Takara-Tomy is now offering their Transformers New Legends NL-01 Green Lioconvoy Figure, which is inspired by the classic Beast Wars II cartoon of the 1990’s. Lioconvoy is a repaint of his previous release, with a glow-in-the-dark feature.
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Availability: September 2026
Lio Convoy comes in a black box with white shipping box with black text on all sides, with Transformers, the Autobot logo, and 40th Selection Lio Convoy inside. The figure comes in a window box, and is inspired by the packaging of the vintage 1998 toy. Just like the vintage toy, the writing is all in Japanese, and the artwork includes logo’s, and images of the character and figure. The right side of the box shows different options for display and how to work the features. Inside is a sheet of instructions for the Transformation and a look at how the features work.
Lio Convoy is based on his vintage 1998 figure, and comes with a white body with sculpted fur and textures, including an all-new deco that includes white fur, with a bright green mane and claws on his paws, and a tail. The mane is given sculpted wavy hair, and the head sculpt looks like a great homage to the vintage figure, with nicely done facial details, and a hinged jaw.
He is given new deco and a retooled lion head and mane, which is more show-accurate to the classic cartoon. This new retool allows him to more accurately recreate his “Lion Typhoon” attack, as well as longer extendable “Lion Claws” that can no longer be tucked away into their designated gaps in the lion arms and instead rest on the backs.
In this mode, his articulation includes a hinged jaw, hinged tail, ball jointed hips x 4, hinged front knees, double hinged back knees, and swivel back ankles.
The mane can be lifted in four areas in both modes, and the blasters can be placed on the back of the on the top of the mane, or on the sides of the mane. The side and top panels on the mane can no longer point forward like it was seen on the vintage figure, due to clearance, a fully accurate Leo Missile feature cannot be done with this figure.
In robot mode, the likeness looks great, and the color scheme pays a great tribute to his appearance in the series. The Maximal logo is on his chest in silver, and it’s on a hinged joint with his spark inside, which the chest is now a dark green, and here is a mixture of various greens in the design, along with metallic silver and the same blue as the head is also on the right side of the chest. .
His head sculpt is moly blue, silver, and metallic gold eyes. The head sculpt is that of a Prime, and given a great likeness.
The blasters can be stored on his back underneath the back piece, on top of his mane, or placed on his claws. The mane can lift up with the four pieces, and can rotate around, which is a nice feature. The claws are also stored on the front of the legs in beast mode, and can be brought forward in robot mode and used as a weapon.
His articulation includes a swivel head, swivel-hinged shoulders, swivel biceps, hinged elbows, waist rotation, ball jointed hips, double-hinged knees, and rocker ankles.
Here is a comparison with his previous release.
Here is a look at the glow-in-the-dark feature. This is difficult to photography as the effect wares off in seconds. But it does shine pretty bright and is a nice feature for the character.
Overall, this is an excellent Lio Convoy figure that’s a great tribute to the vintage figure and classic cartoon, with great paint applications, detailed features and likeness. Beast Wars fans are surely going to want to add this one to your collection. Make sure to grab him now at BigBadToyStore for $59.99!
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