Prologue Comic for Upcoming Takara Legends Black Convoy Revealed

I really need to stop calling things like the Devil Ostrich, and giving them ideas!

Looking at the comic closely, it looks like it's not just a new version of Brave Maximus, but rather it's based on the limited Robot Masters release! Master and Zebres are the names used for the smaller components, plus the power source Solitarium gets a call-out.

And it looks like it ties in with another story involving Cloud World and the Zamojin (the EX Deadlock chapter, which accounts for Skids' presence as well). Devil Gigatron either had a run-in with them or heard of them, resulting in a change of heart that Black Convoy is not too happy with. The resulting fight reduced him to a protoform-like state which resembles a Titan Master.

We'll probably see how he gets his new body in the next part.

Am I getting this right? Devil Gigatron joined the Autobots and uses his Devil Ostrich 11th mode to fry Black Convoy which reduces him to just his human portion? The last part was expected, but that first part is quite the unexpected twist.

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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Looking at the comic closely, it looks like it's not just a new version of Brave Maximus, but rather it's based on the limited Robot Masters release! Master and Zebres are the names used for the smaller components, plus the power source Solitarium gets a call-out.

Master and Zebres are mentioned as being with the original Brave Maximus back on Earth, with Solitarium powering that one. This new one is Neo Brave Maximus, but Plasma in his original design is still present with Fire Convoy's team, which makes this all sound to me like Master and Zebres replaced Plasma and Brave as the original Brave Max's Head On System, while Plasma and Brave got this shiny new Neo Brave Maximus.

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Looking at the comic closely, it looks like it's not just a new version of Brave Maximus, but rather it's based on the limited Robot Masters release! Master and Zebres are the names used for the smaller components, plus the power source Solitarium gets a call-out.

Master and Zebres are mentioned as being with the original Brave Maximus back on Earth, with Solitarium powering that one. This new one is Neo Brave Maximus, but Plasma in his original design is still present with Fire Convoy's team, which makes this all sound to me like Master and Zebres replaced Plasma and Brave as the original Brave Max's Head On System, while Plasma and Brave got this shiny new Neo Brave Maximus.

Eh, close enough. So would this be before, during or after Robot Masters?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Looking at the comic closely, it looks like it's not just a new version of Brave Maximus, but rather it's based on the limited Robot Masters release! Master and Zebres are the names used for the smaller components, plus the power source Solitarium gets a call-out.

Master and Zebres are mentioned as being with the original Brave Maximus back on Earth, with Solitarium powering that one. This new one is Neo Brave Maximus, but Plasma in his original design is still present with Fire Convoy's team, which makes this all sound to me like Master and Zebres replaced Plasma and Brave as the original Brave Max's Head On System, while Plasma and Brave got this shiny new Neo Brave Maximus.

Eh, close enough. So would this be before, during or after Robot Masters?

After. The Car Robots cast all came from the future. And the original Brave Maximus went on space-time adventures throughout the multiverse in Kiss Players Position.

YAAAASSSSS LG Misfire! I do hope they're gonna make Aimless more toon/toy accurate than Firebolt, Recoil and Blowpipe are gonna be . As for the others how can you make MP Sideswipe more accurate to the Cartoon he's perfect already and by the time he comes out i'll already have the Standard MP-12. Doublecross and Sixshot could be cool if they're accurate to their screen appearance in Headmasters I think TR Sixshot is Definantly missing a sword or two and i'd appreciate it if Takara actually called out the "submarine" mode as a gun on the box or the instructions as it is defiantly not a Submarine Broadside i'm not sure about cause I'll have the Hasbro version by the time he's released and I actually HATE Broadside's character so we'll see if the stock pics tempt me at all.

Prime Target wrote:YAAAASSSSS LG Misfire! I do hope they're gonna make Aimless more toon/toy accurate than Firebolt, Recoil and Blowpipe are gonna be .

Firebolt and Recoil are actually based on Fracas and Pinpointer respectively. Neither G1 design was used in the anime, but the Fracas one is in the manga.

Wait a minute...
BROADSIDE?!
I'm SURE will ruin the Carrier's homage, RIP
And we still havent had Misfire but... uuuuhhh it's gonna ruin the cockpit on the top of its awesome jet mode like triggerhappy does.

I bet Sixshot still retains the gun form.
Doublecross is very unexpected

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Thanks to Takara themselves, we have the preview for the next Legends comic!

Wait, "preview"? This isn't the pack-in comic that comes with the toy, this is the online prologue comic, a separate thing.

Jeez, these comics always give me a headache trying to look at them and not just cos of all the japanese. They're just so messy.

Sincere apologies for my ignorance but can someone please educate me why fans must endure a long ass period of waiting after a figure is released? What are the reasons involved? We got some great LG figures on the horizon and I think this having to wait needs to end because... .

Nemesis Destron wrote:Sincere apologies for my ignorance but can someone please educate me why fans must endure a long ass period of waiting after a figure is released? What are the reasons involved? We got some great LG figures on the horizon and I think this having to wait needs to end because... .

More than likely, because movie. Takara wanna focus on their TLK line while it's hot and hence are putting Legends on hold for now.

EEEEEEEEEEVIL T-Ai? Devil Ostrich mode? Spychangers looking legitimately cool?

Holy crap this is awesome.

would it be wrong to want a T-AI, and maybe a Dark T-AI action figure? After all, she was a pretty big character in RID 2000.

Also Targetmaster Doublecross has me curious, i wonder if he will simply come with Blurr's Targetmaster

Man, I love the art in these things, even if I can't read em!

I hope this get's translated. I"m guessing the Mini Black Convey there will end up a headmaster.

You know what kinda funny? If one were to shorten Dark Ai's name to emulate how the English dub changed "Ai" to "T-AI", then she'd be "D-AI" (said like "Die").

Nemesis Destron wrote:Sincere apologies for my ignorance but can someone please educate me why fans must endure a long ass period of waiting after a figure is released? What are the reasons involved? We got some great LG figures on the horizon and I think this having to wait needs to end because... .

Best guess, TakTom waits to see what Hasbro does then goes to work on how they can improve upon it (partially to justify the higher price-point).

Like, "Ok, PM Prime looks cool. What can we do to it to make it a $60 toy AND make it appealing to Western fans who'll possibly import it?"

Hey, this Ai chan (narrowly) escaped the horrible fate she was doomed to in the legends universe

grimdragon2001 wrote:would it be wrong to want a T-AI, and maybe a Dark T-AI action figure? After all, she was a pretty big character in RID 2000.

Sooooo, the KT figure wasn't quite what you were looking for, huh???

triKlops wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:would it be wrong to want a T-AI, and maybe a Dark T-AI action figure? After all, she was a pretty big character in RID 2000.

Sooooo, the KT figure wasn't quite what you were looking for, huh???

Must we be reminded of this abomination?

Black Hat wrote:

triKlops wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:would it be wrong to want a T-AI, and maybe a Dark T-AI action figure? After all, she was a pretty big character in RID 2000.

Sooooo, the KT figure wasn't quite what you were looking for, huh???

Must we be reminded of this abomination?

Sometimes, yes, to remind us how easily it could in a direction that no one was expecting or asking for...

Well, I just learned something new. The name "Cyber Falcon" was an early Japanese name for the Axalon given in an old magazine (the name "Axalon" was ultimately kept in the Japanese dub of the BW cartoon):



Also, at the end, Devil Gigatron reduces Black Convoy to his original "prototype" state, having removed the Evil Soul that Gigatron original imbued Black Convoy with way back when Black Convoy was first created in the cartoon. Now, Black Convoy is essentially a Cybertron protoform.

triKlops wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

triKlops wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:would it be wrong to want a T-AI, and maybe a Dark T-AI action figure? After all, she was a pretty big character in RID 2000.

Sooooo, the KT figure wasn't quite what you were looking for, huh???

Must we be reminded of this abomination?

Sometimes, yes, to remind us how easily it could in a direction that no one was expecting or asking for...

LOL I have that abomination and sadly its the only representation for T-AI i have on my shelves. I would love a GI Joe styled figure of T-AI much like the Marissa Fairborn and Only Human Autobots we got from the Club

grimdragon2001 wrote:

triKlops wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

triKlops wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:would it be wrong to want a T-AI, and maybe a Dark T-AI action figure? After all, she was a pretty big character in RID 2000.

Sooooo, the KT figure wasn't quite what you were looking for, huh???

Must we be reminded of this abomination?

Sometimes, yes, to remind us how easily it could in a direction that no one was expecting or asking for...

LOL I have that abomination and sadly its the only representation for T-AI i have on my shelves. I would love a GI Joe styled figure of T-AI much like the Marissa Fairborn and Only Human Autobots we got from the Club

I'd like to see Takara do a Microman style figure for her myself. And D-AI for that matter.

Black Hat wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:

triKlops wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

triKlops wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:would it be wrong to want a T-AI, and maybe a Dark T-AI action figure? After all, she was a pretty big character in RID 2000.

Sooooo, the KT figure wasn't quite what you were looking for, huh???

Must we be reminded of this abomination?

Sometimes, yes, to remind us how easily it could in a direction that no one was expecting or asking for...

LOL I have that abomination and sadly its the only representation for T-AI i have on my shelves. I would love a GI Joe styled figure of T-AI much like the Marissa Fairborn and Only Human Autobots we got from the Club

I'd like to see Takara do a Microman style figure for her myself. And D-AI for that matter.

Both are great ideas guys; as long as they dial in the paint jobs so we don't get a derpy eyed deco again, lol

Black Hat wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:

triKlops wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

triKlops wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:would it be wrong to want a T-AI, and maybe a Dark T-AI action figure? After all, she was a pretty big character in RID 2000.

Sooooo, the KT figure wasn't quite what you were looking for, huh???

Must we be reminded of this abomination?

Sometimes, yes, to remind us how easily it could in a direction that no one was expecting or asking for...

LOL I have that abomination and sadly its the only representation for T-AI i have on my shelves. I would love a GI Joe styled figure of T-AI much like the Marissa Fairborn and Only Human Autobots we got from the Club

I'd like to see Takara do a Microman style figure for her myself. And D-AI for that matter.

that would work to, maybe a translucent edition to depict her holographic nature

grimdragon2001 wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:

triKlops wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

triKlops wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:would it be wrong to want a T-AI, and maybe a Dark T-AI action figure? After all, she was a pretty big character in RID 2000.

Sooooo, the KT figure wasn't quite what you were looking for, huh???

Must we be reminded of this abomination?

Sometimes, yes, to remind us how easily it could in a direction that no one was expecting or asking for...

LOL I have that abomination and sadly its the only representation for T-AI i have on my shelves. I would love a GI Joe styled figure of T-AI much like the Marissa Fairborn and Only Human Autobots we got from the Club

I'd like to see Takara do a Microman style figure for her myself. And D-AI for that matter.

that would work to, maybe a translucent edition to depict her holographic nature

Even better

IIRC Takara's recent Microman-esque figures they did with the Alternity GT figures had good face detail. It's why I'd prefer a Microman figure to a Joe figure- Hasbro's ability to paint human faces is highly variable.

If they made AI and D-AI action figures, could they come with small accessories that were NAVI and DNAVI...just because. .

BBTS got God Bomber in today so I hope to have it and Artfire by the weekend, I doubt it. Interesting point, apparently today was when Amazon Japan was getting the figure in too. For those who care I did a review of the Takara exclusive set of the Hasbro heads.

https://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/chuck-s-reviews-transformers-legends-headmasters-set-p1885537.php#p1885537

chuckdawg1999 wrote:BBTS got God Bomber in today so I hope to have it and Artfire by the weekend, I doubt it. Interesting point, apparently today was when Amazon Japan was getting the figure in too. For those who care I did a review of the Takara exclusive set of the Hasbro heads.

https://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/chuck-s-reviews-transformers-legends-headmasters-set-p1885537.php#p1885537

happy for ya man, still waiting on TFSource to get them in for mine. the wait is just agonizing

Once again courtesy of Planet Iacon, we have new images of the upcoming Takara Legends Leader Sixshot, Voyager Broadside, and Deluxe Doublecross and Misfire, the latter 2 of whom comes with new Targetmasters! These images come to us from the Tokyo Toy Show, and even show Doublecross and Misfire in prototype form along with their painted forms. You can check out these pictures below, and be ready for official images sometime in the near future!

EDIT: we have added new images of Misfire's Targetmaster, Sixshot's new helmet, and an image of 2 unseen headmasters. There is a rumor that these 2 headmasters are meant to be Minerva and Cab. Check them out and speculate below!

Oh look, Sixshots a felt more better with the retooled helmet

Alright, who gave the angry dragon a gun? ... Hot Rod? Was it you?

Yeah, this is bizarre. And I am so for it! Nice to see Broadside comes with Repugnus and a non-transparent gun. Misfire looks as fine as his Hasbro counterpart and I think I prefer Hasbro's Sixshot

I think I may try to get that Misfire. It looks really good.

Kurona wrote:Alright, who gave the angry dragon a gun? ... Hot Rod? Was it you?

This made my day

Yup, helmet's new. Hasbro's doesn't have the... cheekguards(?) going as inwards as Takara's, and the jutting-out forehead is smaller.

Story updated with more images!

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ers/38306/

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Who ARE they

Kurona wrote:X-Files music plays aggressively




Who ARE they

Minerva and cab

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I think I may try to get that Misfire. It looks really good.

Yeah I jumped over and ordered him right after seeing his look. I'll be grabbing the Hasbro one for the time being and to support but I like the way misfire looks.

Sixshot though...nah. I had tha G1 as a kid and the Hasbro one is just fine. He's everything I wanted and is perfect to me. Plus I shelled the $15 for the Dr Wu kit for the gun fillers swords and new helmet and honestly I think Wu's helmet looks best out of all three.

Some sights are reporting as it's going on that Cab and Minerva will only be released in a god Ginrai set. It will be a two back with Legends super Ginrai and God Bomber and include Cad and Minerva

Randomhero wrote:Some sights are reporting as it's going on that Cab and Minerva will only be released in a god Ginrai set. It will be a two back with Legends super Ginrai and God Bomber and include Cad and Minerva

That... sounds incredibly expensive

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Randomhero wrote:Some sights are reporting as it's going on that Cab and Minerva will only be released in a god Ginrai set. It will be a two back with Legends super Ginrai and God Bomber and include Cad and Minerva

That... sounds incredibly expensive

I agree

Randomhero wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Randomhero wrote:Some sights are reporting as it's going on that Cab and Minerva will only be released in a god Ginrai set. It will be a two back with Legends super Ginrai and God Bomber and include Cad and Minerva

That... sounds incredibly expensive

I agree

I will anticipate $180 pre-orders

Randomhero wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Randomhero wrote:Some sights are reporting as it's going on that Cab and Minerva will only be released in a god Ginrai set. It will be a two back with Legends super Ginrai and God Bomber and include Cad and Minerva

That... sounds incredibly expensive

I agree

And skeezy, like, really, actually skeezy, shame on TT if this is true

I'm a little surprised they didn't retool Broadside to have a better jet mode.

Who knows maybe we'll get them from Hasbro. 2 more sets to go and if we get more waves of Titan masters it could happen. Takara has been sharing a lot in the last couples years whenever they do their own thing.

Cab is obviously hosehead and Minerva is...Minerva. Sure why not

RiddlerJ wrote:I'm a little surprised they didn't retool Broadside to have a better jet mode.

I'm not. They've never retooled any previous triple changers and just because fans don't like it doesn't mean takara wouldn't. Takara did engineer broadside after all.