Takara Fall of Cybertron Jazz and Optimus Prime Revealed

Jazz looks amazing but i cant really tell a difference in prime

Prime looks much better than the Hasbro release. Jazz, not so much.

Takara! You're back!

They look pretty nice!

I kind of want shiny prime

Yeah those look Soooooo much better.

Ahhh Jazz looks so good.

Shame Shockwave is getting released in the Arms Micron line, I want some of that shiny purple.

Bruticus is gonna look AWESOME.

Yeah, screw Prime and Jazz. It'll probably cost $200 for the set, but I can't wait to see Bruticus.

Very very nice.

I get the feeling Takara's Bruticus is going to put the SDCC version to shame.

HA HA HA HA HA!

Jazz's head looks better just because of the inverted colors.

Prime looks sweet.

Nice! so glad I held out for Takara versions.

Pre-ordered the Prime from etoysjapan! ;D

Jazz looks amazing. Prime looks cool, but the bright and shiny look doesn't really match up with his in-game appearance very well. He was more of a gritty looking bot.

Wow, Jazz is... wow. Its like a whole other figure. Amazing what you can do for a mold just by adding paint.

I agree with the people wondering about Bruticus, that should be spectacular.

Sweeeeet.

I can't wait to see how good Bruticus is gonna look!

oh wow. imagine what a few more paint apps can do to a figure

See, Hasbro? Do THAT and maybe I might be ok with 15 bucks.

Preordered Optimus. Jazz looks meh to me.

If this is any indication of what they're gonna do with Bruticus, my wallet is gonna be headed for the trauma center.

Jazz is pretty slick. I'm game.

Jazz and Optimus look really neat. Can't wait for Bruticus.

Forget Bruticus, I just want to see how Takara Grimlock looks!

Great start for their flagship figures. Very nice paint jobs.

I doubt TT will apply metallic paint to the whole line. It's usually reserved for Optimus, Megatron, Bumble, etc. Typical wave 1 stunt.

Too bad these will be about $30 and people won't complain half as much as they do about the Hasbro versions.

Imported so yeah they would cost more.

Jesus christ Jazz looks so much better, even though the mold is effectively shit. At least it looks pretty. Optimus too for the record. Hasbro's just looked like horrible abominations.

Keep in mind that Bruticus will cost close to $200 from the online toy stores. ($38 x 5 = $190)

ya but, sdcc bruticus is about the same, hahaha and if bruticus has this kind of paint my wallets gonna cry with joy, for this may be worth it .

But the big question is, which deco will it sport? Will it be the US retail versions but shinier, or will they unleash the Rage flood and be the same or similar to the SDCC colors?

Hey Jazzy gotta upgrade, in detail that is. Looks great !

No poorly-adhering stickers? No tumorous minicon ports glued on? Back to traditional Takara metallic paint jobs?

Halle-fuckin'-lujah, the long night is over.

Sweet, Argent Meister!


Think I'll get this and try to find a nice replacement head to turn HasJazz into either Searchlight or Breakdown.

OMG they both look beautiful! I want them both.

Hey, is Jazz's chest remolded? It looks like it has a opened space to make his head look less sunk in.

oh man can't wait to see Bruticus and Grimlock

I agree! Jazz looks pretty nice, but Prime is still the same. That metallic red isn't doing miracles this time around!

Wow, certainly that Prime goes from suck to awesome thanks to TTomy metallic paint. Me like it!

So I noticed that these are now not on Amiami any more. They were up before but I held off until pictures. Now I want Jazz.

All I like is the extra glow color paint apps. The tone and shine of the colors, eaaahhh.

They've managed to peak my interest into buying one of these now

Man Prime looks really really nice. Must resist ordering until I can drum up some more sales...

Hmm, I like the look of Jazz. Optimus, with the very metallic deco, looks more like a store or convention exclusive that's being offered at retail in Japan. It does look nice though, and if I'm to own a version of this mold I think I'm good with this version over the Hasbro one.

Looks like I'll be keeping these preorders at BBTS, or just switching to eToys come December. Cool.

Though I get where this comment is coming from (and I don't blame you or others for feeling this way, even though I personally have been enjoying the microns in Prime and wouldn't mind the stickers if they'd just plan their application much better than they have so far)...I do find this a bit hilarious in general since the fandom was hardly over the moon for the metallic decos used in Takara's Animated lines and even in some of the United figures.

Very different contexts going on in each scenario, I know...but rejoicing the return of metallic decos is something I still find amusing.

Nice paint, crap molds.

AmiAmi [Character & Hobby Shop] | Transformers TF Generations TG02 Autobot Jazz(Provisional Preorder)
AmiAmi [Character & Hobby Shop] | Transformers TF Generations TG01 Optimus Prime(Provisional Preorder)
Get em while the gettings good.

My sentiments exactly.

Oh, I know. And as I was writing that I realized that irony. Takara's metallic paintjobs have been a mixed bag, for sure. They were terribly out of place on the Animated figures (for which flat plastic better represented the cel-painted look), but I enjoyed them on the WFC and FE Prime figures. I think they work well on characters whose on-screen representations are CG, as the glossiness is more justified. Sometimes the metallics are gaudy, but after the figures had "aged" a bit for me, I found I really liked the metallic Takara versions of a lot of characters. They felt a bit more collector-oriented to me.

Really it's just a testament to how bad the recent Takara Prime releases have been, though. I feel like I'd much rather have gaudy, blingy paint than no paint at all. These cheapy molds (Jazz in particular) need all the help they can get to feel collector-grade.

About time they got rid of those crappy stickers.

Preordered Optimus n jazz My first time with these moulds. Hopefully we get a nice surprise and the plastics been been filled out and not the same hollow crap from Hasbro, but if not, the colour scheme is impressive enough.

Am I wrong or do the TAKARA versions have a better plastic quality?
IMO it is so. Plus the paint is better.

Takara Optimus makes the Hasbro version look like a Playskool figure. And Jazz's new paint job is absolutely wonderful. I think I'll wait for a Takara Bruticus to see if it comes out like these two.

Well I guess FOC Prime and Jazz will be added to my collection after all.