Nucleous: Difference between revisions
From MediaWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
m →Legacy |
Adding design credits and taking a pass at straightening out designer comments |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Deluxe-Nucleous.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|All my life, I have searched for a car that feels a certain way. Powerful like a gorilla, yet soft and yielding like a Nerf ball. Now, at last, I have found it.]] | [[File:TF-Legacy-United-Deluxe-Nucleous.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|All my life, I have searched for a car that feels a certain way. Powerful like a gorilla, yet soft and yielding like a Nerf ball. Now, at last, I have found it.]] | ||
'''Nucleous''' is a living rock | '''Nucleous''' is a living rock made of raw [[nucleon (substance)|nucleon]]. When used as armor, he can impart power far beyond that of a normal [[Armorizer]] at a cost: extended exposure will deprive his partner of their ability to transform.<ref name="April2024Stream">[[April 25]], 2024's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s06YE02e844 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream | April 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref> | ||
==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
=== | ===''Legacy''=== | ||
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-multi|'''Infernac Universe Nucleous''' (Deluxe, [[2024]])}}</ul> | <ul class="iconlist">{{bp-multi|'''Infernac Universe Nucleous''' (Deluxe, [[2024]])}}</ul> | ||
:*''Accessories'': Club/rear thrusters | :*''Accessories'': Club/rear thrusters | ||
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref name="April2024Stream"/> | |||
: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]'' Deluxes, Nucleous is an extensive [[retool]]ing of fellow Armorizer [[Magneous#Toys|Magneous]], with only the waist, pelvis, lower arms, thighs, and wheels retained. He transforms into a rocky robo-car with rocky rocket thrusters at the back. Said thrusters cobble together to form his club in robot mode. | : Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]'' Deluxes, Nucleous is an extensive [[retool]]ing of fellow Armorizer [[Magneous#Toys|Magneous]], with only the waist, pelvis, lower arms, thighs, and wheels retained. He transforms into a rocky robo-car with rocky rocket thrusters at the back. Said thrusters cobble together to form his club in robot mode. | ||
| Line 18: | Line 19: | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*In addition to nucleon, Nucleous's deco is | *Nucleous's designer Mark Maher described the initial concept for Nucleous as a way to use the Armorizer gimmick to illustrate through play the use of the toxic performance enhancer "[[nucleon (substance)|nucleon]]" that provided the fictional justification for the [[Action Master]] gimmick in the [[The Transformers (franchise)|original Generation 1 franchise]].<ref name="April2024Stream"/> | ||
*In addition to the appearance of nucleon coating in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]], Nucleous's deco is informed by real-world {{w|Quartz#Milky quartz|milky quartz}}. | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Armorizers]] | [[Category:Armorizers]] | ||
[[Category:Legacy characters]] | [[Category:Legacy characters]] | ||
[[Category:Toy-only characters]] | [[Category:Toy-only characters]] | ||
Revision as of 01:40, 27 April 2024
- Nucleous is an Armorizer from the Infernac Universe by way of the Legacy: United toyline.
Nucleous is a living rock made of raw nucleon. When used as armor, he can impart power far beyond that of a normal Armorizer at a cost: extended exposure will deprive his partner of their ability to transform.[1]
Toys
Legacy
- Infernac Universe Nucleous (Deluxe, 2024)
- Accessories: Club/rear thrusters
- Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy)[1]
- Part of the third wave of Legacy: United Deluxes, Nucleous is an extensive retooling of fellow Armorizer Magneous, with only the waist, pelvis, lower arms, thighs, and wheels retained. He transforms into a rocky robo-car with rocky rocket thrusters at the back. Said thrusters cobble together to form his club in robot mode.
- Like previous lines' Weaponizers, Fossilizers, and Junkions, Nucleous can split apart to form weapon accessories for other characters. But unlike previous lines' Weaponizers, Fossilizers, and Junkions, only a few smaller parts of Nucleous (namely, his arms and shins/feet) split off, leaving a mostly-intact main body behind. In addition, the armor plates on the back of his forearms and the sides of his legs can be removed without disassembling the main figure, though it leaves his alt mode without any back wheels if you do. The roof of his truck mode can also be removed from his back to act as a shield; like the Junkions, none of these pieces need to be removed for him to transform.
- Nucleous was revealed on the April 25 fanstream, with pre-orders going up for him later that same day.
Notes
- Nucleous's designer Mark Maher described the initial concept for Nucleous as a way to use the Armorizer gimmick to illustrate through play the use of the toxic performance enhancer "nucleon" that provided the fictional justification for the Action Master gimmick in the original Generation 1 franchise.[1]
- In addition to the appearance of nucleon coating in the Marvel comic, Nucleous's deco is informed by real-world milky quartz.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 April 25, 2024's Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream | April 2024 on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae, Mark Maher and Evan Brooks.
