Takara Superion! (Slingshot!!)

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  1. divinecomedy

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    Bought.
     
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    Wow, love it, much, much better than Hasbro Superion. Love Silverbolt white shoulder flap, Superion white hand, and bravo for the return of Slingshot! Now this is my Superion! If I get Superion, this is the version I want it.
     
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    It's going to be impossible to get someone to part with slingshot and wildrider separately from them if they're sets only.

    Looks nice and fair play to anyone who waited to see what takara would do.
     
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    Slingshot AND white hands and feet?

    Sold.
     
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    Maybe it's just the background, but the white makes the feet look awkwardly small. I prefer the black of the Hasbro versions. Other than that, these guys look good, but not good enough to bother importing.
     
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    I just bought the Hasbro set with Dragstrip off eBay.:cry 
    Guess I'll have to flip it now and get this set.
     
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    Wow, if that isn't an FU to fans from Hasbro.
     
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    I can see myself getting this plus hasbro alpha bravo.
     
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    Well that's both nice AND lame at the same time. Nice that TakTomy did Slingshot, but really lame that he's just a straight up Firefly repaint. Can't tell from the pics, but I wouldn't be surprised if they took AB's head, slapped it on Firefly's body, and called it a day.

    And ironically, if Hasbro did this they'd catch hell from this fandom that'd yell it's "lazy!", "lame!", "should've been a new mold!", etc. etc.

    Me personally, I'm fine with AB. He's a good mold, and atleast he makes for a unique limb. I also wouldn't be surprised if Hasbro released Slingshot way down the road.
     
  10. divinecomedy

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    With the current exchange rate, I am betting the price of the gift set is around 95 to 100 before shipping. Nice to have this one arriving when I am pretty much getting off the 3rd party combiner bandwagon.
     
  11. Ektris

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    Eh, still cool that it's happening. But being exclusive to a giftset means I'm out. Don't need another Superion and I'm still happy with what I've got so far, Alpha Bravo included.

    Oh well.
     
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    I think they'll probably release slingshot and wildrider down the line. Two original members and easy repaints and remoulds. They'd be mad not to cash in.
     
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    I mean, not really. I'm sure we'll get a Slingshot somewhere down the line, along with the other "missing" limbs. Besides, I'd rather have a combiner with four unique limb components than one with two of the same mold. I'd honestly be more bummed if I was in Japan and missed out on Alpha Bravo, who seems to be one of the strongest figures of the wave.
     
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    Thank god I waited. This IS the superion iv wanted. So bought.
     
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    I think I may cancel my Hasbro order for Menasor so I can get the Takara version with the proper WildRider
     
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    But they're obviously gonna get the mold. We know that its gonna become Blades, and it will definitely become Vortex.

    I'm gonna wait til Toy Fair and see if Hasbro's gonna do a Slingshot and Wildrider. If no confirmation, then I'll go Takara for the rest of Combiner Wars. Though I'm not a big fan of how Takara's Silverbolt looks, much prefer the more mustardy yellow of the Hasbro one.
     
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    Nice that Slingshot is being released for those who cared, but I'll stick with Alpha Bravo. I wouldn't be surprised if Hasbro released Slingshot eventually as well.
     
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    I might get Slingshot if Takara sells him individually and this isn't a complete set only sort of thing.
     
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    Five unique bots versus four unique+1 redeco.
    Oh well, I'll stick with Hasbro for this one...may be later if I have the money I'll take Takara's Superion off Ebay..
     
  20. StarFire_MK2

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    Nice to see Hasbro and Takara continuing to present slightly different takes on the same figures (in this case, Superion). I much prefer Slighshot to AB, though I wish they had modified Fireflight's wings to better simulate an F-4.