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News Credits: 41 · Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:07 pm

RAcast wrote:I do, and I just might. That's a pretty good price right there.

I got them purely on translucency (and they where a few molds I didn't already have).
They are a fun cheap fix. :lol:

News Credits: 4880 · Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:11 pm

Cobotron wrote:Wow Will! &

My answer was just gonna be, because it's not the late 90's anymore.

Haha, thanks. But you know, the last person to give me a clap was .... Rated X. So either I am a bringer of peace and everyone agrees with me or I am a total schizo.

Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:17 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Wow Will! &

My answer was just gonna be, because it's not the late 90's anymore.

Haha, thanks. But you know, the last person to give me a clap was .... Rated X. So either I am a bringer of peace and everyone agrees with me or I am a total schizo.

Your avatar is BW Megatron... Yeess.

Cobotron wrote:
RAcast wrote:I do, and I just might. That's a pretty good price right there.
I got them purely on translucency (and they where a few molds I didn't already have).
They are a fun cheap fix.

Sounds like you had an easy justification of it, I've got at least one of all of those already except Starscream. :lol:

News Credits: 41 · Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:26 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Wow Will! &

My answer was just gonna be, because it's not the late 90's anymore.

Haha, thanks. But you know, the last person to give me a clap was .... Rated X. So either I am a bringer of peace and everyone agrees with me or I am a total schizo.

Everything you listed in your rant, that everyone hates, are some of my favorite things. Translucent plastic is at the top of the list.
So... I'm at peace now. Thanks.

News Credits: 11 · Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:16 am

I've played with the Japanese version of strongarm (deluxe) and can confirm tha the insignia sticker can indeed come off fairly easily. Underneath, was painted detail, showing the (faux?) black car detail, to mirror the other ide of the chest, albeid indented in the circular space where the sticker woud be.

I suspect that all of this line features similar stickers and "hidden" detail.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:25 pm

RAcast wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Wow Will! &

My answer was just gonna be, because it's not the late 90's anymore.

Haha, thanks. But you know, the last person to give me a clap was .... Rated X. So either I am a bringer of peace and everyone agrees with me or I am a total schizo.

Your avatar is BW Megatron... Yeess.

Who went from loathing the "H-word" ("honor") in BW to being a promise-keeping bot of his word in BM.

So, yeah, probably the latter.

News Credits: 11 · Sat May 02, 2015 6:33 pm

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers TAV13 Nemesis Prime, TAV14 Ultra Magnus, TED06 Optimus Prime Listings (1666933)
Posted by JelZe GoldRabbit on March 25th, 2015 @ 3:00pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
In all fairness, some official sources have likewise been guilty of Engrish names. The most recent of which being "Gregevor" for Greejeeber.

Which is a whole other can of worms. As a translation, "Gregevor" is as valid as "Greejeeber" given English's flexibility in pronunciation, like "ghoti" for "fish".

Sorry, but that's not completely correct. Although English has some flexibility in transcribing Japanese sounds into English orthographically, those sounds must still be recorded by the phonological, or phonetic rules of English.

Thus, [ グリジバー ] can be transcribed as "Greejeeber", "Gooleegeava", " Gureigybuh", "Gurijiba" or other derivatives that show an elongated /i:/ ("ee") sound, a /dz/ ("j") sound.

As "Gregevor", the "silent e" would usually create the pronunciation /griedz/ ("graij"), but the inclusion of /v/ in the second syllable elicits a "hard g", or /g/ sound, followed by a short vowel or /e/.

If we were translating ENGLISH (or foreign words) into Japanese pronunciation, we could be more dismissive of such transference errors (e.g.: " Mineruba" instead of "Minerva", etc), but, until we know the etymology of " Greejeeber", we have to assume it's a "new", made-up Japanese word, and abide by how the Katakana can be transcribed into English, and not the other way round.

Anyway, to be completely honest, he's called "Rollbar" in English, anyway.

News Credits: 101 · Sat May 02, 2015 6:45 pm

primalxconvoy wrote:Re: Takara Tomy Transformers TAV13 Nemesis Prime, TAV14 Ultra Magnus, TED06 Optimus Prime Listings (1666933)
Posted by JelZe GoldRabbit on March 25th, 2015 @ 3:00pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
In all fairness, some official sources have likewise been guilty of Engrish names. The most recent of which being "Gregevor" for Greejeeber.

Which is a whole other can of worms. As a translation, "Gregevor" is as valid as "Greejeeber" given English's flexibility in pronunciation, like "ghoti" for "fish".

Sorry, but that's not completely correct. Although English has some flexibility in transcribing Japanese sounds into English orthographically, those sounds must still be recorded by the phonological, or phonetic rules of English.

Thus, [ グリジバー ] can be transcribed as "Greejeeber", "Gooleegeava", " Gureigybuh", "Gurijiba" or other derivatives that show an elongated /i:/ ("ee") sound, a /dz/ ("j") sound.

As "Gregevor", the "silent e" would usually create the pronunciation /griedz/ ("graij"), but the inclusion of /v/ in the second syllable elicits a "hard g", or /g/ sound, followed by a short vowel or /e/.

If we were translating ENGLISH (or foreign words) into Japanese pronunciation, we could be more dismissive of such transference errors (e.g.: " Mineruba" instead of "Minerva", etc), but, until we know the etymology of " Greejeeber", we have to assume it's a "new", made-up Japanese word, and abide by how the Katakana can be transcribed into English, and not the other way round.

Anyway, to be completely honest, he's called "Rollbar" in English, anyway.

OOOOoooooohhhhh..... Impressive work right here. Seibertron need more pro-nerds and having an etymology coinesseur is a great addition to the team!

Seriously! Also, anyone who want some pointers about French or Quebec slang, feel free to ask me.

(BTW, you can EDIT your post instead of reposting.)

News Credits: 462 · Sun May 03, 2015 1:49 pm

primalxconvoy wrote:Anyway, to be completely honest, he's called "Rollbar" in English, anyway.

The original Car Robots character, yes, but not this new Adventure character.

News Credits: 241 · Sun May 03, 2015 2:37 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:Anyway, to be completely honest, he's called "Rollbar" in English, anyway.
The original Car Robots character, yes, but not this new Adventure character.

Should Gregevor be brought to the US, Hasbro really should name him Rollbar, for the sole purpose of preserving the homage. They don't have to however, as there's no consistent list of "counterpart names" (except Convoy for Prime).

News Credits: 4880 · Fri May 08, 2015 2:37 pm

I noticed that unlike Hasbro, Takara's adventure line waits till there's just a month left to show you what the figure looks like. This is what is coming out in June and we still have no clue what they look like:

JUNE

Transformers Adventure
TAV18 - Drift (RID Warrior - redeco?) - June (2,500yen)
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TAV19 - Powerglide (GEN Legends redeco?) - June (1,300yen)
TAV20 - Adams (Cosmos) (GEN Legends redeco?) - June (1,300yen)
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TAVVS03 - Strongarm Vs Snarl? (?????) - June (4,500yen)

The ones in bold are the one I wish to order (if amiami had the prorders up) but I would still like to know what a figure looks like before I order it.

News Credits: 332 · Sat May 09, 2015 4:10 pm

I got Junkion, Gregevor, and Nemesis Prime today. All look really good but Junkion and Prime are the best. The blue on Junkion pops really well and Prime has a Neon pink ax blade. This was my first experience with the Strongarm mold and it's just OK. I like the colors here more but the figure feels really light.

News Credits: 101 · Sat May 09, 2015 7:47 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I got Junkion, Gregevor, and Nemesis Prime today. All look really good but Junkion and Prime are the best. The blue on Junkion pops really well and Prime has a Neon pink ax blade. This was my first experience with the Strongarm mold and it's just OK. I like the colors here more but the figure feels really light.

Junkion is NOICE! I would like to have AOE Junkheap too, but the only place to get him is on Ebay and it go for batshit insane prices.

News Credits: 332 · Mon May 11, 2015 12:08 am

Why talk when I can show. Here's Junkheap and Junkion. For the money Junkion is a steal, really.

http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=227&t=104202

News Credits: 6188 · Mon May 11, 2015 1:38 am

Fellow Seibertronian and toy reviewer chuckdawg1999 has shared a video review showing off the last ofthe Transformers: Age of Extinction Power Battlers - and its redeco into the Takara Tomy Adventure line. Check out below the embedded clip for Claw Crush Junkheap (of which youcan see our own galleries here) and TED-05 Junkion, identical in all but the name and the colour palette!

The final figure from AOE is a Power Battler, that's really hard to find! Junkheap has a really fun chest claw gimmick that's unobtrusive and works with the toy. Junkion is the same character only in blue; it's also much easier, and cheaper to find.

News Credits: 2 · Mon May 11, 2015 3:04 am

I'm sorry that I didn't post this in another forum but I hoped I would get some comments much faster here.

I got my hands on a PRID Voyager OP with the idea of using the exhaust pipes for TAV Ultra Magnus. I came to learn that the pipes are not easy to remove like the soft ones on Dark Guard OP. :BOOM:

Anyone got some suggestions on how to possibly remove them?

Worse case scenario I forget the whole thing considering UM will be in robot mode most of the time...my thanks in advance. :VEHI:

News Credits: 11 · Mon May 11, 2015 8:32 pm

Chuck is basically right on this being the colours for a Japanese rubbish/bin lorry (or "Garbage truck" for our American cousins), but not all bin vans are these colours. Also, most in Japan are quite small, as they need to navigate the awfully planned rat-runs that pose as "streets" in Japan. Regardless, have a look at one such lorry in action:

- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AC53KaDvZrE

News Credits: 41 · Mon May 11, 2015 8:45 pm

Wow! I gotta commend those Japanese garbage men for picking up all the lose crap that fell out of the bags. That never happens in my town. They always leave me a little extra work. :-x

News Credits: 11 · Mon May 11, 2015 8:49 pm

They don't always, plus they'll refuse to collect certain types of water if it's not in EXACTLY the right bag, or on the right day/time of month. Also, most places don't have, or won't allow big metal bins and/or portabins/garbage dumpsters, so rubbish is stored on the street, or under nets, which is then ripped apart by cats and crows. Luckily, my area, at least, has modern, Japanese style porta-bins, but there are the old nets right next to them anyway...

News Credits: 41 · Mon May 11, 2015 8:54 pm

primalxconvoy wrote:They don't always, plus they'll refuse to collect certain types of water if it's not in EXACTLY the right bag, or on the right day/time of month. Also, most places don't have, or won't allow big metal bins and/or portabins/garbage dumpsters, so rubbish is stored on the street, or under nets, which is then ripped apart by cats and crows. Luckily, my area, at least, has modern, Japanese style porta-bins, but there are the old nets right next to them anyway...

Sounds like New York City. >:oP

News Credits: 11 · Mon May 11, 2015 10:16 pm

Except that your ninjas are turtles.

News Credits: 41 · Mon May 11, 2015 10:28 pm

primalxconvoy wrote:Except that your ninjas are turtles.

News Credits: 3 · Tue May 12, 2015 12:44 am

primalxconvoy wrote:Except that your ninjas are turtles.

Amazing turnaround.

I'm actuslly looking forward to the "Grand Vehicon General" or whatever the name is, love the mould, and will be adding this one to my Vehicon collection. I've got the original Hasbro RID one, Arms Micron Vehicon and Jet Vehicon General. The Botcon pirate Vehicons are on the way, and I just need to track down a standard Jet Vehicon. I'm trying to army build without buying more than one of a particular release :lol:

News Credits: 11 · Tue May 12, 2015 12:51 am

I wanted the white "seeker" one (is that the one you meant?). I think the Vehicons should have been repainted into the Autobot clones, rather than the Decepticon versions. I thought they were a bit rubbish, or "garbage".

Maybe that's why we need the three bin lorries currently in the transformers?

News Credits: 3 · Tue May 12, 2015 2:42 am

White (grey really) version is the Jet Vehicon General that I already have, it's the standard purple/black one I'm looking for to pad out the force.

Edit: And the TAV version is the Car Vehicon coloured mould to match the Jet Vehicon General, so the translation might be Ground Vehicon General.