New Japanese Kre-O Comic Episode 9 Now Online

So Tarn, Trypticon and Thrustinator? SWEET.

If Tarn comes out, I really would want to get one, just for the heck of it.

And yet again, Sideways appears as a single leg.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And yet again, Sideways appears as a single leg.

I prefer the term, "charming".

Also Blackarachnia, Frenzy/Rumble, Thunderblast, and Beast Wars Rampage.

#Sideways# wrote:So Tarn, Trypticon and Thrustinator? SWEET.

That's Gigastorm, not Trypticon.

And Thrustinator's been in all of these since #4.

Energon Snow Cat!

Who's the green helicopter and the red jet?

Is that Toxitron and Octane in the first panel? And who's are the legs flying behind blackarachnia?

Godammit all of these better get made.

NovaSentinel wrote:Who's the green helicopter and the red jet?

Is that Toxitron and Octane in the first panel? And who's are the legs flying behind blackarachnia?

Godammit all of these better get made.

The green copter is Deathcobra, the 7th, fiction-only, member of the Liokaiser team. Hellbat had him killed, fearing his position to be obsolete as the team only needed 6 to fully combine. The red jet is Red Wing, the fourth Rainmaker in the BotCon 2013 comic.

And those are indeed Octane and Toxitron, in the second-last panel. Remember, manga is traditionally read right-to-left, top-to-bottom. Twisting my head around the flying legs tho.

For those who missed it:

Powered Convoy wrote:So lets see:

Snowcat
Bludgeon
Scavenger (?)
Dirge
Gigastorm
Rampage
Bluestreak
Jazz
Sideswipe
Thunderblast
Redwing (you can thank me for this one - see below)
Tarn
Death Cobra
Sideways
Sideswipe
Zarak
Frenzy (heh, he has legs for arms)
Octane
Blackarachnia
Toxitron
Some yellow/gold, purple, and black character (?)

It was mentioned on the Allspark when the last couple of comics went online that the artist who illustrates these reads the boards and was going to take suggestions as to who to put into the background of the comic.

One of my suggestions was Redwing, looks like he made it in. Some other suggestions probably made it in too.

But I'd like to see the Seekers show up including guys like Bitstream, Hotlink, Acidwing/storm, Redwing, etc.

Randy

Powered Convoy wrote:New Kre-O Comic


So lets see:

Snowcat
Bludgeon
Scavenger (?)
Dirge
Gigastorm
Rampage
Bluestreak
Jazz
Sideswipe
Thunderblast
Redwing (you can thank me for this one - see below)
Tarn
Death Cobra
Sideways
Sideswipe
Zarak
Frenzy (heh, he has legs for arms)
Octane
Blackarachnia
Toxitron
Some yellow/gold, purple, and black character (?)

Randy

I thought the yellow and purple one that we can only see the legs on was Swindle, but the printing does not match the actual Kreon of him.

Another comic.

http://www.takaratomy-marketing.co.jp/p ... 13_010.jpg

Randy

It's official, TakaraTomy can no longer deny a Metrotitan is planned.

As per tradition:

Panel 1:
Optimus Prime
Sideswipe
Fire Convoy
Lio Convoy
Big Connoy
Saber
Fortress / Cerebros
T-AI (taking a bath with Fire Convoy peeking, that's a reference to a PVC statuette)
Seaspray
Blaster
Lumina Hoshi
Countdown
Six-Gun
Scamper
Circuit Breaker
Another female I don't recognise. Sabrblade?

Panel 2:
Bumblebee (G1, Prime and blue Energon styles. Looks like he likes dressing up!)
Soundwave (as boombox)
Bulldog

Panel 3:
Megatron
Sideways (finally a full body shot!) with Crosswise head
Energon Six Shot
G1 Six Shot
Vector Prime
Guiltaur
Thunderwing
Pink animal thing
Several Constructicons
Some Gold guy
Some Red guy

Panel 4:
Kremzeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!
Thrustinator
Sky-Byte (playing with a ball like a seal, in the same pool T-AI was in. He was also part of the statuette)

Panel 5:
Starscream
Metrotitan
Dinoking
Metrobomb
Battle Gaia
Knockout
Breakdown
Lockdown
Rumble/Frenzy? Can't tell

Panel 7:
Rattrap
Jazz

Panel 8:
Sideways' leg (Ok, that has to be a tradition now)
Bluestreak
Wheeljack

Panel 9: (note the negligee from the "See-through Power" comic)
Razorclaw
Scorponok

Final Panel:
Jhiaxus
Vortex

Phew!

Other girl is Misha

Pink dragon is BWII Galvatron

Countdown could also be Moonradar

Gold guy w/ goggles is Fulcrum

Red guy is Kaon of the DJD

Robot mode Constructicon w/ the clawed hands could be Buildmaster

Someone who might or might not be Silverbolt is next to Optimus and Vector Prime at the bottom of Panel 3

Armada Tidal Wave in cartoon colors is with Dinoking and Lockdown

And Saber is airing out the bedsheets he wet, as a reference to the Victory ending theme saying that Star Saber did NOT wet the bed as a child.

Sabrblade wrote:Other girl is Misha

Pink dragon is BWII Galvatron

Countdown could also be Moonradar

Gold guy w/ goggles is Fulcrum

Red guy is Kaon of the DJD

Robot mode Constructicon w/ the clawed hands could be Buildmaster

Someone who might or might not be Silverbolt is next to Optimus and Vector Prime at the bottom of Panel 3

Armada Tidal Wave in cartoon colors is with Dinoking and Lockdown

And Saber is airing out the bedsheets he wet, as a reference to the Victory ending theme saying that Star Saber did NOT wet the bed as a child.

*brosisfist*

Takara Tomy has updated their official Transformers Kre-O website with episode 10 of their Kre-O web comic series. Enjoy the comic mirrored below!



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Helloooo Generations Metrotitan!! Yes please. Iwant i want i want.

Whats that? Did you say something about a Kreo?

In that last panel... Up there...! Is that...? IT IS! Kreon Sideways! If it is made, I will grab that SO FAST. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOSH

But anyway, anyone else see T-AI in the background as well? Ma-a-a-a-an, if they make these... Mmh!

EDIT: Also, Kremzeek. Because !

#Sideways# wrote:In that last panel... Up there...! Is that...? IT IS! Kreon Sideways! If it is made, I will grab that SO FAST. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOSH

But anyway, anyone else see T-AI in the background as well? Ma-a-a-a-an, if they make these... Mmh!

Sabrblade and I compiled the cameo list a couple of posts ago. And the comic is read in reverse in Japan (how many times have I said that already? )

So what's up with the seemingly inexplicable changes of Optimus Prime's and Megatron's torso designs from Generation One to Prime?

Mindmaster wrote:So what's up with the seemingly inexplicable changes of Optimus Prime's and Megatron's torso designs from Generation One to Prime?

Like Bumblebee, they both like dressing up it seems. Between panels even.

I'm pretty sure that's Bob in panel 9, and not Scorponok.

BOB!

Episode 11 of the Takara Tomy Kre-O web comic is up for you to enjoy. It is mirrored below for you viewing convenience.

Wahoo! The series ins't canceled! It just had a change of artist.

Let's see there's:

Optimus Prime
Bumblebee
Purple silhouette guy
A Constructicon
Jazz
Ratchet
Bulldog
Mindwipe
Weirdwolf
C-X
Alligatorcon
Cerebros (different guy from Fortress, apparently)
Ironhide
Mirage
Hound


Huh, not much fanwankery here besides C-X and the Alligatorcon.

I thought kreo was dead. You dont see them in stores anymore. The shelves they use to warm are now being warmed by constructobots. When will hasbro learn todays kids dont want to build crap ? They want the real figures not lego and erector sets.

Rated X wrote:I thought kreo was dead. You dont see them in stores anymore. The shelves they use to warm are now being warmed by constructobots. When will hasbro learn todays kids dont want to build crap ? They want the real figures not lego and erector sets.

This is TakaraTomy and Japan we're talking here. Not Hasbro. but I know you're going to ignore that for whatever reason anyway.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rated X wrote:I thought kreo was dead. You dont see them in stores anymore. The shelves they use to warm are now being warmed by constructobots. When will hasbro learn todays kids dont want to build crap ? They want the real figures not lego and erector sets.

This is TakaraTomy and Japan we're talking here. Not Hasbro. but I know you're going to ignore that for whatever reason anyway.

I missed that. But honestly Im surprised. Usually dumbed down TF toys are geared towards the "western market". Takara usually makes nothing but the good stuff. I wonder if they'll end up with constructobots as well ?

Rated X wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rated X wrote:I thought kreo was dead. You dont see them in stores anymore. The shelves they use to warm are now being warmed by constructobots. When will hasbro learn todays kids dont want to build crap ? They want the real figures not lego and erector sets.

This is TakaraTomy and Japan we're talking here. Not Hasbro. but I know you're going to ignore that for whatever reason anyway.

I missed that. But honestly Im surprised. Usually dumbed down TF toys are geared towards the "western market". Takara usually makes nothing but the good stuff. I wonder if they'll end up with constructobots as well ?

Actually, TakaraTomy releases just about anything Hasbro has after some tweaking. So yes, we can expect Construct-Bots over there and the "dumbed down" TF toys for the new movie. They have kids there too, you know?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rated X wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rated X wrote:I thought kreo was dead. You dont see them in stores anymore. The shelves they use to warm are now being warmed by constructobots. When will hasbro learn todays kids dont want to build crap ? They want the real figures not lego and erector sets.

This is TakaraTomy and Japan we're talking here. Not Hasbro. but I know you're going to ignore that for whatever reason anyway.

I missed that. But honestly Im surprised. Usually dumbed down TF toys are geared towards the "western market". Takara usually makes nothing but the good stuff. I wonder if they'll end up with constructobots as well ?

Actually, TakaraTomy releases just about anything Hasbro has after some tweaking. So yes, we can expect Construct-Bots over there and the "dumbed down" TF toys for the new movie. They have kids there too, you know?

Even robot heroes and rescue bots. I always assumed their kids stuff was kaybaya figures and arms microns in coin operated candy machines. In other words, stuff that adults like too. Just my guess from what i see on these front page stories...

Rated X wrote:Even robot heroes and rescue bots. I always assumed their kids stuff was kaybaya figures and arms microns in coin operated candy machines. In other words, stuff that adults like too. Just my guess from what i see on these front page stories...

I said "just about". I could see Rescue Bots being imported for the heck of it though All in all, despite having a larger portfolio of lines especially for us collectors (like Bandai does), TakaraTomy is still a toy company and Hasbro's analog in Japan, thus they're paying at least as much attention to kids as Hasbro does.

Back on topic, I'm a bit surprised nobody said anything about the gator resembling Skullcruncher a bit with the window in its head.

There's also the fact that this comic is written in, you know, Japanese.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Back on topic, I'm a bit surprised nobody said anything about the gator resembling Skullcruncher a bit with the window in its head.

The whole comic is based on the G1 episode City of Steel where the Decepticons turn Prime's body into an Alligatorcon. The last panel even shows Prime's severed arm firing at random.

Emerje

It doesn't appear to be intentional, but Megatron just looks less "Animated" in the first panel he appears, when compared to the last. But it could be just the art.

The Takara Tomy Kre-O web comic has returned for episode 12 of cute cuddly Transformers Kre-O goodness. Check out the latest episode mirrored for you below.

I'm all for homages and such, but did he really have to include the Legion from Kiss Players?

The Solar Power Tower
Waspinator
Someone who looks like a Constructicon
Megatron
The Thunder Arrow
TCC Astrotrain
Grand Galvatron
Legions
Squeezeplay
Horri-Bull
Fangry
Knock Out
Starscream
Menasor
Devastator
Bruticus
Soundwave
Wreck-Gar
Hoist
Grapple
Optimus Prime
Bumblebee

Sabrblade wrote:Squeezeplay
Horri-Bull
Fangry

Or Cancer, Bullhorn and Wilder

These things tickle me so much.

I bought one as a lark and then overnight I spread to 30 and now I want them all.

Yes, even Legion ones

Also, the middle panel is a homage to this:

I'm not sure what exactly Megatron's ultimate plan was, but I'm guessing it's far more ambitious than his Decepticons can handle.


Is Japan being weaponized/fortified a reference to something? Seemingly every other thing is.


EDIT: Love how Waspinator is in pieces at the end!

Noideaforaname wrote:Is Japan being weaponized/fortified a reference to something? Seemingly every other thing is.

Good catch. That homages a manga issue from TV Magazine.

I remember looking up clips from the English Headmasters dub, and saw a clip of Galvatron transforming into a planet and declaring, "I am Unicorn!" I sort of want to know what is up with Grand Galvatron now.

Darth Jumpy wrote:I remember looking up clips from the English Headmasters dub, and saw a clip of Galvatron transforming into a planet and declaring, "I am Unicorn!" I sort of want to know what is up with Grand Galvatron now.

Grand Galvatron was to have been the ultimate result of Galvatron's long term master plan for the middle arc of the Headmasters cartoon. Throughout the midway point of the show, the Decepticons had been conducting a long term campaign of raiding planet after planet for their energy resources, with Galvatron keeping the true purpose of all this energy looting a secret. Eventually, though, his plans came to light when his confided his true plan with Sixshot: He was going to use all the harvested energy to reconstruct the planet Earth into a gigantic new body for himself called "Grand Galvatron", and become ruler of the universe. Though, this plan to incorporate the Earth into Galvatron's systems had one small detail that did not sit well with Sixshot: In order for Galvatron to complete this goal, he would also require that some parts from the bodies of the best of the best Decepticons (which included Sixshot) be integrated into Galvatron to compensate for any weaknesses he'd have.

Though, this plan never came to fruition since Galvatron was killed in battle before the plan could be set in motion.

Here's a video with more on the subject:


And here's the silly Malaysian English version that you mentioned:

Episode 13 of the Takara Tomy Kre-O web comic is up for your reading pleasure. Check out what your favorite characters are up to in this latest chapter.

Knock Out
Megatron
Some small claw thing
Galvatron
Starscream
Crowned Starscream statue
Pink/purple fire-handed guy (it's early in the morning, so forgive me )
Armada Thundercracker or Micron Densetsu Starscream Super Mode
Machine Wars Starscream
Slipstream
Bonecrusher
Scrapper
Either Scavenger or Mixmaster
Breakdown
Great Galamen
Quintesson
Two more weird-looking things
Scourge
Cyclonus
Optimus Prime
Rodimus Prime
Armada Laserbeak
Some Megatron helmet
Sharkticon Megatron helmet
Thrustinator

Sabrblade wrote:Pink/purple fire-handed guy (it's early in the morning, so forgive me )

Beast Machines Thrust?

NovaSentinel wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Pink/purple fire-handed guy (it's early in the morning, so forgive me )

Beast Machines Thrust?

Could be.

Now for those three other things...

Claw-thingy = Arms Micron Gra
Alternate Megatron helmet: I thought Animated, but I'm not so sure...

Don't ask about those two other blobs.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Don't ask about those two other blobs.

Sounds ominous.

Oh, they're the aliens from "Webworld".

Also, that extra Megatron helmet isn't Animated Megatron's, it's Super Megatron's.

Sabrblade wrote:Oh, they're the aliens from "Webworld".

Also, that extra Megatron helmet isn't Animated Megatron's, it's Super Megatron's.

The Alya from Torkulon? Sneaky.

And seriously? Super Megatron, with the two circles in the crest? In my defense I wasn't that far off then, as Animated Megs is based on him,