New "Wildocking" Animal Limb Combiners from TakaraTomy
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Fansub of Episode 3.
This time, I and a few others actually got to help contribute to this translation after reaching out to the fansubber to help polish it up. One minor typo slipped by us at the beginning ("Elemental Energy" should be "Element Energy"), but everything else is up to spec.
This time, I and a few others actually got to help contribute to this translation after reaching out to the fansubber to help polish it up. One minor typo slipped by us at the beginning ("Elemental Energy" should be "Element Energy"), but everything else is up to spec.
At least it's not "Emmental Energy", as Omni production might have misread it! 
Watching these shorts, I notice that they aren't tying "Wild Docking" to the Enigma of Combination (which was the go-to "make a combiner out of anyone" McGuffin). Which is fine -- as much as I appreciate unified takes, fresh ones are also good for story health. (And one doesn't want to be so hidebound as to make Ninja Consultant Sixshot an IDW-2005 "Phase Sixer", as Sabr noted was done jarringly on one Headmasters subtitling run. (Phase Six of what, in the Toei-G1 context?))
Anyway, this may be over-analyzing a stylistic choice, but the fact that Megatron's mouth is not moving when he talks makes me wonder if he is being controlled in some fashion. If not by Volca (subtly manipulating a sky-hero to pursue his goal of unifying the planet), then by the element(al) energy itself....
All will be revealed, I guess.
Watching these shorts, I notice that they aren't tying "Wild Docking" to the Enigma of Combination (which was the go-to "make a combiner out of anyone" McGuffin). Which is fine -- as much as I appreciate unified takes, fresh ones are also good for story health. (And one doesn't want to be so hidebound as to make Ninja Consultant Sixshot an IDW-2005 "Phase Sixer", as Sabr noted was done jarringly on one Headmasters subtitling run. (Phase Six of what, in the Toei-G1 context?))
Anyway, this may be over-analyzing a stylistic choice, but the fact that Megatron's mouth is not moving when he talks makes me wonder if he is being controlled in some fashion. If not by Volca (subtly manipulating a sky-hero to pursue his goal of unifying the planet), then by the element(al) energy itself....
All will be revealed, I guess.
Lightlong and Leafback's mouths (and whole facial expressions) don't move either. It's a budgetary animation choice.
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Movies and TV - Let the Wildocking Commence! Episode 3 of Transformers: Wild King Appears, Now with Fansub!
Did you enjoy last month's debut of the all-new Transformers: Wild King series on YouTube? Well, tough! Takara Tomy have seen fit to beget a third episode of this series on their official YouTube channel, which you can view in all its glory right here! Remember, you can turn on YouTube's...
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Wings on the back. They'll probably put the chip there too.
-ZacWilliam, Bird of Prey and Pterodactyl is where I'll put my money.
Is that FoC Grimlock's sword and shield?
Oh no. This is how they get me every time. Exclusive color weapons. (I'm still looking for those damn AOE era Legendary Weapons.)
Edit: goddammit it gets worse, FOUR of them
Edit: goddammit it gets worse, FOUR of them
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I noticed Lightlong's static (heh) expression, but couldn't quite tell what was going on with Leafback's face (helmet?) design. It will be good for future dubbing teams, though.
Volca's dinosaur jaw does move, however, even though he's been a (speaking) limb so far....
All this is to say, I don't know what's going on -- I don't know if I really felt that way with regards to Transformers fiction since 1996. It's far too soon to see if this small line and miniseries will have the revitalizing effect that Mainframe wrought all those years ago with their CG beasties (roar), but it has my interest.
Episode 4: "The Kindhearted Hydrophant".
We get three new Energy Beast characters: the titular Hydrophant, a Spinosaurus with Earth-element Ground Energy, and a fire-element lion named Ignite Leo. The Spinosaurus's name is a bit tricky to determine at this point, but it's something like "Spirituan" or "Spirichuan" (スピリチュアン). Every Energy Beast has something related to their element in their names, but the ground/earth elemental aspect in his name doesn't seem to be as obvious.
Another unseen character, Drillnohorn, gets name-dropped in the episode by Lightlong.
We get three new Energy Beast characters: the titular Hydrophant, a Spinosaurus with Earth-element Ground Energy, and a fire-element lion named Ignite Leo. The Spinosaurus's name is a bit tricky to determine at this point, but it's something like "Spirituan" or "Spirichuan" (スピリチュアン). Every Energy Beast has something related to their element in their names, but the ground/earth elemental aspect in his name doesn't seem to be as obvious.
Another unseen character, Drillnohorn, gets name-dropped in the episode by Lightlong.
Neato!
Gonna wait for the sub this time, though. ^^
Gonna wait for the sub this time, though. ^^
They're all in-stock on Amazon Japan right now it seems. (The first wave was released yesterday in Japan for the record)
Thanks.
Hydrophant's listing says that it won't ship to US. Anyway, with the tariff situation, who knows. Ugh, it's so complicated right now. I just want the dumb little blue elephant.
Hydrophant's listing says that it won't ship to US. Anyway, with the tariff situation, who knows. Ugh, it's so complicated right now. I just want the dumb little blue elephant.
Pics of the next 4 Elemental Limb Robots:
Fire Lion, Earth Spinosaur, Earth Rhino, and Electric Pterodon that forms a wing pack and new five port chest plate.
-ZacWilliam, they all look cool.
Fire Lion, Earth Spinosaur, Earth Rhino, and Electric Pterodon that forms a wing pack and new five port chest plate.
-ZacWilliam, they all look cool.
Their names are Ignite Leo, Spirituan, Drillnohorn, and Thunderbeak.
The former two just made their debut in the most recent episode of the cartoon, in which they appear to have formed their own neutral third group, aligned with neither Optimus nor Megatron, which also confuses Lightlong since Spirituan is of the dinosaur tribe while Ignite Leo is of the animal tribe, and the two tribes have been at odds with each other since even before the arrival of Optimus and Megatron. And since their arrival, the dinosaurs have allied themselves with Megatron while the animals have been helping Optimus. So it is curious to see one animal and one dinosaur allied with each other but also opposed to both Optimus and Megatron.
Drillnohorn has also been named dropped thus far, but not seen yet.
No sign of Thunderbeak, though.
The former two just made their debut in the most recent episode of the cartoon, in which they appear to have formed their own neutral third group, aligned with neither Optimus nor Megatron, which also confuses Lightlong since Spirituan is of the dinosaur tribe while Ignite Leo is of the animal tribe, and the two tribes have been at odds with each other since even before the arrival of Optimus and Megatron. And since their arrival, the dinosaurs have allied themselves with Megatron while the animals have been helping Optimus. So it is curious to see one animal and one dinosaur allied with each other but also opposed to both Optimus and Megatron.
Drillnohorn has also been named dropped thus far, but not seen yet.
No sign of Thunderbeak, though.
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Continuing to like these. Since a lot of the core of each figure is re-used, I appreciate how much personality they've managed to put into all the different heads. It goes a long way in making them all seem different.
I would think that, at least in the cartoon, the fifth combiner for one team would come as the 'big surprise' after both Optimus and Megatron are evened up at four limbs each, no?