The Energon Pub

[Sabrblade]

Oh snap! The comic is showing part of what happened to Blurr, Rodimus Prime, and Kup after they left the show (The Headmasters, that is) to go into space after Cybertron was destroyed. Looks like they found Planet Micro and Rodimus became a Microtransformer (a Micromaster).

So is this an homage to TFA-Shockwave where he was featured as a double agent (style Counter/Punch)?

Indeed. He is going by the name "Longarm" in that disguised form of his (good thing there's no one named "Longarm" in any G1 fiction).

[Targetmaster Kup]

What if the takara version had the side detail then? Say it was those silver peg hole bits. Would it be perfect then?

Yeah, that would definitely make me stop thinking Hasbro was equivalent in paint job.

And thats how I would do it, the takara paint job with those side details painted, just to break up the white to day and not ignore molded detail. Also with the red painted on the side gun/lasers. I know Hasbro did that but I cant tell if Takara painted those openings red too.

Actually at the least con they confirmed that they were going for toy accurate colors in the Titans Return line and in the future.

It was ?! Do you have a quote or a link ot where you say that? Because from what I heard and read (no proof though), it seemed that Hasbro left it to the designer and it wasnt specific homages. All interviews point towards the decos being different to previous versions to as to distinguish this toy from the old and make it more new.

Yeah, I'll look for it. It was in writing. Surprised me, because I airways believed as did.

[Sabrblade]

Fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade explains the comic for us,

Not quite. Just those two bits and pieces I noticed, which are but a tiny portion of everything going on in that comic.

[Carnivius_Prime]

My Takara Blurr & Scourge got shipped out today from amiami so should be with me during the next week or so. Which is nice. Couldn't care less about the silly comic but the figure looks great (not gonna be putting the lil dude into the shield/vehicle-front like that though)

And I much prefer Takara's paintjob on Scourge. That nice blue on the top covering a much more logical shape and space whereas the Hasbro one looks a bit messy and unfocused and doesn't really fit the general flow of the ship's shape. If that makes sense. i don't even care...

[william-james88]

Fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade explains the comic for us,

Not quite. Just those two bits and pieces I noticed, which are but a tiny portion of everything going on in that comic.

Dont sell yourself short

[Sabrblade]

Fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade explains the comic for us,

Not quite. Just those two bits and pieces I noticed, which are but a tiny portion of everything going on in that comic.

Dont sell yourself short

Rather, I'm selling the comic up, as there looks to be a TON of cool stuff in it (but which I can't figure all out).

[fenrir72]

Beautiful!

[Optimum Supreme]

But I dig Takara's interiors.
And the touch on the blaster.

That touch on the blaster is one of the things I like least about Takara's. Having owned a G1 Scourge for almost 30 years, it just seems super wrong to me for that (particularly as a sensor in ship mode) to be anything but solid blue with a red dot.

Blurr
His canopy in vehicle mode...

I transform my new little buddy into vehicle mode
As one does
And
For some unknown reasons
(clearly my own fault)
The canopy does not
Can not
Will not
Form a seal over my littler buddy, Hyperfire.

The answer is no, no it does not:

You can tilt the back of the seat forward a little bit on its transformation hinge to make it a look a little more like a sealed chamber, if you like.

[Optimum Supreme]

And I much prefer Takara's paintjob on Scourge. That nice blue on the top covering a much more logical shape and space whereas the Hasbro one looks a bit messy and unfocused and doesn't really fit the general flow of the ship's shape. If that makes sense. i don't even care...

You're free to prefer whatever you like. But the Hasbro one isn't unfocused so much as trying to get as close to the design on the original toy as possible given the actual molding the new toy has



Honestly, all I'd change on Hasbro's deco is I'd give him the lighter thighs that Takara's has

[fenrir72]

It all really falls into place when the Japanese/Takara do a lot of filling in the blanks between G1 and this current line fiction.

All we need to know is Grand Galvatron's final fate as more or less the rest of the story will end within the Victory time line. Metrowars happens sometime between or after Return of Convoy. Need to plug the loophole there too. Micro Rodimus ......what happened to the Matrix? How did you end up as Starconvoy's partner? After that adventure, will your micromaster form turn into your HM form? So many questions.......

[william-james88]

Honestly, all I'd change on Hasbro's deco is I'd give him the lighter thighs that Takara's has

Yeah your right, thats all he needs. Thanks for this, I had forgotten about what the original toy looked like. I do like it when Hasbro goes all out on some aspects of a deco, as they did with CW Vortex and his chest.

[Evil Eye]

Speaking of the Legends comic, it seems Cancer is now a (crossdressing?) idol singer.



This is either completely adorable or totally stupid.

[Kurona]

Having never seen Masterforce, does this make sense with his character?

Either way it's cute.

[chuckdawg1999]

Seeing as how Takara Fortress Maximus isn't coming with guns, the question becomes, what's cheaper? US Max and buy the Taiwan sword or the SDCC set?

I really wish I saw the final pics of Blurr before the pre-orders sold out.

[william-james88]

Seeing as how Takara Fortress Maximus isn't coming with guns, the question becomes, what's cheaper? US Max and buy the Taiwan sword or the SDCC set?

I really wish I saw the final pics of Blurr before the pre-orders sold out.

The sword if minimum 50$, the SDCC version is a hell of a deal in comparison, since it comes with the premium paintjob.

[Sabrblade]

Speaking of the Legends comic, it seems Cancer is now a (crossdressing?) idol singer.

It's not so much crossdressing as it is... him no longer... wearing... pants... for whatever reason.

Having never seen Masterforce, does this make sense with his character?

It definitely strikes me as bizarre. He was more of this kind of punkish tough guy who tried to act cool and serious but did have a sensitive and caring side that he often tried to hide for fear that it'd make him look weak if he ever let it show. He did eventually come to better accept that side of himself over time, as he grew less and less certain of his place as a Destron and became more aware of how the evil nature of the Destron faction really wasn't as cool as he (and the other Destron Headmaster Juniors) thought it was. He liked being a bad guy at first, but after undergoing a lot of development over the course of the series, he finally took a stand against the Destrons and betrayed them to join the Cybertrons along with Clouder, who was also trying to defect at the time.

So I can understand his becoming a nicer guy, but a (pants-less) idol? He never expressed an interest in that before. Why now?

[King Kuuga]

Speaking of the Legends comic, it seems Cancer is now a (crossdressing?) idol singer.



This is either completely adorable or totally stupid.

It looks to me more like festival attire, like he's carrying a parade float or about to bang on the taiko.... except he has the microphone. But not crossdressing.

[Sabrblade]

Here are the full pages of the Shockwave & Cancer pack-in manga and the Scourge pack-in manga, but each split across two pics, one page per pic each.

https://mobile.twitter.com/aonoseijakujp1/status/769576109360807936




https://mobile.twitter.com/aonoseijakujp1/status/769565190119526400




From the way Cancer is drawn, anyone who didn't know him could easily mistake him for a girl.

Also, LOL, the Sweeps are sweeping.

[Carnivius_Prime]

Honestly, all I'd change on Hasbro's deco is I'd give him the lighter thighs that Takara's has

Yeah your right, thats all he needs. Thanks for this, I had forgotten about what the original toy looked like. I do like it when Hasbro goes all out on some aspects of a deco, as they did with CW Vortex and his chest.

White abs and hands too, cos Hasbro's robot form scheme is way too blue.

[Kurona]

Is there any translation? Seems strange that Shockwave's suddenly gone rogue... but I kinda like it. Just a tiny Shockwave and a crossdressing headmaster challenging the world.

[Cyberpath]

I wonder if Has/Tak has plans for Legends-class Clones. Shame that the new Sixshot is a headmaster. Wouldn't have minded trading up the 1987's brick.

[Insurgent]

At least Cancer is wearing trousers at first.

I don't know why, but I'm loving the idea of Shockwave and Cancer just being buddies at a parade.


And for crying out loud TAI, put some clothes on!

[fenrir72]

At least Cancer is wearing trousers at first.

I don't know why, but I'm loving the idea of Shockwave and Cancer just being buddies at a parade.


And for crying out loud TAI, put some clothes on!

She is! Wearing strategically positioned armor that is

[primalxconvoy]

I got Blurr, Scourge and Shockwave with Lokos today. They are ok, except Scourge. Headmaster is floppy EVERYWHERE (small head/kneck joint, mini-fig legs in bot mode and head mode), plus one of the leg panels/stabiliser fins under the alt-mode is so floppy, it can't stay up. I will need to pour varnish over the joint (it's a sodding pin joint, which makes no sense for something so small...).

If your Scourge head/neck is wobbly/pops out as much as mine, a simple fix is to turn the mini-fig's head to the side and pop it in the hole. However, the neck is still really wibbly-wobbly...

Here are some pics I took of them all: - http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... d-391.html

EDIT: Tightening the screw on the mini-fig's chest tightened up the head/kneck. After this, it seemed easier to "click" it into the correct postion for a table head (with the kneck facing backwards, but the postion moved a bit forwards in the neck area, in order for it to make a strong "click" noise).

[william-james88]

I dont know this stuff too well, can someone explain how Cancer is just a dude in one pic and then a headmaster robot in others?