Transformers Legacy toyline

[LordZarak81]

I can’t wait for 86 Swoop to be revealed.

 

[Sabrblade]

I can’t wait for 86 Swoop to be revealed.

Wrong thread.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Does anyone know that Takara Tomy Mall might have a legit portal at Amazon Japan? If this is real, it might allow for international sales and also credit/debit cards (as Takara's actual site won't accept even Japanese ones, such as Visa debit cards).

Here's the link:

- https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?me=A2FIKCE1IOLBDM&language=en&marketplaceID=A1VC38T7YXB528

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

I can’t wait for 86 Swoop to be revealed.

Until then...

 

[Sabrblade]

Update on the Nacelle mold that... may not actually be mold:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1697973275198902778

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Or mold is feeding on the release fluid.

 

[Dake]

It's pretty weird stuff. I wouldn't think extra release fluid would spiderweb like that. No apparent regrowth since my scrubbing with Clorox bleach/cleaner though (nor any bleaching or discoloration of the plastic) so good enough for me.

 

[Platypus Prime]

That's an improvement, and fits with what we know of the manufacturing process (I and many others give figures and model kits a rinse in water before assembly simply to make the paint adhere better due to residual release oil sometimes messing it up), but in the interest of staying within 'Internet Rules' I will somehow misinterpret it as something horrible anyway...ok, here's my first idea:

"I thought my Transformer was molding, but it turned out instead to be releasing fluid..."

 

[MrBlud]

That seems much more plausible than mold ONLY on the toy when a dark box is an ideal mold growing environment; and it would’ve been sitting in there for likely WEEKS between shipment-from-factory and shipment-to-customer.

 

[Deathy G1]

I’m gonna trust Willis on this. He’s been around the block. Reordered.

 

[RichardT519]

Just opened mine and gave it a look-over. Nothing resembling mold, but the wings felt unusually oily. It supports Willis' statement.

 

[Blot]

I remember when I bought the TRU reissue of MP Grimlock there was so much mold release oil on the toy it had pooled in the plastic tray behind it.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

Do we chalk this up to another instance of Hasbro QC slipping?

 

[unluckiness]

Mold release is largely silicon-based lubricant. That would explain oily residue but not the white powdery stuff which is in clumps rather than a layer over the toy.

Any official word from Hasbro or Amazon on this?

 

[Darth_Prime]

Lick it and find out.

 

[Dekafox]

 

[Onyx]

Anyone think we may get a 40th anniversary release of Armada Unicron? (Platinum Edition version) This time with green leds behind his green transparent eyes?

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Anyone think we may get a 40th anniversary release of Armada Unicron? (Platinum Edition version) This time with green leds behind his green transparent eyes?

I'm surprised it haven't been OSKO'd as a cheap alternative to the Haslab version.

 

[Doghouse Reilly]

Anyone think we may get a 40th anniversary release of Armada Unicron? (Platinum Edition version) This time with green leds behind his green transparent eyes?

I'd think a new Titan Class Armada Unicron would be more likely than a re-release of an old mold at this point. One with a Cybertron Primus remold baked in.

 

[Sabrblade]

Anyone think we may get a 40th anniversary release of Armada Unicron? (Platinum Edition version) This time with green leds behind his green transparent eyes?

By now, that Armada Unicron mold has been reused so many times that it's now mush. The last use it got, the Encore green-colored Unicron of Light, can hardly hold itself together. The planet shell halves don't want to stay closed in planet mode, and the shoulders don't want to stay attached to the torso in robot mode.