Our sponsors Big Bad Toy Store have posted new listings indicating that Takara-Tomy will be releasing a selection of the Kreons from the Transformers Kreo sets individually as capsule toys. These “Gacha Kreons” make 12 different Kreons available – some of whom have not been made available previously. The full lineup includes Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Jazz, Ratchet, Red Alert, Mirage, Megatron, Starscream, Shockwave, Skywarp, Thundercracker, and Soundwave. Notably, the Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Megatron and Starscream all seem to be based on their custom Kreon releases.
Unicron007
I just got these in from Japan and these are the same molds as speculated. I only bought these to have variant of custom Prime, BB, Megatron and Starscream and some extra G1 characters to give to my kids. For some reason the quality control on these are top notch compared to the orignal figures that was released in 2011 and the collection packs.
Lbsammills51
Yes, definitely. Though some of Hasbro's choices have been (pleasantly) random, I'm not expecting a ton of Japanese characters from them. It'd be fun if Takara used Kreons to get stuff like Star Saber, Overlord (a non-Botcon version), Deathsaurus, Stepper and a slew of others out there.
Gryph
Optimus, Bee, Megatron, and Starscream are all based on the Custom Kreon versions for some reason.
Autovolt 127
Why is Starscream's helmet red?
Thunderthruster
More of the Japanese series characters would be nice, Jaruga is feeling left out at the moment!
Gryph
Nice to see Takara finally getting in on these. For some strange reason, Optimus, Bee, Megatron, and Starscream seem to be based on the Custom Kreon versions. I hope they decide to start doing their own designs. I'd like some Japanese characters.
Lbsammills51
Sorry if old, hadn't heard of these before. Takara's releasing a bunch of the earlier Kreon figures (a bunch of the ones available in the initial build sets) as capsule figures, apparently?
BigBadToyStore.com Search
You can preorder a random individual capsule or bag of 50. From the BBTS listing:
From the picture used, only Megs & Starscream appear different at all, IF that pic is representative of what they'll be making.
Starscream Gaga
Meh. I already own all of them, that sucks.
Would've been a great way to release some of the characters from the Kreon Comic. Alas!
Feralstorm
Interesting. Are those final images? Appears to be a mix of the five-pack figures and custom Kreons so far.
Gaokaiser
Takaratomy Kreon Gacha
https://twitter.com/nakasshi/status/529484933824135168