Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Beast Wars Comics
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Posted by Sabrblade on May 26th, 2016 @ 8:29am CDT
Yeah, the bikini armor is meant to be a nod to how impractical that style was for heroines in 80's anime.
Likewise, Rattrap got turned into a Choro-Q, Cheetor was turned into a cliche anime delinquent, Tigatron's cute girl figures were all turned into eraser figures (like the G1 Decoys). All aspects of the 80's that, like Ai's impractical bikini warrior armor, aren't looked back in fond lighting.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 26th, 2016 @ 10:18am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, the bikini armor is meant to be a nod to how impractical that style was for heroines in 80's anime.
Likewise, Rattrap got turned into a Choro-Q, Cheetor was turned into a cliche anime delinquent, Tigatron's cute girl figures were all turned into eraser figures (like the G1 Decoys). All aspects of the 80's that, like Ai's impractical bikini warrior armor, aren't looked back in fond lighting.
It is a bit suspect that Ai is one of the only instances of 80s regression that wasn't changed back to normal afterwards. Fan service!
Posted by Evil Eye on May 26th, 2016 @ 10:32am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, the bikini armor is meant to be a nod to how impractical that style was for heroines in 80's anime.
Likewise, Rattrap got turned into a Choro-Q, Cheetor was turned into a cliche anime delinquent, Tigatron's cute girl figures were all turned into eraser figures (like the G1 Decoys). All aspects of the 80's that, like Ai's impractical bikini warrior armor, aren't looked back in fond lighting.
>Not liking anime delinquents and impractical bikini armour
Posted by DeceptiGojira on May 26th, 2016 @ 7:13pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, the bikini armor is meant to be a nod to how impractical that style was for heroines in 80's anime.
Likewise, Rattrap got turned into a Choro-Q, Cheetor was turned into a cliche anime delinquent, Tigatron's cute girl figures were all turned into eraser figures (like the G1 Decoys). All aspects of the 80's that, like Ai's impractical bikini warrior armor, aren't looked back in fond lighting.
I, for one, don't mind Ai's armor, very Urusei Yatsura-style.
Posted by william-james88 on May 26th, 2016 @ 7:36pm CDT
And dont forget that Hasbro has its own dubious imagery. Who was it that chose this shot for Optimus interacting with Elsa:
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Posted by Cobotron on May 26th, 2016 @ 9:00pm CDT
I know of what you speak!ScottyP wrote:Some of y'all never read the pack-in with LG Magnus, did you? I'll wait.
Hey Will, do you have a link to the article that accompanies that image. I'd actually really like to know why Disney dumped Mattel for Hasbro. (Please PM as to stay on topic. )
Now back to our regularly debated cultural differences.
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 26th, 2016 @ 9:12pm CDT
"...Dammit Japan"
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Posted by ScottyP on May 27th, 2016 @ 6:25pm CDT
The way it is drawn suggests she is wearing less clothing than she was before going in there. That is the something elseSabrblade wrote:What? You mean Magnus protecting Ai from Armada Megatron's threatening her with his pincers? Or something else?Cobotron wrote:I know of what you speak!ScottyP wrote:Some of y'all never read the pack-in with LG Magnus, did you? I'll wait.
Posted by william-james88 on May 28th, 2016 @ 8:44am CDT
As you can see, the Takara version is far closer in deco to Alex Milne's comic book model, which can also be seen below.
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Sabrblade wrote:Heh, Cancer's operating Skull's gun.
There's a really horrible medical joke to be had here somewhere...
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 1st, 2016 @ 12:36am CDT
Kurona wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Heh, Cancer's operating Skull's gun.
There's a really horrible medical joke to be had here somewhere...
One of us already went there. Please, let's keep it at that person, huh?
I'm sorry, but in Dutch the word for cancer (along with other ailments like cholera if I may add) is used quite common as part of negative outings of any kind. Very trivially so, while cancer itself is no joke IMHO.
Posted by Cyberpath on June 1st, 2016 @ 5:29am CDT
パイロットフィギュア遊びが楽しいぞ♪
当然、ダイアクロン隊員も乗れるぞ!
小さいと思っていたレジェンズヘッドマスターが大きく見える不思議!
トランステクターを中間モード的な謎ビークルにしても、パイロットの存在がマシンとしての説得力を持たせてくれます。
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Posted by Kyleor on June 1st, 2016 @ 8:19am CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:... Hardhead pulls off a mean standing gerwalk/tank/walker/thingy mode that shows off the titanmaster port...
Artillery/Bombardment mode, I think several other tanks can do a similar mode, and it usually looks cool.
Posted by william-james88 on June 1st, 2016 @ 8:46am CDT
Kyleor wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:... Hardhead pulls off a mean standing gerwalk/tank/walker/thingy mode that shows off the titanmaster port...
Artillery/Bombardment mode, I think several other tanks can do a similar mode, and it usually looks cool.
Blurr can do it too:
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on June 1st, 2016 @ 8:48am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Kyleor wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:... Hardhead pulls off a mean standing gerwalk/tank/walker/thingy mode that shows off the titanmaster port...
Artillery/Bombardment mode, I think several other tanks can do a similar mode, and it usually looks cool.
Blurr can do it too:
That's actually really frakkin' cool.
Posted by Kurona on June 1st, 2016 @ 8:50am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Kyleor wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:... Hardhead pulls off a mean standing gerwalk/tank/walker/thingy mode that shows off the titanmaster port...
Artillery/Bombardment mode, I think several other tanks can do a similar mode, and it usually looks cool.
Blurr can do it too:
A gerwalk mode Blurr.
A Blurrwalk.
Posted by Kyleor on June 1st, 2016 @ 9:07am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Kyleor wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:... Hardhead pulls off a mean standing gerwalk/tank/walker/thingy mode that shows off the titanmaster port...
Artillery/Bombardment mode, I think several other tanks can do a similar mode, and it usually looks cool.
Blurr can do it too:
That looks more like it should be something from the NSFW manga series.
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on June 1st, 2016 @ 9:23am CDT
Kyleor wrote:william-james88 wrote:Kyleor wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:... Hardhead pulls off a mean standing gerwalk/tank/walker/thingy mode that shows off the titanmaster port...
Artillery/Bombardment mode, I think several other tanks can do a similar mode, and it usually looks cool.
Blurr can do it too:
That looks more like it should be something from the NSFW manga series.
This thing needs Clone Troopers. Looks like it's totally out of Clone Wars.
Posted by kurthy on June 1st, 2016 @ 9:26am CDT
Kyleor wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:... Hardhead pulls off a mean standing gerwalk/tank/walker/thingy mode that shows off the titanmaster port...
Artillery/Bombardment mode, I think several other tanks can do a similar mode, and it usually looks cool.
I remember doing this with the original when I was kid because the front treads could rotate down, then extend the legs out and partially fold the cockpit so the gun would point up. It did not look half as good, but I used it as a base.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 1st, 2016 @ 11:33am CDT
Kurona wrote:william-james88 wrote:Kyleor wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:... Hardhead pulls off a mean standing gerwalk/tank/walker/thingy mode that shows off the titanmaster port...
Artillery/Bombardment mode, I think several other tanks can do a similar mode, and it usually looks cool.
Blurr can do it too:
A gerwalk mode Blurr.
A Blurrwalk.
I love this way more than I probably should
Posted by Cyberpath on June 1st, 2016 @ 11:46am CDT
The first pic confirms that Takara's Skullcruncher comes with a gun. I didn't notice it before, tabbed underneath the reptile tail in the promo pic.
Still don't like Hardhead's chunky gun. Besides, all the Autobot Headmasters are supposed to have twin-guns.
Posted by Rainmaker on June 1st, 2016 @ 4:56pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 1st, 2016 @ 5:01pm CDT
[BW] Rainmaker wrote:What's the little tank next to Hardhead?
The Titan Master partner that comes with him. I think it's Nightbeat's in Hasbro's line...?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 1st, 2016 @ 5:02pm CDT
[BW] Rainmaker wrote:What's the little tank next to Hardhead?
His alternate Triple-Changing weapon, redecoed from a Titan Master vehicle. It does not come with its corresponding Titan Master however.
For Legends, the components of the Titan Master Class sets have been split up between multiple releases: the vehicles go to some Deluxe releases, while the Titan Masters are paired with Legends Class toys.
Posted by steals_your_goats on June 1st, 2016 @ 5:43pm CDT
Kurona wrote:[BW] Rainmaker wrote:What's the little tank next to Hardhead?
The Titan Master partner that comes with him. I think it's Nightbeat's in Hasbro's line...?
Horri-bull and Flywheels actually
Posted by Mr Skram on June 2nd, 2016 @ 4:27pm CDT
Gonna have to get Blurr as well if I can find a preorder that isn't sold out.
Posted by Robogeek1973 on June 2nd, 2016 @ 6:06pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Kyleor wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:... Hardhead pulls off a mean standing gerwalk/tank/walker/thingy mode that shows off the titanmaster port...
Artillery/Bombardment mode, I think several other tanks can do a similar mode, and it usually looks cool.
Blurr can do it too:
Ok, that's pretty cool.
Posted by william-james88 on June 2nd, 2016 @ 6:17pm CDT
Mr Skram wrote:Woo! Skids is shipping out of BBTS today or tomorrow! First time I paid 30 bucks for a deluxe but he looked so good.
Gonna have to get Blurr as well if I can find a preorder that isn't sold out.
Here's the only place I found that wasnt sold out yet http://www.agesthreeandup.com/takara-tr ... g25-blurr/
Posted by Mr Skram on June 2nd, 2016 @ 6:32pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Mr Skram wrote:Woo! Skids is shipping out of BBTS today or tomorrow! First time I paid 30 bucks for a deluxe but he looked so good.
Gonna have to get Blurr as well if I can find a preorder that isn't sold out.
Here's the only place I found that wasnt sold out yet http://www.agesthreeandup.com/takara-tr ... g25-blurr/
Thanks Will!
Posted by Sabrblade on June 2nd, 2016 @ 9:53pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 2nd, 2016 @ 9:57pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Anyone else notice in Skids's comic that, after he guns down Megatron, the tiny Headmaster Megatron emerges from the larger Leader class dead body?
Do you have a scan of the comic? If so we can news it and we can all take a look!
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 2nd, 2016 @ 10:02pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Anyone else notice in Skids's comic that, after he guns down Megatron, the tiny Headmaster Megatron emerges from the larger Leader class dead body?
O for... Knowing the comic, he's probably had a Galvatron body built much in advance.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 2nd, 2016 @ 11:08pm CDT
Wiki summary:
Skids, a dimensional investigator, deems there to be too many Transformers from other dimensions living in the Legends Universe, and sets out to send them all back home and seal off the dimension (with special "keep out" tape). This concerns Rattrap, who doesn't want to lose his new friends, and Megatron and his female soldiers have no intention of leaving and confront the investigator, who calls forth the Skids Squadron, a team made up of alternate versions of himself. He then exposits to nobody in particular that he got his power to manipulate spacetime when he discovered quantum particles able to cross dimensions and bathed himself in them, and now he's become a powerful defender of peace throughout the multiverse instead of the overlooked nobody he was before.
While the Skids Squadron battles Megatron, Skids himself takes on Nightbird Shadow and Slipstream, shrugging off the latter's pleas that only prison awaits her back home. Despite his injuries, Megatron gets between Skids and his subordinates, warning him not to lay a hand on them, but the self-assured investigator exclaims that he's now stronger than even Megatron and uses his "Full Burst Mode" to blast the Decepticon leader with a lethal barrage of firepower. As he sees Megatron's underlings crowd around his body, however, Skids realizes to his shock that a Decepticon just sacrificed his life for his comrades, something Waspinator credits to the sense of justice that awakened within him during the G-2 era.
Rattrap and his friends then form a wall around Megatron's body and tell Skids that there are no factions in the Legends world: it's a place where everyone lives in peace and harmony, and Skids isn't protecting that peace, he's ruining it! Realizing the locals are right and that he's the bad guy here, Skids undoes the seal and leaves, but says he'll continue to monitor this dimension. A mysterious, tiny, but alive Megatron then climbs out of the Decepticon leader's remains, to the pleasant surprise of everyone present.
Later at a web cafe, Skids looks into his own appearances in the Transformers fiction available in the Legends Universe and is shocked to learn he only had two lines in the whole cartoon, yet he's also kinda happy he got any at all.
Posted by william-james88 on June 3rd, 2016 @ 7:15am CDT