GobotFool

Hasbro will release every alternator at a $20 price point sans diecast. They'll be 100% plastic but cheaper. Personally, as much as I love diecast I'll probably end up solely with Hasbro versions. I thought they all were 100% plastic. Which is why i'm only preordering one and might just wait for it to show up at TRU before buying more. Hell no!!!!! Takara Alternators are full diecast, they when in car mode will look and feel just like all the other full diecast model cars.

This should be tracks not sideswipe. Just use your imagination and make him tracks. Still superiour asthetics in car and bot mode is all I need, they could be naming this bobo the clown and I would still buy it

I don't know, that head looks alot like classic sideswipes head to me.

What!?!?! What does it take to impress you. You say the bot modes suck? Okay on the sideswipe I can possibly see people not liking it, but the smokescreen looks practically identical to a Datzun in bot mode but better proportioned and articulated. Go play with armada or energon and then say your not impressed with Alternators <_<

Uh.....yeah. Seriously haterist, it's their money to spend on what they want. If you know Yamato, so do the rest of the guys here. Let them have their fun. Anywhoo, from the pic below, what's that white piece for? The one next to the forearm attachments? also these fast packs are not variable toys. They are an accessories pack. I really doubt they will have many if any QC problems considering, I was only going to get one myself but I got to cause I decided to take advantage of kevins get to no shipping deal.

I e-mailed HLJ asking about this and this is the response I got. Good afternoon, We do not have a pre-order option for these items because we do not have enough information from our distributors about availability and exact release dates. As soon as we get that information we will make the item available for pre-order. Please keep an eye on the page for any changes! Many thanks for your business with HobbyLink Japan!

Why is this? is it cause its to early for HLJ to accept pre-orders? I notice on their site most of the stuff beyond 11/02 is not offered a preorder option. Why not? why don't they accept pre-orders when everyone else is? Anyway I tossed in my towel with BBTS, I was gonna get more than one prime so I may place an order with hlj as well for my second batch just in case (I'm paranoid so sue me).

Yeah, Thinking about that gives me a headache! truth is..... is hasbro at fault or is it the general populous of the fans. Hasbro sticks out this crap, the fans cheer....... Sheesh..... If the fans openly hated it hasbro would change..... if the fans said no we want them to look more like alternators hasbro would change.... instead I fear alternators will languish for being to expensive and to complex next to these POS's. Stupidity rules. What else can I say.

I still have a hard time accepting transformer fans are defending this crap. I mean look at that alt mode on prime....... <_

hmmmmmm, this would certainly have to be skyfire and not jetfire, cause all you transformer experts will have to note, in the comic jetfire was built on earth, while skyfire counted as an ancient cybertronian.

wanna know your thoughts people, should I be a loyal HLJ customer and wait for them to accept pre-orders or be a traitor and run off to BBTs, I mean I know BBTs is a great place and all as I have heard so many overwealmingly positive responses towards it. Anyone know why HLJ isn't accepting pre-orders yet?

when HLJ starts accepting preorders for the prime and sideswipe..... oh yeah I am sooo signed up!!!!!!

they just posted the Sideswipe and you can't preorder that yet, the smokescreen has been up for weeks.

Damnit don't give them ideas!!!!!

How this reminds me of the deep striker. Remember how popular it was that they got so many preorders for it that they had to list it as out of stock before it even hit the shelves? http://www.hlj.com/cgi-perl/hljpage.cgi?TAK08123

I think he meant the one I'm waiting for as well, a TV-Max VF-1A. something like this (digicam is down, so this small pic is all i have, heatshield is somewhere...darn cat) oooooooooh! okay

we got a TV max and Milla

yeah I am in denial too

I havn't gotten my valk exchange notification and I know I preordered with kevin :\

bandai and aioshima do a great job on the enameling of their Chogokin lines, it would take some serious efforts to chip these. Bandai must use the same kinda paint technique they use on cars with the quality finish they get Still I checked the polls people seem pretty excited universally bout alternators and the MP prime. the poll for do you love the MP prime was a staggering 67 positive to a 6 negative.

WTF, I was over at TFW2005 and people were refering to Diecast as fragil, were gonna get hasbro versions of alternators cause they wanted sturdy plastic not fragil diecast, what are the people over there smoking? How can you call diecast toys, things you could bludgon people to death with fragile?!?

The thing I fear is stupid people giving lousy reviews toy alternators calling them to complex or fragile. This happened to the only decent set of minicons the street team. They had good Transforamtions and looked okay but people blasted them for being to fragile. I don't mind bricks as long as they look good, like good old G1 series 1 - 3. Hell actually I liked the armada prime (yeah I'm a freak sue me). But this new energon stuff just blows. Yes its made for kids but thats no excuse for it to suck. You can make stuff with simple transformations and still make it look good. Look back at the old G1 prime (come on folks admit it his transformation is pretty simple) but it was still nice and it worked well his bot and trailer mode looking great. What is the over all reaction to alternators? If people are more excited about Energon my faith in humanity is utterly crushed.

still is it me or does the poseability of the legs look more limited than on smokescreen?

and check this out!!!! http://www.hlj.com/cgi-perl/hljpage.cgi?TAK08124 All those pics had him so mistransformed!!!!!! now this looks sweet!!!!! and it looks like he is capable in car mode of being a convertable to hard top! heehee, always liked automatic convertible cars, always reminded me of transformers But if you ask me this one should have been tracks not sidswipe

huh? Lizard mans unlocking destabilzes the system on the GC? *makes note not to unlock this character*