New In-hand images of Takara LG-43 Dinosaurer (Trypticon)

Kurona wrote:Phew, I'm glad they showed him with that calculator. It's the perfect scale to judge him against.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Kurona wrote:Phew, I'm glad they showed him with that calculator. It's the perfect scale to judge him against.

As I said before, that 10 Yen coin is roughly the size of a quarter.

Nexus Knight wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Kurona wrote:Phew, I'm glad they showed him with that calculator. It's the perfect scale to judge him against.

As I said before, that 10 Yen coin is roughly the size of a quarter.

Let the dude be snarky, yo.

This beast is amazingly beautiful. TB it's 's, though... never have been willing to ship overseas for a product I can get hear, cheaper.

Kurona wrote:Phew, I'm glad they showed him with that calculator. It's the perfect scale to judge him against.

Bronzewolf wrote:We've got some new in-hand photos of LG-43 Dinosaurer, courtesy of the TakaraTomyToys twitter! (that's a mouthful!)
The new photos show the massive dino doing some finances and balancing some budgets. Who knew he was so fiscally responsible? Check out the photos below, and make sure to sound off on the boards to tell fellow Seibertronians if plan to make Dinosaurer (or Trypticon) your accountant when he comes out later this year!

Kurona wrote:

Nexus Knight wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Kurona wrote:Phew, I'm glad they showed him with that calculator. It's the perfect scale to judge him against.

As I said before, that 10 Yen coin is roughly the size of a quarter.

Let the dude be snarky, yo.

This beast is amazingly beautiful. TB it's 's, though... never have been willing to ship overseas for a product I can get hear, cheaper.

Not to worry; while no-one of course has it in hand yet, pictures of both the Hasbro version and the Takara version seem to show the differences between each are negligible. The biggest difference, really, is just going to be the box they're in.

Nexus Knight wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Kurona wrote:Phew, I'm glad they showed him with that calculator. It's the perfect scale to judge him against.

As I said before, that 10 Yen coin is roughly the size of a quarter.

Let the dude be snarky, yo.

This beast is amazingly beautiful. TB it's 's, though... never have been willing to ship overseas for a product I can get hear, cheaper.

1984forever wrote:Hasbro could've lowered the price by not including the calculator.

Insurgent wrote:This is obviously the Marvel comics Trypticon, who has decided he doesn't want his next mission to be cut short because of fuel expendatures again, so he's making sure he'll have a second Dinobot thrashing in his budget before he goes out.


Bad ass, and fiscally responsible. Now that's a role model kids!

ScottyP wrote:

Insurgent wrote:This is obviously the Marvel comics Trypticon, who has decided he doesn't want his next mission to be cut short because of fuel expendatures again, so he's making sure he'll have a second Dinobot thrashing in his budget before he goes out.


Bad ass, and fiscally responsible. Now that's a role model kids!

Or: he stole Ratbat's calculator so that he could change out of base mode and do something

william-james88 wrote:Really odd how takara didnt go with the toon accurate darker grey for their trypticon. Looks the same as Hasbro's instead.

Insurgent wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Really odd how takara didnt go with the toon accurate darker grey for their trypticon. Looks the same as Hasbro's instead.

Maybe it's the same as Shockwave/Galvatron colours always being a bit lighter?

Sigma Magnus wrote:That shade of purple is show accurate?

Sigma Magnus wrote:That shade of purple is show accurate?

Sabrblade wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:That shade of purple is show accurate?

Only in certain shots.

Ultra Markus wrote:trypticon seems a tad shorter than metroplex

Kurona wrote:It makes sense that he's a little shorter, assuming all Titans have the same amount of plastic and bulk. There was no way he was ever gonna be bigger, that's for sure.

Kurona wrote:Right, so, someone with both toys help me out here with this extremely pedantic point.

I've been looking at CW/Legends Ultra Magnus and Legends Ginrai for absolutely ages, trying to see if there's any piece Ginrai kept from Magnus. Even pieces as minor and unnoticeable as the thighs and hands seem to be completely new.

But the only pieces that I think they share... would be their wheels. I'm looking at them, and I think they are the same mold. Can someone with both toys confirm? This is an absolutely insane retool.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Right, so, someone with both toys help me out here with this extremely pedantic point.

I've been looking at CW/Legends Ultra Magnus and Legends Ginrai for absolutely ages, trying to see if there's any piece Ginrai kept from Magnus. Even pieces as minor and unnoticeable as the thighs and hands seem to be completely new.

But the only pieces that I think they share... would be their wheels. I'm looking at them, and I think they are the same mold. Can someone with both toys confirm? This is an absolutely insane retool.

I think the circular plastic piece that is part of the cab/trailer connection is the same

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:trypticon seems a tad shorter than metroplex

He's 20 inches tall while Metroplex was 24 inches tall.

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:trypticon seems a tad shorter than metroplex

He's 20 inches tall while Metroplex was 24 inches tall.

thats too bad, even the g1 toy was taller than g1 metroplex and the in the cartoon they were about the same height, ah well, hes still bretty danm big

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:trypticon seems a tad shorter than metroplex

He's 20 inches tall while Metroplex was 24 inches tall.

thats too bad, even the g1 toy was taller than g1 metroplex and the in the cartoon they were about the same height, ah well, hes still bretty danm big

Biggest Decepticon toy ever.

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:trypticon seems a tad shorter than metroplex

He's 20 inches tall while Metroplex was 24 inches tall.

thats too bad, even the g1 toy was taller than g1 metroplex and the in the cartoon they were about the same height, ah well, hes still bretty danm big

Biggest Decepticon toy ever.

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Right, so, someone with both toys help me out here with this extremely pedantic point.

I've been looking at CW/Legends Ultra Magnus and Legends Ginrai for absolutely ages, trying to see if there's any piece Ginrai kept from Magnus. Even pieces as minor and unnoticeable as the thighs and hands seem to be completely new.

But the only pieces that I think they share... would be their wheels. I'm looking at them, and I think they are the same mold. Can someone with both toys confirm? This is an absolutely insane retool.

I think the circular plastic piece that is part of the cab/trailer connection is the same

Yeah, I asked Powered Convoy about this awhile back and he confirmed that the only unchanged parts shared between Ultra Magnus and Super Ginrai are indeed just the wheels and that little circular piece. If it weren't for Powermaster Optimus Prime acting as the middleman between these two, I'd think they were completely separate molds using shared engineering (a la G2 Smokescreen and Energon Starscream) with a few shared parts (a la TR Blurr and Chromedome), instead of one being a heavy retool of another heavy retool of the other.

Sabrblade wrote:I'd think they were completely separate molds using shared engineering (a la G2 Smokescreen and Energon Starscream) with a few shared parts (a la TR Blurr and Chromedome), instead of one being a heavy retool of another heavy retool of the other.

Kurona wrote:Right, so, someone with both toys help me out here with this extremely pedantic point.

I've been looking at CW/Legends Ultra Magnus and Legends Ginrai for absolutely ages, trying to see if there's any piece Ginrai kept from Magnus. Even pieces as minor and unnoticeable as the thighs and hands seem to be completely new.

But the only pieces that I think they share... would be their wheels. I'm looking at them, and I think they are the same mold. Can someone with both toys confirm? This is an absolutely insane retool.

william-james88 wrote:

Nexus Knight wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Kurona wrote:Phew, I'm glad they showed him with that calculator. It's the perfect scale to judge him against.

As I said before, that 10 Yen coin is roughly the size of a quarter.

Let the dude be snarky, yo.

This beast is amazingly beautiful. TB it's 's, though... never have been willing to ship overseas for a product I can get hear, cheaper.

Well your in luck because so far it looks like this beautiful beast will look very similar coming from Hasbro. so much so that there is still debate over whether or not the toy in these images is indeed the Takara version or the hasbro version.

Wolfman Jake wrote:September is still a good 5 months away. It's likely Legends Trypticon isn't even in production yet. I'd bet Takara is still finalizing their plastic colors and paint apps for their version. They want to build the hype up now, though, so the enthusiasm for Legends doesn't die off during the short hiatus it'll take to squeeze in the new movie toys this summer. Hence, they're just borrowing the Hasbro version of Trypticon to show off to their fans what is in store with a product that, in all honesty, still looks fantastic no matter what personal touches Takara will add to it before they release it.

william-james88 wrote:Thanks Kurona, the video that showcased Legends Dinosaurer also has that part left unpainted. So these are indeed two different releases that are nearly similar with Hasbro's having a bit more paint.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I'd think they were completely separate molds using shared engineering (a la G2 Smokescreen and Energon Starscream) with a few shared parts (a la TR Blurr and Chromedome), instead of one being a heavy retool of another heavy retool of the other.

I never liked that comparison to Smokescreen and Starscream, since the intention isnt there and that makes a big difference. Its more of a coincidence rather than Hasbro cheapening out by reusing a design in some way.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I'd think they were completely separate molds using shared engineering (a la G2 Smokescreen and Energon Starscream) with a few shared parts (a la TR Blurr and Chromedome), instead of one being a heavy retool of another heavy retool of the other.

I never liked that comparison to Smokescreen and Starscream, since the intention isnt there and that makes a big difference. Its more of a coincidence rather than Hasbro cheapening out by reusing a design in some way.

Well, Hasbro did reuse the G2 Smokescreen transformation scheme twice more for both 2010 Terradive and the FOC Seeker mold, so who's to say that Energon Starscream wasn't also a deliberate but more refining reuse of that transformation?