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Post by shaxper on Aug 22, 2003 21:24:53 GMT -5
Apparently, Alternators will all be improved upon versions of G1 characters PLUS the Japanese versions will contain Diecast! This is the coolest Transformers news ever!
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Post by admin1 aka Ed on Aug 22, 2003 21:32:01 GMT -5
SSSWEET ;D
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Post by OmegaWeapon on Aug 23, 2003 8:47:47 GMT -5
Only the Japanese versions will have die-cast. The ever-so-cheap-and-greedy Hasbro will make them in plastic only and charge us $40 each.  |
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Post by shaxper on Aug 23, 2003 10:35:39 GMT -5
Yep. Well Hasbro has always cut corners on their versions. At the very least, most Japanese Transformers have better quality plastic. When RID came around, I tried to buy only Japanese versions, and it really made a difference. Anyway, there's a debate currently raging amongst those in-the-know. Some are saying the Japanese Alternators will be mostly die-cast, as opposed to just containing some die-cast parts. I can only begin to imagine how cool it would be to have a transformer who's car shell was 100% die-cast! It may be time for the remaining Popy fans who have steered clear of TF to cross over  |
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Post by OmegaWeapon on Aug 23, 2003 13:54:13 GMT -5
Consisdering the price of the Japanese ones and how 1/24 scale really isn't that big, I hope they're mostly die-cast, or they too will be horribly over-priced.
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Post by Omni Existence on Aug 23, 2003 15:03:26 GMT -5
Whoa! Excellent news!
Thanks for the update Shax!
Oooh...G1's done in alternator fashion!
Animetically correct Megatron, Skyfire/Jetfire, Starscream....man I can't wait!
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Post by akyapp on Aug 23, 2003 20:11:47 GMT -5
1/24 scale... how big is that? is it bigger than a G1 smokescreen? I will be putting an order in for the Jap version..Diecast all the way! yay!  |
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Post by OmegaWeapon on Aug 24, 2003 9:00:04 GMT -5
1/24 scale is about the size of the old MASK vehicles, so they're a pretty decent size.
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Post by admin1 aka Ed on Aug 24, 2003 9:18:53 GMT -5
That is incredible news! Will the US be receiving the first Alternators and then Japan receiving the line second? -sigh- More things to spend money on. |
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Post by shaxper on Aug 24, 2003 17:34:01 GMT -5
I haven't heard for certain, but traditionally, any time Hasbro and Takara have planned to carry the same Transformers series, Hasbro has released it 6 months to a year earlier.
By the way, a revised popular rumor is that Hasbro's versions WILL contain some diecast and that Takara's versions will be MOSTLY diecast.
Supposedly, Hasbro/Takara plans to release six of them each year.
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Post by GDomino on Aug 25, 2003 4:57:43 GMT -5
I haven't heard for certain, but traditionally, any time Hasbro and Takara have planned to carry the same Transformers series, Hasbro has released it 6 months to a year earlier. HUH? I think you mean later Shax. The Takara (Binaltech) BT-01 Smokescreen is scheduled for a September release, while Hasbro's Alternator Smokescreen will be released sometime in December or even after the New Year... |
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Post by OmegaWeapon on Aug 25, 2003 5:28:59 GMT -5
Typically the Takara's do come out sooner than the Hasbro stuff.
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Post by shaxper on Aug 25, 2003 7:01:11 GMT -5
HUH? I think you mean later Shax. The Takara (Binaltech) BT-01 Smokescreen is scheduled for a September release, while Hasbro's Alternator Smokescreen will be released sometime in December or even after the New Year... No. I meant earlier. If what you're saying is correct, this will be the first time in twenty years of Transformers that Takara will be the first one to release a series that both they and Hasbro plan to produce. The only TF series Takara ever released first were RID and the reissues, both because Hasbro hadn't originally intended to do them. |
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Post by OmegaWeapon on Aug 25, 2003 10:04:07 GMT -5
Takara got the reissues and PVC's out first. If you count Diaclone/Diakron, Takara also got the G1's out originally first. It probably was a case of seeing Diakrons on US store shelves that inspired hasbro to "create" the Transformers.
Takara also got some of the BW stuff first; Ravage being the most notable.
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Post by GDomino on Aug 26, 2003 2:36:43 GMT -5
No. I meant earlier. If what you're saying is correct, this will be the first time in twenty years of Transformers that Takara will be the first one to release a series that both they and Hasbro plan to produce. The only TF series Takara ever released first were RID and the reissues, both because Hasbro hadn't originally intended to do them. Yeah I'm just getting back into collecting TFs, Takara's more specifically. I started up again about two years ago when RID cameout (after a long hiatus and denial that those animal TFs really existed) so I was a bit confused by your post. From what I've seen from RID, G1 reissues and even the JP Armada, Takara always released their toys before Hasbro up to a year earlier (for the same toys that Hasbro intended to release here). |
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Post by shaxper on Aug 26, 2003 6:14:49 GMT -5
Actually, Armada was released in America first. If you check in at HLJ, you'll see they're catching up quickly, but still haven't even gotten Thundercracker or Skywarp yet.
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Post by OmegaWeapon on Aug 28, 2003 14:25:45 GMT -5
Hasbro's getting clever to import buyers, and I think it was only released in the US first (in spite of Takara helping to design it and make the toys) just to cut off those who buy imports because they don't like waiting.
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