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Post by mpchi on Feb 20, 2015 16:37:58 GMT -5
Very nice. Looking forward to these indeed. It does look like there may be parts-forming, from the look of a couple samples (Bluejet's head/nose of fighter mode). Don't mind at all if these are small, similar to the originals (maybe a little bigger), and with a good diecast chunk, selling $30-40 a pop.
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Post by Lejam on Jun 27, 2015 10:07:10 GMT -5
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Post by faelon on Jun 27, 2015 15:12:40 GMT -5
if I was hasbro I'd be very nervous right now. these look amazing and if we got a new anime to go with them they could easily kick Transformers off the top spot for transforming robots. even the third party companies are making better transformers than Hasbro and Takara I'm kind of confused? Didn't the IP rights to these characters end up in BanDai and Hasbro's hands as outright owners? Not simply licensee's? BanDai absorbed Popy which created and held Machine Robo, and Hasbro acquired the GoBots side of it when the bought out Tonka. Why would Hasbro be nervous about some third party coming in and attempting to top them by making toys of their own characters and IP? Granted Hasbro has not been that overly agressive in going after small merchant 3rd party Transformers. But this seems like something that might sit badly with them is it ever attempts to hit North America or Europe. |
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Post by zeomare on Jun 27, 2015 16:46:02 GMT -5
these look wonderful i love the machine robo figures. i am really liking the new Leader 1 and Turbo. i wonder if we will see others like Crasher, Cop-tor Greeper Jeeper and some of the more well known ones
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2015 17:18:09 GMT -5
if I was hasbro I'd be very nervous right now. these look amazing and if we got a new anime to go with them they could easily kick Transformers off the top spot for transforming robots. even the third party companies are making better transformers than Hasbro and Takara I'm kind of confused? Didn't the IP rights to these characters end up in BanDai and Hasbro's hands as outright owners? Not simply licensee's? BanDai absorbed Popy which created and held Machine Robo, and Hasbro acquired the GoBots side of it when the bought out Tonka. Why would Hasbro be nervous about some third party coming in and attempting to top them by making toys of their own characters and IP? Granted Hasbro has not been that overly agressive in going after small merchant 3rd party Transformers. But this seems like something that might sit badly with them is it ever attempts to hit North America or Europe. These new machine robo toys are not made by a third party group. Action Toys, is a well known toy company based in Hong Kong, and it is that region's distributor of Fewture toys. Therefore, these are fully licensed products from Bandai. Hasbro does not own Machine Robo. Instead, it only owns the Gobots brand and characters names, not the toy designs. |
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Post by faelon on Jun 27, 2015 17:42:59 GMT -5
I'm kind of confused? Didn't the IP rights to these characters end up in BanDai and Hasbro's hands as outright owners? Not simply licensee's? BanDai absorbed Popy which created and held Machine Robo, and Hasbro acquired the GoBots side of it when the bought out Tonka. Why would Hasbro be nervous about some third party coming in and attempting to top them by making toys of their own characters and IP? Granted Hasbro has not been that overly agressive in going after small merchant 3rd party Transformers. But this seems like something that might sit badly with them is it ever attempts to hit North America or Europe. These new machine robo toys are not made by a third party group. Action Toys, is a well known toy company based in Hong Kong, and it is that region's distributor of Fewture toys. Therefore, these are fully licensed products from Bandai. Hasbro does not own Machine Robo. Instead, it only owns the Gobots brand and characters names, not the toy designs. Doors Bandai own Fewture? I'm not sure on the connection there and have never been able to find any English language information pertaining to Fewtures business structure or relationships. Hasbro owns the Gobots branding and naming worldwide, but, it is my understanding that they own the specific character designs and images in Europe and North America. It's kind of a Macross vs Robotech deal again, at least in terms of how the IP rights lay out. only not so publicly acrimonious. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2015 20:08:43 GMT -5
Bandai and Fewture are two independent companies.
Action Toys got the rights from Bandai because Bandai owns Machine Robo.
Hasbro does not own the toy designs. It only owns the name Gobots, and the character names from that line. Not the toys.
As a matter of fact, Tonka never owned the Machine Robo toys either. It just owned the Gobots brand, Machine Robo toys were sold as Gobots under Bandai's permission.
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Post by nikodiablo on Jun 27, 2015 23:27:10 GMT -5
I love that MR05/Steam Robo prototype next to the Tough Trailer! |
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Post by REX-203 on Nov 12, 2015 14:10:06 GMT -5
Any updates on this line? I was really excited when the pictures first surfaced. Is it still happening?
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Post by nikodiablo on Nov 23, 2015 23:37:02 GMT -5
Hasn't been any update from recent toyfairs for a while - even 3rd party transformers seem to be happening faster than this line  |
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Post by Yumcha on Nov 24, 2015 17:00:55 GMT -5
Good.  I need the toy-makers to slow down...I'm going broke here! |
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Post by pascal on Dec 15, 2015 8:56:43 GMT -5
I want them all.
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Post by coldiron on Dec 17, 2015 11:42:32 GMT -5
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Post by nikodiablo on Dec 18, 2015 4:36:15 GMT -5
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Post by Lejam on Dec 18, 2015 5:39:52 GMT -5
Photos form the link above (Taghobby):     These are unlimited candy addiction !!!!! I will resist and just buy Driller and Blue Jet to complete SOC Bankaifu. DAMN, this line is gorgeous. Hope price is aiming mass retail... USD 30-40 ? |
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Post by nikodiablo on Dec 18, 2015 19:51:27 GMT -5
I want all of these and I hope the price is sets at $30 - 40 (According to Coldiron's post is HKD 200 - about USD 26). These get me more excited than the current state of SOC releases |
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Post by Lejam on Dec 19, 2015 8:10:16 GMT -5
We are crazy kidz with bank account  |
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Post by coldiron on Dec 19, 2015 16:50:48 GMT -5
I wonder if this reboot was inspired by the 3rd party lines or they maybe hired some of them. They look really well designed.
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Post by nikodiablo on Dec 20, 2015 2:44:01 GMT -5
The prototype for Spay-C/Shuttle Robo looks suspiciously similar to FansProject's Explorer, suggesting a retool. Maybe the designer was involved?
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Post by coldiron on Jan 16, 2016 14:46:16 GMT -5
Heard they would be out next month. Anyone see preorders yet?
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