The Energon Pub

[Emerje]

Gotta disagree. Springer is getting a more cartoon accurate deco after all this time.

Really, this is your argument for doing Skids in G1 colors? Very IDW Springer in G1 cartoon colors looks terrible! Springer is only being repainted to help sell Masterpiece Hot Rod just like the re-release of MP Ultra Magnus. It's no coincidence that all three come out in February. If it weren't for the anniversary and those MPs the figure would never be made.

It's rather amusing to me to hear all this talk about Japan loving the IDW comics.
I live in Japan and the only IDW comics I've ever seen are sitting on shelves in used
bookstores. I'd say more than anything Japan loves their Beast Wars. You just can't get away
from those things over here!

Thanks for saying this, it's why I made that comment a few posts back. You guys got All Hail Megatron and a few untranslated import books and that's pretty much it. Sure there are some fans over there that can read English or download translated scans to keep up, but the fandom far and wide is probably as aware of the IDW universe as most fans in the west are of Beast Wars Neo. I think when it comes to Japan it's more about the look that they like than the story.

Chalk it up to Hb "amazing" distribution skills. I heard somewhere here that Viper is hard to find as is Brainstorm yet they are like shelfwarming this side of Asia.

It's true. From CW Legends wave 3 I've seen a single Groove, but have yet to see Viper or Warpath. Brainstorm was a similar case, I saw one at Target once, that was it (which was fine since I got a cheaper one from TJ Max later). Distribution really is a crazy thing. For that matter I've never seen Gen Skids in store either.

Emerje

[Hellscream9999]

It's rather amusing to me to hear all this talk about Japan loving the IDW comics.
I live in Japan and the only IDW comics I've ever seen are sitting on shelves in used
bookstores. I'd say more than anything Japan loves their Beast Wars. You just can't get away
from those things over here!

I recall being told that Comixology is accessible in Japan, so perhaps IDW's Japanese following is less rooted in a physical comic format and more of the digital format.

Makes complete sense, cuts out the effort of having to print them after translating them

[fenrir72]

Gotta disagree. Springer is getting a more cartoon accurate deco after all this time.

Really, this is your argument for doing Skids in G1 colors? Very IDW Springer in G1 cartoon colors looks terrible! Springer is only being repainted to help sell Masterpiece Hot Rod just like the re-release of MP Ultra Magnus. It's no coincidence that all three come out in February. If it weren't for the anniversary and those MPs the figure would never be made.

It's rather amusing to me to hear all this talk about Japan loving the IDW comics.
I live in Japan and the only IDW comics I've ever seen are sitting on shelves in used
bookstores. I'd say more than anything Japan loves their Beast Wars. You just can't get away
from those things over here!

Thanks for saying this, it's why I made that comment a few posts back. You guys got All Hail Megatron and a few untranslated import books and that's pretty much it. Sure there are some fans over there that can read English or download translated scans to keep up, but the fandom far and wide is probably as aware of the IDW universe as most fans in the west are of Beast Wars Neo. I think when it comes to Japan it's more about the look that they like than the story.

Chalk it up to Hb "amazing" distribution skills. I heard somewhere here that Viper is hard to find as is Brainstorm yet they are like shelfwarming this side of Asia.

It's true. From CW Legends wave 3 I've seen a single Groove, but have yet to see Viper or Warpath. Brainstorm was a similar case, I saw one at Target once, that was it (which was fine since I got a cheaper one from TJ Max later). Distribution really is a crazy thing. For that matter I've never seen Gen Skids in store either.

Emerje

Warpath is also shelfwarming. There's like soooooooooo many Warpaths.

[william-james88]

The Takara Legeds comic has kept on trecking since we last checked it out. They have just released their 34th one page comic, which is part 18 in their latest story. Below you will find entries 31 to 34, filled with all the fan service you wouldn't even think to ask for. You can click each comic to get to the source which includes links to the previous comics. Remember that to make most sense of these, you should read them from right to left. Let us know if that helps in any way!

[Autobot N]

[Evil Eye]

Meido Starscream is the funniest thing I've seen today.

[no-one]

I can't quite put a finger on it, but Chromia seems so much more interesting all of a sudden.

So what's exactly going on here anyway? Seems a little crazy.

[william-james88]

I can't quite put a finger on it, but Chromia seems so much more interesting all of a sudden.

So what's exactly going on here anyway? Seems a little crazy.

I was gonna say Slipstream seems more interesting.

Also I think one of the jokes is that Starscream ows Slipstream something so she asks him to pose as her in her restaurant job. Hijinks ensue.

What I found so weird was Armada Megs checking out how much Devastator goes for on e-bay.

[no-one]

What I found so weird was Armada Megs checking out how much Devastator goes for on e-bay.

Hahaha, I missed that, awesome. These are fun!

[Rodimus Knight]

Does anyone translate these ever? I'd really like to see that sometime.

[william-james88]

Does anyone translate these ever? I'd really like to see that sometime.

so far that hasnt happened.

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Why does Windblade look so HOT in that last page?

[Deadput]

Someone on Tfw2005 translated a few of them (not the ones in this article but the ones that come with the female Decepticons)

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... -17-a.html

Also Tfwiki has the events translated (not the comic but they explain what happend)

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Legends_(comic)

[Deadput]

I'm unsure of how to feel about the Chromia one.



If there is anyone who can make me attracted to plastic toys based off metal robots it's Hayato Sakamoto (the artist for this comic who has done a couple issues of MTMTE)

[Munkky]

*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

[DedicatedGhostArt]

*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

I have been purposely not getting the Legends girls because of... guy reasons.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

I just read them too. By Primus.....

[william-james88]

*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

I have been purposely not getting the Legends girls because of... guy reasons.

I have been getting them for precisely guy reasons.

[Rodimus Knight]

Someone on Tfw2005 translated a few of them (not the ones in this article but the ones that come with the female Decepticons)

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... -17-a.html

Also Tfwiki has the events translated (not the comic but they explain what happend)

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Legends_(comic)

I love when they translate comics like the first link. We really need more of that.

The second link took me to an empty page.

[DedicatedGhostArt]

*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

I have been purposely not getting the Legends girls because of... guy reasons.

I have been getting them for precisely guy reasons.

I would rather get the Hasbro versions because they don't come with the Japanese comics with bikini fembots that are so arousing. Or I could just throw them away but still...

[william-james88]

*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

I have been purposely not getting the Legends girls because of... guy reasons.

I have been getting them for precisely guy reasons.

I would rather get the Hasbro versions because they don't come with the Japanese comics with bikini fembots that are so arousing. Or I could just throw them away but still...

You are young but you will learn that there is nothing wrong with feeling that way. I look forward to our discussion on the birds and he bees.





I know he's a wasp

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I have gotten none for precisely the reasons of.....I didn't really want badly enough to buy

[Agamemnon]

Someone on Tfw2005 translated a few of them (not the ones in this article but the ones that come with the female Decepticons)

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... -17-a.html

Also Tfwiki has the events translated (not the comic but they explain what happend)

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Legends_(comic)

I love when they translate comics like the first link. We really need more of that.

The second link took me to an empty page.

For some reason the link left off the last parenthesis. I fixed the link. Should work now.

[DedicatedGhostArt]

*Reads the Legends comic's plot summary on TFWiki*

Oh Japan, never ever change.

I have been purposely not getting the Legends girls because of... guy reasons.

I have been getting them for precisely guy reasons.

I would rather get the Hasbro versions because they don't come with the Japanese comics with bikini fembots that are so arousing. Or I could just throw them away but still...

You are young but you will learn that there is nothing wrong with feeling that way. I look forward to our discussion on the birds and he bees.





I know he's a wasp

Don't worry, no need to discuss that.

[Gearslide]

Dear Lord.

Evidently a lot of folks over in Japan could use a cold shower and some time to think.