TakaraTomy has also updated with a bunch more official images. These include upcoming Transformers Adventures releases:
- TED-09 Grimlock – June 27 – 1,620 Yen ($13 USD)
- TAV -18 Drift – June 27 -2,700 Yen ($22 USD)
- TAV-19 Powerglide – June 27 – 1404 Yen ($13 USD)
- TAV-20 Adams (Cosmos) – June 27 – 1404 Yen ($13 USD)
- TAV-VS03 Strong Arm vs Phantom Jaw – June 27 – 4,860 Yen ($40 USD)
- TED-08 Steel Jaw – June 27 – 1,620 Yen ($13 USD)
Check out the photos after the jump.
Autovolt 127
That is so cool looking!
Darkstone
Yeah thought so, I knew that was a trend with this line. But oh well, Adams is the deal and Adams is all I need.
Jalaguy
Nope, Takara have been dropping the Legends partners in Adventure.
Darkstone
Only Adams for me. Will he come with Payload or not? Not that I really need him, but it would be nice to have him as a freebie.
Lovecraft
I really want to pick up all the TAV Decepticon repaints so I can beef up my RID Cons until those upcoming all Decepticon waves are released later this year.
I'm really close to pulling the trigger on Nemesis Prime and Greejeeber, and Phantomjaw would go great with these too, but I'm not paying for the two pack since I don't need nor want two Strongarm figures.
Man I hope he gets an individual release, or at least that I can snag just him on eBay for a price that doesn't include my soul and left kidney.
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BattleUpSaber
Drift as expected looks way better than Hasbro's. May consider him, despite not having picked up any Warriors apart from Grimlock.
Phantomjaw is so ridiculously absurd i love it. Pity it's only available with Strongarm.
Powerglide is a deprovement from Hasbro really. The sticker, red missile pods and half-painted cockpit are huge turnoffs despite the nice change from beige to grey plastic and the additional faction logos. Wonder if they'll still mention the gun mode since he's not part of Unite Warriors.
Cosmos is great, esp.if you're like me and the Hasbro ver.wasn't released here. I like the change from visor to eyes, additional yellow and green paint and the relocation of the Autobot symbol
Best, there's no sticker. Payload not being included is a bummer, but not enough to turn me off.
The two one – steps are also looking surprising spiffy. Then again Takara can make even the simplest TFs look cool.
Ronbot1986
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Some look great like Powerglide but some IDK what to think.
SunSwipe5
Pre-ordered TAV Cosmos. Decided not to waste money on a character I cannot stand, so no to Strongarm.
Also decided to order TAV Swipe and Jazz. Debating Runabout. I'm neutral on Powerglide, so I decided not to get him.
Rakzo
So, after checking those I can safely say that there's not much improvement in Takara's Cosmos. In fact there's no improvement at all, is just that the Autobot symbol is in the chest instead of the shoulder and I really dislike how they changed the visor for blue eyes.
About Takara's Powerglide, HUGE downgrade. It not only has that awful RID sticker instead of an Autobot symbol but it also has even less paint apps than Hasbro's version. Thank God I didn't sell this one.
NemiMonkey
Only interested in Adams and boy is he one sexy looking beast. Sucks missed the pre-order window on him. Going to stalk AmiAmi and see if I can a pre-order through them.
Gallade
All these Drift figures I've gotten are really great. I have the domestic version but now looking at the Takara, I really hate what I'm going to do soon.
STRAKER454
Hmmmm, well Drift looks a lot better than the domestic release, but Powerglide is a more lateral move. I mean yeah they made the gray bits more gray, but the painted silver dot on his head does nothing for me and yeah you get wing insignias but then you still gotta peel off that dumb chest sticker to put a decal there anyway, so I can just save the money and put insignias on his wings anyhow and the only other difference is the red missiles instead of black ones in his arms and a half painted canopy with silver instead of the black on the domestic version…not really enough to justify the import cost.
Cosmos looks great though. I like the new smaller blue eyes over the visor of the US release, I also like the move of the Autobot symbol from his shoulder to his chest, the yellow paint inside the forearms and the dark green trim for his UFO mode looks really nice, and thanks to there not being enough room on the figure, there's no stupid white sticker. YAY!
The rest are of little to no consequence to me but I'll probably order Drift and Cosmos.
Sanchimaru
Remember that the scanning badges are just filmsy stickers and can easily be removed. Even out of the box some of them are already barely staying put.
I mean: don't let the ridiculous looks of the badges throw you down if you like a figure, specially in the case of Powerglide and Cosmos.
Autovolt 127
What kind of name is Phantomjaw…or job?
I'm hoping its homaging Steeljaw's lie in his debut appearance.
Hooray Cosmos doesn't have a shitty sticker though that's probably because they couldn't find a place for it.
Cheebs
Wow, Hasbro's Powerglide has the better paint apps.
I love how Takara took those awful scanning badges on the RiD toys and made them even worse.
Takara Cosmos sure looks nice.
jamarmiller
waiting for amazon Japan !
Optimus Prime
Drift is one of my favorite Deluxes of the past year and Takara's version looks great, easy buy.
Lbsammills51
I hadn't even realized these were up on HLJ yet. No sign of them on AmiAmi.
Ordered Drift & the two-pack at HLJ to be safe, but will wait and see if I can snag them at AmiAmi whenever they go up.
Mewtwo
IS that Strongarm pic legit or is it a mockup again? Because if it's legit she is back to having the white on the side of her face when originally that was what was shown for the single Strongarm release and ended up not being like that in the end. if that is the case… I'm going to have to get this set…