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Chapter 49 of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Manga Now Online

Posted by Va'al Feb 14, 2018 at 3:49am CST 18,163 views
Thanks to fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath, we have the latest chapter of the Takara Tomy Transformers Legends manga - chapter 49, to be exact - as found on the official page of the company's website here.

Notable for this instalment is the cartoon accuracy in plenty of character designs from artist Hayato Sakamoto, the presence of UW Convoy Grand Prime (Optimus Maximus), the Targetmasters Topspin, Twintwist, Misfire, Triggerhappy and Slugslinger, plus the Masterpiece MP-15/16E Cassettebots and Cassetrons (Wingthing and Enemy, plus blue coloured versions of Laserbeak and Ravage - possibly Garboil and Howlback from the Cobalt Sentries - and a white one, for some reason) and more, including no unnecessary fanservice of any kind! Check it all out below, and join the discussion in the Energon Pub.

Transformers News: Chapter 49 of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Manga Now Online

Transformers News: Chapter 49 of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Manga Now Online

Transformers News: Chapter 49 of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Manga Now Online

Transformers News: Chapter 49 of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Manga Now Online

Transformers News: Chapter 49 of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Manga Now Online

Transformers News: Chapter 49 of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Manga Now Online

Transformers News: Chapter 49 of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Manga Now Online

Transformers News: Chapter 49 of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Manga Now Online

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Comment by primalxconvoy Feb 14, 2018
Great post! I think the blue Lazerbeak and Ravage are "Howlback" ( http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Howlback_(G1) ) and Garboil ( http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Howlback_(G1) ), both of which are "Cobalt Sentries" ( http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cobalt_Sentry ).
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Comment by ZeroWolf Feb 14, 2018
Ah yes, it is transmetals 2 megatron, was thrown by the head silhouette. Still this is crazy though.
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Comment by Big Grim Feb 14, 2018
Man, gimme a MP class Garboil and Howlback!
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Comment by Deadput Feb 14, 2018
Now this was a pretty awesome comic.
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Comment by primalxconvoy Feb 14, 2018
YES! I might write to Takara and tell them. THIS is something I think we ALL like, right?
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Comment by Cyberpath Feb 14, 2018
Looks like an attempt to give Slugslinger and the others some back-story. This comic takes place before they became Decepticon Targetmasters (Japanese continuity.)

The bottom line of panels in the last page shows Slugslinger as a Targetmaster in the Headmasters cartoon, then as a Target/Headmaster in the "Legends" world.

Somewhere in the middle of the story it looks he's using some kind of transformation cog (style "The Ultimate Weapon") to give himself the ability to connect the Megatron gun into the end of his arm (in the same manner his Targetmaster partner would later connect, in the Japanese series.)
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Comment by fenrir72 Feb 14, 2018
=P~ =P~ =P~ G1 awesomesauce! Even KP Glit and Enemy shows up! :x
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Comment by Emerje Feb 14, 2018
Man, so many named background characters and off screen characters getting some story time. Even "Megatron Black Version".

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Pretty crazy.

Emerje
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Comment by Sabrblade Feb 14, 2018
Oh, SNAP! Now this is the kind of continuity porn I can get behind!

This story (minus the very end) must be set at some point after G1 season 2, with the Targetmasters as not yet Targetmasters, and all those extra additions to both factions present (Hubcap, Overkill, Slugfest, Road Rage, the Omnibots, Artfire, Stepper, Crosscut, Hauler, Runamuck, Runabout, Tigertrack, Stripes, Twin Twist, Topspin, Megaplex, Sunstorm, Enemy, Wingthing, Garboil, Howlback, Nightstalker, and Glit).

The glowy thing they're all fighting over is inconsistently called either the "Transform Super Cog" or the "Super Transform Cog".

And that ending scene is set in the Legends World much later, with Slugslinger and Caliburst up to no good again.
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Comment by RiddlerJ Feb 14, 2018
It's about time the Jumpstarters took on the Battlechargers.
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Comment by primalxconvoy Feb 14, 2018
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Comment by DecepticonFinishline Feb 14, 2018
Putting Overkill and Slugfest in there feels a little rude. I don't think we'll ever get proper versions of those underratedbois. :/
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Comment by Sabrblade Feb 14, 2018
Until scans come out, here are some photos of the LG-EX Metroplex pack-in manga.

We get a full rundown of Metroplex's complete Japanese G1 history and more, including Metrobase's presence on Earth in the early 1980s (from the Micromaster manga), Metroplex's own creation in Scramble City, Metrotitan's birth in the Zone story pages, Metroplex and Metrotitan engaging one another in battle, Super Convoy's becoming a Powermaster with the Nebulan Hi-Q to acquire Nucleon Energy, Metroplex's powerup from his cartoon body to his Titan class toy body, Straxus's turning Megatron good to turn Metrotitan even more evil, Metroplex defeating Metrotitan at last putting the Metrowars to an end, the Cybertron Alliance being formed between Optimus and a reformed Megatron, everyone becoming Action Masters for the new era of peace, Megatron's friend Kiloton being murdered by humanity, said murder instigating the Generation 2 wars, Metroplex being pulled into the Legends World to defeat the Zamojin-controlled Windblade, many faces from across time and the multiverse likewise turning up in the Legends World, Trypticon's most recent resurrection in the Legends World and his fight with Metroplex there, and all the Citybots becoming New Akihabara City.

Plus, Megatron and Metroplex looking over the city together, and then Metroplex and the Aerialbots partaking in the energon barbecue that they had in the Aerialbots' Unite Warriors Offshot (with Armada Thrust being the one who takes the photo of that event), and then the upcoming Autobot Targetmaster Partners suddenly appear.

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Comment by Rodimus Knight Feb 14, 2018
I hope the transmetal Megatron is a sign of things to come.
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Comment by ZeroWolf Feb 14, 2018
Rodimus Knight wrote:I hope the transmetal Megatron is a sign of things to come.

You mean the black megatron? That's just a recolourof his G1 toy so if anything it means a redeco of the mp figure.
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Comment by gothsaurus Feb 14, 2018
Sweet heavens, it's like someone made a comic out of all the figures I still desperately want! The Omnibots, Battlechargers, Cobalt Sentry, Slugfest & Overkill, the Autobot Targetmasters, Hauler, Sunstorm, SG Ravage, Megaplex, a decent Huffer... not to mention a Transformation Cog accessory.

They also feature Artfire and Stepper, which I'm hoping may be on their list to repaint from the currently-on-the-press Inferno and Jazz.

Someone hand this to Hasbro/Takara with "My Want List" scrawled across the top of it!!!

So... much... hope....
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Comment by Sabrblade Feb 14, 2018
Rodimus Knight wrote:I hope the transmetal Megatron is a sign of things to come.
It's not. It's there as an illustrated reference to how Beast Wars Megatron stole G1 Megatron's spark to become his Transmetal 2 dragon form, and that when G1 Megatron's spark was inside BW Megatron's body, G1 Meggy's spark was exposed to BW Megs's Transmetal energy, which lay dormant inside G1 Megatron's spark until this point, in which it now surfaces and turns G1 Megatron into a Transmetal himself, his black version.
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Comment by Va'al Feb 14, 2018
Thanks to fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade, we have some preliminary images of another instalment in the Takara Tomy Transformers Legends manga, this one coming from the pack-in comic that accompanies the LG-EX Metroplex release. Sabrblade was also kind enough to provide a rundown of everything apparently taking place in the comic, so you can take a read for yourselves before diving into the art, too - check it out below mirrored from fellow fan Art Vandelay!

We get a full rundown of Metroplex's complete Japanese G1 history and more, including Metrobase's presence on Earth in the early 1980s (from the Micromaster manga), Metroplex's own creation in Scramble City, Metrotitan's birth in the Zone story pages, Metroplex and Metrotitan engaging one another in battle, Super Convoy's becoming a Powermaster with the Nebulan Hi-Q to acquire Nucleon Energy, Metroplex's powerup from his cartoon body to his Titan class toy body, Straxus's turning Megatron good to turn Metrotitan even more evil, Metroplex defeating Metrotitan at last putting the Metrowars to an end, the Cybertron Alliance being formed between Optimus and a reformed Megatron, everyone becoming Action Masters for the new era of peace, Megatron's friend Kiloton being murdered by humanity, said murder instigating the Generation 2 wars, Metroplex being pulled into the Legends World to defeat the Zamojin-controlled Windblade, many faces from across time and the multiverse likewise turning up in the Legends World, Trypticon's most recent resurrection in the Legends World and his fight with Metroplex there, and all the Citybots becoming New Akihabara City.

Plus, Megatron and Metroplex looking over the city together, and then Metroplex and the Aerialbots partaking in the energon barbecue that they had in the Aerialbots' Unite Warriors Offshot (with Armada Thrust being the one who takes the photo of that event), and then the upcoming Autobot Targetmaster Partners suddenly appear.



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Re: Chapter 49 of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Manga Now Online (view post)
Comment by Rodimus Knight Feb 14, 2018
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Knight wrote:I hope the transmetal Megatron is a sign of things to come.
It's not. It's there as an illustrated reference to how Beast Wars Megatron stole G1 Megatron's spark to become his Transmetal 2 dragon form, and that when G1 Megatron's spark was inside BW Megatron's body, G1 Meggy's spark was exposed to BW Megs's Transmetal energy, which lay dormant inside G1 Megatron's spark until this point, in which it now surfaces and turns G1 Megatron into a Transmetal himself, his black version.


Well thanks for peeing on my fire.
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Comment by william-james88 Feb 14, 2018
Rodimus Knight wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Knight wrote:I hope the transmetal Megatron is a sign of things to come.
It's not. It's there as an illustrated reference to how Beast Wars Megatron stole G1 Megatron's spark to become his Transmetal 2 dragon form, and that when G1 Megatron's spark was inside BW Megatron's body, G1 Meggy's spark was exposed to BW Megs's Transmetal energy, which lay dormant inside G1 Megatron's spark until this point, in which it now surfaces and turns G1 Megatron into a Transmetal himself, his black version.


Well thanks for peeing on my fire.

Generaly speaking, these comics are not an indication of toys to come (as in, toys we dont know fo yet). Sakumoto just has fun and uses whichever characters he wants.
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