Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure Promo Clips - Big Optimus, Ultra Magnus, Nemesis Prime

Takara always seems to deliver unique repaints that homage niche characters from their market, and black Optimus Primes. Gregevor is one of those homages going back to the early 2000's RID character Rollbar. Nemesis Prime I guess could be said is a tribute to Scourge/Black Convoy from the same line; even though there have been many takes on the black Prime over the years. Both are worth a look if you're interested in well done repaints.

dragons wrote:Thanks for sharing

dragons wrote:Thanks for sharing I didn't bother watching I saw video of original figures before they where repainted don't need same
Video again

Va'al wrote:

dragons wrote:Thanks for sharing

You are more than welcome.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

dragons wrote:Thanks for sharing I didn't bother watching I saw video of original figures before they where repainted don't need same
Video again

But you might have missed out on dancing girls at the end

william-james88 wrote:

Va'al wrote:

dragons wrote:Thanks for sharing

You are more than welcome.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

dragons wrote:Thanks for sharing I didn't bother watching I saw video of original figures before they where repainted don't need same
Video again

But you might have missed out on dancing girls at the end

I especially liked when they took their tops off. Oh my!

(o)(o)

william-james88 wrote:(o)(o)

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:(o)(o)

SW's SilverHammer wrote:At this rate can we just call him Greg?

SW's SilverHammer wrote:At this rate can we just call him Greg?

Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.

I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.

I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."

Argh! Why do I keep doing that!?!

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.

I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."

Argh! Why do I keep doing that!?!

Don't worry, we all have those moments. I actually wrote yesterday that Predaking was made of 6 members when I knew it was obviously just 5.

Silly wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.

I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."

Argh! Why do I keep doing that!?!

Don't worry, we all have those moments. I actually wrote yesterday that Predaking was made of 6 members when I knew it was obviously just 5.

Lol I look stupid all the STINKIN TIME!

Sabrblade wrote:"And yes, you have to say it like that. GREH-GHEE-VOR."

No you don't. "Gregevor" is a bad Engrish transliteration of グリジバー, which Romanizes out to being "Gurijibaa", with the two I's both sounding like "ee". It is a portmanteau of "Green" and "Jeep" with a modified end, hence the longstanding transliteration of "Greejeeber" being the more accepted name since the Car Robots character of the same name was established back in the year 2000.

The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound. The V came from B and V being essentially the same sound in Japanese. So whoever transliterated グリジバー ("Gurijibaa") into "Gregevor" apparently didn't recognize the "Green Jeep" reference and gave us a more wonky name than the more likely intended "Greejeeber".

Cobotron wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:At this rate can we just call him Greg?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We already know of him:

Sabrblade wrote:This is basically the new "Minelba/Minerva".

william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?

Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber"

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?

Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber"

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?

Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber"

Yeah, exactly as I said then: greenjeep spelled phonetically when said in a japanese accent

Cobotron wrote:Hey guys don't all Japanese words have a vowel sound between every consonant sound, and always end in a vowel sound?

Cobotron wrote:Hey guys don't all Japanese words have a vowel sound between every consonant sound, and always end in a vowel sound?

Sabrblade wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Hey guys don't all Japanese words have a vowel sound between every consonant sound, and always end in a vowel sound?

Not all.

The letter ん or ン is like the letter N without a vowel and is used to conclude a syllable, like the N in "Convoy" (コンボイ Konboi).

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Hey guys don't all Japanese words have a vowel sound between every consonant sound, and always end in a vowel sound?

Not all.

The letter ん or ン is like the letter N without a vowel and is used to conclude a syllable, like the N in "Convoy" (コンボイ Konboi).

Sounds like something Flavor Flave would say: Con Boiiiiiii!

monstrinhotron wrote:Gregevor = Greg + Trevor perhaps. No idea where that might come from though

Cobotron wrote:Or the N in Poke Mon?

Sabrblade wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Or the N in Poke Mon?

Precisely.

ポケモン (Pokemon)

Or in "Megatron" (メガトロン Megatoron)

'Course, it's the only letter that caps off a syllable without a vowel sound. Everything else has a vowel sound attached it.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?

Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber"

Yeah, exactly as I said then: greenjeep spelled phonetically when said in a japanese accent

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:This is basically the new "Minelba/Minerva".

Except for the fact "Minerva" has a base in the Latin language. "Gregevor", on the other hand, does not.

Sabrblade wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Or the N in Poke Mon?

Precisely.

ポケモン (Pokemon)

Or in "Megatron" (メガトロン Megatoron)

'Course, it's the only letter that caps off a syllable without a vowel sound. Everything else has a vowel sound attached it.

primalxconvoy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Or the N in Poke Mon?

Precisely.

ポケモン (Pokemon)

Or in "Megatron" (メガトロン Megatoron)

'Course, it's the only letter that caps off a syllable without a vowel sound. Everything else has a vowel sound attached it.

To add to the confusion, the sound is interchangeable with /m/ (as an end sound). For example, there is a station in Chiba with two romaji signs, showing "Kahin Makuhari" and "KahiM Makuhari" next to each other.

The kana for mu, む/ム, was originally used for the n sound as well, while ん was originally a hentaigana used for both n and mu. In the 1900 Japanese script reforms, hentaigana were officially declared obsolete, and ん was officially declared a kana to represent the n sound.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:So that giant Prime appears to be based off those animation stills we saw. Too bad it doesn't come with a weapon all its own. I also find it funny that one of its features is a sliding panel for the QR code.