Reverse Convoy! Life Convoy! Autovolt!

[Protoform-S]

Courtesy of lastmaximal from the Cybertron Philippines proboards.

thanks to fantofan.jp for pics.

RM REVERSE CONVOY
an evil convoy, it would seem... using Megatron's tank body!


GC-17 AUTOVOLT
looks similar to FirstAid. very nice.


GC-18 LIFECONVOY
the Earhtbound Convoy is revealed. very nice.

[admin1 aka Ed]

Lifeconvoy just looks incredible! It has to be the best TF I've seen for realism in ages. Hot bot, hot hellicopter. Now if we could get it a bit bigger.....

[shaxper]

Yeah, I'm totally digging Life Convoy.


So what's the deal with Reverse Convoy? The old G2 Megatron mold with a Prime head attached?

[Fugly]

Eep, I hope not! Those thighs...those arms...yuck!

Man, LifeConvoy is Da BOMB! I sure hope they don't use a horrible color-scheme on that guy, since that would REALLY suck. maybe they'll make a 1/18 version...

[Protoform-S]

admin1 said:

Lifeconvoy just looks incredible! It has to be the best TF I've seen for realism in ages. Hot bot, hot hellicopter. Now if we could get it a bit bigger.....

I think he's an Ultra...here's some additional info from lastmaximal:

Allsparker Hydra Custom reports translations from *preproduction notes* for Galaxy Force/Cybertron...

there will be a GX Soundwave [he's working with Noisemaze], a Galvatron, AND [get ready for the big names.]

METROPLEX!
PRIMUS!
MENASOR!

lots of interesting info from this guy, including Planet Force info and possible story points.

original info here, as posted:

13 basics, 2 mini-con teams

*16 deluxes

*9 megas

*5 ultras

*4 supers

*2 supremes

Many of the unannounced characters appear to be homages to original characters: last in the list of megas is a Soundwave and Menasor. The list indicates that they'll retain those names for their American release.

The supers are as follows:
Galaxy Convoy, Master Megatron, Galvatron, Metroplex.
Two of these we've seen already.

The supremes are Starscream and PRIMUS. The Starscream is the huge Starscream that's been unveiled already.

On a humorous note, the placeholder names used for Gasket and Landbullet were George and Lenny. I'm guessing they didnt intend to keep those names for too long.

Oh, people were wondering how many planets there are.

In terms of main planets, it appears there will be five, which are presumably those insignias comprising the chip of Vector Prime.

If you examine his chip, it's modeled after a clock, with the planets they visit going from largest to smallest in the order they are visited.

These are:

Earth (Eclipsing sun)

Speedia (A speed burst of some sort)
"A planet where speed is everything"

Beast (animal claw)
"A planet that lives by the law of survival: the strong eat the weak"

Giant (A gear, half larger than the other)
"The planet that both giant Transformers and the minicons hail from"
This is where Metroplex, Menasor, Onslaught, and the Minicons are listed as being from. This is said to be the location of the last chip.

The last symbol is a tiny Cybertron symbol, probably symbolizing the return of planet Seibertron. How this relates to the final planet listed, Planet X, is unclear.

Planet X
"Are the residents allies, or foes?"
This is where Soundwave and Sideways are said to come from.

finally, store listings for upcoming Takara releases including RM Reverse Convoy.

BT-13 Laserwave (April 2005) - 4980 yen
BT-14 Wheeljack (May 2005) - 4980 yen
TF Collection #19 Percepter (May 2005) - 3500 yen
H.B.S.01 Galaxy Convoy (April 2005) - 3800 yen
GD-10 TeraShaver (April 2005) - 2000 yen
GC-15 Saidos (April 2005) - 980 yen
GC-16 Ligerjack (April 2005) - 3000 yen
GC-17 Autobolt (June 2005) - 2000 yen
GC-18 Liveconvoy (June 2005) - 3000 yen
RM-24 Reverse Convoy (May 2005) - 1600 yen

btw, Doug Dlin notes that "Sai" is the Japanese word or something for rhino, so Saidos just might be... Rhinox!

[shaxper]

Protoform-S said:

METROPLEX!

...I nearly fainted on that one. HOLY GEEZ! COUNT ME IN!!!!!

[REX-203]

What the....?! Incredible! My wallet is not liking the looks of TF Galaxy Force/Cybertron.

Now I can't wait to see pics of the above mentioned named TFs.

[Protoform-S]

(c/o lastmaximal) ;D

reportedby Kaijubot X on TFD. There is an indication of what differences will be present in this line, as well as names of the first wave of toys, AND a confirmed look/color scheme for the upsized "King" Starscream mold!

"-Pics include Starscream robot, alt-mode, close-up of face, weapons, and 2 Cyber Planet Keys.
-There will be a show, but no specifics on network, date of premiere, etc.
-Toys will see a summer release
-No actual size is given for Starscream, although it is conformed that basic through supreme sizes will return.
-The force chips will be called Cyber Planet Keys.
-The plot of the series is that the Autobots and Decepticons are on a scavenger hunt to find all the Cyber Planet Keys due to a Energon crisis on Cybertron.
-Names of the first wave were given, altough there were no corresponding sizes or price points. Initial wave will feature:
--Optimus Prime
--Megatron
--Jetfire
--Scourge
--Crumplezone
--Vector Prime
--Hot Shot
--Dirt Boss
--Thundercracker
--Landmine
--Overhaul
--Ransack
--Scattorshot

vehicle mode pic of that supreme starscream, btw, next to WST thrust.

[Ben-Ohki]

The helicopter looks great - an RM? Hmm.. I thought RM series was for remakes of old characters - what series is "Life Convoy" from?

The tank on the other hand does not lend itself to being an RM scale. Its tranformation looks like it belongs on a mini-bot or a Spychanger... sheesh.

[Protoform-S]

Ben-Ohki said:

The helicopter looks great - an RM? Hmm.. I thought RM series was for remakes of old characters - what series is "Life Convoy" from?

The helicopter won't be an RM...its part of Galaxy Force.

The tank on the other hand does not lend itself to being an RM scale. Its tranformation looks like it belongs on a mini-bot or a Spychanger... sheesh.

It is a totally new mold, patterned after the G2 Megatron. Just like what happened to Beast Convoy and Beast Megatron, wherein they were patterned after the ultra-sized BW Primal and Megs. Robotmaster transformations are made to be simple, given their small size. ;D

[Ben-Ohki]

Protoform-S said:

Robotmaster transformations are made to be simple, given their small size. ;D

Be that as it may, RM Starscream's transformation is hardly "simple" - with none of the add-on bits of the original G1 version, the RM is actually quite a bit more complicated than the mini-bots I remember...