WING_SABER-TOYS 2013 PREVIEW. A NEW BEGINNING FOR NEW ACQUISITIONS!

9:08 AM in 2013 Releases, Ehobby, Fall of Cybertron, MASTERPIECE, New Year, Transformers Prime, YET TO BE RELEASED

Happy New Year, fellow readers! I do trust that your festive celebrations went swimmingly well?! 

Got some rather exciting news coming your way, people. For 2013, there will be some really neat and exciting releases planned, chiefly the announcement of Masterpiece MP-13 Soundwave and his Cassette Minions, Frenzy, Rumble, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw and Ravage. Not to mention the continuation of the Takaratomy Fall of Cybertron line, as well as the season 3 continuity of Transformers Prime, which will carry the Beast Hunters tagline. Oh and thrown in the awesome news that the Takaratomy's Encore Generation 1 reissue line will continue with Fortress Maximus and we have a pretty busy 2013 year of collecting in-store! So sit back and Enjoy the ride, guys! 

As for me personally, the start of the year will bring a realization that, whilst I have to control the amount of expenditure that I usually splurge on my collection, it most certainly doesn't mean that I will completely miss out on my fair share of some gems which I have been keeping a rather keen interest on since the year ended a couple of days ago. 

I have decided to get at least two vintages for this year, and who knows after that maybe just to tie up afew loose ends for my personal G1 list. As for the current consensus of Ehobby and Japanese exclusive releases, I will have to see if these hold any interest for me, as I have adhered to only getting black and exclusive 'crystal' or clear plastic releases only. Well, that's all folks! Watch this space for more Transformers related news for the rest of the year! 

All Transformers Copyright Takaratomy 2013. 

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TAKARA TOMY'S FALL OF CYBERTRON TOYS- SHINIER AND MORE DESIRABLE!

11:46 PM in Collector's Edition, Fall of Cybertron, Japan exclusive, Metallic Repaint, TAKARATOMY, YET TO BE RELEASED

Hi peoples! Just a quick and exciting update which I'd thought I'd share with you guys. Recently announced and released ACTUAL, in-hand retail pictures from Takaratomy's  Transformers Generations:- FALL OF CYBERTRON toy-line which is slated to be the mainstay collector-centric line to get for the 2013. 

Amazon Japan has graciously posted upcoming versions for Fall of Cybertron Combaticons aka Bruticus, Kickback, Sideswipe, Ultra Magnus, Fireflight, Starscream and Voyager releases of Soundblaster and Soundwave with 'Buzzsaw' and 'Lazerbeak' 'Cybertronian Discs'. 

Hand on heart, and gotta admit that these are indeed exciting times to be a Transformers aficionado, and Takaratomy has delivered once again, after taking some flak recently on skimping on the Quality Control of their products, which coincidentally has been in recent times, made in Vietnam- but I digress, and will most likely be picking these much more collector grade versions of their  rather bland and uninspiring Hasbro releases in the near future, which  coincidentally means as soon as these are available through the regular Japan-Hobby online-outlets. All credit must go toward uber-fan site TFW2005 for first posting the news for which inspired me to post this entry in the first place. :D 

Meantime, Pre-orders are up on several sites such as Robotkingdom, etoysjapan and BBTS, just to name afew--to those who are looking to secure their collector-grade toys!

Transformers FOC/ Generations Copyright 2012 Hasbro Inc. & Takaratomy. 

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