New Transformers Legends Manga for LG-43 Trypticon (Dinosaurer)

That's some vibrant colours on the figure in the photo at the start. I'm hoping that's the actual Legends figure and not just photoshopping.

There's a scene in the manga that seems to directly link it to Scramble City and Galvatron II's appearance in th UW manga. Also, this may be the reason why Metroflex was rendered offline for nearly 20 years (?) Or at least until Megatron invaded and drove off the Autobots from Cybertron just before the 1986 Movie.

Also, the cost might go even lower at 25,000Y from Amiami's tentative 27,000Y price.

Now it's been years since Metrotitan just appeared in the Legends Manga
This feels me weird, are they making a Metrotitan soon?

What vapourises Trypticon and Galvatron? I can't work out what that blast is from.


And.... is Trypticon trying to rip out Metroplex's spark chamber with his teeth???? That's hardcore!

fenrir72 wrote:Also, the cost might go even lower at 25,000Y from Amiami's tentative 27,000Y price.

The price won't change, 25,000 JPY is the MSRP, 27,000 JPY is the price with an 8% sales tax. The tax isn't supposed to be charged on exports and some shops in Tokyo like Mandarake even have duty free counters for tourists. This is why I said before that AmiAmi's discounts are misleading because they always list at the taxed price and 8% of what they're saying you're saving is the sales tax you don't have to pay anyway.

Emerje

It's the blue Long Haul (tee hee)

Insurgent wrote:What vapourises Trypticon and Galvatron? I can't work out what that blast is from.


And.... is Trypticon trying to rip out Metroplex's spark chamber with his teeth???? That's hardcore!

Ohh in headmasters Metroplex can shoot a blast from the circle on his chest kind of like Ironman's Unibeam,

Hehe

fenrir72 wrote:Also, the cost might go even lower at 25,000Y from Amiami's tentative 27,000Y price.

Thats because Amiami includes regional taxes, which other online stores do not. His price was always 25,000Y.

Ohh oohhhhh, Sakamoto, you madman! We should have seen this coming. You hinted at its coming in the UW manga, and yet here it is and we never saw it coming. You are some kind of mad genius!

Anyway, looks like we finally get the long-awaited follow up to Scramble City, showing the fight between Metroplex and the original "Dainozauraa" Trypticon, who rips out not Metroplex's spark but his "Transform Cog" (as it's called here). Galvatron II's presence was previously explained in the second Baldigus comic in that he time traveled back from the post-G2 era into the late 1980s, where he was given command over the original Trypticon by Megatron. And now we see here that he was there in Scramble City all along, just offscreen, when Trypticon rose from the sea. Plus, his presence there could also be seen as a homage to the toys version of Scramble City in which toy Galvatron made an appearance alongside the other Decepticons (including Megatron).

It looks like Metroplex utterly annihilated both "Dainozauraa" Trypticon and Galvatron II with his "Projector" attack, which Optimus begged him not to use for some reason (maybe the Projector was too powerful to use and it ended up wrecking Metroplex too, my guess). Dirge and Thrust survey the wreckage and manage to salvage Full-Tilt, whom Thrust describes as Trypticon's "black box".

Then in 2010 (as that's when season 3 took place in Japan, instead of during 2005-2006), the still-living Full-Tilt provides the backup data of the original "Dainozauraa" Trypticon and, once the Constructicons create the new "Dainazauraa" Trypticon, Full-Tilt inputs the backup data and downloads it into the new Trypticon.

Later still, in the year 2015 (so, set after The Headmasters in 2011 but before all the 2021 stuff from both the Unite Warriors comics and the new Headmasters/Masterforce-related Legends comics), the dreams that Legends Rattrap has in which he meets Swerve and Tailgate take place. Only now it seems that they weren't really dreams at all, but that somehow Rattrap was projected into the main cartoon universe via his dream. And once again, Full-Tilt is recovered from Trypticon's defeat in this era.

And then we cut even further to Trypticon's most recent death by the power of the Zodiac used by Dai Atlas' and Sonic Bomber's Zone Modes from the single Zone episode. It seems that Full-Tilt wasn't attached to Trypticon when this happened, as Full-Tilt isn't visibly present on Trypticon's Zone character model. As such, the Metro Squad get a hold of Full-Tilt's "Personal Component" (as it's called here) and are able to turn the component itself into a new body of Full-Tilt, explaining how he got tiny for his new Headmaster toy.

In the Legends Universe, Weirdwolf seems to be saying stuff about Trypticon, Megatron, Metroplex, and MegaZarak to Tarantulas, and then uses Alpha Trion's Ultra-drill to bring Full-Tilt into the Legends world, where a new Transtector has been prepared for him.

Like Brawl's personality component in B.O.T.






     

Minor corrections on my part.

It has been pointed out to me that it seems Full-Tilt was part of Trypticon during Zone, just fully integrated within him. And that we see his personality component being salvaged from that battle.

And the reason Weirdwolf brings Full-Tilt to the Legends world is because Weirdwolf and his pals want their own headquarters for their splinter company, and need Full-Tilt so they can rebuild Trypticon as their new building.

so trypticon is 45 cm only? thats 6" shorter than metroplex... BIG PASS

Insurgent wrote:What vapourises Trypticon and Galvatron? I can't work out what that blast is from.


And.... is Trypticon trying to rip out Metroplex's spark chamber with his teeth???? That's hardcore!

I think that was the sphere like thing in Metroflex's chest that blew them both. Also, there seems to be another incarnation of Dinosaurer as one of those "demon generals" of Violenjiger who gets blasted by a canon too.

This really needs an english translation.

Also, seems like this time, after nearly 30 years, Full Tilt gets the spotlight!

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Also, the cost might go even lower at 25,000Y from Amiami's tentative 27,000Y price.

Thats because Amiami includes regional taxes, which other online stores do not. His price was always 25,000Y.

Do not?







Their online full price cost is 27000Y no denying. The JP advertisement has the 25000Y tag. I mentioned it was probaly tentative. They even made some posting snafu of 30% off which they paired down to 27% off and clarified thanks to yours truly. Still. their pre order prices are still cheaper.......though this shouldn't be the forum for the price wars discussion as all I mentioned was the info in the add.

BERSEKAEL wrote:so trypticon is 45 cm only? thats 6" shorter than metroplex... BIG PASS

It's not the SIZE or "length" but how you use an "instrument of destruction" that matters right?

Kurona wrote:Hehe

First impressions that is. He hasn't actually seen the final product didn't he?

fenrir72 wrote:Their online full price cost is 27000Y no denying. The JP advertisement has the 25000Y tag.

Well yay for me ordering it right away!

Transformers Legends LG43 Trypticon(Provisional Pre-order)
Unit price 18,840 JPY x 1 unit(s) = 18,840 JPY

Fenrir, please quit it with the misinformation. as many said, only amiami has a full price of 27000 yen because they charge tax upfront for everyone.
As your photos proved, everybody else shows a full msrp of 25000 yen, which is the official price confirmed by Takara.

william-james88 wrote:Fenrir, please quit it with the misinformation. as many said, only amiami has a full price of 27000 yen because they charge tax upfront for everyone.
As your photos proved, everybody else shows a full msrp of 25000 yen, which is the official price confirmed by Takara.

Does it really matter what they're showing as the "original" price? Isn't it all about what the end price is? It seems that AmiAmi, at least for us importers in the US, has the least inexpensive price.

In AmiAmi's defense, Amazon.co.jp also shows the 27,000 price: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B06XCRLR15/ ... words=lg43?tag=seibertron00-22&

william-james88 wrote:Fenrir, please quit it with the misinformation. as many said, only amiami has a full price of 27000 yen because they charge tax upfront for everyone.
As your photos proved, everybody else shows a full msrp of 25000 yen, which is the official price confirmed by Takara.

Misinformation? You going Lame Stream Media mode now? You need glasses as Hobbysearch had their maxed price at around 21000Y+.

Let me repeat. I posted my observation of the figure in the ad at 25000Y. Comparing it to Amiami's 27000Y and inferred the price might be going even lower. I wasn't going into the sales tax details behind their pricing practices.

That would be be DERAILING the discussion. But since this is your forte of always DERAILING the subject I had to post a price comparison among the JP online heavy hitters.

And going about your own treatise of my spreading misinformation, hobbysearch DID not post the 27000Y max SRP including tax. So are you also guilty of spreading misinformation?

How's the eggs taste now?

Which one is the most cheapest? Among the three vendors? Btw, at least Amiami is posting what the item actually costs with their domestic sales tax rate.

Seibertron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Fenrir, please quit it with the misinformation. as many said, only amiami has a full price of 27000 yen because they charge tax upfront for everyone.
As your photos proved, everybody else shows a full msrp of 25000 yen, which is the official price confirmed by Takara.

Does it really matter what they're showing as the "original" price? Isn't it all about what the end price is? It seems that AmiAmi, at least for us importers in the US, has the least inexpensive price.

In AmiAmi's defense, Amazon.co.jp also shows the 27,000 price: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B06XCRLR15/ ... words=lg43?tag=seibertron00-22&

I rest my case.

Since we're all at MISINFORMATION/thread derailment price matching

Amiami 19590
HLJ 20000
Hobbysearch 21250Y

So mathematically from the 25000Y SRP + 2000Y tax for a total of 27000Y

Amiami 27000Y - 19590Y = 7410Y
HLJ 27000Y - 20000Y = 7000Y
Hobbysearch 27000Y (?) - 21250Y = 5750Y

So comparing each store pricing difference with highest to lowest. Also, you have to take into consideration their shipping options as Amiami allows Sal Parcel while Hobby Search only maxed out to EMS (recently they have adapted SAL Parcel (thanks to the efforts of yours truly as I take credit for that) and HLJ (Not sure of their maxed out packages). Since we all don't know the actual weight so we'll just skip it.

21250 - 19590 = 1660 savings or $ 14.46 based off current fx rates
21250 - 20000 = 1250 savings or $ 10.97 based off current fx rates
21250 - 21250 = 0

Include the option that you PAY for item once available.

Of course if you live on the mainland North American continent you pay what customs tax your state requires if at all.

An average of $12.71 in savings

So no explanation is given on why Full-Tilt resembles Wipe-Out, or even Tailgate? Plot hole!

Seibertron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Fenrir, please quit it with the misinformation. as many said, only amiami has a full price of 27000 yen because they charge tax upfront for everyone.
As your photos proved, everybody else shows a full msrp of 25000 yen, which is the official price confirmed by Takara.

Does it really matter what they're showing as the "original" price? Isn't it all about what the end price is? It seems that AmiAmi, at least for us importers in the US, has the least inexpensive price.

In AmiAmi's defense, Amazon.co.jp also shows the 27,000 price: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B06XCRLR15/ ... words=lg43?tag=seibertron00-22&

Now I wonder if Amazon also charges taxes upfront in the listing.
But you are right, its the final price that matters and Amiami is not the cheapest. Anime Export has it beat by quite a bit. Instead of the amiami 19,590 JPY, anime export offer him for 17500 yen since they are applying their discount on the MSRP not including taxes: http://www.anime-export.com/product/35111

So you are saving 2000 yen by going with Anime Export.

william-james88 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Fenrir, please quit it with the misinformation. as many said, only amiami has a full price of 27000 yen because they charge tax upfront for everyone.
As your photos proved, everybody else shows a full msrp of 25000 yen, which is the official price confirmed by Takara.

Does it really matter what they're showing as the "original" price? Isn't it all about what the end price is? It seems that AmiAmi, at least for us importers in the US, has the least inexpensive price.

In AmiAmi's defense, Amazon.co.jp also shows the 27,000 price: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B06XCRLR15/ ... words=lg43?tag=seibertron00-22&

Now I wonder if Amazon also charges taxes upfront in the listing.
But you are right, its the final price that matters and Amiami is not the cheapest. Anime Export has it beat by quite a bit. Instead of the amiami 19,590 JPY, anime export offer him for 17500 yen since they are applying their discount on the MSRP not including taxes: http://www.anime-export.com/product/35111

So you are saving 2000 yen by going with Anime Export.

Hey Ryan! Quit spreading your misinformation! Anime Export is much Cheaper!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:So no explanation is given on why Full-Tilt resembles Wipe-Out, or even Tailgate? Plot hole!

A homage to Don Perlin maybe?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:So no explanation is given on why Full-Tilt resembles Wipe-Out, or even Tailgate? Plot hole!

Well, none of the other new Headmasters (save for Leo Prime) got explanations for why they all look the way they do. Blurr looks like Chromedome in Blurr colors, Astrotrain has a mouthplate, Megatron and Twincast and Soundblaster look like mini-mes of their previous larger bodies while no one else does, and Scourge and the Sweeps have the same body-type (minus their head) as Highbrow.

Wiki summary of the comic:

In the 20th century of the G1 world, Galvatron leads the new Decepticon weapon, Trypticon, into battle with Metroplex. Trypticon bites into his enemy, ripping out his transformation cog, and Metroplex counters with an antimatter projector beam that destroys Trypticon and Galvatron at the cost of damaging his own body. From the wreckage, the Decepticons recover Trypticon's "black box", Full-Tilt, who contains backup data of Trypticon's life functions that will allow them to recreate the cityformer.

In 2010, the Constructicons rebuild a human city into a new Trypticon, with Full-Tilt completing the resurrection by interfacing with the beast to upload his data. Trypticon goes on to battle the Autobots on Earth until he's brought down by Swerve and Tailgate in 2015, though Full-Tilt is again recovered and fully integrated into Trypticon's third, smaller body. While fighting as one of Violen Jiger's Nine Great Demon Generals, Trypticon ends up obliterated by Dai Atlas, but the Race Track Patrol is able to find Full-Tilt's personality component among the wreckage and brings it to the Metrosquad. Metrobomb has the component modified to give it its own robot mode, restoring Full-Tilt in a diminutive body until such a time he can be used to rebuild Trypticon again.

Meanwhile in the Legends Universe, Weirdwolf concludes that his faction needs Trypticon to counter Metroplex, being unable to rebel against Megatron and exact Scorponok's will as long as Megatron is in control of a cityformer of his own. He recruits fugitive Tarantulas and pressures him into contributing his robotics skills in exchange for shelter, then summons Full-Tilt to the Legends world. A Decepticon civil war is near...

Couple of questions/comments.

Isn't Trypticon to large or two heavy for SAL ? or is there a Parcel rate i'm unfamiliar with as often I've been told there is no SAL option on larger parcels when importing... I realise we are talking about Japan here but a cheaper large parcel rate for chine would be super useful for me to know about if there is one be it for china post or Japan... I was going to buy one of those giant Scorponok/Mega Zarak but could find a suitable postage option so if there is one - i'd really like to know.

Also is it being stated that individual states can charge a sales tax on imports on toys when they are zero rated item in America ?

(We are not talking about Canada now are we?)

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:So no explanation is given on why Full-Tilt resembles Wipe-Out, or even Tailgate? Plot hole!

How is that even remotely a plot hole? If a character's appearance is a plot hole then why do Thundercracker and Skywarp look like Starscream?

Well I'm sure you know but the real life reason for Necro looking like Wipe-Out is because Wipe-Out was also a servant of Trypticon and since Brunt has no robot mode the designers probably look at the next character with the closest connection with Trypticon which is Wipe-Out.

Also Wipe-Out only shares details with Tailgate but is not the exact same "mold" for example their chests.

FWIW, this time the little Headmaster dude is Full-Tilt himself proper, rather than Hasbro's all new Titan Master character Necro.

Sabrblade wrote:FWIW, this time the little Headmaster dude is Full-Tilt himself proper, rather than Hasbro's all new Titan Master character Necro.

At what point of the JP continuity did Swerve knock down Dinoser II?

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:FWIW, this time the little Headmaster dude is Full-Tilt himself proper, rather than Hasbro's all new Titan Master character Necro.

At what point of the JP continuity did Swerve knock down Dinoser II?

Never: in fact he was stomped on in his first of only 2 appearances.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:FWIW, this time the little Headmaster dude is Full-Tilt himself proper, rather than Hasbro's all new Titan Master character Necro.

At what point of the JP continuity did Swerve knock down Dinoser II?

Never: in fact he was stomped on in his first of only 2 appearances.

That's in FFoD. So now another retcon?

fenrir72 wrote:At what point of the JP continuity did Swerve knock down Dinoser II?

The Legends comics that focused on Swerve and Tailgate featured a story with them two, their Microns, and Legends-world Rattrap (displaced to the cartoon universe via his dreaming while sleeping) all teaming up to fight Trypticon in the year 2015. Apparently, this new comic shows that Trypticon was destroyed in that conflict when the comics that detailed it only showed Trypticon to just be incapacitated but not outright destroyed.

Here are the comics in question (click on each image for full size):

Rattrap is jealous of how everyone else at his job is bigger and stronger than him. One night he dreams of appearing in the middle of Swerve and Tailgate's battle against the giant Trypticon, which ends poorly as Tailgate is just kicked aside and Swerve is stomped into the ground (but left mostly unharmed). As Tailgate plucks his buddy out using Groundshaker, Rattrap asks the duo why they'd take on such an enemy so much larger than they are, but Swerve just grins and retorts that size has nothing to do with it: as long as you've got guts and smarts, you can win against anyone! The two then introduce Rattrap to their Mini-Con partners, Phaser and Groundshaker, who are just as small as Rattrap but still valued members of the team. As the Autobots leave, an uplifted Rattrap cheers them on and promises he'll work hard too, causing him to mumble encouragingly in his sleep next to his Swerve and Tailgate toys.

In Rattrap's dream, he meets Swerve. Rattrap notes that he made barely any appearances in the original cartoon, but Swerve doesn't mind being noticed or not, preferring to focus on his work, which causes an easily impressed Rattrap to call him cool. Swerve is then asked why his name was "Werve" (ウェーブ) in 2010 instead of Swerve (スワーブ). Swerve again brushes off the question, saying that you can call him whatever you want, baby. Rattrap is again impressed.

The topic moves on to Swerve's bad marksmanship, to which Phaser reveals that he transforms into My First Blaster to aid his partner. The two demonstrate the First Blaster in battle with Trypticon, with all of the assorted sound effects. Rattrap says that the sound effects would just help the enemy know when to move out of the way, a revelation which alarms Phaser.

Still in Rattrap's dream, Tailgate introduces himself and his partner, Groundshaker. It is explained that Micro Transformers came to Earth in the 1980s in search of Optimus Prime and the Matrix. Due to a dimensional shockwave, they evolved and became Micromasters, able to transform and combine. Later in the war, most of the Micro Transformers fell under the command of Hot Rod, who led them in creating the planet Micro.

Further, a Micron is a Micro Transformer with the ability to transform into another mode and provide their larger partners with a power up. Rattrap asks Tailgate if he could be a Micron as well, since he is also small. This proves to be strangely successful, as he incapacitates Trypticon with his ribbon bomb.

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:At what point of the JP continuity did Swerve knock down Dinoser II?

The Legends comics that focused on Swerve and Tailgate featured a story with them two, their Microns, and Legends-world Rattrap (displaced to the cartoon universe via his dreaming while sleeping) all teaming up to fight Trypticon in the year 2015. Apparently, this new comic shows that Trypticon was destroyed in that conflict when the comics that detailed it only showed Trypticon to just be incapacitated but not outright destroyed.

Here are the comics in question (click on each image for full size):

Rattrap is jealous of how everyone else at his job is bigger and stronger than him. One night he dreams of appearing in the middle of Swerve and Tailgate's battle against the giant Trypticon, which ends poorly as Tailgate is just kicked aside and Swerve is stomped into the ground (but left mostly unharmed). As Tailgate plucks his buddy out using Groundshaker, Rattrap asks the duo why they'd take on such an enemy so much larger than they are, but Swerve just grins and retorts that size has nothing to do with it: as long as you've got guts and smarts, you can win against anyone! The two then introduce Rattrap to their Mini-Con partners, Phaser and Groundshaker, who are just as small as Rattrap but still valued members of the team. As the Autobots leave, an uplifted Rattrap cheers them on and promises he'll work hard too, causing him to mumble encouragingly in his sleep next to his Swerve and Tailgate toys.

In Rattrap's dream, he meets Swerve. Rattrap notes that he made barely any appearances in the original cartoon, but Swerve doesn't mind being noticed or not, preferring to focus on his work, which causes an easily impressed Rattrap to call him cool. Swerve is then asked why his name was "Werve" (ウェーブ) in 2010 instead of Swerve (スワーブ). Swerve again brushes off the question, saying that you can call him whatever you want, baby. Rattrap is again impressed.

The topic moves on to Swerve's bad marksmanship, to which Phaser reveals that he transforms into My First Blaster to aid his partner. The two demonstrate the First Blaster in battle with Trypticon, with all of the assorted sound effects. Rattrap says that the sound effects would just help the enemy know when to move out of the way, a revelation which alarms Phaser.

Still in Rattrap's dream, Tailgate introduces himself and his partner, Groundshaker. It is explained that Micro Transformers came to Earth in the 1980s in search of Optimus Prime and the Matrix. Due to a dimensional shockwave, they evolved and became Micromasters, able to transform and combine. Later in the war, most of the Micro Transformers fell under the command of Hot Rod, who led them in creating the planet Micro.

Further, a Micron is a Micro Transformer with the ability to transform into another mode and provide their larger partners with a power up. Rattrap asks Tailgate if he could be a Micron as well, since he is also small. This proves to be strangely successful, as he incapacitates Trypticon with his ribbon bomb.

So those events should happen between TF 2010 and THM. As Dinoser made several appearances in THM, this might be just before the final episode or during the battle itself?

'cause Dinoser II never showed up in Masterforce again (back then we all assumed that he just left with the other)s.

P.S. The writer for this manga is so BOSS! All the back tracking interconnecting is mind boggling! Now, if only he can iron out why in Metrowars, Metroflex' CC was still Twincast.

RAR wrote:Couple of questions/comments.

Isn't Trypticon to large or two heavy for SAL ? or is there a Parcel rate i'm unfamiliar with as often I've been told there is no SAL option on larger parcels when importing... I realise we are talking about Japan here but a cheaper large parcel rate for chine would be super useful for me to know about if there is one be it for china post or Japan... I was going to buy one of those giant Scorponok/Mega Zarak but could find a suitable postage option so if there is one - i'd really like to know.

Also is it being stated that individual states can charge a sales tax on imports on toys when they are zero rated item in America ?

(We are not talking about Canada now are we?)

In my case for Legends Fortmax at Amiami, I used Sal Parcel.

fenrir72 wrote:So those events should happen between TF 2010 and THM. As Dinoser made several appearances in THM, this might be just before the final episode or during the battle itself?

'cause Dinoser II never showed up in Masterforce again (back then we all assumed that he just left with the other)s.

It's after The Headmasters. This is 2015 while The Headmasters was in 2011.

Though, it is before all the stuff that happened in 2021 with the Unite Warriors on Cybertron, Fortress's and Scorponok's teams out in space, and God Ginrai's team in the G Nebula 89, but which all took place after Masterforce. So it's possible that the 2015 stuff occurred before Masterforce, or even after Masterforce depending on when that cartoon took place between 2011 and 2021 (we've really never gotten any official indication on when Masterforce takes place besides some point between 2011 and 2025, but now we at least know it's somewhere between 2011 and 2021, and now either before or after, but not during, 2015).

This figure is great! I ain't lion.

Pretty amazing how some new paint and a different head can transform this toy into a whole new character.



















A few more pics here.

The figure is solid and the paint is top notch. The perfect reuse of this mold.

Is his lion mode eyeless?

Sabrblade wrote:Is his lion mode eyeless?

No sir. Look at those baby blues.

The eyes are even harder to make out on the Alpha Trion version though.

Ah. Couldn't see them from the other side of the head in the other pics.

Cobotron wrote:This figure is great! I ain't lion.

Pretty amazing how some new paint and a different head can transform this toy into a whole new character.


The figure is solid and the paint is top notch. The perfect reuse of this mold.

Clothes do make a man! Or in this case, a new robot.

Just wait for the next upcoming stuff like a certain bipedal mecha lizard here abouts!

Click to enlarge..





















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So he just has lighter plastic colors and red eyes instead of orange. Gotta say, kinda disappointing. What happened to the extra weapon it was supposed to come with?

steals_your_goats wrote:So he just has lighter plastic colors and red eyes instead of orange. Gotta say, kinda disappointing. What happened to the extra weapon it was supposed to come with?

You can see full tilt holding his weapon. Thats it.

Hot off the presses, the collectables magazine Figure King No. 230 has a whole five page section on Takara's Legends LG 43 Dinosaurer aka Trypticon. It is still very unclear just what the difference between the Hasbro and Takara version are. So far both have used the same official images and Takara has used Hasbro's product for some of their promotion. Also, Hasbro's reveal of Trypticon at NY Toy Far was using a painted model, which is also not inidicative of how it will look like finished. So while we could assume that what we see in these magazine images is the final deco of the Takara release, it still does not leave us much to go on in terms of what the differences are. Let us know if you find any obvious differences that aren't just dependent on the lighting. We have added images of the Hasbro Trypticon shown at the Australia toy fair below as well for you to make a comparison if needed.

The article does show us a lot of functionality that was not shown yet, such as how Full Tilt has a cockpit for a titan master to ride in, and how the front of the ship mode opens like a giant mouth. We also see him scaled with Metroplex with no angle tricks and he does look much smaller. Plus, and this one is awesome, we see the earliest model of Trypticon done by expert designer Hasui who had used parts of Fort Max to show how they could pull off a Trypticon. This by no means makes Trypticon any sort of retool, it just shows how the mind of a designer works, using whatever they have at their disposal to get their vision across.

The extra weapon in the listing seems to be Full Tilt's gun and there is no catapult shown in the images meaning that it might just be a gimmick part of the toy and not an accessory on its own.

Enjoy these images and tell us that you think!









Hasbro version

So, assuming Australia Toy Fair and these promotional images' Trypticons are separately Hasbro and T.Tomy's, the only real difference is the purple used, which might just be a lighting difference. The difference between these images and the Trypticon we saw at NY Toy Fair was primarily the torso plastic, with the Hasbro having the translucent blue and Takara's being greener.

This look awesome. I do wish Fort Max had gotten this kind of treatment, instead of being a battle modified Metroplex.