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Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime

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Saturday, May 16th, 2015 2:12PM CDT

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In addition to yesterday's promo video, and of course, the Seibertron.com galleries, fellow member chuckdawg1999 has also just shared with us a video review of two Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure toys: TAV-08 Gregevor (Greejeeber) and TAV-13 Nemesis Prime. The latter is the one we've covered already, but the former, an homage to the 2000 RID line Rollbar, is in fact a male redeco of Strongarm, which you can find here for comparison. Check out the embedded clip below!

Takara always seems to deliver unique repaints that homage niche characters from their market, and black Optimus Primes. Gregevor is one of those homages going back to the early 2000's RID character Rollbar. Nemesis Prime I guess could be said is a tribute to Scourge/Black Convoy from the same line; even though there have been many takes on the black Prime over the years. Both are worth a look if you're interested in well done repaints.


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Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686348)
Posted by dragons on May 16th, 2015 @ 2:23pm CDT
Thanks for sharing I didn't bother watching I saw video of original figures before they where repainted don't need same
Video again
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686351)
Posted by Va'al on May 16th, 2015 @ 2:41pm CDT
dragons wrote:Thanks for sharing


You are more than welcome. :D
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686368)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 16th, 2015 @ 3:39pm CDT
dragons wrote:Thanks for sharing I didn't bother watching I saw video of original figures before they where repainted don't need same
Video again


But you might have missed out on dancing girls at the end
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686395)
Posted by william-james88 on May 16th, 2015 @ 4:50pm CDT
Va'al wrote:
dragons wrote:Thanks for sharing


You are more than welcome. :D


:APPLAUSE:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
dragons wrote:Thanks for sharing I didn't bother watching I saw video of original figures before they where repainted don't need same
Video again


But you might have missed out on dancing girls at the end


:APPLAUSE: :APPLAUSE: :APPLAUSE:

I especially liked when they took their tops off. Oh my!

(o)(o)
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686417)
Posted by no-one on May 16th, 2015 @ 5:15pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Va'al wrote:
dragons wrote:Thanks for sharing


You are more than welcome. :D


:APPLAUSE:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
dragons wrote:Thanks for sharing I didn't bother watching I saw video of original figures before they where repainted don't need same
Video again


But you might have missed out on dancing girls at the end


:APPLAUSE: :APPLAUSE: :APPLAUSE:

I especially liked when they took their tops off. Oh my!

(o)(o)


Looks like you missed out guy. YouTube took it down and now only the edited version is available.

So scandalous :shock:
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686430)
Posted by Cobotron on May 16th, 2015 @ 5:40pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:(o)(o)
:shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686440)
Posted by william-james88 on May 16th, 2015 @ 5:55pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:
william-james88 wrote:(o)(o)
:shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Haha, glad you liked it, here are a few more:

National geographic:

(@ㅅ@)

Melissa McCarthy:

(。 ㅅ 。)

Jenny McCarthy:

(•_ㅅ_•)

The Rock:

[_._][_._]
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686450)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 16th, 2015 @ 6:06pm CDT
Chuck! Stop!
:evil: :evil: :evil:
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686492)
Posted by prjkt on May 16th, 2015 @ 7:16pm CDT
Well this thread just got interesting nice and quick.
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686542)
Posted by Nemesis Destron on May 16th, 2015 @ 10:33pm CDT
Holy-crap...I hope they include those sound FX when I get UM and Nemesis just like those Japanese reviews. :P :VEHI:
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686553)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 16th, 2015 @ 11:07pm CDT
"And yes, you have to say it like that. GREH-GHEE-VOR."

No you don't. "Gregevor" is a bad Engrish transliteration of グリジバー, which Romanizes out to being "Gurijibaa", with the two I's both sounding like "ee". It is a portmanteau of "Green" and "Jeep" with a modified end, hence the longstanding transliteration of "Greejeeber" being the more accepted name since the Car Robots character of the same name was established back in the year 2000.

The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound. The V came from B and V being essentially the same sound in Japanese. So whoever transliterated グリジバー ("Gurijibaa") into "Gregevor" apparently didn't recognize the "Green Jeep" reference and gave us a more wonky name than the more likely intended "Greejeeber".
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686566)
Posted by primalxconvoy on May 16th, 2015 @ 11:38pm CDT
Exactly. I've already stated at these boards the same thing. The English text on the package for this toy is incorrect, if the aim was to represent "Green-Jeeper" (which was the originally intended name, similar to "Tankor", " Rot-or", or other proper nouns derived from adding the regular "er" to verb forms in order to make a "job noun").

Basically, the etymology, as it were, was " Green Jeep/Green-Jeeper/Greenjeeber" (ignoring the katakana and other romaji orthographic depictions, such as "gurujiiba", etc).

However, IF the original word WAS "Gregevor" (in English), then the Japanese (romaji) could be "gureijiiba".

What has (almost) happened then, is that, over time, they took an English term, converted it into Japanese katakana/,romaji, turned THAT back into katakana again, before finally turning it "back" into romaji/katakana.

It's a bit like how Takara have done the same with "convoy" (convoy/conboy), by first getting the name "right", then probably turning it back into katakana and back to romaji (or having no original romaji/English source to reference).

Hypothetically, this could happen to "Minerva":

Minerva/Mineruba/Minerba/Menorbar".
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686577)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on May 17th, 2015 @ 12:22am CDT
At this rate can we just call him Greg?
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686579)
Posted by Cobotron on May 17th, 2015 @ 12:24am CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:At this rate can we just call him Greg?
:lol:
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686589)
Posted by primalxconvoy on May 17th, 2015 @ 1:05am CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:At this rate can we just call him Greg?


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Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686898)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 17th, 2015 @ 9:03pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.


I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686900)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 17th, 2015 @ 9:04pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.


I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."
Argh! Why do I keep doing that!?! :BANG_HEAD:
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686928)
Posted by william-james88 on May 17th, 2015 @ 9:56pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.


I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."
Argh! Why do I keep doing that!?! :BANG_HEAD:


Don't worry, we all have those moments. I actually wrote yesterday that Predaking was made of 6 members when I knew it was obviously just 5.

I also wrote in an exam when I was 16 (as part of a greater algebraic equation) that 2 times 3 was 5 :BANG_HEAD:
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686930)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 17th, 2015 @ 9:57pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.


I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."
Argh! Why do I keep doing that!?! :BANG_HEAD:


Don't worry, we all have those moments. I actually wrote yesterday that Predaking was made of 6 members when I knew it was obviously just 5.


Lol I look stupid all the STINKIN TIME!
:-B
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686945)
Posted by Cobotron on May 17th, 2015 @ 10:24pm CDT
Silly wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.


I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."
Argh! Why do I keep doing that!?! :BANG_HEAD:


Don't worry, we all have those moments. I actually wrote yesterday that Predaking was made of 6 members when I knew it was obviously just 5.


Lol I look stupid all the STINKIN TIME!
:-B
I'm realky bag att spellking.
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686951)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 17th, 2015 @ 10:34pm CDT
Let's just call him "Greeper." It keeps the original idea for a portmanteau of "green" and "jeep", retains the syllabic flourish at the end, is easier to say in English, and resembles the word "creeper," which is an excellent name for a Decepticon character. Let's make this happen, people!
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1686968)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 17th, 2015 @ 11:28pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:"And yes, you have to say it like that. GREH-GHEE-VOR."

No you don't. "Gregevor" is a bad Engrish transliteration of グリジバー, which Romanizes out to being "Gurijibaa", with the two I's both sounding like "ee". It is a portmanteau of "Green" and "Jeep" with a modified end, hence the longstanding transliteration of "Greejeeber" being the more accepted name since the Car Robots character of the same name was established back in the year 2000.

The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound. The V came from B and V being essentially the same sound in Japanese. So whoever transliterated グリジバー ("Gurijibaa") into "Gregevor" apparently didn't recognize the "Green Jeep" reference and gave us a more wonky name than the more likely intended "Greejeeber".


That, and I was having fun knowing it would drive the translation obsessed crazy. Mission accomplished.

Cobotron wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:At this rate can we just call him Greg?
:lol:


I just call it Steve, I tend to use that name a lot.
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687014)
Posted by Primeultimus on May 18th, 2015 @ 7:26am CDT
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Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687023)
Posted by monstrinhotron on May 18th, 2015 @ 7:58am CDT
Gregevor = Greg + Trevor perhaps. No idea where that might come from though
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687026)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 18th, 2015 @ 8:06am CDT
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687039)
Posted by prjkt on May 18th, 2015 @ 8:51am CDT
phonetic translation is more like "Greejeeber" but actual romanisation of the words is up to whoever's translating at the time
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687041)
Posted by Primeultimus on May 18th, 2015 @ 8:52am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We already know of him:

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I was posting a clearer scan
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687047)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 18th, 2015 @ 8:59am CDT
This is basically the new "Minelba/Minerva".
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687049)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:02am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:This is basically the new "Minelba/Minerva".


Except for the fact "Minerva" has a base in the Latin language. "Gregevor", on the other hand, does not.
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687055)
Posted by william-james88 on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:22am CDT
I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687058)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:24am CDT
william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?
Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber" :-B
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687060)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:27am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?
Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber" :-B


"Green Jeep" is indeed the genesis of "Gree-Jee-ber", but Japan really likes to turn English into nonsense words as shown above. :lol:
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687061)
Posted by william-james88 on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:27am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?
Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber" :-B


Yeah, exactly as I said then: greenjeep spelled phonetically when said in a japanese accent :P
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687064)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:31am CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?
Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber" :-B


Yeah, exactly as I said then: greenjeep spelled phonetically when said in a japanese accent :P
"Japanese accent" doesn't do that to English words. Like JelZe said, it's the two words respelled nonsensically.

"Green Jeep" with a Japanese accent would be like "Guriin Jiipu"
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687065)
Posted by Cobotron on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:32am CDT
Hey guys don't all Japanese words have a vowel sound between every consonant sound, and always end in a vowel sound?
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687067)
Posted by william-james88 on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:34am CDT
Cobotron wrote:Hey guys don't all Japanese words have a vowel sound between every consonant sound, and always end in a vowel sound?


Yeah, sabr corrected me above.
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687069)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:38am CDT
Cobotron wrote:Hey guys don't all Japanese words have a vowel sound between every consonant sound, and always end in a vowel sound?
Not all.

The letter ん or ン is like the letter N without a vowel and is used to conclude a syllable, like the N in "Convoy" (コンボイ Konboi).
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687072)
Posted by william-james88 on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:42am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Hey guys don't all Japanese words have a vowel sound between every consonant sound, and always end in a vowel sound?
Not all.

The letter ん or ン is like the letter N without a vowel and is used to conclude a syllable, like the N in "Convoy" (コンボイ Konboi).


Sounds like something Flavor Flave would say: Con Boiiiiiii!
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687074)
Posted by Cobotron on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:45am CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Hey guys don't all Japanese words have a vowel sound between every consonant sound, and always end in a vowel sound?
Not all.

The letter ん or ン is like the letter N without a vowel and is used to conclude a syllable, like the N in "Convoy" (コンボイ Konboi).


Sounds like something Flavor Flave would say: Con Boiiiiiii!
:lol:

Or the N in Poke Mon?
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687075)
Posted by shajaki on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:47am CDT
monstrinhotron wrote:Gregevor = Greg + Trevor perhaps. No idea where that might come from though

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Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687078)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:53am CDT
Cobotron wrote:Or the N in Poke Mon?
Precisely.

ポケモン (Pokemon)

Or in "Megatron" (メガトロン Megatoron)

'Course, it's the only letter that caps off a syllable without a vowel sound. Everything else has a vowel sound attached it.
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687079)
Posted by Cobotron on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:54am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Or the N in Poke Mon?
Precisely.

ポケモン (Pokemon)

Or in "Megatron" (メガトロン Megatoron)

'Course, it's the only letter that caps off a syllable without a vowel sound. Everything else has a vowel sound attached it.
Thanks Professor! ;)
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687087)
Posted by primalxconvoy on May 18th, 2015 @ 10:06am CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?
Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber" :-B


Yeah, exactly as I said then: greenjeep spelled phonetically when said in a japanese accent :P


Not quite. The term comes from, as I've stated previously, the affixation of the suffix "er" to verb forms to create a noun. Usually, we do this with action verbs to denote an "agent" (one who does something) in a construction. Examples include "runner", "thinker", "gunner", etc.

In toy names, similar, or different aspects of morphology have been used to create names such as " Tankor", "Thrustor", "Ro-Tor", "Ground Shaker " and "Green-Jeeper". This was then affected by the the phonological aspect of (assimilation?), where the bilabial plosives, /p/ and /b/ can be interchanged in some utterances. Japanese learners, by virtue of the limited phonemic range of their L1, cannot always comprehend these sounds, resulting in "jeeBA".

Relatedly, "green Jeep" would be pronounced "guriinu jiipu" ("goo-ree-noo Jee-poo") , and not "jiipa".

Hope this helps.
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687090)
Posted by primalxconvoy on May 18th, 2015 @ 10:13am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:This is basically the new "Minelba/Minerva".


Except for the fact "Minerva" has a base in the Latin language. "Gregevor", on the other hand, does not.



No, but this is a romaji transcription of a katakana term, so it is similar in that someone at Takara converted an unknown katakana word (back) into romaji. In both cases, all the staff had to do was check online or a dictionary for help.

Takara is to English, what Hasbro is to stock photography/posing toys.
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687091)
Posted by primalxconvoy on May 18th, 2015 @ 10:19am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Or the N in Poke Mon?
Precisely.

ポケモン (Pokemon)

Or in "Megatron" (メガトロン Megatoron)

'Course, it's the only letter that caps off a syllable without a vowel sound. Everything else has a vowel sound attached it.


To add to the confusion, the sound is interchangeable with /m/ (as an end sound). For example, there is a station in Chiba with two romaji signs, showing "Kahin Makuhari" and "KahiM Makuhari" next to each other.
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687099)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 18th, 2015 @ 10:33am CDT
primalxconvoy wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Or the N in Poke Mon?
Precisely.

ポケモン (Pokemon)

Or in "Megatron" (メガトロン Megatoron)

'Course, it's the only letter that caps off a syllable without a vowel sound. Everything else has a vowel sound attached it.


To add to the confusion, the sound is interchangeable with /m/ (as an end sound). For example, there is a station in Chiba with two romaji signs, showing "Kahin Makuhari" and "KahiM Makuhari" next to each other.


I think that has more to do with the fact that "n" can glide into an "m" when directly followed by any "m"-kana, ハンマー (hanma for "hammer" for instance. Also, at least the "h"-kana with either the dakuten or handakuten can make an "n" turn into an "m": コンピュータ (konpyūta) for "Computer" or サンバ (sanba) for "Samba".
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687101)
Posted by primalxconvoy on May 18th, 2015 @ 10:40am CDT
The kana for mu, む/ム, was originally used for the n sound as well, while ん was originally a hentaigana used for both n and mu. In the 1900 Japanese script reforms, hentaigana were officially declared obsolete, and ん was officially declared a kana to represent the n sound.


- http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_(kana)

I think it was just the obsolete form of katakana.
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687384)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 18th, 2015 @ 10:47pm CDT
So that giant Prime appears to be based off those animation stills we saw. Too bad it doesn't come with a weapon all its own. I also find it funny that one of its features is a sliding panel for the QR code.
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687394)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 18th, 2015 @ 11:17pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:So that giant Prime appears to be based off those animation stills we saw. Too bad it doesn't come with a weapon all its own. I also find it funny that one of its features is a sliding panel for the QR code.


Yeah they thought ahead! :APPLAUSE:
Re: Video Review - Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV08 Gregevor and TAV13 Nemesis Prime (1687395)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 18th, 2015 @ 11:20pm CDT
Cool I'm a Micromaster now cool! Lol
:DANCE:

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Transformers Podcast: Twincast / Podcast #345 - The Roast
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