TF Pulp update Dec 1, 2010: The Transformers: The Movie Special Data Book Secret Files
http://www.allspark.com/content/view/8161/37/
Some really cool info on the 1986 Unicron prototype and some info on which Takara designer worked on which toys.
I'm assuming that's a typo and not hilarious temporal meddling by Heinrad.
We thought with the Japanese series and all, 2010 would be a little cliche. We're thinking about trying 2008 next. 
Wow, I made the same mistake the last 3 times I posted.. ^^;
Did we know previously that the Unicron prototype was supposed to have a gun accessory?
That particular image showing the gun has made the rounds, like on this site:
http://www.transformersontheshelf.com/UnicronPage.html
But this may be the first time we've seen it scanned in at such high resolution.
The gun is actually the transformed version of the stand he balances on, as shown in Unicron's patent:
http://www.transformersontheshelf.com/files/mosaic.pdf
http://www.transformersontheshelf.com/UnicronPage.html
But this may be the first time we've seen it scanned in at such high resolution.
The gun is actually the transformed version of the stand he balances on, as shown in Unicron's patent:
http://www.transformersontheshelf.com/files/mosaic.pdf
QUOTE(Might Gaine @ Dec 1 2010, 04:47 PM) 
That particular image showing the gun has made the rounds, like on this site:
http://www.transformersontheshelf.com/UnicronPage.html
But this may be the first time we've seen it scanned in at such high resolution.
The gun is actually the transformed version of the stand he balances on, as shown in Unicron's patent:
http://www.transformersontheshelf.com/files/mosaic.pdf
http://www.transformersontheshelf.com/UnicronPage.html
But this may be the first time we've seen it scanned in at such high resolution.
The gun is actually the transformed version of the stand he balances on, as shown in Unicron's patent:
http://www.transformersontheshelf.com/files/mosaic.pdf
Aha! Thanks Might Gaine! I hadn't seen that picture before, so I thought it was new. And I thought it might be the stand, but I couldn't see any hinges or joints on the gun so I concluded the stand part must fold up into the robot mode. Glad I was wrong about that, as the other way is much cooler.
QUOTE
The gimmick used a sound sensor switch (a system that responds to sound, as seen in the current hit Flower Rock) to respond at random with one of six lines voiced by Orson Welles!
“It took them quite a while to get us the tape from America. After some time it arrived, and there was Orson Welles's voice on it! We were blown away!”
1. You are in my power
2. You must obey me
3. I am Unicron
4. Attack planet Earth
5. Nothing can stop Unicron
6. Don't underestimate me
7. You belong to me now
8. Destroy the Matrix
9. Terminate the Autobots
10. Unicron knows all
Those were the 10 lines on the tape, six of which were incorporated into the prototype
“It took them quite a while to get us the tape from America. After some time it arrived, and there was Orson Welles's voice on it! We were blown away!”
1. You are in my power
2. You must obey me
3. I am Unicron
4. Attack planet Earth
5. Nothing can stop Unicron
6. Don't underestimate me
7. You belong to me now
8. Destroy the Matrix
9. Terminate the Autobots
10. Unicron knows all
Those were the 10 lines on the tape, six of which were incorporated into the prototype
This astounds me! If only they had been incorporated some how into some figure. I know the 2010 Unicron doesn't have a soundbox but it would have been a dream come true to do so.
Randy
Wow, it must have cost Hasbro quite a lot of money to get those lines from Welles. Wonder why they decided against releasing Unicron, especially since they did release a similar sized toy a year later.
Btw, I seem to recall there are two existing prototypes of Unicron (that we know of) - one was aquired by a TF collector and shown at last year's Botcon, right?
As ugly as the toy is, I would not mind to see Hasbro release it as some special reissue. Though, I still prefer the BW Neo Unicron.
Btw, I seem to recall there are two existing prototypes of Unicron (that we know of) - one was aquired by a TF collector and shown at last year's Botcon, right?
As ugly as the toy is, I would not mind to see Hasbro release it as some special reissue. Though, I still prefer the BW Neo Unicron.
One was shown at BotCon 2009, but I think that was Hasbro's. There are photos of it in the Image Gallery Convention Section.
Hey Hydra, thanks for posting that info on unicron! Really exciting even though the news is about 15 years old!
You inspired me to share a collection of pics that I somehow received, and it's been so long I can hardly remember how I got them. I've posted them on my blog here. Also, thanks for the link to George's site, I've never seen that before.
You inspired me to share a collection of pics that I somehow received, and it's been so long I can hardly remember how I got them. I've posted them on my blog here. Also, thanks for the link to George's site, I've never seen that before.
QUOTE(Diablien @ Dec 5 2010, 05:39 PM)
Hey Hydra, thanks for posting that info on unicron! Really exciting even though the news is about 15 years old!
You inspired me to share a collection of pics that I somehow received, and it's been so long I can hardly remember how I got them. I've posted them on my blog here. Also, thanks for the link to George's site, I've never seen that before.
You inspired me to share a collection of pics that I somehow received, and it's been so long I can hardly remember how I got them. I've posted them on my blog here. Also, thanks for the link to George's site, I've never seen that before.
Why do I get the feeling that even though the guy's face is blurred, he's smiling...
QUOTE(JonT @ Dec 6 2010, 08:39 AM)
Why do I get the feeling that even though the guy's face is blurred, he's smiling...
He kind of has a goofy look like he's hung over. Or maybe the guy taking the photo owns the toys and is just making his friend hold it? It looks to be a hotel room suite, there is kitchen but so close to the bed...
Anyway I decided to blur out the face because I have no idea whom this individual is and if someone really know who this is, they probably own the originals.
TF Pulp update Jan 26, 2011: EXCITING TRANSFORMERS (with Video!)
http://www.allspark.com/content/view/8375/37/
We'll have a few related updates in the next couple weeks: The TV Magazine that uses the early Metroplex design, as well as the Bom Bom pages that show the early Metroplex design in high resolution.
http://www.allspark.com/content/view/8375/37/
We'll have a few related updates in the next couple weeks: The TV Magazine that uses the early Metroplex design, as well as the Bom Bom pages that show the early Metroplex design in high resolution.
Wow, nice research! I didn't realize how much the video tied in to various other TF promotions!
Incidentally, the interview with Hideaki Yoke went spectacularly, and I'm in the process of translating it to post here as a TF Pulp Allspark exclusive!
There are lots of good tidbits in it, so stay tuned!
-Hydra
Incidentally, the interview with Hideaki Yoke went spectacularly, and I'm in the process of translating it to post here as a TF Pulp Allspark exclusive!
There are lots of good tidbits in it, so stay tuned!
-Hydra
Cool stuff! Wasn't Exciting Transformers was also the video where they showed cels for Transformers: The Movie being painted, and a small bit on a kid from the UK getting an Optimus Prime toy after writing directly to Takara?
Man I just love seeing all the old production art. I wish they would archive some more stuff outside of what's within Visual Works and Generations and make it available via an artbook of some kind. I would love to see the 86' movies concept art in particular. Thanks Hydra and Mighty Gaine, I really appreciate the new Pulp installment.
QUOTE(JonT @ Jan 26 2011, 07:58 AM)
Cool stuff! Wasn't Exciting Transformers was also the video where they showed cels for Transformers: The Movie being painted, and a small bit on a kid from the UK getting an Optimus Prime toy after writing directly to Takara?
Yep, those are in the second and third installments of Exciting Transformers, respectively. Here's the second installement, which shows a Springer cel being painted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pq_oc40iuc
QUOTE(Hydra @ Jan 26 2011, 07:50 AM)
Wow, nice research! I didn't realize how much the video tied in to various other TF promotions!
Incidentally, the interview with Hideaki Yoke went spectacularly, and I'm in the process of translating it to post here as a TF Pulp Allspark exclusive!
There are lots of good tidbits in it, so stay tuned!
-Hydra
Incidentally, the interview with Hideaki Yoke went spectacularly, and I'm in the process of translating it to post here as a TF Pulp Allspark exclusive!
There are lots of good tidbits in it, so stay tuned!
-Hydra
Excellent news Hydra! I can't wait to read it!
Randy
Oh yeah, that "Exciting Transformers" thing was on the Pioneer DVD set. I hadn't watched it since I got the set 3 or 4 years ago. Forgot about all the production art that was in there.
Cool stuff!
Cool stuff!
Someone should really put a sign at the entrance of the Ark saying to check your shoulders for evil cassette tapes before entering. They get more spies that way!
TF Pulp update Feb 12, 2011: Comic Bom-Bom: Scramble City
http://www.allspark.com/content/view/8453/37/
11 months worth of Studio Ox character art and Japanese kids' TF ideas
http://www.allspark.com/content/view/8453/37/
11 months worth of Studio Ox character art and Japanese kids' TF ideas
Heh. The text on the Galvatron page describes him as "Megatron's right-hand man".
I knew some of these old Bom Bom pieces came with art depicting Megatron and Galvatron side by side, but this is the first time I've read a blurb describing them as separate people.
Hooray for micro-continuities!
I knew some of these old Bom Bom pieces came with art depicting Megatron and Galvatron side by side, but this is the first time I've read a blurb describing them as separate people.
Hooray for micro-continuities!
I did a bunch of clean up to take out the grain of the paper on these and to reduce the shadow near the spine. The paper on the original Comic Bom-Bom pages is actually very grainy and the ink is usually not a solid black but rather a gray or blue. Here's an example of the conversion:
Click to view attachment
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I'm pretty sure that TV Magazine explicitly describes him as a separate character upon his introduction. Pretty much all the Scramble City stuff starts off on that note.
And how were we to know that this was actually a Galvatron from an alternate dimension....?! ...According to E-Hobby.
These pages are a lot clearer with the touch-ups. Looking good.
There'll be another interesting microcontinuity when we post the '85 Comic Bom-Boms.
Prepare yourself for... A Birth of Planet Saybertron! (Their spelling, not mine...)
-Hydra
And how were we to know that this was actually a Galvatron from an alternate dimension....?! ...According to E-Hobby.
These pages are a lot clearer with the touch-ups. Looking good.
There'll be another interesting microcontinuity when we post the '85 Comic Bom-Boms.
Prepare yourself for... A Birth of Planet Saybertron! (Their spelling, not mine...)
-Hydra
Lovely stuff, Studio Ox never disappoints! Funny that the latest Pulp entry mentions that Bom-Bom's coverage of Transformers ended with the beginning of Headmasters, because from what I remember, Studio Ox's Transformers art, most particularly their work for TV Magazine, dried up around the same time, with most of the work done afterwards seemingly done solely by Ban Magami.
As for the kids' suggestions for Transformers, there's more than a few of the insect-themed entries that are very close to several Beast Wars characters!
As for the kids' suggestions for Transformers, there's more than a few of the insect-themed entries that are very close to several Beast Wars characters!
That armored megatron on page 5 is freaking cool!
TF Pulp update April 10, 2011: Comic Bom-Bom: 1985 (with text story)
http://www.allspark.com/content/view/8707/37/
Prepare yourself for... A BIRTH OF PLANET SAYBERTRON
http://www.allspark.com/content/view/8707/37/
Prepare yourself for... A BIRTH OF PLANET SAYBERTRON
That backstory is... well, it's amazing and kinda weird.
I like it.
I like it.
Thanks, I thought it was definitely unique and worthy of translation.
The question is, why? it certainly is bizarre, although well written, in my opinion.
-Hydra
The question is, why? it certainly is bizarre, although well written, in my opinion.
-Hydra
Thanks, I thought it was definitely unique and worthy of translation.
The question is, why? it certainly is bizarre, although well written, in my opinion.
-Hydra
The question is, why? it certainly is bizarre, although well written, in my opinion.
-Hydra
I'll like a bit more information on "Master File". What exactly is it? Were there more of these? Is the title of the story itself actually "Headmasters Epilogue"?
QUOTE(Moon Captain @ Aug 5 2011, 07:09 PM)
I'll like a bit more information on "Master File". What exactly is it? Were there more of these? Is the title of the story itself actually "Headmasters Epilogue"?
Hi, it was a promotional booklet that members of the G1 TF Club in Japan had mailed to them. The "Master Files" were the names of the ones from Masterforce, but I also have ones from 2010, etc. They seem to have been made more or less all through G1.
-Hydra
Thank you for answering!
Are translations of the last two Beast Wars Reborn chapters in the works? The recent surge of Thirteen stuff is making me interested in just what Logos Prime's deal is.
Yeah, there wasn't much reaction to the second chapter, but i would like to do the third and fourth chapters.
It would be something "safe" to work on, being several years old and all.
-Hydra
It would be something "safe" to work on, being several years old and all.
-Hydra
Most recent update:
United EX Story #4 Racemaster - "Weapons of a New Generation" Translation
http://www.allspark.com/content/view/10710/37/
United EX Story #4 Racemaster - "Weapons of a New Generation" Translation
http://www.allspark.com/content/view/10710/37/
So he is indeed Rapido as some people were guessing.
Crap. I think I have to get him.
M "Gnaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" Sipher
M "Gnaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" Sipher
How come this thread was revived instead of using the current thread? 
QUOTE(▲ndrusi @ Oct 20 2012, 02:51 PM)
So he is indeed Rapido as some people were guessing.
No surprise there.
There were a lot of interesting suggestions for who he might be, but one of the things I wanted to do with this was to expand on ideas that were considered for Japanese Transformers, but ultimately never followed through with.
That's why there are guys like Rapido, who apparently were planned for the Japanese market. I thought it would be fun to look at what they might have been up to just prior to G2.
Same concept with Chip Chase's cameo in chapter 1, as he was planned to appear in Headmasters.
The Drone names are the word "fast" in European languages other than Spanish.
-Hydra
That's why there are guys like Rapido, who apparently were planned for the Japanese market. I thought it would be fun to look at what they might have been up to just prior to G2.
Same concept with Chip Chase's cameo in chapter 1, as he was planned to appear in Headmasters.
The Drone names are the word "fast" in European languages other than Spanish.
-Hydra
QUOTE(M Sipher @ Oct 20 2012, 04:07 PM)
Crap. I think I have to get him.
M "Gnaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" Sipher
Yeah, Rapido is always tempting! But having the US release... even an awesome story, character, and color can't convince me to want that piece of scrap mold again. (although the limbs are ok...)M "Gnaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" Sipher
loving the story.
QUOTE(Sabrblade @ Oct 20 2012, 04:50 PM)
How come this thread was revived instead of using the current thread?
QUOTE(▲ndrusi @ Oct 20 2012, 02:51 PM)
So he is indeed Rapido as some people were guessing.
No surprise there.You know, in the time it took you to find the previous thread so you could bitch about it you could have simply bumped the thread and noted that part 4 was out. Which would have reminded me to edit Part 4 into the first post and change the sub-title. Which I just did.
But I guess complaining is more fun than being helpful.
QUOTE(Wheelimus @ Oct 21 2012, 02:31 PM)
You know, in the time it took you to find the previous thread so you could bitch about it you could have simply bumped the thread and noted that part 4 was out. Which would have reminded me to edit Part 4 into the first post and change the sub-title. Which I just did.
But I guess complaining is more fun than being helpful.
Now, wait a second. Nowhere in my post did I make a complaint. All I did was ask a simple question since the revival of this thread instead of that other one simply confused me. If I wanted to complain, I would have used much a ruder phrasing than the rather neutral one I used. No need to get bent over an honest inquiry. But I guess complaining is more fun than being helpful.
Don't take it to heart Sabrblade. Wheels just probably woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
If I don't randomly jump someones case every six months people will forget I'm still here.
But pretty much a bad mood like PC said, sorry. Normally I'd be a little more light handed.
But pretty much a bad mood like PC said, sorry. Normally I'd be a little more light handed.
QUOTE(Wheelimus @ Oct 22 2012, 02:58 PM)
If I don't randomly jump someones case every six months people will forget I'm still here.
Nah, who'd forget a guy named "Wheelimus" who looks like God freakin' Neptune? 
I'm really quite enjoying the United EX stories. Sad that Hasbro never jumps on unique ideas like this.
I would also definitely read any translations for the BW Reborn story too.
United EX: bringing bots and cons together and updating them. I may not buy the figures but i like the fiction!
I would also definitely read any translations for the BW Reborn story too.
United EX: bringing bots and cons together and updating them. I may not buy the figures but i like the fiction!
QUOTE(GodSentinelOmega @ Oct 22 2012, 04:18 PM)
I'm really quite enjoying the United EX stories. Sad that Hasbro never jumps on unique ideas like this.
... what?
M "No, Really... What?" Sipher
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