Walmart.ca has posted a listing for the upcoming Platinum Edition 2-pack of Robots In Disguise 2015 Voyager Grimlock and Warrior/Deluxe class Bumblebee along with a couple new official images! These images provide us with better views of the figures’ individual robot and alternate modes along with their packaging shot. This is the set we saw revealed back at Toy Fair this year and learned of the Voyager Grimlock’s US release, as the remold of Fall of Cybertron Grimlock was previously a Takara exclusive.
The set it is listed at CAD $79.95, which means the US set may be cheaper than we thought. Grab yours now in the listing above, and share your excitement in the discussion thread!
Aurawind
After playing with Takara's, I've determined that I don't need two of this mold. I would say if you have Takara's you don't need the platinum one, but if you can't get a hold of the Takara one, the platinum one is still nice.
Aurawind
Still better than all the other RiD Grimlocks out there, specially scale wise with the warrior class. He's only really hollow in his dino belly, I can live with that, it's not like I display him on his back. I've also seen someone put a minicon in his belly to fill it up too, if it's really a problem.
Johntimus Prime
Man, I dunno. $50 for a hollow, mediocre toy is a bit rich. Even a retool of a turd is still a turd.
Aurawind
Lol…well I forgot another thing about Takara's, it's more accurate to the show color wise… so it's a pretty big reason to keep the Takara… guess I'll play around with the Takara one and see if I want a second slightly different Grimlock…
Btw: I've never had the FOC Grimlock… Vulcan looks temping though…
IgnikaMarcus
You answered that already. From your impressions alone, you favor Platinum Grimlock over TAV Grimlock 2-1, so sell the TAV Grimlock.
Aurawind
I think I'll definitely keep Takara's, maybe I'll even keep the platinum set too…
GizmoTron
The green is better on the Hasbro version, but the paint scheme is far more animation accurate on Takara's so I guess it depends on what is more important to you.
Aurawind
So I saw the first post of this thread and quickly ordered the platinum set for fear of missing an opportunity, since I've been wanting Takara's Grimlock and I don't have Bumblebee, I thought it would be cheaper than TAV30's current price converted to Canadian $. After placing my order, I looked up the prices for TAV30 and found that even after the conversion to Canadian $, it's around the same price or slightly cheaper to get TAV30 and just buy Bumblebee on his own. So I ordered a TAV30 off amazon.com, but couldn't cancel my walmart.ca order, so I'd have to do a return.
Well I got both today and been looking at them in the boxes. My impressions are: I like the color scheme better on the Takara, though the Hasbro one has metallic flakes in the paint which is nice. I like the black on the Takara, but kinda like the green more on the Hasbro (though I feel like the perfect green would have been a shade between both, darker than Takara but lighter than Hasbro). I think I prefer Hasbro's sword and shield over Takara's, Hasbro's is clear with metallic flakes in the plastic while Takara's looks cloudy and pearl like.
So now I have both boxes and don't know which one to open and keep… My "Big Kid" soul wants to open both, but my brain is telling me I could use the extra money for different figures…
Which one should I open?
[Wing_Saber-X]
Then just buy the Takara version for USD 47.30 shipped.
Amazon.com: Buying Choices: Transformers TAV30 Battle Grimlock
Johntimus Prime
The Grimlock retool is great and all, but I'm not jumping to pay a premium for a toy from a show I never gave two shits about.
TFanPage101
I'm Canadian, I'm talking about the Canadian price listed on the Walmart Canada site, not the American price, which is $79.92.
Powerglide1991
That is actually a pretty good price… :O
Lady Slipstream
Good news… I've found another takara Battle Grimlock on Amazon
Amazon.com: Transformers TAV30 Battle Grimlock: Toys & Games
IgnikaMarcus
That's Canadian dollars. In US dollars it'll be about $60.
Raiyuki
It SHOULD still be black as opposed to whatever their doing as Grimlock is pretty much black in the show (I mean not counting all the green and stuff).
Boy Blunder
Right there. The metallic coloration + lighting = not true-life colors in the photos.
I swear, half of y'all are so knee-jerky, it's a wonder you aren't constantly doing jigs.
Autovolt 127
$80 is still a bit much but it's better than over a hundred.
I'll be getting this for sure.
Onslaught24
CW Magnus was a compromise between IDW and G1, with the alt mode being more G1 and the bot mode being more IDW/Cybertronian. It wasn't intended to be a masterpiece version of IDW Magnus.
It's the lighting. The lights were likely yellow-ish to some degree, and even after editing, the shine from the lights reflected off the semi-shiny paint on Grimlock's shoulders, giving them the appearance of being brown-ish. Honestly, the pics of it at the show do it more justice and depict the figure in a "truer light" than the stock images.
GotBot
This set might actually be a Platinum winner!
Pravus Prime
Glad I got the Takara version before Thanksgiving last year for $41 shipped. He looks great. I'm not so sure about this one.