The Energon Pub

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Skids continues to look really cool. He looks like he will go perfectly with my MP-12. He's got the right detail and the non-cartoony look to him, I love it. I'm excited for him!

[Sabrblade]

According to this article, MP Skids was designed by none other than Kōjin Ōno, the original designer of many Diaclone and Microman toys, including the original G1 Skids mold.

[Sabrblade]

Figure King #277 scans

[Rodimus Prime]

So his alt mode is going to be a hatchback even though he was a van?

[Sabrblade]

So his alt mode is going to be a hatchback even though he was a van?

The Honda City Turbo is a subcompact car, not a van.

[Evil Eye]

So his alt mode is going to be a hatchback even though he was a van?

The Honda City Turbo is a subcompact car, not a van.

Yeah, Skids was meant to be a "Kei car"- a very, very small car meant for cities and the like. In his incredibly few appearances in the cartoon this got mangled as him being a van for...some ridiculous reason. Not even a stylistic choice like penny-racer Bumblebee, they straight up bungled his character model.

[Rodimus Prime]

So his alt mode is going to be a hatchback even though he was a van?

The Honda City Turbo is a subcompact car, not a van.

I know. That's my point. I know his G1 toy was a car, but in media wasn't he portrayed as a van? I know in the G1 comic he was, I don't remember him in the cartoon.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

So his alt mode is going to be a hatchback even though he was a van?

The Honda City Turbo is a subcompact car, not a van.

I know. That's my point. I know his G1 toy was a car, but in media wasn't he portrayed as a van? I know in the G1 comic he was, I don't remember him in the cartoon.

As a mini-van, yes, a new concept at the time in 1984. The concept of a sub-compact car was (literally) unheard of. About finding him in the cartoon, he appeared in two episodes and minor roles at that: Quest for Survival and Triple Takeover. His lack of proper appearances in the cartoon would get referenced in the Transformers Legends manga

[sol magnus]

So his alt mode is going to be a hatchback even though he was a van?

The Honda City Turbo is a subcompact car, not a van.

I know. That's my point. I know his G1 toy was a car, but in media wasn't he portrayed as a van? I know in the G1 comic he was, I don't remember him in the cartoon.

As a mini-van, yes, a new concept at the time in 1984. The concept of a sub-compact car was (literally) unheard of. About finding him in the cartoon, he appeared in two episodes and minor roles at that: Quest for Survival and Triple Takeover. His lack of proper appearances in the cartoon would get referenced in the Transformers Legends manga

He's not even in the commercial that introduced ALL the 1985 Autobot cars.

[Sabrblade]

He's not even in the commercial that introduced ALL the 1985 Autobot cars.

Because he's actually a late-1984 Autobot Car:

Skids had a somewhat odd release history: Because he was not one of the original eleven Autobot Cars released at the line's inception, he is commonly grouped in with the later 1985 Autobot Cars both fictionally and in the minds of fans. However, Skids was actually added to the 1984 Autobot Cars assortment (taking the place of a second Mirage in a case of twelve) very late in the year (December 1984 is the current earliest confirmed availability of the figure), during which time he came in 1984 packaging including a ™ mark by the "Transformers" logo, rather than an ® mark. Like the other 1984 cars, at least some of these early Skids releases lacked the rubsign on the roof that would later be added to all Transformers toys in 1985.[1] Presumably due to this early release, he got the short end of the stick in 1985: That year, the "Autobot Cars" price point was divided into two separate assortments, each of which contained six of the figures that had debuted in 1984 (packaged one per case in a case of 12) and three of the new figures that debuted in 1985 (packaged two per case). Since Hasbro apparently considered Skids a 1984 release, he ended up being packaged only one per case, thus making him somewhat more rare than his peers.

As Skids was released in the interim between the original 1984 launch and the big push of new 1985 figures, the character consequently fell by the wayside in the Generation 1 fiction of the 1980s. He was not included in the commercial promoting the new 1985 range of Autobot Cars, as he wasn't technically part of it. Similarly, he was also left out of the list of new 1985 product in the Generation 1 cartoon's production bible intended for inclusion in the show's second season, and as such, only managed to appear in little more than cameo roles in just two episodes, speaking one line in each and voiced by a different actor each time. He fared a little better in the Marvel comics, debuting alongside (an incomplete roster of) the other 1985 cars, but after getting an issue dedicated to himself, he all but completely vanished from the book and was banished to limbo by the UK comic for upwards of 100 issues, abandoned and forgotten.

[sol magnus]

He's not even in the commercial that introduced ALL the 1985 Autobot cars.

Because he's actually a late-1984 Autobot Car:

Skids had a somewhat odd release history: Because he was not one of the original eleven Autobot Cars released at the line's inception, he is commonly grouped in with the later 1985 Autobot Cars both fictionally and in the minds of fans. However, Skids was actually added to the 1984 Autobot Cars assortment (taking the place of a second Mirage in a case of twelve) very late in the year (December 1984 is the current earliest confirmed availability of the figure), during which time he came in 1984 packaging including a ™ mark by the "Transformers" logo, rather than an ® mark. Like the other 1984 cars, at least some of these early Skids releases lacked the rubsign on the roof that would later be added to all Transformers toys in 1985.[1] Presumably due to this early release, he got the short end of the stick in 1985: That year, the "Autobot Cars" price point was divided into two separate assortments, each of which contained six of the figures that had debuted in 1984 (packaged one per case in a case of 12) and three of the new figures that debuted in 1985 (packaged two per case). Since Hasbro apparently considered Skids a 1984 release, he ended up being packaged only one per case, thus making him somewhat more rare than his peers.

As Skids was released in the interim between the original 1984 launch and the big push of new 1985 figures, the character consequently fell by the wayside in the Generation 1 fiction of the 1980s. He was not included in the commercial promoting the new 1985 range of Autobot Cars, as he wasn't technically part of it. Similarly, he was also left out of the list of new 1985 product in the Generation 1 cartoon's production bible intended for inclusion in the show's second season, and as such, only managed to appear in little more than cameo roles in just two episodes, speaking one line in each and voiced by a different actor each time. He fared a little better in the Marvel comics, debuting alongside (an incomplete roster of) the other 1985 cars, but after getting an issue dedicated to himself, he all but completely vanished from the book and was banished to limbo by the UK comic for upwards of 100 issues, abandoned and forgotten.

Nice trivia. Skids is so abandoned I couldn't be bothered to read his TFwiki bio. For his neglect all these years they should have put in WFC, but I'm sure they don't think of it that way.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Nice trivia. Skids is so abandoned I couldn't be bothered to read his TFwiki bio. For his neglect all these years they should have put in WFC, but I'm sure they don't think of it that way.

If you bring up his name I'm pretty sure they're gonna think of the one that nobody wants to talk about.

[Rodimus Prime]

Nice trivia. Skids is so abandoned I couldn't be bothered to read his TFwiki bio. For his neglect all these years they should have put in WFC, but I'm sure they don't think of it that way.

If you bring up his name I'm pretty sure they're gonna think of the one that nobody wants to talk about.

All the more reason to put the spotlight on the G1 character. Even though there was nothing wrong with the Bayverse version.

[Sabrblade]

Nice trivia. Skids is so abandoned I couldn't be bothered to read his TFwiki bio. For his neglect all these years they should have put in WFC, but I'm sure they don't think of it that way.

If you bring up his name I'm pretty sure they're gonna think of the one that nobody wants to talk about.

All the more reason to put the spotlight on the G1 character. Even though there was nothing wrong with the Bayverse version.

Meh, I liked Skid-Z the best. He was quirky.

[Rodimus Prime]

Nice trivia. Skids is so abandoned I couldn't be bothered to read his TFwiki bio. For his neglect all these years they should have put in WFC, but I'm sure they don't think of it that way.

If you bring up his name I'm pretty sure they're gonna think of the one that nobody wants to talk about.

All the more reason to put the spotlight on the G1 character. Even though there was nothing wrong with the Bayverse version.

Meh, I liked Skid-Z the best. He was quirky.

I always used to confuse him with Mirage.

[Spartron]

So his alt mode is going to be a hatchback even though he was a van?

The Honda City Turbo is a subcompact car, not a van.

Yeah, Skids was meant to be a "Kei car"- a very, very small car meant for cities and the like. In his incredibly few appearances in the cartoon this got mangled as him being a van for...some ridiculous reason. Not even a stylistic choice like penny-racer Bumblebee, they straight up bungled his character model.

I wonder what the scale is going to be. Is he going to be like MP-21 Bumblebee?

[Sabrblade]

Skids and... someone else (not Crosscut):

https://twitter.com/UNOYUKI07153/status/1375094264175099911



The text make multiple mentions of リブースト ("Reboost"), so that could be its name. We'll have to wait and see.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Huh, another Diaclone deco given life. That's the final one we may get, the last one is too similar:


Crosscut, Skids, Burn Out, unnamed, "Reboost"

Tho... I can see TakaraTomy being cheeky and have "Reboost" come with a red Skids head to switch out and extra stickers.

[chuckdawg1999]

Man it looks good, I really hope it's not overly complicated like the last few MPs have been.

[ZeroWolf]

Greetings Seibertronians! Fellow Seibertron user Sabrblade has pointed us in the direction of twitter user @UNOYUKIN07153 who has tweeted what looks like excerpts from an upcoming issue of Figure King Magazine (Same source as these Rodimus Prime images).

This time, it shows the upcoming Masterpiece Skids, alongside a previously unknown redeco of the figure!



The red figure seems to be reference to a colour scheme that the toy, that would become Skids, had in one of his Diaclone releases.

Sabrblade points out that the word "Reboost" appears a few times in the accompanying text, but it's unknown a this junction if that is the name that will be given to this release.

What do you think of this new reveal? Looking forward to seeing Skids on your shelf?

Shout out in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

[Betenoire]

The Red one looks like a GT-R Convoy variant.

[Immortal Starscream]

The Red one looks like a GT-R Convoy variant.

Just what I was thinking. But his silver repaint (crosscut) but the e-hobby g1 and generations version had this headsculpt. just the colors that make it seem like Prime


Transformers Generations Crosscut Gallery

[Rodimus Prime]

Should have made the repaint white and blue with a new head and called it MP Armada Red Alert.

[Brutal brawl]

Mudflap?

[Bounti76]

I'll pick him up regardless, but shouldn't Skids' thighs be silver? None of his toys nor any media has him with completely blue legs like this.

I also don't see any logo (except Honda) on "Reboost"....I wonder if she/he will possibly be branded a Decepticon?