The Energon Pub

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 4:04 pm

Tyberion wrote:I have one suggestion/demand for a MP Inferno...a hinged jaw in Robot Mode

He was a massive character, bigger than tm megs... so that's not only possible, but likely - if it happens :PRAY:

by **Corsair** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 4:25 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:Well, I mean the ones that made it through the first 2 seasons + terrorsaur and airazor would be a right nightmare to engineer

Terrorsaur would be a pain to engineer but i would still love to see them try, even if they cheated and have you remove his Beast Mode Wings when transforming him. I have a big soft spot for Terrorsaur.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 4:27 pm

Tyberion wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Well, I mean the ones that made it through the first 2 seasons + terrorsaur and airazor would be a right nightmare to engineer

Terrorsaur would be a pain to engineer but i would still love to see them try, even if they cheated and have you remove his Beast Mode Wings when transforming him. I have a big soft spot for Terrorsaur.

More that he has like 4x the amount of mass in bot mode than he does in beast mode, let alone there's nearly no room to put any of it, there would be too many compromises, and I'm not sure I could endorse it.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 6:36 pm

A Beast wars cast would be awesome in masterpiece scale. buncha fun stuff!

News Credits: 3599 · by **Seibertron** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 7:38 pm

A little off topic, but all of this Beast Wars talk has me excited. Here was my birthday treat to myself this week, which Sabrblade will appreciate!

News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:09 pm

Seibertron wrote:A little off topic, but all of this Beast Wars talk has me excited. Here was my birthday treat to myself this week, which Sabrblade will appreciate!

If any fan is curious, this is a DVD of a theatrical multi part Beast Wars movie in Japan
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beast_Wars_Speci ... ansformers

It was released on DVD once in 1999 and that is it.

It also had a promotional campaign with sausages:

News Credits: 3599 · by **Seibertron** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:19 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Seibertron wrote:A little off topic, but all of this Beast Wars talk has me excited. Here was my birthday treat to myself this week, which Sabrblade will appreciate!

If any fan is curious, this is a DVD of a theatrical multi part Beast Wars movie in Japan
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beast_Wars_Speci ... ansformers

It was released on DVD once in 1999 and that is it.

It also had a promotional campaign with sausages:

Most importantly, it's the only DVD release in the world of this episode:

Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger! was the second segment of the film. Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger was an original 45-minute film told through cel-animation using the cast from Beast Wars II. Optimus Primal made a special surprise guest-appearance, as well.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:52 pm

That's awesome Seibs! I can approve of this. this is cool and technically still on topic

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:45 am

Oh my! That's awesome, Ryan!

And it's a perfect means to transition to another point I want to make: Imagine if they made Masterpiece Beast Wars Second and Neo toys. Their beast modes were likewise cartoony-looking rather than realistic, and in some cases (due to be hand-drawn rather than CGI) arguably even more expressive and filled with more personality.

If Takara were to make MPs of the BWII and Neo cast, I'd certainly be down for the beast modes looking like they did on the show, big anime eyes and all.

And in some cases they'd kind of have to, like for Moon, who was pretty much an anime space rabbit:

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 4:37 pm

Sabrblade wrote:* - Seriously, the Ultra class Primal toy has no free arm movement. His arms are all tied to a gear-based gimmick that allows him to either beat his chest in beast mode or spin his sword-swinging arms around in robot mode. His arms can't freely move in any which way without somehow gutting the gimmick (which I did to mine). Otherwise, any which way one tries to move one of his arms will in turn cause his opposite arm to move in some random motion on its own.

I have absolutely no idea why you would need to gut the figure to give the arms free movement. You lock the lever down to keep the arms from moving and then push the little black tabs on the upper arms down to turn the bicep swivel from gear based to regular clicky ratchet joint. That's one of the best things about that figure, you can completely disengage the gimmick if you don't want it.

Emerje

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 4:42 pm

Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:* - Seriously, the Ultra class Primal toy has no free arm movement. His arms are all tied to a gear-based gimmick that allows him to either beat his chest in beast mode or spin his sword-swinging arms around in robot mode. His arms can't freely move in any which way without somehow gutting the gimmick (which I did to mine). Otherwise, any which way one tries to move one of his arms will in turn cause his opposite arm to move in some random motion on its own.

I have absolutely no idea why you would need to gut the figure to give the arms free movement. You lock the lever down to keep the arms from moving and then push the little black tabs on the upper arms down to turn the bicep swivel from gear based to regular clicky ratchet joint. That's one of the best things about that figure, you can completely disengage the gimmick if you don't want it.

Emerje

Didn't work like that on mine. I had to open up the back and remove the central component that connected the movement of the arms together, and then opened up both upper arms to remove those two tabs you mentioned. Now his arms are completely free to move in any which way I want them to (even if the lever on his back is now useless, but I don't care about that).

News Credits: 33 · by **Amelie** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 5:14 pm

Seibertron wrote:Most importantly, it's the only DVD release in the world of this episode:

Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger! was the second segment of the film. Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger was an original 45-minute film told through cel-animation using the cast from Beast Wars II. Optimus Primal made a special surprise guest-appearance, as well.

We want a gallery of this nao, please. :-D

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 5:17 pm

Amelie wrote:
Seibertron wrote:Most importantly, it's the only DVD release in the world of this episode:

Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger! was the second segment of the film. Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger was an original 45-minute film told through cel-animation using the cast from Beast Wars II. Optimus Primal made a special surprise guest-appearance, as well.

We want a gallery of this nao, please.

I'll do you one better. How would you like to watch this movie, plus entire Beast Wars II cartoon, subtitled in English?

Cuz thanks to Karyuudo Fansubs, it's gonna happen soon. 8-)

by **phantom1592** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:02 pm

I've always been a fan of the designs for Leo Convoy and Magnaboss... never seen them in action though.

Would LOOOOOVE a Masterpiece of either of them!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:46 pm

phantom1592 wrote:I've always been a fan of the designs for Leo Convoy and Magnaboss... never seen them in action though.

Behold:

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:26 am

Well that video just makes me sad. RIP my Silverbolt figure, 1997 - 2015. The eagle mode neck section, Magnaboss's headdress shattered into three pieces combining them with minimum force. GPS strikes again.

Emerje

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 12:46 pm

Emerje wrote:Well that video just makes me sad. RIP my Silverbolt figure, 1997 - 2015. The eagle mode neck section, Magnaboss's headdress shattered into three pieces combining them with minimum force. GPS strikes again.

Emerje

I am very, very carefully with my silverbolt now for this very reason, I've already had the clip break on me that keeps the sections together in bird mode. He's combined at the moment but I dread doing anything else with him.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 6:46 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:
Emerje wrote:Well that video just makes me sad. RIP my Silverbolt figure, 1997 - 2015. The eagle mode neck section, Magnaboss's headdress shattered into three pieces combining them with minimum force. GPS strikes again.

Emerje

I am very, very carefully with my silverbolt now for this very reason, I've already had the clip break on me that keeps the sections together in bird mode. He's combined at the moment but I dread doing anything else with him.

I'm sure. I thought I was being careful, but a put some pressure on the back of the part to get it on the back of Magnaboss' head and the whole piece caved in. TFWiki says GPS is rare on him, but I think it's more like owners just don't transform him enough to notice.

Emerje

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:20 pm

Courtesy of Twitter user tagoal, who has been effectively live-tweeting the programming on Japanese channel Tokyo MX, we have some new renders for the upcoming Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Optimus Primal. The images, mirrored below, give us an idea of how the transformation on the figure might work - you can sort of see the stomach to chest conversion, and some further panelling - and how it compares to the two modes from the animated series. Check them out, and keep the discussion going in the Energon Pub!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:05 pm

That has to be the best-proportioned season 1 Primal toy design we've ever gotten.

But the big heels on the feet in both modes concern me.

News Credits: 2 · by **Ultra Magnus** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:17 pm

So Cool!

News Credits: 3599 · by **Seibertron** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:20 pm

Emerje wrote:I'm sure. I thought I was being careful, but a put some pressure on the back of the part to get it on the back of Magnaboss' head and the whole piece caved in. TFWiki says GPS is rare on him, but I think it's more like owners just don't transform him enough to notice.

It's not rare on him, just have to be careful. All it takes is one little slip up unfortunately. Mine has survived so far, but mostly because of lack of use. I have a few backups from the Seibertron.com store though that I'm holding on to just in case.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:36 pm

I'm liking the look and the aesthetic. I likes a lot.

News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:38 pm

Ok, I am back in. They are doing a totally new and different transformation here. And I get it. The gorilla head is far better proportioned and thus too small to turn into the chest. So instead, it fold into the backpak.

Cant wait to see this guy in finished to form!

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:52 pm

william-james88 wrote:Ok, I am back in. They are doing a totally new and different transformation here. And I get it. The gorilla head is far better proportioned and thus too small to turn into the chest. So instead, it fold into the backpak.

Cant wait to see this guy in finished to form!

Welcome back aboard the hype train :DANCE:

I cannot wait to seem more of this guy, weighed down only slightly by the appearance of a button on his back that might interfere with his articulation - still cautiously hyped :DANCE: