Partial Images of Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG-EX Grand Maximus & Greatshot Pack-in Manga

Randomhero wrote:I just want a good scorponok. I know a lot want a titan class but I want a voyager maybe lease class. I don’t like him being massive. I’ll even settle if one of those companies that’s KO legends scale figures like mechfanstoys does a voyager size of iron factory lord scorpion.

Randomhero wrote:After reading the articles for Topsin and Twintwist comics I’m left wondering “does takara not like Windblade?”

They’ve really made her quite unlikeable.

Rodimus Knight wrote:

Randomhero wrote:I just want a good scorponok. I know a lot want a titan class but I want a voyager maybe lease class. I don’t like him being massive. I’ll even settle if one of those companies that’s KO legends scale figures like mechfanstoys does a voyager size of iron factory lord scorpion.

Scorponok needs to be at least a leader class size figure. Of course I'm one of the people who want to see him done as a titan class.

Randomhero wrote:After reading the articles for Topsin and Twintwist comics I’m left wondering “does takara not like Windblade?”

They’ve really made her quite unlikeable.

I was under the impression that a lot of people don't like Windblade to be honest.


On a side note, that redeco for twinferno would be sweet, but I don't see it happening.

Randomhero wrote:After reading the articles for Topsin and Twintwist comics I’m left wondering “does takara not like Windblade?”

They’ve really made her quite unlikeable.

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:After reading the articles for Topsin and Twintwist comics I’m left wondering “does takara not like Windblade?”

They’ve really made her quite unlikeable.

At this point, she's been brainwashed by Katsu Don, after having surrendered herself to be used as a weapon of mass destruction by him in order to stop a previous attack by the Mutant Targetmasters who were destroying the world. She gave herself up so that Katsu Don could turn her into a Headmaster and allow her to combine with the Transtector body that Katsu Don had been working on for Windblade's big sister Nijika. In their agreement, Windblade was able to stop the Mutant Targetmasters and bonded with Pinpointer as her new Targetmaster, but at the cost of her free will since she had to return to Katsu Don and become a weapon for the Zamojin once again. Now that she's lost her free will, every good guy who's fighting her now is not just trying to stop her but also trying to save her. It's kinda tragic and noble in a way, as when she wasn't under the control of the Zamojin, she was rather kindhearted and friendly.

Randomhero wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:After reading the articles for Topsin and Twintwist comics I’m left wondering “does takara not like Windblade?”

They’ve really made her quite unlikeable.

At this point, she's been brainwashed by Katsu Don, after having surrendered herself to be used as a weapon of mass destruction by him in order to stop a previous attack by the Mutant Targetmasters who were destroying the world. She gave herself up so that Katsu Don could turn her into a Headmaster and allow her to combine with the Transtector body that Katsu Don had been working on for Windblade's big sister Nijika. In their agreement, Windblade was able to stop the Mutant Targetmasters and bonded with Pinpointer as her new Targetmaster, but at the cost of her free will since she had to return to Katsu Don and become a weapon for the Zamojin once again. Now that she's lost her free will, every good guy who's fighting her now is not just trying to stop her but also trying to save her. It's kinda tragic and noble in a way, as when she wasn't under the control of the Zamojin, she was rather kindhearted and friendly.

i know i read the summaries of the comics but still her whole fiction in Legends hasn't portrayed her well at all. it just feels like "well were getting another toy i guess we have to do something with her" and its hasnt really treated her the best.

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:After reading the articles for Topsin and Twintwist comics I’m left wondering “does takara not like Windblade?”

They’ve really made her quite unlikeable.

At this point, she's been brainwashed by Katsu Don, after having surrendered herself to be used as a weapon of mass destruction by him in order to stop a previous attack by the Mutant Targetmasters who were destroying the world. She gave herself up so that Katsu Don could turn her into a Headmaster and allow her to combine with the Transtector body that Katsu Don had been working on for Windblade's big sister Nijika. In their agreement, Windblade was able to stop the Mutant Targetmasters and bonded with Pinpointer as her new Targetmaster, but at the cost of her free will since she had to return to Katsu Don and become a weapon for the Zamojin once again. Now that she's lost her free will, every good guy who's fighting her now is not just trying to stop her but also trying to save her. It's kinda tragic and noble in a way, as when she wasn't under the control of the Zamojin, she was rather kindhearted and friendly.

i know i read the summaries of the comics but still her whole fiction in Legends hasn't portrayed her well at all. it just feels like "well were getting another toy i guess we have to do something with her" and its hasnt really treated her the best.

To be fair, has her treatment really been that much worse than those of most of the other Fembots in this manga series?

Randomhero wrote:Well doesn’t look like Zarak will get a toy. Wasn’t really expecting it but if he’s a one and done thing than yea it’s just sakamoto being fun.

Can’t wait for the translations and please takara! Make a book of all this!

WreckerJack wrote:I thought for a second that Black Shadow (Sky Shadow for some) was finally featured in something. But nope. I don't know my takara characters evidently...

william-james88 wrote:

WreckerJack wrote:I thought for a second that Black Shadow (Sky Shadow for some) was finally featured in something. But nope. I don't know my takara characters evidently...

Its ok, I thought it was optimus on that operating table for a second, due to the faceplate.

Randomhero wrote:While it’s always been a fan theory Greatshot is sixshot it’s never been canon however this comic makes it official that Sixshot became Greatshot between Headmaster and victory.

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:While it’s always been a fan theory Greatshot is sixshot it’s never been canon however this comic makes it official that Sixshot became Greatshot between Headmaster and victory.

In a sort of "Megatron/Galvatron", "God Ginrai/Victory Leo", "Tigatron & Airazor/Tigerhawk", "Tigerhawk/Razorclaw" kind of way, yeah.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:While it’s always been a fan theory Greatshot is sixshot it’s never been canon however this comic makes it official that Sixshot became Greatshot between Headmaster and victory.

In a sort of "Megatron/Galvatron", "God Ginrai/Victory Leo", "Tigatron & Airazor/Tigerhawk", "Tigerhawk/Razorclaw" kind of way, yeah.

And I don't like that one single bit.

The Autobot Matrix of Leadership records the bearer's life and experiences, their "wisdom", and converts it into an all-purpose form of energy. It was created by Primacron, a scientist said to have existed since the dawn of time, who built it into his assistant, the Oracle, before they went on to create the ultimate planet robot, Unicron. Upon learning that the wisdom of the Matrix was the only thing that could match his power, Unicron rebelled against Primacron and destroyed the Oracle, who survived by transferring his being into the Matrix. He fled to the center of the galaxy and emptied the Matrix into a planet, becoming an embodiment of its wisdom and fusing with the world that would one day become Cybertron. The planet was later settled by the Quintessons, who discovered the Oracle's power and confined it within Vector Sigma, a supercomputer they controlled using a Key with which they then mechanized the planet. The aliens used Vector Sigma to manufacture intelligent slave robots who later rose up and claimed the planet for themselves, recovering the Matrix in the process. Finding it full of evil energy after years of absorbing the Quintessons' wisdom, they emptied it out and disposed of the energy.

This is the story told by Devil Z, who is none other than that very discarded Matrix energy! During police interrogation, the captured being explains that his motive is revenge against the universe for being discarded, and that thousands of years ago he stole unprogrammed Powermaster bodies from the G Nebula 89 factory and brought them to Earth to be infused with the planet's Zodiac and Angolmois energies, transforming them into Godmasters. Furthermore, he himself absorbed the same energies to evolve: the true meaning of his name is "Devil Zodiac". With this revelation, he taps into Shinchōkon, breaks his restraints and summons the brainwashed Scorponok from the G1 World, where he's been busy enslaving Beastformers and using them to build a new BlackZarak transtector. With Scorponok as his Headmaster and Devil Z in his abdomen as a Getmaster power source, BlackZarak makes short work of the Decepticon Headmasters when Mindwipe attempts to exorcise Devil Z, then announces his plan—he will kill all beings in the Legends World so that its energies will feed only him: Devil Z will become the Legends World and use its Shinchōkon to dominate other universes. Katsu Don explains that this is why he wanted to destroy the world entirely, its energies being dangerous to fall into the wrong hands.

Gran then arrives through a portal to battle Devil Z, leaving his human Pretender shell to form the head of Grand. Devil Z doesn't understand why a robot would transform into a human, so Grand explains that he's a follower of their creator's, the Oracle's, belief that true peace can only be achieved when machines and living beings come together. It all began with the Oracle himself being a beast-type robot who believed that infusing machines with life, thus granting robots instincts, was the road to peace. His first creations were the Trans-Organics, failures who only inherited the rage of wild beasts and cruelty of machines, but in recent years the Transformers have come far and invented the Powermaster fusion between robots and humans. Grand hopes that one day, they will come so far as to create a new type of life that is equally organic and mechanical. Speaking through a Synapse, the computer of the G Nebula factory explains that it was created by the Oracle for the purpose of pursuing this goal after he was forced by the Quintessons to create purely mechanical beings. Its research has led to the creation of the many Masterforce warriors who now activate their suits and join the fray.

Grand has built a new Grand Maximus transtector the same size as Fortress's for the sake of battling BlackZarak, causing Fortress to protest since his brother doesn't have the training to control it, but Grand is intent on showing that he can be just as useful. He forms Grand Maximus and joins forces with the Shinchōkon-powered God Ginrai wielding a combined Shaoshao, Sue, and White Lune, exclaiming that if even Devil Z is wielding the power of the gods in Shinchōkon, they can overcome it with their Super-God Masterforce! After spouting some platitudes that true strength lies in the pursuit of peace, Grand Maximus cleaves BlackZarak in two. He then chastises the Zamojin for trying to destroy the world, telling them that'd make them as bad as Devil Z and that the people of the Legends World can overcome any danger as long they work together. Plus, he can't let them destroy the only world where Fortress's condition can be treated. Grand finally reaches his limit and collapses, and when Fortress comes to his aid, he expresses his amazement that his brother does this sort of thing all the time and jokes that at least they can now receive treatment together.

william-james88 wrote:Wait a sec, did his story just retcon the history of everything we know on the origin of Transformers?

grimdragon2001 wrote:Soooooooooooo, Primacron's assistant, the Oracle is Primus?

Sabrblade wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:Soooooooooooo, Primacron's assistant, the Oracle is Primus?

Yes. Kiss Players Position first confirmed this by its having Primacron's assistant, the Oracle, become Primus, who then became Vector Sigma.

william-james88 wrote:I thought kiss players was all about alternators that came with underage girls in odd positions.

Katsu Don makes another attempt at destroying the Legends World using Windblade as well as the mutant Autobot Targetmasters, who Windblade can manipulate through her bond with Pinpointer. The Wreckers arrive from the post-G2 era to aid in the world's defense only to be pinned down by the Targetmasters, and when Twin Twist breaks off to take on Windblade by himself, he gets decapitated. However, Twin Twist is aware of the Zodiac's existence in the Legends World and somehow calls it to his side, using its power to transform his severed head into a Headmaster and his body into a Z Mode "Drill Base" that in turn uses its drills to generate electromagnetic waves that sever Windblade's connection to Spoilsport. Twin Twist grabs the Targetmaster and, revealing that his special ability is to grant any weapon the properties of a drill, unleashes a "Spoil Drill Hurricane" attack against Windblade that frees Peacemaker from her control.

Chromedome is surprised that Twin Twist can freely control Zodiac energy, and Springer explains that he and Topspin are space pioneers known as the Powered Masters... as well as the true creators of the Legends World. The two Jumpstarters tell Katsu Don "long time no see" and invite him to test who's stronger—them, the creators of this world, or Windblade, its destroyer.

In the year 2004 of the G1 World, Topspin and Twin Twist hear about the Legends World from Whirl and Roadbuster, and as space pioneers and Powered Masters, think it would be nice to establish a paradise of a world someday. Decades later in the G2 era, they two are asked by Katsu Don for their cooperation in creating an experimental new universe also named "Legends", and realize he must be talking about the same world since time has no meaning when it comes to alternate dimensions. Concluding that they must create the Legends World or else Whirl and Roadbuster will never be born, they steal the Zodiac, inspired by Dai Atlas's using it to create a new planet in Planet Z's solar system, and use it in conjunction with Zamojin telepathic powers and the Space Pirates' proton energy to create the Legends World.

Katsu Don is outraged that the Jumpstarters have broken their promise not to interfere with their creation and sics Windblade on Topspin, but he easily avoids her thanks to having used the Zodiac to become a Headmaster—this combined with being a Powered Master and Targetmaster grants him the power of a Triplemaster—and calls upon the Zodiac to recreate everything Windblade and the Targetmasters have destroyed. Katsu Don himself enters the fray, insisting that the Legends World is dangerous because of its connection to the powers of the Zamojin and must be destroyed, but the Jumpstarters, determined to defend their creation, combine into a vehicle form known as Attack Powered and soundly defeat him and Windblade. With Windblade restored to normal once again and Katsu Don captured, Springer assumes all's well that ends well. However, the Jumpstarters, now having recovered all three mutant Targetmasters, tell him it's not over yet...

Rated X wrote:What no T&A ???
Did someone kidnap Sakamoto? Who is this impostor?

fenrir72 wrote:Not counting the double targetmasters of G1, iirc, HB released 6 targetmasters for the Autobots and 5 for the Decepticons. Have they all been "revived?

Brought to the Wolf Circus by his loyal troops, Scorponok explains that he had been wandering space following the black hole battle until Devil Z took control of him and had him build a transtector. Now that he's free, he plots to apply his usual plot to the Legends World—blowing it up and absorbing its energies for himself—and to do so he needs the plasma energy within the six Targetmasters, currently held by the Autobots who are attempting to restore them to normal. As the first step of his plan, Scorponok summons the second transtector Devil Z had him make on Beast: the gigantic Majin Zarak, a machine with the instincts of a beast and a veritable "god of destruction", whose origin comes as a surprise to Leo Prime.


When the police set out to protect the citizens from Majin Zarak, Scorponok's agent Flywheels sneaks into the police station and breaks out Slugslinger, Misfire, and Katsu Don, the latter agreeing to an alliance since his goals overlap with Scorponok. Katsu Don attacks the Autobots and steals the Targetmasters for the Decepticons before summoning the rest of his race to participate in the final battle, but the Zamojin army is in turn attacked by Skids, Sky-Byte, and the Dimensional Patrol. Rattrap is confused as the Dimensional Patrol previously considered the Legends World problematic, so Sky-Byte explains that he convinced them that it's a beautiful world that deserves to be protected, and he even managed to get the other three Predacons inducted as well. The Patrol easily holds the Zamojin at bay thanks to Neo Brave Maximus's robot mode, and before Scorponok can intervene, Majin Zarak is attacked by Leo Prime, Lio Convoy, and Optimus Primal, who has transformed himself using Transformers sickness once again. Scorponok calls upon Weirdwolf, but he has gone to Tera-Kura Co. to convince Noble to join them, having grown attached to the wolf and not wanting him to be killed in the universe's destruction, though Noble refuses and instead suggests Weirdwolf himself switch sides. Weirdwolf is left torn—compared to their previous destruction of Cybertron, which neither he nor Scorponok felt attached to, he feels a connection to the Legends World where his living transtector, Rarigo, and Butla were all born, and he knows in his heart that what they're doing is wrong...

Clouder and the SDF confront Majin Zarak and keep it busy while Megatron's Decepticons mobilize Trypticon, but even the cityformer is dwarfed by Majin Zarak who destroys him with a single giant beam. Blown away by the same attack, Leo Prime realizes that they're going about it the wrong way: since Majin Zarak isn't destined to be destroyed until their battle in the future, they simply cannot defeat it here and now. Meanwhile, Scorponok has modified the Targetmasters into new plasma energy bombs to be placed around the Legends World and detonated, restraining Slugslinger and Misfire when they protest. All hope is not lost, however, as in the city, Chromedome is approached by Pointblank, Sureshot, and Crosshairs, who have finally arrived in the Legends World and acquired transtectors from Kup's shop.

Sabrblade wrote:The name of this story is "Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One"

Brought to the Wolf Circus by his loyal troops, Scorponok explains that he had been wandering space following the black hole battle until Devil Z took control of him and had him build a transtector. Now that he's free, he plots to apply his usual plot to the Legends World—blowing it up and absorbing its energies for himself—and to do so he needs the plasma energy within the six Targetmasters, currently held by the Autobots who are attempting to restore them to normal. As the first step of his plan, Scorponok summons the second transtector Devil Z had him make on Beast: the gigantic Majin Zarak, a machine with the instincts of a beast and a veritable "god of destruction", whose origin comes as a surprise to Leo Prime.

When the police set out to protect the citizens from Majin Zarak, Scorponok's agent Flywheels sneaks into the police station and breaks out Slugslinger, Misfire, and Katsu Don, the latter agreeing to an alliance since his goals overlap with Scorponok. Katsu Don attacks the Autobots and steals the Targetmasters for the Decepticons before summoning the rest of his race to participate in the final battle, but the Zamojin army is in turn attacked by Skids, Sky-Byte, and the Dimensional Patrol. Rattrap is confused as the Dimensional Patrol previously considered the Legends World problematic, so Sky-Byte explains that he convinced them that it's a beautiful world that deserves to be protected, and he even managed to get the other three Predacons inducted as well. The Patrol easily holds the Zamojin at bay thanks to Neo Brave Maximus's robot mode, and before Scorponok can intervene, Majin Zarak is attacked by Leo Prime, Lio Convoy, and Optimus Primal, who has transformed himself using Transformers sickness once again. Scorponok calls upon Weirdwolf, but he has gone to Tera-Kura Co. to convince Noble to join them, having grown attached to the wolf and not wanting him to be killed in the universe's destruction, though Noble refuses and instead suggests Weirdwolf himself switch sides. Weirdwolf is left torn—compared to their previous destruction of Cybertron, which neither he nor Scorponok felt attached to, he feels a connection to the Legends World where his living transtector, Rarigo, and Butla were all born, and he knows in his heart that what they're doing is wrong...

Clouder and the SDF confront Majin Zarak and keep it busy while Megatron's Decepticons mobilize Trypticon, but even the cityformer is dwarfed by Majin Zarak who destroys him with a single giant beam. Blown away by the same attack, Leo Prime realizes that they're going about it the wrong way: since Majin Zarak isn't destined to be destroyed until their battle in the future, they simply cannot defeat it here and now. Meanwhile, Scorponok has modified the Targetmasters into new plasma energy bombs to be placed around the Legends World and detonated, restraining Slugslinger and Misfire when they protest. All hope is not lost, however, as in the city, Chromedome is approached by Pointblank, Sureshot, and Crosshairs, who have finally arrived in the Legends World and acquired transtectors from Kup's shop.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:The new Autobot Targetmasters are catching my interest:

- Pointblank: TR Hot Rod, Hasbro version
- Crosshairs: TR Kup
- Sureshot: TR Full-Tilt?!

Ok, we're never getting them, unless the Full-Tilt mold is separate from Trypticon. btw They're just existing Transtectors painted over by Kup and Sue