We have been hearing a bit about how Beast Hunters will be released in Japan as Transformers Go! with releases starting from G11 Hunter Optimus Prime (see previous news story, scan from that story at left). The question that this raised with many of us is “why G-11? Where is G01 through G10?”
Well, it seems online retailer Kapow Toys has posted a partial answer. Listings have been added for G-01 through G-04, and by all indications, these are new toys (G-04 we suspect may be an existing Predacon release since they are suspiciously absent from the Japanese listings so far with the exception of Predaking).
The listings are:
G01 Kenzan Samurai, a police car
G02 Jinbu Samurai, a jet
G03 Ganoh Samurai, a fire engine
G04 Gaidora
All four are set for a release in June. Details attached to G01 through G03 indicates that they can combine into three different larger robots – presumably this means that one of them forms the main robot and the remaining two the limbs. Gaidora we assume might be a Predacon, based on the fact that the name has a lot in common with a kaiju from Ultraman or Godzilla / Gojira.
As for what these toys are – well friends, right now there are no pictures, so your guess is as good as ours. The fact that they are combiners means they aren’t anything we have seen so far. Perhaps these might be somehow connected to the reported cartoon series being produced for China – or perhaps they are more new Japan-only toys.
Basilisk
Certainly sounds interesting with a Police Car, Jet and a Fire Truck combiner AND it's a Decepticon I'd love to see images and decide whether I'd like to buy it.
kaijuguy19
Wonder which type of characters will we see in the Ninja group?
spiritprime
More like Transformers Bye! XD
Yobuster
yeah it's been super quiet regarding transformers news lately.
Afterburner
Shhhhh……
Fort Max
They're really keeping quiet about all these new figures.
Thundershot
I'd like to see the pics of the first four…
Stepper
Will like to see the pics though am not really excited of these.
Hotspot17
Looks like preorders for them are up at robot kingdom:
Takara Transformers Go G-05 Gekiso-Maru Ninja Team.
robotkingdom.com — Online Toys Company
Takara Transformers Go G-07 Bakudora: Predacon has new redeco paint with new head.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/service…CatType=Category&II=TTTGG07&lang=us&CatID=122
Takara Transformers Go G-06 Hunter Smokescreen.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/service…CatType=Category&II=TTTGG06&lang=us&CatID=122
Though still no pics.
kaijuguy19
Somehow I'm wondering that if these new combiners will be on the show in the movie or at least in some other form because I do remember about we seeing some combiners eventually on the show by the writers.
Fenrys
actually im thinking armorless smokescreen will be the screen accurate one, and g19 will be decoed differently
Shatterpoint
Perhaps Bakudorah is Takara's Scourge?
Armorless Smokescreen is probably in his G1 colors.
Fenrys
g06 hunter smokescreen is up for preorder at bbts if anyone wants to snag one, didn't look for the other two since im not as interested in them
Raiju
Be interesting to see how BH Smokescreen turns out in Takara colors; hopefully they're show accurate with checkerboard 38s and red paint on the head sculpt.
Sideways77
It has? Must've missed that.
Never mind then!
Underwear
..but it's been mentioned before that particular fire truck is part of a trio of combiner.
Sideways77
If it hasn't been said yet:
I think that might be the Optimus. He's got a sword. And I GUESS his alt-mode could be repurposed as a fire truck. :\
Underwear
The pre-order for those three upcoming TF Go! releases is also confirmed on this online toy shop FB page.
http://www.facebook.com/Hobbyark.toystore