TakaraTomy August Releases Including Runabout and Override

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Matty, Jul 23, 2015.

  1. ZapRowsdower

    ZapRowsdower Selling oddities in a shack. In the woods.

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    Override looks TERRIBLE. Just not working, with those colors. They're too primary and pre-school-y, IMO. :mad 

    I think they should sell the two as a pair: Runamuck and Runabout. Seems odd to buy one without the other... I'm not sure I'll put it on the list until we hear news of the other.
     
  2. payres

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    The Runabout pre order has already sold through at HLJ!
     
  3. rosewater

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    I preordered Runabout on day one, and I'm still hoping that Takara decides to make his brobro, Runamuck. They aren't nearly as nice as the Club versions from a few years ago, but I just love the idea of them being tiny!
     
  4. Darkstone

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    They'll re-open them soon enough, just keep an eye out.
     
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    idk

    It's pretty close. The G1 toy picture might have a slightly more intense red and a darker shade of blue but that could just as well be due to differences in lighting. It just makes me wish the grey parts were red.
     
  6. C.W. McConvoy

    C.W. McConvoy 破壊大帝

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    As for mold ruining, 3 of the four I've bought were. Shrapnel, Bombshell, and Powerglide all had those horrible indents. But Cosmos actually didn't. So there is a 25% chance they won't ruin Runabout.
     
  7. Jerrimus

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    They're ruining these releases with the circular symbols
     
  8. payres

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    .... which are stickers that can be easily peeled off.
     
  9. PlanckEpoch

    PlanckEpoch Red and black red and black

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    But they also have sculpted circle divots in them where the stickers are supposed to be.
     
  10. MWG

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    Hopefully that won't be an issue for Override, since his sticker is apparently going to be in an area that is round anyhow and not a high visibility area in robot mode anyhow.

    +-MWG-+
     
  11. Quizzical Xenon

    Quizzical Xenon Why do I need a title?

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    Why am I amused by the fact that Runabout has six 'con symbols?:lol 
     
  12. PredaConvoy

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    Runabout and Override will be mine... And I'm peeling those big round stickers off, like I did my Strongarm.

    .. Of course, this means I now need a Runamuck, as well as a Backstreet and Dogfight.
    (Backstreet's back? AWRIGHT!!........ Sorry.)
     
  13. allew

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    Pre-ordered Override on tfsource (they listed him as "Overdrive") since bbts and HLJ are both out of stock currently.

    He's a nice update to the G1 figure, I almost got a ROTF scout Reverb to represent Override in my classics collection, glad I waited!
     
  14. Autovolt 127

    Autovolt 127 Get In The Titan, Prime!

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    I was hoping Override would homage the Cybertron version but doing the G1 version from Groove is really clever.

    Runabout is pretty nice except for that sticker...that sucks.

    The problem is that Takara keeps remolding these molds so they can put the sticker on but ultimately that retooling will still be there and it never looks right or good to me.
     
  15. convoy84

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    I am familiar with the Triggerbots/cons. But would you blame me if I initially thought Override was supposed to be an homage to Powered Convoy?
     
  16. Basilisk

    Basilisk It will give you infinite pleasure!

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    Runabout and Override aren't meant to be Scouts lmao.
     
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    Runabout most likely means Runamuck will follow. Groovy. Erm... nice. Override is a good reuse of this mold, given they went and made a new mold for Groove. (Also, he looks like he'd fit in a CW-styled Nexus Prime set.)
     
  18. scrapmetaru

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    Why does Fracture come with the wrong Minicon? It should be fourlegs and big arms, but the scorpion is there. Is it some stupid Takara thing?
     
  19. Afterburner

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    Apparently.

    Now that we have confirmed Override actually is Override, he is sold out at BBTS. So that sucks.
     
  20. Thundershot

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    Wow.

    Both Runabout and Override are sold out at HLJ. I'm glad I got two overrides... (One for RID15 and one for CW)