Elsewhere
Battle Damaged Optimus Prime.
Obie Li’s Photoshop’d Masterpiece Convoy is a fine digital kitbash.
Kinetic Underground’s Tekken Nanomen.
These Nina Williams, Kazuya Mishima, Devil Jin and Raven block figures are expected out this December. (Test shots were released in June.)
Transformers Cosmos kitbash.
The portly character is known as Adams in Japan. This kitbash is based on a Megaranger Galaxy Mega DX figure.
Transformers Omega Supreme kitbash.
The body is based on a Cybertron Menasor while the head transforms to a tank.
Konami’s 2007 annual report.
“The toy industry in Japan is now faced with such issues as a decline of birthrate, young children’s shift away from toys due to their maturing at a younger age and an increase in household expenses for children or other amusement purposes. However, the toy industry has not experienced a rapid decline in sales but has continued steady growth because of an increase in expense spent per child and growing demand for toy products for adults along with an aging society.”