#Galaxy Convoy

[protagonistprime]

Matrix and its' relatives from across Universe Collection part. 2:

f)Christmas matrix, aka Matrix of Christmas Spirit

g)Armada Matrix

h)The Dark Spark

i)Beast Wars OP Spark holder

j)Cybertron's Matrix of Leadership (Toy Version)

Here's part 2 and in a moment i will give you part 3 as well + more.

[blade-liger-4ever]

This. Is. AWESOME.

[wheeljackgaming]

"What if we gave optimus prime big fucking tits and a six pack" - Transformers Cybertron 2005

[red-lady-jj]

When you get your Friend who is also a Lion to become a Giant Lion Man Arm so you can both punch bad guys with the power of friendship and furries or somethin'

[short-wooloo]

Transformers fan made CGI "Arrival of Galaxy Convoy"

[jazzluca]

GALAXY UPGRADE OPTIMUS PRIME ( Leader) War for Cybertron SIEGE

Ammetto che appena uscì non badai troppo a questo GALAXY UPGRADE OPTIMUS PRIME, dato che come remold dell'Ultra Magnus Siege era davvero troppo estemporaneo e quasi una mosca bianca in mezzo a tutti quegli omaggi diretti ai personaggi G1, ma appunto questo omaggio al Cybertron Op era praticamente un precursore dei Legacy, nei suoi limiti, ed ora con altri rappresentanti della Trilogia di Unicron ha già più senso averlo in collezione, da qui questo mio recupero tardivo… e considerando pure che ADOOOOORO il Convoy Siege! ^^

Come CAMION DEI POMPIERI D'ASSALTO, il nostro è un cacchio di retool esteso del Magnus di qui sopra, omaggiando al meglio l'originale veicolo Cybertron, con un nuovo muso e paraurti e tutta la parte posteriore a parte le parti centrali del retro che diverranno gli "stivali" del super mode.

I fucili laterali neri che in Magnus erano un po' ridondanti qui trovano il loro perchè citando le armi laterali del Galaxy Convoy originale, mentre fa un po' specie che i cannoni argentati principali siano scambiati di posto da destra a sinistra, ma questo perchè poi saranno dritti nella modalità combinata. Anche qui però al cannone più corto si sistema il fucile argentato sulla punta.

Peccato che non sia possibile realizzare la modalità di camion volante come nell'originale, data la poca posabilità delle ali, ma il retro staccato con queste aperte almeno ricorda bene la modalità di "stazione di battaglia" del giocattolo del 2005.

Niente male neanche tutti i dettagli dipinti sparsi, sopratutto nel muso della cabina, anche se però sono caduti in una pacchianata, ovvero che hanno dipinto i lampeggianti sul tettuccio di rosso invece che lasciarli nella plastica trasparente blu originale, sminuendo così il look sempre dell'originale.

Anche qui la CABINA MOTRICE, così come era per Magnus, come veicolo a se' fa un po' ridere i polli, ma questo succedeva pure nel Galaxy Optimus, quindi passiamo direttamente alla TRASFORMAZIONE in robot, sempre uguale al suo stampo d'origine, con il muso che si apre per tirar fuori la testa, le braccia in vista che si proiettano in avanti, il bacino che ruota, le gambe che si abbassano ed il paraurti con le ruote anteriori che dal sedere sale su in cima alla schiena.

Il ROBOT risultante anche qui fa un po' specie, dato che a differenza della modalità normale del Galaxy Op ha il muso del camion come torso e non come spallacci, ma provenendo dallo stampo di Magnus, è praticamente un Optimus G1 col petto più cybertroniano, laddove sappiamo che in Siege un Commander tale c'era già nel Voyager uscito a parte, ma col torso dal design più terrestre a citare le stridenti prime apparizioni dei Transformers sul loro pianeta natale ma con già i corpi che richiamavano i loro prossimi alt mode terrestri… ^^'

Ma vabbè, sebbene sia un po' largo sui fianchi dello stomaco alla fine è guardabile e sensato nella sua cybertronietà, e non a caso è stato preso come riferimento durante il reboot dei fumetti IDW nelle storie ambientate appunto prima della guerra civile dei Transformers.

Di certo avere un Optimus simil G1 "in mezzo" ad uno che dovrebbe essere il Galaxy Convoy fra alt mode e super mode fa strano, dicevo, ma possiamo far finta di dimenticarcene così come ci si dimenticava del robot bianco di Magnus, e passiamo quindi a smontare il retro del camion per ricavarne l'ARMATURA.

Come accennato, la parte posteriore si stacca e diventa gli stivali, non prima di averci estratto da dentro le spalliere però, così come bisogna togliere dal paraurti posteriore del robot motrice le ruote anteriori che vanno sugli avambracci, ed ovviamente il paraurti va abbassato sul sedere e la testa normale rientra nel torso, in modo da accogliere l'ultimo pezzo col jetpack e la testa nuova, ripiegando adeguatamente il modulo di plastica grigio dietro la schiena.

Ora si che almeno il SUPER MODE ricorda bene l'originale Galaxy Optimus, fra ali, torso, avambracci, testa, eccetera eccetera, magari con solo le gambe con dettagli argento sugli stinchi con lo stesso stampo di Magnus, ma sono quisquilie.

Carina l'idea delle ruote farlocche scolpite e dipinte sulle ali, così come i cannonnazzi che possono stare a riposo dietro le ali, mentre quando sono in modalità di attacco rivolti in avanti, si ritrovano delle inedite impugnature per i pugni che sono una trovata semplice ma indovinata.

Bella la scultura in generale, sopratutto quella dei finestroni sul petto in plastica trasparente, ed il nostro guadagna la rotazione di pugni e bacino rispetto all'originale, ma il confronto con questo in generale resta impietoso per massa e gimmick, nonostante la comunque alta giocabilità data da fori per armi e l'assemblaggio del super mode.

Ma bisogna prenderlo per quel che è, ovvero un OMAGGIO a quel personaggio usato sfruttando lo stampo di un altro, piuttosto che non una versione aggiornata con tutti i crismi o QUASI, come i recenti Armada di Legacy, per citarne alcuni. E come dicevo nell'incipit, se ai tempi della sua effettiva uscita poteva risultare superfluo, ora che sono usciti e usciranno altri personaggi di Cybertron il nostro acquista una sua dimensione, e coi tempi che corrono non so quanto sarà probabile che venga ripreso di nuovo in una ulteriore versione Generations magari Commander.

Quindi, in definitiva, ovviamente non allaccia le scarpe al giocattolo originale, che consiglio a tutti di recuperare, ma per chi ci piacciono le varianti di Optimus, per chi ha adorato Cybertron E la versione Siege di Magnus, alla fine è un acquisto che soddisfa. Appaga pienamente magari no, ma soddisfa sì, dai. ^^

[maukiki1]

Go random bullshit go

Jumpscare warning

[hyunhol]

art request: Live Convoy eating pudding!

[megaturtle1012]

Nice to see Tobot Y changed his appearance to avoid Evac’s lawyers.

Pretty fun Tobot, not quite as fun as Z, but still a joy.

[ellen-andriodo]

LIVE LAUGH LOVE OVERRIDE MY WIFE.

Nitro convoy my beloved lil speedster…

[blueikeproductions]

The Matrix of Leadership is pry one of the most important aspects of Transformers, that it was pivotal in TFONE…

Buuut as usual these things don’t have a straight path.

The Matrix didn’t appear in the cartoon until the original animated movie, with its purpose largely being to destroy Unicron. Naturally the movie never really explained why we never saw the Matrix before or what it truly is. The succeeding third season would establish it as a very ancient relic with surprisingly mystical qualities that conflicts somewhat with the mechanical characters we follow.

Most of what we know is all past Autobot leaders had carried it up until Rodimus Prime, and that it’s potent enough to kill Unicron. Why it affected Unicron is never explained, but the Primacron episode would show the Matrix escaping the dead body of Primacron’s ape-bot assistant.

Which is confusing as the story suggests this wasn’t supposed to BE the Matrix, but a separate entity that would later summon Grimlock and the other Beast Mode Transformers to fight Unicron’s successor, Tornedron.

The Matrix’s final feat in the original cartoon was to vanquish the Hate Plague as its eons long accumulated wisdom was more than enough to cancel out the rage affecting the galaxy.

The funny thing is the Matrix wasn’t even part of the original scripts for the 80’s movie, which instead had Optimus’ “Life Spark” be the object passed down, upgrading Magnus to Ultra Magnus and ultimately be unleashed inside Unicron to kill him.

Megatron’s Life Spark was also a plot point originally, in that it was supposed to be entombed in the Decepticon crypt on Cybertron, but Megatron’s Spark and the Sparks of other dead Decepticons would be released accidentally, where these ethereal beings would come across Unicron who would instead encase them in new bodies as Galvatron and company.

The Matrix originally was featured in Marvel G1, a “Primal Program” housed in the current leader of the Autobots that allows them to bestow life on new Transformers. This was to explain how the Transformers reproduce in the absence of doing it the human way as the race (originally) wasn’t intended to have female characters.

Eventually the comics would retcon it that the Creation Matrix had a physical form similar to the cartoon, with the Matrix described as being the life force of Primus itself passed down to his creations.

This version of the Matrix would be transferred into Buster Witwicky’s brain by Optimus in an attempt to keep it away from Shockwave, which would temporarily give Buster Lawnmower Man like mastery over other machines, to the point he was able to disassemble (a non living) Decepticon Jetfire with his mind.

Buster, after Shockwave was defeated, was able to return the Matrix back to Optimus, with this concept loosely adapted in RotF years later when Sam Witwicky would be given the power of the Allspark in his brain by accident. Later the Matrix would need to be found once more, as the Autobots sent Optimus’ dead body to space, not realizing the Matrix still physically existed in him evidently, kick starting the Matrix Quest. The Matrix would be tainted by Thunderwing, creating the Dark Matrix Creature that served as the final antagonist of Re: Generation One, but the Matrix otherwise would be purified by Optimus and used to destroy Unicron.

G2 would see the Matrix restored, and later abused by Starscream briefly, while ReGen One would ignore this, instead having the Matrix completely gone…. Until Hot Rod was able to get an intact copy from another universe and evolve to Rodimus Prime. Yea it’s convoluted but this is Transformers, it’s always kinda convoluted.

After this the Matrix stopped having a major influenced for awhile, though the Japanese Beast Wars era would introduce the Energon Matrix, a personalized Matrix unique to different Maximal leaders from Optimus Primal, Lio Convoy, Big Convoy and Fire Convoy.

Other series like the Unicron Trilogy would include the Matrix, but it was just kind of there, mostly included just because G1 included it. The Matrix would instead become more of a religious concept during Beast Wars, and later become Transformers heaven in Beast Machines, and while it didn’t exist in Animated, the Allspark would later be contained in a container resembling the G1 Matrix.

Because of the life giving Allspark introduced in the Bay films, the Matrix, along with Vector Sigma, became somewhat redundant, with this being a problem Hasbro and other creatives haven’t been able to properly adapt. The Allspark became a sort of catch all for wisdom and life baring abilities the other two relics were known for, though modern media, albeit not successfully, has tried to make each relic distinct. Vector Sigma in Prime would be a repository of wisdom, while the Matrix was merely the symbol of leadership passed down by Primus to various leaders. Confusingly the Matrix would still display some holy power filled with wisdom, as using it shut down Unicron, but reset Optimus back to Orion. Vector Sigma’s back up data was necessary to reboot Orion into Optimus again… Cyberverse would see Vector Sigma and the Allspark used in conjunction in creating life, while the Matrix was a repository of wisdom from the past Primes as before, but its power could also be used by Megatron and Megatron X, showing the writers’ favoritism towards the Decepticons when they shouldn’t be able to be use it otherwise.

IDW would bring back the Matrix more prominently, but rapidly downplay its mystical nature to the point it was practically described as an advanced light up toy, and could easily be replaced with a fake or have multiple versions be created by Rung’s gizmo mode.

It still held religious significance and was thought to be part of Solomus, the god of Wisdom.

Tyrest would be revealed to be Solomus, so uh… take that as you will.

It’s not clear if Tyrest ever held the Matrix, but in his civilian life, he did work with it, being tasked with extracting life energy from it to make new Sparks after the life giving Hot Spots on Cybertron began to fade. This started the Constructed Cold Transformers, robots whose Sparks were housed in pre-built bodies rather than emerging from the metal of Cybertron naturally. Tyrest would later come to believe the Cold born Transformers were evil and try to kill them all, yeah wisdom my actuator.

After various trials and tribulations, the original IDW Matrix would be split in half, one half claimed by Rodimus the other Optimus, with each one being destroyed in order to fix a problem of the hour. Optimus’ half survived longer, being used as a means to sway the religious colony worlds into Optimus’ goals to have a Council of Worlds, Earth among them.

Despite downplaying the mystical nature, sometimes it would crop up to somewhat demean Optimus, implying he wasn’t worthy of it. Optimus would complain having the Matrix hurt him, while Rodimus instead felt like he just harmed the power of the Chaos Emeralds. The Matrix also temporarily was held by Thunderclash, and had to be surgically removed from his chest because apparently the Matrix didn’t want to leave Thunderclash.

SkyBound seems to meet in the middle, having some general rules with its Matrix, but not being embarrassed by its mystical nature like IDW was.

This Matrix seems to be more of an advanced machinery that has a finite power source, and while it can heal, it can’t reactivate the dead. It is tied to the barer’s life force, and exerting too much energy can kill the barer. Optimus’ selflessness saw him wanting to use what power was left to revive all the Autobots, but when talked out of it, he instead used the power to reactivate the Decepticon damaged hospital Spike was recovering in. Later when Sparkplug merged with the Matrix by unexplained means, the Matrix was re-energized, but also caused Optimus to be given flashes of Sparkplug’s memories and trauma, often seeing a memory of Spike as a baby, one that became increasingly distorted (a fan theory as of typing connected it as a side effect of wearing Megatron’s arm) when Optimus was pushed to his limit and killed Shockwave, and later, possibly due to Sparkplug’s PTSD from his own war, accidentally blew up a tank when the Autobots tried to respond to a Decepticon attack on another city.

Who originally bore the Matrix differs from series to series… Japanese media would try to expand on it in modern manga borrowing ideas from the 80’s cartoon and Beast Wars where appropriate.

The Matrix was originally owned by a survivor of the Big Bang, Primacron, who sealed his master Primus within to use his godly power to bestow life to his robots, eventually creating Unicron. The Matrix would escape and later bestow organic life to a barren planet, but early Quintessons would discover this planet and reformat it into Cybertron. The Quintesson leader of the era was the first leader to bare the Matrix, the being the 80’s cartoon would only describe as “It”.

Netflix War of Cybertron would state Alpha Trion was the first recorded barer of the Matrix, contradicting modern lore which states Prima, who originated from Marvel G1, was the first inheritor of the Matrix.

The modern lore with Prima was contradicted again in One, where Zeta Prime originally held the Matrix.

Who holds the Matrix before Optimus isn’t really nailed down as much as Hasbro wants it to be, as their intended idea is that the Matrix was originally part of the Star Saber, adorning its hilt, but the cartoons and comics tend to be a bit more resistant to this, preferring to to their own direction. Other leaders post Rodimus tend to not have the Matrix either, with Star Saber, Fortress Maximus, Ginrai, Dai Atlas, and RiD15 Bumblebee not using it.

Other Matrix variants are shown to exist here and there, most unusual is a Sharkticon Matrix briefly held by Megatron in Aligned media, and a Mini-Con Matrix held by Over-Run in the Dreamwave Armada comics. A Decepticon Matrix was said to exist in the G1 cartoon, but while it was a fib by the Quintessons to trick Galvatron into their servitude, an actual Decepticon Matrix probably DOES exist somewhere given all the variants I haven’t mentioned for simplicity.

Who can wield the Matrix varies, but for the most part it’s a heroic paragon of justice, hope, and goodness like Optimus who is considered worthy to use it. Hot Rod would also be shown to possess these qualities as would Optimus Primal, all being able to open up and use the Matrix. Ultra Magnus was unable to open it, with him even having to adjust the relic to better fit into his chest. Decepticons, according to the old cartoon, can’t use it. Galvatron tried to both open it and install it as a power source for his cannon and was unable to do so. Scourge and Starscream experienced mutations that did make them powerful when they installed the relic… but had side effects. Scourge was in inconstant pain (possibly, but never confirmed, to be the ancient Autobots retaliating when the Matrix wasn’t returned to Rodimus), while Starscream was instead slowly turning good by the Matrix’s divine power, something the jet was repulsed enough by to surrender the relic, as he loved being a dick.

The Cyberverse Matrix seemed more open minded to Megatron and Megatron X for some reason, despite their own atrocities, with the show implying Optimus wasn’t worthy. Remember kids, villain worship to this extent is unhealthy. Megatron being able to use the Matrix misses the point, something TFONE fixes. When the greedy Sentinel made a grab for the Matrix, it evaporated in front of him, only later reforming when Orion proved worthy of it. This version also attempts to be both a symbol of leadership and a life giving relic, as it controls the flow of Energon on Cybertron. What this means when Optimus goes to Earth has yet, if ever, to be explored…

The long and short of it is the Matrix typically is just an ancient ball that’s a symbol of leadership that occasionally can grant life depending on the demands of a particular story. The only object that’s similar in reverence is the Animated exclusive Magnus Hammer, with it able to generate intense storms and tremors by its user, but is carried around like Thor’s Hammer (never been shown if they need to swing throw it to fly with it tho’).

[wheeljackgaming]

I'm gonna be thinking about this so much. Galaxy convoy being the same size as Optimus Primal in robot mode. He needs super mode stilts to be Megatron's normal height lmao

[thetepes]

"I told Lip Convoy and he didn't take it seriously" Bullshit! You almost had me!

He said it happened. He acknowledged it happening. He said the evidence wasn't good enough because there weren't screenshots of Lily sexting with a child.

@britts-galaxy-brain literally got talked over by him trying to show him the evidence.

[areyoufuckingcrazy]

“Cold Wind”

Commander Cody x Jedi!Reader

Post-Order 66, early Imperial Era

⸻

They called her a terrorist now.

Once upon a time, they called her General. Jedi. Friend.

But those days were ash.

The Jedi Order was gone—betrayed by its own soldiers, hunted by the Empire it helped birth, and erased from history like an inconvenient stain. Those who survived scattered like broken glass across the galaxy, hiding in shadows, smothering their light, hoping to live long enough to spark something again.

But not you.

You didn’t run. You didn’t bow. You didn’t hide.

You fought.

A lonely hero. Trying to fight too many battles.

Openly. Proudly. Recklessly, some would say. But you didn’t care. If they wanted to call you a terrorist, then let them. You were dangerous. Not because of your power, but because of your refusal to give up.

You lit your saber like a beacon in the dark. You attacked Imperial convoys. Freed enslaved workers. Raided supply depots. Stole data. Inspired whispers across the Outer Rim.

They posted your face on wanted screens with the words:

HIGHLY DANGEROUS. JEDI TERRORIST. KILL ON SIGHT.

And you laughed. Because for the first time in a long time, you felt alive.

But even fire can burn cold. Especially when you burn alone.

“Life likes to blow the cold wind…

Sometimes it freezes my shadow.”

⸻

The battle on Gorse was a blur of smoke, fire, and screams.

Another raid. Another desperate gamble. But this one wasn’t like the others.

Because he was there.

Commander Cody.

You saw him the moment he stepped out of the dropship. Clad in black-trimmed Imperial armor, a commander’s pauldron on his shoulder, his movements precise, efficient, familiar.

It hit you like a punch to the gut.

You froze, mid-fight, your saber humming in your grip.

He saw you too. His helmet tilted. A heartbeat of stillness passed between you across the chaos.

And just like that, time rewound.

Missions. Long nights. Campsite coffee and war-room arguments. His voice in your comm: “Copy that, General.”

His voice in your dreams: “Stay alive. I’ll watch your back.”

But that was before. Before the betrayal. Before the chips. Before everything.

Now?

He raised his blaster rifle.

You didn’t move.

He didn’t shoot.

The stormtroopers around him hesitated, uncertain.

“Stand down,” Cody barked, his voice cold, sharp, and absolute. The troopers obeyed instantly.

You took one slow step forward.

“Cody,” you said, voice low.

His grip tightened, knuckles white beneath plastoid.

“You should’ve disappeared with the rest,” he said.

“I don’t know how to be quiet,” you answered, lifting your chin. “In the midst of all this darkness… I must sacrifice my ego for the greater good. There isn’t room for selfish..”

He said nothing.

For one awful second, you thought he might arrest you.

Instead, he turned and ordered a retreat.

He didn’t even look back.

⸻

Weeks passed.

You tried to forget. You kept fighting. You told yourself that the man you remembered was gone. Replaced by protocol. Stripped of soul.

But still… something gnawed at you.

The way he hadn’t shot. The way he’d told his men to stand down. The way his voice trembled just slightly when he said your name.

You started scanning intercepted comms during downtime.

Just in case.

And then, one night, across a crackling, half-jammed signal from a rebel slicer…

“—Commander Cody. AWOL.

Deserted post.

Last seen heading into the Outer Rim.

Do not engage without support.

Consider highly dangerous.”

You stopped breathing.

He left.

He left.

Everything blurred after that—coordinates, favors, stolen codes, sleepless nights. You chased shadows across half the galaxy. You didn’t know what you’d say if you found him.

But you knew you had to.

⸻

You found him on a dead moon. The kind no one bothered with anymore—cold, quiet, abandoned.

The outpost was half-crumbled. The fire inside even more so.

He was sitting beside it, helmet off, hunched forward, hands resting on his knees. His face looked older. Harder. Tired in a way that sleep couldn’t fix.

You stepped into the firelight without a word.

His head lifted. He didn’t reach for a weapon.

“Took you long enough,” Cody said quietly.

You swallowed. “You left.”

“You were right,” he replied. “You didn’t hide. I did. I stayed in the system because I thought it was safer. Cleaner. But it’s just slower death.”

Silence stretched between you. Wind howled outside, cold enough to steal breath.

“I thought I lost you,” you whispered.

Cody’s voice cracked just slightly. “I thought I destroyed you.”

You moved toward him, every step heavy.

“Why didn’t you shoot me?” you asked.

He looked at you—really looked. Like he was memorizing you again.

“Because even after everything… I couldn’t. I wouldn’t.”

You sat across from him, the flickering light catching on your saber hilt.

“You’ve got nowhere to go,” you said softly. “Neither do I.”

He let out a slow breath. “Then maybe we stay nowhere. Together.”

You stared at the flames, and for the first time in years, they felt warm.

“I’m still a wanted terrorist,” you reminded him.

Cody’s mouth quirked, just slightly. “Guess that makes me a traitor.”

You glanced at him. “I think I missed you.”

He met your eyes. “I know I missed you.”

And for a moment, the galaxy fell away. No war. No orders. Just two people sitting in the ruins of everything, quietly choosing each other anyway.

[jazzluca]

METROPLEX ( Titan ) Generations LEGACY *Cybertron*

Dopo i svariati Titan visti sin dalla Generations Thrillin 30, tutti dedicati a personaggi G1, e la novità dell'Arca trasformabile in coda a War for Cybertron, è stato giusto in una linea come Legacy, celebrativa delle millemila serie dei Transformers, guardare oltre la prima originale per proporre un nuovo gigante… anche se effettivamente la scelta era davvero risicata, a guardar bene, ma infine è ricaduta sul METROPLEX di Cybertron.

Che nel contesto di essere un Titano ci sta tutto, per carità, così come ho adorato il suo giocattolo originale ai tempi, un Leader "allungato" fino a raggiungere quasi la scala di un Supreme, ma fosse stato per me non sarebbe stata la mia prima scelta, dato che avrei dato la precedenza ad un più iconico Tidal Wave di Armada, ma poiché questi lo recuperano per il 2024, non pensiamoci più.

Sebbene sembri per struttura corporea più snello e piccolo dei colleghi precedenti come l'omonimo G1 o Scorponok, complice anche l'enorme arma il ROBOT invece come peso e massa non ha nulla da invidiare agli altri Titan, ed esteticamente migliora il design dell'originale, con un torso meno allungato, piedi più corti e delle spalle più massicce, fra le altre cose.

La colorazione è ottima e fedele all'originale, anche migliorata direi, con un bianco e grigio più chiaro che fanno risaltare meglio il blu scuro, così come ora le mani sono del blu un po' più chiaro come le estremità dell'arma.

Questa, la cosiddetta SPARKDRINKER, è un'enorme MAZZA che ricorda le clave degli orchi giganti della mitologia giapponese mitigata dai cartoni e fumetti degli ultimi decenni, alta quanto il Titano stesso, con un'articolazione in meno nella parte inferiore per poterla piegare nella sua modalità di scavatrice, e ok, ma con la ruota che girava come nell'originale che manco mi ricordavo che lo facesse, nonostante la gimmick della Cyber Planet Key che una volta inserita nell'apposito vano, faceva aprire ed allargare la ruota che diventava una sorta di ascia bipenne.

Ora, CAPISCO che copia incollare e / o riportare la gimmick a molla di Cybertron può lasciare il tempo che trova, ma davvero non sono riusciti o non hanno voluto rifare quell'espediente in un cavolo di Titano?? ^^'' Certo, per una cosa che manca ALMENO ne hanno aggiunto un'altra, ovvero la possibilità di poter dividere in due l'arma per modalità intermedia di drone scavatore di cui parlerò poi.

Ma lo stesso, parlando di accessori, salta all'occhio sopratutto la mancanza del Minicon Drill-Bit, già presente nel Leader originale, e ancora mi ripeto, ma DAVVERO per scelta o mancanza di due pezzettini di plastica non sono riusciti o hanno voluto metterci un cavolo di robottino piccino?? Sul serio??? In un Titan non avanzava quel po' di plastica per farlo????

Per fortuna, tornando al robottone, questo è ottimamente articolato, nonostante i già bei risultati ottenuti per lo stampo di Scorponok, qui abbiamo non solo l'inclinazione delle caviglie ma pure la rotazione, idem i polsi nonostante la rotazione dei gomiti, così come le spalle hanno due snodi per poter alzarle meglio lateralmente rispetto al busto, che può piegarsi sullo stomaco, e idem la testa che può alzarsi ed abbassarsi ed infine UAU! pure la bocca si apre, volendo!

In questo ben di Primus di articolazioni, magari fa strano che le mani possano "solo" aprirsi ma con le 4 dita unite e non separate come l'omonimo Titan originale, ma forse avevano paura che queste non potessero reggere adeguatamente l'armona, che tra l'altro si fa non poca fatica appunto a fargliela reggere al nostro, nelle sue due impugnature. ^^' Perlomeno, l'enorme clava può agganciarsi comodamente dietro la schiena.

Metroplex Cybertron aveva una TRASFORMAZIONE intermedia di drone scavatore, giustamente riportata nel Titan, accorcciando le gambe ed il busto, qui in un paio di passaggi invero interessanti, con poi dei pannelli che nella testa coprono di volta in volta la faccia del robot da quella del DRONE.

A dare un senso a questa modalità magari pretestuosa però PERLOMENO viene incontro una novità graditissima, ovvero la summenzionata possibilità di spezzare in due l'armona e sistemarla al posto delle mani retrattili, così da rendere effettivamente il drone con un po' più di "personalità", diciamo, laddove nel Leader del 2006 la Sparkdrinker era semplicemente posta sopra e dietro la testa / cabina di pilotaggio.

Perlomeno, l'aggancio delle due metà dell'armona ai polsi è più saldo di quello che dell'armona stessa fra i suoi due pezzi. Da notare la comparsa di un paio di laser per spalla mobili che nell'originale erano meri ornamenti, mentre il pannello centrale del petto che sorregge la testa non è fisso, ma il fatto che possa spostarsi lateralmente avvallora maggiormente l'idea di un drone robotico da lavoro, non so se mi spiego. ^^'

La "faccia" stessa del drone è più delineata rispetto a quella del Leader originale, che lì era chiaramente e semplicemente la cabina di pilotaggio senza tanti complimenti.

Ora non tocca altro che TRASFORMARE il nostro robot costruttore nel veicolo effettivo, e questo succede facilmente per le gambe, già pronte ripiegate, ma con in più la chicca dei cingoli nascosti sotti piedi da ruotar all'infuori, ma il torso torna ad essere in parte quello del robot normale, nascondendo la testa fra le spallone che ruotano verso indietro per rendere il mezzo più snello, mentre le due parti della Spardrinker restano separate aggangiandosi al modulo a forma di gabbia centrale che, da aperto, serviva a sorreggere l'arma sulla schiena del Megalo Convoy Legacy.

Lo SCAVATORE CON RUOTA A TAZZE gigante anche qui, come nell'originale, è abbastanza fantasioso, ma di certo aiuta il fatto che le braccia del robot siano rivolte in avanti piuttosto che indietro, togliendo così la fastidiosa sensazione che l'alt mode non fosse altro che il robot accovacciato a pancia in giù, anche se non era così manco il modello del 2005, ma purtroppo la sensazione era quella. ^^'

A parte la parte superiore che ruota e la pala che si muove ed apre, abbiamo ora le pale frontale che si alzano un po', e i laser bicanna laterali sulle spalle che si alzano, ma per il resto basta, direi, dato che la giocabilità che si poteva avere con un bel Minicon da sistemare su quei vani che paiono apposta quasi delle cabine di pilotaggio è svanita a monte, come sappiamo, e tocca a tornare a lamentarsi del fatto che un piccolo robot per questo veicolo anonimo ci DOVEVA essere, budget o non budget.

Anche qui, speriamo che al limite recuperino DRILL BIT in un pack a parte insieme agli altri Minicon, ma, aaaaaaancoraaaaaa, avrei vissuto meglio senza qualche nuova mezza articolazione del robottone grande se questo avesse garantito la presenza del suo compagno piccino originale.

Insomma, nonostante la summenzionata mancanza miniconica e della gimmick dell'ascia, di sicuro questo Megalo Convoy fa la sua degna figura, almeno come robot, anche perchè a guardare i cartoni è effettivamente in scala con la media dei Generations normali odierni, anche se gli altri personaggi di Cybertron si contano a malapena sulle dita di una mano, ma di sicuro è maggiormente gratificante poterlo comprare scontato ad un centinaio di euro ( anche se in ritardo ) che non a prezzo pieno, quindi se avete spazio in casa e lo trovate in offerta, fateci un bel pensierino. ^^

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Finished galaxy force can you guys guess who my favorite character is

Putting this as a bonus lol my experience watching it ig