Why wouldn't he have a blue head? He's a Lio Convoy homage.Hypershock wrote:Leo Prime actually looks pretty cool, minus his inexplicable blue head
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Well they need to stopSabrblade wrote:Too late. Aside from Masterpiece and Encore, Takara's been moving to use Hasbro names since 2007 in an ttamept to better unify the brand.Shadowstream wrote:Leo Prime Lio Convoy(seriously takara, stop using our clunky english names)
MightyMagnus78 wrote:Nothing Hasbro does surprises me anymore, their ineptitude is legendary!
Burn wrote:Shadowstream wrote:It's quite clear they dun dropped the ball, but did they have to drop it so far and so hard?
It's FunPub. It's their specialty.
Sabrblade wrote:Why wouldn't he have a blue head? He's a Lio Convoy homage.Hypershock wrote:Leo Prime actually looks pretty cool, minus his inexplicable blue head
You want the brand to become more broken, then? You honestly prefer names that hardly make sense for robots than names that do make sense?Shadowstream wrote:Well they need to stopSabrblade wrote:Too late. Aside from Masterpiece and Encore, Takara's been moving to use Hasbro names since 2007 in an ttamept to better unify the brand.Shadowstream wrote:Leo Prime Lio Convoy(seriously takara, stop using our clunky english names)
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Given how they treat series like Beast Wars and Prime over there, I don't see why not.Sabrblade wrote:You want the brand to become more broken, then? You honestly prefer names that hardly make sense for robots than names that do make sense?Shadowstream wrote:Well they need to stopSabrblade wrote:Too late. Aside from Masterpiece and Encore, Takara's been moving to use Hasbro names since 2007 in an ttamept to better unify the brand.Shadowstream wrote:Leo Prime Lio Convoy(seriously takara, stop using our clunky english names)
MightyMagnus78 wrote:Nothing Hasbro does surprises me anymore, their ineptitude is legendary!
Burn wrote:Shadowstream wrote:It's quite clear they dun dropped the ball, but did they have to drop it so far and so hard?
It's FunPub. It's their specialty.
They want the brand to have the same names in each market so as to create a greater sense of unity and consistency throughout the whole brand. They're even referring to classic G1 characters by their American names, like that new G1 manga that's out now calls Optimus Prime "Oputimasu Puraimu" instead of "Konboi". It's Hasbro's brand, might as well have Takara stop doing things different for the sake of difference.Shadowstream wrote:Given how they treat series like Beast Wars and Prime over there, I don't see why not.Sabrblade wrote:You want the brand to become more broken, then? You honestly prefer names that hardly make sense for robots than names that do make sense?Shadowstream wrote:Well they need to stopSabrblade wrote:Too late. Aside from Masterpiece and Encore, Takara's been moving to use Hasbro names since 2007 in an ttamept to better unify the brand.Shadowstream wrote:Leo Prime Lio Convoy(seriously takara, stop using our clunky english names)
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
And yet this disqualifies the dub of the actual series from following suit how? I know this is the wrong place for this and completely off topic, but the fact is japan treats their dubs of our shows like comedies, which is hardly unifying as far as I'm concerned.Sabrblade wrote:They want the brand to have the same names in each market so as to create a greater sense of unity and consistency throughout the whole brand. They're even referring to classic G1 characters by their American names, like that new G1 manga that's out now calls Optimus Prime "Oputimasu Puraimu" instead of "Konboi". It's Hasbro's brand, might as well have Takara stop doing things different for the sake of difference.Shadowstream wrote:Given how they treat series like Beast Wars and Prime over there, I don't see why not.Sabrblade wrote:You want the brand to become more broken, then? You honestly prefer names that hardly make sense for robots than names that do make sense?Shadowstream wrote:Well they need to stopSabrblade wrote:Too late. Aside from Masterpiece and Encore, Takara's been moving to use Hasbro names since 2007 in an ttamept to better unify the brand.Shadowstream wrote:Leo Prime Lio Convoy(seriously takara, stop using our clunky english names)
MightyMagnus78 wrote:Nothing Hasbro does surprises me anymore, their ineptitude is legendary!
Burn wrote:Shadowstream wrote:It's quite clear they dun dropped the ball, but did they have to drop it so far and so hard?
It's FunPub. It's their specialty.
Name-wise. The dub tones differ to suit the mentality of the Japanese demographic, who generally view giant self-operated mecha robots without pilots as being kiddie. Imagine their surprise when they saw the movies.Shadowstream wrote:And yet this disqualifies the dub of the actual series from following suit how? I know this is the wrong place for this and completely off topic, but the fact is japan treats their dubs of our shows like comedies, which is hardly unifying as far as I'm concerned.Sabrblade wrote:They want the brand to have the same names in each market so as to create a greater sense of unity and consistency throughout the whole brand. They're even referring to classic G1 characters by their American names, like that new G1 manga that's out now calls Optimus Prime "Oputimasu Puraimu" instead of "Konboi". It's Hasbro's brand, might as well have Takara stop doing things different for the sake of difference.Shadowstream wrote:Given how they treat series like Beast Wars and Prime over there, I don't see why not.Sabrblade wrote:You want the brand to become more broken, then? You honestly prefer names that hardly make sense for robots than names that do make sense?Shadowstream wrote:Well they need to stopSabrblade wrote:Too late. Aside from Masterpiece and Encore, Takara's been moving to use Hasbro names since 2007 in an ttamept to better unify the brand.Shadowstream wrote:Leo Prime Lio Convoy(seriously takara, stop using our clunky english names)
LIO CONVOY 4EVER!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Rated X wrote:If they dont throw in the original cannon for good measure, Ill have to use the generations version's cannon.
Henry921 wrote:You can always be counted on to listen to reason, Pryme.
Dead Metal wrote:Have you ever, and i mean ever seen/read/heard something that is completely original and does not copy/homage/pay tribute to something else? Here's a hint: Nope. You never have and you never will.
Shadowstream wrote:And yet this disqualifies the dub of the actual series from following suit how? I know this is the wrong place for this and completely off topic, but the fact is japan treats their dubs of our shows like comedies, which is hardly unifying as far as I'm concerned.Sabrblade wrote:They want the brand to have the same names in each market so as to create a greater sense of unity and consistency throughout the whole brand. They're even referring to classic G1 characters by their American names, like that new G1 manga that's out now calls Optimus Prime "Oputimasu Puraimu" instead of "Konboi". It's Hasbro's brand, might as well have Takara stop doing things different for the sake of difference.Shadowstream wrote:Given how they treat series like Beast Wars and Prime over there, I don't see why not.Sabrblade wrote:You want the brand to become more broken, then? You honestly prefer names that hardly make sense for robots than names that do make sense?Shadowstream wrote:Well they need to stopSabrblade wrote:Too late. Aside from Masterpiece and Encore, Takara's been moving to use Hasbro names since 2007 in an ttamept to better unify the brand.Shadowstream wrote:Leo Prime Lio Convoy(seriously takara, stop using our clunky english names)
LIO CONVOY 4EVER!
It's practically the same shade of purple as the Hasbro version. Don't forget that these are photoshops, so there's gonna be some tinting to the image.Rated X wrote:Im very impressed with the G1 cartoon accurate colors on Shockwave, but the micron blows monkey balls.
It would be a waste for them to include the cannon since the already made a Micron that was specifically designed to replace the cannon.Rated X wrote:If they dont throw in the original cannon for good measure, Ill have to use the generations version's cannon.
You mean a WFC/FOC cannon.PrymeStriker wrote:Rated X wrote:If they dont throw in the original cannon for good measure, Ill have to use the generations version's cannon.
Why would they throw in a G1 cannon for a toy in their Prime line?
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:You mean a WFC/FOC cannon.PrymeStriker wrote:Why would they throw in a G1 cannon for a toy in their Prime line?
Henry921 wrote:You can always be counted on to listen to reason, Pryme.
Dead Metal wrote:Have you ever, and i mean ever seen/read/heard something that is completely original and does not copy/homage/pay tribute to something else? Here's a hint: Nope. You never have and you never will.
He meant the toy's original cannon, which was the Generations cannon.PrymeStriker wrote:Sabrblade wrote:You mean a WFC/FOC cannon.PrymeStriker wrote:Why would they throw in a G1 cannon for a toy in their Prime line?
No, that's not what I meant. He said "original cannon," so I thought he was referring to a G1-esque cannon.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
True, but the likely reason they went ahead and used it was due to Shockwave's appearance in the cartoon necessitating them to give their market something to stand in for the absence of a proper Prime Shockwave toy.Rated X wrote:And this is not a TF Prime mold. It is an FOC mold packaged in a Japanese TF Prime box. Whoever made that decision at Takara gets a Nobel Prize.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:True, but the likely reason they went ahead and used it was due to Shockwave's appearance in the cartoon necessitating them to give their market something to stand in for the absence of a proper Prime Shockwave toy.Rated X wrote:And this is not a TF Prime mold. It is an FOC mold packaged in a Japanese TF Prime box. Whoever made that decision at Takara gets a Nobel Prize.
It's close enough (color, chest, wings, cyclopic head, gun arm, etc.) to use for now in case they don't make a Prime Shockwave toy (it could happen, since they didn't make a new mold toy for Smokescreen, who's been a much bigger character in the show).
Why they aren't giving certain show characters their own molds, however, is baffling.
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