Transformers Devastation Unwrapped

Hey there, watch me play Transformers Devastation for the first time (rather badly I must say) and hear my thoughts as I play away.

Top 5 toys of 2016

Well, that time of year again, and I might as well go through a top 5.  Looking at last year’s post, I also listed what toys I picked up.  Well here we go again!

Nendoroid Kirby	Freddy Mercury
Figma Racing Miku 2016 Race GT	Figuarts Captain America Cv War Ver
Legends (Mind) Wipe	Figuarts Zenigata Keibu
Legends Highbrow	Figuarts Daisuke Jigen
Chogokin Voltron	Figuarts Mina Fujiko
Legends Fortress Maximus	Figuarts Lupin III
Combiners Wars Dragstrip	Masterpiece Beast Convoy (Optimus Primal)
Legends Skull(cruncher)	Masterpiece Hot Rod
TAV Bisk	Unite Warriors Bruticus
TAV Windblade	Legends Shockwave & Cancer
TAV Scorponok	Legends Wheelie & Go Shuta
TAV Runabout	Legends Blurr
Unite Warriors Menasor	Legends Hardhead
Legends Galvatron	Legends Weirdwolf
Combiner Wars Deadend	Legends Scourge
Legends Chromedome	Legends Ginrai
Condor and Apeface	Figuarts Freddy Mercury

Quite heavily Transformers weighted this year and about the same amount as last year. 
It’s been a good year, but since the Transformers line is moving along with the Titans Returns headmasters line and seems to be doing so nothing all that super exciting that has me champing at the bit.  Although, I am feeling a bit of burnout and will look forward to the Transformers movie and obvious run of ugly toys with which I can easily skip.

Scourge Legends Comic Translation

Happy new year!  A bit late, but here I have for you a translation of Scourge’s Legends comic.  Once again in Arrowed, arrowless and Japanese versions.  Some notes at the end of the post for reading accessibility and because it’s a pretty weird story.

Toy review is here, along with Bio Translation

• Obviously AI is a police officer Looking for Alpha Trion.  In The Ultra Magnus comic (WIP), if I remember correctly I believe AT says he has left over power of the Matrix in him.   Hence the Old Man Matrix.
• In the 5th Panel, with AI complaining about the number of Sweeps, the FX say “wai.”  “Wai wai” is an onomatopoeia for excitement/lots of movement.  I couldn’t think of a way to make that work.  Although just now I thought I could have used “bustle bustle.”  Oh well.
• In the 8th Panel, the red FX as Scourge exits the room is phonetically “doar”.  So since he’s making a hole to get out, I decided that the best way to spell it was door.  
• Shockwave and Cancer are at a summer festival.  The Legends world is primarily set in Japan and during summer, there are many festivals that culminate in a fireworks display.   Obviously the explosion of Scourge and the falling Sweeps are seen as the fireworks.  Scourge was released in Summer in Japan, along with Shockwave, Cancer and Blurr, a nice little touch.
• Zodiac Power is a reference to a mystical power that first appeared in Transformers Zone.