Titan Devastator: how are you going to get one?

[Jove]

Already pre-ordered from Automaton.

There will be too much going on in my life this summer/fall to risk the hunt.

[jjwankenobi]

Mild interest so if I spot these guys instore at a TRU, great. No size comparisons to MPs found on-line (understandable) so I'd really have to see that before committing.

Seeing into the future through The Force I see this being more readily available than most anticipate. It could even be a shelfwarmer given the size and MSRP. Cool that it's a set with all 6 but most toy-buying parents and their kids couldn't give a shit about some big green construction vehicle robot.

That's our job .

But if TRU decides to stock this as a "collectors item" (i.e., in slow trickles like Hasbro MP-10 or MP Grimlock) then mayhem shall ensue no doubt.

[Darth Cylon]

I foresee..
1. Hasbro mass retail crap version
2. Hasbro SDCC exclusive and Hasbro Asia Hong Kong Ani-con exclusive
3. Takara's most obsessively G1 toon screen accurate version
4. Hasbro devastatingly weird colour Platinum Edition.

[thebobkat]

Here's some good photos that gives a better idea of the size/scale:

http://www.seibertron.com/transforme...arisons/32984/

[Transbot90210]

I will go to a store and buy it like I did with Metroplex. Hopefully Costco decides to carry this guy so I can get him for under $100 :P

[CanBot]

I just checked out some pics of the SDCC Devastator version, and it looks to have purple chrome and other blinginess. With the price tag to match, it's safe to say I won't be trying to hard to acquire one.

But...do you guys think that the Takara version will mimic this SDCC one? I wasn't around in the early stages of Gen Metroplex, but I know there was an SDCC version...with some added chrome and paint and such. Did Takara release a different version than that for Japan?

If that is what the Takara Devy is going to look like, I'm going to go for Hasbro.

[Darth Cylon]

Originally Posted by CanBot

I just checked out some pics of the SDCC Devastator version, and it looks to have purple chrome and other blinginess. With the price tag to match, it's safe to say I won't be trying to hard to acquire one.

But...do you guys think that the Takara version will mimic this SDCC one? I wasn't around in the early stages of Gen Metroplex, but I know there was an SDCC version...with some added chrome and paint and such. Did Takara release a different version than that for Japan?

If that is what the Takara Devy is going to look like, I'm going to go for Hasbro.

I don't think anyone here work for Takara's TF team, and if even Takara has someone monitoring this board, he/she wouldn't say anything. So why ask question to trouble yourself when Takara is going to release picture of their version sooner or later.

Also unless you are going to SDCC, all conventions exclusives are money grab. Especially Hasbro.

Takara's standard releases are often (if not always) even better than Hasbro's SDCC exclusive.

Case in point. Titan Metroplex:

[CanBot]

Thanks for the info. It's the chrome I'm kinda worried about...no Devastator I want will have any coloured chrome on it. I see that the face of Tak Metroplex has chrome, but I guess it's all speculation. If they go the G1 route as they have for their other combiners, it should turn out well.

Thanks again.

[Bountyan]

I think the Takara one is going to end up being a mix between the Hasbro retail release and the SDCC exclusive with some of their own twists like purple hands. We already know it's most likely going to have the cartoon visor head from the silhouette.

I also hope they avoid chrome. I don't like it at all on either version of Metroplex, especially on the face. The best version of Metroplex to me is the Hasbro regular release but with my own paint apps.

[AutobotCBL01]

yup