Lucky Draw figure: Difference between revisions

From MediaWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
← Older editNewer edit →
undo24.73.27.96 (talk)
Evan1975 (talk | contribs)
613 edits
Line 84: Line 84:
*[[Primus]]
*[[Primus]]


===Micron Legend===
===Micron Densetsu===
*Gold Super Mode [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Convoy]]
*Gold Super Mode "[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Kinpika Convoy]]"


[[Image:Black Micron Megatron.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I'm much better in Black.]]
[[Image:Black Micron Megatron.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I'm much better in Black.]]
Line 91: Line 91:
*Blue [[Overload (Armada)|Ultra Magnus]]
*Blue [[Overload (Armada)|Ultra Magnus]]
*Black [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]
*Black [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]
*Green [[Unicron]] (A.K.A. [[Unicron of Light]])
*Green "[[Unicron of Light|Hikari no Unicron]]"


===Superlink===
===Superlink===

Revision as of 16:49, 23 February 2012

{{#if: Junkion_jimmy.gif |

}} | }}

{{ #if: |
|}}

This article may require cleanup to meet the quality standards of MediaWiki.
Please discuss this issue on the talk page or append this tag with a more specific message.{{#if:July 2010|
This article has been tagged since July 2010.}} {{ #if: |{{ #if: |  |
}} talk page.|}}

{{#if: Needs info on where these came from (what magazine campaigns and promotions, ect. Needs updating as well.|Needs info on where these came from (what magazine campaigns and promotions, ect. Needs updating as well.|}}

{{#ifeq: ||{{#if:July 2010||}}}}{{#ifeq: |File|{{#if:July 2010||}}}}

{{#if: PicsNeeded.gif |

}} | }}

{{ #if: Let's see what you can see... |Let's see what you can see...
|}}

This article is in need of images. {{ #if: |{{ #if: |  |
}} talk page.|}}

{{#if: {{#if: |Specifics: |}}|{{#if: |Specifics: |}}|}}

{{#ifeq: ||}}{{#ifeq: |File|}}

Lucky Draw figures are extremely limited-run versions of mass-release toys, given to winners of contests usually run by Japanese children's publications such as TV Magazine, TV Kun, and Comic Bom Bom, but sometimes held through other collector-aimed, Transformers-related books or directly through TakaraTomy. These figures are typically either straightforward chrome-covered versions of figures (usually in gold or silver), or non-chrome redecos with entirely new color schemes.

Although Lucky Draw toys are primarily a Japanese concept, the name "Lucky Draw" did not originate in Japan, nor is it used there currently to describe these toys. In Japan, these toys are referred to as campaign prize items. The term "Lucky Draw" probably originated from Hong Kong and Singapore eBay sellers who typically label them "Lucky Draw" in their auctions.

The quantity of a Lucky Draw figure produced for a contest usually ranges from 10 to 50, but sometimes can be as few as one (Custom Color Galaxy Convoy) or as many as 300 (Black Tracks). However, sellers from Singapore and Hong Kong tend to obtain Lucky Draw figures in suspiciously high quantities, leading many collectors to believe that the total number produced is actually quite a bit higher than the number given away in the contest.

The extreme rarity and unique look of these toys makes them desirable to some high-end Transformers collectors, who pay as much as several thousand US dollars for a single Lucky Draw toy. Other collectors find no appeal in these figures because of the frequent use of gaudy-looking, all-over chrome on them and the high price tag.

Most well-known Transformers Lucky Draw toys were released during or after Beast Wars aired in Japan. During the entirety of Generation 1 in Japan, only three Lucky Draw exclusives are known to have been released: the gold Convoy trophy, the silver Chromedome trophy, and the Transformer Junior leaders set. (Rare chromed versions of many of Kabaya's Generation 1 Transformers kits exist. These may have been given out as Lucky Draw toys as well.) Several other Lucky Draw figures were released during Diaclone and Microman Microchange, including chrome versions of Jazz, Bluestreak, and Browning.

The Lucky Draw concept is almost exclusively Japanese. However, there have been cases with Hasbro and its international counterparts offering such items as part of promotional competitions, such as an Optimus Prime with a custom head based on the winner, offered as a door prize at BotCon 2006 [Need more details about it, and pics. Which Prime?]{{#ifeq: ||}}, and a highly detailed, non-transforming, chromed movie Optimus Prime in truck mode and robot mode given away by Hasbro in a fan video contest on TechTV.

List of known Takara/TakaraTomy Lucky Draw figures

Pre-Transformers

Generation One

Rainbow munkys.

Beast Wars

Beast Wars II

Beast Wars Neo

Beast Wars Metals

  • Gold Convoy
  • Silver Convoy (not to be confused with Apelinq)
  • Gold Megatron
  • Silver Megatron
  • Gold Convoy Vs. Silver Megatron

Car Robots

If you squint really hard, you can't even see me.
File:GodPrimus2.jpg
Meet your Makerbot.

Collectors Edition Japanese

File:GodPrimus1.jpg
On the Highway to Heaven

Micron Densetsu

I'm much better in Black.

Masterpiece

  • Gold Convoy

Binaltech

Robot Masters

Galaxy Force

NOT "Night Slash Cheetus"

Beast Wars Returns

  • Perfect Choice Cheetus


Movie

Henkei! Henkei

Revenge of the Fallen

  • Gold Leader Class Optimus Prime

Animated



{{#if: Kup piece.gif |

}} | }}

{{ #if: You left a piece out! |You left a piece out!
|}}

This article is a stub and is missing information. You can help MediaWiki by expanding it. {{ #if: |{{ #if: |  |
}} talk page.|}}

{{#if: {{#if: |What's needed: |}}|{{#if: |What's needed: |}}|}}

{{#ifeq: ||}}{{#ifeq: |File|}}


Dark of the Moon

Beginning May 14 and ending July 31 2011, Japanese consumers who enter two barcode numbers from MechTech character cards (packed with Japanese Dark of the Moon figures) into the TakaraTomy Transformers website will be in the running for:

There will be two more Lucky Draw campaigns from August 2011 onwards, and entering all three campaigns will put one in the running for:

{{#if: Notyetbox.gif |

}} | }}

{{ #if: |
|}}

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail. {{ #if: |{{ #if: |  |
}} talk page.|}}

{{#if: {{#if: | }}|{{#if: | }}|}}

{{#ifeq: ||}}{{#ifeq: |File|}}

Circle K Sunkus
  • Jetwing Optimus Prime Black Version
{{#if: Notyetbox.gif |

}} | }}

{{ #if: |
|}}

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail. {{ #if: |{{ #if: |  |
}} talk page.|}}

{{#if: {{#if: | }}|{{#if: | }}|}}

{{#ifeq: ||}}{{#ifeq: |File|}}

List of known Hasbro Lucky Draw or equivalent figures

Movie

Completists, eat your heart out!
  • Chrome Optimus Prime (presented to fan James Zahn by the Hasbro Transformers team as the grand prize for G4TV and Jumpcut's contest for fans to remix selected Transformers clips.)
  • Gold Leader class Optimus Prime (offered by Hasbro Hong Kong in 2008 and Hasbro Australia in 2009)

Transformers (2010)

  • Special Edition Battle Blades Bumblebee (offered by Hasbro Hong Kong as part of a competition at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong (ACGHK) material-entertainment fair, given to whomever happened to spend the most money at Hasbro's booth over the fair's duration.)

Dark of the Moon

  • Silver Bumblebee (This silver vacuum metallized version of MechTech Deluxe Class Bumblebee, presented in a perspex case. These toys were available as the Lucky Draw prize for the Transformers Midnight Madness event at major Toys"R"Us stores in mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Thailand between May 13 and May 14, 2011.)

See also

Retrieved from "https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Lucky_Draw_figure&oldid=689548"