The Energon Pub

by **CommanderShadowmus** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 12:32 pm

Mixed oppinions: Limbs look fine. So that's Gaihawk, Hellbat, Drillhorn and Killbison. They look fine, (even if Killbison would've been better in cartoon accurate orange instead of toy accurate gold).

The torso however is a big downfall... Using Skylynx and redecoing him into Deathsaurus? Just... No! While Deathsaurus was indeed a member of the Breastforce (quit giggling...), he WASN'T one of the members that could combine into Liokaiser. Heck, those guys mostly had military themed vehicle modes, and then comes Deathsaurus who has a friggin mechanical beast mode.

Basically, Deathsaurus takes the animal theme for this new version of the Breastforce too far, and I don't like to see him transform from a beast into a vehicle mode with no standard robot mode. Call me boring, but I'd rather have Leozack as YET ANOTHER redeco and retooling of Silverbolt...

And as for the black Liokaiser helmet, get your turqoise/green paint out to make it more cartoon accurate, dear chaps...

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 1:14 pm

There are still plenty of unknowns with the set, like will the limbs have new heads? Does Sky Lynx have a hidden alternate transformation?

Speaking of alternates, as explained by a Hasbro representative, molds for CW were the most likely to be approved if it had retool possibilities to offset some of the cost, even if some alternate designs don't end up used. Sky Lynx is the only Voyager so far to not have a confirmed alternate redeco/retool and it's quite possible that in the design process, it was decided to use Sky Lynx' puma component as a jump-start for Liokaiser and go from there. See how Sky Reign's chest design vaguely resembles G1 Liokaiser's with the swept up wings?

I'm not happy with the "Deszaras/Deathsaurus" name being tagged onto the torso (some confirmation would be really nice, Hasbro!), but I understand why Sky Lynx was chosen as the torso mold.

by **CommanderShadowmus** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 2:04 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:There are still plenty of unknowns with the set, like will the limbs have new heads? Does Sky Lynx have a hidden alternate transformation?

Speaking of alternates, as explained by a Hasbro representative, molds for CW were the most likely to be approved if it had retool possibilities to offset some of the cost, even if some alternate designs don't end up used. Sky Lynx is the only Voyager so far to not have a confirmed alternate redeco/retool and it's quite possible that in the design process, it was decided to use Sky Lynx' puma component as a jump-start for Liokaiser and go from there. See how Sky Reign's chest design vaguely resembles G1 Liokaiser's with the swept up wings?

I'm not happy with the "Deszaras/Deathsaurus" name being tagged onto the torso (some confirmation would be really nice, Hasbro!), but I understand why Sky Lynx was chosen as the torso mold.

I think using Skylynx for Liokaiser is a cockup... :/