Courtesy from a TakaraTomy ad from the most recent Dengeki Hobby Magazine, we have confirmation of a crossover event between Transformers and Evangelion. The ad first seen here on Twitter and reported by AnimeNewsNetwork reveals Optimus Prime (drawn similarly to his MP-10 silhouette) with nods and symbols from Evangelion, including a NERV symbol on his shoulder. Does this mean a potential toy release with this deco? No details are available at this time unfortunately.
For those fans not familiar with the Evangelion series, Evangelion is an apocalyptic anime in the mecha genre first airing in the mid 1990’s, which became very popular in Japan. The series is set in a futuristic Tokyo, fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm (see more info here). AnimeNewsNetwork also translated a summary of the cross over explaining more details:
The Angels are invading. Breaking a long silence, the mysterious life-forms known as the Angels suddenly appear. The weapons the UN forces gather together in retaliation can’t even scratch them. In the end, they turn to the secret agency, NERV, to manage the anti-Angel strategy.With Neo-Tokyo 3 in their sights, the Angels slowly advance upon the city…but suddenly a spaceship comes hurtling down from the sky above the Angels: the Sky Lynx! Out of the ship emerges warriors of the far-off planet Cybertron. They’ve come to investigate after noticing an unusual energy reading.
“We can’t let a disaster like the Second Impact occur on this planet.”
“What?! What are these monsters?!”
The shocked Cybertron convoy sets its sights on an enemy much bigger than themselves.
Discuss the crossover after the jump!
Black Convoy
I suggest you to open a thread in the toy area.
PrimeTime
Sorry to necro this, but I know there is a KO replica of this guy. I've seen some sellers show a Takara Tomy & Hasbro shipper box even. How can you tell which one is the KO and which one is real?
GundamOP
I was wondering if other people got the same email. I couldn't believe they got some units after so long and that they would even honor the pre-order price.
With some Source points discounting the price, its gonna be an amazing deal.
I'm gonna miss that little picture in my stack though. I would have deleted it long ago if it wasn't for the nostalgia/memory of what happened to that shipment.
HairyDawg
That is great to hear! I called TF Source to confirm payment and asked about how many they received. It was around 10 or so. Pretty crazy that they took care of this so long after the fact.
deltagod
Well, I just came to update this same thread as I just got mine! It's unbelievable but it's here. They don't have enough to fulfill all orders, a friend who also ordered called and he was too far down in the list to get one.
power3921
Wonder if they've got enough to put some more up for sale. I'd definitely have to consider that
HairyDawg
Yes. 2.5 years later…
I know, right?
Damn near 3 years. Doesn't seem that long at all. I was surprised when I saw the original release date of December 2014.
Fallout
holy fuck, this was two years ago? jesus, time flies.
BWfan86
Wonder where they got stock from an out of production figure- guessing used?
HairyDawg
I don't mean to resurrect a zombie thread, but this is the most appropriate place for this info… After getting hosed by TF Source on EVA Convoy and having dogged them about that fact on several occasions, I must now stand down and give them their due! I received an email from TF Source last night letting me know that they had received some additional stock of MP-10EVA Convoy and would be honoring my original order that I had kept in my Stack. For an order that is nearly 3 years old (original release date was December 2014) this was an unexpected surprise.
Kudos to TF Source for making this right, even if it took 32 months!
deltagod
Has anyone gotten an update from TFSource?
mmalive
I had pre order with TFsource. 1st Big mistake.
I saw BBTS had them for $379 but sub standard packaging. I did not buy due to MISB collector. 2nd mistake.
The guy who got the last one said box was perfect.
Well, I luck was on my side this time.
Picked up last 1 with original brown mailer box for $410 shipped.
Paid a little more, but that was OK. This guy is GONE.
LegendAntihero
That's why I like to buy stuff online when it's in stock
KidVoltron
I ordered from TFS and was SUPER bummed when I got the news. I'm holding on to my preorder just in case. But in the meantime, a KO will do nicely as a display if I can find one. It just sucks because this version of the MP-10 is in my company colors. So I was psyched to rock him on my desk!!
Jason Blue Boost
Got I got mine at Tempting Toys for $284 early on.
Hicks_Royel
Ooo… how awesome it would be to find out that this was the fate of TFSource's MIA inventory.
Yes… he'll follow BApe Prime, I'd imagine.
msterling21
I bought a substandard EVA from them before it went OOS. I just got it today and the box is perfect.
bade3k3
wow, I dont know why but I didnt think this would sell out so fast. Now iam paying extra.
hopefully they will re-release him like everything else
dardmc
same here.. i was really nervous that he will never arrived.. because its almost 3 weeks before it was shipped to my place.. from the announced shipping date of end of november he arrived before christmas..