Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall

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The results for the poll are in and we now know all the Legends figures that will be rereleased by Takaratomymall. The list and many details have been thoroughly described by fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade and can all seen below. What is important to understand here is that these rereleases can only be obtained from Takaratomymall, so not BBTS, TF Source or any other importer (at least for now, see below). Also, takaratomymall only ships to Japan adresses. So if anyone outside Japan is interested in these figures, which includes the very sought after figures like Legends Blurr and Arcee, you have to open an account at takaratomymall.jp (which is all in Japanese) and have the toys shipped to a Japan mailing service that will then ship it to you, meaning you pay the shipping twice. If you want to know more, ask the community in the forums, we will help you as much as we can. And for all Japanese fans, congrats on getting this great second chance at these figures!

EDIT: As with previous TTMall exclusives, Hasbro Asia can always distribute it under their name as their own release and make it easier for fans outside of Japan to acquire these. Blurr and Wheelie will be getting this Hasbro Asia release and can currently be preordered at Robot Kingdom. We do not know about the others at this time.

Sabrblade wrote:The results of this TakaraTomy Mall Transformers: Legends reissue survey are in!

http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/e/eTflgVote/?mm170707TF

The order period for these figures runs from July 7 at Noon to July 25 at 1pm, Japan time of course.

Scheduled for release in Mid-December are:
LG-25 Blurr
LG-26 Scourge
LG-29 Wheelie & Goshooter
LG-31 Fortress Maximus
LG-32 Chromedome
Scheduled for release in late February of next year, 2018, are:
LG-07 Jetfire
LG-10 Arcee
LG-12 Windblade
LG-13 Megatron
LG-14 Ultra Magnus
Each figure will be limited to a purchase quantity of no more than three per customer.

To enable these to reach as many customers as possible, and to prevent scalping, multiple orders from the same name and address will be invalidated.

Quantities are limited, so some may sell out before the release date.

If there is any stock leftover after the sale, it is currently undecided how the remaining stock will be sold.

These cannot be ordered together with other items not part of this sale.

The release dates may be subject to change if necessary.

If not enough of a figure's production run is preordered, that figure's production may be canceled.

Once your preorders are set, they cannot be canceled.

Of course, all these rules are for Japanese customers ordering directly from TakaraTomy Mall. Don't expect these to turn up at places like BBTS and such, due to just how limited these rereleases are.

Credit(s): Takaratomymall

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Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895079)
Posted by Randomhero on July 7th, 2017 @ 11:37pm CDT

Woo Megatron! Except he's still in stock at all online retailers and sometimes the price drops so there's that

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895105)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 8th, 2017 @ 1:53am CDT

To enable these to reach as many customers as possible, and to prevent scalping, multiple orders from the same name and address will be invalidated.

That makes me happy, even though there's no way I'll be able to order them.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895106)
Posted by Relic0037 on July 8th, 2017 @ 2:06am CDT

I have most of the ones I would want on this list in either :HASBRO:

form, so I'm not too upset about not being able to get my hands on these....maybe a :TAKARATOMY:

Arcee to replace my :HASBRO:

version, but otherwise, I'm good.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895121)
Posted by Kurona on July 8th, 2017 @ 6:33am CDT

Glad to see Blurr and Arcee on that list since they became extremely difficult to get. Should be fantastic for people who wanted them but missed out

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895126)
Posted by william-james88 on July 8th, 2017 @ 7:45am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
To enable these to reach as many customers as possible, and to prevent scalping, multiple orders from the same name and address will be invalidated.

That makes me happy, even though there's no way I'll be able to order them.

There is now, at least for Blurr. Hasbro Asia to the rescue!

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Robotkingdo ... 7210578988

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895178)
Posted by Hydrargyrus on July 8th, 2017 @ 1:39pm CDT

With the Blurr release, Doublecross sales should go up.

Also, the TT Megatron ended up being cheaper than the Hasbro one on many sites. Don't know what that means now, but it relates.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895181)
Posted by Kurona on July 8th, 2017 @ 1:46pm CDT

MagicDeath wrote:With the Blurr release, Doublecross sales should go up.

Also, the TT Megatron ended up being cheaper than the Hasbro one on many sites. Don't know what that means now, but it relates.

Depends on which sites they were. If they were American/European ones that had imported them then it makes sense -- he wasn't awfully different from the local Hasbro release which also had Autobot stickers, so there wasn't much appeal as there would be in something significantly better like Blurr or something with significant difference to match another media like Chromedome.

Could be wrong tho. What differences are there between Hasbro and Takara Megs? I'm assuming Takara has a brighter silver or something.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895188)
Posted by Deadput on July 8th, 2017 @ 2:38pm CDT

Yay another chance for Blurr one of the few who I agree that Takara does better paint on!

For those who have him how is he in hand compared to stock images or online pictures?

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895231)
Posted by vwpbl on July 8th, 2017 @ 8:22pm CDT

"and have the toys shipped to a Japan mailing service that will then ship it to you" has anyone been able to sign up to the ttmall website? is there a way to translate it so I can understand the fields?

what japan mailing services can I sign up to to act as the third party to ship to me?

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895239)
Posted by vwpbl on July 8th, 2017 @ 8:57pm CDT

having problems with that second field:
Please enter all Kana (SAY) in full-width Kana.
Please enter all Kana (May) in full-width Kana.

what does that mean?

doesn't seem to like my canadian postal code either, should I have already signed up for that japanese mailing service and be putting their address?

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895244)
Posted by william-james88 on July 8th, 2017 @ 10:18pm CDT

vwpbl wrote:having problems with that second field:
Please enter all Kana (SAY) in full-width Kana.
Please enter all Kana (May) in full-width Kana.

what does that mean?

doesn't seem to like my canadian postal code either, should I have already signed up for that japanese mailing service and be putting their address?

Yes, you have to sign up with that website as your adress when you sign in.

Some that have worked for others are Big in Japan https://www.biginjap.com/en/content/14-proxy

However, we now know that Hasbro Asia is also distributing both Blurr for $23.90 and Wheelie for $13.90 so they might rerelease others as well. We just can't confirm that. So the question now is does one go through all the trouble of paying double shipping for an item through a Japanese mailing proxy while the product can still be preordered or wait to see if Hasbro Asia will distribute the rest of the rereleases. The later is of course much easier since all you have to do is order it on robot kingdom where you can currently preorder Blurr for $23.90 and Wheelie for $13.90.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895246)
Posted by william-james88 on July 8th, 2017 @ 10:27pm CDT

Yesterday we posted news saying which Takara Legends figures were being rereleased. Now it was said that the rereleases were just available for Japanese residents through Takaratomymall. While that is still true in terms of Takara distribution, we now know that Hasbro Asia is also distributing rereleases of both Blurr and Wheelie so they might rerelease others as well. We just can't confirm that.
So the question now is does one go through all the trouble of paying double shipping for an item through a Japanese mailing proxy or wait to see if Hasbro Asia will distribute the rest of the rereleases and risk missing the preorder on Takaratomymall if there is no Hasbro Asia release. The Hasbro Asia release is of course much easier since all you have to do is order it on robot kingdom where you can currently preorder Blurr for $23.90 and Wheelie for $13.90.

There are no easy answers but we did want to give you a much info regarding these rereleases as possible.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895250)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 8th, 2017 @ 10:45pm CDT

For preordering from RobotKingdom, does one have to pay upfront or when the item comes in stock? I've only ever bought from them when the items were in stock.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1895259)
Posted by Randomhero on July 9th, 2017 @ 12:34am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:For preordering from RobotKingdom, does one have to pay upfront or when the item comes in stock? I've only ever bought from them when the items were in stock.

I think it's pretty standard now. I use PayPal and it pays it when you order or if you use the 2 week wait period it comes out after 14 days

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903422)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 10th, 2017 @ 11:21am CDT

Got some bad news about these reissues. Some of them didn't get enough orders in to make it to production.

http://snakas.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-6086.html

The ones that didn't make it are LG07 Jetfire, LG-13 Megatron, LG-31 Fortress Maximus, and LG-32 Chromedome. These four reissues have thus been canceled.

The rest, however, will be coming.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903430)
Posted by william-james88 on August 10th, 2017 @ 11:44am CDT

We had written that the Takara Legends Line reissues resulting from the Japan only survey would be dependent on preorders. Well it seems more were ready to answer the survey than to preorder the products since the lack of preorders on Takaratomymall website have resulted in them cancelling the reissues of LG-07 Jetfire, LG-13 Megatron, LG-31 Fortress Maximus, and LG-32 Chromedome. It is of course understandable that several fans reading this news did not preorder since only someone with a Japanese mailing adress can preorder from Takaratomymall. The news was found on the snakas blog and sent to us by Sabrblade.

Sabrblade wrote:Got some bad news about these reissues. Some of them didn't get enough orders in to make it to production.

http://snakas.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-6086.html

The ones that didn't make it are LG07 Jetfire, LG-13 Megatron, LG-31 Fortress Maximus, and LG-32 Chromedome. These four reissues have thus been canceled.

The rest, however, will be coming.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903478)
Posted by Sodan-1 on August 10th, 2017 @ 1:08pm CDT

Goddammit....

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903491)
Posted by RAR on August 10th, 2017 @ 1:56pm CDT

I was Kinda mystified by the Jefire Reissue he's very easy to get heck one of the sources on eBay is a Japanese collectables chain.

Blurr Makes a lot of sense - Wheelie modest sense.
jetfire was alway a bit of "Huh" moment.

Fort Max's problem is simply he cost to much - if they want to be able to sell them simply reissue them in a future line with new (previously missing) accessories made for it - and don't glue the legs together and make an extra label sheet for the interior. (printing a bonus base mode transformation on the rear) ideally though that thing need whole new knees.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903499)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 10th, 2017 @ 2:14pm CDT

Well, that is certainly bum news to hear

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903501)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 10th, 2017 @ 2:21pm CDT

pffft, not surprised, most of those figures sucked in the first place, and if they wanted to sell a bunch more fort max's they should first endeavor to make sure the base mold isn't a huge disappointment >:oP

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903508)
Posted by Relic0037 on August 10th, 2017 @ 2:41pm CDT

RAR wrote: Blurr Makes a lot of sense - Wheelie modest sense.
jetfire was alway a bit of "Huh" moment.

I think the main reason for the Wheelie Reissue is so that anyone buying the God Ginrai giftset with Cab & Minerva can purchase the Goshooter figure that comes with Wheelie to complete the Headmaster Jr. set.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903512)
Posted by Kurona on August 10th, 2017 @ 2:47pm CDT

I'm so sick of preorder-based stuff like this. Didn't even know it was this bad outside of video games.

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Posted by Flashwave on August 10th, 2017 @ 4:49pm CDT

Kurona wrote:I'm so sick of preorder-based stuff like this. Didn't even know it was this bad outside of video games.

Model Trains are like this too. Part of me worries that Car sales may eventually head that way as more and more people buy Used and not New. We are heading towards a Made-to-Order market in a lot of ways.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903553)
Posted by DMSL on August 10th, 2017 @ 5:02pm CDT

I already have most of them, so i am not disappointed. What i really want is a Legends Megatron from the Titans Return mold.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903554)
Posted by Kurona on August 10th, 2017 @ 5:02pm CDT

Flashwave wrote:
Kurona wrote:I'm so sick of preorder-based stuff like this. Didn't even know it was this bad outside of video games.

Model Trains are like this too. Part of me worries that Car sales may eventually head that way as more and more people buy Used and not New. We are heading towards a Made-to-Order market in a lot of ways.

And I gotta say I'm really not a fan. Thankfully, outside of more high-end collector's lines like Masterpiece and maybe the Titans; I can expect it to not actually effect Transformers toys as a whole, since it's difficult to imagine pre-ordering being aimed at children.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903564)
Posted by WreckerJack on August 10th, 2017 @ 7:11pm CDT

Made to order is both good and bad. There's less waste and shelf warming. But I also dislike pre-ordering things - especially games. I dislike buying things sight unseen because it leads to disappointment. I think what would be a good idea is a store where you can see the floor model of a certain item and then have one made to order. It might take longer to get which might annoy some people though.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903565)
Posted by Kurona on August 10th, 2017 @ 7:16pm CDT

Pre-ordering and such is good as an option imo -- there's always gonna be people that are gonna want stuff reserved and were gonna get the product no matter what. What annoys me is when it becomes a central driving force to the industry; when things become focused and built around pre-orders and hence we get stuff like this.

As a nice, convenient option that has clear benefits for certain people; very good. But as... this, it's just ugh.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903656)
Posted by RAR on August 11th, 2017 @ 6:32am CDT

Moved a long rant to minds :
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/742706646353977344

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903657)
Posted by Kurona on August 11th, 2017 @ 6:35am CDT

RAR wrote:Moved a long rant to minds :
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/742706646353977344

That... seems to be talking about Masterpiece, rather than anything to do with Takara Legends re-issues? :???:

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903669)
Posted by fenrir72 on August 11th, 2017 @ 7:51am CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:pffft, not surprised, most of those figures sucked in the first place, and if they wanted to sell a bunch more fort max's they should first endeavor to make sure the base mold isn't a huge disappointment

Is this statement based on fact or conjecture? You hate G1 so more or less you never get a G1 themed item. How then can you come up with the conclusion that they suck? :roll:

Also, Thanks to G1 sucktitude, Hb and Takara are still making a killing on them sucky G1 themed products (Legends/Masterpiece/Titans etc)

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903689)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 11th, 2017 @ 9:31am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:pffft, not surprised, most of those figures sucked in the first place, and if they wanted to sell a bunch more fort max's they should first endeavor to make sure the base mold isn't a huge disappointment

Is this statement based on fact or conjecture? You hate G1 so more or less you never get a G1 themed item. How then can you come up with the conclusion that they suck?

Also, Thanks to G1 sucktitude, Hb and Takara are still making a killing on them sucky G1 themed products (Legends/Masterpiece/Titans etc)

No need to be salty, if they were so desired, then why is legends megs still available misb on tfsource? Clearly they aren't as desired as you seem to want to think

Beyond that, each figure - save maybe chromedome - has design flaws that make them a disappointment and certainly not worth the inflated price tag. Megs has those idiotic shoulders, and was so similar to the hasbro release that people just got the hasbro version and saved money. Jetfire is boring and as far as I can tell almost identical to the hasbro release, so there again, and until recently was also available online, so, clearly not as popular as you'd like to think it is. And TR Fort Max basically reinvented the term disappointment, taking it to staggering new levels of underwhelming. And it isn't just me, there were plenty of people that felt the same way with each figures release. But you can go ahead and keep telling yourself it's because I hate G1 ;)^

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903714)
Posted by william-james88 on August 11th, 2017 @ 12:10pm CDT

I love G1 as much as all aspects of Transformers and Titan Fort Max is a dissapointment.

FYI, Takara Jetfire is quite different from the Hsbro release sicne it does not have chrome, which was quite a departure for Takara at that time. Its there that they went from being exra chromey and premium to being more toon accurate.

Megs doesnt have that much difference though. Basically, I can get why anyone in japan would be sad of the cancellations but no one from the US or anywhere else should be since it doesnt affect them. Anyone who wants to get these cancelled figures still can. And quite easily too.

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Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 11th, 2017 @ 1:04pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:I love G1 as much as all aspects of Transformers and Titan Fort Max is a dissapointment.

FYI, Takara Jetfire is quite different from the Hsbro release sicne it does not have chrome, which was quite a departure for Takara at that time. Its there that they went from being exra chromey and premium to being more toon accurate.

Megs doesnt have that much difference though. Basically, I can get why anyone in japan would be sad of the cancellations but no one from the US or anywhere else should be since it doesnt affect them. Anyone who wants to get these cancelled figures still can. And quite easily too.

Yeah, if I was an importer like bbts/tfsource, and I saw that there were still leftovers in the warehouses from the initial release, I certainly wouldn't be in a hurry to order more. That probably put a dent into the pre-orders (or lack thereof), but, it's just good business sense.

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Posted by o.supreme on August 11th, 2017 @ 1:45pm CDT

This really doesn't effect me per say, but all the people complaining about Fort Max is puzzling. If you don't like it, that's fine, but it did sell well. Where people are getting info to the contrary I have no idea. BBTS doesn't have it in stock, in fact the pre-order is still up for all the *canceled* releases. I'm sure they'll come down in time, but I do feel sorry for anyone who pre-ordered any of these to know they aren't happening. I just hope tis doesn't happen with Metroplex next Spring.

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903736)
Posted by william-james88 on August 11th, 2017 @ 1:46pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I love G1 as much as all aspects of Transformers and Titan Fort Max is a dissapointment.

FYI, Takara Jetfire is quite different from the Hsbro release sicne it does not have chrome, which was quite a departure for Takara at that time. Its there that they went from being exra chromey and premium to being more toon accurate.

Megs doesnt have that much difference though. Basically, I can get why anyone in japan would be sad of the cancellations but no one from the US or anywhere else should be since it doesnt affect them. Anyone who wants to get these cancelled figures still can. And quite easily too.

Yeah, if I was an importer like bbts/tfsource, and I saw that there were still leftovers in the warehouses from the initial release, I certainly wouldn't be in a hurry to order more. That probably put a dent into the pre-orders (or lack thereof), but, it's just good business sense.

That has nohing to do with this though. Improters cannot order from Takara, that is against Takara's contract. Takara only judged preorderd based on japanese people preordering from takratomymall. Like i said in the news item, none of this really applies to any of us discussing it unless we are japanese.

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Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 11th, 2017 @ 2:01pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I love G1 as much as all aspects of Transformers and Titan Fort Max is a dissapointment.

FYI, Takara Jetfire is quite different from the Hsbro release sicne it does not have chrome, which was quite a departure for Takara at that time. Its there that they went from being exra chromey and premium to being more toon accurate.

Megs doesnt have that much difference though. Basically, I can get why anyone in japan would be sad of the cancellations but no one from the US or anywhere else should be since it doesnt affect them. Anyone who wants to get these cancelled figures still can. And quite easily too.

Yeah, if I was an importer like bbts/tfsource, and I saw that there were still leftovers in the warehouses from the initial release, I certainly wouldn't be in a hurry to order more. That probably put a dent into the pre-orders (or lack thereof), but, it's just good business sense.

That has nohing to do with this though. Improters cannot order from Takara, that is against Takara's contract. Takara only judged preorderd based on japanese people preordering from takratomymall. Like i said in the news item, none of this really applies to any of us discussing it unless we are japanese.

That's really interesting, that they won the vote to be re-issued (right?), but that that interest didn't translate into pre-orders; I'm still not surprised they were all kind of disappointing to me

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Posted by william-james88 on August 11th, 2017 @ 2:50pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:That's really interesting, that they won the vote to be re-issued (right?), but that that interest didn't translate into pre-orders; I'm still not surprised they were all kind of disappointing to me

That just confirms the age old saying that talk is cheap.

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Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 11th, 2017 @ 9:29pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:That's really interesting, that they won the vote to be re-issued (right?), but that that interest didn't translate into pre-orders; I'm still not surprised they were all kind of disappointing to me

That just confirms the age old saying that talk is cheap.

Yeah, it's weird, guess they decided in retrospect that they'd be better off saving their money for all the new legends reveals (come to think of it, that may have had some influence :-?

)

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Posted by Flashwave on August 12th, 2017 @ 12:59am CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I love G1 as much as all aspects of Transformers and Titan Fort Max is a dissapointment.

FYI, Takara Jetfire is quite different from the Hsbro release sicne it does not have chrome, which was quite a departure for Takara at that time. Its there that they went from being exra chromey and premium to being more toon accurate.

Megs doesnt have that much difference though. Basically, I can get why anyone in japan would be sad of the cancellations but no one from the US or anywhere else should be since it doesnt affect them. Anyone who wants to get these cancelled figures still can. And quite easily too.

Yeah, if I was an importer like bbts/tfsource, and I saw that there were still leftovers in the warehouses from the initial release, I certainly wouldn't be in a hurry to order more. That probably put a dent into the pre-orders (or lack thereof), but, it's just good business sense.

That has nohing to do with this though. Improters cannot order from Takara, that is against Takara's contract. Takara only judged preorderd based on japanese people preordering from takratomymall. Like i said in the news item, none of this really applies to any of us discussing it unless we are japanese.

That's really interesting, that they won the vote to be re-issued (right?), but that that interest didn't translate into pre-orders; I'm still not surprised they were all kind of disappointing to me

Refresh my Memory. Was the VOTE in any way restricted to only those who could even order these figures, or was the vote saturated by people who maybe wanted these figures but were not actually able to order them and Takara did not realize it?

Re: Results for Which Transformers Legends Figures are Being Rereleased Exclusively at Takaratomymall (1903895)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 12th, 2017 @ 9:10am CDT

Flashwave wrote:Refresh my Memory. Was the VOTE in any way restricted to only those who could even order these figures, or was the vote saturated by people who maybe wanted these figures but were not actually able to order them and Takara did not realize it?

The poll was only for the Japanese, and so were the preorders later.

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Posted by william-james88 on August 12th, 2017 @ 9:27am CDT

Flashwave wrote:Refresh my Memory. Was the VOTE in any way restricted to only those who could even order these figures, or was the vote saturated by people who maybe wanted these figures but were not actually able to order them and Takara did not realize it?

No, the vote was for anyone in japan who wanted to vote and the preorders were open to these same people in japan. But voting is free, buying the toy costs money (of course) so probably not everyone who voted was actually going to preorder it when time came.

I am sure the same would happen here if Hasbro did that too. Many would vote but few would buy when the time came to put their money where their mouth is, simply because voting costs nothing. Everyone asks for a Metrotitan, but if Takara actually released one right now for $250, would everyone who asked for one actually buy it? Did everyone who liked the idea of G2 redecos of the combiner wars figures actually buy them?

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Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 12th, 2017 @ 10:39am CDT

william-james88 wrote:I am sure the same would happen here if Hasbro did that too. Many would vote but few would buy when the time came to put their money where their mouth is, simply because voting costs nothing. Everyone asks for a Metrotitan, but if Takara actually released one right now for $250, would everyone who asked for one actually buy it? Did everyone who liked the idea of G2 redecos of the combiner wars figures actually buy them?

With as cheap as many of the g2 combiners went, I'm sure everyone with even a passing interest managed to get them :lol:

But I totally get ya, I still think all the new legends/mp reveals may have changed some priorities though too

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Posted by Kurona on August 13th, 2017 @ 10:55am CDT

That's the problem I feel when people ask for redecos WJ -- they're more or less wanting them to happen because they feel they should happen and that it'd work, rather than any actual want. It fills a logical completion thing in their mind rather than an actual hole in their collection.

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