M. Spector wrote:Something i am deeply curious about is if we are going to see anymore repaint/retools in Earthrise such as Crosshairs in siege? Because one of the key things keeping me from picking up Spinister at the moment is the fact that to my eyes if they swapped the head and colors you'd have a near perfect Whirl ..
Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, I've been thinking about how they'll handle Scorponok, and I can't help but wonder if he'll have compatibility with Fort Max. I'm hoping he will, just for a bit of fun, but I also wonder if they'll add any lights and sounds to the Zarak portion like Cerebros has
Let me get this right: Scorponok will be the Titan, Mega Zarak will be the head, and Zarak will be the Headmaster?Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, I've been thinking about how they'll handle Scorponok, and I can't help but wonder if he'll have compatibility with Fort Max. I'm hoping he will, just for a bit of fun, but I also wonder if they'll add any lights and sounds to the Zarak portion like Cerebros has
Rodimus Prime wrote:Let me get this right: Scorponok will be the Titan, Mega Zarak will be the head, and Zarak will be the Headmaster?Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, I've been thinking about how they'll handle Scorponok, and I can't help but wonder if he'll have compatibility with Fort Max. I'm hoping he will, just for a bit of fun, but I also wonder if they'll add any lights and sounds to the Zarak portion like Cerebros has
I see. Right now, the way I think of it is Scorponok is the Titan body, Mega Zarak is the Cerebros-sized head, and Zarak (referring to the actual human-sized component) is the Headmaster. I don't consider Cerebros (or his Scorponok-equivalent) the Headmaster, because if I have Headmaster technology correct, the larger head cannot function without the smaller head, but the city bot (in battle station or city mode) does respond to the smaller head (Spike/Zarak; meaning that the smaller head can control both the Titan body and the larger head, but the larger head can't control the Titan body without the smaller head). Isn't head canon fun?Sentinel_Primal wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Let me get this right: Scorponok will be the Titan, Mega Zarak will be the head, and Zarak will be the Headmaster?Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, I've been thinking about how they'll handle Scorponok, and I can't help but wonder if he'll have compatibility with Fort Max. I'm hoping he will, just for a bit of fun, but I also wonder if they'll add any lights and sounds to the Zarak portion like Cerebros has
No idea. When I said Zarak I meant the head for Scorponok, not the Titanmaster sized figure, because until we actually get confirmation on what everything is being called, I just think of the Cerebros-like unit as Zarak because I'm used to that being the name of the character who forms Scorponok's head, with the Headmaster for that figure just being Zarak's Headmaster stage
Rodimus Prime wrote:Isn't head canon fun?
Rodimus Prime wrote:I don't consider Cerebros (or his Scorponok-equivalent) the Headmaster, because if I have Headmaster technology correct, the larger head cannot function without the smaller head, but the city bot (in battle station or city mode) does respond to the smaller head (Spike/Zarak; meaning that the smaller head can control both the Titan body and the larger head, but the larger head can't control the Titan body without the smaller head). Isn't head canon fun?
It all just really depends on which version did what, since the The Rebirth, Japanese G1, Marvel G1, IDW G1 and more all did their own takes on Fort Max and Scorponok differently from each other.Rodimus Prime wrote:I see. Right now, the way I think of it is Scorponok is the Titan body, Mega Zarak is the Cerebros-sized head, and Zarak (referring to the actual human-sized component) is the Headmaster. I don't consider Cerebros (or his Scorponok-equivalent) the Headmaster, because if I have Headmaster technology correct, the larger head cannot function without the smaller head, but the city bot (in battle station or city mode) does respond to the smaller head (Spike/Zarak; meaning that the smaller head can control both the Titan body and the larger head, but the larger head can't control the Titan body without the smaller head). Isn't head canon fun?Sentinel_Primal wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Let me get this right: Scorponok will be the Titan, Mega Zarak will be the head, and Zarak will be the Headmaster?Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, I've been thinking about how they'll handle Scorponok, and I can't help but wonder if he'll have compatibility with Fort Max. I'm hoping he will, just for a bit of fun, but I also wonder if they'll add any lights and sounds to the Zarak portion like Cerebros has
No idea. When I said Zarak I meant the head for Scorponok, not the Titanmaster sized figure, because until we actually get confirmation on what everything is being called, I just think of the Cerebros-like unit as Zarak because I'm used to that being the name of the character who forms Scorponok's head, with the Headmaster for that figure just being Zarak's Headmaster stage
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.'
Sentinel_Primal wrote:Personally, I'm planning to just slap the TR Scorponok head onto the mid-form and call all of them Scorponok. Mainly because I'm less likely to get confused with only the one name
Meanwhile, in Beast Wars: Uprising, since name re-usage was constantly avoided to let everyone have their own name*, the Decepticon Double-Headmaster** who turned into a giant scorpion was never named "Scorponok"***, instead using the Japanese name for the city-sized "MegaZarak", while the name "Zarak" belonged to the middle-sized Decepticon Macromaster who formed the head of MegaZarak, while the Nebulan scientist who binary-bonded with Zarak to form his own head was Fausto Borx.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Sentinel_Primal wrote:Personally, I'm planning to just slap the TR Scorponok head onto the mid-form and call all of them Scorponok. Mainly because I'm less likely to get confused with only the one name
Funnily enough, you'd be correct even according to the Japanese toys; Takara switched the names from the US, so the Headmaster is called Scorponok there, and the whole figure Megazarak. Also, the Scorponok name is retained for the Black Zarak release. What a mess
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.'
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:M. Spector wrote:Something i am deeply curious about is if we are going to see anymore repaint/retools in Earthrise such as Crosshairs in siege? Because one of the key things keeping me from picking up Spinister at the moment is the fact that to my eyes if they swapped the head and colors you'd have a near perfect Whirl ..
I can guarantee you that we will, though Whirl out of Spinister... hm... I can't really see who Spinister could be turned into, Armada Cyclonus maybe?
SiegeFan wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:M. Spector wrote:Something i am deeply curious about is if we are going to see anymore repaint/retools in Earthrise such as Crosshairs in siege? Because one of the key things keeping me from picking up Spinister at the moment is the fact that to my eyes if they swapped the head and colors you'd have a near perfect Whirl ..
I can guarantee you that we will, though Whirl out of Spinister... hm... I can't really see who Spinister could be turned into, Armada Cyclonus maybe?
There's versions of Blades you could do with Spinister.
I feel like you're missing an asterisk, yet still managed to make my head spinSabrblade wrote:Meanwhile, in Beast Wars: Uprising, since name re-usage was constantly avoided to let everyone have their own name*, the Decepticon Double-Headmaster** who turned into a giant scorpion was never named "Scorponok"**, instead using the Japanese name for the city-sized "MegaZarak", while the name "Zarak" belonged to the middle-sized Decepticon Macromaster who formed the head of MegaZarak, while the Nebulan scientist who binary-bonded with Zarak to form his own head was Fausto Borx.
* - With the Protoformers Rampage and Megatron being the only exceptions since the former couldn't care less about using the name of an ancient Decepticon, while the latter deliberately renamed himself after the ancient Decepticon leader.
** - Like what this Titan class toy produced several years later will be.
*** - So that the Predacon Protoformer Scorponok could bear that name.
WeatherManNX01 wrote:Anyone else get anything of the sort?
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.'
AcademyofDrX wrote:Earthrise Starscream isn't available from Amazon anymore either. You can still pre-order both of them on Hasbro, even though the Deluxes and Optimus are sold out there.
Flashwave wrote:AcademyofDrX wrote:Earthrise Starscream isn't available from Amazon anymore either. You can still pre-order both of them on Hasbro, even though the Deluxes and Optimus are sold out there.
So, so far its just the two Voyagers. is Amazon not ordering them? Or are they just not ordering enough?
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