Release Dates of Takara Tomy Transformers Toys

How many dollars equals a "yen" ???

Rated X wrote:How many dollars equals a "yen" ???

There's a lot of free online currency converters...

Wonder if there'll be any Japan exclusives in the EZ Collection this time out. Those damaged versions of Prime and Megs in wave 2 were the business!

Anybody else worried about the lack of Device Label Broadcast on that list?

starfish wrote:Wonder if there'll be any Japan exclusives in the EZ Collection this time out. Those damaged versions of Prime and Megs in wave 2 were the business!

You were able to get them?

Ebay or elsewhere?

Razorclaw0000 wrote:

starfish wrote:Wonder if there'll be any Japan exclusives in the EZ Collection this time out. Those damaged versions of Prime and Megs in wave 2 were the business!

You were able to get them?

Ebay or elsewhere?

Robotkingdom had the entire second wave up for pre-order - I got my set in the post just after Christmas. Being a UK fan, it was a good deal for me, as I'm yet to see Wheelie, Soundwave etc at retail over here. So the only toy in the wave I already owned was Grindor.

Of course, because these guys are blindpacked, Robotkingdom had to open the boxes to check I had the full set, so it's not so good for the MISB collectors.

"Transformers Movie MR-01 Jet Power Optimus Prime 6,800Yen"

Hey, this is the price of a Leader Class in Japan... whereas voyagers are about 3,800Yen.

What does it mean? Maybe a new, movie accurate Jet Power OP?

yellow Camaro wrote:"Transformers Movie MR-01 Jet Power Optimus Prime 6,800Yen"

Hey, this is the price of a Leader Class in Japan... whereas voyagers are about 3,800Yen.

What does it mean? Maybe a new, movie accurate Jet Power OP?

well, it can be just the prime+jetfire 2 pack. The reason is the 2 pack technically is Asian version. Jap is not getting that at the moment

Real Devastator wrote:

yellow Camaro wrote:"Transformers Movie MR-01 Jet Power Optimus Prime 6,800Yen"

Hey, this is the price of a Leader Class in Japan... whereas voyagers are about 3,800Yen.

What does it mean? Maybe a new, movie accurate Jet Power OP?

well, it can be just the prime+jetfire 2 pack. The reason is the 2 pack technically is Asian version. Jap is not getting that at the moment

I assumed it was referring to that Mega Power Bot thing, no? The one that makes all the sounds and stuff that doesn't actually transform and has the flip-out wings?

starfish wrote:

Real Devastator wrote:

yellow Camaro wrote:"Transformers Movie MR-01 Jet Power Optimus Prime 6,800Yen"

Hey, this is the price of a Leader Class in Japan... whereas voyagers are about 3,800Yen.

What does it mean? Maybe a new, movie accurate Jet Power OP?

well, it can be just the prime+jetfire 2 pack. The reason is the 2 pack technically is Asian version. Jap is not getting that at the moment

I assumed it was referring to that Mega Power Bot thing, no? The one that makes all the sounds and stuff that doesn't actually transform and has the flip-out wings?

That's what I thought, too.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:

starfish wrote:

Real Devastator wrote:

yellow Camaro wrote:"Transformers Movie MR-01 Jet Power Optimus Prime 6,800Yen"

Hey, this is the price of a Leader Class in Japan... whereas voyagers are about 3,800Yen.

What does it mean? Maybe a new, movie accurate Jet Power OP?

well, it can be just the prime+jetfire 2 pack. The reason is the 2 pack technically is Asian version. Jap is not getting that at the moment

I assumed it was referring to that Mega Power Bot thing, no? The one that makes all the sounds and stuff that doesn't actually transform and has the flip-out wings?

That's what I thought, too.

I don't think this is the 2 pack. Buster Optimus Prime is 7,800Yen alone, whereas this Jet Power OP is 6,800Yen (the price of a regular leader class toy such as OP, Megatron, Jetfire).
Maybe it is the MegaPower Bot but I have one doubt:
RotF Mega Power Bot Optimus Prime & RotF Mega Power Bot Devastator were realeased in Japan last year (price 4,800 Yen) so I can't see why this new item is labelled MR-01, and not MR-03 or 04 for example, if it is from the same line.
Any idea?

I know it is almost impossible, but I still hope it is something new, maybe a new movie accurate Jet Power OP at scale with the Fallen.
I am crossing all my fingers...

Okay, so we now have some clues about MR-01 and MR-02, thanks to a translation of the pre-order pages up at Toys R Us Japan.

Apparently, MR-01 is a (leader class? maybe voyager?) Optimus Prime with add-on 'Jetfire' parts to give a more film-accurate Power-Up look for Prime's robot mode. Although the Jetfire parts do not combine into either a robot or a plane, they can attach to truck mode (to make a 'flying truck') or combine into a gun.

And the MR-02 Megatron is a more movie-accurate Voyager-class Megatron. Maybe just a new paint job, maybe a retool. Hopefully they'll be able to do something about that horrible back kibble.

starfish wrote: Hopefully they'll be able to do something about that horrible back kibble.

am i the only one who likes the back kibble on megatron ?