Transformers Collectors' Club Exclusives Lio Convoy is starting to Arrive

Youtube reviewer "Peaugh" took a photo and posted it on twitter of his that arrived....yeah....

Randomhero wrote:Youtube reviewer "Peaugh" took a photo and posted it on twitter of his that arrived....yeah....

That looks HORRIBLE! There is NO excuse for such shoddy workmanship on such a high-priced figure! None!

Randomhero wrote:Youtube reviewer "Peaugh" took a photo and posted it on twitter of his that arrived....yeah....

Yeesh... that's really bad even by Club standards. Did something happen to the molds, or the materials that they were made from?

I remember saying when pictures first came out months ago "man that head sculpt looks horrible compared to the concept art". I also remember being told "it looks fine, you're over exaggerating they never look like the concept art". Who's laughing now! Still not me.

Randomhero wrote:Youtube reviewer "Peaugh" took a photo and posted it on twitter of his that arrived....yeah....

Peaugh didn't get his from the club, either. So. Pretty sure he got one that ended up in the "factory reject" pile.

Randomhero wrote:Youtube reviewer "Peaugh" took a photo and posted it on twitter of his that arrived....yeah....

Peaugh didn't get his from the club, either. So. Pretty sure he got one that ended up in the "factory reject" pile.

Here's a few up close shots of the head on mine for comparison.




EDIT: Fixed! Thanks again, shajaki!

Zomatron wrote:Here's a few up close shots of the head on mine for comparison.

Fix'd!
If you use the "img" tag you can show us the pics instead of just link them to us

Anyways it looks much better that other shot!

shajaki wrote:

Zomatron wrote:Here's a few up close shots of the head on mine for comparison.

Fix'd!
If you use the "img" tag you can show us the pics instead of just link them to us

Anyways it looks much better that other shot!

I did try that, but I couldn't get it to work for some reason. Now I know why. Thank you!

He's purty! Hope he arrives before the next Podcast recording!

I cant wait for Nova Prime to come in the mail

Okay, now I need to start readying my "No, honey... I didn't buy something else off of ebay" speech. "This is a free figure from the TF Club... honest! Really..."

looking forward to mine arriving. Probably sometime next month with international shipping, but I'll be picking up Nova Prime at the post office tomorrow (hopefully)

Can't wait for my TCC Lio Convoy to come so I can pose him next to my Legend Commander Collection Lio Convoy.

Sabrblade wrote:Can't wait for my TCC Lio Convoy to come so I can pose him next to my Legend Commander Collection Lio Convoy.

Make sure to post a picture!

shajaki wrote:

Zomatron wrote:Here's a few up close shots of the head on mine for comparison.

Fix'd!
If you use the "img" tag you can show us the pics instead of just link them to us

Anyways it looks much better that other shot!

Lio Prime has such a long face. It probably would've been better to give the Orion headsculpt a faceplate and taller antenna ears

Zomatron wrote:Here's a few up close shots of the head on mine for comparison.




EDIT: Fixed! Thanks again, shajaki!

Thanks for these. And that is a lot better head than before.

Popular Youtuber Peaugh has gotten his hands on the Transformers Collectors' Club Exclusive Lio Convoy, and as usual fired up his video camera for a review! The Beast Wars: Uprising character is a retool of the Generations Orion Pax mold, sports a new head sculpt, and shares all this in common with the other Club Exclusive Nova Prime. Keep scrolling to see the Peaugh's review, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

Lol Peaugh you are funny! XD
Keep up the reviews! You and Optibotimus are my faves!

Looks like Peaugh got a headsculpt that isn't as sharp-looking as the one posted by Zomatron.

Sabrblade wrote:Looks like Peaugh got a headsculpt that isn't as sharp-looking as the one posted by Zomatron.

Maybe.

Sabrblade wrote:Can't wait for my TCC Lio Convoy to come so I can pose him next to my Legend Commander Collection Lio Convoy.

Post a pic *and* if the head fits, post a pic of this fig with LC lio convoy's head.

I always thought "Lio Convoy" was the Japanese version of Leo Prime, so isn't it pronounced Lee-Oh, not Lie-Oh?

I'm looking forward to mine arriving, whenever it does, be good to compare him in hand with Nova Prime

prjkt wrote:I always thought "Lio Convoy" was the Japanese version of Leo Prime, so isn't it pronounced Lee-Oh, not Lie-Oh?

The Japanese pronounce it like we would pronounce "Lion", so it's "Lie-Oh". In fact, "Lio" as part of a name is quite common there.

The paint on my Lio Convoy's head seems to bleed over where it is supposed to be on the eyes so that one eye looks bigger than the other. It's a small thing, but when the main thing advertised about a figure is that it has a new head... the head needs to be well painted, and not look like poo.

honestly I think they're a bit hindered in that regard because they have to make their heads single piece sculpts. Most (though admittedly not all) transformers have two piece head sculpts, where the eyes are part of the back piece of the head. That way even if the eyes are painted, they're done separately from the face, so there's no possibility of bleedover. If hasbro did all their heads single piece they'd probably have the same issue on a good portion of each run

Oh Snap! I was right about TFSS 3.0' first release.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Oh Snap! I was right about TFSS 3.0' first release.

windbreaker, huzzah.

I got my Lio Convoy today and his headsculpt deco really pops! The vivid shade of blue is gorgeous, and the paint apps are near perfect with virtually no flaws to speak of. I must have been fortunate because this is definitely one of the better headsculpt decos we've seen for this figure.

Got me Lio Convoy yesterday as well. He looks tight with great paint apps and a kickass looking head sculpt. This is the first figure I have of this mould and I have to say I was a bit let down when I opened the box and saw how small he is in alt mode. After transforming Lio though he turns into a badass looking, buff, tough little bot hehe. I'm ok with Beast Wars type characters being a little smaller since they suppose to be in the fiction. So glad Lio Convoy was the free one this time cause Nova just dont feel right in this mold, but Lio is awesome.

Thanks to fellow Seibertronians Bounti76 and Megatronus for letting us know that the first figure from Transformers Collectors' Club subscription service 3.0 has started to arrive in mailboxes. Even better they sent us pics of the newly arrived figure. Bounti76 has Nova Prime unboxing the figure while Chromia looks on. The images that Megatronus sent us gives us another look at the figure as well as the Kre-O pieces that make up G.B. Blackrock and a laser blaster that converts to a gaspump. Check your mailboxes to see if Carzap with G.B. Blackrock is waiting for you too.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Thanks to fellow Seibertronians Bounti76 and Megatronus for letting us know that the first figure from Transformers Collectors' Club subscription service 3.0 has started to arrive in mailboxes. Even better they sent us pics of the newly arrived figure. Bounti76 has Nova Prime unboxing the figure while Chromia looks on. The images that Megatronus sent us gives us another look at the figure as well as the Kre-O pieces that make up G.B. Blackrock and a laser blaster that converts to a gaspump. Check your mailboxes to see if Carzap with G.B. Blackrock is waiting for you too.

Lol I don't have a collectors club membership yet, but this guy looks awesome!

Honestly? He wasn't on my most anticipated list for the TFSS, let alone my list of figures that I'd want to rave about, but in hand, I feel like he's the best use of this mold so far, and a great figure. No tampos or paint running into the unpaintable plastic and suddenly stopping, no thin paint discolored by the black plastic of the forearms, reserved paint apps that bring out the details without overwhelming, and they fixed the forearm 5mm slots so the weapon halves can peg in under them again. Only thing wrong with mine is the ball joints for the feet seem to still have mold release fluid on them, making them too slick. I'll fix that tomorrow.

That's good to hear, the ports under the arms on Nightbeat and JP Gold Bumblebee are useless for posing without the use of blu-tac, so this guy should be a bit nicer to pose.

Perfect for my Neo G2 collection.

Don't tell me the only instructions to build the gas pump are just two pictures?

I got Lio Convoy today but I'm selling it to my friend since he's more into it. Not even opening the box, although I probably should now that I'm thinking about it. Really more into Nova Prime.

me too. I so wish Nova Prime was the club incentive figure instead of Lio

I think I'll be more into Lio. I've been liking the Beast Wars inspired figures, and the mold works for Nova Prime, but it's not perfect. Plus, the cat face on Lio in alt-mode is adorable.

Carzap comparisons





Nova Prime comparisons

I got Carzap! He's pretty danged cool. It's my first Kreo set. Should be fun to assemble.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I got Carzap! He's pretty danged cool. It's my first Kreo set. Should be fun to assemble.

Let us know if there are instructions for the build please.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I got Carzap! He's pretty danged cool. It's my first Kreo set. Should be fun to assemble.

Let us know if there are instructions for the build please.

There are not. There is just a picture of the final product fully built to draw reference from when building it. But, they later put full building instructions on YouTube:

How many months till the next TFSS figure?

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I got Carzap! He's pretty danged cool. It's my first Kreo set. Should be fun to assemble.

Let us know if there are instructions for the build please.

There are not. There is just a picture of the final product fully built to draw reference from when building it. But, they later put full building instructions on YouTube:

Yeah, as Sabrblade said, there aren't any. And it's... kinda dumb they didn't have them. A YouTube video is not an adequate substitute.

And thanks for the video, Sabr.

Regardless of including instructions or not, the final build is not a very stable one. I had to ignore part of the official configuration in order to make the final build a more solid piece, at the cost of having Blackrock's control console for the cannon mode stick out further away from where Blackrock stands, but he can still reach it.

Growing up with more Lego than I ever should have had made that thing an easy build. Now I haven't had new Lego for over a decade, but that Kreo kit just feels so much cheaper than the Lego i do have - is this a normal thing?

I am not sure where I saw this, I think it was on Facebook somewhere. For those who want to make their Nova Prime a bit more different than Lio Convoy, you can take those arm bits off and make little wing bits. I am using my Lio Convoy to show this because I don't have Nova Prime at this time. You just detach the arm bits and put them on the opposite shoulder kinda wedging them on wheel hinge. They stay on surprisingly well.

Cool!

Singaporean fansite Planet Iacon has uploaded in-hand images of Transformers Collectors' Club Subscription Service Tarantulas & Serpent O.R.! The demented spider is based off the Reveal the Shield Wreck-Gar mold, and more specifically the E-hobby retool Scrapheap which has only been released stateside once before as the Shattered Glass Botcon Exclusive Scrap Iron. Tarantulas is sporting his original (pre-Transmetal) deco primarily purple with yellow/green accents, but homages the Transmetal version with his two wheeled bike mode. Serpent O.R. is a repaint of Takara Generations TG-20 Ratbat (originally Generations Scourge) and is based on G.I Joe's Cobra Emperor Serpentor making him a rare dual franchise figure! See the images below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com: home for the best Galleries and Conversation around!

Tarantulas looks awesome!

Not sure about Serpent O.R., though... The in-hand pics make him out to be much brighter and less metallic than expected. At least there seems to be no risk of GPS.

I know that it would seem redundant seeing that Gens Senator Ratbat had the metallic plastic/paint, but Serpent, Oregon really need metallic pant, at least on the gold bits. It really looks like a horrible yellow, like armada hotshot/hulk hogan levels of yellow.