The Next Prelude to Combiner Wars Starring Victorion released

She certainly thinks a lot of herself.

Well that was kind of awesomy.

Hmm... pretty sure this is setting herself up to be some kind of pseudo-antagonist. Predicting rn that she believes herself to be above everyone, fights the Autobots, learns yadda-yadda-yadda then joins them to kick even more ass than either party could kick alone.

its like bad fan fiction.

Dialogue is kinda cheesy, but they are introducing the plotline of the Till' All are One arc, so there's that. Otherwise, I honestly imagined Victorion with a huskier and deeper voice, still feminine, but less...astral?
Anyway, I love the Ultraman rising pose at the end of the vid.

Ehhhhhhhhh no. The 80s...ness of it I dig. Victorion herself though? If she's going to be a villain then yeah, that's pretty cool. If she's going to be a protagonist though...ugh. I can smell the Mary Sue a mile off.

oh

My bad ... I'm sure what I approved was edited. All gone now.

It's official, Victorion is now a sentient female Voltron.

Does that make Pyra Magna Space Dad Mum?

I guess Rust Dust can count as Allura...

Sabrblade wrote:It's official, Victorion is now a sentient female Voltron.

What, a censored and Americanized version of a far superior product?


(I've never watched Voltron or Go Lion please don't shoot me)

Delta Magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It's official, Victorion is now a sentient female Voltron.

What, a censored and Americanized version of a far superior product?


(I've never watched Voltron or Go Lion please don't shoot me)

For a moment I thought you were talking about Macross and the inferior Robotech

Kurona wrote:Does that make Pyra Magna Space Dad Mum?

I guess Rust Dust can count as Allura...

Each component's a lion, of course.

Though, Rust Dust would just be an accessory.

Delta Magnus wrote:
(I've never watched Voltron or Go Lion please don't shoot me)

Go watch the new one on Netflix. Only 11 episodes and is genuinely amazing!

ZeroWolf wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It's official, Victorion is now a sentient female Voltron.

What, a censored and Americanized version of a far superior product?


(I've never watched Voltron or Go Lion please don't shoot me)

For a moment I thought you were talking about Macross and the inferior Robotech

I am a Macross snob, but that wasn't what I was talking about here. (Harmony Gold can eat my arse though).

@Sabreblade:
Huh, I'll have to give it a watch. I do love giant robot shenanigans (though I do want to watch the original Go Lion as I hear for a 70s anime it's actually really good). Thanks for the recommendation!

I'll second Voltron. Although I could do with a little less people story, and more Voltron VS. Robeasts!



Goooooooooo VICKY!

Delta Magnus wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It's official, Victorion is now a sentient female Voltron.

What, a censored and Americanized version of a far superior product?


(I've never watched Voltron or Go Lion please don't shoot me)

For a moment I thought you were talking about Macross and the inferior Robotech

I am a Macross snob, but that wasn't what I was talking about here. (Harmony Gold can eat my arse though).

@Sabreblade:
Huh, I'll have to give it a watch. I do love giant robot shenanigans (though I do want to watch the original Go Lion as I hear for a 70s anime it's actually really good). Thanks for the recommendation!

Eh, GoLion was from 1981.

But what's interesting about the new Voltron in relation to GoLion is that it actually takes some elements from GoLion in addition to elements from past Voltron shows. It's awesome.

Sabrblade wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It's official, Victorion is now a sentient female Voltron.

What, a censored and Americanized version of a far superior product?


(I've never watched Voltron or Go Lion please don't shoot me)

For a moment I thought you were talking about Macross and the inferior Robotech

I am a Macross snob, but that wasn't what I was talking about here. (Harmony Gold can eat my arse though).

@Sabreblade:
Huh, I'll have to give it a watch. I do love giant robot shenanigans (though I do want to watch the original Go Lion as I hear for a 70s anime it's actually really good). Thanks for the recommendation!

Eh, GoLion was from 1981.

Well now I feel like even more of a wally than usual.

But what's interesting about the new Voltron in relation to GoLion is that it actually takes some elements from GoLion in addition to elements from past Voltron shows. It's awesome.

That IS cool. I'll have to check it out, assuming I can get the TV to myself.

griftimus prime wrote:its like bad fan fiction.

yeah kinda got that vibe meself.

not a good sign IMO .

still ill give the show a shot, it wouldnt be the first to make a misstep in advertising.

I dunno, I'm not feeling it with this series....

More than a little corny on the dialogue, although hopefully isn't too representative of the show's content - after all, I doubt the series proper will include monologues like this. This prelude was much better at working within its limitations.

...never really gotten that into this style of "prelude", though. Doesn't feel like they're adding much to the experience. At least it's better than a trailer.

I was honestly hoping they'd use 'Gestalt' as the official term, and use 'Combiner' as slang...oh well.

Sigma Magnus wrote:I was honestly hoping they'd use 'Gestalt' as the official term, and use 'Combiner' as slang...oh well.

...Why? Is this some crap only Wikinauts care about?

Delta Magnus wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:I was honestly hoping they'd use 'Gestalt' as the official term, and use 'Combiner' as slang...oh well.

...Why? Is this some crap only Wikinauts care about?

...what? No, no. At least to me, gestalt just sounds more...I dunno...professional?

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:I was honestly hoping they'd use 'Gestalt' as the official term, and use 'Combiner' as slang...oh well.

...Why? Is this some crap only Wikinauts care about?

...what? No, no. At least to me, gestalt just sounds more...I dunno...professional?

But "Combiner" was always the official term. "Gestalt" was a fan term given use in some sparse official cases.

Delta Magnus wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:I was honestly hoping they'd use 'Gestalt' as the official term, and use 'Combiner' as slang...oh well.

...Why? Is this some crap only Wikinauts care about?

Gestalt's an old fan-term for a combiner, a thematic reapplication of a psych term. Not surprised they're using Combiner, though - besides being the branding for it, it's a lot quicker and easier to pick up on.

(Ahhh, website factionalism. That certainly hasn't gotten tedious.)

Sabrblade wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:I was honestly hoping they'd use 'Gestalt' as the official term, and use 'Combiner' as slang...oh well.

...Why? Is this some crap only Wikinauts care about?

...what? No, no. At least to me, gestalt just sounds more...I dunno...professional?

But "Combiner" was always the official term. "Gestalt" was a fan term given use in some sparse official cases.

I know, I know...

The character is like mairghread Scott. Completely and utterly full of herself despite being junk. PASS.

Prowl4 wrote:The character is like mairghread Scott. Completely and utterly full of herself despite being junk. PASS.

wait a character being full of themselves...Does that mean Victorion is the female Sky lynx?

ZeroWolf wrote:

Prowl4 wrote:The character is like mairghread Scott. Completely and utterly full of herself despite being junk. PASS.

wait a character being full of themselves...Does that mean Victorion is the female Sky lynx?

Sky lynx had charm despite being a bell end.

I'll bet ya she'd kill every Decepticon without breaking a sweat for no reason other than she's the first female Scramble City combiner.

Am I going crazy or does it sound like Constance Zimmer is voicing Victorion in this? It's probably not her, since I assume they'd want to use actors like Jon who are non-union or whatever the equivalent is, but the voice reminds me of her.

Victorion is very self-righteous here, but that's kind of fitting for her and typical for Camiens as we've seen. Some say Mary Sue, I just see boastful. Also, since the animation here is quite limited, "voiceover + zoom out" was about all they could do so eh. Check your silly criticisms at the door for now.

Sabrblade wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:
(I've never watched Voltron or Go Lion please don't shoot me)

Go watch the new one on Netflix. Only 11 episodes and is genuinely amazing!

I will go gie it a watch. Did they make toys for the new series?

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:
(I've never watched Voltron or Go Lion please don't shoot me)

Go watch the new one on Netflix. Only 11 episodes and is genuinely amazing!

I will go give it a watch. Did they make toys for the new series?

Not yet, but apparently there's some coming.

Do we have a Voltron thread on this site?

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:
(I've never watched Voltron or Go Lion please don't shoot me)

Go watch the new one on Netflix. Only 11 episodes and is genuinely amazing!

I will go give it a watch. Did they make toys for the new series?

Not yet, but apparently there's some coming.

Do we have a Voltron thread on this site?

We could probably do with a super robot thread in general

Victorion's trailer reminds me of the UFO contactee propaganda of aliens coming over to teach us
barbarians how to be peaceful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BWHVmBY0Cs

ZeroWolf wrote:Do we have a Voltron thread on this site?
We could probably do with a super robot thread in general

Man you guys are a tease... . Anyway I think Victorions voice was just right, any "deeper" then you get into butch territory (BM Stryka) *shudders*

But 2 previews in, its still looking good. Unfortunately yes Victorions self-righteousness will be her downfall. Also not to sound self serving, but we definitely need a modern Omega Supreme Toy (I know we need Trypticon first, I voted for him too), but Omega hasn't been seen in a while in IDW...still recovering from that explosion. His absence in the Combiner Wars was definitely felt, though not a combiner himself, they are his primary/preferred combatants.

Kurona wrote:Do we have a Voltron thread on this site?

We've had some in the past, but they didn't last long.

Stick to the topic please, if you want to discuss Voltron then ... maybe go search (the search function DOES work) for an existing thread and if none exists, make one.
-edit-
Just make a new one. There's a bunch of existing ones that don't really cover Voltron as a whole. They're also 5+ years old.

Some more pretty scraps of Machinima's Combiner Wars material to wait out until the next Prelude clip hits the interwebs, straight from the official Transformers Facebook page/Machinima YouTube and Twitter accounts: we take a look at Victorion, the protagonist of the second Prelude, in her character design, and in a brief talk with producer Eric Calderon about her novelty to the project. Check them both out below!

If only the toy had those proportions...

Fellow Seibertronians, the official Transformers Facebook Page has been updated with the third Prelude to Combiner Wars video - this one featuring Starscream, following in his IDW counterpart's footsteps of being the leader of Cybertron. Take a look by following the link below!

Starscream’s no longer a villain? SAY WHAT?! Prepare yourself for a whole new Starscream with this motion comic and remember the 3D animated series Transformers: ‪#‎CombinerWars‬ drops Aug. 2!

Braker wrote:If only the toy had those proportions...

Agreed. She actually looks pretty good without the broad manly shoulders.

Kurona wrote:Fellow Seibertronians, the official Transformers Facebook Page has been updated with the third Prelude to Combiner Wars video - this one featuring Starscream, following in his IDW counterpart's footsteps of being the leader of Cybertron. Take a look by following the link below!

Starscream’s no longer a villain? SAY WHAT?! Prepare yourself for a whole new Starscream with this motion comic and remember the 3D animated series Transformers: ‪#‎CombinerWars‬ drops Aug. 2!

Video link

Do I spy another news crew in the making? Va'als army grows stronger still.

Anyhow, only one prelude left isn't there?

A mention of Rodimus Prime. Pardon??

Yeah, the Rodimus bit surprised me as well. So far it's looking like it's IDW focused on Combiner Wars and excising MTMTE... which sounds a little like a horror story, but I'll reserve judgement.

I guess it makes sense. There was a mention or feeling of Optimus leaving things behind; and which character is more natural to take up the mantle of Autobot Leader than Roddy?

The press release that first announced these preludes first mentioned Rodimus Prime and the Mistress of Flame as being the other two of Starscream's fellow council members.

Delta Magnus wrote:

Braker wrote:If only the toy had those proportions...

Agreed. She actually looks pretty good without the broad manly shoulders.

Then use the coptors as arms. That's how I have her always. It's how she first appeared in the comics and its looks nice.

Randomhero wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

Braker wrote:If only the toy had those proportions...

Agreed. She actually looks pretty good without the broad manly shoulders.

Then use the coptors as arms. That's how I have her always. It's how she first appeared in the comics and its looks nice.

Doesn't stop the man-shoulders unfortunately. The problem lies with the torso, not the limbs. Plus, I'm not buying her because quite frankly she looks awful, and I'm off official combiners for good.

Kurona wrote:Yeah, the Rodimus bit surprised me as well. So far it's looking like it's IDW focused on Combiner Wars and excising MTMTE... which sounds a little like a horror story, but I'll reserve judgement.

It just inspires from IDW but it doesnt represent it nor does it tie into it. This is a stand alone continuity so it takes inspiration from different things, hence why it sounds like a mix of different story elements.