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carytheone wrote:

shajaki wrote:Whats with his grey boots?

Stunning fashion sense? I think he looked that way in the show. I thought it was strange looking as well, but I remember seeing some art work that had jarringly different colored feets. But probably for the standard yeller deco.

Ahh. I'm naive to most things Prime as I widely ignored it (which yes, I'm kicking myself for now).

shajaki wrote:

carytheone wrote:

shajaki wrote:Whats with his grey boots?

Stunning fashion sense? I think he looked that way in the show. I thought it was strange looking as well, but I remember seeing some art work that had jarringly different colored feets. But probably for the standard yeller deco.

Ahh. I'm naive to most things Prime as I widely ignored it (which yes, I'm kicking myself for now).

Those figures got me back into collecting and are the largest single group in my collection. CW is quuckly catching up. I binged watched the entire series in a week (minus the movie).

I wouldn't mind some first edition quality figures for RID15. Speaking of the appropriate topic, I'm going see if any Jazz or Legion Fixits have shown up in my area.

While I have yet to see a Decepticon design from the RID15 line that I wouldn't like to see as a toy, I have to admit that Chop Shop - for the sheer uniqueness of his design concept - needs to be engineered and molded in plastic and sold by the truckload. I think it pushes the boundaries of what Transformers designs are supposed to be.

Is Phantom Steeljaw's colour scheme known yet?

Megatronus looks like a combination of Armada, WFC, and Hero Megatron all in one.

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote: the google translate app makes it Phantomjoe, which sounds like your average spirit dude just floating around trying to make a living

I wondered why you kept calling him that. At first I thought it was a typo, but then you kept doing it. From know on I will only call him Phantom Joe.

As you should. When I saw this on the screen, I just couldnt help but keep this as his name:

NuclearConvoy wrote:
Is Phantom Steeljaw's colour scheme known yet?

I hope that pic answered your question.

As for that Beast Hunters Weaponiser Bee:

Kanrabat, he was not voiced by the original actor, but instead by the asian guy who played the second Black Ranger in Power Rangers, hence why Sabrblade is even more compelled to hunt him down (the toy, not the actor).
The gray boots are because it is really lazy coloring. The paint apps are a joke on the figure (yes I am harsh), to the point that they dont paint crucial coloured plastic:


Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Talking Bumblebee Gallery

Those are supposed to be wheels on his boots, as it is in the show and on every other toy. In fact, this toy has 8 wheels, 4 real ones for car mode and 4 sculpted ones for robot mode. He is just s shell former like the other movie toys that puts his whole vehicle shell on his back and thus must incorporate any vehicle detail in robot mode through sculpting rather than have the actual piece, except for his chest which is indeed the front of the vehicle. And while Ryan is an expert at making toys look good in pics, the reason why he is always in action poses is because he actually cant stand straight.

My biggest pet peeve though are his forearms which are made up of real wheels that have a huge panel over them to conceal them making bumblebee have inner sleeves that go over the palms of his hands.


Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Talking Bumblebee Gallery

JYB voiced Bumblebee in WFC:

Phantom Joe looks... odd. It sits somewhere between cool and headscratching in colour scheme.

william-james88 wrote:Kanrabat, he was not voiced by the original actor, but instead by the asian guy who played the second Black Ranger in Power Rangers, hence why Sabrblade is even more compelled to hunt him down (the toy, not the actor).

I dunno Will... Sabr seems pretty excited... whats to say he's not locked in Sabr's basement right now?

NuclearConvoy wrote:Phantom Joe looks... odd. It sits somewhere between cool and headscratching in colour scheme.

Phantomjaw was made to match Strongarm in theme. I'm expecting him and Stepper to be released individually, like Gregevor was.

NuclearConvoy wrote:Phantom Joe looks... odd. It sits somewhere between cool and headscratching in colour scheme.

It's a police deco.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Phantom Joe looks... odd. It sits somewhere between cool and headscratching in colour scheme.

Phantomjaw was made to match Strongarm in theme. I'm expecting him and Stepper to be released individually, like Gregevor was.

Which Stepper?

william-james88 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Phantom Joe looks... odd. It sits somewhere between cool and headscratching in colour scheme.

Phantomjaw was made to match Strongarm in theme. I'm expecting him and Stepper to be released individually, like Gregevor was.

Which Stepper?

The one coming with Sideswipe in the TAV VS04 set.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Phantom Joe looks... odd. It sits somewhere between cool and headscratching in colour scheme.

Phantomjaw was made to match Strongarm in theme. I'm expecting him and Stepper to be released individually, like Gregevor was.

They did a Stepper out of RID15 Jazz?

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Phantom Joe looks... odd. It sits somewhere between cool and headscratching in colour scheme.

Phantomjaw was made to match Strongarm in theme. I'm expecting him and Stepper to be released individually, like Gregevor was.

Which Stepper?

The one coming with Sideswipe in the TAV VS04 set.

Using the Jazz mold, right? Interesting. It's fun how Takara is making decepticon villains with traditional car and robot modes for collectors who want this as part of their collection.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Phantom Joe looks... odd. It sits somewhere between cool and headscratching in colour scheme.

Phantomjaw was made to match Strongarm in theme. I'm expecting him and Stepper to be released individually, like Gregevor was.

Which Stepper?

The one coming with Sideswipe in the TAV VS04 set.

Using the Jazz mold, right? Interesting. It's fun how Takara is making decepticon villains with traditional car and robot modes for collectors who want this as part of their collection.

Stepper's suspected to be an Autobot.

Sabrblade wrote:Stepper's suspected to be an Autobot.

So why Versus?

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Stepper's suspected to be an Autobot.

So why Versus?

It could be an "&" set instead, with the ID number "VS04" just following the pre-established pattern.

Any bios on "Megatronus" yet? The series is (purportedly) based in the TF Prime universe (though it seems to have become much sillier since Beast Hunters). At the end of the Beast Hunters movie, the unicron-beefed-up Megatron wussed out of leading the Cons and just flew off into space to 'think about what he'd done'. Pretty anti-climactic. And they never said what happened to the Predacons after all that, or Shockwave, or Starscream. There's a lot of potential episode fodder there for them to fill in all those annoying little continuity gaps.

Is this 'Megatronus' the actual Megatron, realizing what a dink he was to abandon his people, and coming back to lead them?

Starscream was killed by the Predacons according to the writers.

That Bot wrote:Starscream was killed by the Predacons according to the writers.

My rule of thumb, if there is no body he isnt dead. But dont they have comics that merge both sets ofcharacters? I wonder if they brought back starscream in those yet.

megatronous looks more villainous than megatron!

Shockwave7 wrote:Any bios on "Megatronus" yet? The series is (purportedly) based in the TF Prime universe (though it seems to have become much sillier since Beast Hunters). At the end of the Beast Hunters movie, the unicron-beefed-up Megatron wussed out of leading the Cons and just flew off into space to 'think about what he'd done'. Pretty anti-climactic. And they never said what happened to the Predacons after all that, or Shockwave, or Starscream. There's a lot of potential episode fodder there for them to fill in all those annoying little continuity gaps.

Is this 'Megatronus' the actual Megatron, realizing what a dink he was to abandon his people, and coming back to lead them?

Megatronus isn't Megatron.

Megatronus is one of The Thirteen, i.e The Fallen.

Megatron renamed himself after Megatronus, his idol.

Shockwave7 wrote:Any bios on "Megatronus" yet?

None yet. We know not if he's the original Megatronus of the Thirteen, Megatron returned using his older name, or a whole new character.

mcfmullen wrote:

Shockwave7 wrote:Is this 'Megatronus' the actual Megatron, realizing what a dink he was to abandon his people, and coming back to lead them?

Megatronus isn't Megatron.

Megatronus is one of The Thirteen, i.e The Fallen.

Megatron renamed himself after Megatronus, his idol.

The Fallen was Megatronus Prime. The gladiator Megatronus named himself after him, and later shortened it to Megatron around the time that Orion Pax became Optimus Prime. But this toy could represent either of them.

That Bot wrote:

mcfmullen wrote:

Shockwave7 wrote:Is this 'Megatronus' the actual Megatron, realizing what a dink he was to abandon his people, and coming back to lead them?

Megatronus isn't Megatron.

Megatronus is one of The Thirteen, i.e The Fallen.

Megatron renamed himself after Megatronus, his idol.

The Fallen was Megatronus Prime.

According to the Covenant of Primus book, Megatronus of the Thirteen didn't have the "Prime" part of his name and was always just "Megatronus". Though, he's not alone in that regard, as Alpha Trion, Prima, and Liege Maximo didn't have a "Prime" in their names either.