More Pics of New Star Convoy and Armada Optimus Prime Revealed at Wonder Festival 2019 Winter

I'll take both! Hopefully they will be Hasbro releases and not LG-EX

Wow, both of these look REALLY nice. All these reveals just make me really happy

I came buckets on the reveal of Armada Optimus Prime. Can’t wait to see this guy in color! Preorders, please get here fast!

Star Convoy is an ingenious use of Power of the Primes Optimus, Combiner Wars Legends Rodimus would look good next to him.

Graviton wrote:I'll take both! Hopefully they will be Hasbro releases and not LG-EX

Legends is the only line that these could be a part of.

Star convoy I'm not totally feelin' just yet, but I need an articulated super armada prime, I hope to all that is good that they start with articulated legs for the super mode and work out a base mode from there

will armada prime have a super mode? i think it should
and what of star convoys regular bot mode will it look like orion pax
or optimus prime because i remember reading the story of primes body being remade into star convoy

Looking at Armada Optimus, noticed a good sized line down his crotch, which could mean.....

Armada Prime looks like an absolute unit; so stoked!

Star Convoy looks very promising, I'll happily get that if the price isn't too high, I wonder what the inner robot will look like...remember, his Micromaster was Hot Rod
And that Armada Optimus is an absolute BEAST

Oh god, please let Armada Prime have a super mode! I was just trying to decide if it was finally time to bite the bullet and pick up Bendy Prime, but if this guy has a super mode, then I'm saving for him!

Ultra Markus wrote:and what of star convoys regular bot mode will it look like orion pax
or optimus prime because i remember reading the story of primes body being remade into star convoy

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/False_Convoy
"Dark Nova, a strange nebulous being now commanding the Decepticons, somehow managed to get his tentacles on the corpse of Optimus Prime. Using his vast power, Dark Nova duplicated the body and programmed it to serve the Decepticons. False Convoy posed as the real Optimus Prime, back from the dead, and used the Autobots' love of their legendary Supreme Commander against them. He turned on the Autobots and engaged them in battle, taking Sixliner hostage. False Convoy was eventually defeated by Sky Garry and Grandus.
Following that battle, the Autobots quickly rescued the body of the real Optimus Prime from planet Lucifer and revived him as Star Convoy."
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Zodiac
"When the Decepticon Dark Nova threatened the universe, Dai Atlas formed the elite sub-group known as the Battlestars to revive Optimus Prime in the hopes that he could thwart Dark Nova. To this end, Battlestars commander Sky Garry was given the Zodiac by Dai Atlas.

Dark Nova beat the Battlestars to the punch, however, when he stole Prime's body and created a duplicate known as "False Convoy" which he used to attack the Autobots. The Battlestars managed to defeat False Convoy and rescue Prime's lifeless corpse from Dark Nova's Great Novaroid forces, and Sky Garry then restored him to life by placing the Zodiac in his chest (cuz it's just that easy). The power of the Zodiac turned Optimus Prime into the even more powerful Star Convoy. "

In a picture taken from above, you can see that the smaller robot has new legs, new arms and a new chest that are much more rectangular than Orion Pax's, as well as seeing detail from G1 Optimus Prime's chest at the top of the new chest. (This should have the bonus of making the cab look far less like hot garbage in truck mode.)



It would have been nice if they'd figured out how to work a long nosed truck mode in there, but that seems doubtful.

metaphorge wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:and what of star convoys regular bot mode will it look like orion pax
or optimus prime because i remember reading the story of primes body being remade into star convoy

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/False_Convoy
"Dark Nova, a strange nebulous being now commanding the Decepticons, somehow managed to get his tentacles on the corpse of Optimus Prime. Using his vast power, Dark Nova duplicated the body and programmed it to serve the Decepticons. False Convoy posed as the real Optimus Prime, back from the dead, and used the Autobots' love of their legendary Supreme Commander against them. He turned on the Autobots and engaged them in battle, taking Sixliner hostage. False Convoy was eventually defeated by Sky Garry and Grandus.
Following that battle, the Autobots quickly rescued the body of the real Optimus Prime from planet Lucifer and revived him as Star Convoy."
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Zodiac
"When the Decepticon Dark Nova threatened the universe, Dai Atlas formed the elite sub-group known as the Battlestars to revive Optimus Prime in the hopes that he could thwart Dark Nova. To this end, Battlestars commander Sky Garry was given the Zodiac by Dai Atlas.

Dark Nova beat the Battlestars to the punch, however, when he stole Prime's body and created a duplicate known as "False Convoy" which he used to attack the Autobots. The Battlestars managed to defeat False Convoy and rescue Prime's lifeless corpse from Dark Nova's Great Novaroid forces, and Sky Garry then restored him to life by placing the Zodiac in his chest (cuz it's just that easy). The power of the Zodiac turned Optimus Prime into the even more powerful Star Convoy. "

In a picture taken from above, you can see that the smaller robot has new legs, new arms and a new chest that are much more rectangular than Orion Pax's, as well as seeing detail from G1 Optimus Prime's chest at the top of the new chest. (This should have the bonus of making the cab look far less like hot garbage in truck mode.)

starconcabchest.png

It would have been nice if they'd figured out how to work a long nosed truck mode in there, but that seems doubtful.

You can also kind of see the smaller figure's head in there and it looks more like the square shape of Optimus' head. Plus, I think I see a mouth plate there

Wasn't expecting this, but my wallet is ready!

I may well be interested in Armada Optimus, particularly if he has a trailer, I might be interested in Star Convoy, he does look cool, though certainly with My POTP Optimus the orion neck joint was so weak it completely broke, so I would hope they would fix that.

I mentioned this in the Legends topic, if Star Convoy is based on PotP Optimus Prime then Armada Optimus Prime might come with a heavily modified PotP Rodimus Prime trailer. It's basically the same concept with the trailer forming legs and the smaller bot forming the torso and arms upside down. Only big difference is Armada Prime doesn't need extra parts to form the arms.

Emerje

Mindmaster wrote:Looking at Armada Optimus, noticed a good sized line down his crotch, which could mean.....

YESYESYESYESYES

I am so happy to see this as Armada Optimus is among the first actual (not counting Happy Meals) Transformer toys that I own. Got him and Armada Cyclonus for my... fifth birthday if I remember correctly. Maybe fourth.

I am very interested in that Armada Optimus. What was the Japanese name for that series? Micron something, but I know it wasn’t Arms Micron, coz that’s what they called TF: Prime. Anyway, I’ll follow development of this piece.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:I am very interested in that Armada Optimus. What was the Japanese name for that series? Micron something,

Micron Legend or Legend of the Microns depending on how its translated. Micron Legend is the more commonly used name.

Overcracker wrote:

Nemesis Maximo wrote:I am very interested in that Armada Optimus. What was the Japanese name for that series? Micron something,

Micron Legend or Legend of the Microns depending on how its translated. Micron Legend is the more commonly used name.

Ah, right, thanks for the reminder Overcracker!

Anyway, if this Mocron Legend Convoy isn’t stupidly expensive, I plan to get him. The more non-G1 stuff we buy the more we can show Geewun John Warden that not everything has to be G1 with knees.

What if Star Convoy's inner robot was Armada Convoy...





I know it's not, unfortunately, because of the wheels we can see behind the chest windows, but would be so perfect! We'd get the right cab shape, and two homages in one (like Siege UM).

Easy Tiger wrote:What if Star Convoy's inner robot was Armada Convoy...





I know it's not, unfortunately, because of the wheels we can see behind the chest windows, but would be so perfect! We'd get the right cab shape, and two homages in one (like Siege UM).

But in fiction it would be a MESS. Star Convoy I get, thanks to the Zodiac, but Armada Convoy?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:But in fiction it would be a MESS. Star Convoy I get, thanks to the Zodiac, but Armada Convoy?

Fair point.

In Dreamwave Armada continuity, Prime was sucked into a parallel dimension, and Unicron sent a dead(ish-then-actually) Prime into the Armada one. Jetfire and Over-Run get Armada Prime back into the correct dimension.

So we have Armada Prime and a dead G1-ish Optimus Prime in the same continuity.

Precedent exists for Star Convoy being created out of dead Optimus Prime, so...



Or, in G1 universe, maybe Armada Prime is just what the cab-part of Prime looks like with the Zodiac in him...



Again, I know it's not this because of what we can already see in the pics, but I think the fiction is bridgeable. I mean, we have Megatron wearing a tie in the fiction for this line, so there's so room to have fun here.

Wonder Festival 2019 Winter has kicked off to an awe-inspiring start, as TakaraTomy’s booth has provided us with several reveals from several toylines. Most mysterious are two reveals from an ‘unknown series’, Convoy A (presumably Armada Optimus Prime) and Convoy S (Star Convoy)! Courtesy of Chohenken on Twitter, these intriguing figures seem to not be bound to any toyline as of now, though it can be assumed these newcomers belong to Transformers Legends.

Star Convoy appears to be a decent retooling of Power of the Primes Leader Optimus Prime, so make of that what you will. Armada Prime, on the other hand, appears to be a brand new mold based on the original Armada Prime.

Update: We have some more pics courtesy of the Snakas Blog which show that Armada Optimus Prime will combine to have a super mode, since we see fists in the back of his legs. We also get a better idea of the inner Prime for Star Convoy which seems to be simply G1 Convoy/Optimus Prime.

Alright, definitely time to start saving for that Armada Prime. Confirmation of a super mode was all I needed to decide that this should be my definitive Armada Prime

Ohhhhhhhh mama...

I have no special attachment to Star Convoy but Armada was my first Transformers series and what got me into Transformers. I am glad to see a updated version of my favorite character and hope that they make a few more characters from the Unicron Trilogy.

Armada Prime is a must. I'm really happy with what HAS/TAK has been doing lately. I would love to see Unicron redone and a definitive Alpha Trion for siege

Excuse my ignorance but what line is this Star Convoy and Armada Prime from?

Big Grim wrote:Excuse my ignorance but what line is this Star Convoy and Armada Prime from?

We don't know as of yet, I believe; most are assuming that they are going to be legends line exclusives, so LGEX; but I don't know if they had sign cards for the figures there

Unless you were asking what lines they originally came from, then armada prime comes from armada/micron legend and star convoy comes from a japan only sub line of G1, but I don't know which one specifically

I'd like to see Star Convoy's vehicle mode. I keep looking at that robot mode and I don't see some of the parts from the G1 toy I have, like the treads on the trailer, Unless of course I'm thinking of the wrong convoy.

Rodimus Knight wrote:I'd like to see Star Convoy's vehicle mode. I keep looking at that robot mode and I don't see some of the parts from the G1 toy I have, like the treads on the trailer, Unless of course I'm thinking of the wrong convoy.

You're thinking of the right one, but your right I dont see the treads and i had forgotten of them until now.

The last thing I ever expected was for my fave OP toy to be getting a new version, I couldn’t be happier. I’m wondering if there’s a trailer for him we have yet to see, or if he’s just meant to combine with his original toy’s trailer Curious and curiouser

I'd be ok with it if there is no Super Mode trailer for Armada OP, but only if it means that there's also a new Jetfire to combine it with. That'd be a dream.

Armada was my favorite of the Unicron trilogy and one of my favorite TF shows. that Armada Prime is a must-buy. Star Convoy looks cool, but I have no real attachment to him. If I can get him, then cool. If not, ah well.

Fingers crossed there will be a new version of Overload to go with new Armada Optimus. Or maybe a Siege version of Overload.

Kyleor wrote:Fingers crossed there will be a new version of Overload to go with new Armada Optimus. Or maybe a Siege version of Overload.

We we get into all the items that could go with the Armada Prime, I wonder if they considered all that when they decided to make him.

I do hope they get rid of the gill mask in super mode though. I remember at bot con one year at a panel where one of the guys too credit for creating it, then apologized for it's design.

I never minded the grill mask.

Anyway, yeah. I want a Jetfire and Overload that can combine with him. Hell, a Jetfire that can combine with him and the trailer, if he comes with one. The whole hog this time!

Those two Primes really look amazing. Can't wait to see the finished products.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Unless you were asking what lines they originally came from, then armada prime comes from armada/micron legend and star convoy comes from a japan only sub line of G1, but I don't know which one specifically

Star Convoy is from "Return of Convoy," appropriately enough.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Unless you were asking what lines they originally came from, then armada prime comes from armada/micron legend and star convoy comes from a japan only sub line of G1, but I don't know which one specifically

Star Convoy is from "Return of Convoy," appropriately enough.

So there is an actually bit of animation to go with it or was that just the name of the Japanese Toy Line?

Rodimus Knight wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Unless you were asking what lines they originally came from, then armada prime comes from armada/micron legend and star convoy comes from a japan only sub line of G1, but I don't know which one specifically

Star Convoy is from "Return of Convoy," appropriately enough.

So there is an actually bit of animation to go with it or was that just the name of the Japanese Toy Line?

Zone was the last piece of JG1 animation. Return of Convoy had only a series of story pages (whose art was drawn in the same style as the JG1 cartoons, though) and one manga chapter.

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:I'd like to see Star Convoy's vehicle mode. I keep looking at that robot mode and I don't see some of the parts from the G1 toy I have, like the treads on the trailer, Unless of course I'm thinking of the wrong convoy.

You're thinking of the right one, but your right I dont see the treads and i had forgotten of them until now.

As on the original PotP toy the wheels of the trailer are hidden by the folding panels. Speaking of which, the retooling done on the trailer is less severe than first imagined:

- Lower legs (where the wheels are), but not the feet
- The pelvis and abdomen
- The tops of the shoulders

I saw some pictures and both Star Convoy and Armada Prime only had a 35th anniversary logo on them.

Gzstg wrote:I saw some pictures and both Star Convoy and Armada Prime only had a 35th anniversary logo on them.

Yes, which is why we don't know what line they'll be in, they could even be in a new one to celebrate the 35th anniversary. But that's not all, they didn't even officially name the characters, simply calling them "S" and "A" on their placards. And that itself is strange because the "A" which we assume stands for Armada isn't what the show was called in Japan. Could they be retconning the character as Armada Convoy now? Considering all the characters he could be teamed with plus Minicons that's not a bad choice.

Does make me wonder if they could be planning a heavy further retool of Siege Leader Optimus Prime in the future.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Gzstg wrote:I saw some pictures and both Star Convoy and Armada Prime only had a 35th anniversary logo on them.

Yes, which is why we don't know what line they'll be in, they could even be in a new one to celebrate the 35th anniversary. But that's not all, they didn't even officially name the characters, simply calling them "S" and "A" on their placards. And that itself is strange because the "A" which we assume stands for Armada isn't what the show was called in Japan. Could they be retconning the character as Armada Convoy now? Considering all the characters he could be teamed with plus Minicons that's not a bad choice.

Does make me wonder if they could be planning a heavy further retool of Siege Leader Optimus Prime in the future.

Emerje

"S Convoy" and "A Convoy", actually. Using "Armada Convoy" isn't that strange: like Armada Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal was originally just called "Convoy" in Japan, only receiving the "Beast" add-on during Robot Masters to distinguish him from the original (who went by "G1 Convoy", but that didn't really stick). Plus, "Armada Convoy" has seen use before, as the name for that Bendy Prime redeco in Cybertron when it was imported in Japan.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Gzstg wrote:I saw some pictures and both Star Convoy and Armada Prime only had a 35th anniversary logo on them.

Yes, which is why we don't know what line they'll be in, they could even be in a new one to celebrate the 35th anniversary. But that's not all, they didn't even officially name the characters, simply calling them "S" and "A" on their placards. And that itself is strange because the "A" which we assume stands for Armada isn't what the show was called in Japan. Could they be retconning the character as Armada Convoy now? Considering all the characters he could be teamed with plus Minicons that's not a bad choice.

Does make me wonder if they could be planning a heavy further retool of Siege Leader Optimus Prime in the future.

Emerje

"S Convoy" and "A Convoy", actually. Using "Armada Convoy" isn't that strange: like Armada Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal was originally just called "Convoy" in Japan, only receiving the "Beast" add-on during Robot Masters to distinguish him from the original (who went by "G1 Convoy", but that didn't really stick). Plus, "Armada Convoy" has seen use before, as the name for that Bendy Prime redeco in Cybertron when it was imported in Japan.

I think its super strange since the show wasnt called Armada in japan and this toy was being revealed by a japanese company in japan.

I have come up with a little theory about the next part of WFC. what if they are planning to use Mini-cons as the next gimmick by modifying them to use the C.O.M.B.A.T. system that was introduced in siege like small weaponizers. measuring my Armada Prime he is about 11 inches tall from head to foot I think that is enough to be part of the commander size class if they include his trailer. it probably is just me over analyzing a toy that might not come to the States though

Wow these both look amazing!!!

i wonder if maybe Takara might start doing this line where they celebrate the Convoys through time. It would be neat to start getting updates to the Primes of the Ages, so to speak