IGN Reveals Kingdom Ark, Galvatron and Scorponok!

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  1. TFXProtector

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    If that's accurate and they are changing the colors... I kind of prefer the Hasbro version. I like the red on the Takara-Tomy one, but I think the yellow is a lot less ...everything than the orange is. The orange is just so strong and overwhelming in these pics.
     
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    I'm mostly just surprised that there seems to be a difference at all. After "brand unification," I was under the impression that wasn't going to happen anymore.
     
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    Is there a reason people are assuming this isn't just typical Takara photography using early samples with non-final colors?

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    Takara's stock pics are often not the final product, probably shouldn't expect any differences
     
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    Yeah, this is very likely an Alicon situation. These stock photos are probably a prototype (the same thing happened with beast Megs).

    That being said... I still really want one or two of those pink alicons. I love how the color looks on them.
     
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    I'm on the fence, as has been rightly pointed out Takara preview galleries cannot be trusted Buuuuuuuuuut as I have seen others point out elsewhere it is an LG-EX release?
    Maybe the price is why Hasbro have gone with the yellow clear plastic and more washed out opaque colour plastic? We need to see it in-hand to be sure, I reckon.
     
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    The ER Quintesson Judge, Allicon, and Slitherfang were TTMall exclusives in Japan, and labeled as EX releases, but were identical to the Hasbro versions. Takara just labels things EX if they're TTMall exclusives.
     
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    I think what's throwing people off are the different colored paint apps on top of the orange paint. It's one thing to have unpainted plastic (Optimus), different colored plastic (Allicon), but this is different colored plastic and different paint apps. If it's the same as Hasbro's, that's fine. If it's not, I think people are gon' be PO'd.
     
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    Yeah, I know but, damn, if Autobot blue bridge windows, and Ark eyes/Mainframe visor aren't a way better contrast. Heck, it'd be a vast if minor improvement on the Hasbro for me!
    Clear yellow with yellow is just so "Meh" a look to my aesthetic.
     
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    The ORANGE one is from G1 cartoons, the YELLOW one is from Beast Wars CGI series... so we can have room for both! Great idea HasTak.
    I like the Yellow but that's because I am a bigger Beast Wars fan than a G1.
     
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    They're both from the cartoon.
     
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    After having seen the video reviews and how the transformation has panels that slide into place to close open areas in the legs in 'bot mode, I really, really wish they'd done something like that on the back panels in the rear of the ship mode would have made this so much more worth the buy.
     
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    My local plastic crack dealer has Ark coming give or take in a week. ETA previous was November/December 2021. This time, I've no choice but to get the international version and not TTM because, well, I skip my proxy fee if the only difference is a JP font decal on the box.
     
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    Takara also has a habit recently of changing the hue/saturation of their promo images. Remember how green Premium Finish OP's gray parts were in the first images? Or the tan seeker?
    This may be the actual colors of Takara's Ark, but we won't know for certain until we have actual in-hand images.

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    Agreed. Even my camera phone shots give a different purple on Scorponok from his actual purple.
     
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    So Emgo has the ark. How did he get it so early?
     
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    Because its out in Asia?
     
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    I wasn’t aware it was already being sold in Asia yet.
     
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