(possible) test shot pics of Premium Blackout

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Nevermore, Jan 16, 2008.

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  1. Cory Bauer, Jan 16, 2008
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    What the hell's with his creamy white filling?
     
  2. viper2391, Jan 16, 2008
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    I can't see a valid reason why they would call it Premium. They should have labeled it repaint version.
     
  3. Chaos Prime, Jan 16, 2008
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    That looks pretty cool. Am I the only one who's noticed that Blackout's face looks like and organic Galvatron?
     
  4. rattrap007, Jan 16, 2008
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    one of the premiums I'll actually get!
     
  5. optimus kimchee, Jan 16, 2008
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    Love the coptor mode, but that tan plastic in bot mode kills the love!
     
  6. lookinglasself, Jan 16, 2008
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    Sold. In these pictures, the robot mode don't look half bad, although I still don't like the grey parts. Alt mode is beautiful.
     
  7. Tracks_25, Jan 16, 2008
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    Looks pretty cool. I agree on the tan parts.
     
  8. domientius, Jan 16, 2008
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    I thought Hasbro wasn't allowed to release Japanese exclusive stuff domestically without some heavy deco changes?

    Exillion-Excellion
    Dark Ligerjack-Nemesis Breaker
    etc
     
  9. deceptifocus, Jan 17, 2008
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    dont see a reason to buy a second one, original and sepnding no more money FTW
     
  10. Archatron, Jan 17, 2008
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    I'll get it but I'll repaint that weird ass bot mode. Great alt mode, awful white bot parts. It scares me....
     
  11. ckhtiger, Jan 17, 2008
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    count me in the same boat as liking the new copter colors, but the older bot colors. if I had to guess, I would've said that the older one was the premium bot color scheme. I don't have this guy and was almost going to plan on getting him, till I came to that realization.
     
  12. Ceerad, Jan 17, 2008
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    I'm not really sold on this guy.
    I got the Reprolabels Blackout upgrade kit for $2 and painted Skorponok myself with $4 worth of Testors.
    $14 savings FTW!
     
  13. Sycia, Jan 17, 2008
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    I have both Dark Ligerjack and Nemesis Breaker, and they don't seem that different.
     
  14. Otispq, Jan 17, 2008
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    yep, like the choppa, but the bots not worth it. I've already got two of the mold, so gonna take a pass on this one.
     
  15. Railguard, Jan 17, 2008
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    He looks cool, maybe I'll pick him up.
     
  16. Moy, Jan 17, 2008
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    Really cool, but why not release a LEADER CLASS????
     
  17. Xx SUNSTORM xX, Jan 18, 2008
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    I prefer the original bot mode colours, and there just isn't enough of a difference in alt. mode to justify buying this premium one.
     
  18. Nevermore, Jan 18, 2008
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    Because designing and engineering a new mold is a lot more expensive than taking an existing toy and changing the plastic colors and paint deco?
     
  19. influence82, Jan 19, 2008
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    The first pictures pretty much showed a Lawson's Blackout (I compared them with the one I own). Until we can find a genuine picture of an opened Hasbro Premium Blackout we cannot really do an accurate comparison of both limited editions. I do not see why Hasbro would buy a different paint application.
    Personally, Though the metallic color and decor of the Lawson's Blackout looks really realistic and cool in alt mode, the robot mode has too much light gray, which is very innacurate to the movie, where the colors were mostly black or dark gray. I wished that the Blackout figure had black/ dark gray handed like he does in the movie. Having bright colors on this military vehicle make little sense to me.
     
  20. influence82, Mar 23, 2008
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    Comparison pics in box

    I just bought a Premium Series Blackout at a local Wal-Mart today and decided to compare it with my Takara Lawson Blackout. In a practical sense, there really is no difference. From what I can see in the paint applications, I think that no two Premium Series Blackouts are alike because there seem to be random paint variations, like some may have more silver than the other or Scroponok may have more black paint randomly applied.. The same thing can be said for the Takara Lawson Blackout. I will not open the toys because I would rather keep the toys MISB as a collector. Also, it is worth keeping the Takara Lawson Blackout MISB because the package would be the only way to tell the versions apart.
    Takara Lawson Blackout front
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    Premium Series Blackout front
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    Both Blackouts together (forgive my lighting)
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    Bottom of Box comparison
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