Takara Tomy Transformers Generations TG-25 Orion Pax vs. Megatron

I like Orion Pax robot and car mode,,about time we get this figure,,, as for Megatron,,, he looks bad ass.

Pretty anachronistic figure pairing.

Ravage XK wrote:Only thing I don't like is Prime's err Pax's head hatch.

But it look like him:

Ravage XK wrote:Its not blue!!

Looks blue (w/ a silver face) to me.

The toy, that is.

Sabrblade wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:Its not blue!!

Looks blue (w/ a silver face) to me.

The toy, that is.

The head flap, behind his head. Its red, nothing a little paint wont fix and hardly a major issue.

Holy metallic paint, Batman!

Both are done beautifully. I really want that Megatron... no wait, I want Dreadwing more than I want Megatron. Dammit.

I have zero problems with Orion Pax. The shininess is strong with him.

Mindmaster wrote:Holy metallic paint, Batman!

Both are done beautifully. I really want that Megatron... no wait, I want Dreadwing more than I want Megatron. Dammit.

I have zero problems with Orion Pax. The shininess is strong with him.

Hehe, the shininess is calling me too . I was going to skip these molds initially, however these pics have convinced me that it won't be that easy. I'll likely give in to Takara's paint powers and put in preorders after all (once they become available that is).

Rated X wrote:So the G1 cartoon is not American made anime style ? That’s news to me. I guess if the humans don’t look like elves with huge hairdos, some people wont consider it true anime. Just my opinion.

Officially, anime cartoons are cartoons created by Japan, for Japan first and foremost, with international markets taking second priority.

The G1 cartoon was made for America by American companies Marvel and Sunbow, who only outsourced the animation to studios in Asia, namely Toei in Japan and AKOM in Korea.

Lots of non-anime American cartoons have their animation outsourced to overseas studios. The Simpsons, Batman: The Animated Series, Animaniacs, Muppet Babies, and even Transformers: Prime, to name a few. But none of these cartoons are anime due to their West origins and intended audiences.

Even shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender and Teen Titans aren't anime, despite of their animation being heavily and obviously influenced by anime art styles, due to them being American creations.

Rated X wrote:Optimus with a mouth just flat out sucks.

Good thing this is "pre-Optimus", then.

Rated X wrote:He sucked in Animated.

Opinion, not fact.

Rated X wrote:He sucked in Bayverse.

Opinion, not fact.

Rated X wrote:A G1 head would be an improvement. That’s all Im saying Call in the good Dr. Wu for a head transplant…

And again, opinion, not fact.

Also, behind the scenes, G1 cartoon Optimus did have a mouth:



We just never saw it because there was another cel for his faceplate placed over it for his speaking animations.

Rated X wrote:Sabrblade, one picture is worth a thousand words...

That just made my day....thanks Sabrblade!

You comic book fans trip me out lol. In my OPINION, IDW ruined Orion Pax. In G1 he used to be way more cool. A totally different character than Optimus. He even had a chick.



All IDW did was turn him into baby Optimus Prime. Kind of like Hot Rod before he became Rodimus.

Also, that pic of the "smiling Optimus" you posted, X, that's not from a comic book.

That's from a 1980s children's storybook.

A little-known one at that, that barely anyone in the fandom outside of only the most diehard of fans (without using TFWiki) would know anything about, much less would have even read it.