Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto

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Takara has posted a new 2 page comic on their website to promote their first wave of Velocitron toys: Road Rocket, Burn Out, Road Hauler and Blurr. The comic is from Sakamoto and while it is only 2 pages, there are lots of fun Easter Eggs. We see that in whatever universe this comic is taking place in, Burn Out is indeed a Diaclone toy, with Dia driving. Some fans might wonder if the extra characters we see cheering them on may hint at anything and we can tell you in full confidence that THEY DO NOT. Those extra characters are just there to give each of the releases one particular character linked directly to them to cheer them on. So a fellow Diaclone toy, a fellow IDW barman, a fellow Ninja and the most powerful Constructicon.

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Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142929)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on August 27th, 2022 @ 9:59am CDT

Last night at Wal-Mart I noticed that Scourge's price tag actually calls him Black Convoy. Was he referred to that name in the listings? I just think it's odd he has 1 name on the box and another in the store.

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142930)
Posted by sol magnus on August 27th, 2022 @ 10:04am CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:Last night at Wal-Mart I noticed that Scourge's price tag actually calls him Black Convoy. Was he referred to that name in the listings? I just think it's odd he has 1 name on the box and another in the store.

His case box says BLK Convoy, too.

Hey you need a Blitzwing? Store up the street from my job has one...Walmart.

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142932)
Posted by william-james88 on August 27th, 2022 @ 10:26am CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:Last night at Wal-Mart I noticed that Scourge's price tag actually calls him Black Convoy. Was he referred to that name in the listings? I just think it's odd he has 1 name on the box and another in the store.

Black Convoy is his name in all initial retailer listings and its the name on the case/shipping box.

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142940)
Posted by Randomhero on August 27th, 2022 @ 2:24pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Last night at Wal-Mart I noticed that Scourge's price tag actually calls him Black Convoy. Was he referred to that name in the listings? I just think it's odd he has 1 name on the box and another in the store.

Black Convoy is his name in all initial retailer listings and its the name on the case/shipping box.

Hasbro used it due to another figure also possibly being on the shelf also called scourge

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142942)
Posted by william-james88 on August 27th, 2022 @ 2:48pm CDT

Randomhero wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Last night at Wal-Mart I noticed that Scourge's price tag actually calls him Black Convoy. Was he referred to that name in the listings? I just think it's odd he has 1 name on the box and another in the store.

Black Convoy is his name in all initial retailer listings and its the name on the case/shipping box.

Hasbro used it due to another figure also possibly being on the shelf also called scourge

That is just fan speculation and from what we were told by Hasbro developers who worked on this toy, it's more than likely flat out false.

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142943)
Posted by Razorbeast88 on August 27th, 2022 @ 2:53pm CDT

I thought they said they went with black convoy since that was the Japanese name and car robots came out first or something like that

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142944)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 27th, 2022 @ 2:56pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Last night at Wal-Mart I noticed that Scourge's price tag actually calls him Black Convoy. Was he referred to that name in the listings? I just think it's odd he has 1 name on the box and another in the store.

Black Convoy is his name in all initial retailer listings and its the name on the case/shipping box.

Hasbro used it due to another figure also possibly being on the shelf also called scourge

That is just fan speculation and from what we were told by Hasbro developers who worked on this toy, it's more than likely flat out false.

In Japan "Black Convoy" is a more generic name or descriptor for both RiD 2001 Scourge and a lot of Nemesis Primes, guess they found out the latter part a bit too late

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142947)
Posted by Randomhero on August 27th, 2022 @ 3:36pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Last night at Wal-Mart I noticed that Scourge's price tag actually calls him Black Convoy. Was he referred to that name in the listings? I just think it's odd he has 1 name on the box and another in the store.

Black Convoy is his name in all initial retailer listings and its the name on the case/shipping box.

Hasbro used it due to another figure also possibly being on the shelf also called scourge

That is just fan speculation and from what we were told by Hasbro developers who worked on this toy, it's more than likely flat out false.

Well they also gave us a half baked reason for the deco which looks more like they based him off the wrong image off Google. It’s happened before

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142955)
Posted by william-james88 on August 27th, 2022 @ 5:39pm CDT

Randomhero wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Last night at Wal-Mart I noticed that Scourge's price tag actually calls him Black Convoy. Was he referred to that name in the listings? I just think it's odd he has 1 name on the box and another in the store.

Black Convoy is his name in all initial retailer listings and its the name on the case/shipping box.

Hasbro used it due to another figure also possibly being on the shelf also called scourge

That is just fan speculation and from what we were told by Hasbro developers who worked on this toy, it's more than likely flat out false.

Well they also gave us a half baked reason for the deco which looks more like they based him off the wrong image off Google. It’s happened before

I get it though, the whole issue comes from the fact that Laser Prime has a translucent chest. Crazy how all deco choices stem from that. Because then, the chest must be the same colour as the windshield. So then be it scourge or any type of black Convoy, we get pink/red chest windows. And the rest ensues.

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142956)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on August 27th, 2022 @ 5:45pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Last night at Wal-Mart I noticed that Scourge's price tag actually calls him Black Convoy. Was he referred to that name in the listings? I just think it's odd he has 1 name on the box and another in the store.

Black Convoy is his name in all initial retailer listings and its the name on the case/shipping box.

Hasbro used it due to another figure also possibly being on the shelf also called scourge

That is just fan speculation and from what we were told by Hasbro developers who worked on this toy, it's more than likely flat out false.

Well they also gave us a half baked reason for the deco which looks more like they based him off the wrong image off Google. It’s happened before

I get it though, the whole issue comes from the fact that Laser Prime has a translucent chest. Crazy how all deco choices stem from that. Because then, the chest must be the same colour as the windshield. So then be it scourge or any type of black Convoy, we get pink/red chest windows. And the rest ensues.

I dont buy that, it would be just as easy to apply the tampos needed to the chest with or without translucent parts. Also the RTS repaint also had the the translucent windshield and was still closer to Scourge's deco than this new one

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142957)
Posted by william-james88 on August 27th, 2022 @ 6:28pm CDT

grimdragon2001 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Last night at Wal-Mart I noticed that Scourge's price tag actually calls him Black Convoy. Was he referred to that name in the listings? I just think it's odd he has 1 name on the box and another in the store.

Black Convoy is his name in all initial retailer listings and its the name on the case/shipping box.

Hasbro used it due to another figure also possibly being on the shelf also called scourge

That is just fan speculation and from what we were told by Hasbro developers who worked on this toy, it's more than likely flat out false.

Well they also gave us a half baked reason for the deco which looks more like they based him off the wrong image off Google. It’s happened before

I get it though, the whole issue comes from the fact that Laser Prime has a translucent chest. Crazy how all deco choices stem from that. Because then, the chest must be the same colour as the windshield. So then be it scourge or any type of black Convoy, we get pink/red chest windows. And the rest ensues.

I dont buy that, it would be just as easy to apply the tampos needed to the chest with or without translucent parts. Also the RTS repaint also had the the translucent windshield and was still closer to Scourge's deco than this new one

I'm just writing the explanation Hasbro gave in their decision process for the deco

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142975)
Posted by Emerje on August 28th, 2022 @ 2:32am CDT

Razorbeast88 wrote:I thought they said they went with black convoy since that was the Japanese name and car robots came out first or something like that

That was their excuse for using RID 2000 instead of 2001.

Sam said they weren't actually sure what figure they were designing at the time (even the name Nemesis Prime was possible), the only mandate from higher up was that it had to have a silver tanker. He admitted that the chest colors were a mistake on his part, it seems he didn't really understand the nuances between the designs.

Reposting this from the previous article:

On the topic of the comic, I'm going to guess the remaining cheerers for part 2 of the comic. Hot Shot or Clocker for Override, Deep Cover for Clampdown, and Skybite or Dark Ai for Scourge.

Emerje

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142991)
Posted by TOO MUCH ENERGON! on August 28th, 2022 @ 11:30am CDT

I’ll be all over Scourge when or if I find one, but I truly have no idea what this line is supposed to be.

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2142992)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 28th, 2022 @ 11:36am CDT

TOO MUCH ENERGON! wrote:I’ll be all over Scourge when or if I find one, but I truly have no idea what this line is supposed to be.

It's the ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ line.

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2143000)
Posted by william-james88 on August 28th, 2022 @ 1:14pm CDT

TOO MUCH ENERGON! wrote:I’ll be all over Scourge when or if I find one, but I truly have no idea what this line is supposed to be.

It's more product for Wal-Mart, nothing more

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2143006)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 28th, 2022 @ 1:30pm CDT

TOO MUCH ENERGON! wrote:I’ll be all over Scourge when or if I find one, but I truly have no idea what this line is supposed to be.

It's a slightly more cohesively themed Buzzworthy Bumblebee line

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2143010)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 28th, 2022 @ 2:00pm CDT

The comic is cute, also appreciate IDW2005 Swerve finding another Blurr to cheer for

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2143012)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 28th, 2022 @ 2:17pm CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:The comic is cute, also appreciate IDW2005 Swerve finding another Blurr to cheer for

I thought he was cheering on IDW Blurr or is this supposed to be IDW Version 2.0 Blur?

As for what the line is about, well, let's imagine shall we...

Hasbro exec: Walmart need another exclusive tf line, and your going to give it to them!

Designer: okay...what's it about? I mean we doing original toys or what?

Hasbro exec: whatever we have in the budget and not a cent more!

Designer: so redecos then...

Hasbro Exec: no idea what you're talking about.

Designer: but it needs a theme! Why are we pulling these characters together?

Designer B: ohh Animated collection! We can redeco the Ark as Omega Supreme!

Hasbro Exec: you're fired...look, people like nascar and stuff, so do a race, but put more thought into it! Now I'm going for my elevenses at starbucks, I want you working on this non-stop!

Designer C: so...a inter-dimensional race?

Designer A: yeah, I'm thinking a race...

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2143013)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 28th, 2022 @ 2:25pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:The comic is cute, also appreciate IDW2005 Swerve finding another Blurr to cheer for

I thought he was cheering on IDW Blurr or is this supposed to be IDW Version 2.0 Blur?

I dunno, I'm just going with it's an alternate universe IDW Blurr since the main IDW Blurr was killed by Unicron.

Re: Two Page Velocitron Speedia 500 Comic from Takara and Sakamoto (2143016)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 28th, 2022 @ 2:48pm CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:The comic is cute, also appreciate IDW2005 Swerve finding another Blurr to cheer for

I thought he was cheering on IDW Blurr or is this supposed to be IDW Version 2.0 Blur?

I dunno, I'm just going with it's an alternate universe IDW Blurr since the main IDW Blurr was killed by Unicron.

Honestly, I don't think anyone (from the designers to Sakamoto) even thought about that.

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