JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Randomhero wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Randomhero wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Randomhero wrote:Yup. Figured they'd skip Sentinel. Funny we we're just discussing this yesterday and there's the news. I had complete faith they'd do Soundwave. Retool or not it's Soundwave. They're not passing that up and next year they'll have Soundblaster
Isn't Soundwave's head "Soundblaster"? Or is that in the US continuity?
Just hasbro for now. This is the first reveal of takara doing sound wave.
Actually, TakaraTomy's Twin Cast is colored blue, not red. That would lead to him being called "Twincast", so the same could apply to little Soundblaster if he's colored black.To be honest would that stop takara of doing a black repaint of a figure?
Nope, tho they may get stuck with naming the little head. Maybe role-reversal is in order?
By the by, the vehicle included with Brainstorm is... Brawn's
I don't think they'll rename the head because headmaster partners don't exist in Japan. The head is the character so Soundwave will be Soundwave and if they make a soundblaster deco it will just be Soundblaster.
I'd believe Japan is weird enough to make a blue twincast deco and make a little headmaster red and call it twincast.
Toy bios and fiction don't mix well, no matter where you look, and TakaraTomy is not immune to that. Case in point: the original G1 Headmaster toys got names for both the head and the Transtector, but only the name of the Transtector was used for both in fiction. The rundown:
Stylor: Chrome
Gort: Gort
Arcana: Cana
Duros: Ros
Spike: Cerebros
Vorath: Vorath
Monzo: Monzo
Grax: Grax
Zarak: Scorponok
That found its way in later toys, specifically for Brainstorm: while Arcana went unnamed for the Generations release, the first Legends release called him out as Cana on the back of the box.
Fortunately, Masterforce had the toy bios align with the anime when it came to names, so no separate names for the little guys (and girl) here, except for Goshooter where a pun is present:
Head: 剛 秀太 Gō Shūta (traditionally, names in Japan are written in Kanji, family name first)
Robot: ゴーシューター Gōshūtā (traditionally, names for Transformers are written in Katakana)
So... wait, hang on
Scorponok got called MegaZarak... and Zarak got called Scorponok.
Was there some really big error in communication?