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One of the more fun aspect of Transformers Earthspark has been seeing how the Terrans choose their alt mode. This is new lore within the Transformers brand, and a big contrast to the million year old characters who had pre-established alt mode types. Jawbreaker still has not chosen an alt mode in the show, but after that excellent episode featuring Tarantulas, it seemed certain his would lean towards an animal mode, like Nightshade. Well, we now have our first look at his alt mode and it is a Pachycephalosaurus (well, a Stygimoloch, but both are classified as the same dinosaur at the moment). We can see that dino mode ever so briefly in the sizzle reel from Nickelodeon below. We also have an image of his robot mode from french tv site gulli.fr where they give a summary of the character which you can read below in either French or English.
Jawbreaker
Jawbreaker est un gentil géant ! Son extérieur robuste et encombrant cache une grande sensibilité. Il oublie souvent sa taille et sa force. "Nous n'avions pas besoin de ce mur, n'est-ce pas ?" est vite devenu un dicton de la famille Malto.
Jawbreaker est ravi de faire partie d'une famille, car c'est comme une équipe où tout le monde s'aime.
JB croit qu'il faut voir le meilleur en chacun, et si vous ne le voyez pas, vous devez vous efforcer de le faire ressortir.
De tous les frères et sœurs, c'est lui qui est le plus en phase avec les émotions de chacun parce qu'il est animé par les siennes.
Il est seul Terrien à avoir un surnom, JB, ce qui lui donne le sentiment d'être accepté et spécial.
Jawbreaker est le plus curieux concernant les liens entre les Terrans et leur héritage cybertronien et de ce qu'ils peuvent en apprendre. Il rêve de devenir un jour une légende comme Optimus Prime.
Jawbreaker a choisi un herbivore non agressif qui vivait en meute, un STYGIMOLOCH à tête osseuse (alias "Stiggy"), comme mode alternatif. En mode combat, il utilise son crâne blindé incassable pour assommer ses ennemis et défendre ses amis. Il adore faire la fête en faisant des câlins avec ses petits bras de T. Rex.
Jawbreaker is a gentle giant! Its robust and bulky exterior hides great sensitivity. He often forgets his size and strength. "We didn't need this wall, did we?" soon became a Malto family saying.
Jawbreaker is excited to be part of a family, because it's like a team where everyone loves each other.
JB believes in seeing the best in everyone, and if you don't see it, you should strive to bring it out.
Of all the siblings, he is the most in tune with each other's emotions because he is driven by his own.
He is the only Earthling with a nickname, JB, which makes him feel accepted and special.
Jawbreaker is most curious about the Terran's connection to their Cybertronian heritage and what they can learn from it. He dreams of one day becoming a legend like Optimus Prime.
Jawbreaker chose a non-aggressive herbivore that lived in packs, a Bone-Headed STYGIMOLOCH (aka "Stiggy"), as his alternate mode. In battle mode, he uses his unbreakable armored skull to stun enemies and defend friends. He loves to party by cuddling with his little T. Rex arms.
As was leaked and teased by Takara Tomy a few days ago we're getting our first look at the first of what appears to be a series of Beast Wars VS two-packs coming this year. Although not technically part of the actual Premium Finish line the figures are referred to as having a "premium finish". The new set applies cartoon accurate decos reminiscent of what we saw in the Masterpiece line to the Beast Wars figures that appeared in the Kingdom line. The first figures in the BWVS-01 set feature Optimus Primal now with painted gorilla eye details and Megatron using the gnashing teeth face sculpt for the first time. While Primal appears to be a slight step up from the Netflix box set release, Megatron has a very elaborate design that makes him almost unrecognizable from his Kingdom counterpart. There's also mention of a removable backdrop, likely similar to those of the Studio Series line. This set has a Japanese tax inclusive price of 15,400 JPY (about $112 USD), but will definitely be cheaper through normal retail like Amazon Japan as this is not an exclusive in Japan. AmiAmi already has it listed at 12,300 JPY (about $89.70 USD) which is the same as the current US price of a Voyager and a Leader. The set is expected to be released in August 2023.
As a side note, Japan will also be seeing Beast Wars return to television in Japan as select episodes of the animated series will begin broadcasting in April under the banner "Beast Wars Again".
What do you think about the new colors being applied to some arguably great figures? Do you think we'll see more VS sets recreated from the original Japanese BW line? Let us know in the Energon Pub forums!
In a tweet a few hours ago Takara Tomy's official @TF_pr account teased four sets of new reveals for this coming Thursday, March 9. Among them is a new collaboration with Canon Camera featuring what appears to be Nemesis Prime. There isn't anything else to go by, but I think we can guess what it'll look like since Optimus Prime was already a black camera. They also teased several other figures being announced within the franchise, one of which is the Premium Finish set of Beast Wars Optimus Primal and Megatron from their respective Kingdom releases we reported the other day. Less interesting is the tease for the Japanese release of Legacy Evolution Prime Skyquake, Metal Hawk, Shrapnel, Animated Prowl and Core Grimlock and Studio Series Rise of the Beasts Scourge and Cheetor.
We'll bring you more as we learn about it and you can always bring the discussion to the Seibertron.com Energon Pub forums.
Date: Friday, March 3rd 2023 6:08pm CST Categories:Cartoon News, Toy News Posted by:Emerje | Credit(s): @TF_pr on Twitter, o.supreme on the Energon Pub forums
If you thought Takara Tomy's short lived Premium Finish line was dead then think again. Thanks to a post on our own Energon Pub forums by Seibertronian o.supreme we've learned of a tweet from the official Takara Tomy Transformers Twitter account teasing a Beast Wars reveal on March 9.
@TF_pr wrote:A big announcement is coming!? This battle is truly Beast Wars! Details will be announced on Thursday, March 9. Stay tuned for more news!!
While that doesn't imply much, around the same time an image was being circulated very similar to other ones used internally by Takara Tomy, most recently seen with Legacy Evolution Commander class Armada Optimus Prime. The image appears to show Kingdom Optimus Primal and Megatron in colors very similar to those used on the Masterpiece versions of the characters based on the CGI cartoon. The image also says reproduction is prohibited until March 9 linking them back to the original tweet. Text across the top of the image also refers to a versus set so we may be looking at a two pack.
Premium Finish comes at a premium price, let us know if you're willing to double (or triple) dip on these two for the price on the Seibertron Energon Pub forums!
If you've been waiting for the second installment of the first Season of Transformers Earthspark, you only have a few more days to wait! The next batch of 8 episodes will start being released this Friday, March 3rd, on the Paramount+ streaming service. Below, please find the press release regarding the show, as well as a teaser trailer and some still shots.
Feb. 1, 2023 – Paramount+ today announced the renewal of the original animated series TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK for a second season, which will follow the Malto family and Terrans on even higher stakes adventures packed with humor, heart and family. Beginning Friday, March 3, the next eight episodes of the first season will be available to stream in the U.S. and Canada, with additional international territories to follow. The first 10 episodes of the 26-episode season premiered in November 2022, and are available to stream exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Korea and France.
Released today, the all-new trailer and artwork showcases more Autobots, more Decepticons and more Terrans! In the next eight TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK season one episodes, the Terrans continue to uncover their powers while they learn to protect themselves against G.H.O.S.T. Twitch, Thrash and the rest of the Malto family will continue to learn what it means to be a Transformers robot, what it means to be human and ultimately what it means to be a family. Making their debut in the series are Keith David (“The Princess and the Frog”) as Grimlock, Alfie Alan (“Game of Thrones”) as Tarantulas and Roger Craig Smith (“Regular Show”) as Breakdown.
“The highly anticipated series TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK premiered with a strong launch on Paramount+, ranking as one of the top five most-watched Kids & Family series,” said Tanya Giles, chief programming officer of Paramount Streaming. “In partnership with Hasbro, eOne and our studio partner Nickelodeon, we’re thrilled to continue telling the story of the Malto family and the new generation of Transformers robots.”
The original animated series will make its weekly debut on Nickelodeon beginning this Friday, Feb. 3 at 7:30 P.M., ET/PT. In the one-hour premiere, “Secret Legacy,” Robby has trouble adjusting after his family’s big move to the rural town of Witwicky until he and his sister, Mo, discover the first-ever earthborn Transformers. The previously released episodes will continue to debut Fridays on Nickelodeon through March 3.
TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK introduces a new generation of Transformers robots – the first to be born on Earth – and together with the humans who welcome them and care for them, they’ll redefine what it means to be a family.
The dynamic voice cast of TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK includes Sydney Mikayla (“Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts”) as Robby Malto, Zion Broadnax (“Day Shift”) as Mo Malto, Benny Benni Latham (“Cornerstones: Founding Voices of the Black Church”) as Dot Malto, Jon Jon Briones (“Ratched”) as Alex Malto, Kathreen Khavari (“Dead End: Paranormal Park”) as Twitch, Zeno Robinson (“Big City Greens”) as Thrash, Danny Pudi (“Community”) as Bumblebee, Alan Tudyk (“Resident Alien”) as Optimus Prime, Rory McCann (“Game of Thrones”) as Megatron, Cissy Jones (“The Owl House”) as Elita-1, Diedrich Bader (“Better Things”) as Mandroid, Cyrus Arnold (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid”) as Jawbreaker, Z Infante (“Dead End: Paranormal Park”) as Nightshade and Stephanie Lemelin (“Dawn of the Croods”) as Hashtag.
TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK is created and co-executive produced by Dale Malinowski (“Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”) and executive produced by Ant Ward (“Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”). The series is developed for television by Claudia Spinelli, senior vice president of Big Kids Animation, Nickelodeon. Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Mikiel Houser, executive in charge of production, and for eOne by Kari Rosenberg.
Are you all excited to have new episodes of Earthspark to watch? Not a big fan? Let us know what your thoughts are below!
Fellow Seibertron user, Bumblevivisector, has alerted us to some new listings that have appeared over on Big Bad Toy Store. What are they for? Beast Wars ReAction figures from Super7!
According to the listings, we're set to get Optimus Primal, BW Megatron, Cheetor, Dinobot, and Blackarachnia. The release date is set to June 2023 with a price of $19.99. There is no pictures as of this writing.
The ReAction line was created by Super7 to homage the looks of the 1977 Kenner star wars action Figure line, keeping to the 3 points of articulation they had. The ReAction logo is even designed to resemble the Kenner logo and is in a similar place.
Will you be keeping an eagle eye on these? Let us know in the Energon pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!
Following on from the recent reveal of Origin Jazz, we have official product shots of this out-of-nowhere figure! Jazz looks faithful to his appearance in the very first episode of the G1 cartoon 'More Than Meets the Eye' which first aired nearly forty years ago. This is an all new mold, and will be coming out in the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line of Generations. Origin Jazz should be released in April, and hopefully, this is an indicator that we'll get more Cybertronian altmodes in this sub-sub-line.
Thanks to a heads up from Seibertronian Sabrblade, we have news that the latest SFX Magazine, the February 2023 edition, has an exclusive interview with Alan Tudyk, the voice of Optimus Prime in the Transformers Earthspark. This is Tudyk's first time voicing Optimus Prime, and his awe at being able to voice the legendary Autobot Leader is on full display. This is not his first Transformers experience though, as he played the character of Dutch in Dark of the Moon previously, which he references in his interview. You can read the snipped of interview below, and pick up the Magazine for the full interview!
What goes through your head when you learn that you’re going to be part of such a well-known franchise?
I got an email asking if I wanted to do it. I read it and my brain rejected the idea that I would even be asked to play Optimus Prime. I read it as Prime. I saw Prime and I was like, “Oh, right. There are other Primes.” Because I did [2011 live action film] Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, and there was another Prime [Sentinel]. There was Optimus and then this other guy showed up.
It was like one of the original Primes and so I thought I was like Optometrist Prime or some other, you know, Amazon Prime. I was like, “Cool. I’ll be talking about Transformers. I’ll probably have like two lines an episode and I get to do this cool thing.” It wasn’t until just a few days before I ever had to record that I started working on it and saw that all the lines in the script that were highlighted were Optimus, and I freaked out.
Why?
Like, there’s no way! [Laughs] What are you talking about? I’m more like Uncomfortable Prime, I shouldn’t be… That’s usually my characters that I play: Indecision Prime, left or right? We really had a blast, I came in and worked on it, and we had a really good time. The first time I got to say “Autobots, roll out,” I got chills, literally chills. And then they turned up the heat. And then we continued the session.
What’s been your main take-away for your character?
I would say it’s just so much fun. I love this new iteration; there’s areas of grey here because it’s now after the war, and Megatron and Optimus Prime are working together, but it’s not clean-cut. Some of the Decepticons are still fighting this war, so they’ll capture them and it’s like, “Are they your enemies? Are they your friends? You’re all part of the same species. So what is it?” There’s a question there. It’s about looking after ourselves as a species, which is a good message at any time in history, but working together for the common good.
I also took away how cool the animation has become. From when you first watched it to now, this big animation is so cool, it looks really, really good. It’s very entertaining, there’s a lot to it. There’s a story family, a lot of that part of the story, but then there’s also some really great action.
It's been a long ride, but the end is starting to come into sight. Takara Tomy has finally revealed Masterpiece G MPG-05 Seizan, Raiden's right arm man. Thanks to listing on both Takara Tomy Mall and Amazon Japan and Seibertronian o.supreme in the forums we get our first clear look at the beige train and all his features including two Raiden Cannons, a Brain Laser gun and Raiden's giant Light Sword as well as more tracks. The Japanese tax inclusive price is 22,000JPY while the current Amazon Japan price that many of us will be using is currently at 21,997JPY (about US $169), but that will definitely drop in the coming days. Seizan is expected to ship in September, then we'll only have MPG-06 Kaen left.
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