Box and Comic Cover Art for e-HOBBY Transformers Legends Deadlock

slaughter soldiers That's awesome

Very curious about the comic. It's a Legends "spin off", but uses a character from IDW's lore. Or, it could be just a Legends Universe version of Deadlock instead of the main version, but then again, that cover suggests a more serious tone than what the more humorous Legends manga tends to offer. Guess we'll find out soon.

It's been a while since we last heard about the eHobby exclusive Legends Deadlock repaint of Generations/United Drift, but thanks to Twitter Transformers fans naototsushima and gikogakodo we have two in-hand images of the red and black (for the most part) Decepticon fighter. Check them out below!

I am so getting this

Oh Primus, the sword is bent already!

...still getting this at some point.

So that gun shoots swords, right?

Seriously though, that looks fantastic.

Alright magic modders, find me a way to remove that chest piece in robot mode but not in vehicle. This thing is beautiful.

Very happy I preordered this!

Dr Va'al wrote:

Any guesses as to what Deadlock's title/function is? All I can make out from that manga cover is that he's a Decepticon Jae...(something).

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:

Any guesses as to what Deadlock's title/function is? All I can make out from that manga cover is that he's a Decepticon Jae...(something).

Huh, looks like they changed the title on that comic cover since it used to say this:

I'm guessing some copy writer noticed how Engrish-tastic "Decepticon Slaughter Soldiers" is?

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm guessing some copy writer noticed how Engrish-tastic "Decepticon Slaughter Soldiers" is?

Then again, they were fine with having Megatron say "dude" in the Grand Scourge comic.

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm guessing some copy writer noticed how Engrish-tastic "Decepticon Slaughter Soldiers" is?

Then again, they were fine with having Megatron say "dude" in the Grand Scourge comic.

I think Megatron might have imbibed too much top shelf energon that day.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Any guesses as to what Deadlock's title/function is? All I can make out from that manga cover is that he's a Decepticon Jae...(something).

My guess is "Jaeger", which is German for "Hunter". Words with "ae" (used as a substiture for ä) are usually German, and it's one of those foreign languages Japan likes to use (alongside French and Dutch).

He does look so very cool. I like him a lot.

Image comparing Deadlock to Blurr of the same mold

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Image comparing Deadlock to Blurr of the same mold

Blurr's wearing Drift's doors.

Sabrblade wrote:
Image comparing Deadlock to Blurr of the same mold

Blurr's wearing Drift's doors.[/quote]
Which is really weird. I don't know why they did it, they just did it

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Blurr's wearing Drift's doors.

Which is really weird. I don't know why they did it, they just did it

It's the reverse of Deadlock: Drift with Blurr doors vs. Blurr with Drift doors.

We now have new images of the Pack-in comic that comes with e-Hobby Limited edition Deadlock! These images show off the comic that comes with Deadlock, and it tells the story of Deadlock in another dimension who watches as the closest thing he has to a friend, Lockdown, is struck down by Grand Scourge and he vows to follow him and take him down in vengeance. The comic brings together elements of the Grand Scourge comic, the Transformers: Cloud comics as well as some Transformers: Go! Check out the comic mirrored below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your latest Transformers news and Galleries!

Huh, I was spot on with "Jaeger". Go me.

Interesting...not quite sure if I'm reading it correctly, but still interesting.

Translation isn't quite as good as they usually are in these. Interesting that they chose to stick him in the Adventures universe with Lockdown, killing poor Override. And then to cross into Cloud showing Starscream and Shockwave, followed by IDW universe Starscream and Sky-Byte, and finally Transformers Go! with Go Prime only to face Grand Scourge who's also skipping universes killing Primes. Crazy stuff! Now I'm really glad I picked up Scourge and Deadlock.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Translation isn't quite as good as they usually are in these. Interesting that they chose to stick him in the Adventures universe with Lockdown, killing poor Override. And then to cross into Cloud showing Starscream and Shockwave, followed by IDW universe Starscream and Sky-Byte, and finally Transformers Go! with Go Prime only to face Grand Scourge who's also skipping universes killing Primes. Crazy stuff! Now I'm really glad I picked up Scourge and Deadlock.

Emerje

Not quite: as Cloud uses FoC and other repurposed designs for the local denisens of Cloud World, they're more likely Cloud Thundercracker and Hellwarp. The coloring make it really hard to tell.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Emerje wrote:Translation isn't quite as good as they usually are in these. Interesting that they chose to stick him in the Adventures universe with Lockdown, killing poor Override. And then to cross into Cloud showing Starscream and Shockwave, followed by IDW universe Starscream and Sky-Byte, and finally Transformers Go! with Go Prime only to face Grand Scourge who's also skipping universes killing Primes. Crazy stuff! Now I'm really glad I picked up Scourge and Deadlock.

Emerje

Not quite: as Cloud uses FoC and other repurposed designs for the local denisens of Cloud World, they're more likely Cloud Starscream and Hellwarp. The coloring make it really hard to tell.

Cloud Starscream is already on the right (using the Doubledealer mold) with Cloud Shockwave (using the Whirl mold). That's definitely the FOC Generation Starscream design which he used during Sky-Byte's comic debut. There's a scene later where they fly off together.

Emerje

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:We now have new images of the Pack-in comic that comes with e-Hobby Limited edition Deadlock! These images show off the comic that comes with Deadlock, and it tells the story of Deadlock in another dimension who watches as the closest thing he has to a friend, Lockdown, is struck down by Grand Scourge and he vows to follow him and take him down in vengeance. The comic brings together elements of the Grand Scourge comic, the Transformers: Cloud comics as well as some Transformers: Go! Check out the comic mirrored below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your latest Transformers news and Galleries!

Will he eventually turn into the white kinight/samurai Drift we eventually will know?

fenrir72 wrote:Will he eventually turn into the white kinight/samurai Drift we eventually will know?

Presumably, but it's hard to say which one. Since it's Adventure Lockdown instead of Turmoil he'll probably look like Adventure Drift Origin in the end.

Emerje

He looks fantastic. Wish he wasn't so pricey.

Emerje wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Emerje wrote:Translation isn't quite as good as they usually are in these. Interesting that they chose to stick him in the Adventures universe with Lockdown, killing poor Override. And then to cross into Cloud showing Starscream and Shockwave, followed by IDW universe Starscream and Sky-Byte, and finally Transformers Go! with Go Prime only to face Grand Scourge who's also skipping universes killing Primes. Crazy stuff! Now I'm really glad I picked up Scourge and Deadlock.

Emerje

Not quite: as Cloud uses FoC and other repurposed designs for the local denisens of Cloud World, they're more likely Cloud Starscream and Hellwarp. The coloring make it really hard to tell.

Cloud Starscream is already on the right (using the Doubledealer mold) with Cloud Shockwave (using the Whirl mold). That's definitely the FOC Generation Starscream design which he used during Sky-Byte's comic debut. There's a scene later where they fly off together.

Emerje

She corrected herself to say Thundercracker instead of Starscream. That jet is blue and the shark is purple.

Do you remember of E-HOBBY Deadlock, the redeco of Generations Drift. While some of you have already gotten him, fellow Seibertronian reviewer Shockwave514 has made a quick video review for everyone to see what this guy is all about. This may help those who are still on the fence, which is quite understandable for a redeco which may cost you $ 70 USD. Enjoy!

Shockwave514 wrote:It's time for another short review of Transformers Takara Ehobby Deadlock, This review is less then 14 Minutes and I hope you enjoy the informative and crazy review.