Takara Tomy x Robotech

[GGemini]

New license announced at SDCC 2025

[jvmacross]

Maybe they will just telease those tiny VFs again with Robotech branding....

...still, would be a first in terms of SDFM merch....

Too bad it was not a Bandai x Robotech announcement....

[Raikkonen]

Exactly. Likely the same in just Robotech packaging.

However, Tomica does make some decent premium dioramas and scene extras. 

[Raikkonen]

I'm wrong. They're transforming toys. 

[M'Kyuun]

Ah, but the joke's on whoever thinks Takara will make a decent transforming jet let alone anything nearly as efficient as the VF-1. Maverick is about as close as they'll ever come to the VF-1, and it wasn't as clean or as well executed as its inspiration. This should be interesting, though.

I wonder if this their way of making a G1ish Jetfire for the main line?

[judgedoug]

I wouldn't mind some affordable robust Transformers style Valkyries. I basically don't play with my Yamato/Arcadia/Bandai/Kitzconcept stuff, so having a cheaper and tougher Valkyrie, even if less accurate, would be nice

[pablumatic]

4 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

 wonder if this their way of making a G1ish Jetfire for the main line?

I was thinking the same thing when I first read this. This is the closest we've been to getting anything like a G1 Jetfire again since the 1980s. 

[sh9000]

Alpha Fighter (Zero Variant).

[Raikkonen]

That looks pretty decent. Concern is the price when weighing their Diaclone transformable planes. 

Thankfully it's not like their transformer's crossover. 

Edited 15 hours ago by Raikkonen

[lechuck]

11 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

Alpha Fighter (Zero Variant).

Ugly high arching feet, visible hinges on the wings and hollow forearm (!) – par the course for Takara's Toyrise line, very toyetic with straightforward engineering, rather than going the extra mile.

I'm still intrigued, but at the same time not really enamoured by it. 

[Scyla]

6 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

Ah, but the joke's on whoever thinks Takara will make a decent transforming jet let alone anything nearly as efficient as the VF-1. Maverick is about as close as they'll ever come to the VF-1, and it wasn't as clean or as well executed as its inspiration. This should be interesting, though.

I wonder if this their way of making a G1ish Jetfire for the main line?

Luckily they got most of the complex engineering already laid out for them. 

From the Mospeada prototype Takara seems to be staying true to their MO, producing playable toys instead if ultra expensive collector pieces.

[mikeszekely]

24 minutes ago, Scyla said:

Takara seems to be staying true to their MO, producing playable toys instead if ultra expensive collector pieces.

This is what I want them to do. Bandai already makes expensive stuff that's too delicate to play with. I'd love something I could leave on my desk and transform more than once in a blue moon.

[Raikkonen]

33 minutes ago, lechuck said:

Ugly high arching feet, visible hinges on the wings and hollow forearm (!) – par the course for Takara's Toyrise line, very toyetic with straightforward engineering, rather than going the extra mile.

I'm still intrigued, but at the same time not really enamoured by it. 

It'll probably be 5 inches tall... around the $50-$60 range... If we go with their similar diaclone pieces. 

Takara tends to prioritize playability before collectability. 

[Mog]

Why not both?

Playable stuff that doesn’t have a massive brick on the alt underside.

[sh9000]

1 hour ago, lechuck said:

Ugly high arching feet, visible hinges on the wings and hollow forearm (!) – par the course for Takara's Toyrise line, very toyetic with straightforward engineering, rather than going the extra mile.

I'm still intrigued, but at the same time not really enamoured by it. 

Maybe it's a girl Alpha.

[jvmacross]

Oh well....guess BW's stranglehold on vendor's ability to sell their Japanese SDFM merch continues....

[M'Kyuun]

1 hour ago, lechuck said:

Ugly high arching feet, visible hinges on the wings and hollow forearm (!) – par the course for Takara's Toyrise line, very toyetic with straightforward engineering, rather than going the extra mile.

I'm still intrigued, but at the same time not really enamoured by it. 

Agree with all plus I'm not totally digging the color choices, either. The lemony yellow looks gaudy. Moreover, it looks like they took some license with the weapons (where's the single pop-up shoulder cannon or the single big rocket launcher that sits between the shoulders in fighter?).

However, if Bandai is giving them access to all the old 1/55 Takatoku designs, I wonder if there's a new Roadbuster and Whirl coming? I really want updated poseable toys.