In-Hand Images of Takara Tomy Transformers Encore God Fire Convoy

Posted by Va'al Mar 23, 2018 at 12:01pm CDT 16,611 views

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A number of Hong Kong based Transformers fans, meeting up in the Hobbymizer discussion group on Facebook, have been sharing in-package and in-bubble images of the latest Encore release from Takara Tomy Transformers, showing off one of arguably the best engineered combining toys of the franchise, hailing back from the 2000s: God Fire Convoy / Omega Prime!

You can check out the mirrored images below, showing the separate God Magnus and Fire Convoy figures in their packaging and compare it all to the first release of the figure in the Seibertron.com galleries right here!

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Comment by Sabrblade Mar 23, 2018

Va'al wrote:

These are not the Encore toy. These are the old (and yellowed) Hasbro versions with a 3rd party sword.

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Comment by Kyleor Mar 23, 2018

Any in-hand word on any combined mode stability improvements?

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Comment by kuhlio Mar 23, 2018

Is it just me or does it look like they've included the hilt for the Matrix Sword to be held by Brave Max as well?

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Comment by Ultra Markus Mar 23, 2018

kuhlio wrote:Is it just me or does it look like they've included the hilt for the Matrix Sword to be held by Brave Max as well?

That sword they show in the pictures looks a lot like the perfect effect matrix sword
Where's the one that's supposed to be with it?

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Comment by kuhlio Mar 23, 2018

I know the original sword was a partial remold of the G1 Jap Fort/Grand Max sword with a different hilt. It looks like the hilt designed for the Fort/Grand/brave Max (G1) is included with this set so I wonder if the hilt is able to be swapped now to use the sword on both figures.

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Comment by Emerje Mar 23, 2018

kuhlio wrote:I know the original sword was a partial remold of the G1 Jap Fort/Grand Max sword with a different hilt. It looks like the hilt designed for the Fort/Grand/brave Max (G1) is included with this set so I wonder if the hilt is able to be swapped now to use the sword on both figures.

Makes me wonder if it's possible they're planning a Brave Maximus reissue. :-?

Emerje

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Comment by Sabrblade Mar 23, 2018

Emerje wrote:
kuhlio wrote:I know the original sword was a partial remold of the G1 Jap Fort/Grand Max sword with a different hilt. It looks like the hilt designed for the Fort/Grand/brave Max (G1) is included with this set so I wonder if the hilt is able to be swapped now to use the sword on both figures.

Makes me wonder if it's possible they're planning a Brave Maximus reissue.

Emerje

The original God Fire Convoy 2-pack that came with the Super God Sword originally included both the new hilt for God Fire Convoy and the original Fort Max hilt, so this could just be following in suit with that original release's inclusion of both hilts.

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Comment by Wireless_Phantom Mar 23, 2018

Why are there pictures of the original set and not the reissue?

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Comment by Sabrblade Mar 23, 2018

Wireless_Phantom wrote:Why are there pictures of the original set and not the reissue?

Only the out-of-package pics are of the old Hasbro version. The rest of the in-package pics are of the Encore.

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Comment by SmokeStack Mar 26, 2018

I find it funny that most pictures I see of the combined figure, has the waist transformed incorrectly.

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Comment by william-james88 Mar 30, 2018

Alfes2010 has updated their twitter with images of the Encore God Fore Convoy set.

As you can see from these imags, the colours are different. The colours are bold and the chrome has been removed.
The recordings featured in this toy is all new. These are from the original voice cast, Satoshi Hashimoto (Fire Convoy) and Takashi Matsuyama (God Magnus). There are far more sounds in this release than the previous one, over 40. New battle sounds will be activated as the robot is combined. For more info on the sound clips, you can click here.

Alfes states that, as with the original, the upper body heavy, especially with the battery inserted. Regarding, the Super God Sword, Alfes states the handle part becomes is made of harder material, and the disassembly & assembly is very easy to do. It being such a huge sword is really helpful for poses (so they say).

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Comment by Emerje Mar 31, 2018

Hopefully I'll have mine next week. First I need to fix my PayPal account after my bank told them my account was closed. :roll:

Probably I'll just add my debit card in the meantime.

Emerje

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Comment by Ultra Markus Mar 31, 2018

wheres the big autobot symbols on the sides of Ultra-magnus

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Mar 31, 2018

Ultra Markus wrote:wheres the big autobot symbols on the sides of Ultra-magnus

God Magnus never had

on the sides, nor did Fire Convoy: they were added for the RiD Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus releases. In fact, the most common difference between Car Robot and RiD toys is just that.

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Comment by Va'al Mar 31, 2018

Cleans up nicely. :-P

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Comment by megamanfan Mar 31, 2018

mine just shipped from HLJ. can't wait to get it.

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Comment by shajaki Mar 31, 2018

Was the original Fire Convoy really that... yellow? Possible sun bleaching aside...

I'm even one of the rare people who loves chrome, so I was pretty let down to see the shiny loveliness removed for this reissue. But seeing the finished product... it looks damn good. It's more uniform, polished even. And Prime and Magnus have strikingly yellow eyes, so handsome. I'm pretty psyched for this now.

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Comment by Sabrblade Mar 31, 2018

shajaki wrote:Was the original Fire Convoy really that... yellow?

It wasn't that badly yellowed, but it was admittedly a light creamish white.

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Comment by shajaki Apr 1, 2018

Sabrblade wrote:
shajaki wrote:Was the original Fire Convoy really that... yellow?
It wasn't that badly yellowed, but it was admittedly a light creamish white.

Even if the original is off-white, this is a definite improvement. All around.