I can’t stop looking at his photo in the latest Figure King. But man December - or January 2022 even - I mean, the s1 enthusiasts will have experienced the mold twice already by that time, but for those of us who are just going for the good looking one, it’s gonna be a long wait.
The Decepticons on Chaar knew that Megatron and Galvatron was the same guy. Cyclonus and Scourge refuse to call him Megatron and Starscream knew that was Megatron before getting iced, er turned into ash.
Yeah, but in the case of Cyclonus and Scourge, I never recall them saying something that indicated they remembered being someone else versus knowing that Galvatron was once Megatron.
I thought Hasbro had a listing that they were created from SW/TC and insecticons remains, it wasn't just simply one became the other.
From the Kingdom Cyclonus listing: "Cyclonus, a Herald of Unicron, first appears in the 1986 movie when Bombshell/Skywarp/both/neither was reformatted into the second-in-command of Galvatron."
They were being vague intentionally without a hard answer to not anger fans. The Selects Spy Patrol 3's description mentioned you could decide whether the blue bot was Rumble or Frenzy (even though the description did refer to him as Frenzy).
If Cyclonus & Scourge were just upgraded forms from Skywarp & Thundercracker, then why didn't they keep their original powers? Teleportation & sonic booms. Thats why I always believed them to be completely new entities, just created from the raw materials of the dead & injured Decepticons. Once I get all three new MPs(SS/SW/TC), they will be in bot mode. My MP-3/11's will stay in jet mode. I like MP-52's jet mode, but I think the 3/11's had a more cohesive look to the jet form.
Yes, that’s totally true. When Cyclonus was telling the Decepticons about their current state, Astrotrain mentioned that the days of Megatron were better and that’s when Cyclonus said, “You mean Galvatron!” And Scourge did their, “Hail Galvatron” bit. Astrotrain followed up by saying they were the same guy. It was a missed opportunity that they didn’t mention any upgrades or past lives anything like that. It seemed like they all knew what happened with Megatron/Galvatron, but glossed over every other past Decepticon. I would say look at the body positioning of the Seekers/Insecticons while in space to see who was alive but when Snarl shows up at Starscream’s coronation ceremony, that idea be jettisoned as well.
In the eHobby story Macrocosmic Seekers Cyclonus and Scourge entered a transition phase (represented by their clear toys) where they regained their old bodies special powers. Cyclonus got teleportation and Scourge sonic booms. This is mostly to do (I believe) with various versions of the movie script having Cyclonus and Scourge as anything but Skywarp / Bombshell and Thundercracker. While Megatron was usually (if not always) a reformatted Galvatron. So it's likely the TV scripts were being written without much indication or consideration of who Cyclonus and Scourge may have been (or any relevant knowledge of such). Since from a narrative standpoint it didn't matter unlike Megatron's transformation. I prefer the characters to be separate personally. Though Skywarp as Cyclonus always made more thematic sense to me than Bombshell. I do hope some day to be able to stand a MP Cyclonus next to MP ver. 2.0 Skywarp.
That's what I consider as well because of the way the script had to be written while S2 was airing. The Marvel UK run dealt with that aspect the best I believe, but also not fairto compair the comics and the movies. My preferred version is Skywarp to Cyclonus because they are my favorite Decepticons and I feel in love with Skywarp first.
It works very well Skywarp to Cyclonus and Thundercracker to Scourge based on colors and alt modes. Pretty likely the preferred head-cannon of most fans, I know it has been mine as long as I can remember.
I guess this is final confirmation that Skywarp will be MP-52+SW and will not overload MP-52+ (TT and vendors have used both up to this point). Credit to @Paco Grande HeroX Generations 2021
Yeah TT’s numbering is so bizarre. The OCD part of me is horrified that Thundercracker is not MP-52+TC. And I’m still hoping that the bot mode canopies all match. It will be very odd if Skywarp is the only seeker with the solid looking canopy.
The stand is visible in the accessories for Skywarp, but not for Thundercracker. I wonder how many people will react outraged to that, believing that it won't be included? I'll keep count in the Thundercracker thread.
A little disappointed that TakaraTomy didn't really promote Skywarp much via their Twitter account. Beyond the standard promo shots that is. Both Starscream and Thundercracker got some in hand looks at the test shot / painted mockups.
Same. I like that the alt mode canopy is the same as the other Seekers, but robot mode canopy makes me think that it’s still a pre-production color. Takara wouldn’t drop the ball like that would they? @Phamduc , do you have a clue about this?
Hopefully they will still show some in-hand pics at some point. Skywarp is still 7 months away. I'm still dying to see the final version of Starscream to see what the bot mode canopy looks like. If it looks like Skywarp we will have confidence that they will all match. I hope!