Takara-Tomy have updated their Transformers prize campaign website with new images and details of the Transformers Dinobot Micron prize campaign.
The giveaway kicks off on July 19th, with the three Classics Mini-Cons Dinobots – and the dragon Mini-Con Nightscream – being available at various participating stores, in most cases being given away with a purchase of 3,000 yen or more on Transformers toys.
Of the four:
- Ivan, the orange T-Rex and redeco of Classics Terrorsaur, is a Toys R Us Japan exclusive, available with a purchase of 3,000 yen or more on Transformers toys.
- Paulie, the blue pteranadon and redeco of Classics Swoop, is an Aeon exclusive. This one is available with a purchase of either LA-01 Battle Command Optimus Prime, AD-01 Optimus Prime or AD-20 Black Knight Grimlock
- Thunderlips, the purple triceratops and redeco of Classics Knockdown, is a Joshin Kids Land exclusive, available with a purchase of 3,000 yen or more on Transformers toys.
- Sling, the green and yellow dragon and redeco of Classics Nightscream, is exclusive to a whole bunch of stores and given away with a purchase with a purchase of 3,000 yen or more on Transformers toys. Participating stores giving away Sling include Edieon toy counter, Best Denki, Yamada Denki and Yodobashi Camera.
For those wondering “what’s with the Rocky names on those Dinobots”, during the production of Transformers: Age of Extinction, the Dinobots were given codenames – Grimlock was Ivan, Strafe was Paulie and Slug was Thunderlips. Evidently someone at Takara-Tomy liked those names enough to put them on their latest prize campaign figures.
tekering
I got an Ivan at the Okayama TRU today.
Not unsurprisingly, I needed to remind the cashier about the promotion, and watched as he searched through several bins of promotional gifts before finally finding the one labeled "Transformers"…
flatline72
this is the only one i am interested in acquiring….gotta hit ebay when they come out.
RodimusZero
man, those AEON jerks… I want to at least get the three Dinobots, but getting Paulie/Strafe means spending a ton of unnecessary money on Grimlock…
Like $20 extra. Since AEON is like buying toys at the mall or FAO Schwarz. Total Ripoff.
POSSESSED_DIGIT
Cool thanks
Jalaguy
Full list of pre-production names:
– Crosshairs = "Slingshot" (not a Rocky one)
– Slug = "Thunderlips"
– Scorn = "Southpaw"
– Lockdown = "Max"
– Drift = "Bruce"
– Strafe = "Paulie"
– Slash = "Rocky"
– Grimlock = "Ivan"
– Hound = "Duke"
– Galvatron = "Adrian"
POSSESSED_DIGIT
This solves my mystery of Targets Grimlock/prime 2 pk calling Grim "Ivan" online.
I like the name Ivan Grimlock…
Did all 7 Dinobots have code names? If so, what were they?
Autovolt 127
Ivan, Paulie and Thunder Lips LIIIIIIIIIVE!
Sling is totally an homage to the BW Neo character, consider how his hands were on the original toy. It's a good fit.
Jalaguy
Yeah, the dragon seems to be Slash-coloured, but Slash's pre-production name was 'Rocky'…
Starscream Gaga
I agree, Gaokaiser is the first to give info on Japanese news nearly every time, but also never sheds any light on any of it for the majority of the forum to understand.
Thankfully this time the front page has clued us in on it already! Using the original names is pretty darn funny, almost as much as the Dragon "Dinobot" who also seems to be the odd one out in terms of colors mirroring a movie Dinobot. Is he supposed to be Slash?
Lbsammills51
No shit.
If you read Japanese, or bothered to read the front page, Takara's not using their in-film names. Hence, Paulie and Ivan and the other two.
Purple Heart
Paulie? Seriously? It's Strafe.
Lbsammills51
So Paulie/pteranodon will be the harder one to get individually (relatively speaking, we'll see how hard the set of four is to track down for under $100) since it's the Aeon exclusive. At least it's paired with one of three different toys rather than just one.
astrakhan
Sling?! They should've gone with the theme of the rest of them and called him Clubber.
Stepper
What kind of colours is that!!
Nevermore
It'd be really nice if you didn't just post the link, but also conveyed the key details, since not everyone here is able to read Japanese.
WWELORD
THUNDER LIPS!! ok now i have to get this
Purple Heart
Poor Scorn got shafted..
Gaokaiser
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