Sorry, not sorry, but the first thing that came to my mind upon seeing this picture was "Decepticon Dollhouse!"
Great chart work as always.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
partholon wrote:but- and im just spit balling here- whats the odds Trypticons head transforms into something too?
maybe brunt or something.
christ knows the head did fuk all in base and city mode in the G1 Version except stick out like a sore thumb if you looked at it from the right angle so with this being a new mold and all maybe the designers might want to do something about that.
Sabrblade wrote:Which would also mean that this isn't Season 3 Trypticon, but Scramble City Trypticon, who was retconned by Unite Warriors into instead being an earlier version of the Trypticon who would later be created by the Constructicons in Season 3 (both Trypticons even have not only different cartoon models but slightly different Japanese names, with Season 3 Trypticon being ダイナザウラー "Dainazaurā" and Scramble City Trypticon being ダイノザウラー "Dainozaurā").
Big Grim wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Which would also mean that this isn't Season 3 Trypticon, but Scramble City Trypticon, who was retconned by Unite Warriors into instead being an earlier version of the Trypticon who would later be created by the Constructicons in Season 3 (both Trypticons even have not only different cartoon models but slightly different Japanese names, with Season 3 Trypticon being ダイナザウラー "Dainazaurā" and Scramble City Trypticon being ダイノザウラー "Dainozaurā").
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD!
Dagon wrote:I think this Trypticon looks good, but what I am really tickled by is how, on other sites, news like this reveal is met with fairly composed and measured commentary, be it positive or dramatically negative; while here on Seibertron, a reveal like this is met with pages of zomg posting, like every figure ever is the best figure ever.
It's an interesting theory. But skimming back through some of the issues of the old Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers manga, which was released concurrent to the release of Scramble City in 1986, Issue #3 sees Megatron standing inside the Season 1-2 undersea base and speaking of the Decepticons then-currently building a brand new fortress called Dinobase, which is Trypticon's Base Mode's Japanese name. The artwork depicts the undersea base as looking like it always did in the show, with no deconstruction or reconstruction going on with it.o.supreme wrote:Big Grim wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Which would also mean that this isn't Season 3 Trypticon, but Scramble City Trypticon, who was retconned by Unite Warriors into instead being an earlier version of the Trypticon who would later be created by the Constructicons in Season 3 (both Trypticons even have not only different cartoon models but slightly different Japanese names, with Season 3 Trypticon being ダイナザウラー "Dainazaurā" and Scramble City Trypticon being ダイノザウラー "Dainozaurā").
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD!
not really, makes sense. I kind of always assumed that Trypticon seen in SC was made from the Underwater decepticon HQ seen in the latter portion of S1 and S2 (thus the reason after SC it is never seen again). I figured that Trypticon would have been destroyed in the off-screen battle between him and Metroplex, and thus in FFOD, the reason why a New Trypticon would need to be built.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Dagon wrote:I think this Trypticon looks good, but what I am really tickled by is how, on other sites, news like this reveal is met with fairly composed and measured commentary, be it positive or dramatically negative; while here on Seibertron, a reveal like this is met with pages of zomg posting, like every figure ever is the best figure ever.
Sabrblade wrote:After all, we also now know that Galvatron II was given command of the first Trypticon at some point around Scramble City's time. With Galvatron II in charge of Trypticon, Megatron and the rest of his army would still need a base of their own to live and operate in, and I doubt the prideful Megatron would choose to live/work in a base that he himself wasn't in full command of.
Dagon wrote:I think this Trypticon looks good, but what I am really tickled by is how, on other sites, news like this reveal is met with fairly composed and measured commentary, be it positive or dramatically negative; while here on Seibertron, a reveal like this is met with pages of zomg posting, like every figure ever is the best figure ever.
I hear ya. As far as I can tell, the only 1980s G1 manga that definitely don't fit with their animated counterparts are Masterforce, Victory, and debatably The Headmasters (that one's kind of a gray area). Though, something like Zone's manga can fit with all the previous cartoons but not with its OVA, so after the Victory cartoon the Zone fiction can go either way with its OVA or its manga chapter (the rest of its fiction was in its story pages).o.supreme wrote:Sabrblade wrote:After all, we also now know that Galvatron II was given command of the first Trypticon at some point around Scramble City's time. With Galvatron II in charge of Trypticon, Megatron and the rest of his army would still need a base of their own to live and operate in, and I doubt the prideful Megatron would choose to live/work in a base that he himself wasn't in full command of.
True enough, but I tend to keep events in animation separate from manga and comics, in my own head canon anyway. The exceptions being Battlestars & Operation Combination, since these were made following Zone which was the last animated form of the original series (then transferred to manga), and continued the animated continuity, only in Manga form.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
william-james88 wrote:Dagon wrote:I think this Trypticon looks good, but what I am really tickled by is how, on other sites, news like this reveal is met with fairly composed and measured commentary, be it positive or dramatically negative; while here on Seibertron, a reveal like this is met with pages of zomg posting, like every figure ever is the best figure ever.
Thats awesome! I am so glad we ended up with all the happy fans because here at Seibertron...
GuyIncognito wrote:Dagon wrote:I think this Trypticon looks good, but what I am really tickled by is how, on other sites, news like this reveal is met with fairly composed and measured commentary, be it positive or dramatically negative; while here on Seibertron, a reveal like this is met with pages of zomg posting, like every figure ever is the best figure ever.
I guess this site has more true fans and fewer jaded collectors.
Metroplex was done by the previous brand team headed by Aaron Archer. The current team headed by John Warden is responsible for Trypticon's "G1 with knees" look.DeadCaL wrote:Given what they did to Metroplex, I was expecting something not so literal.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:GuyIncognito wrote:What do you think the price will be? $149.99 (US)?
Hope so. That was the price of the last 2 titans, and considering how bulky this guy is, in order to be tall he would have a lot of plastic.
I hope they don't raise the titan class price again though.
He is a shell that folds out o reveal a base so he will be plenty hollow inside. So not as much plastic as you think.
Stuartmaximus wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:...so wait. Va'al made this thread yesterday...mere hours before Trypticon's accidental reveal, which wasn't expected until this weekend. Why would he make the thread so early, and right before the leak at that...?
I'm glad that someone else noticed coz that's what i was thinking! the timing seems rather convenient, makes you wonder what else he's hiding
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Maybe they're looking into mirrors? I bet Megatron gives himself "pep talks" while staring at his own malicious mug. Galvatron II seems to have put on a few pounds lately, so he might be admonishing his reflection for his lack of control around energon cookies. What's up with the Seeker bunkbeds, though? Starscream is sitting next to his own alt mode!? Also, is he rooming with Thrust and Ramjet now? I thought he'd rather pal around with Thundercracker and Skywarp, honestly, but I guess Dirge is their new bestie.
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