New Transformers Legends Comic Featuring Trypticon and a Decepticon Civil War

Hold on, is that the Transformation Cog from Metroplex?

Holy crap, I need to get an AWACS radar dish for Octane

Albatross250 wrote:Hold on, is that the Transformation Cog from Metroplex?

Yes. Weirdwolf's Decepticons are trying to steal it from Megatron's Decepticons (who previously purchased Metroplex's city mode to use as their company headquarters) so that the cog can be used to transform the new Dinobase into Trypticon's new body.

since Metroplex is being rereleased under legends line, this seems appropriate for the new people who have a second chance at the figure, and those who have the figure and don't know about it,
The Knee armor does unfold and transform into platforms for smaller robots to stand on in the Titan's robot mode as demonstrated by scamper


Dedicated pegs and pegholes are found for this configuration,

I hope Trypticon has cool secrets like this like alternate ways to display him with smaller bots.



It's pretty neat to see the trypticon comic and I hope to see translations of it someday

I love how Minervabeat has to strip down every time she wants to change into her Headmaster stage. That must make for some incredibly awkward moments when she's around others, especially the original Minerva.

Also, it's great seeing Curse Armada Thrust and Trickdiamond still around. Hopefully this means we'll get to see more of Megaempress and the rest of her guards in the future.

DestronMirage22 wrote:Also, it's great seeing Curse Armada Thrust and Trickdiamond still around. Hopefully this means we'll get to see more of Megaempress and the rest of her guards in the future.

Why is it aht they are always paired up together again?

william-james88 wrote:

DestronMirage22 wrote:Also, it's great seeing Curse Armada Thrust and Trickdiamond still around. Hopefully this means we'll get to see more of Megaempress and the rest of her guards in the future.

Why is it aht they are always paired up together again?

The two of them are working as free agents with fluid loyalties, acting only in their own best interests.

Also from the Loopaza Mega Store scans of Figure King #235, we have another look at some of the Takara Tomy Transformers Legends line, and the upcoming releases of the Autobot Clone Set (LG58), LG-59 Blitzwing, and LG-60 Overlord - complete with the two Masterforce-esque Titan Masters with different facial expressions for the Phase Sixer. Check them out in the image mirrored below!

Thanks to the Loopaza Facebook page, we have the continuation of the Trypticon comic we posted recently. This is the comic only available with the toy itself. You can see him turn into all kinds of different modes here, like a whale and a quadruped lizard. These comics are littered with fun moments and cool art,like a nice shot of Galvatron in his new jet mode.
The Facebook post also had an image of the stickers he comes with (the same as the Hasbro ones further confirming how alike these releases are) and his tech specs. Enjoy!

william-james88 wrote:

DestronMirage22 wrote:Also, it's great seeing Curse Armada Thrust and Trickdiamond still around. Hopefully this means we'll get to see more of Megaempress and the rest of her guards in the future.

Why is it aht they are always paired up together again?

Because the creators of the Manga wants them canon? or develop another Unite Warriors sequel? [Spoiler Alert]

If anyone seeing Clouder, he's operating a tons of clones including some replicas of Tankor and Stealth Drone Jets from Power Core Combiners Black Convoy's Drones?!



Haven't really seen Clouder for a while though

You can see him in one of the pages, including the other one that the Dinobase was located underwater with those Tankors and Stealth Drones.

Godbomber dies.... well not really, he got swallowed by Trypticon though
And Ginrai almost completely torn into PIECES.

Other notes: Trypticon has some additional Modes
A Whale and a ..... Komodo? or an Iguana?

Yaaay, Shocky's back!!! \ >o< /
And the Lynxmaster rescue team!!
And Swerve getting stomped on again!
And weird Sari art?
And is that Lyzack?

DestronMirage22 wrote:Yaaay, Shocky's back!!! \ >o< /
And the Lynxmaster rescue team!!
And Swerve getting stomped on again!
And weird Sari art?
And is that Lyzack?

Now that you mentioned it, Leozack is now a Fembot?

Albatross250 wrote:

DestronMirage22 wrote:Yaaay, Shocky's back!!! \ >o< /
And the Lynxmaster rescue team!!
And Swerve getting stomped on again!
And weird Sari art?
And is that Lyzack?

Now that you mentioned it, Leozack is now a Fembot?

Ha! Nah. That's just his younger twin sister. Specifically the version from Animated. Which Tigatron felt the need to plaster stickers of all over Dinosaurer, apparently.

Although Metroplex does not have the connectivity to Leader size figures that Fort Max and Trypticon have...I was just wondering if perhaps might include these with their Metroplex rerelease next year?

As we have seen others do, it wont hinder my creativity of adding Metroplex to the overall Metropolis of a Transformers City, but I was just thinking, it would be cool if they added those connector tabs, would make the rerelease all the more desirable.

And we still have to wait the TR G2 Optimus to be Takara Legends Convoy
SIGH

Albatross250 wrote:And we still have to wait the TR G2 Optimus to be Takara Legends Convoy
SIGH

I am pretty certain Takara will not be releasing their version of the G2 Laser Prime deco we got from Hasbro.

william-james88 wrote:

Albatross250 wrote:And we still have to wait the TR G2 Optimus to be Takara Legends Convoy
SIGH

I am pretty certain Takara will not be releasing their version of the G2 Laser Prime deco we got from Hasbro.

i mean this one

Are the stickers the same as Hasbro?

Nik Hero wrote:Are the stickers the same as Hasbro?

Sure looks like it to me.

Albatross250 wrote:i mean this one

They wont release it either. Takara is only releasing that mold as Black Convoy

Can we talk about how many references to Godzilla they put in this comic?

Also, the new mode, that probably was meant to be an hint to the "baby" stage of Shin Gojira, looks pretty cool!

I found this pics on Facebook, and I really like the look of it.

MadProject wrote:Can we talk about how many references to Godzilla they put in this comic?

Also, the new mode, that probably was meant to be an hint to the "baby" stage of Shin Gojira, looks pretty cool!

I found this pics on Facebook, and I really like the look of it.

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Pretty sure it was not purposely intended to look like Shin Godzilla early stages...but I like how your imagination works

MadProject wrote:Can we talk about how many references to Godzilla they put in this comic?

Also, the new mode, that probably was meant to be an hint to the "baby" stage of Shin Gojira, looks pretty cool!

I found this pics on Facebook, and I really like the look of it.

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Wow, that really DOES look like Shinny's first land stage!
All it needs are gallons of Energon spewing from his sides to complete the resemblance.

As a matter of fact, the Destron Civil War comic actually refers to Trypticon as "Shin Dinosaurer" at one point.

Sabrblade wrote:As a matter of fact, the Destron Civil War comic actually refers to Trypticon as "Shin Dinosaurer" at one point.

... with the note that in this case it stand for 新 meaning "new". "Shin" can also stand for 真 "true", 神 "god" among other things (way too many) depending on context and how it's used.

MadProject wrote:Can we talk about how many references to Godzilla they put in this comic?

Also, the new mode, that probably was meant to be an hint to the "baby" stage of Shin Gojira, looks pretty cool!

I found this pics on Facebook, and I really like the look of it.

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Yeah...i hope that they put this new alt mode in the instructions(even though it looks straightforward enough to do it without)


btw is that Megatronus(tank) down in the bottom corner there

So in the end the Dinobase gets converted into a mall? Headed by Tigatron? That would explain the images of Lyzack, Sari, SG Sari, and a fourth I can barely see.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:So in the end the Dinobase gets converted into a mall? Headed by Tigatron? That would explain the images of Lyzack, Sari, SG Sari, and a fourth I can barely see.

It would be cool if reprolabels did stickers like this for Trypticon


this alt mode looks cool too


his profile in this pic from that angle is kinda remenisant of Sixshot's jet mode

>Animated 10th
Oooooh Takara do you have something up your sleeves?

I love these UW and Legends comics. Reminds of the pure fun that Transformers are, plus adding small bits of canon lore to Jap G1. Luckily I have had the cash to buy half dozen or do Legends figures. With Targetmaster Hot Rod and Kup on the way next month. Cant wait for Legends Octane, he looks sweet and no lame stickers.

Was it ever explained in the Legends manga why Shockwave's suddenly half the size he should be? Or are we just supposed to assume something happened to him in the years he was gone that made him that way?

DestronMirage22 wrote:Was it ever explained in the Legends manga why Shockwave's suddenly half the size he should be? Or are we just supposed to assume something happened to him in the years he was gone that made him that way?

The latter, for now.

Black Hat wrote:>Animated 10th
Oooooh Takara do you have something up your sleeves?

Hopefully nothing as suggestive as the attempts of both Saris. Tigatron represents the ehm... lady-loving side of the fandom, so...

Stuartmaximus wrote:

MadProject wrote:btw is that Megatronus(tank) down in the bottom corner there

Looks more like Full Tilt in vehicle mode with his gun on, to me.
Speaking of Full Tilt I think it would have been kinda funny if Takara had given him a new Headmaster based on Cybertron Megatron because that Megatron got his color scheme from Trypty.

Those are some neat new modes they devised for him, and it's cool to see the faux-eyes on his tail be used for something at long last.

So... I've been thinking about how Takara did Super Ginrai and Godbomber for the Legends line, and I don't think they did either as well as they could have.

I'm going to start with Super Ginrai versus Powermaster Optimus Prime. The first thing I'm going to talk about are the arms.
* PMOP's arms have some definite bad points: on the aesthetic side of things the inner faces of the arms are wide open, and on the function side of things the way the trailer roof panels are integrated blocks him from making full use of the CW Ultra Magnus guns and the forearms don't have 5mm ports. But on the positive side, there's a clever touch to the sculpt, a line along the raised hexagonal parts and then off to the side that suggests the shape of the gauntlets from the original Godbomber toy. Also, the opening hands are kind of neat.
* Super Ginrai's arms make some definite improvements; they don't have the visible hollows and and they have additional 5mm ports. However, while they have the trailer roof panels mounted such that they don't block clearance below the hands there's less purpose to it since he has standard 5mm-hole fists and doesn't come with the CW Magnus guns (nor can his new rifles be combined into a hammer). I think it would have been cooler to keep the opening hands and include both sets of guns (as well as a pair of Wing Saber-style handles for holding 5mm-peg weapons). Also a bit sad that the clever sculpt touch is not present here.
Now for the feet. PMOP's feet are obviously just CW Ultra Magnus' in a new color. They hold him up stably enough and have molded tail lights. but that's all there is to them. Super Ginrai's feet are designed to resemble the original PMOP/Super Ginrai feet but with more detail (although the design of the trailer ramps means that he basically has the original feet twice XD), enable combination with Godbomber,and add ankle rockers. The latter are what's of interest; based on the varying reports of their stability it sounds like they're just a friction joint and not a ratchet (which they probably should have been).

As for Godbomber...
* The forearms from the original toy had a nice gauntlet shape to them that looked nice both as part of Godbomber's robot mode and in the God Ginrai combination. The forearms on this are just boxes with fins, even though a gauntlet shape probably could have been achieved.
* The wings are integrated and hinged into Godbomber now instead of partsforming like on the original toy. The way this is done results in them being too high relative to Ginrai's shoulders when the two are combined. They should have either just had the wings (and the new-to-Legends separate upper arms) partsform, or added in a slide joint somewhere to get the wings down to the correct height.
* It's a bit disappointing that they didn't design the God Cannon's seat in such a way that there was still space to include a working missile launcher.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Black Hat wrote:>Animated 10th
Oooooh Takara do you have something up your sleeves?

Hopefully nothing as suggestive as the attempts of both Saris. Tigatron represents the ehm... lady-loving side of the fandom, so...

If anything, Sakamoto did contribute an art piece to the Japanese-exclusive 10th Anniversary TF Animated Anthology Unofficial Fan Book.

The Legends comic we recently posted, which is a prelude to the Legends Trypticon's pack in comic, is now available in Enlgish thanks to Shanchimaru and Jalaguy. This is of course a fan translation and not an official translation so some words may differ depending on interpretation but it still gives English speaking fans a great opportunity to better understand these comics. Let us know if this makes the comic any less crazy than it appeared to be. And thanks to Cybperpath for letting us know of this translation.

Rhinox has excellent taste.

Good to see this translated. Sakamoto's comics always give me a giggle.

Thx for the translation Jalaguy.Can you translate 44 too?

Thanks,
Awesomepow

I really hope the Legends comics get collected some day in book.

I really wish Sakamoto would stop drawing girls.

Microraptor wrote:I really wish Sakamoto would stop drawing girls.

It's Japan they have culture differences, somethings that we think are wrong or not normal is kind of the other way around there so drawing stuff like this is basically normal for them and there is nothing we can do about it.

If someone wants to draw girls their going to and a bunch of people on the other side of the world ain't going to stop them.

Sort of like the live action films.


(Not defending him or accepting the drawings by any means but just trying to explain things via a switched perspective since I hate being bias or one sided)

Microraptor wrote:I really wish Sakamoto would stop drawing girls.

I really wish Roberts would stop writing sad gay robots. Neither are going to stop any time soon.

Black Hat wrote:

Microraptor wrote:I really wish Sakamoto would stop drawing girls.

I really wish Roberts would stop writing sad gay robots. Neither are going to stop any time soon.

I wish people would stop complaining.

I also wish that people would stop adapting every real life problem or trend into comic books and movies in general, I like the Transformers and Star Wars franchises so I can run away from IRL stuff not to get more of it.

That makes me a hypocrite and I wish I wasn't one.

Deadput wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

Microraptor wrote:I really wish Sakamoto would stop drawing girls.

I really wish Roberts would stop writing sad gay robots. Neither are going to stop any time soon.

I wish people would stop complaining.

I also wish that people would stop adapting every real life problem or trend into comic books and movies in general, I like the Transformers and Star Wars franchises so I can run away from IRL stuff not to get more of it.

That makes me a hypocrite and I wish I wasn't one.

I'm just glad to have clean drinking water

Nightbeat's "80's bikini armor" is meant to resemble that which was worn by Chi Chi in her first appearances in Dragon Ball.

There's quite a lot of bikini-armoured girls in Japanese media from the 80s, most notably perhaps Genmu Senki Leda (also known as Yohko's Fantastic Adventure- Leda). This could be a reference to just about any of them.

Black Hat wrote:There's quite a lot of bikini-armoured girls in Japanese media from the 80s, most notably perhaps Genmu Senki Leda (also known as Yohko's Fantastic Adventure- Leda). This could be a reference to just about any of them.

The details match up with Chi Chi's original armor.

Ah right. I'm not very familiar with Dragon Ball so I can't really comment on that. I'll take your word for it though.