New Galleries: Transformers Legends Sky-Byte and Car Robots Gelshark, Guido, Gaskunk, and Gushar

A G1 color scheme on a newer mold figure is nothing new, it's been used for quite some time in the Transformers toy collecting world, but sometimes those color choices take solidly designed molds and really make 'em pop.

Our next two figures in question are no slouches and stand out quite a bit. Seibertron.com is proud to present our newest galleries:

Generations GDO Leader Class Starscream and Ironhide!

These Asian region exclusives take two of the best movieverse Leader Class molds and redresses them to look like their G1 counterparts and both wear it well. Especially Ironhide, who is an excellent figure and is not one to be passed over, in any color scheme. Starscream is second only to ROTF Optimus Prime, he's that solid of a Leader Class figure and he looks like he stepped right out of the screen. What better way to make him look all pretty than to slap on his G1 counterpart's coat of many colors?

You can see the original molds in our galleries here and here, and check out their cooler than cool repaints below:

Generations Starscream








Generations Ironhide







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Oh yeah, these guys! It's probably for the best these were never released in the U.S. They're definitely fun repaints, but I suspect they would have clogged shelves.

It Is Him wrote:Oh yeah, these guys! It's probably for the best these were never released in the U.S. They're definitely fun repaints, but I suspect they would have clogged shelves.

Yeah, these things were made to appeal to the more traditional Transformers enthusiasts. Let me put this delicately, repainted excrement should still be flushed.

As I was trying to make room for more Seibertron.com Store Christmas inventory this week, came across a tub of figures I had forgotten about from a few years ago, so I decided to finish up the galleries for these 2 figures that I had started work on about 2.5 years ago. Feels good to have two more old galleries off my back.

I also started and finished the galleries for Year of the Snake Optimus Prime and Omega Supreme earlier this week. Hopefully I can get those posted soon.

Q Transformers Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, and Hasbro Masterpiece Starscream are next up in the galleries. If things go as plannedthey will be posted tomorrow night or Saturday.

They are looking very nice. My sister has the Ironhide and it is a fun figure, and both of those paint jobs just make them pop!

They're both among the absolute best Transformers figures ever made but I prefer their movie-accurate colouring.

Perhaps Chromia was bored one day and decided to paint Ironhide's toenails....?

The GDO Starscream looks good as a jet with that color scheme, but that robot mode... what an eyesore. Then again, I've never been a fan of the Bayverse toys.

Shockwave7 wrote:The GDO Starscream looks good as a jet with that color scheme, but that robot mode... what an eyesore. Then again, I've never been a fan of the Bayverse toys.

I like the robot mode. Look at his crotch. It clearly identifies him as working for the Umbrella Corporation.

Speaking of which, maybe they should unify the Resident Evil and Transformers movie franchises. Mindless action flicks with minimal character development. Sounds like a match made in heaven.

We've had a fellow Seibertronian offer a quick review of the Japanese release of Leader class Ultra Magnus, but we are now also ready to share the full Seibertron.com gallery for the big boy - feast your optics below on Takara Tomy Legends LG-14 Ultra Magnus with Alpha Trion!

The latter replaces the IDW-inspired Minimus Ambus mini figure, with a new purple and red deco, and the main Magnus figure has also received some different paint applications though the scheme remains the same of course. The gallery, accessible by clicking any of the images below, offers comparisons, both modes, features and accessories, so scroll down and deal with it. Now.

Transformers Legends Ultra Magnus












Transformers Legends Alpha Trion

Looks cool, diggin those red legs

So, of course, I go out and get UM today, unfortunately, the right lower-leg transformation assembly is completely screwed up, something internally cracked when transforming it into vehicle mode, and now it won't go into leg mode

And, of course, the leg is made entirely of pins, so I can't even open it up to fix it; thanks hasbro, you always come through in the end

Has anyone else had this problem?

EDIT: So I ran out an got the other one that was at my Target, and he had the problem in both legs! I immediately returned it, and got my other on ready to return

Now, I'm really jaded and wary towards getting a replacement for him; it's sad, cuz I really wanted to like him, but he might be too much of a hassle to get a 'good' one Image

That extra lower-leg paint looks really good. Still ok with the hasbro white thighs, but the red does look nice nonetheless

Good pics! I'm excited to get mine soon.

I was hoping for comparison shots with G1 Magnus though. Shame really.

Mkall wrote:Good pics! I'm excited to get mine soon.

I was hoping for comparison shots with G1 Magnus though. Shame really.

Here you go! Comparison pics!

I sorta did a comp too.

Seibertron wrote:

Mkall wrote:Good pics! I'm excited to get mine soon.

I was hoping for comparison shots with G1 Magnus though. Shame really.

Here you go! Comparison pics!

Thanks!

I'm surprised actually that Hasbro's is closer to the G1 toy's colours. I would've though that was a Takara thing.

If only the white wasn't so dull.

Mkall wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Mkall wrote:Good pics! I'm excited to get mine soon.

I was hoping for comparison shots with G1 Magnus though. Shame really.

Here you go! Comparison pics!

Thanks!

I'm surprised actually that Hasbro's is closer to the G1 toy's colours. I would've though that was a Takara thing.

If only the white wasn't so dull.

Neither are accurate to the toy or the cartoon model. Not sure what either company was going after. I'm assuming Hasbro's version is supposed to be more like the IDW version, but Takara's version missed the toy accurate paint scheme though that's what it seems to be going after. If they both had the pure white plastic of the Takara version, you'd still have to hodgepodge them together to get a toy accurate version (and then you'd still be unable to get an accurate one because the blues are different, and the head antennae are painted white on Takara's and silver on Hasbro's ... toy accuracy would require silver antennae).

I like both, but I think I prefer the Hasbro version despite the off-white and off-blue colors because I'm not a fan of the upper red legs, the white antennae and a few other details.

I just skimmed through the CW Leader Armada Megatron gallery. I like your shots, it's making me want to actually go out and get the figure. However, I was a bit disappointed to not find any comparison shots with the original Armada Megatron. Unless I missed them?

Rodimus Prime wrote:I just skimmed through the CW Leader Armada Megatron gallery. I like your shots, it's making me want to actually go out and get the figure. However, I was a bit disappointed to not find any comparison shots with the original Armada Megatron. Unless I missed them?

I usually only do the original figure with the first version of a new mold, and then it's just comparison shots with the existing mold, unless the newer version really warrants comparison shots with the original toy. You'll have to check out the Combiner Wars Armada Megatron gallery to see comparison shots with the original Armada Megatron. Here's some images that will answer your questions about what Takara's Armada Megatron looks like with the original Armada Megatron.

We brought you Legends LG14 Ultra Magnus in the latest update, how about two more figures from Takara Tomy Legends? The newest instalment of the Seibertron.com galleries feature two black box exclusives from the Tokyo Toy Show 2015: Deluxe Class Black Convoy and Leader Class Armada Megatron!

The latter is the Japanese release deco of the Generations Combiner Wars partner in crime of the Leader class waves (whose gallery you can find here) - homaging the first appearance of the antlered Decepticon leader from Armada. The other figure is a re-offering, with new deco, of the G2 Laser Prime deluxe mold from the Reveal the Shield and United lines, and used by the TFCC for their exclusive Scourge figure. Black, red and teal has its appeal everywhere it seems - click on any image for the full works!

Transformers Legends Black Convoy














Transformers Legends Armada Megatron

Va'al wrote:We brought you Legends LG14 Ultra Magnus in the latest update, how about two more figures from Takara Tomy Legends? The newest instalment of the Seibertron.com galleries feature two black box exclusives from the Tokyo Toy Show 2015: Deluxe Class Black Convoy and Leader Class Armada Megatron!

The latter is the Japanese release deco of the Generations Combiner Wars partner in crime of the Leader class waves (whose gallery you can find here) - homaging the first appearance of the antlered Decepticon leader from Armada. The other figure is a re-offering, with new deco, of the G2 Laser Prime deluxe mold from the Reveal the Shield and United lines, and used by the TFCC for their exclusive Scourge figure. Black, red and teal has its appeal everywhere it seems - click on any image for the full works!

Transformers Legends Black Convoy

Scourge

Makes me wish that Fun Pub had used Decepticon symbols on Scourge so that they'd be more true to their US and Japanese counterparts.

Might be finishing up the original Black Convoy's gallery today.

For those of you who wanted pics of LG-EX Armada Megatron and LG-14 Ultra Magnus with their G1 versions, here you go ... (you guys got the better part of my undiagnosed OCD ... this was the first thing I was thinking of this morning, so I had to get it off my mind!!!)

LG-14 Ultra Magnus (updated pics)


























LG-EX Armada Megatron (updated pics)

I also added the artwork, tech specs and mini-comics to LG-13 Megatron, LG-06 Sky-Byte and LG-07 Jetfire. You can click on the images below to view all of the cropped images from the back of their instructions.

Seibertron wrote:For those of you who wanted pics of LG-EX Armada Megatron and LG-14 Ultra Magnus with their G1 versions, here you go ... (you guys got the better part of my undiagnosed OCD ... this was the first thing I was thinking of this morning, so I had to get it off my mind!!!)

LG-14 Ultra Magnus (updated pics)


























LG-EX Armada Megatron (updated pics)

Someone should add Tidal Wave to the Armada Megatrons

Stuartmaximus wrote:Someone should add Tidal Wave to the Armada Megatrons

Behold, Burning Megatron:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Someone should add Tidal Wave to the Armada Megatrons

Behold, Burning Megatron:

Cool, & the CW one too!

Btw is he being held up by that clear plastic stand? Coz I know some of that kibble can make him back heavy

Seibertron.com is proud to bring you some great new galleries featuring the highly anticipated Takara Tomy exclusive Transformers Legends Nightbird Shadow, Slipstream and Blackarachnia. The first two are respectively based on the recent Generations/Legends Arcee and Windblade molds while Legends Blackarachnia is a Beast Wars themed redeco and retool of the slightly older Animated Blackarachnia mold (which was the latest mold sporting that name). This set of three lovely ladies serves as a sequel of sorts to the previous trifecta of female Transformers which was issued earlier this year all at once including Legends Arcee, Chromia, and Windblade. It seems that this is truly the year of the female Transformer at Takara and we could not be happier.

Transformers Legends Blackarachnia






Transformers Legends Nightbird Shadow






Transformers Legends Slipstream

These look great; I love my Nightbird

Before someone says it, I know Blackarachnia's gallery really needs some shots of her with the current round of Beast Wars characters that have gotten the Generations treatment. I'm really behind on new galleries at the moment so I thought it'd be best to keep some of these galleries on the simple side for the time being. Masterpiece Tracks, Onslaught, Scattershot, Megatronus, and a slew of other products really need my attention over the next week so some of those extra group shots that I usually do are going to have to take a break for a little bit.

On that note, I did squeeze in time to do galleries of the original Takara variants of Beast Wars Blackarachnia and Tarantulas. There aren't a lot of pictures out there showing the differences between the Takara variants alongside the Hasbro versions, so hopefully my galleries will shine a little light on an area of 90s Transformers that isn't well documented or known. Hopefully I'll have those posted in the next couple of days for all of you to see.

I have all three and they are all fantastic

Seibertron wrote:Before someone says it, I know Blackarachnia's gallery really needs some shots of her with the current round of Beast Wars characters that have gotten the Generations treatment. I'm really behind on new galleries at the moment so I thought it'd be best to keep some of these galleries on the simple side for the time being. Masterpiece Tracks, Onslaught, Scattershot, Megatronus, and a slew of other products really need my attention over the next week so some of those extra group shots that I usually do are going to have to take a break for a little bit.

On that note, I did squeeze in time to do galleries of the original Takara variants of Beast Wars Blackarachnia and Tarantulas. There aren't a lot of pictures out there showing the differences between the Takara variants alongside the Hasbro versions, so hopefully my galleries will shine a little light on an area of 90s Transformers that isn't well documented or known. Hopefully I'll have those posted in the next couple of days for all of you to see.

It's chill bro

Sorry, but I have to ask, Seibertron - Does that mean Onslaught is going to be released in the next week? I'm waiting to ship my Combaticon limbs until their boss gets in, he's my favorite.

Autobot Roadburn wrote:Sorry, but I have to ask, Seibertron - Does that mean Onslaught is going to be released in the next week? I'm waiting to ship my Combaticon limbs until their boss gets in, he's my favorite.

Where did the limbs come in at? It seems I have the opposite problem. I got the Voyagers but no deluxes yet. My Voyagers came in through Entertainment Earth.

Seibertron wrote:

Autobot Roadburn wrote:Sorry, but I have to ask, Seibertron - Does that mean Onslaught is going to be released in the next week? I'm waiting to ship my Combaticon limbs until their boss gets in, he's my favorite.

Where did the limbs come in at? It seems I have the opposite problem. I got the Voyagers but no deluxes yet. My Voyagers came in through Entertainment Earth.

BBTS.

Seibertron wrote:

Autobot Roadburn wrote:Sorry, but I have to ask, Seibertron - Does that mean Onslaught is going to be released in the next week? I'm waiting to ship my Combaticon limbs until their boss gets in, he's my favorite.

Where did the limbs come in at? It seems I have the opposite problem. I got the Voyagers but no deluxes yet. My Voyagers came in through Entertainment Earth.

Optibotimus said bbts got a small, early shipment of limbs, maybe others did as well...

I'm kinda wondering how come thier pack-in comics aren't in their galleries yet

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Autobot Roadburn wrote:Sorry, but I have to ask, Seibertron - Does that mean Onslaught is going to be released in the next week? I'm waiting to ship my Combaticon limbs until their boss gets in, he's my favorite.

Where did the limbs come in at? It seems I have the opposite problem. I got the Voyagers but no deluxes yet. My Voyagers came in through Entertainment Earth.

Optibotimus said bbts got a small, early shipment of limbs, maybe others did as well...

I can confirm, my Limbs are sitting in a pile of loot next to a large hammer...

Seibertron wrote:

Autobot Roadburn wrote:Sorry, but I have to ask, Seibertron - Does that mean Onslaught is going to be released in the next week? I'm waiting to ship my Combaticon limbs until their boss gets in, he's my favorite.

Where did the limbs come in at? It seems I have the opposite problem. I got the Voyagers but no deluxes yet. My Voyagers came in through Entertainment Earth.

Yep, what everyone else said. BBTS.

Starsaber468 wrote:I'm kinda wondering how come thier pack-in comics aren't in their galleries yet

I scanned them but forgot to include them. This has been rectified. Full scans as well as cropped sections are now in each of their galleries.

Sabrblade wrote:Technically, though the molds did originate from the Generations toyline, the only indication of which toyline the G2-decoed set was released in given by the packaging is the classic "Generation 2" toyline.

Which was enough for TFWiki to consider these toys of the G1/G2 Combaticon characters instead of the WFC/FOC/Aligned Combaticon characters.

Hey do I recall that you mentioned that there is a different way to combine the FOC Bruticus weapons other than how I've been doing them?

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Technically, though the molds did originate from the Generations toyline, the only indication of which toyline the G2-decoed set was released in given by the packaging is the classic "Generation 2" toyline.

Which was enough for TFWiki to consider these toys of the G1/G2 Combaticon characters instead of the WFC/FOC/Aligned Combaticon characters.

Hey do I recall that you mentioned that there is a different way to combine the FOC Bruticus weapons other than how I've been doing them?

Indeed. Here's the post you made that quoted my original mentioning it to ya.

I just got a MISP Henkei Skywarp and I'm almost positive that it is the real thing and not a KO. But just for peace of mind can anyone comment on the major differences between the real figure and a KO? My thanks in advance.

The next gallery update here on Seibertron.com brings us back to Takara Tomy Transformers, their Legends macro-line, and a Seeker which is definitely not Thundercracker: check out below a sample from the latest addition, LG18 Armada Starscream Super Mode!

Using the basic Generations mold with a mostly blue deco and red face, the toy homages the Armada cartoon's powered-up mode for the character, and retains all of the accessories and features, of course. Click on any of the images below for the full gallery.


Transformers Legends Armada Starscream Super Mode

I love this figure. The colours are so very nice (or maybe I just like primary colours).

The only thing I wish was different is the colour of his swords.

So....this year we get Armada Skywarp and Armada Ramjet from the club, Armada Thundercracker and Armada Thrust from TT. Who is going to split the difference and make Armada Dirge?

P.S. My autocorrect was very amusing typing this up.

Free Energon goodies to the first person to find the surprise in Thundercracker's gallery.

Seibertron wrote:Free Energon goodies to the first person to find the surprise in Thundercracker's gallery.

You've already got yourself a tfcc ramjet?

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Free Energon goodies to the first person to find the surprise in Thundercracker's gallery.

You've already got yourself a tfcc ramjet?

I'm stealing one of those goodies.