#Masterforce

[sparklingpax]

*gives u my metalhawk TFP design and then disappears into the night*

um!!!! so I know it's not perfect cause I tried super hard to make the shapes accurate and stuff but my brain has a limit yk....I'm not that smart ahsvsjsjd 😭 and I also definitely made some mistakes, there's stuff I'll edit further down the line, etc etc....but after basically three days straight of working and reworking and more reworking....I've got something im like. really happy with tbh 🥹💕💗✨ im in love with this design lowkey like guys I wish tfp Metalhawk was real and looked like this 😭‼���✨ yes I know about his mention in the Aligned Cont. lore in know he exists but im sure you know what I mean when im saying what im saying

....I will mayhaps expand on this concept in the future....we shall see...anyways......enjoy :]

[plushi]

Masterforce and IDW Metalhawk! kisses them both

[snatching-ishidates-wig]

I woke up in the middle of the night, made this, and passed out again

[aeonmagnus]

Transformers: Masterpiece MP-60 Ginrai and MPG-09 Super Ginrai (aka Powermaster Optimus Prime).

MP-60 is toy-style cab robot, no trailer

MPG-09 is animation-style cab robot plus trailer

[thelastgherkin]

My final acquisition this year was Legends Goshooter, probably the most valuable freebie I'll ever get! Shuta was sequestered away in the cockpit of a Titans Return (or similar) Highbrow purchased by @transgirlsoundwave, and I just happened to be in the right place at the right time! He makes a fine supplement to my Generations Goshooter. (I am trying not to think about tracking down Minerva and Cab.)

[doomface]

its that time of the year where i remind everyone of my headcanon that buster and hydra are stimber kids

[siphersaysstuff]

THE GHOST OF PICS: MECHS PAST

And with THAT tortured pun, December's Patreon-backed @tfwiki picture batch is all stuff we've kinda needed forever, all stuff from the prior century, and all stuff from outside the US market!

We start with Takara's original DEATHSAURUS, Decepticon leader in 1989's Victory, who just had his Legacy Haslab toy start showing up on doorsteps. And of course, new separate pics for his Breast Animal partners EAGLEBREAST and TIGERBREAST (yes, get them giggles out, go ahead).

Let's jump back a year to 1988's Super-God Masterforce, and the Godmaster RANGER. This mold is the only one of the three Powermaster Autobot cars to get recolored for its Takara release. Sadly, the MIB copy I bought back in 1996 was missing its gun, thus my general reluctance to add a pic to the wiki. But lord, that tiny, crunchy book scan we were using suuuucked. Made Ranger look white when he's a very light stony blue. Still using the scan though, just now in an inset panel to show off the gun I don't have.

And now we bounce ahead to 1990's Zone, and the Micro Transformer base SKY HYPER, piloted by Deadwheeler. I took these pics forever ago at some BotCon, and have long lost the notes as to who owned this piece a few hard drives back. This sample was also missing the three ramps, thus both the length of time it took for me to get comfy going ahead and adding these to the wiki, and the new book-scan inset to show the missing ramps.

Let's shift over to the European market, with 1992's THUNDER CLASH, the leader of the Autobot Turbmasters. His gravity-feed missile launcher was, like all the Turbomaster and Predator launchers, very much not US choke-gate compliant.

Fun fact: Thunder actually did get a Japanese release! He and Skyquake were straight imported to Japanese stores in Hasbro packaging, with just some necessary legal info changed to Japanese on the boxes. This was the Operation: Combination year, where Takara released the small Turbomasters and Predators in 2-packs.

And now we're going much further back, and much further south. No, that's not Brawn, that's OUTBACK, the 1987 Mexican version by IGA. Apparently, IGA was unwilling or unable to pay for the new '86 Mini Vehicle molds, thus they made their own versions by simply recoloring the '84 originals and slapping them on new cards for the '86 characters. Sometimes with alternate decos to boot!

Sadly, I don't own this toy, and like Sky Hyper, this was a BotCon pic taken with original owner info lost to time. (I always try and credit the toy owner when they let me take pics.)

Now here's the ones I'm super-happy about. These are two of the three Eletrix, ESPORTE and PORSCHE, exclusive to Estrela's 1985 Brazilian Transformers line! These toys transform and walk/roll forward via remote control, attached by a wire over 4 feet long. I'm keeping an eye out for the third one, Jipe.

None of the '85 Brazilian toys have any faction markings, but the Autobot-style packaging leads one to assume "all good guys". As do the bios of many of the toys in the line... but the Eletrix lack bios, sadly. Which is weird, as Estrela made up new bios for some toys in the line, and just straight-translated others from their Hasbro bios.

These molds were released in the US, but as the "Pow-R-Bots" in Village Toys' TF-wannabe line Convert-A-Bots. Like Estrela, Village licensed them from Japan's Yonezawa Toys, where they were the Remote Change Robo Series. All of these releases use the same plastic colors, but give them new stickers for branding and language.

I bought these two MISB (cellophane still there!) earlier this year, but was a little gunshy about opening them, worried the electronics might have somehow rotted. Schrodinger's Electronics. But no, since they didn't come with batteries, no corrosion, and they work as well as a 1984-mold cheap electric gear-powered toy can (that is to say, loudly).

And of course, since I got the boxes, I took the opportunity to take 600dpi scans of the box art unique to Estrela's packaging!

Man, I love going through these older, not-US corners of TFdom, and hope you learned something new about the vast TF universe. And if you'd like to help make that just a little bit easier and get more pics out a month, consider joining my Patreon! "gregstfwikipics" there, every little bit helps, plus at higher pledge levels you can pick a theme for the month!

[dazzledictator]

Masterforce Metalhawk chibi commission for @plushi 💛

Thank you so much!! It was nice to get to draw a Japanese!G1 character! 💜✨️

My commissions are open - check pinned! Chibis aren't listed in my comms sheet yet but I'm open to those as well, just get in touch if you're interested 💜

[adventuremaker21]

Has the Axolotl taken other villains who "kicked the bucket" for his therapy group?

Canonically, the Core from Amphibia has joined the therapy group (as shown in the book of Bill)

But I am also adding Belos, the ancestral witches (Belladonna, liliss, tharma), Valtor, Hydra, Buster, Toffee, and maybe one other if I can find the right story arc (no SU character is gonna be here)

[autobotdecepticonpeacekeeper]

AU Mon: Masterforce in TFP

I've got a bunch of tf ideas in my head, so I'm gonna start doing AU posts on Monday to share them with y'all. This week's is a TFP/TF Masterforce crossover, cause I recently started watching the latter show.

The Premise

Metalhawk and his crew (Lancer, Diver and Phoenix) were part of the crew of Autobots who were seeding Earth with energon, when they came across the crew of the Harbinger doing the same for the Decepticons, led by Bludgeon and backed by the Predacon clones Shockwave had created. The Harbinger was shot down, and the two sides joined in battle, with all cybertronians lost except Bludgeon and Metalhawk's crew. The Autobots then used the experimental/mystical power of the Master-braces to access the Masterforce and become Pretenders, taking human form and hunting down the Predacons (and inspiring many myths and legends in the process). In the end, it came down to Metalhawk and Bludgeon, who battled and severely injured each other, but retreated before either could strike a killing blow. They both fell into stasis, with a collection of Master-braces at both their sides.

Fast-forward several thousand years to Season 1 of TFP. The Autobots are scouting an area for energon, and have brought Jack, Miko and Raf along cause it's a low risk mission. The kids explore on their own and stumble upon Metalhawk's resting place and activate the Master-braces, turning themselves into junior headmasters and reviving Metalhawk with the energy surge. Metalhawk explains his story and joins the team, helping teach the kids how to use the Masterforce safely and wisely.

Meanwhile, not too far away, MECH is also scouting for cybertronian tech or biology, and stumble upon Bludgeon's resting place. Silas activates his own Master-brace, and Bludgeon decides to ally himself with the group, though his motivations to do so are unclear.

My Notes of the AU

AU starts between Operation: Breakdown and Rock Bottom, probably specifically between Operation: Breakdown and Crisscross, which in turn makes the latter episode more interesting with Jack and Silas having headmaster capabilities.

Jack's Headmaster form is Bluefire and his transtector is a blue truck with red flames. Miko's is Songblade, her transtector a pink and black sports car. Raf's is Radar, his transtector being an orange compact car.

Silas might also recruit two more Headmasters for his side, who could be two of the Destron Headmaster Juniors from Masterforce (Wilder, Cancer and Bullhorn), OR Sierra and Vince, for some interesting conflict among the kids OR two OC MECH soldiers.

Lancer, Diver and Phoenix are either dead and gone (which could be some nice angst for Metalhawk) OR they are all also in stasis, but their resting places have been lost to time, until someone stumbles across them during energon scouting, mining, or relic hunting.

That's what I've got for you guys this week. See you later!

[darling-jonathan]

I think I want to scan and translate this. Too cute.

"超ロボット生命人トランスフォーマー超神マスターフォースプリテンダー外伝 / Chou Robot Seimei Hito Transformers Choujin Masterforce: Pretender Gaiden" by Naoto Tsushima

[sparklingpax]

quick metalhawk I doodled from memory! for my inking class hw!! :)))) 💞🌟✨💖

[plasticsparkphotos]

Fans Hobby MB-23 Destroyer

(Based on the Decepticon Godmaster; Buster from Transformers Super-God Masterforce)

[snatching-ishidates-wig]

Overlord | Super-God Masterforce

[keiadam]

Minerva's transtector undergoing maintenance

[thelastgherkin]

Pretenderrrrrr!