Takara Tomy 1/13/2022 Product announcement

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Gamerlingual, Jan 12, 2022.

  1. Hoffman

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    Wave 1 also used some of thr thinnest cardboard I've ever seen. Hopefully they go back to a slightly heftier stock.
     
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  2. Gunter

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    So... when will Megatron Prime RED be available to purchase or pre-order here in the US?
     
  3. R3M1NGT0N

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    Sometime next month during Walmart’s Collector Event. They will go live along with the Velocitron line.
     
  4. Shizuka

    Shizuka Optimus Prime's Scriptor

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    I have absolutely no issue with windowless boxes, but I know that paint application can vary considerably. But it's the same gamble as buying a toy online.
     
  5. ZapRowsdower

    ZapRowsdower Selling oddities in a shack. In the woods.

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    Why? These look amazing! Remind me of plastic model kits, with their beautiful boxes.

    If u want to feel bad for MISB collectors, look to Hasbro: it's going to be fun keeping the dust and bugs out of those open boxes... but at least, Hasbro explained, the kids have a chance to fondle the toy before u buy it! :lol 
     
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  6. ZapRowsdower

    ZapRowsdower Selling oddities in a shack. In the woods.

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    I was thinking exactly this! :lol  I HATE buying toys without checking for paint probs.

    When I was a kid, I managed to buy a TMNT Rahzar with incorrectly painted eyes! Wow, it bugged me. The toy looked like a QC error, and the correctly painted toy looked way better! :( 
     
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    I HATE the windowless packaging!!! I love seeing the figures displayed in the box 
     
  8. Starpilot949

    Starpilot949 "This is where the transformers fun begins"

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    I prefer windowless packaging to the plastic less, sad excuse for a box we have now. Less chance for paint app problems (scratches, etc), and if you don't like it, you could always return it!
     
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    Stupid windowlesa box.
     
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    How would you know? You can’t see what’s in the box.


    I myself have compared figures before choosing the right one.
     
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    The only problem with this kind of packaging is just inspecting. I like looking at which one doesn’t have missing paint, etc. However, I’ll take this over the windowless thing they’re doing with Legacy and the current Studio Series Legion figures at the moment.
     
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  13. Foster

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    Agreed on thin cardboard - that's definitely a contributing factor as well!
     
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    Yeah because that wasn't a problem before.

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    Toys are made to be played with.
     
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    octobotimus Bad company ruins good morals

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    Well with the window you can actually see it, so you don't purchase it.
     
  16. Hoffman

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    It's also insanely easy to see if the original tape on a box has been cut.

    Things will be 99% the same as they are now. There may be the odd extra idiot that takes the opportunity, but this is literally a non-issue.
     
  17. RodimusZero

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    TAKARA doing it right :lol  :bay 

    Hasbro this is the way forward—closed, cool-looking boxes without the grope-me holes in the front :banghead: 
     
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    Purple Heart Some other time..

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    :lolol  this is a first.