Transformers: Wild King -- new "Wildocking" animal limb combiner series from TakaraTomy

[lastmaximal]

Actual spirit spark animals.

All this reveal does for me is convince me that the energy badges should have been clear plastic all this time.

In my mind, this is what WK Optimus should have been colored like from the jump (I'm either/or on the drone numbers, but the white, the dark blue windows, nice). I might've gotten that.

 

[unluckiness]

That or colored chrome,

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

I've no idea why they went with clear plastic for the limbs. The price seems even more removed from the product now for me.

 

[CrockAlley]

I have the original Energon Optimus and the Platinum Edition repaint. I have two versions of the Wild King Optimus mold. This new one is very pretty, but not for me. I don't really care enough about this mold being repainted at Energon Optimus, and the animals just being same-color-but-clear, while neat, isn't enough of a draw.

I got the yellow elephant and the pachycephalosaurus today. The elephant's gray shoulder pieces are swapped and won't close enough for animal mode or combiner mode. Gonna see if I can shave down the plastic.

 

[LordGigaIce]

 

[unluckiness]

Yeah, okay, so it's the "we cast everything in candy and didn't paint anything" type of clear redecos. I'll pass then.

 

[Sabrblade]

So, anyone else getting the vibe that this is Takara's answer to Hasbro's Walmart-exclusive Energon capsule?

 

[LordGigaIce]

 

[lastmaximal]

Okay, all that clear is starting to win me over. But maybe I'm just hungry.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

 

[Donocropolis]

Does appear that Undead Dragnus is just colored that way, it's not glow-in-the-dark plastic. That's disappointing, but I guess it means that I can stick with my original plan of not buying him and saving some money. Shame, it would have been an extremely rad use of gitd plastic, and Takara has shown that they're perfectly willing to use it.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Is glow in the dark plastic more expensive? This line already isn't very budget friendly.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Is glow in the dark plastic more expensive? This line already isn't very budget friendly.

Perhaps the paint/plastic has more regulations for safety/environmental issues than when we were kids/in the 80's and 90's, etc?

The MOTU/TF crossover Scare Glow-Starscream is meant to glow in the dark but mine doesn't.

 

[Donocropolis]

Is glow in the dark plastic more expensive? This line already isn't very budget friendly.

Maybe? Green Lio Convoy, who's made almost completely out of it, costs $60 on Pulse compared to non-glowy 40th Lio, who's $50, but that could be for a wide variety of reasons.

Perhaps the paint/plastic has more regulations for safety/environmental issues than when we were kids/in the 80's and 90's, etc?

The MOTU/TF crossover Scare Glow-Starscream is meant to glow in the dark but mine doesn't.

I don't think so. Green Lio Convoy is made out of GITD plastic and Cyberverse has been using a lot of GITD paint lately (Spinosaurus Shockwave and Pirate Scourge both use it).