seibertron.com had their list of the Top 5 Best Samurai Themed Transformers Toys

Here's my own small Bludgeon collection:

 

Man, I wanna see some more of these guys to pop up on shelves. Drift needs a new toy as part of Siege trilogy as well as Sentius Magnus and Sentius Malus, both of whom are inspired from yin and yang. I really wanna see a 3P or Hasbro actually giving them toys.

 

Only japan related tf in my collection is tiny turbo blue drift

 

Sure, not like there are any rules per se... making stuff up as suggestions come in! Will start an oddities figures list as well that are in keeping with the theme!

 

Bah I mentioned Hamurai before but completely forgot about the Bonzai the ninja Bonsai Tree.


She has a redeco in the Bakery Bytes multi-packs called Silent Shade, but um the details on the release of those multi-packs are still up in the air. Robotkingdom had them but sold out quickly and I've heard snippets about them being released in Australia and Canada but can't confirm that.


Silent Shade is the 2nd bot in the 4th column.

I want to say the Pineapple from series 3, Sensei Spiny, would fit as well because the Katana and the facial expression but then he/she is wearing what looks like a grass skirt.


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Throwing 3rd party into the ring Iron Factory has a Windblade at around legend scale. The original release of her with her normal colors is pretty hard to come by these days, but you can get the redeco release for a reasonable price.

 

Might I suggest Beast Machines Battle Unicorn?

 

I think these two botbots have samurai vibes as well

 

I think it was mentioned in passing with the other TF Go figures but TF Go Optimus does fit the bill:

 

I always like deluxe Animated Prowl with Side Car Samurai Armor. Just wish he had a better sword.

Also since Hexatron, I now see Sixshot as a Samurai himself. Still need to get some swords for my TR figure.

 

Do you know what the chainsaw bot in the Bakery Bytes series is?

Need to think on whether character names or backgrounds are enough to put a bot on the list. Sensei Spiny on name alone could fit, but I'm guessing his look is more Hawaiian?

I was originally going to buy the IF version of Windblade, but ended up getting the Generations (not pictured) because of the more detailed face paint, and then I found the Takara version with the "even better" face paint. lol

 

Wow, Optimus ExPrime toy is a hot mess.   His DaiKenzan combined mode with Kenzan and Gekisoumaru definitely fits the bill.

Oh lordy... that would mean one would need G01, G02, G02, G05, and G26... to get the Go Team Samurai combined and DaiKenzan/DaiGekisou combined. What a racket this TF game is!

 

Looks pretty awesome and doesn't stray far off from the original Drift look either. If only I can find one that isn't marked up crazy high... even found a cloak like yours for him on eBay too!

 

Yeah I know he’s sold out most places so he may be difficult to find. He comes with the cloak so you shouldn’t need to buy one.

 

Even cooler! Does the cloak only come with Stray*?

 

That would be McMuzzsaw.

I was thinking it might just be an early version of camo, but I can't find any info that samurai would even attach leaves to their armor to camouflage themselves. His bio might reveal more info but that's a bit ways off since series 3 isn't supposed to hit stores until August or so.

 

The original Stray came with one but I know not all were given the cloak.
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With the pineapple alt mode, I didn't think Japan grew them... but apparently they do in Okinawa.

What have you done? I think that may be a grail find if I manage to procure one. On the hunt!

EDIT: @Destructimis Prime Can't believe it... I found one at Planet Steel Express! At MSRP! Shipping was a bit pricey, but total price is still reasonable when compared to eBay sellers for the regular Stray.

 

Obsidian Galvatron has arrived and has borrowed some swords from Arashi and Banzaitron. His "real" swords are on their way... a couple of Dr Wu's, which one do you think works for him better? I'm partial to the first jagged one as I think it matches Galvatron's stag head.

 

Idw cyclonus come to mind as one I haven’t seen mentioned yet

And the maketoys conversion kit for chug cyclonus

 

Been trying to get my hands on a FT-29 Quietus ever since I started putting together a collection based on this theme. Unfortunately not having much luck on eBay and the US sellers that have it in stock charge a crazy amount for shipping to Canada.