Takara Tomy Kre-O Web Comic Episodes 2 and 3

Is that... is that Whirl, Ultra Magnus, Rodimus, Omega Supreme, and Jetfire? And a huge Scorponok base? Oh I seriously hope that's a proper hint of what's to come.

There are two Bumblebee Kreons.

This comic makes Megatron look like the cutest thing in the world.


HE IS SOO CUTE!!!!

There is Hoist and Grapple kreons in the same comic as Ultra Magnus and the rest. I hope that's the wave 4 micro changers!

So appearently Japanese comics read backwards to American? Let me see if I have this rhgt, Archiville is dring a car, tries to run ove a puppy, and Bumblebee turns Arkeville's car into, well, Bumblebee because we don't have enough Bumblebee repaints without Bumblebee being able to spread himself like a plague, and then when Arkeville tries to get angry he gets stared at by his carand Prime gets kinda freaked out at having another Bumblebee? And what the heck is happeneing in the second page, it kinda looks like Vortex/Spinister/whoever he is is trying to usurp Megatron with a giant version of himself, so Megs calls the Autobots?

The Japanese read right-to-left, yes.

Though, some TF manga in recent years has been produced in a Western left-to-right format, but taking a further look at these particular ones looks like they read in the traditional Japanese right-to-left way.

Translated! (not by me)

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(from what I understand, the red symbols in the first two panels are essentially stomach gurgles)

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I'M THE LOOKOUT FROM HELL-EX!

Got these from Nyarlathotep from over at the Allspark, who in turn got them from 4chan, so I'm not sure who to thank for them-ex. Too bad they didn't add a "translated by ____"-ex.

Vortex-ex's speech quirk is oddly catchy-ex.

For reference, the original source for those translations is 4chan.

^ Good to know.

Also, the names each of those stories, in that order, are:

• "Kreon Story"
• "Defend the Blocks! Autobots, Dispatch!"
• "Bumblebee! The Gentle-Hearted Autobot Warrior"
• "A Reliable Warrior!? Vortex the Lookout from Hell"

Takara Tomy have updated their official Kre-O website with the 4th installment of their Kreon web-comic. Enjoy the comic mirrored below.

Kre-O cameos:

- Sari Sumdac
- Minerva
- Thrustinator (already?!)
- Devcon
- Grimlock
- BW Dinobot

THRUSTINATOR!!!

I feel the spiky blonde-haired boy seems familiar, but I can't think of who he is.

Ok, so basically, Wheeljack invents a potion which can power Kreons up, but renders its torso see-through, giving new meaning to "sheer power"

*ba dam tshhhhhhhhhhhhhh*

Seriously, Megatron puts on a sheer negligee made by Knockout (I think) in the hopes of achieving the same effect. He only gets laughed at, so Megatron knocks out Knockout.

*ba dam tshhhhhhhhhhhhhh*

Kicker when he goes all super energon?

Down_Shift wrote:Kicker when he goes all super energon?

Maybe, but isn't there already a Kicker Kreon?

This kid looks younger to me, anyway.

Seeing how the manga Rodimus and Kup look very different from the ones we're getting, I'm afraid these cameos are no indication of upcoming toys.

(Could they even sell Thrustinator at retail? He seems to be TFCC's creation, like Shattered Glass, so I wouldn't expect that Hasbro/Takara could)




But that "sheer" pun!

Full character list:

Sari Sumdac
Blonde-haired boy*
Wheeljack
Optimus Prime
Minerva
Megatron
Thrustinator
Doubleface
Knock Out
Breakdown
Some red Autobot dude
Grimlock
Dinobot
Devcon
Vortex

* - Regarding the blonde-haired kid's identity, Andrew Hall went and asked the artist of this piece, Hayato Sakamoto, who it's supposed to be:

Hydra wrote:I just called him up and asked him who it is.

This is a good one. Anybody figured it out?
It's a character from Armada, and holding a fish.

An obscure Armada human, eh?

Incidentally, Sakamoto is also the artist who drew Thrustinator in that TCC comic we first saw him in, thus explaining Kreon Thrustinator's sudden appearance here so soon after his Deluxe toy's reveal.

......... Doubleface?
*checks wiki, which brings up Sideways*
Oooooh. Wait, where's he in the comic? Don't tell me you identified him purely by that purple foot.


Incidentally, I wonder how they'd handle Sideways/Doubleface's distinct heads in Kreon form. Would probably just use that Galvatron helmet...

Noideaforaname wrote:......... Doubleface?
*checks wiki, which brings up Sideways*
Oooooh. Wait, where's he in the comic? Don't tell me you identified him purely by that purple foot.

Not me, but someone else elsewhere pointed this out:

Noideaforaname wrote:Incidentally, I wonder how they'd handle Sideways/Doubleface's distinct heads in Kreon form. Would probably just use that Galvatron helmet...

If we ever see his face, it'll probably look like his standard Mini-Con-less head.

Not sure which helmet would work best for it, though, or if a helmetless look would work best.

I hope that breakdown kreon is coming in toy form!

The identity of the blonde-haired kid has been revealed.

First and foremost, turns out this kid is a girl.

Secondly, Andrew Hall went and confirmed who she is:

Hydra wrote:It's one of the kids from Carnival who was featured in the Micron Densetsu Sourcebook.

Apparently the character design was a parody of anime character "Sazae-san."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHpuTafSIac&feature=youtu.be&t=11m59s

^ Huh, Kreon homages just get more and more obscure. Crankstart, Thrustinator, that Yankees baseball cap-wearing junkyard bot, and now her:

Aaaaaaaand English!

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I still think "sheer power" is a better pun

WHAT STRENGTH! I AM DEFEATED...!

I didn't notice it before, but is Megatron on the ground throwing a temper tantrum like a little kid?

And I love how Wheeljack's creation evidently involved explosions. ...though one can imagine it wasn't entirely intentional.

We now have the 5th episode of the Kre-O web comic page from Takara Tomy straight from the official Kre-O website. Check it out below.

"Optimus Hurry to emergency! Base!" Episode 5

Deathsaurus and Overlord/Gigatron as kreos? Awesome!

Optimus on the toilet? OK.

See, this is how you do kid friendly and simple. But shockingly, it can still appeal to older fans.

But what do I know, I don't have all the business degrees under my belt that good 'ol hasbro execs do. Silly me.

This also makes me want to collect Kre-o. These comics are awesome

Megatron
Some red dude
Straxus
Overlord
Deszaras
Shockwave
Optimus Prime
Blitzwing
Thrust
Soundwave
Shrapnel/Sharpshot
Metroplex
Octane?
Some light purple dude
Thrustinator
Doubleface
Astrotrain
Knock Out
Vortex
Bumblebee
Jazz

Panel 1:
Megatron
Straxus
Overlord (does he have Mega's lips?)
Deszaras (Yes, I'm keeping the original name on this one)
Shockwave
"some red dude with Hound's helmet"

Panel 2:
Optimus Prime
Thrust
Soundwave
Shrapnel/Sharpshot
Vortex (non-Bruticus)
Blitzwing

Last Panel:
Doubleface/Sideways (leg only again)
Thrustinator
Knockout
Astrotrain (TFCC)

Deathsaurus, Overlord, and Straxus? Neato!

Amazing homage to the original animated movie is amazing!

Straxus uses Bumblebee's helmet, Deszaras uses Sentinel Prime's, and Overlord uses... Rodimus's?

Also, Shrapnel/Sharpshot uses Mirage's.

I wonder why only Sideway's leg has appeared?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Overlord (does he have Mega's lips?)

I kinda assumed the lips came from Overlord's IDW design, even though the chest design isn't.
Seeing Overlord makes me think we need a helmet with "ears"/pipes/antennae.

Episode 6 of the Takara Tomy Kre-O web comic has been posted on their Kre-O website. This episode features the giant Devastator. Check it out below.

Metroplex
Optimus
Rung
Scrapper
Bonecrusher
Scavenger
Mixmaster
Megatron
Devastator
Roadbuster
Victory Saber
Thunderclash
Bumblebee
Electrons
Metalhawk
Zetar
Skids
Mudflap
Knock Out
Thrustinator

Takara Tomy has updated their official Transformers Kre-O website with episode 7 of their Kre-O web comic series. This episode features the Kreon Combaticons! Enjoy the comic mirrored below!

One of those panels has the My First Transformers plane guy in it. Awesome.

Starscream
Vortex
Thrustinator
Megatron
Swindle
Onslaught
Brawl
Jet-Kun
Pharma
Flame
A red guy who looks familiar but the name escapes me.
Chromedome
Old Snake
Hydra
Scorponok
Bruticus
Windblade
Wreck-Gar
Minerva Night Beat
Dai Atlas

Sabrblade wrote:A red guy who looks familiar but the name escapes me.

The blue has me thinking Braver.

Sabrblade wrote:A red guy who looks familiar but the name escapes me.

Mainframe, perhaps? With that blocky head and blue body.

ScottyP wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:A red guy who looks familiar but the name escapes me.

Mainframe, perhaps? With that blocky head and blue body.

I was thinking the same.

Mindmaster wrote:

ScottyP wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:A red guy who looks familiar but the name escapes me.

Mainframe, perhaps? With that blocky head and blue body.

I was thinking the same.

I still say Braver because of the wheels:


Transformers G1 1989 Braver Gallery

Mainframe lacks wheels altogether:


Transformers G1 1990 Mainframe with Push-Button Gallery

Neither Mainframe nor Braver have a red helmeted head.

Turns out it's GoBots Buggyman based on G1 Beachcomber's unreleased red redeco, which will appear in the upcoming TCC prose story "Spatiotemporal Challengers" by Andrew Hall and Hayato Sakamoto (the latter of whom is the man behind these Kre-O comics).



The blue Seaspray is Man-O-War and the white Hubcap is Rest-Q.

Well played you two, well played.

So Kre-O's referencing the FUTURE now? What haven't they done?

Noideaforaname wrote:So Kre-O's referencing the FUTURE now? What haven't they done?

Oh, a number of things.

Anyone else notice Wreck-gar in the first panel ? )

redguyver wrote:Anyone else notice Wreck-gar in the first panel ? )

Sabrblade and I did, and it's actually the second-last panel, as Japanese comics are read right-to-left, top-to-bottom.

Autobase Aichi has posted some images from a Toys"R"Us Transformers Kre-O display and store catalog. The catalog features another chapter in the popular Kre-O comic as well as various other Kre-O products. We've mirrored the images of the display and catalog scans below.