The Energon Pub

[Bumblebee21]

Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

[SW's SilverHammer]

Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

Maybe because Kiss Play is one of the greatest stories ever told

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

By the same illustrator, no less. Mind you, he's also done Metro Wars, Train Wars, and done line work for FunPub. And skirt hiking is seemingly considered "humorous" over there as it incidentally pops up in manga, anime, and the occasional live action series.

...

Don't look at me like that!

[fenrir72]

Broadcast's transtector body mass shifts to the size of a Boombox?! Cool!

Galvatron's transtector body functions by itself and treats the head like a soccer ball? Weird and not surprising. Galvatron is a looney as you can get.

All this references and retcons by Takara is really eerie yet fits.........as if they really planned the connections years ago.

Somewhat related,if that Megatronia combiner eventually becomes, which looks to be, canon in the JP continuity, Convoy dies after 7 days, Galvatron gets stasis lock and is thrown back into the Arctic then leads to Return of Convoy then leads to eventual Metrowars etc

Really eerie coincidental with the product background connections.(No wonder in one of the G2 comics a few years back, Broadcast was already in his G1 mode (i.e. red)..........enough to make your head spin and yet now makes sense.

[fenrir72]

Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

By the same illustrator, no less. Mind you, he's also done Metro Wars, Train Wars, and done line work for FunPub. And skirt hiking is seemingly considered "humorous" over there as it incidentally pops up in manga, anime, and the occasional live action series.

...

Don't look at me like that!

In other words, it's kinda cultural as I mentioned in Unite Warriors. This can be seen in anime since like Gatchaman (1972) (or even earlier Astroboy( not Tatsunoko) episodes and even religious Superbook where one of the boy characters are seen swimming nude which was eventually edited in later shows also by Tatsunoko) where you see Jun the Swan keeps getting gratuitous upskirt shots.

Why? Well JZGR says it all.

[Bronzewolf]

Seibertronians, our very own xRotorstormx is currently reporting directly from the Japanese convention Superfest. She's shared with us some exclusive additional pictures of LG-EX Convobat, along with his Ape-x drone. Check 'em out below and then tell us in the comments below: Do these additional images make you like the figure more or less? Will you be getting it when it comes out in December?








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[Logan.]

Nice comparison

[Autobot Roadburn]

The Sentinel head looks really big on that body. I don't know, I like him but I don't think I $90 like him.

[Professor Smooth]

Yamato delivered Fort Max this afternoon.

I love the robot mode. The sculpting. The colors. And especially how well-articulated it is. Fort Max was my "white whale" for a very long time, and this updated version does it for me. It's a few bits of metal and some extra paint applications away from being a Masterpiece.

I also dig that TakaraTomy apparently went to the trouble and expense of getting Fortress' original Japanese voice actor to record lines for this release. That's both awesome *and* unnecessary, what with the lines just being lines from Headmasters. Plus, they tossed in the theme song, which is fun.

The box is neat, too. Puts the figure squarely in the Legends line, instead of using the Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors style that Hasbro's version used. Unless I missed it, the box wasn't even revealed until yesterday. If not for a chance click on another TF board, I wouldn't have known what the box looked like until I opened the massive shipping package from Amazon.

But it's not all sunshine and rainbows. There are a few (mostly minor) complaints I've got about LG-31.

The lack of accessories kind of hurts it. Not so much Cog, but having at least *one* of Max's trademark guns would have been nice. This bad boy retails for 28,000 yen. Would it really have broken the bank to throw in an extra stationary bit of plastic?

The alternate modes aren't as, let's say "convincing", as the original. While I outright applaud them for making a giant Transformer that kids could conceivably have fun with (a nice contrast w/ Titans Return/UW Devy), the alt modes just don't do much for me. Which, really, is fine, since I display my TFs in bot mode, anyway.

So, yeah. Nice figure. Could be nicer, but what figure couldn't. Worth the 18,000 yen Amazon charged. Not sure I'd be in for the 28,000 MSRP. But I'm happy with it.

[Logan.]

The Real Last Knight (@singgg4 on twitter)

[Sabrblade]

Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

By the same illustrator, no less.

But, that was Yuki Ohshima who did Kiss Players and 15 Go! Go!. This is Hayato Sakamoto doing these Legends manga.

Seibertronians, our very own xRotorstormx is currently reporting directly from the Japanese convention Superfest. She's shared with us some exclusive additional pictures of LG-EX Convobat, along with his Ape-x drone. Check 'em out below and then tell us in the comments below: Do these additional images make you like the figure more or less? Will you be getting it when it comes out in December?

Surprised to see this in the main Legends thread instead of Convobat's own thread. Still cool.

The lack of accessories kind of hurts it. Not so much Cog, but having at least *one* of Max's trademark guns would have been nice. This bad boy retails for 28,000 yen. Would it really have broken the bank to throw in an extra stationary bit of plastic?

The same applies to the Hasbro versions. No gun for any Fort Max. Though, it may not sting as much for the Takara version as far as Japan is concerned since Fort Max in Japan was never a gun wielder in The Headmasters cartoon, as he was only ever strictly a sword wielding bot. He never used a gun in the cartoon.

The alternate modes aren't as, let's say "convincing", as the original. While I outright applaud them for making a giant Transformer that kids could conceivably have fun with (a nice contrast w/ Titans Return/UW Devy), the alt modes just don't do much for me. Which, really, is fine, since I display my TFs in bot mode, anyway.

For Japan, they've justified the new altmodes as the larger body is a new construct altogether, with the Battleship Mode being similar to the original and the City Mode now replaced with a Fortress Mode.

[Professor Smooth]

The lack of accessories kind of hurts it. Not so much Cog, but having at least *one* of Max's trademark guns would have been nice. This bad boy retails for 28,000 yen. Would it really have broken the bank to throw in an extra stationary bit of plastic?

The same applies to the Hasbro versions. No gun for any Fort Max. Though, it may not sting as much for the Takara version as far as Japan is concerned since Fort Max in Japan was never a gun wielder in The Headmasters cartoon, as he was only ever strictly a sword wielding bot. He never used a gun in the cartoon.

True. As is their way, TakaraTomy went for animation accuracy before anything else. Which is understandable. Still, it'd have been nice to have those cannons, even if just to spice up the different alt modes.

The alternate modes aren't as, let's say "convincing", as the original. While I outright applaud them for making a giant Transformer that kids could conceivably have fun with (a nice contrast w/ Titans Return/UW Devy), the alt modes just don't do much for me. Which, really, is fine, since I display my TFs in bot mode, anyway.

For Japan, they've justified the new altmodes as the larger body is a new construct altogether, with the Battleship Mode being similar to the original and the City Mode now replaced with a Fortress Mode.

I do appreciate TakaraTomy going to such lengths to explain away the discrepancy. They do good work.

[Sabrblade]

Oh snap! It just hit me that Takara is treating the Base Mode of Blaster's toy as a Zone Mode! That's awesome!

Zone Modes were what the Base Modes of the Powered Masters (Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, and Roadfire) from Transformers: Zone were called. They could harness the power of the Zodiac energy and channel it into an extremely powerful energy blast. And when all of the Micromaster bases were all hooked up together on Planet Micro (then renamed Planet Zone), the combined base formation was referred to as the Zone Base.

[Cyberpath]

What's the story behind Scourge's Hun-Gurrr impersonation?

@yozakana_1

[Sabrblade]

What's the story behind Scourge's Hun-Gurrr impersonation?

Nothing too fancy. Just that the Zodiac he was wearing somehow turned him into a two-headed monster.

[Cyberpath]

What's the story behind Scourge's Hun-Gurrr impersonation?

Nothing too fancy. Just that the Zodiac he was wearing somehow turned him into a two-headed monster.

It reminds me of Deluxe Prime, they gave him Hun-grrry feet.

[william-james88]

We have every comics page from this month's release of Takara Transformers Legends line. These figures include LG27 Blaster (Braodcast), LG28 Rewind, LG29 Wheelie and LG30 Weirdwolf. These come from Twitter user aonoseijakujp1 and have a ton of detail for hardcore fans. You can also see the tech sheets for the figures/characters and the art that comes with these toys.

Feel free to let us know if you find any interesting tidbits within these pages.

[Sabrblade]

Heh, turns out Weirdwolf's new Transtector is alive, behaving like a big animal pet. Its name is "Wolnosuke", a portmanteau of the word "wolf" and the Japanese name particle "-nosuke".

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Hm, Road-Rage is slightly more busty than I remember.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Hm, Road-Rage is slightly more busty than I remember.

Um, where did you see Roadrage?

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Hm, Road-Rage is slightly more busty than I remember.

Um, where did you see Roadrage?

Top panel:

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Heh, turns out Weirdwolf's new Transtector is alive, behaving like a big animal pet. Its name is "Wolnosuke", a portmanteau of the word "wolf" and the Japanese name particle "-nosuke".

It's more of a nickname, really... nothing official.

[william-james88]

This looks great!

[Deadput]

[fenrir72]

Hm, Road-Rage is slightly more busty than I remember.

Um, where did you see Roadrage?

Top panel:

Oh bewbs Stop the presses!

Anyways, Scourge always gets an allergy attack when he gets close to a super charged power source.