TF Yuki has once again hit us with a new picture on Twitter showcasing some upcoming Takara Generations love! This time, it’s the big guy himself, Metroplex! This is our first clear look at what the Takara version of this figure will look like and we can see from the picture that he will have many new paint applications and the extra gun. Previously rumored, but missing from the pic, is chrome on the figures legs. This may not mean the figure won’t still include chrome, but that this figure isn’t finished just yet.
What do you think? Will you be importing this figure? Hit the title bar to discuss!
ex dtw2003
But who's going to buy the Hasbro version from RK and then pay shipping?
Hasbro stuff from RK is ALWAYS more than it is locally.
As for the differences, the only apps I'm really missing from the Hasbro one is the red on the feet. The rest of the red apps are so small that they would be crazy easy to hand paint and not know they were painted.
Edit: Just went through the RK checkout process to get a shipping estimate. $90!!!!!
So, yeah, the Takara version is AT LEAST $100 more.
Megatron31
i just want some more pics
and wouldnt mind knowing if he is all paint apps ore if there are stickers that need be applied
AliasAngelAlias
Well, I just hope the Takara verison is a English voice box/chip.
Stepper
Agree,even though TakTomy version has extra gun.
Cheem The Rup
Indeed…. on robotkingdom there are $40 between the two giants…
Stepper
Got to admit,TakTomy version is simply beautiful.
combaticon164
Although nicer than Hasbro's, its not worth the extra money for a few paint aps and another gun. The Hasbro figure looks pretty good too.
Gaokaiser
https://twitter.com/aigo14/status/345449989956329472
Stepper
Yah,same mold,maybe just slight paintjob difference,will definitely go for Hasbro version.
Spider 001
Looks like some preorders got canceled on HLJ. It said "ORDER STOP" but now ordering is open again.
CybertronianFan
What I'd like to know is the voice sounds. Are we going to get something similar to the game cause I'll be hella-pissed if he sounds like Spaceball's plushie of Yogurt: "May the Schwartz be whicha!" *grrr*
d00d. I don't think even you understood what the hell you wrote
Afterburner
I willing to pay for what I want. No point in getting a special figure if he doesn't feel truly special. TakaraTomy's has those little touches I like, and if you notice the two guns do integrate into all 3 modes so that unfounded rumor is wiped away like so many others.
I'm not necessarily excited about the price, but it isn't like something like him comes out every week. Just the realities of importing in today's economy and collector-aware marketplace.
Lbsammills51
No, I don't think people are going overboard at all (if you think this is going overboard, it'll be amusing to see what you think of other threads where reactions are more….extreme, in nature), nor do I think people are "fanboys" simply for preferring the Takara version better. Importing stuff is expensive, but people who choose to understand that. For whatever reason they choose to do it, it's worth it to them (myself included). There is nothing for you to "get" in that regard, since people do not have to justify their choices to you.
OptionZero
It's not $120-150 less.
TFXProtector
So much better?
Lemme see…
Less than a handful of new paint apps, a second gun…
Yep, you're right. It's so totally better than Hasbro's.
Wait. What's that? I can get the Hasbro version for $120-150.00 less?
HASBRO'S WINS.
Stepper
It is good to hear that those large ramps will be white,like it's G1 version.
[Wing_Saber-X]
Yes, I will be painting/ dry brushing the whole mofo
Steroid Prime
did you read the whole auction if its the one I just looked at it says in the description $90 due now and $110 more due when the item is released
rodimusprime2007
Said screw it anyway, a seller on Ebay had the Hasbro version for PO, 90 shipped. Figured I wont be out too much for that price. Even bought another one from him for my son. I know his eyes lit up when I first showed Metroplex to him.
Stepper
At least the face is chrome,that is one thing i love TakTomy version.