yen)

Q-Transformers
QT-15 - (Gen1) Hound (new - Suzuki Hustler) - March 21 (1000yen)
QT-16 - (Binaltech) Bluestreak (new - Subaru WRX Sti) - March 21 (1000yen)

Transformers Adventure
TAV01 - Bumblebee (RID Warrior) - March 21 (2700yen)
TAV02 - Grimlock (RID Warrior) - March 21 (2700yen)
TAV03 - Strongarm (RID Warrior) - March 21 (2700yen)
TAV04 - Steeljaw (RID Warrior) - March 21 (2700yen)
TAV05 - Fixit (RID One-Step) - March 21 (1600yen)
TAV06 - Underbite (RID One-Step) - March 21 (1600yen)
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TAV07 - Roadblock (light green/purple redeco GEN DLX Scoop) - March 21 (2700yen)
TAV08 - Gurijiba/Greenjeeper (mid green/orange redeco RID Warrior Strongarm) - March 21 (2700yen)
TAV09 - Swoop (black/red/grey redeco Animated DLX Swoop) - March 21 (2700yen)
TAV10 - Slug/Slag (purple/red redeco Animated DLX Snarl) - March 21 (2700yen)
TAV11 - Bloody Knockout (grey/black/red redeco Beast Hunters DLX Knockout) - March 21 (2700yen)
TAV12 - Dreadwing (dark blue/gold redeco Beast Hunters Dreadwing) - March 21 (2700yen)
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TAVVS01 - Bumblebee Vs Steeljaw (same decos?) - March 21 (4800yen)
TAVVS02 - Grimlock Vs Greenjeeper (same decos?) - March 21 (4800yen)

Transformers Adventure (Gimmick)
TED01 - Bumblebee (RID Hyper-Change - same deco?) - March 21 (3800yen)
TED02 - Grimlock (RID Hyper-Change - same deco?) - March 21 (3800yen)
TED03 - Sideswipe (RID One-Step - minor redeco) - March 21 (1600yen)
TED04 - Prowl (AOE One-Step - minor redeco) - March 21 (1600yen)
TED05 - Junkion (AOE Power Battler - blue/grey redeco) - March 21 (1900yen)

Transformers Adventure EZ promo (with 3000y purchase)
Bumblebee (translucent yellow) - ToysRUs.
Steeljaw (translucent purple) - Edion, BIC, Kojima.
Strongarm (translucent blue) - Hakuhinkan TOY PARK Ginza, White Peony Ishinomaki shop, Yamada Denki, Yodobashi Camera.

DMK-02 - Dual Model Kit TF3 Bumblebee (reissue) - March 21 (3,700 yen)

Million Publishing Go-Shooter w/ Go Shuta (redeco Nightbeat & Blazemaster) - March


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FUTURE ITEMS - for reference, to be moved to next month's topic
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APRIL

Transformers Adventure
TAV13 - Nemesis Prime (black/aqua redeco RID Warrior Optimus) - April 25 (2,500yen)
TAV14 - Ultra Magnus (Beast Hunters VOY - minor redeco) - April 25 (4,300yen)

Transformers Adventure (Gimmick)
TED06 - Big Optimus Prime (RID 3-step - redeco) - April 25 (3,600yen)

Q-Transformers
QT-18 - (Movie) Nemesis Prime (redeco Movie Optimus - Western Star 4900SB) - April 25 (was March 21) (1000yen)
QT-19 Gen1 Convoy - April 25 (1000yen)
QT-20 (??) Megatron (grey Lamborghini Veneno) - April 25 (1000yen)


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Hasbro Hong Kong/Asia
APS-01U - Asia Premium Series Ultimate Optimus (Jetwing Optimus w/t accessories & bonus Allspark Cube) - APRIL 17 (US$???)

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MAY

Transformers Adventure
TAV15 - Lockdown (Animated DLX redeco?) - May (3,500yen)
TAV16 - Bombshell (GEN Legends redeco?) - May (1,300yen)
TAV17 - Shrapnel (GEN Legends redeco?) - May (1,300yen)

Transformers Adventure (Gimmick)
TED07 - Bumblebee (RID One-Step?) - May (1,500yen)

Legends
LG-13 - Gen1 Megatron (Leader) - May 30 (7,000yen)

Masterpiece
MP-10 Convoy reissue - May 31 (20,000 yen)

Kabaya D-Collection - Optimus, Megatron, Starscream - May ?? (350yen)


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JUNE

Unite Warriors
UW-01 - Superion boxset (Silverbolt, Firefly, Slingshot, Airraid, Skydive) - June 27 (14,000yen)

Transformers Adventure
TAV18 - Drift (RID Warrior - redeco?) - June (2,500yen)
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TAV19 - Powerglide (GEN Legends redeco?) - June (1,300yen)
TAV20 - Adams (Cosmos) (GEN Legends redeco?) - June (1,300yen)
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TAVVS03 - Strongarm Vs Snarl (same decos?) - June (4,500yen)

Transformers Adventure (Gimmick)
TED08 - Steeljaw (RID One-Step?) - June (1,500yen)
TED09 - Grimlock (RID One-Step?) - June (1,500yen)

Q-Transformers
QT-17 - (Gen1) Tracks (remould Crosshairs - Chevrolet Corvette C7) - June 27 (was March 21) (1000yen)
QT-21 (??) Skids (redeco Hound - blue Suzuki Hustler) - June 27 (1000yen)
QT-22 (??) Drift (remould Sunstreaker - white Mazda RX-7 FD3S) - June 27 (1000yen)

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JULY

Masterpiece
MP-21G - Gen2 Gold Bumble - July 25 (5,000yen)

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AUGUST

Lost Age - Black Knight Optimus Prime (AD-31) - ToysRUs Excl - Aug 3 (8000yen)

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SEPTEMBER

MP-25 - Tracks - Sept 28 (7,000yen)

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UNKNOWN (at the time of last update)

Unite Warriors
UW-02 - Menasor boxset

MP-26 - (???)

MP-27 - (???)

MP-28 - (???)

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[griffin]

March 21st is a massive month in Japan... with everything for that month released on that day (if there are no delays), which will be very expensive for Japanese collectors, and anyone importing a bulk of those items.

TakaraTomy used to be like that a couple years ago, with a single release date for their Transformers each month, but then recently they started being more sporadic and random with their dates... hence the need for me to keep track of everything from Japan now, as it used to be easy to just remember the monthly Japanese release date.

Superion boxset has a date in June now, and the HK exclusive Ultimate Optimus also has its April date noted.

[Zippo]

Yep, March for me is a killer month

Thanks for the list griffin, it makes for a handy reference since The Allspark removed their list

[DELTAprime]

****, ****, ****! I'm going to be broke on the 21st. I have 9 items on order for that day.

Oh and there is no such car as a Lamborghini Neno, it's actually the Veneno. http://www.lamborghini.com/en/master...neno/overview/

[griffin]

****, ****, ****! I'm going to be broke on the 21st. I have 9 items on order for that day.

Oh and there is no such car as a Lamborghini Neno, it's actually the Veneno. http://www.lamborghini.com/en/master...neno/overview/

Fixed, thanks.
I don't remember the source, but I just copied and pasted all those alt-mode car names from somewhere, as there was no way that I'd know most of them in that deformed state.

[griffin]

The Ehobby Cloud toy for March might be released three days after the TakaraTomy Mall Cloud toy, as there looks to be a 24 page comic being released with Hellwarp that covers all the chapters that were released for this (short lived, but dragged out and expensive) series.
Not sure if Roadbuster gets the comic as well.

[griffin]

Apparently Go-Shooter is out now.

[DELTAprime]

Anyone else order Q Transformers from HLJ that release today 20/3? I'm still waiting on mine to be fulfilled. After last months issues with the Fem-bots I'm a little worried.

[Megatran]

Yep. Waiting on QT-18 Nemesis Prime then will ship my PoL. The release date is 21st March (not 20th), so HLJ has til tomorrow to get their act together.

[griffin]

The official release date is 21st, so maybe they are still receiving stock from TakaraTomy... or taking time to process it all, as it was a huge amount of Transformers being released at once.