The true Transformer lover knows that were owe a lot to a Japanese toy company called Takara. Established in 1955, the company has been making novel toys over the years while keeping their company motto in mind - "Playing is culture." Sure, they weren't originally Transformers when they first came out - we have the US toy company Hasbro to thank for that.While Hasbro has gone on to fame and fortune by waving around the Transformers banner, Takara remains to be the original creator and Hasbro is their their Transformers distributor. Well, among other things.
In recent years, Takara has been re-releasing some of the original Generation 1 Transformers as part of their Encore line. I've been able to acquire a few classics such as a re-release of Soundwave (together with Laserbeak) and the first Japanese release of Sky Lynx (and he still walks!) And I'm still lusting over the Encore Omega Supreme, mainly because I still feel bad that I lost mine as a kid.
But as much as I'm happy to own these, there's one new Transformer re-release that I'm dying to have.
There's a very large universe of comic books that I have yet to have the chance to read.
In the CGI movie market, the big guns remain to be Pixar and