English Translation for Latest Chapter in the Transformers Seacons and Star Convoy Saga Manga
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Posted by Sabrblade on October 11th, 2019 @ 5:26pm CDT
The term used is "Jii-sama" (じいさま). While "Jii" can be used to refer to a grandfather, it most basically just refers to an old man. Halfshell uses the "-sama" honorific merely out of respect for Coelagon, not because he's literally Halfshell's grandpa.
Posted by Skritz on October 11th, 2019 @ 7:39pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on October 11th, 2019 @ 8:28pm CDT
Skritz wrote:So is the chestplate detachable on Selects King Poseidon/Piranacon or is that a nod to the G1 toy kibble?
Removable.
Emerje
Posted by Skritz on October 11th, 2019 @ 9:08pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 11th, 2019 @ 11:03pm CDT
Posted by Skritz on October 12th, 2019 @ 7:23am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Also, this comic provides some long awaited confirmation on what year Masterforce takes place in: 2020, nine years after The Headmasters and five years before Victory.
Yes because that totally make sense.
Posted by Sabrblade on October 12th, 2019 @ 9:39am CDT
It doesn't?Skritz wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Also, this comic provides some long awaited confirmation on what year Masterforce takes place in: 2020, nine years after The Headmasters and five years before Victory.
Yes because that totally make sense.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 12th, 2019 @ 5:48pm CDT
At any rate, note how the Space Pirate Seacons including Halfshell have been rebuilt into new forms... wait, where's Seaphantom?
:EDIT: And well well, not only has Turtler overcome the limitation of only combining with one of each Seacon type, when he does combine with all 5 types it's a "Perfect Mode".
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 13th, 2019 @ 8:32pm CDT
Posted by Master Farr 1 on March 2nd, 2020 @ 4:12pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 2nd, 2020 @ 6:30pm CST
Master Farr 1 wrote:Are we still getting super megatron?
We should be, the comic appears to be leading up to that.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 1st, 2020 @ 10:51pm CDT
https://takaratomymall.jp/img/goods/4904810139768/comics_first-vol01.pdf
https://takaratomymall.jp/img/goods/4904810139768/comics_first-vol02.pdf
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 1st, 2020 @ 11:21pm CDT
- Unicron clones, based on Cybertron Unicron
- Sparkbots and Dead End/Bug
- What is Pretender Bumblebee doing there?
- Hey, White Lune is back... who's the boy?
Posted by Sabrblade on April 1st, 2020 @ 11:24pm CDT
And colored like the United "Ark Unicron" version of the toy.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Listing the oddities:
- Unicron clones, based on Cybertron Unicron
Maybe as part of some yet-to-be-disclosed plan to fix the continuity error of him being Bumblebee (with his Pretender helmet) instead of Goldbug during the "Controverse" manga story that was also set in 2011.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:- What is Pretender Bumblebee doing there?
Since she looks younger than in this in the Legends manga, I'm thinking the boy is a young White Leo and that Convoy and Megs are in the past on Planet Beast.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:- Hey, White Lune is back... who's the boy?
Posted by william-james88 on April 2nd, 2020 @ 1:37pm CDT
Here are the links:
https://takaratomymall.jp/img/goods/490 ... -vol01.pdf
https://takaratomymall.jp/img/goods/490 ... -vol02.pdf
And here is an image of the tank.
Posted by Albatross250 on April 2nd, 2020 @ 1:52pm CDT
Posted by Skritz on April 2nd, 2020 @ 2:09pm CDT
And people still think Super Megatron wasn't the main inspiration for the Animated Megatron! Add facial 'hair' and the resemble become uncanny.
Posted by blackeyedprime on April 2nd, 2020 @ 3:19pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 2nd, 2020 @ 4:57pm CDT
Why would Super Megatron have a base mode? He's only a Voyager and never had one in the original Return of Convoy fiction.blackeyedprime wrote:No base mode pics in what has been shown so far tho megatrons cockpit might not work as well as galvatronus in fan base mode.
Posted by Skritz on April 2nd, 2020 @ 5:11pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 2nd, 2020 @ 9:58pm CDT
Albatross250 wrote:The fusion Cannon can fold into a Triple Turret for his tank mode, also the Fusion Cockpit cannon is a new mold, too.
Close, the triple cannon is a separate piece that "hides" inside the main cannon in both Super Megatron modes it looks like. In the Ultra Megatron modes, the piece detaches and is placed on the back of the cockpit for Tank Mode, but I can't really tell where on Robot Mode.
Posted by blackeyedprime on April 3rd, 2020 @ 4:13am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Why would Super Megatron have a base mode? He's only a Voyager and never had one in the original Return of Convoy fiction.blackeyedprime wrote:No base mode pics in what has been shown so far tho megatrons cockpit might not work as well as galvatronus in fan base mode.
Why wouldn't this figure have one? Unless the new tooling has made the nerfed the old toys extra mode. Plus the Manga with these figures usually shows off the extra weird modes (like overlord weaponosing himself with another overlord) and even with the new tooling, not much of a mode is considered base modes on titan returns figures which this is based off. Plus ultimately this is not a return of convoy fiction super megatron, just a homage (and at that an undersized one if he has supposed to be the same size as star convoy in the original fiction.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 3rd, 2020 @ 8:29am CDT
What? Dude, Titans Return Galvatron didn't have a base mode.blackeyedprime wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Why would Super Megatron have a base mode? He's only a Voyager and never had one in the original Return of Convoy fiction.blackeyedprime wrote:No base mode pics in what has been shown so far tho megatrons cockpit might not work as well as galvatronus in fan base mode.
Why wouldn't this figure have one? Unless the new tooling has made the nerfed the old toys extra mode.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 4th, 2020 @ 5:30pm CDT
Comics: Translations of "Generations Selects" Super Megatron Comic courtesy of BWTF.com
One slight oddity, in that Turtler/King Poseidon was never referred to as a Godmaster. Maybe he meant surpassing the Godmasters in terms of power.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 4th, 2020 @ 11:49pm CDT
Evidently, before he was sealed here, he tried to revive himself with a new body made from his minions (who all resemble Ark Unicron from United and the Sparkbots from Kiss Players Position), and with his new body being based on his upcoming Planet Class toy.
This newly-written return of Unicron after G1 Season 3 but before his being sealed within the Triple Z Point may now actually shed some light on something that was mentioned multiple times in Beast Wars Neo but which was never given an actual timeframe: When Unicron took a bite out of Planet Dinosaur, home planet of the Predacons' ancestors. Originally, this event would've had to have been assumed to have occurred at some point before TFTM since Unicron was in his Planet Mode body when he bit Planet Dinosaur. But now, with this story showing Unicron attempting to come back in a new planet-moded body during 2011 before his being sealed away in the Triple Z Point, that opens the door for the possibility of Unicron biting into Dinosaur at some point in 2011 before he was sealed away.
Posted by Munkky on April 5th, 2020 @ 11:27am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 7th, 2020 @ 10:45pm CDT
https://takaratomymall.jp/img/goods/4904810139768/comics_second-vol01.pdf
https://takaratomymall.jp/img/goods/4904810139768/comics_second-vol02.pdf
Posted by Sabrblade on April 7th, 2020 @ 10:55pm CDT
Blue Big Convoy
The Primus Vanguard featuring a whole host of crazy cameos
Black Megatron cameo
The Alpha Matrix and the Silver Matrix striking one another
A flash forward to the Cybertron Alliance plus Artemis and Moon
Ultra Megatron Omega
Primus himself!!!
A whole hoard of Seacons
Primacron with what look like some primitive Beastformers
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?!!!!
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 7th, 2020 @ 10:59pm CDT
The return of the Primus Vanguard, last seen in Magna Convoy's storyline is unexpected... but apparently having blue is a prerequisite. I spot:
- an Omega Sentinel redeco of TR Astrotrain/Sentinel Prime, with a head I don't recognise
- Sky Claw redeco of Prime Legion Smokescreen
- BWII Dirge
- MP Bluestreak
- Prime Dark Energon Wheeljack
- TR Blurr
- T30 Brainstorm
- SonicBlue Bumble
- Siege Holo Mirage
- G1 Blue Bacchus
- Prime Hot Shot
- G1 Rumble
- a blue redeco of TR Sky Shadow?
- G1 Tracks
- G1 Dirge
- G1 Soundwave
- Straxus
And Lucky Draw Primus makes a return.
Posted by Emerje on April 8th, 2020 @ 12:15am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:- an Omega Sentinel redeco of TR Astrotrain/Sentinel Prime, with a head I don't recognise
I'm really surprised they went with Energon Omega Sentinel when Magna Convoy's ship was also the Astrotrain mold. I guess they wanted to go bigger.
Emerje
Posted by Emerje on April 8th, 2020 @ 12:58am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:G1 Optimus reading the Covenant of Primus aboard the Ark
Blue Big Convoy
The Primus Vanguard featuring a whole host of crazy cameos
Black Megatron cameo
The Alpha Matrix and the Silver Matrix striking one another
A flash forward to the Cybertron Alliance plus Artemis and Moon
Ultra Megatron Omega
Primus himself!!!
A whole hoard of Seacons
Primacron with what look like some primitive Beastformers
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:The return of the Primus Vanguard, last seen in Magna Convoy's storyline is unexpected... but apparently having blue is a prerequisite. I spot:
- an Omega Sentinel redeco of TR Astrotrain/Sentinel Prime, with a head I don't recognise
- Sky Claw redeco of Prime Legion Smokescreen
- BWII Dirge
- MP Bluestreak
- Prime Dark Energon Wheeljack
- TR Blurr
- T30 Brainstorm
- SonicBlue Bumble
- Siege Holo Mirage
- G1 Blue Bacchus
- Prime Hot Shot
- G1 Rumble
- a blue redeco of TR Sky Shadow?
- G1 Tracks
- G1 Dirge
- G1 Soundwave
- Straxus
And Lucky Draw Primus makes a return.
And it all ends with a big "to be continued". Just when you think these manga can't get any crazier they find new ways to outdo themselves. As always let us know what you think of these new pages in the Energon Pub forums!
Posted by Skritz on April 8th, 2020 @ 1:11am CDT
Posted by LordBludgeon on April 8th, 2020 @ 1:13am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:All the curve balls...
The return of the Primus Vanguard, last seen in Magna Convoy's storyline is unexpected... but apparently having blue is a prerequisite. I spot:
- an Omega Sentinel redeco of TR Astrotrain/Sentinel Prime, with a head I don't recognise
- Sky Claw redeco of Prime Legion Smokescreen
- BWII Dirge
- MP Bluestreak
- Prime Dark Energon Wheeljack
- TR Blurr
- T30 Brainstorm
- SonicBlue Bumble
- Siege Holo Mirage
- G1 Blue Bacchus
- Prime Hot Shot
- G1 Rumble
- a blue redeco of TR Sky Shadow?
- G1 Tracks
- G1 Dirge
- G1 Soundwave
- Straxus
And Lucky Draw Primus makes a return.
I was very curious who that red white and blue Sentinel Prime character was/is myself.
Posted by Decepticon Stryker on April 8th, 2020 @ 1:21am CDT
LordBludgeon wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:All the curve balls...
The return of the Primus Vanguard, last seen in Magna Convoy's storyline is unexpected... but apparently having blue is a prerequisite. I spot:
- an Omega Sentinel redeco of TR Astrotrain/Sentinel Prime, with a head I don't recognise
- Sky Claw redeco of Prime Legion Smokescreen
- BWII Dirge
- MP Bluestreak
- Prime Dark Energon Wheeljack
- TR Blurr
- T30 Brainstorm
- SonicBlue Bumble
- Siege Holo Mirage
- G1 Blue Bacchus
- Prime Hot Shot
- G1 Rumble
- a blue redeco of TR Sky Shadow?
- G1 Tracks
- G1 Dirge
- G1 Soundwave
- Straxus
And Lucky Draw Primus makes a return.
I was very curious who that red white and blue Sentinel Prime character was/is myself.
I think the head is Ptero's.
Posted by Nemesis Primal on April 8th, 2020 @ 1:51am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:- an Omega Sentinel redeco of TR Astrotrain/Sentinel Prime, with a head I don't recognise
- a blue redeco of TR Sky Shadow?
We can't quite see them close enough to make out the alt mode kibble for certain, so I could be wrong, but isn't the "blue Sky Shadow" the Legends Dai Atlas from last year?
Also, Emerje pointed out that the Primal Vanguard ship was also Astrotrain mold, so I went back and looked at it's previous appearance out of curiosity, and noticed that it's visible robot mode kibble includes non-matching colors on it's hands that match up with Omega Sentinel here (assuming I remember how this thing transforms correctly, I don't own this mold), which is an odd detail to include on a comic-only recolor we wouldn't ever see transform:
So I'm going to go one further and say that they don't just share a mold, but that this new Omega Sentinel and that ship are one and the same.
Edit: Oh, and the last panel also includes a barely-obscured-by-shadows Scylla from the new Tentakil, so there's that set of repaints basically confirmed.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 8th, 2020 @ 1:56am CDT
Decepticon Stryker wrote:I think the head is Ptero's.
Well spotted
Nemesis Primal wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:- an Omega Sentinel redeco of TR Astrotrain/Sentinel Prime, with a head I don't recognise
- a blue redeco of TR Sky Shadow?
We can't quite see them close enough to make out the alt mode kibble for certain, so I could be wrong, but isn't the "blue Sky Shadow" the Legends Dai Atlas from last year?
The mold is all Sky Shadow, especially in the gun shoulders that Dai Atlas doesn't have. The colors are his tho.
Posted by Emerje on April 8th, 2020 @ 4:27am CDT
Nemesis Primal wrote:Edit: Oh, and the last panel also includes a barely-obscured-by-shadows Scylla from the new Tentakil, so there's that set of repaints basically confirmed.
Right, she and the other Seacons (you can see some of their glowing eyes behind her) were in the same tubes Galvatron was in. Looks like they finally broke free. Probably no coincidence at all that they're "primitives" and in a panel next to Primacron. They're going to need a new Autobot to fight off all these new Decepticons, obviously Star Convoy can't do it alone. May be a good time to move Armada Convoy from concept to real figure.
Emerje
Posted by Windsweeper on April 8th, 2020 @ 5:05am CDT
Just because we see things like that in the Legends comics regrettably doesn't mean we'll get them as official toys.
We've seen a repaint of Titans Return Hardhead with Getaway's Titanmaster as Bludgeon and Full Tilt with the Titanmaster from Quake as Sureshot but they were never released.
I like seeing G1 Rodimus Prime as Primus and his 'chariot.
I hate Primacron. He and Alpha Trion were everything that was wrong with the G1 cartoon.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on April 8th, 2020 @ 6:36am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 8th, 2020 @ 7:49am CDT
It looks like King Poseidon has switched to fighting Megatron since he defends Star Convoy at one point, so now I think all faction allegiances are off here.Emerje wrote:Nemesis Primal wrote:Edit: Oh, and the last panel also includes a barely-obscured-by-shadows Scylla from the new Tentakil, so there's that set of repaints basically confirmed.
Right, she and the other Seacons (you can see some of their glowing eyes behind her) were in the same tubes Galvatron was in. Looks like they finally broke free. Probably no coincidence at all that they're "primitives" and in a panel next to Primacron. They're going to need a new Autobot to fight off all these new Decepticons, obviously Star Convoy can't do it alone. May be a good time to move Armada Convoy from concept to real figure.
Emerje
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 8th, 2020 @ 11:12am CDT
Skritz wrote:So, what are your bets people: next one is God Neptune set?
I was hoping the same, and that's what it really looks like it could be
Posted by Grahf_ on April 8th, 2020 @ 12:16pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:All the curve balls...
The return of the Primus Vanguard, last seen in Magna Convoy's storyline is unexpected... but apparently having blue is a prerequisite. I spot:
- an Omega Sentinel redeco of TR Astrotrain/Sentinel Prime, with a head I don't recognise
- Sky Claw redeco of Prime Legion Smokescreen
- BWII Dirge
- MP Bluestreak
- Prime Dark Energon Wheeljack
- TR Blurr
- T30 Brainstorm
- SonicBlue Bumble
- Siege Holo Mirage
- G1 Blue Bacchus
- Prime Hot Shot
- G1 Rumble
- a blue redeco of TR Sky Shadow?
- G1 Tracks
- G1 Dirge
- G1 Soundwave
- Straxus
And Lucky Draw Primus makes a return.
The bot kneeling down with Blue Big Convoy and Brainstorm looks to be G1 Skids. Red foot, black knee, door wing and shoulder wheel. It even has the little piece that hangs down on the end of the door wing.
Posted by datguy86 on April 8th, 2020 @ 12:20pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 8th, 2020 @ 12:51pm CDT
"Big Ban" is also the Japanese way of saying "Big Bang", which Primacron could simply be referring to the creation of the universe, as he also mentions Zodiac, the energy that has the power to create stars and planets.datguy86 wrote:Primacron mentions 'Big Ban' in one of last panels. Wasn't that an unused Transformer from Return of Convoy or something?
Posted by datguy86 on April 8th, 2020 @ 12:53pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:"Big Ban" is also the Japanese way of saying "Big Bang", which Primacron could simply be referring to the creation of the universe, as he also mentions Zodiac, the energy that has the power to create stars and planets.datguy86 wrote:Primacron mentions 'Big Ban' in one of last panels. Wasn't that an unused Transformer from Return of Convoy or something?
Kinda figured, but I know these comics love to throw in a ton of references.
Posted by o.supreme on April 8th, 2020 @ 2:37pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Skritz wrote:So, what are your bets people: next one is God Neptune set?
I was hoping the same, and that's what it really looks like it could be
If it comes as a UW styled box set I'd be much more apt to get it, rather than 5 individual releases again, but I'm pretty much obligated to get all combiners either way...just pointing out my wishes/preferences. I would hope we get another heroic combiner before God Neptune however, or things will continue to get out of balance.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 8th, 2020 @ 3:04pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Skritz wrote:So, what are your bets people: next one is God Neptune set?
I was hoping the same, and that's what it really looks like it could be
If it comes as a UW styled box set I'd be much more apt to get it, rather than 5 individual releases again, but I'm pretty much obligated to get all combiners either way...just pointing out my wishes/preferences. I would hope we get another heroic combiner before God Neptune however, or things will continue to get out of balance.
With what molds we have available, the only possible contender would be Road Caesar. Take Breakdown and Jazz as legs, a torso, and retool the lot of them
Posted by o.supreme on April 8th, 2020 @ 3:20pm CDT
At one time I thought a new Road Caesar could actually include Star Saber as its voyager (go the CW Liokaiser route), but now that we have commander class figures I'd much rather see Star Saber & Deathsaurus as CC. Even still, you could add a couple new members to the Brainmaster team to make a 5 bot' Road Caesar.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 8th, 2020 @ 3:35pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:I'm sure Landcross would be easy enough as well. Sure one of them is a boat, but the rest are vehicles that are pretty easily repainted by past CW/PotP molds. I'm sure the boat could easily be remolded from something already existing. Either they could go the Liokaiser route and sacrifice a member, or just have 5 of them, and the 6th be modified as a weapon.
At one time I thought a new Road Caesar could actually include Star Saber as its voyager (go the CW Liokaiser route), but now that we have commander class figures I'd much rather see Star Saber & Deathsaurus as CC. Even still, you could add a couple new members to the Brainmaster team to make a 5 bot' Road Caesar.
Here's my idea tho: retool the torso in such a way it can form the arms as well. PotP Grimlock pulled that off rather nicely so can be done with proper planning.