Whoa hey...Is that appropriate for the front page?...Just hanging right out there for all to see, huh?

I don't actually care, I'm joking.

 

It was on display at one of the transformer anniversary events with lio convoy.

 

I do like the cotton candy Claw Jaw and the salmon Spittor.

 

Not that I recall, but we may have missed that pic.

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Here is a picture of what I am referring to.

 

They should repaint him as this guy.

 

It's not as 'explicit' as other Tanuki statues that exist, but I think it resembles joints / tucked away parts enough to be okay.

 

Oh my. They're like G2 Beast Wars.

I love it.

 

Is that a big convoy LD figure of is it ultra mammoth. If you look closely the tusks look white where big blue convoy had blue tusks

 

I mean, I would have loved that all black Magmatron.

 

Just what I was going to say. It's really crazy.

How has this stuff remained hidden for so long?

 

Transfans has posted some scans of these too. Most are the same as TF The Moon's but the first pic seems to be a scan of the book's page.
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I blame the isolationism/localpatriotism of japanese TF fans. I mean how many you even know who post on these boards? I bet there are other similar hidden things we do not know about simply because not many of them check or post on these boards. And in the era of a (mostly) functioning google translate that makes me able to read most japanese pages in english (and even buy stuff from Yahooauctions via J-Subculture) there is no excuse for this isolation anymore.

I never knew these existed, thanks.

Suddenly these things become acceptable when they are cultural differences.   I mean, to my knowledge the Ghibli film about Tanuki (Pom Poko) wasn't censored either and they literally bounce around on their balls in that.  

 

I dunno, but it should ALL be brought back.

 

Its a tanuki with a watch, and...noticeable gentleman bits? Well! At least they didn't shy away from tanuki anatomy and lore.

The squid dude is cool.

 

I would really dig an updated Magmatron. Such a interesting and kinda ridiculous design...but Beast Wars in some facets leans into that.

 

I guess.. it's good he wasn't blue.

 

That would result in poor circulation  ... even for a Lucky Draw.

 

I can NOT believe Ive never seen these, just WOW!

 

Scored the original/default color waaaaaaaaaay back in 2010 at ebay from a HK seller. Great alarm clock, runs on AAA iirc, got rid of the batteries as I wanted to avoid shorting them out if the batteries leak.

Too bad Takara or Hb never re-issues/designs type like these toys that have a real practical use. Heck, even the original robot who would become Blaster was an actual functioning radio.