Nope, just a bit of personal wishful thinking because the name fits the Dinobot naming convention and I like Ankylosaurs.
Ah, that makes sense. She does have the build for it.
Why is the Leo Prime Toy not called Lio convoy?
Because the "Convoy" part of the name wasn't available as a trademark.
Thanks for bring LC up, just ordered him from Amazon. I am giving up all hope of actually finding new figures in store. Since Christmas all I have seen for restock is Studio Series Leader and core series and the new cartoon.
I've seen Tarn and Leo Prime at a couple different Targets, fwiw. Deluxes like Knockout, Tarantulas, and Elita-1 have just started showing up, though. Kind of debating whether to order Metalhawk, Crankcase, and Needlenose online. Soon as I do, they'll show up somewhere locally, though...
Metalhawk and Twin Cast SHOULD be here this week from BBTS, I was lucky and got in on that pre order that disappeared.
I saw Tarantulas last week, but I couldn't remember if I had bought him or not so I left him on the shelf. Jihaxius, Soundwave and a random Bulkhead are clogging up most of the shelves around here.
I saw Tarantulas last week, but I couldn't remember if I had bought him or not so I left him on the shelf. Jihaxius, Soundwave and a random Bulkhead are clogging up most of the shelves around here.
The new Masterpiece Dark Amber Leo Prime toy's backstory has also made it his in-universe canon-to-Japan official name after changing it from "Lio Convoy", even going so far as to even say that, post-Beast Wars Neo, the Cybertrons eventually changed their faction name to "Maximals", and the Great Convoys (who were all killed by Unicron at the end of Beast Wars Neo) were eventually succeeded by a new authority group called the "Prime Leaders".
Simon Furman used the name "Lio Convoy" for the character in his two IDW Beast wars mini series.
There's a huge difference between 'using a character name in a comic book' and 'using and registering a character name as a trademark for a toy'.
Not to mention about 100 copies of Galaxy Shuttle were produced and flew from the shelves in about 1 second. I did find one from a Canadian website that will ship to the US. Would be about $90 in total.
I would LOVE Armada Jetfire. He is one of my top 5 all time favorite toys.
I would LOVE Armada Jetfire. He is one of my top 5 all time favorite toys.
That Swoop's beast mode is adorable.
And I'm thrilled to see a Dinobot based on my favorite dinosaur!
And I'm thrilled to see a Dinobot based on my favorite dinosaur!
That's got to be the easiest repaint of Mirage since Crasher came to town.
Because, for a time, the Japanese term "Convoy" was not known in the West and it's been thought of as the Japanese analogue for "Prime" (more or less). Also, just after (Galaxy Force?), there were some recolours of Leobreaker in Lio Convoy's colours and named "Leo Prime" in America (as American shop exclusives).
Right!? I was thinking this earlier when Skid-Z was mentioned. Even a Dragstrip recolor would work, but then everybody will want a RID combiner. Lol.
I’m honestly a little shocked he wasn’t a selects figure or something already.
Hmmm. Not 100% sold on super mode. Will have to see some better images of it.
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Just in is our first look at the upcoming and highly-anticipated Legacy Evolution Commander Armada Optimus Prime! While appearing to be a brand new mold and separate from the much-discussed Takara figure we had seen years ago, Prime is nevertheless looking very impressive and accurate to his OG...
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Are you new to the hobby?
Hmmm. Not 100% sold on super mode. Will have to see some better images of it.
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Just in is our first look at the upcoming and highly-anticipated Legacy Evolution Commander Armada Optimus Prime! While appearing to be a brand new mold and separate from the much-discussed Takara figure we had seen years ago, Prime is nevertheless looking very impressive and accurate to his OG...
That certainly a improvement on the Super mode over the original, I wonder what the trailer base mode looks like? Just looking, I would say that the feet are carried over from Mensor, thou it could be that the legs are heavy retools of Mensor's legs