Takara Tomy Mall has just uploaded a new chapter of the Transformers Generation Selects Super Megatron Web Comic/Manga on their listing for the toy.
As with chapter 1, we have a 2-part web comic/manga following the battler against Super Megatron, now powered up as Ultra Megatron. In part 1 we can see that reinforcements for Star Convoy have come across time and space. We can spot Blue Big Convoy, Omega Sentinel (Titans Return Astrotain/Sentinel Prime redeco in Energon colors), Beast Wars II Dirge, Blurr (Hasbro Titans Return colors), the recent Sonic Blue Bumble (Bump of Chicken exclusive redeco), Blue Bacchus (from Transformers Victory), Transformers Prime Hot Shot, Legends Dai Atlas and other characters/toys. The battle get to its climax when Ultra Megatron clashes the stolen Silver Matrix with Blue Big Convoy’s Matrix and it makes his face change (as seen in the latest toy’s stock images) into Ultra Megatron Omega.
Part 2 reveals the next part of the battle. The new Ultra Megatron Omega attacks but he’s temporarily stopped by Primus (revealed as a golden G1 Rodimus Prime). King Poseidon comes back with his army of Seacons clones to support our heroes but he’s easily defeated. Star Convoy returns to face Ultra Megatron once for all. All the events are monitored by a mysterious alien, and it seems that Halfshell (Beast Wars II Turtler/Snaptrap redeco) is not out of the game yet.
You can download the pdf files of part 1 here and part 2 here. Alternatively, you can check out the mirrored images after the jump. Then sound off on the 2005 Boards! Don’t forget that you can find pre-order for Super Megatron via our sponsors links below
WishfulThinking
The Hasbro Team using the Time Shed to go back and make Titans Return PM Prime transform like PotP Optimus Prime…
ScorponokIsHere
It makes sense if you understand linear time. POTP Prime didn't exist when they retooled Titan Master Powermaster Prime from Combiner Wars Magnus. Like, it makes sense to me they wouldn't violate the integrity of the timestream to make a certain kind of Powermaster Prime, I dunno.
SPLIT LIP
Except it would've at least had the, y'know, actual gimmick of the cab transforming into its own robot and combining with the trailer. (something the OG Star Convoy didn't have)
So yeah it really doesn't make sense that they used what is basically the Ginrai transformation on a character who didn't use it, and used the non-transforming cab mould for the one that had a transforming cab.
RodimusRex
I do wish they had retooled Star Convoy from Ginrai instead of PotP Optimus. It's a better figure.
ScorponokIsHere
yeah you could buy the new retooled-from-POTP Ginrai to stand next to the God Ginrai toy they literally just put out, can't imagine why they didn't immediately make a second, worse one instead of the second Star Convoy ever
TheLastBlade
They had a super robot gimmick, but instead of making a ginrai version, they made star convoy. Fucking lol.
Mercurius
My biggest problem with the PotP Optimus is the faux chest windshield. I'm never a fan of that being a thing, even going back to the original Powermaster Optimus in the 80s. I kind of forgave it on the Nemesis Prime version of PotP that came out, but it always bugs me when Optimus or Starscream have faux chests.
WishfulThinking
Star Convoy shines less as actual Star Convoy and functions more as G1 Optimus (the cab transforms into G1 Optimus with yellow eyes) where the trailer gives him a nice super robot mode rather than becomes a base. I mean, yeah, we have Earthrise Optimus now. But, he doesn't have the super robot mode.
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IgnikaMarcus
Indeed I do.
Especially since he has the treads on the trailer/legs thing going on.
FD3S
It's the best option for a modern official Star Convoy that currently exists right now even if does kinda suffer from being a remold of POTP Prime. If you're willing to go into the 3P realm, MMC's Stellarus Prominon gets a lot closer to the mark in terms of aesthetics but has its own tradeoffs (very simple for it's size, barely any paint, knee design isn't the greatest).
TheLastBlade
Star convoy suffers from early exclusive syndrome. He also has all the flaws of the potp Optimus.
TargetmasterJoe
Jog my memory, what upcoming figure? You mean Armada Optimus?
IgnikaMarcus
And with a certain upcoming figure they could even do him with the evolution gimmick again.
Thundershot
His aftermarket isn’t much higher than his original retail. However, I think they’ll do another eventually.
Yoshimon7
Not worth it but I also don’t see them reissuing it or making a new version anytime soon. So really depends on if you REALLY want that figure for those prices or not.
Got him when he first released and he’s just an OK figure. Definitely not worth the current aftermarket prices.
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Poe Ghostal
As someone who only got back into TFs in the last year, is Selects Star Convoy worth paying the current aftermarket prices to pair with Star Saber, or do we think there could be either a reissue or a new version?
Tungg
awesome. I’ll have to some clear mail polish
Cal
Mine had the same problem. The solution is a dose of nail polish on the peg to tighten the connection. The wing stays tabbed in securely every time.
Tungg
Does anyone have a fix for the wings not tabbing in?
One of my wings just pops back off the tab when I collapse it for robot mode