MP Lio Convoy with childhood original and PE Leonidas


Beast mode


Lio beam is ok I guess


Don’t do lio typhoon in beast mode, it’s terrifying


stunning In bot mode


Mine had a few pair blemishes and rub spots right out of the box so be warned





I’ll add more in a bit

 

Got mine today too... DHL is the bomb.

 

I cant wrap my head around this one. This Character has always been a mystery to me. Im glad you guys are getting the MPs you want, but this one is so far from my likes its an easy pass.

 

Looks fantastic in robot mode, but man, that beast mode is a bit of a mess. Looks worse than the original toy

 

OMG..this is $160!!! I cant wrap my head around it. i was trying to research the character and seen the price..holy crap.

 

I have a few places of red paint on white, but I can deal.

Great robot mode. Lion mode.....it is what it is.

PE Leonidas is put into my CHUG collection.

 

Pretty sure you can buff that off with a soft towel. I had bought some white gloves I use on the first transformations to prevent my nails from scratching anything, I rubbed some of mines off with my gloved finger..

 

Probably, I didn't have much time last night to focus on him.

I'll try tonight, like I said, not a big deal.

 

I was ready to chalk it myself, but then I remembered my Inferno had some red bleed over on his shoulder thing. I know I didn't use alcohol for that  , so it had to be pretty simple to remove it.

 

He looks cool, although his hands might be a bit too small in my eyes, at least compared to the original.

Unrelated, but these pictures also show off just how good his original figure still looks 22 years on. He still looks like a good, chunky figure to just pick up and mess around with for a while (Granted, he could have loads of problems. Never owned one myself).

 

got mine last night, review will be up today. His right elbow is unable to bend so I need to take apart the arm and try to figure out what's locked.

 

The upper ratchets on both elbows on mine are just insanely tight, like I didn’t thing they could move at first tight

 

yeah the right arm is locked on mine if I press any harder the plastic will snap.. and I'm not looking to break a $150 figure

 

I opened up my Lio yesterday. I'm not familiar at all with the character, I got it mainly for MP mould completeness (I love MPs), and...

The beast mode, much like MP Cheetor is... clunky. Not as bad as Cheetor, but still iffy. As others have pointed out, the original toy as shown in the OP's post has a much better looking beast mode.

The transformation is... tricky, at least getting back into beast mode... but having read other posts here, that could at least partially be down to how stiff some of the joints are.

Robot mode, however, is stunning. As someone who has no familiarity with BW II, I can't say how well it captures his character (although a quick check of TFwiki suggests it's at least decent for the model, even if not the actual characterisation), but it's an absolutely beautiful figure with great potential for dynamic looks. As much as I love the general mechanical TF look, this figure shows that there's a lot to be said for the simulated biological musculature... things look a little more "actiony" when it looks like a muscle rather than a box, I think.

Plus, it has a built-in nip-slip feature. Money well spent  

 

guys one question i am having problems with my lio convoy the maximal symbol and arms silver paint are damage wich paint i can use to repair it

 

I have to say, this is probably the worst MP I own. I like the robot mode... and that’s it. Anyway, today I transformed him back to lion for the first time and one of those little chest/abdomen side pieces broke off. It holds ok in both modes but it won’t rotate without falling off.

So he’s a glorified statue now, and will be staying in robot mode evermore. Not necessarily a bad thing.

 

Hey everyone, I wanted to ask some advice, the left leg on Lio Convoy won’t rotate and I’m nervous if I do too much force, it’ll break right off. I’m assuming it could just be the lower screw on the leg but I don’t know if I’m already out of luck.

 

Prelude: After landing on the mysterious planet Gaia, Seibertron Supreme Commander Lio Convoy scanned as his beast mode a white lion called Kimba. At least that is my take on it, feel free to prove me wrong. Anyway, Lio Convoy was the leader of the Seibertrons (Maximals) in the Beast Wars II TV series and is among the originally Japan-exclusive Transformers who has managed to gain worldwide recognition. Does he make for a good Masterpiece figure, though? Let’s say go!

Robot Mode: Okay, first off: this robot here definitely looks like Lio Convoy. He might well have jumped directly out of the TV, bearing a striking resemblance to the animated character from the Beast Wars 2 cartoon. He’s got the colors down pat, the lion head on his shoulder, the paw-like feet, everything. So in terms of resemblance, absolutely no complaints. Very nicely done. Size-wise he is roughly the same size as MP Optimus Primal, which fits with their depiction in the TV series.

Much like Optimus Primal in the original Beast Wars toyline, the original Lio Convoy figure was an Ultra-class figure containing a staggering number of gimmicks. I am happy to report that MP Lio Convoy has all of them. He’s got the missile launchers in the lion mane and on the forearms (no spring-powered launchers, though). He’s got the lion legs on his arms with the big unfolding claws. He’s got the panel on his left pectoral, which opens up to reveal his Matrix and his faction symbol. He’s even got the (rather lame, I must say) rotating mane gimmick, though once again, not spring-powered. So yes, Lio Convoy’s got it all and then some.

In the cartoon Lio Convoy also had jump jets in his legs, which MP Lio Convoy also features. He also comes with a kind of carry-drum for his additional missiles (he has six of them, but can mount a maximum of four at once), which can also double as a hand-held missile launcher. The blaster he carries looks different from that of the original figure (which was really just a missile launcher), but is a close match to the weapon he carried in the cartoon (at least I think so, I couldn’t find a screenshot to refresh my memory). One additional weapon Lio Convoy used in the cartoon was his lion tail, which could unfurl from his left shoulder and become a ridiculously long whip. The figure can somewhat simulate that, too, though it’s a rather short whip.

The robot’s articulation is great, no complaints. Naturally his design with the huge lion head on his shoulder and the lion legs attached to his arms somewhat limit him in certain poses, but apart from that, nothing to complain about.

There are some negatives to mention, too, though. One, the long claws that unfold from the lion legs on his arms look great, but the plastic is a bit brittle and one of the tips already broke off the first time I transformed this guy. So be very careful here. Another thing is the lion’s head on the shoulder. It’s not actually the head of the lion, but rather a robotic version of it that has its eyes closed as if sleeping. This is a nod to the cartoon, where Lio Convoy’s lion head looked fully organic in beast mode, but robotic in robot mode. The lion head basically turns inside out to give us this robotic lion face for the robot mode (and a more angular-looking mane, too), while the beast mode lion head is hidden inside. While this is a cool feature on paper, the contortions required to make it work really make the transformation more complicated than it needs to be and the frame where the two lion faces rotate around each other is made of very thin plastic. So be very, very careful here when transforming him.

So bottom line for the robot mode: I really like this guy, I love his design, and the execution is, for the most part, really good. Sturdier plastic for the claws and a less complicated transformation for the lion’s head would have made him perfect.

Alternate Mode: Lio Convoy, unsurprisingly transforms into a white lion and I maintain my opinion that he scanned Kimba the White Lion from the children’s cartoon of the same name. Now the original Lio Convoy’s lion mode looked good overall, but had two major disadvantages: one, the forelegs didn’t really exist above the knee joints, the absence of them only hidden by the mane. And two, the rear legs were undeniably robot legs. Lio Convoy fixes both of these problems, giving the lion four nicely-sized and fully-articulated legs and better body proportions, too. Also, a far more cartoon-accurate lion head as well.

There are quite a few gaps in the lion’s body and no attempt at making the white plastic look even remotely fur-like, but overall I like this mode. It retains the original figure’s ability to unfold all four missile launchers from the lion’s mane and you can also deploy the big claws here, though it does look a bit ridiculous. So bottom line, probably the best lion mode you can wring from this toy given the character’s design. Not perfect, but looking pretty nice.

Remarks: Lio Convoy led the Seibertrons against the forces of Galvatron (the Beast Wars II character, not the G1 guy) and Megastorm (who looks like G2 Megatron, but isn’t). In the end his team managed to prevent Galvatron from getting his hands on the life force of Unicron, the Angolmois, and then went on to guest star in the follow-up series Beast Wars Neo to aid Big Convoy in finally defeating Unicron for good. All of which somewhat (but not really) plays in the same continuity as Beast Wars and Beast Machines.

Anyway, Lio Convoy is an amazing design, very recognizable, and the Masterpiece figure manages to bring most of amazingness into toy form. MP Lio Convoy is a great figure with some minor flaws and a few needlessly complicated transformation steps. Overall, though, I am very happy that I finally got this figure for my collection. In fairness, though, I got him at a greatly reduced price. The original retail price of over 200€ would have been a bit much, in my opinion.

So bottom line: a great figure if you like Beast Wars, Japanese Beast Wars, and are able to get him at below retail price.

Rating: B+

Source: Transformers-Universe.com