Japanese Transformers News
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(Thanks again Masabon!)
Shiny! I must remember to be happy with the ones that I have.
Toys - Takara Tomy Brings Back Energon Optimus Prime For Their Wild King Toy Line!
After releasing a teaser image last night, our first look at Wild King WKS-05 Optimus Link Prime is here! He will be part of a set that includes four Energy Beasts, and will be sold exclusively through Takara Tomy Mall for around $126 with the current exchange rate. Expect a full reveal this...
www.allspark.com
Return of Fatimus Prime!
Mildly related but the separate Japanese arm of Toys R Us is closing/getting bought up by the owners of the famous "Don Quijote" shops in Japan:
- https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026093000430/toys-r-us-to-quit-store-operation-in-japan.html
- https://soranews24.com/2026/09/30/toys-r-us-is-leaving-japan-after-35-years-in-the-country/
I stopped going to them years ago as they never really had much stock, none of the latest TFs, were too far away, were too expensive and hardly had any exclusives.
- https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026093000430/toys-r-us-to-quit-store-operation-in-japan.html
- https://soranews24.com/2026/09/30/toys-r-us-is-leaving-japan-after-35-years-in-the-country/
I stopped going to them years ago as they never really had much stock, none of the latest TFs, were too far away, were too expensive and hardly had any exclusives.
Sad news indeed.
If it helps anyone resist the new Dinobots, just look at every picture of them with the new fire-blast effect parts, and put *BAAARRRRRRFFFF* as a sound effect, as in the background, the Dinobot Island chili cookoff continues.
There's a reason they included a doctor in the first pack.
There's a reason they included a doctor in the first pack.
another thing killed by japan's declining birthrate
Bic Camera and Don Quixote consistently had better stock.
so the takaratomy release of the kiss players cassettes come with acrylic standees of the kiss players themselves and unfortunately, due to woke, oshima was FORCED to draw them actually looking like adults
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I like that Brawl redeco. Is Hasbro releasing that too?
I would assume so.
Well, given that even in 2-D form each character feels the need to hold their skirts down, I can't say it's a bad choice legally. Especially for several countries that are now watching their import regulations a lot more carefully these days.
Though the 3-D stuff may not be faring much better, for entirely different reasons. The Minicons all look various stages of traumatized. Worst is Sparkplugs "Why pain? Why so much pain...?" look, along with Windsheer's "I HAVE NO PREFRONTAL LOBE!!!"
And I still see *BAARRRRRFFFF!!* when the Dinobots use their breath effects. The chili revenge continues...
Weird thing, you can soon make a Nexus Prime combiner without borrowing any limbs, but you still need to borrow frame parts from two different Commander Class toys to use them together since the Brawl mold is not Superion-leg compatible.
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(Thanks again to Masabon, via Line)
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...meanwhile, at Costco Japan.
I really quite like that Megatron. It's nice to have something different in a kind of "what if" way for Megatron, and while it's obviously going to get repainted into G2 colours, I always wished they'd kept visual continuity with the original design anyway, colour wise. Kinda wish he wasn't MP scaled, but still, it's just nicely executed.
Star Saber also looks cool for the MTMTE shelf. But I am somewhat scared by the price.
Star Saber also looks cool for the MTMTE shelf. But I am somewhat scared by the price.