Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

[DELTAprime]

Is Runabout still scheduled for Feb 2021? Because I just got a shipping notice for him from RK.

EDIT: I just got notified of my CHUG Cordon and Spinout and Thrust shipping from RK also. I guess Hasbro HK doesn't want this stuff sitting in their warehouse over Xmas???

[Paulbot]

Yeah me too for all those from RK. Guess we might have them for Xmas!?

[DELTAprime]

Question for people that speak Japanese. How do you pronounce Black Roritchi?

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Question for people that speak Japanese. How do you pronounce Black Roritchi?

Type the Japanese text from his TFWiki page into Google Translate/similar and you should have a spoken/text-to-speech option.

It's sort of hard to type out phonetically in English in a way that someone who isn't already at least a little bit familiar with Japanese (or at least phonetics/phonemics) will really understand, because Japanese has this kind of tiny/brief pause/emphasis thing for consonant sounds that we don't really think about in English (though we do actually have/use it pronunciation-wise).

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Question for people that speak Japanese. How do you pronounce Black Roritchi?

burakku rorichi

Its phonetically based so Black is broken down into Japanese sounds.

Bu Ra(a as in cAp) Ku.

Roritchi is how its read/said.

[Paulbot]

Is there a good resource for all the neo-g1 Autobot (and other) Cars introduced over the last 20 odd years? Here's what I've pulled together so far but I'm fairly certain I'm missing some.

Bascially I'm making a list of any new character that's a recolour of an Autobot Car (either a G1 toy or a later CHUG version)


Japanese G1 additions
Artfire - targetmaster white Inferno
Stepper/Ricochet - targetmaster black Jazz

eHobby additions
Roadhauler - Green Grapple
Clampdown - original Red Alert colours
Deep Cover - Black Sideswipe
Tigertrack - Yellow Sideswipe
Crosscut - Grey Skids
Roadrage - Red Tracks
Detritus - Tan Hound

Masterpiece additions
Corden - White police Sunstreaker
Spinout - Red Sunstreaker
"Bluestreak" - diaclone colours Bluestreak (treated as a different character to G1 Streak)
Exhaust - Wheeljack
Loudpedal - Black tracks
Delta Magnus - diaclone colours Ultra Magnus

Exclusives additions
Quantum Operative Skids - Skids in Movie Skids colours
Screech - Crosscut in Movie Mudflap colours
Burnout - Black Skids
Lift-Ticket - Red Hoist
Ratchet Emergency Green - no new identity, movie colours (basis for a G1 Oil Slick in Fun Pub stories)
Protect Black Ironhide - no new identity, movie colours

WFC additions
Barricade - Black Prowl
Decepticon Mirage - Grey Mirage


Not used yet Diaclone colour schemes
Red Mirage
Blue Hoist
Red Skids
Yellow Trailbreaker

[Tha_Phantom]

I wish they'd hurry up and do red Mirage already. They could even call it Dino as a nod to the Bayverse.

[Jaxius._]

I wish they'd hurry up and do red Mirage already. They could even call it Dino as a nod to the Bayverse.

Not to mention Delta Magnus

[Krayt]

What about Orion Pax (Kup)?

[DELTAprime]

Is there a good resource for all the neo-g1 Autobot (and other) Cars introduced over the last 20 odd years? Here's what I've pulled together so far but I'm fairly certain I'm missing some.

Bascially I'm making a list of any new character that's a recolour of an Autobot Car (either a G1 toy or a later CHUG version)

TF Wiki has a list of the Diaclone characters. It's not laid out particularly well for quick reference, so if you were to extract the data and make a list for people I think that would be great. Also, I suggest adding guys like Smashdown and Sound Barrier when you make your list to make it more complete. https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Diaclone