The Energon Pub

Please excuse me while I squee with Joy and dig up my recolor from a few months ago that had the lion repainted as Victory Leo that I posted here first in almost that exact scheme. Assuming this isn't some prank.
EDIT: My original photo. different name and the wing color is different, but I so nailed the general paint scheme.

Flashwave wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Ironhide/Starscream wrote:Thundertron is reminding me of the Lion Zord from Power Rangers Wild Force...

He actually reminds me more of Cybertron Snarl:



In case you're wondering, there is such thing called a maned wolf

Really? "Winged Transforming Lion" And we get "That looks like a Zord" and Cyb Snarl... Ya'll should be asahmed,you're about to get punked by a kid who wasn't even born for Vicorty series...


(crappy photoshop by moi)

Does no one else in this entire fandom see this?

[/sarcasm]

Anyway, all joking aside, what's the fear with balljoint hips, anyway?

I'm liking Magnus. The Hammer could fold up better, but its the first weapon I like. Meg's is okay, I guess.

Torn on the Rumble and Frenzy. I like 'em, but I must admit I prefer the classics tanks. The Honda Civic alts are an interesting twist though.

What I don't get, why are we calling him Leo Prime? He looks nothing like the BW White Lion, and even the Target Exclusive white lion is closer, albeit not as clean looking: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ine/17177/

tempted to get rumble and frenzy. but i got hasbros so ill just pick up the other dont really care if one has a micron and the other doesnt will help set them apart other than color.

will hopefully get leo prime and wild rider as well.

So Rumble is Red? I have both on preorder but only want the red one. Might still get the Hasbro one too, though I don't normally get the blue ones.

Wildrider also looks really cool, but I don't collect the character, so unless Hasbro releases it, it's a definite no.

Flashwave wrote:What I don't get, why are we calling him Leo Prime?

Because that's what Takara's calling this toy.

Though, I think we've got something closer than any previous suggestions as to what the Thundertron toy most resembles: Murasame Liger.

Sabrblade wrote:

Flashwave wrote:What I don't get, why are we calling him Leo Prime?

Because that's what Takara's calling this toy.

Plus, TakaraTomy has been shying away from Japanese names for 5 years straight now. So no more Convoys.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Flashwave wrote:What I don't get, why are we calling him Leo Prime?

Because that's what Takara's calling this toy.

Plus, TakaraTomy has been shying away from Japanese names for 5 years straight now. So no more Convoys.

Except for at least the Masterpieces.

Masterpieces represent the G1 versions of the characters. Only new iterations of characters get the westernized names.

That Bot wrote:Masterpieces represent the G1 versions of the characters. Only new iterations of characters get the westernized names.

United and Alternity (Goldbug, in particular) use G1 characters with Hasbro names.

Sabrblade wrote:

That Bot wrote:Masterpieces represent the G1 versions of the characters. Only new iterations of characters get the westernized names.

United and Alternity (Goldbug, in particular) use G1 characters with Hasbro names.

Just United. Alternity still had Convoy, Bumble, and Cliff, though they bucked the trend with Goldbug.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

That Bot wrote:Masterpieces represent the G1 versions of the characters. Only new iterations of characters get the westernized names.

United and Alternity (Goldbug, in particular) use G1 characters with Hasbro names.

Just United. Alternity still had Convoy, Bumble, and Cliff, though they bucked the trend with Goldbug.

Hence why I singled out Goldbug. He started the change for this line, but it happened that all post-Goldbug releases were characters that either had the same names for both markets to begin with or lacked a separate name for the other market.