David Hingtgen Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Omega Supreme---the "train" is the epitome of "we SAY it's a train, so it is". That's a "vehicle" connected to another "thing". Not a train. I'd love a train. TF trains are rare, and 90% of them are bullet trains. You know, there's FREIGHT trains too. Ship half---sigh. Tidal Wave's carrier is clearly based on a real carrier, too many details to be guess-work. But OS's "battleship" is so off, it's cleary along the lines of "hey you, make a battleship" and the guy just went straight to work off of fantasy images in his head, not even glancing at a pic of a real one. PS--just look at the "train" pic, and turn your head sideways---WHAT transformation is there? It's his right half, laying on its side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangard Ace Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Actually you're wrong David. That's NOT the train mode. http://media.hasbro.com/pl/page.release/dn...cfm?release=247 OS is comprised of a battleship and a construction crane that can combine into a 16 inch tall Robot or a battle train(whatever the heck that is). It's supposed to be able to combine with Grand Convoy...er...E Optimus Prime which may form an even bigger robot. As for the battleship, it's a cybertron space battleship. It looks more Macross then naval battleship. Even looks like something out of Uuchu Senkan Yamato. None of Energon looks like real vehicles. They're supposed to be cool looking futures vehicles. For a kiddy toy, and Energon is kiddy unlike Binaltech/Alt., it's got loads of play value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Personally, I think Omega Supreme's ship half looks look a Salamis or Magellan from UC Gundam. Anyway, it looks Takara decided to take a page from GaoGaiGar and give him a ChoRyuJin-style combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobotFool Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 actually the OS ship reminds me of the Earth Alliance Hyperion-class Cruiser from Babylon 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSW Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 far as i kno all the g1 transformers were repainted and repackaged from prexiting toys, they basicly made a series to sell the toys The delux insecticons all came from a toy line called Beetra and most of the colors are the same...Roadbuster (jeep) and Whirl (helicopter) came from the anime Dorvack and are mostly the same general color... Most of the G1 toys came from Diaclone and are largely the same colors... Anyway, it looks Takara decided to take a page from GaoGaiGar and give him a ChoRyuJin-style combination. *cough* Takara not only produced but basicly owns Gao Gai Gar....actually it's kinda funky how all this came about... Gao Gai Gar is the most popular of the takara produced "Brave saga" toy line and series of anime shows...which were spin offs of the japanese Transformers...the Japanese TFs were spun off from the American TFs (largely after the first couple of toy generations)...And the American TFs were largely spun off from diaclone....and Diaclone is a spin off from Microman which is a spin off from Henshin Cyborg which is sort of a spin/inspired off of the old 12" G.I. Joe toys Diaclone came about largely because of the popularity of transformable robot toys at the time...due in no small part to anime mecha like Voltes 5, Ideon, Xambungle, even Macross...lots of toy companies jumped on the bandwagon, not only produceing small toy lines (like Beetras and Diaclone) but also one-off figures (toys without any clear liniage to a particular established line)...Omaga Suprime IIRC came from Diaclone (as diaclone featured "micro" micromen figures that could fit into little cockpits...such as the seemingly strange little seats on G1 Dinobot Grimlock and such)...Shockwave, I think, is just one of those one-off designs not really belonging to any established toy line until Hasbro included it in thier Transformers line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormseeker Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 (edited) here's how he looks like ---Attached Images--- TRAIN MODULE BOAT MODULE ROBOT MODE Nothing close to the original ... but I think He's cool anyway. Edited February 15, 2004 by Stormseeker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Is it just me or does the boat module look like a combination of the Yamato and the Macross? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugimon Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 can't say I'm too excited but I'm waiting to see his combined form with fatimus prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Anyway, it looks Takara decided to take a page from GaoGaiGar and give him a ChoRyuJin-style combination. *cough* Takara not only produced but basicly owns Gao Gai Gar....actually it's kinda funky how all this came about... Gao Gai Gar is the most popular of the takara produced "Brave saga" toy line and series of anime shows...which were spin offs of the japanese Transformers...the Japanese TFs were spun off from the American TFs (largely after the first couple of toy generations)...And the American TFs were largely spun off from diaclone....and Diaclone is a spin off from Microman which is a spin off from Henshin Cyborg which is sort of a spin/inspired off of the old 12" G.I. Joe toys Diaclone came about largely because of the popularity of transformable robot toys at the time...due in no small part to anime mecha like Voltes 5, Ideon, Xambungle, even Macross...lots of toy companies jumped on the bandwagon, not only produceing small toy lines (like Beetras and Diaclone) but also one-off figures (toys without any clear liniage to a particular established line)...Omaga Suprime IIRC came from Diaclone (as diaclone featured "micro" micromen figures that could fit into little cockpits...such as the seemingly strange little seats on G1 Dinobot Grimlock and such)...Shockwave, I think, is just one of those one-off designs not really belonging to any established toy line until Hasbro included it in thier Transformers line. I'm PRETTY SURE Bandai owns GaoGaiGar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSW Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 I'm PRETTY SURE Bandai owns GaoGaiGar. No, Takara owns it as well as the rest of the entire Brave Saga line ... the only thing close (largely sentient transformable robot anime and toy lines that arn't part of Hasbro's Transformers) that Bandai owns is Machine Robo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy438 Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Is it just me or does the boat module look like a combination of the Yamato and the Macross? That thing is identical to the Magellan class warship from Gundam! Well, except for the colors. Pic Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_e Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Is it just me or does the boat module look like a combination of the Yamato and the Macross? Is it just me or does the boat module not look like a boat at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myriad Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Is it me or does "everything" borrow from something else................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangard Ace Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Ugh. Prime combining with OS is a let down..... Battletrain....eh...not liking it but can see how kids would love it. Only if that spaceship wasn't so fun looking.... Oh well, at least it's big enough to fight against my King J-der. Shockblast vehicle modes ...... leaves alot to be desired. Didn't know that they needed Mazer tanks to take on Godzilla in TF. http://69.93.119.2/photos3/showgallery.php?cat=506&thumb=1 Good news is Ford is listed among the Alternators licenses. Bring on the Mustang!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugimon Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 meh, I agree, prime/os is pretty lame... just OS with a prime head sticking out... but I'm thinking arcee looks pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriku Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Yeah, Arcee is looking awesome. It'll be nice to finally have a proper Arcee TF. Poor Shockblast though....the bot mode is so wicked, but the vehicle mode is one of the most randomly concieved and farted out mess of a TF design I've ever seen. I may still get him and keep him in bot mode, but it sort of ruins the fun of a TF if the alternate mode is so fugly that you have no desire to transform it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 I'm PRETTY SURE Bandai owns GaoGaiGar. No, Takara owns it as well as the rest of the entire Brave Saga line ... the only thing close (largely sentient transformable robot anime and toy lines that arn't part of Hasbro's Transformers) that Bandai owns is Machine Robo. Sunrise did the animation for GaoGaiGar, which is why people connect it with Bandai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobotFool Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Was browsing though the energon pictures and I don't see a shockblast, what are you people refering to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Was browsing though the energon pictures and I don't see a shockblast, what are you people refering to? Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobotFool Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Was browsing though the energon pictures and I don't see a shockblast, what are you people refering to? Check it out. *brain melts* So ugly...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel's Fury Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Bah. Forget Shockblast. New Omega. Colors leave alot to be desired(as does transformation) but I want that battleship.  http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/energon.../dn/default.cfm What the....???? That Omega Supreme Energon looks eerily like the SDF-1 in ship-mode! You're right!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoBe-Patt Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Was browsing though the energon pictures and I don't see a shockblast, what are you people refering to? Check it out. awww, what the hell is that? Why is megatron a plane now? Man, from a gun to a tank now a plane. That's just plain stupid. Just keep him consistant like optimus. At least optimus was consistant all the way through. I hate megatron now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Payne Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Fine Fine Fine, here you go:http://www.transformersource.net/forums/in...p?showtopic=213 Wow..that Skeletor is awesome! Now there's a MOTU villain that I'd finally be peeing my pants with fear over instead of laughter if I met him in a dark alley! And is that a Walther P-38 in Cobra Commander's hand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightbat Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 (edited) Scorponok looks cool Megs's a sorry excuse for a Decepticon ....Shockblast's alternate form isn't even so a bad like G2 (Ok: G1) Galvatron: he's a piece of mobile artillery...they might as well make Megs a WW2 canon, cause that jet mode has me barfing (looks like Lasorbeak had an itch and in his frustration jumped a swan) edit: spelling -and I never knew he was available as a toy I would've bought him Am I the only one who would love to see a bigass MP Omega Supreme? Edited February 16, 2004 by Nightbat® Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy438 Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Well, HLJ has Energon Megs listed as Galvatron, and his head is identical to Galvatron's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 here's how he looks like---Attached Images--- TRAIN MODULE BOAT MODULE ROBOT MODE Nothing close to the original ... but I think He's cool anyway. This looks like Omega Supreme! (Look at the head of the robot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Well, HLJ has Energon Megs listed as Galvatron, and his head is identical to Galvatron's. That's because Hasbro has some weird Megatron fetish, where the main villian always has to be Megs, even though he was called Galvatron at the end of Armada. The Japanese took the intelligent route of calling him Megatron all through Armada, so that his new body will be called Galvatron. No doubt, there will be a repaint of Energon Megs down the line in G1 Galvatron colors. Oh, and Firefox? It looks like Omega Supreme because it is Omega Supreme. His Energon form, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motley Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Is it just me or does the boat module look like a combination of the Yamato and the Macross? That thing is identical to the Magellan class warship from Gundam! Well, except for the colors. Pic Link it looks like a designer somewhere in the process is a big gundam fan. the mirage decepticon looks like it borrow's its lower body from a gundam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormseeker Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 POWELINX Omega Supreme!!! --Attached Image-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uxi Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Yeah, Arcee is looking awesome. It'll be nice to finally have a proper Arcee TF. Ok i went through as many of the links as I could stomach... where's Arcee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELEINEN Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Was browsing though the energon pictures and I don't see a shockblast, what are you people refering to? Check it out. I was never much of a Transformers fan (the lame cartoons turned me off to the toys), so I could be wrong... but, wasn't Mirage an autobot race car? I could swear that my younger brother had the original one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELEINEN Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 I'd only buy it if he turned into a gun. I'd say shockwave would be ok to transform into a gun because he looks nothing like a real gun. He's more of a space gun than anything. We see alot of space guns out there for kids to play with, ie star wars blaster rifle, or han solo's blaster. So there shouldn't be a problem with soundwave. I guess we'll have to wait and see. ROFLMAO! The guns in Star Wars are all real guns. Han Solo's pistol is a Mauser and the Stormtrooper rifles are Stens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tico0001 Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 (edited) Yeah, Arcee is looking awesome. It'll be nice to finally have a proper Arcee TF. Ok i went through as many of the links as I could stomach... where's Arcee? I think he's refering to this picture... Ugh! But i wouldn't really agree that this is a "proper" arcee... ~Tico Edited February 17, 2004 by Tico0001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent ONE Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 If I were a TF fan I would be looking for a really tall bridge to jump from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugimon Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Arcee doesn't look too bad when you take that big red thing off her chest. But yeah, I have to agree... transformers have been pretty horrible for a while now here's hoping the binaltech line keeps going strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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