Preorder Listings for Takara Transformers Legends LG EX Black Convoy (RID Scourge)

I think I'll splurge my TFN money on this guy. Kapow tends to stock some of these at that con, and it does look nice. Maybe even get a little knocked off if I wait till the Sunday afternoon.

Just noticed that they didn't bother to paint the smokestacks which is kind of a shame. Otherwise he looks glorious, especially with Baldigus Too bad they're both exclusives, otherwise I would be all over them

xMXUx wrote:Just noticed that they didn't bother to paint the smokestacks which is kind of a shame. Otherwise he looks glorious, especially with Baldigus Too bad they're both exclusives, otherwise I would be all over them

That makes me want this and Baldigus even more. What's a couple hundred more dollars on toys gonna hurt...

william-james88 wrote:
Ages 3 and Up do not sell at canadian prices. They sell in USD$ only. So you lose on the exchange even if you are buying from a canadian company which means they will also automatically charge all necessary taxes. Yay.

So you will always end up paying in USD from no matter who you buy and it will end up costing pretty much the same for us in Canada. So might as well buy from robot kingdom, which will end up costing you $116,71 CDN shipped to you.

I am not playing this BS game with exclusives, if people are willing to spend that much for a $30, toy all the power to them, but I wont. They can keep him.

If your talking about http://www.agesthreeandup.com yes it's in usd but http://www.agesthreeandup.ca sells them at canadian prices and is slightly cheaper for me.

Yes the site is legit I've already gotten Lio Prime from them.

I'm only wanting to spend on him because I don't have the character in any shape and form besides the original Laser Prime repaint from 2004 and I'm a sucker for headmasters.

Also maybe I should ask if is Black Convoy going to be able to be ordered from www.agesthreeandup.ca at all or Bigbadtoystore or is Robotkingdom my only choice?

Deadput wrote:Also maybe I should ask if is Black Convoy going to be able to be ordered from http://www.agesthreeandup.ca at all or Bigbadtoystore or is Robotkingdom my only choice?

Nobody here would know since none of us are associated with these companies. You are better off asking ages3 an up instead and let us know what they say.

Also, sorry, I didnt know there was a .ca version

xMXUx wrote:Just noticed that they didn't bother to paint the smokestacks which is kind of a shame. Otherwise he looks glorious, especially with Baldigus Too bad they're both exclusives, otherwise I would be all over them

Baldigus is a different exclusive though, a much easier to get exclusive that was/is available pretty much everywhere at much less of a markup than Black Convoy (at least I think so).

What I mean to say is that Baldigus is as easy to get as any non exclusive Unite Warriors Combiner, he just costs a bit more. Is it the price that is turning you off?

I ordered a unite warriors Baldigus 2 weeks ago. With these new pics with Scourge this makes me even more excited for Baldigus.

Yeah, I'm really hoping TFSource or BBTS get some in. I did e-mail BBTS about it, and they hadn't heard of the figure yet. I'd almost pull the trigger from Robot Kingdom, but by the time you factor in shipping to the US, that really stings. Especially if it shows up "locally" later.

I got an email back and Ages3andup doesn't know right now but the guy said they "probably" will get some.

Does this Black Convoy come with stickers?

Damn. Now I want Black Convoy and Baldigus. Being skint sucks.

Rainmaker wrote:Does this Black Convoy come with stickers?

At the very least it doesn't look like the oil barrel thing has stickers but maybe the torso does.

william-james88 wrote:

xMXUx wrote:Just noticed that they didn't bother to paint the smokestacks which is kind of a shame. Otherwise he looks glorious, especially with Baldigus Too bad they're both exclusives, otherwise I would be all over them

Baldigus is a different exclusive though, a much easier to get exclusive that was/is available pretty much everywhere at much less of a markup than Black Convoy (at least I think so).

What I mean to say is that Baldigus is as easy to get as any non exclusive Unite Warriors Combiner, he just costs a bit more. Is it the price that is turning you off?

That is true and the issue is indeed the price. Not they're retail price, I could justify that. But since they're exclusives it means that I can't import them directly from Japan. So I'm stuck with an online retailer to import them from Japan and I'd then have tho import them from whatever country the chosen online retailer is from. Meaning I'll have to basically pay twice for shipping, customs etc. Where as if I could import directly from Anime Export I'd only pay the actual retail price and shipping.

But oh well, my empty wallet and filled cabinets won't be too upset if I'm not getting them

xMXUx wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

xMXUx wrote:Just noticed that they didn't bother to paint the smokestacks which is kind of a shame. Otherwise he looks glorious, especially with Baldigus Too bad they're both exclusives, otherwise I would be all over them

Baldigus is a different exclusive though, a much easier to get exclusive that was/is available pretty much everywhere at much less of a markup than Black Convoy (at least I think so).

What I mean to say is that Baldigus is as easy to get as any non exclusive Unite Warriors Combiner, he just costs a bit more. Is it the price that is turning you off?

That is true and the issue is indeed the price. Not they're retail price, I could justify that. But since they're exclusives it means that I can't import them directly from Japan. So I'm stuck with an online retailer to import them from Japan and I'd then have tho import them from whatever country the chosen online retailer is from. Meaning I'll have to basically pay twice for shipping, customs etc. Where as if I could import directly from Anime Export I'd only pay the actual retail price and shipping.

But oh well, my empty wallet and filled cabinets won't be too upset if I'm not getting them

I hear you and while it ends up being the same, I just wanted to let you know what is really going on. Yes, you and I cant import these exclusives from Japan but neither can BBTS or anyone else. No one can, they arent allowed.
So instead they just get the Hasbro Asia version. You might have seen it, maybe not, but all Unite Warriors sets also have a chinese version which comes with a coin. This isnt the takara version, its the hasbro asia version and the only difference is the inclusion of the coin (to tbe best of my knowledge). And those versions are always more expensive to buy, to the point that BBTS wont stock them when they can instead get the Takara version that is cheaper.

But since the takara version is unavailable, they have no choice but to stock the more expensive version from hasbro Asia. And of course, Hasbro Asia knows that their version is the only option for international sellers to buy so the boost up the price. And in turn thats why you are stuck paying more, because the cheaper version of the set is unavailable.

Like I said, same result, but different reason and all of it still due to the Japanese version being exclusive to one retailer in Japan.

But hey, we got Liokaiser and japan didnt so take that takara!

william-james88 wrote:

xMXUx wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

xMXUx wrote:Just noticed that they didn't bother to paint the smokestacks which is kind of a shame. Otherwise he looks glorious, especially with Baldigus Too bad they're both exclusives, otherwise I would be all over them

Baldigus is a different exclusive though, a much easier to get exclusive that was/is available pretty much everywhere at much less of a markup than Black Convoy (at least I think so).

What I mean to say is that Baldigus is as easy to get as any non exclusive Unite Warriors Combiner, he just costs a bit more. Is it the price that is turning you off?

That is true and the issue is indeed the price. Not they're retail price, I could justify that. But since they're exclusives it means that I can't import them directly from Japan. So I'm stuck with an online retailer to import them from Japan and I'd then have tho import them from whatever country the chosen online retailer is from. Meaning I'll have to basically pay twice for shipping, customs etc. Where as if I could import directly from Anime Export I'd only pay the actual retail price and shipping.

But oh well, my empty wallet and filled cabinets won't be too upset if I'm not getting them

I hear you and while it ends up being the same, I just wanted to let you know what is really going on. Yes, you and I cant import these exclusives from Japan but neither can BBTS or anyone else. No one can, they arent allowed.
So instead they just get the Hasbro Asia version. You might have seen it, maybe not, but all Unite Warriors sets also have a chinese version which comes with a coin. This isnt the takara version, its the hasbro asia version and the only difference is the inclusion of the coin (to tbe best of my knowledge). And those versions are always more expensive to buy, to the point that BBTS wont stock them when they can instead get the Takara version that is cheaper.

But since the takara version is unavailable, they have no choice but to stock the more expensive version from hasbro Asia. And of course, Hasbro Asia knows that their version is the only option for international sellers to buy so the boost up the price. And in turn thats why you are stuck paying more, because the cheaper version of the set is unavailable.

Like I said, same result, but different reason and all of it still due to the Japanese version being exclusive to one retailer in Japan.

But hey, we got Liokaiser and japan didnt so take that takara!

Oh yeah, I'm aware of that. Just didn't bother to get that much into the details haha. Sometimes I really wish I'd live in Japan

And speaking of Liokaiser, while he's a decent homage, he's definitely not worth the price to me. Again since I'd have to import him rather than buy him locally.

william-james88 wrote:But hey, we got Liokaiser and japan didnt so take that takara!

To be honest, Takara probably took one look at that thing Hasbro is calling Liokaiser and said, "NOPE!" Japanese fans are NEVER going to settle for a Japanese original combiner that's missing two members and includes one that shouldn't be in there. Heck, Deathsaurus doesn't even have a proper robot mode in Hasbro's Liokaiser.

Well Peace-of-Mind is a hell of a thing... ended up caving and going with Robot Kingdom; though I hate the idea of paying that high of shipping... There's no guarantee that BBTS wouldn't pass that expense on anyway.

Anyone had dealings with Robot Kingdom?

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:But hey, we got Liokaiser and japan didnt so take that takara!

To be honest, Takara probably took one look at that thing Hasbro is calling Liokaiser and said, "NOPE!" Japanese fans are NEVER going to settle for a Japanese original combiner that's missing two members and includes one that shouldn't be in there. Heck, Deathsaurus doesn't even have a proper robot mode in Hasbro's Liokaiser.

Had to reuse the Skylynx mold for someone might as well be the dragon who's the boss of a combiner team.

“Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.”

SpikeyTigertron wrote:Well Peace-of-Mind is a hell of a thing... ended up caving and going with Robot Kingdom; though I hate the idea of paying that high of shipping... There's no guarantee that BBTS wouldn't pass that expense on anyway.

Anyone had dealings with Robot Kingdom?

I bought from them once. The shipping was awfully priced as you said. funny thing is, they never let me know when it shipped. I asked them 3 weeks after the release date if it had come in stock and shipped and then 2 days later I got the package. Just be cautious of that

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

SpikeyTigertron wrote:Well Peace-of-Mind is a hell of a thing... ended up caving and going with Robot Kingdom; though I hate the idea of paying that high of shipping... There's no guarantee that BBTS wouldn't pass that expense on anyway.

Anyone had dealings with Robot Kingdom?

I bought from them once. The shipping was awfully priced as you said. funny thing is, they never let me know when it shipped. I asked them 3 weeks after the release date if it had come in stock and shipped and then 2 days later I got the package. Just be cautious of that

It's probably just "self justification" for me... But I figure, if BBTS is going to charge 80+ (and shipping unless I POL other things). It probably comes out to a wash. So peace of mind, it's over and done with; and I don't have to worry about missing the "order window" with BBTS.

I can honestly say that I have never been so anxious for Takara LG figures as I am with the upcoming 3. We are no where near the half way point and I'm just so strung out within. Every time I see a Hot Rod at stores I'm just .


So can someone please educate me why the waiting period for Takara figures? It would be so amazing if we didn't have to endure the having to wait. I'm sure there is a method to the madness no doubt. And I'm sure we're having to wait a bit extra with the awful upcoming movie.

C'mon Takara, give us fans a break and push the latest pre-orders forward some...

Nemesis Destron wrote::BANG_HEAD: I can honestly say that I have never been so anxious for Takara LG figures as I am with the upcoming 3. We are no where near the half way point and I'm just so strung out within. Every time I see a Hot Rod at stores I'm just .


So can someone please educate me why the waiting period for Takara figures? It would be so amazing if we didn't have to endure the having to wait. I'm sure there is a method to the madness no doubt. And I'm sure we're having to wait a bit extra with the awful upcoming movie.

C'mon Takara, give us fans a break and push the latest pre-orders forward some...

There's no official word, but it seems likely to me that they're pausing the Legends line to put focus on the toyline for The Last Knight. Maybe Takara just isn't as comfortable supporting as many lines at once as Hasbro is. Can someone back me up; were they releasing Generations stuff during their AOE line?

Kurona wrote:Can someone back me up; were they releasing Generations stuff during their AOE line?

I think Generations actually ended right before Lost Age, the last release date was in March of 2014. The successor line Legends started in November of the same year, with Lost Age fitting in the gap with a bit of an overlap.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Kurona wrote:Can someone back me up; were they releasing Generations stuff during their AOE line?

I think Generations actually ended right before Lost Age, the last release date was in March of 2014. The successor line Legends started in November of the same year, with Lost Age fitting in the gap with a bit of an overlap.

Huh, this seems to match up with that then. Should I take the whole Legends-paused-to-focus-on-TLK as all but confirmed?

Kurona wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Kurona wrote:Can someone back me up; were they releasing Generations stuff during their AOE line?

I think Generations actually ended right before Lost Age, the last release date was in March of 2014. The successor line Legends started in November of the same year, with Lost Age fitting in the gap with a bit of an overlap.

Huh, this seems to match up with that then. Should I take the whole Legends-paused-to-focus-on-TLK as all but confirmed?

Nah, without concrete evidence in the form of a statement by TakaraTomy themselves, all we can say is...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Kurona wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Kurona wrote:Can someone back me up; were they releasing Generations stuff during their AOE line?

I think Generations actually ended right before Lost Age, the last release date was in March of 2014. The successor line Legends started in November of the same year, with Lost Age fitting in the gap with a bit of an overlap.

Huh, this seems to match up with that then. Should I take the whole Legends-paused-to-focus-on-TLK as all but confirmed?

Nah, without concrete evidence in the form of a statement by TakaraTomy themselves, all we can say is...

I don't know if this helps or not, but these three are set to be released in September, according to BBTS.

WreckerJack wrote:

"I will name him George, and I will hug him, and pet him, and squeeze him..."

Optimum Supreme wrote:"I will name him George, and........"

You had me at George!

Agamemnon wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Kurona wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Kurona wrote:Can someone back me up; were they releasing Generations stuff during their AOE line?

I think Generations actually ended right before Lost Age, the last release date was in March of 2014. The successor line Legends started in November of the same year, with Lost Age fitting in the gap with a bit of an overlap.

Huh, this seems to match up with that then. Should I take the whole Legends-paused-to-focus-on-TLK as all but confirmed?

Nah, without concrete evidence in the form of a statement by TakaraTomy themselves, all we can say is...

I don't know if this helps or not, but these three are set to be released in September, according to BBTS.

Godbomber is set for end of May, and Dinosauruer is set for August. 3 month gaps each.

Heads up! More Legends coming soon:

LG47 Kickback & Crowbar - http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK12467&mode=retail

LG48 Gong (Brawn) & Repugnus - http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK12468&mode=retail

LG49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy - http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK12469&mode=retail

Sabr, what does BTS give as a release date?

You can't click them on your end?

Estimated to Arrive October 2017

Both fellow Seibertronians Kurthy and Sabrblade were quick to tell us that Takara is continuing its Transformers Legends line stronger than ever with 3 new legends listings appearing on Bigbadtoystore:

LG47 Kickback & Crowbar

LG48 Gong (Brawn) & Repugnus

LG49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy

As we know from Kup and Hot Rod, the Triggerhappy being labelled as a Targetmaster means he will come with an additional targetmaster. Since there are no images, it is unknown who Crowbar is at the moment aside fromknowing that he is a Titan Master head.

These are coming out in October 2017.

Sabrblade wrote:You can't click them on your end?

Estimated to Arrive October 2017

No, my work blocks BBTS and other online sellers (but not all). They want us to work hard

william-james88 wrote:Both fellow Seibertronians Kurthy and Sabrblade were quick to tell us that Takara is continuing its Transformers Legends line stronger than ever with 3 new legends listings appearing on Bigbadtoystore:

LG47 Kickback & Crowbar

LG48 Gong (Brawn) & Repugnus

LG49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy

As we know from Kup and Hot Rod, the Triggerhappy being labelled as a Targetmaster means he will come with an additional targetmaster. Since there are no images, it is unknown who Crowbar is at the moment aside fromknowing that he is a Titan Master head.

These are coming out in October 2017.

Interesting...

Very curious to see what they'll do with Triggerhappy and what if any Titan vehicle / weapon they'll include with him.

Overcracker wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Both fellow Seibertronians Kurthy and Sabrblade were quick to tell us that Takara is continuing its Transformers Legends line stronger than ever with 3 new legends listings appearing on Bigbadtoystore:

LG47 Kickback & Crowbar

LG48 Gong (Brawn) & Repugnus

LG49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy

As we know from Kup and Hot Rod, the Triggerhappy being labelled as a Targetmaster means he will come with an additional targetmaster. Since there are no images, it is unknown who Crowbar is at the moment aside fromknowing that he is a Titan Master head.

These are coming out in October 2017.

Interesting...

Very curious to see what they'll do with Triggerhappy and what if any Titan vehicle / weapon they'll include with him.

Going by the price and that they're calling him Targetmaster Triggerhappy, I'm going to assume he comes with a Targetmaster like Kup and Hot Rod.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Both fellow Seibertronians Kurthy and Sabrblade were quick to tell us that Takara is continuing its Transformers Legends line stronger than ever with 3 new legends listings appearing on Bigbadtoystore:

LG47 Kickback & Crowbar

LG48 Gong (Brawn) & Repugnus

LG49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy

As we know from Kup and Hot Rod, the Triggerhappy being labelled as a Targetmaster means he will come with an additional targetmaster. Since there are no images, it is unknown who Crowbar is at the moment aside fromknowing that he is a Titan Master head.

These are coming out in October 2017.

Interesting...

Very curious to see what they'll do with Triggerhappy and what if any Titan vehicle / weapon they'll include with him.

Going by the price and that they're calling him Targetmaster Triggerhappy, I'm going to assume he comes with a Targetmaster like Kup and Hot Rod.

Indeed its likely that's what that will be.

Overcracker wrote:Interesting...

Very curious to see what they'll do with Triggerhappy and what if any Titan vehicle / weapon they'll include with him.

It will be like Hot Rod and Kup, with an actual targetmaster

Suddenly thinking Legends Triggerhappy may be in my future...

Being Takara I wouldn't put it passed them retooling Triggerhappy's hands so the targetmaster can plug in like the headmasters cartoon similar to Universe Cyclonus. Didn't do it to Rodimus and Kup(that we know, might be an Easter egg but not expecting it) but they weren't targetmasters in the cartoon like triggerhappy was. I could see it

Randomhero wrote:But they weren't headmasters in the cartoon like triggerhappy was. I could see it

Wait, Triggerhappy was a headmaster in Takara's story?

Big Grim wrote:

Randomhero wrote:But they weren't headmasters in the cartoon like triggerhappy was. I could see it

Wait, Triggerhappy was a headmaster in Takara's story?

Sorry I meant Target Masters. I fixed my post

Aah, so they're not doing a boxset of all three Decepticon Targetmasters. Sweet; Triggerhappy's affordable then

Kurona wrote:Aah, so they're not doing a boxset of all three Decepticon Targetmasters. Sweet; Triggerhappy's affordable then

Affordable, but still not cheap. it will still cost close to double the price I would pay for the Hasbro version.

I love that Takara is going the extra mile with the classic Targetmasters, giving them actual Targetmaster partners, but it's a bit disappointing that Blurr and Scourge missed out apparently missed out on this idea. Maybe Takara can release a multipack of just Targetmaster partners? Would be nice to have official weapon buddies for Legends Blurr and Scourge, as well as Unite Warriors Cyclonus.

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Aah, so they're not doing a boxset of all three Decepticon Targetmasters. Sweet; Triggerhappy's affordable then

Affordable, but still not cheap. it will still cost close to double the price I would pay for the Hasbro version.

Kapow currently has Legends Hot Rod and Kup at £35 RRP and have actually reduced them to £30 even though they're still in pre-orders, funnily enough. Looks fine to me.

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Aah, so they're not doing a boxset of all three Decepticon Targetmasters. Sweet; Triggerhappy's affordable then

Affordable, but still not cheap. it will still cost close to double the price I would pay for the Hasbro version.

Kapow currently has Legends Hot Rod and Kup at £35 RRP and have actually reduced them to £30 even though they're still in pre-orders, funnily enough. Looks fine to me.

Looks fine for you, sure.

But I buy my Hasbro deluxes for £8,44 at the most, so £30 is more than 3 times the cost. Instead of doubling up on Triggerhappy, I could get hasbro TR Misfire, Windblade and Topspin for the same amount.

My choice is very easy in that regard.

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Aah, so they're not doing a boxset of all three Decepticon Targetmasters. Sweet; Triggerhappy's affordable then

Affordable, but still not cheap. it will still cost close to double the price I would pay for the Hasbro version.

Kapow currently has Legends Hot Rod and Kup at £35 RRP and have actually reduced them to £30 even though they're still in pre-orders, funnily enough. Looks fine to me.

Looks fine for you, sure.

But I buy my Hasbro deluxes for £8,44 at the most, so £30 is more than 3 times the cost. Instead of doubling up on Triggerhappy, I could get hasbro TR Misfire, Windblade and Topspin for the same amount.

My choice is very easy in that regard.

Very true, very true. Just for me it's not too terrible, especially when you chuck in the Targetmaster who is essentially a legion figure that becomes an awesome accessory, right? So £17 + £7 = £24... not too shabby.

Kurona wrote:Very true, very true. Just for me it's not too terrible, especially when you chuck in the Targetmaster who is essentially a legion figure that becomes an awesome accessory, right? So £17 + £7 = £24... not too shabby.

Not too shabby in your siatuation,especially since Kapow deals with the importing already. I am assuming their £30 includes the taxes right? So yeah, i can see where you are coming from. But I am glad you can see where I am coming from too

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Very true, very true. Just for me it's not too terrible, especially when you chuck in the Targetmaster who is essentially a legion figure that becomes an awesome accessory, right? So £17 + £7 = £24... not too shabby.

Not too shabby in your siatuation,especially since Kapow deals with the importing already. I am assuming their £30 includes the taxes right? So yeah, i can see where you are coming from. But I am glad you can see where I am coming from too

Yeah, it's about £3 for shipping, but that's it.
By all means though, I really wish prices were a lot cheaper. I'm just not groaning at them because they're not much higher than I'm used to; just kind of conditioned to expect that price point especially when it's both a Takara import and including basically another half a figure. Still wanting to challenge this, but I'm not entirely sure how well I can do that while the screen says both "LG49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy" and "Add to Basket"...