Just as well, Takara designer Hisashi Yuki on his Twitter has also uploaded even more pics of the upcoming Takara Transformers: Legends fembots (Arcee, Chromia, and Windblade), in some adorable poses with Steeljaw from the Dark of the Moon line.
Check them out after the jump!
orangeitis
I agree generally, but it bothers me the most on Chromia most of all for some reason. I guess facepaint doesn't fit her character…?
I like how Steeljaw is keeping his distance from Windblade though in the OP. =p
ZapRowsdower
Y'know, I never noticed till you mentioned that. But why not go one step forward and just say it: they're posing the girls in super-sexist ways!
So when I come on the board and say I like my Arcee to look "feminine", then get blasted by some sensitive BOYS, I can post these TakaraTomy images and say, "Look – TT WANTS Arcee to be a stereotypical girl!"
Honestly, I thought these poses were cute and unique, not offensive and misogynistic.
But a couple of GUNS BLAZING poses wouldn't hurt…. (although, this version of Arcee doesn't look badass enough to warrant that pose).
EDIT: To be fair, Hasbro is completely complicit with the "feminine Arcee" agenda. In the G1 cartoon, Arcee was mostly delegated (or completely) support roles. She helped load a cannon, but never fired it. She also made a great, "someone please save me!" damsel for Springer (or was that Rodimus?) to pick up during the attack on Autobot City.
I'm sure the ONLY place she was gung-ho was in the comic books. How did IDW portray her? If she's based on IDW stuff, that's really the more relevant source, despite how 99% of us see her as G1 Arcee, NOT IDW Arcee. :/
[Wing_Saber-X]
how in the world… ??
SouthtownKid
Well, great-aunt, he says.
But I'm not sure how much one throwaway line in a single episode really means when there are pretty much zero other familial relationships in the entirety of the franchise. We have not seen one parent/child relationship ever, and any time we've seen new bots being created or born, it's never been by traditional reproduction between a mother and father. So I don't know how an aunt (or great-aunt) would ever enter into the mix.
I'm not even sure that throwaway line of dialogue survived into the Japanese translation of Beast Wars. Keep in mind that Rattrap is in a lot of these Legends comics inserts, not just Arcee's. For example, he also stars in the Brainstorm comic.
Hound89
She is his aunt.
Mirage232
Did anyone actually receive a payment request for these girls yet? I ordered these through HLJ, and I am now seeing discontinued listed for all three of them. Needless to say, I am now getting very nervous.
[Wing_Saber-X]
^…that She adores the little bugger to bits?!
OR an 'nightcap' of sorts…
IgnikaMarcus
You must be mistaken.
The Takara heads are the ugly ones.
Raiju
In Arcee's pack-in manga comic, she makes breakfast (toast and eggs) for Rattrap.
Make of that what you will.
Predakwon
Blast you for all those who have these already!! Waiting on TFS.
Now I gotta worry about shortages. Thought I was done thinking about stuff like that with Exhaust…..
zfarsh
Cant deny that in that last pic, Windblade is looking fantastic.
harveydent
Make a sandwich
Type-R
https://twitter.com/TF_pr/status/566247943531790337
RKillian
This is fucking incredible. I just got an e-mail from HLJ stating that the production run for Arcee was very small and they've been shorted enough that all preorders have been reduced to one per customer. And here's Takara, continuing to hype it up with photos like this.
Feralstorm
She should like Bayformer Steeljaw then!
Hound89
Some one who knows there way around a 3d printer would make a killing
Cal
And demand for Steeljaw suddenly tripled.
unicronic
IDW Arcee doesn't have pets she is too busy being psychotic and killing things.
Esquilax79
When their mission is to stay and guard the base, what else are they going to do?
jayman118
That steeljaw looks solid so many pin? come to think of it i still need HA lead foot since im nearing completion my HA collection.