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Japanese Transformers Prime Coloring Contest

Posted on 08-01-2012 at 03:59 PM by Sol Fury under Japanese Transformers

By way of Autobase Aichi and masterfileblog (and 2005 boards staff member SydneyY) we have some information for you regarding an upcoming contest for Japanese Transformers fans. From 11 August, there will be downloadable base drawings to be colored in from TV Aichi, Avex DVD official page and TakaraTomy's own site.

Entrants will have a choice of characters to color, and can pick one of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Ratchet, Arcee, Megatron and Starscream. The two grand prize winners will receive the toy of the Transformer they colored in the color scheme that they chose - in other words, the top prizes will be some of the rarest of the rare in terms of Lucky Draw Transformers, the coloring contest prize toys. Takara ran a contest like this twice before in the past, for Galaxy Force and for the Robot Masters line.

For non-Japan residents, at least the base drawings will give all the budding colorists among us a chance to hone their skills.

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Daimao

didn't they do something similair with Superlink or galaxy force? My memory is hazy but I seem to recall seeing the final rainbow colored prime

SydneyY

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Originally Posted by Daimao

didn't they do something similair with Superlink or galaxy force? My memory is hazy but I seem to recall seeing the final rainbow colored prime

IIRC Galaxy Force and Robot Masters had similar contests. Only one custom colour Galaxy Convoy figure exisits from what I know of, but according to Autobase Aichi, Robot Masters custom coloured Convoy (known as crayola Convoy) was also available at some Kodansha events.

Easterling Capt

and it will be some crappy 5 year old kids color scheme that dont make any sense that will win.

rxlthunder

I want to see someone do a pink Bumblebee.

SydneyY

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Originally Posted by Easterling Capt

and it will be some crappy 5 year old kids color scheme that dont make any sense that will win.

I sometimes wonder what happened to the custom coloured, one in the world Galaxy Convoy. Did it ever surface in a secondary market?

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Originally Posted by rxlthunder

I want to see someone do a pink Bumblebee.

It's quite possible

ken8kuhletz08

Arcee in pink would be nice.

[Wing_Saber-X]

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Originally Posted by ken8kuhletz08

Arcee in pink would be nice.

you meant the PRID one right? not the NYCC special FE Arcee.

ken8kuhletz08

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Originally Posted by [Wing_Saber-X]

you meant the PRID one right? not the NYCC special FE Arcee.

Yeah.

Daimao

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Originally Posted by Easterling Capt

and it will be some crappy 5 year old kids color scheme that dont make any sense that will win.

yeah, it'll be worse than actionmaster Thundercracker.

edit: found the RM Convoy. Yikes.

Composite Ghost

I think that Robotmaster coloring contest was an insult to both collectors and kids. There must have been people who actually put effort into creating an original, visually dynamic color scheme, and picking this Prime as the winner must have been a real slap in the face to them. That thing was more like an Unlucky Draw.

Malach Ra

I think its cool to have an actual kid win the coloring contest, cause after all, these are toys aimed at kids, and its nice to see the judges of the contest realizing that. I actually enjoy the wacky colors.

SydneyY

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Originally Posted by Malach Ra

From the context of masterfileblog text, this contest seems to be open to both adult and kids. Since there are two winners, I hope one for kids and the other for adults

I like wacky ones, too

Autovolt 127

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Originally Posted by rxlthunder

I want to see someone do a pink Bumblebee.

So in other words......Prime Laserbeak?

Galvatron Rage

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Originally Posted by SydneyY

The winner will receive the TF figure in the colour scheme they designed, and there will be 2 winners of this grand prize.

Dude.....

That's a REALLY cool prize!

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Originally Posted by SydneyY

The entry is most likely limited to the residents of Japan.

Dammit!

Oh well...I can never keep my crayons inside the lines anyway.

soymonk

^ What Galvatron Rage said haha

I wonder if some kid will bust out a bunch of Copics or something and go all out in coloring their entry. Either that, or PhotoShop.

Jumpstart17

My daughter wants to do this.... she saw Arcee & color in the same set and REALLY wants to do it... please let it be open to the US too

[Wing_Saber-X]

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Originally Posted by Jumpstart17

My daughter wants to do this.... she saw Arcee & color in the same set and REALLY wants to do it... please let it be open to the US too

Im afraid it says what it says, Japan residents only. or if you have a mailing address in Japan, which I doubt you do...
sorry man. you might have to dissapoint your daughter.

ISleepNow

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Originally Posted by Malach Ra

Contests of this sort should award prizes to candidates in different age brackets

SamsHappyTime

Maybe it's just me being me, but couldn't you just cut out the middleman and mod an actual figure yourself to your liking? I personally aim for show accuracy and super detail, but you'd be getting your design, and it'd technically be "rarest of the rare" seeing as you hold the only one in existence. It's just how I see it. Still a cool contest.

"and it will be some crappy 5 year old kids color scheme that dont make any sense that will win." is what my brain was trying to say before I interrupted it and said making your own was much more fun and satisfying. Agreed. But it does make sense if the plot was Bumblebee going undercover by being repainted that way, which admittedly was a good disguise. No autobot would EVER look THAT crappy.....right?

Gingerchris

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Originally Posted by soymonk

Either that, or PhotoShop

I don't think competitions like this should be allowed to be coloured in on computer.

Meta777

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Originally Posted by Autovolt 127

So in other words......Prime Laserbeak?

"Contestants have taken the bait. They've discovered the colouring-contest, and returned with their crayons."

Anyway, this looks like a really fun contest. I'm eager to see what wacky colour schemes will emerge

Aernaroth

Oh god, I wonder what horror the contest will result in THIS time.

Meta777

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Originally Posted by Aernaroth

Oh god, I wonder what horror the contest will result in THIS time.

This time? If I may, what horrible thing did you witness last time?

BLOODRAGED189

PRID?