Takara Tomy just announced a new campaign they will be running that will include collectible G1 cards that come with purchases of the Transformers toy line from Takara Tomy Mall.
These cards are to pay homage to a similar campaign that was launched in 1986 during the third season of Generation 1, so naturally the card highlighted here is for Generations Arcee (a season 3 character).
These cards are not for purchase, so obtaining them may be slightly difficult if you are living outside of Japan. Check out the Arcee card after the break!
H.E.X.-BRAVE
implying that Mr. Bay had involvement with her design
still a trillion times better than her piece of craptastic ROTF asymmetrical mermaid with bike wheel flippers version………..
calvin0
well maybe she been taking fashion advice from batman..
ZapRowsdower
Woweee! All this time, I thought she was dressed…
Turns out, Arcee is in a pair of panties and short tank top!
Kudos for turning it into a dirty thing, TomTak!
nstanosheck
Hasbro should come out with collector card packs, especially with 2 Transformer Games being based on card battles in Transformers: Rising and Transformers: Legends.
calvin0
i dont need it.. i dont need it… i dont need it….
Cax6ton
I always love and hate this stuff simultaneously. I love collectibles and artwork since there's a chance that they'll do characters I want, but on the other hand it's Japanese exclusive stuff that will either be a pain to track down, or will be expensive, or both.
Jerrimus
Takara and their campaigns… Is everything a campaign with them?
Autovolt 127
Right but I think we could use more modern art work…or they made Arcee in the retro aesthetic.
TacticalBacon
Full character art of the Legends characters' box art without Japanese text getting in the way or being a nuisance? AND it's not available for purchase?
That's just not fair.
Raiyuki
Not for purchase? That makes me quite sad T.T
In all honesty for a while I didn't know when they started making cards which kept me from buying season 1/2 Takara G1s (finally broke down on a Skywarp a year or two ago). Anyway I really want these. I've always liked how Takara does those cards. I remember treating the stickers during Armada as cards and then Energon had actual cards. It's a shame Hasbro never really makes them a constant thing.
SAF7
One of these things is not like the other…
Honestly they look pretty cool, but Arcee super clashes with the rest. I would've loved to see an artist take a crack at making a picture of what Arcee's G1 artwork would theoretically have been.
TheDoctor
I wish the Hasbro pack-in cards were more like these. They have nice art work on the front but nothing on the back.
Darkstone
I also love collector cards, I hoped Takara would start putting some in their Legends-line seeing Hasbro does it with Combiner Wars. And since it's Takara, they could use the awesome package-art they do instead of those old mobile game-artworks.
I don't understand why Hasbro puts these on their cards, when they do artwork of the products for the box anyways.
TCJJ
I don't want to ask friends to buy me Transformers to get me cards, but…. but…. those cards are so pretty! Still, it's probably better to leave well enough alone. Of course, it'd be a different story if I was in Japan. I'd be broke and living on the streets with my Transformers cards. Worth it.
EightiesKid
I love collector cards, I look forward to seeing more about these.
One of the cool things about collecting Takara reissues is the cool collector cards you get. I have most of mine in a binder, like a set of baseball cards from back in the day.
Matty
It's a really neat idea.
Lbsammills51
Hmm, interesting. I wonder if Arcee gets updated art because she had no G1 toy like the other three shown, or if they'll go back and forth for other characters in the future, if the campaign goes beyond the four shown.
The old baseball/football card collector in me still wishes for a full card set of all G1 characters using their Japanese numbering, like the bio cards we used to get with reissues before the Encore stuff opted for that line's numbering.
Shin-Gouki
Well they kinda had to with Arcee
Novaburnhilde
Neat. I kinda wish the other characters had newer artwork as well, but they still look really cool.
Cheem The Rup
Just found in my facebook news: they'll give free a new card every month and the first is the Arcee's one If someone is able to translate better than me will be very welcome
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