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[william-james88]

Thanks sabr! I'll have to look into that one. Is it still the rm mold just with a different deco?

Yup

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Someone should talk me out of this, I keep looking at him and he's so dang gorgeous and I would like to add him to my Beast Wars shelf, but really shouldn't.

[william-james88]

Someone should talk me out of this, I keep looking at him and he's so dang gorgeous and I would like to add him to my Beast Wars shelf, but really shouldn't.

I think he is amazingly gorgeous too, thosr colours really pop, and i know its a fun mold. If i did not already own it, i think i would need a looooot of convincing not to buy him.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Someone should talk me out of this, I keep looking at him and he's so dang gorgeous and I would like to add him to my Beast Wars shelf, but really shouldn't.

I think he is amazingly gorgeous too, thosr colours really pop, and i know its a fun mold. If i did not already own it, i think i would need a looooot of convincing not to buy him.

Talk me out of it, not convince me to want it more based on personal experience. come on man!

[fenrir72]

Great that he's been re-issued officially

Maybe we should call him Anime Big Convoy?

The Good

From the images, all the gold color has been changed to yellow orange. The gold in my original has "faded" despite my minimum touch policy on his delicate parts.

Left arm seems to be solid plastic. I really hope so as the original's transparent material in my version just broke off in the socket connection to the torso (got a replacement part from the Korean.

The Bad(?)

His face pain job. Maybe it's just the not very reliable PC images but the details seem muted. The original's silver aluminum really accentuated his badass visage!

Just a few thoughts anyway. Get him while his there folks and hopefully this won't be GodFireConvoy par deux

[william-james88]

Someone should talk me out of this, I keep looking at him and he's so dang gorgeous and I would like to add him to my Beast Wars shelf, but really shouldn't.

I think he is amazingly gorgeous too, thosr colours really pop, and i know its a fun mold. If i did not already own it, i think i would need a looooot of convincing not to buy him.

Talk me out of it, not convince me to want it more based on personal experience. come on man!

Well he is both a shellformer and parts former. And this is twice the price he originally retailed at. Maybe check if those 25$ ones on ebay are still available?

[fenrir72]

Someone should talk me out of this, I keep looking at him and he's so dang gorgeous and I would like to add him to my Beast Wars shelf, but really shouldn't.

I think he is amazingly gorgeous too, thosr colours really pop, and i know its a fun mold. If i did not already own it, i think i would need a looooot of convincing not to buy him.

Talk me out of it, not convince me to want it more based on personal experience. come on man!

I got my replacement arm from a loose but grade A Korean Big Convoy but unfortunately, even loose, the price has already shot up.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Takara-Transfo ... xyLchRtZUs

Back in 2016, I got mine for $17.00 including shipping for my arm replacement part (same vendor). 2 years really had the price appreciate.

[shajaki]

Someone should talk me out of this, I keep looking at him and he's so dang gorgeous and I would like to add him to my Beast Wars shelf, but really shouldn't.

I think he is amazingly gorgeous too, thosr colours really pop, and i know its a fun mold. If i did not already own it, i think i would need a looooot of convincing not to buy him.

Talk me out of it, not convince me to want it more based on personal experience. come on man!

I'll help you out. You don't need him because:
-The deco is bright and jaw dropping.
-The mold is a big badass bruiser.
-He has a giant ***off cannon.
-He has a removable Matrix.
-He's not as outlandishly expensive as the other newer Encore's.
-He's so awesome that its a miracle that all that awesomeness can be contained in a single piece of plastic.

Wait... my bad. I just did the opposite

[Sabrblade]

Maybe this gorgeous animation will help those on the fence to decide.

[william-james88]

I think some of the painted animated cells I have might be found in that clip, it all goes by so fast. Looks great!

I am assuming Beast Wars Neo is better than Beast Wars II right? I wasnt a big fan of II

[Sabrblade]

I am assuming Beast Wars Neo is better than Beast Wars II right? I wasnt a big fan of II

From what I've been told, Neo is the lesser of the two, until the Unicron arc towards the end that most agree to be the best part.

Me, I'm just gonna go in with an open mind and, like with BWII, expect nothing great but hope for something decent.

I enjoyed BWII for what it was and thought it was nothing special but still a fairly okay and somewhat charming series overall, with some of the standout characters being Scuba, Starscream/Hellscream, and my favorite character Lio Junior.

Other characters who had their moments were Megastorm/Gigastorm, Autostinger, Halfshell, Lio Convoy (during his "deadbeat dad" mini-arc in the middle and also near the end when he confesses that he's finally become proud to call Lio Junior his son), and Galvatron (during the Nemesis arc when he gets more philosophical and begins to have civil debates with Lio Convoy over why he--Galvatron--wants the Angolmois Energy).

[Emerje]

I've never actually heard Big Convoy's voice, but in my mind it's something deep like Cullen and Chalk, not generic 20-something anime guy. I guess Junichi Inoue being the husband of influential voice actor and singer Keiko Toda got him the role, certainly not because he fit the role.

Emerje

[Sabrblade]

I've never actually heard Big Convoy's voice, but in my mind it's something deep like Cullen and Chalk, not generic 20-something anime guy. I guess Junichi Inoue being the husband of influential voice actor and singer Keiko Toda got him the role, certainly not because he fit the role.

Emerje

A lot of Japanese Autobot/Maximal leaders have young "Animated Optimus" type voices. Though in Big Convoy's case, he's a new leader having just been assigned his own team, so I guess they wanted him to sound like he's fresh into his new commission. Not to mention how he's said to be an atypical leader type (being a guy who never wanted a team of his own in the first place, preferring to work alone), so him having an atypical voice would tie into that as well.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

]I'll help you out. You don't need him because:
-The deco is bright and jaw dropping.
-The mold is a big badass bruiser.
-He has a giant ***off cannon.
-He has a removable Matrix.
-He's not as outlandishly expensive as the other newer Encore's.
-He's so awesome that its a miracle that all that awesomeness can be contained in a single piece of plastic.

Wait... my bad. I just did the opposite

Dammit man!

[ZeroWolf]

Come on D-Max, admit it, you didn't need that much convincing

[D-Maximal_Primal]

:lol: Come on D-Max, admit it, you didn't need that much convincing

Don't you even go there, you know I need a ton of convincing to go in on a Beast Wars thing this cool!

[shajaki]

[Dammit man!

[shajaki]

[Sabrblade]

That's the Legends toy, not the Encore.

[william-james88]

the box was at TCC2018 in Bumblebee movie display

[william-james88]

the box was at TCC2018 in Bumblebee movie display

[Sabrblade]

Man, next year's gonna be a good year for Beast Wars Neo. Encore Big Convoy, Legends Blue Big Convoy, and Karyuudo Fansubs releasing their long-awaited subtitled release of the show.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Really looking forward to experiencing this figure. He's gonna go great with the rest of my Beasts

[Emerje]

The end of January is almost near and Encore Big Convoy from Beast Wars Neo will be here soon! Thanks to Nathaniel Prime on the forums for pointing out a new set of stock images of Big Convoy in box showing up on Robotkingdom.com. As a followup to our first look at the box from Tokyo Comic Con in December, the new stock images include shots from the side and full back. While the front and left side is pretty similar to the original box, the back has been entirely redone for the Encore version. The figure on the box has been updated to the new version and they even changed the CG art on the front to match the cartoon colors of the figure.

For comparison below you'll find the new stock images followed by the original packaging (featuring Black Big Convoy) from the Seibertron gallery.




Transformers Beast Wars Neo Black Big Convoy Gallery




Transformers Beast Wars Neo Black Big Convoy Gallery




Transformers Beast Wars Neo Black Big Convoy Gallery

Are you looking forward to Encore Big Convoy coming out over the next week? Holding out for reviews or a sale? Sound off in the Energon Pub forums below!

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I'm pretty stoked for this guy. First Neo mold I'll own, and hoping he'll look pretty grand alongside Primal and Apache