Takara TOMY DX Prowl canceled

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Of course, the Earthspark one that everyone wanted to import over the others is completely canceled. I bet they offer it again with the Hot Rod mold. Best case scenario, they wait and do it later for next season.

Emerje

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Finally a life-size hashtag!!!

But why this alternative mode?

In the story, it’s probably easier for her to blend in in this form than in the GHOST van.

For toy reasons, it’s probably easier to turn this vehicle into a toy and easier to sell.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:In the new issue of Figure King, it is stated that the entirety of Earthspark has been canceled in Japan. I don’t know if that means after the release of what we call Season 2 or if sales and response have already been so low that Takara pulls the plug. Still, it’s telling that something that should have already been on the verge of rolling off production lines or sitting in warehouses is already being pulled. I’ll be honest, if there’s anything that caught your eye about Earthspark, especially the Japanese version, grab it now. I hope Tacticons Wheeljack, Breakdown and Starscream get through this easily.

It might not have helped that each episode of the Japanese dub was also split in half so that each episode was 11 minutes long in 2 parts instead of the full 22 minute episodes in the English version.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:In the new issue of Figure King, it is stated that the entirety of Earthspark has been canceled in Japan. I don’t know if that means after the release of what we call Season 2 or if sales and response have already been so low that Takara pulls the plug. Still, it’s telling that something that should have already been on the verge of rolling off production lines or sitting in warehouses is already being pulled. I’ll be honest, if there’s anything that caught your eye about Earthspark, especially the Japanese version, grab it now. I hope Tacticons Wheeljack, Breakdown and Starscream get through this easily.

In early May I went on AmiAmi and ordered almost everything they had for Earthspark, except for just the steps since almost everything was on clearance. I used the slowest shipping method and it still hasn’t shipped, I probably won’t see it for 2 or 3 months.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:In the new issue of Figure King, it is stated that the entirety of Earthspark has been canceled in Japan. I don’t know if this means after the release of what we call Season 2 or if sales and response have already been so low that Takara pulls the plug. Still, it’s telling that something that should have already been on the verge of rolling off production lines or sitting in warehouses is already being pulled. I’ll be honest, if there’s anything that caught your eye about Earthspark, especially the Japanese version, grab it now. I hope Tacticons Wheeljack, Breakdown and Starscream get through this easily.

In early May I went on AmiAmi and ordered almost everything they had for Earthspark, except for just the steps since almost everything was on clearance. I used the slowest shipping method and it still hasn’t shipped, I probably won’t see it for 2 or 3 months.

Emerje

I got the Prime with trailer and wanted this Prowl but didn’t get a purchase order and well I’m SOL now. I might go for the Warrior Thrash if it hits clearance, but I won’t lose sleep if I miss out.

Sabrblade wrote:It’s not entirely unprecedented for Takara to discontinue the release of a Transformers line accompanied by an American cartoon. Robots in Disguise 2015 and Cyberverse never saw their final seasons released in Japan (or in Cyberverse’s case, its third and fourth seasons).

And the toy lines too.