Tokyo Wonderfest Images of Transformers Masterpeice MP48 Lio Convoy With Weapons Drawn
Sunday, July 28th, 2019 2:11AM CDT
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 28th, 2019 @ 9:39am CDT
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Posted by william-james88 on July 28th, 2019 @ 7:53pm CDT
Stargrave wrote:I find the transforming shoulder so compelling it’s like a magic eye picture I just stare at it every time I see it. I feel like I see a new hinge or flap every time.
I feel the same way.
Posted by ebonyleopard on July 28th, 2019 @ 8:45pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 28th, 2019 @ 11:04pm CDT
If I may ask, how far along are ya into the series?Ebonyleopard wrote:Thanks to Youtube and them finally making some English Subtitles, I've been watching Beast Wars II over the weekend and man, what a goofy, but still fun series. It's interesting seeing how Lax and too cool of school Japan "Convoys" are compared to Optimus as characters.
And, if you wish to share any more in-depth thoughts about the show, here's the sort of 'de facto' discussion thread for Beast Wars Second (and here's the one for Beast Wars Neo, when you get to that series).
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on July 30th, 2019 @ 1:40pm CDT
Stargrave wrote: I’ve never seen an episode of Lio’s show but I know him as an iconic character

Posted by Stargrave on July 30th, 2019 @ 2:09pm CDT
I can vividly remember wishing I could snag that white lion Prime I thought it looked rad. I can remember seeing the old BW Unicron in a magazine for the first time and it blowing my mind.
I never learned Japanese but I would always grab Hobby Japan any time my local comic shop had one scanning every page for hours. I’m sure through that and other media at the time crossing over to the states I became familiar with the look and the cast if not the storyline.
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on July 30th, 2019 @ 2:25pm CDT
So when I did try to watch the pilot for BWII many years later, it completely rubbed me the wrong way. To be frank, I am completely indifferent to the Japanese BW Shows, to the point I see/acknowledge no link between them and the Mainframe series. As for the toys, the only figures from those lines I like are redecos or retools of existing BW figures. In their original colours, of course. As some of the repaints, such as Spittor and Claw Jaw, look terrible in Second/Neo.
My query however, was that you stated you'd never seen an episode of Second, but know Lio as an "iconic character".
As I said, yes, from a visual standpoint, he is Optimus Prime: The Lion. Aside from that. as he was a field commander of a single season show, he isn't really anymore iconic a character, per say, than other one off characters, such as Car Robot's Fire Truck Optimus or BM Nightscream...
Posted by Stargrave on July 30th, 2019 @ 2:32pm CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on July 30th, 2019 @ 4:03pm CDT
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on July 30th, 2019 @ 4:12pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:I'd say Lio is iconic, but mileage would vary between perspectives. I also have no problems with how BWII and Neo turned out. Remember they were kids shows and geared as such, and don't forget cultural differences.
Iconic, as in he looks like someone else. Like a famous older brother, you share a resemblance with. The character isn't really in his own right.
They're all kids shows, though. Sunbow to Beast Machines, Car Robots to [insert current show name]. The difference is not all of them narratively treat their audience like they are stupid.
Ah, yes Cultural differences... IE the horrendous Beast Wars dub. To this day, I am morbidly curious how they made Transmutate "funny".
Posted by ZeroWolf on July 30th, 2019 @ 4:17pm CDT

Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on July 30th, 2019 @ 4:27pm CDT
It is still so bizarre that they don't tailor these figure lines and releases to the majority of the world's view of Transformers. Preferential treatment of your home fanbase is one thing, but surely the international fans outnumber them physically and financially? It doesn't make sense to cater to the few over the many. MP Rhinox, for example, would have been infinitely more preferable over another Prime.
Posted by ZeroWolf on July 30th, 2019 @ 4:31pm CDT
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on July 30th, 2019 @ 4:37pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 30th, 2019 @ 6:36pm CDT
G1 Prime
G1 Rodimus Prime (last year)
Fort Max (TR)
Ginrai (TR)
Star Saber (MP, hopefully something mainline soon)
Dai Atlas (Legends)
Star Convoy (Selects)
G2 Prime (TR)
Optimus Primal (MP,PotP)
Lio convoy (MP)
Big Convoy (Encore rerelease)
Armada Prime (looking like Selects)
Energon Prime (CW maybe?)
Cybertron Prime (Siege)
There aren't that many commanders left to do after the past few years
Posted by ZeroWolf on July 30th, 2019 @ 6:40pm CDT

Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 30th, 2019 @ 6:42pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:You left out MP-44 for an update to G1 prime... Or the siege figure
I just said G1 Prime in general, he always gets updates

Posted by blackeyedprime on July 30th, 2019 @ 8:34pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 30th, 2019 @ 8:59pm CDT
blackeyedprime wrote:Doesnt exactly hold true when updates havent been better or plain reissues like bigconvoy (even the new big gun version isnt an update as such) but it will likely all have been covered by the 50th anniversary with the possible exception of that car robots/Rid armada prime as he first appeared in armada.
that's why I included the Encore stuff: maybe not an update, but a reissue, like the RiD Magnus/Prime set.
They may not be new, and they might also not be better, but we are getting a version of all the commanders someway or another
Posted by Sabrblade on July 30th, 2019 @ 9:47pm CDT
Though, while he sounds plain as paper to Westerners, he did get more interesting later in the series when Lio Junior was introduced and brought in some drama with Lio Convoy being unexpectedly thrust into a "deadbeat dad" role, and even later still when he and Galvatron would begin to partake in civil debates over their conflicting philosophies and ideologies.
Posted by william-james88 on July 30th, 2019 @ 11:33pm CDT
Posted by Stargrave on July 31st, 2019 @ 12:08am CDT
william-james88 wrote:I just like him because he is a transforming lion.
Amen to that shirt.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 31st, 2019 @ 8:07pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:I just like him because he is a transforming lion.
Cool Uncle Optimus lion. You can't really beat that
Posted by william-james88 on July 31st, 2019 @ 10:13pm CDT
Posted by blackeyedprime on August 1st, 2019 @ 4:32am CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 1st, 2019 @ 4:54am CDT
Posted by Ironhidensh on August 1st, 2019 @ 6:54am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:We still don't have a full list of the extras he comes with which will be the ultimate decider if the price is justifiable for many. Though given the recent price increases on the masterpiece line I'm not suprised really
Yeah, this sounds par for recent course. Hound may very well be the final official MP I purchase. 3rd party is now cheaper than official. We will see, though. If Takara manages to knock one out of the park...... but given the new Bumblebee design, and Prime’s price, I think those days are over.
Posted by Stargrave on August 1st, 2019 @ 9:14am CDT
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Posted by Stargrave on August 1st, 2019 @ 1:49pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 4th, 2019 @ 9:56am CDT
https://twitter.com/robo_fun/status/1157301777101799424




Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 4th, 2019 @ 10:14am CDT


Posted by Ironhidensh on August 4th, 2019 @ 10:28am CDT
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 4th, 2019 @ 10:31am CDT
Ironhidensh wrote:I'm thinking that its a bad camera angle, but is it smaller than the original?
I thought the same. I think it is. The base body, minus shoulder kibble, looks a lot smaller.
Posted by Sabrblade on August 4th, 2019 @ 10:32am CDT
You mean that movie that so obviously ripped off from one of Japan's biggest icons (who actually was the original inspiration for Convoy's being a white lion) but which Disney will never admit to having done?AllNewSuperRobot wrote:In light of Lio's default colour palette, they do seem to have missed out on one redeco in particular...


Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 4th, 2019 @ 10:34am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:You mean that movie that so obviously ripped off from one of Japan's biggest icons (who actually was the original inspiration for Convoy's being a white lion) but which Disney will never admit to having done?AllNewSuperRobot wrote:In light of Lio's default colour palette, they do seem to have missed out on one redeco in particular...![]()
Bingo!

The "completely original idea", that was the first Disney film to draw from NO source material...

Posted by Sabrblade on August 4th, 2019 @ 10:34am CDT
It is, but the original was an in-articulate brick that towered over all of his compatriots and scaled poorly with virtually every other figure in the line. This new one is better scaled, better proportioned, better articulated, and even sizes well with the original 1999 Big Convoy toy.Ironhidensh wrote:I'm thinking that its a bad camera angle, but is it smaller than the original?
Posted by Sabrblade on August 4th, 2019 @ 10:38am CDT
Yeah, that label wouldn't actually come until a year later with the release of A Goofy Movie (story-wise, at least).AllNewSuperRobot wrote:The "completely original idea", that was the first Disney film to draw from NO source material...

Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 4th, 2019 @ 10:44am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:It is, but the original was an in-articulate brick that towered over all of his compatriots and scaled poorly with virtually every other figure in the line. This new one is better scaled, better proportioned, better articulated, and even sizes well with the original 1999 Big Convoy toy.Ironhidensh wrote:I'm thinking that its a bad camera angle, but is it smaller than the original?
Weird to think, Gigatron, the Ten Former, came out a year after Big Convoy and is one of the most articulated multi-formers HasTak have ever made

Posted by william-james88 on August 19th, 2019 @ 2:32pm CDT
While the initial KOs were passable for people who didnt mind having unofficial figures, its now becoming a less favourable option, even for those inclined to purchase them. Recent MPs have been having more parts than ever before, leading to higher prices. While the KOs of said MPs (Sunstreaker, Dinobot) are cheaper than the original, they are still more costly than previous KOs and since they are far more inferior to the original product than previous KOs, it seems the MP KO market may no longer be viable for fans since the sub par product (ie KO Sunstreaker or Dinobot) will truly feel subpar.
basically, with these KOs you are now paying less for a lesser product rather than getting something of decent quality for cheap.
Posted by blackeyedprime on August 22nd, 2019 @ 1:14pm CDT
Posted by BLUDGEON on August 30th, 2019 @ 3:09pm CDT
Anyone have an idea when Spoiler will come out and how much he will cost? Ive seen some wildly differing prices
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 30th, 2019 @ 3:12pm CDT
BLUDGEON wrote:Can we talk about 3rd party TFs? Does anyone collect Fanstoys MPs?
Anyone have an idea when Spoiler will come out and how much he will cost? Ive seen some wildly differing prices
Here

Posted by MadProject on August 31st, 2019 @ 5:02pm CDT
[youtube]0eYEamhuZH8&t=1002s[/youtube]
posting the full link in case the identify code is wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eYEamh ... H5t10bAd7I
Posted by Ironhidensh on August 31st, 2019 @ 7:47pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on August 31st, 2019 @ 8:35pm CDT
But first, you will find an English video review of Bumblebee from Ton Ton. We thank fellow Seibertronian MadProject for sending some of these to us. Please let us know what you think of these two toys and if you feel Prime is worth the price now that you own him.
Posted by Archforce on August 31st, 2019 @ 8:43pm CDT
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