Stock images for Takara-Tomy’s October Transformers Siege releases have started to pop up online, on sites such as Bic Camera’s Rakutan store, Ami Ami, and Takara-Tomy Mall. October sees three more releases hit Japanese retail:
- SG-33 Micromaster Off Road Patrol Highjump & Powertrain
- SG-34 Barricade
- SG-35 Thundercracker
All three are, as expected from Takara-Tomy by this point, completely unaltered from their upcoming US releases. This does mark the first time we’ve seen a couple of details though, including the gun mode for the Off Road Patrol (it does not look great) and some non-rendered images of Barricade. These images imply that the final release version of Barricade might lose the black forearms and calves shown on his earlier renders – we hope that this is not so, as the black nicely broke up the forearms. On the other hand, these images also show that the upcoming Caliburst Battlemaster is an excellent accompaniment to Barricade – the two seem to work very nicely together.
Check out the images attached to this post.
payres
Both the W3 Micromasters and Voyagers look like they were split at some pt from a single w3 to accompanying w3 and w4
denebian
Thanks! I pulled their rank and unit from the early packaging photos but it wasn't completely clear so I wanted to double check I got it right. This confirms it.
Seeaich
Sorry, mate, I actually took these snaps but then thought you wouldn't need 'em because you have their rank and unit on your spreadsheet already when I checked it.
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Special Forces, Privates.
Unfortunately they are Euro packaging and don't tell me what their combined weapon mode is called? Anyone know?
denebian
Can you post an image of their Siege rank? Or just list it?
Seeaich
It's weird how late they're dropping elsewhere, the cross sell on the card back is Red Alert so clearly at some point they were intended for release in sync with him!
PrimalFury
Very cool, I thought these weren't coming out for a good while, read a small shop in the U.K. got them in
Seeaich
I just got the hasbro edition in hand today, they're knees, not sliding joints, a full 90° too!
(Knee bend not demonstrated here as his extra blue apps were curing, I had to fix the lack of blue toes, chest sides, and the sides of the trailer hitch top as just the top painted looked weird to me. Black or dark grey legs I can live without but the stock blue apps were pretty stingy!)
I do hope that's just a proto mistake, and Takara realise that silver on Highjump's chest should be on Powertrain's!
EDIT:
Post-curing turns out they can both pretty much do the full rifleman kneel!
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I believe this may just qualify them as the most poseable Patrol yet?
Ninjak
I still have many of the original ones as well, including the Micromaster Combiners. I'm glad to see they're getting some form of release for a new generation of buyers, but I'll just stick with the originals. I did, however, pick up the Ravage and Laserbeak set because, well, it's Ravage and Laserbeak. Plus they'll go with my eventual 35th anniv Siege Soundblaster.
MasterScale
He's unimpressed with his own kibble in jet mode.
Deathcatg
When I see that mouth from the front
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I keep expecting Thundercracker to talk like this.
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payres
See the post above yours. US versions should be out before then.
Venixion
How much for these guys and where can I find them?
payres
Amazon.co.jp: トランスフォーマー: ホビーストア
SG-33 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07RPL2N41/
SG-34 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07RNJCKGP/
SG-35 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07RTVZMHV/
Fenrys
Believe what you want, doesn’t change the fact that these decos are more toon accurate than what hasbro typically did and more in line with Takara coloring
Dinobot Snarl
With notable exceptions the battle damage is not "slathered" on… I'll give you Starscream. In some cases it adds tons of character ie Soundwave and My favorite application belongs to Optimus Prime. I do look foreward to 35th Optimus… If there's some retooling or surprising paint apps
03Mach1
I don't believe for a second that Takara would've slathered on the haphazard swaths of silver paint and called it 'battle damage'.
Legends' decos were far and away better than anything Siege has given us.
King Glurch
I believe that’s supposed to be Starscream’s smirk but with an extra wrinkle at one end. I had to do a double take on the straight-on pic, cause that just didn’t look right.
Venixion
What's up with Thundercracker's…weird expression?
NOAH927
At least I think Barricade is a lot better than Prowl.
Miragen
Hmm. I partly wanted Barricade so that I could donate his shoulder launchers to Prowl, but that’s not going to work with the purple colour ☹️
Oh well- Prowl with Sixgun shoulder launchers is growing on me.