the answer is that transformers is completely screwed because michael bay ruined it and all regions of earth will suffer

I like Michael Bay's Transformers 1, Transformers 2 didn't really do it for me though...

The second one was terrible. I couldn't stand all the cheesy humor that he tried to incorporate.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/shia-labeouf-confused-by-transformers_1137755

Even the star doesn't like ROTF, lawl

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/shia-labeouf-confused-by-transformers_1137755

Even the star doesn't like ROTF, lawl

Heard Megan Fox will only do the next one if she dies 10 min. in.

There was a rumor going around that Bay intended to do that to "get back at her" for being critical of him. It was bullshit, especially considering that it makes no sense.

Bigger bullshit = the fans that dislike her solely because she doesn't kiss Bay's ass and thought killing her off early in the movie would be some kind of epic revenge. Yeah, let's give the person we don't like an easy paycheck, that'll show her~~~~~~

I talked about this in the thread already :(

Well I don't hate her for not taking his shit. I actually respect her for that.
How are these fans anyway? Do they acually like the movies? It'd be stupid if they hated them but hated her for hating them.

No no. Amazingly enough, there are people out there who are really serious fans of michael bay transformers. I don't mean people who saw the movie and didn't think it was bad. I don't even mean people who saw it and liked it. I mean people who saw it and liked it so much that it became a significant factor in their life, causing them to collect toys and other paraphernalia related to it. This is perhaps the lowest point that human taste can sink to, aside from people who are into japanese beetle porn or "bands" where some dude jumps around with a microphone in his mouth while guys make a bunch of random feedback.'

Seriously can we change the name of this thread to "tk talks about how michael bay is an artistic criminal who has ruined transformers forever"

Tom, it's the people that responded to that Shia article with "What the fuck? I thought it was the best movie ever!" There are indeed fans that absolutely love the films and think Michael Bay is some kind of genius that "brought back Transformers"

I reference a lot of weird, goofy fan reaction here. It's usually from the younger crowd, usually. Not all TF fans are like that.

DISCLAIMER - I don't think liking the movies constitutes "weird and goofy", but being so angry at someone for NOT liking the movies that they want to see some representation of their graphic death, indulging some twisted revenge fantasy, is pretty fucking out there.

No no. Amazingly enough, there are people out there who are really serious fans of michael bay transformers. I don't mean people who saw the movie and didn't think it was bad. I don't even mean people who saw it and liked it. I mean people who saw it and liked it so much that it became a significant factor in their life, causing them to collect toys and other paraphernalia related to it. This is perhaps the lowest point that human taste can sink to, aside from people who are into japanese beetle porn or "bands" where some dude jumps around with a microphone in his mouth while guys make a bunch of random feedback.'

Seriously can we change the name of this thread to "tk talks about how michael bay is an artistic criminal who has ruined transformers forever"



Did I already ponder why Peter Cullen wouldn't do the Robot Chicken Optimus Prime prostate cancer sketch because it wasn't respectful to the characters but he did do the bay movies?
Or maybe I said something like that somewhere else.

I have a feeling the movies involved a substantially greater sum of money than the robot chicken thing, whatever that may have been.

More importantly though, while I find Cullen's respect for the character of Optimus Prime to be admirable, it only goes so far; that respect alone would not stop him from doing the Michael Bay version. It's respect for the fans that would have done that, and/or respect for artistic decency.

Dreamworks cuts much fatter checks than Adult Swim

edit TK we are hive minding

DISCLAIMER - I don't think liking the movies constitutes "weird and goofy",

Me neither. "weird and goofy" is way too mild.

Sorry folks I don't know what it is about tonight but for some reason I just am feeling REALLY hostile towards Bay right now.

Me neither. "weird and goofy" is way too mild.

Sorry folks I don't know what it is about tonight but for some reason I just am feeling REALLY hostile towards Bay right now.

Remember Armageddon? He had the same black jive jokes in the beginning and the cuts were all stupid fast and random with terrible panning. Plus that whole thing with the guy who had abused his family in some unnamed way and how it was expected of the wife to jsut take him back because it's been so long.

I really don't think he 'ruined' transformers. I think he made a good movie, focusing more on the general audience then the fans. No. 2 ruined the transformers movie though...

Remember Armageddon? He had the same black jive jokes in the beginning and the cuts were all stupid fast and random with terrible panning. Plus that whole thing with the guy who had abused his family in some unnamed way and how it was expected of the wife to jsut take him back because it's been so long.

I remember Armageddon, but all I remember about it is "LOL WE NEED OIL DRILLERS TO BLOW UP A METEOR"

and I think bruce willis shot ben affleck at one point early in the movie, which was ok.

They're popcorn movies, devoid of sense, high on BAM POW THIS IS COOL LOOK AT THAT OH FUCK, and I feel people enjoying them on that level is fine. I can enjoy a lot of movies in that vein. I'm only bothered when people like them so much that they freak when other people point out that the flaws keeping the live action Transformers from being anything more than that caliber of film. If they at least know they're not really masterpieces and refrain from fucking flipping out when someone else can't really vibe with them, then ok, fair enough. (I'm also a little put off when anyone uses the BAM POW element as their sole argument against anyone that brings up the problems with the plot. A Youtube reviewer I'm friends with sadly reviewed the film this way. The video was him looking into the camera in wide eyed fucking amazement, recounting some shallow action scene Bumblebee had, asking how anyone can not like SOMETHING SO AWESOME!!!!!)

I know it's almost hypocritical to be able to like some other dumb blockbuster that had 0 brain power behind it and then shit on these, but since I care about the franchise so much I just hoped for it to be handled with more care, and it's hard for me to be happy with what we got instead.

PS this sucked

Thing about Transformers and other kids franchises is the fact that they're simple but you can do alot with simple. You'd be crazy to think some one will make it the next Citizen Cane* but at the very least we should get something that resembles the original and will be fun for the kids and the grownups won't instantly hate having to sit through it.



*I've yet to watch Citizen Cane

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Some happy to cover up all the bay.

But TK doesn't like Animated either :(

True, but it doesn't offend my sense of decency.

But TK doesn't like Animated either :(

But Weird Al bot, and sexy Cree Summer Blackarachnia, and Patrick bot....

Sure there was too many damn human baddies and only 5 regular Decepticons who were all purple/grey and turned into plains but Sari was adorable and I'd be glad if they would have used some of the character versions like Phil Lamar Jazz in a good movie.

The main reason I dislike Animated is I think it's hideous. But it's hideous in a semi innocent, trendy doesn't-know-any-better way, as opposed to the irreverent mess of a braindead, anti-artistic demon aesthetic the movies adopted. If I had to pick one of the two for the franchise to be dominated by forever it would be Animated in a heartbeat.

If it had been pretty, I probably would have liked it. Heck, if it had been <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacular_Spider-Man_(TV_series)>not pretty but not ugly and with truly fantastic scripting and characterizations</a>, I could have loved it.

You mean the Teen Titans quasi Anime/Loony Toons style? Ya that isn't my favorite style in the world, plus everyone had Jay Leno chins and cat noses. With computer graphics cheaper and easier now I wonder if a new series like beast wars would be practical?

It would definitely be practical. It's unlikely, though. Beast Wars was an incredibly rare phenomenon. You could do another CG series, but it would not be a CG series with supurb writing, dead serious irreversible character deaths, and a legitimately engrossing sci fi narrative that's furthered in every episode.

Personally I would just be happy with a series that uses Transformers aesthetic and makes everything really pretty and has decent writing.

I think it would be cool if Beast Wars was redone with the latest in computer graphics...but no change to the plot or script or writing.

Sad that it'll never happen.

The only cartoons with huge continuing story arcs that aren't anime that I can think of right now is Gargoyles and Avatar which I'm almost done with.
I'm pretty sure there's a few more but whenever I try to list something I can never remember anything.

I don't see what's wrong with it as it stands. It looks great. You could make it more technically impressive, graphics-wise, but what really matters is the art direction, which was great in Beast Wars.

I really want to get around to watching Gargoyles. I saw the first episode/movie when I was a kid and loved it but never got to see any more of the show and everything I hear about it indicates that it's fantastic.

I think it would be cool if Beast Wars was redone with the latest in computer graphics...but no change to the plot or script or writing.

Sad that it'll never happen.

A remake would be lazy and thus cost effective but the thing with remakes is someone will want to update stuff and make it Xtreme, Dark, Edgey, & hip.

there would be a silverbolt/blackarachnia sex scene

there would be a silverbolt/blackarachnia sex scene
That'd be meme worthy.

I don't see what's wrong with it as it stands. It looks great. You could make it more technically impressive, graphics-wise, but what really matters is the art direction, which was great in Beast Wars.

I really want to get around to watching Gargoyles. I saw the first episode/movie when I was a kid and loved it but never got to see any more of the show and everything I hear about it indicates that it's fantastic.

Ya it's fantastic.
From the several multi parters down to the thow away phone calls that interupt charaters that end up having an actual pay off in later episodes.

The cast has:

Keith David
Ed Asner
Jeff Bennett
Bill Fagerbakke
Jonathan Frakes
Salli Richardson
Marina Sirtis
Frank Welker
James Belushi
Clancy Brown
Cam Clarke
Jim Cummings
Tim Curry
Michael Dorn
Sheena Easton
Matt Frewer
Richard Grieco
Michael Horse
Kate Mulgrew
Nichelle Nichols
John Rhys-Davies
Morgan Sheppard
Brent Spiner
Cree Summer
David Warner
Paul Winfield
Avery Brooks
LeVar Burton
Tony Jay
Colm Meaney
Roddy McDowall
Tony Shalhoub


Even is the show sucked it'd be worth it to hear all of there performances which are top notch and some of their best work.

there would be a silverbolt/blackarachnia sex scene

Cloud it be animated Blackarachnia with Beast Wars Blackarachnia luscious tits?

Gargoyles is a great cartoon, maybe one of the best made.

The cast of voice actors is nuts on the Star Trek front.

Gargoyles is a great cartoon, maybe one of the best made.

The cast of voice actors is nuts on the Star Trek front.

I probaly coulda jsut looked this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gargoyles_cast_members) up instead of trying to remember all their names while typing them up:/

If any of you want to buy it the only the first trial season and half of the second season are available on DVD. For some reason Disney decided to halt production of their box sets of old tv shows like Gargoyles, Tail Spin, and Darkwing Duck because they didn't sell as expected. Of Course if disney would advertise and market and distribute them properly they'd make more money.

Yeah, that's why you have to download them.

:(

This thread exploded

Yeah, that's why you have to download them.

:(

But I don't wanna downlaod them I want to buy Gargoyles for real, real not for play, play.

But I don't wanna downlaod them I want to buy Gargoyles for real, real not for play, play.
What do you think the sad face was for?

There's several cartoons & TV series that haven't been released fully on DVD, (At least at a reasonable price), that I'd love to buy, but...well...just can't.


So, for now, all I can do is download them and hope that, one day, they'll get a proper release or the price will go down.

Squeenix has put Takara/Hasbro on notice. THEY GOT SERVED.

The WFC cover is a little underwhelming

Squeenix has put Takara/Hasbro on notice. THEY GOT SERVED.

Why? Was Takara/Hasbro contracted to make FF stuff but backed out?

No, it's just that the eidolons are lightyears cooler than anything they've done of late. I haven't seen the toys, yet. Mark said Odin was cool.

The benefit of not following the game at all was that I hadn't seen them. I still don't know what Alexander looks like at all, or Bahamut's or Hecatoncheir's regular modes.

Kudos for bringing in Greek mythology~

The WFC cover is a little underwhelming



Looks like the Transporter poster.

The WFC cover is a little underwhelming



Just read that Activision has announced the pre-order bonuses for this game. If you pre-order from Amazon you get Demolisher and if you pre-order from GameStop you get Shockwave, I think.

Indeed sir. I imagine Game Stop's will be more popular since that's a bigger character.

Just read that Activision has announced the pre-order bonuses for this game. If you pre-order from Amazon you get Demolisher and if you pre-order from GameStop you get Shockwave, I think.

How do those bonuses work exactly? Is it some cheat code? Do the discs get a special printing with the extra that the general run doesn't? can't you just hack the bonuses without having to worry about who to buy from?

If it's like Bioshock 2, it's just a code you input from a scratch off card that they tape to the case.

If it's like Bioshock 2, it's just a code you input from a scratch off card that they tape to the case.

A lotto ticket? Really? Might as well wait for it to be posted online then.

How do those bonuses work exactly? Is it some cheat code? Do the discs get a special printing with the extra that the general run doesn't? can't you just hack the bonuses without having to worry about who to buy from?
Pre-order content is on the disc, they just don't unlock it for you unless you pre-order. Alternatively, it might download onto the hard drive when you put in the code? Good luck cracking the incentives on a console though - I don't think it's been done yet.

Speaking of Bioshock 2, the DLC they just released was actually on the disc at launch. All you bought when you got the DLC was a code to unlock this content. What I'm getting at here is I think paid DLC is a shit system. These pre-order bonuses aren't as bad but it's still a bad system in my opinion.


A lotto ticket? Really? Might as well wait for it to be posted online then.

A code can only be used once...

lol

http://kotaku.com/5511223/transformers-on-wii-warrants-a-name-change-apparently

Call of Duty: Summer Holiday Activity Centre would be the first game in the series I would be willing to actually play, so maybe they should try it.

Are there any good Call of Duty games on the Gamecube? Cuz I really need a good holiday activity sim.






http://www.flickr.com/photos/orion_pax/4469637819/

FP Swindle and BlastOff look great





Too bad they're fifty bucks each

Blast Off si Cloud

50 bucks? What the fuck are they?

Made by a non-megacorporation.

50 bucks? What the fuck are they?

Expensive.

The new Transformers game version of Bumblebee in car mode.

I like it, remind me what bot mode looks like.

Best Transformers game to date:

I like it, remind me what bot mode looks like.

This is almost as horrible as the movie toys.

Could we have a G1 or Animated game instead of this shit?

Please?

I like how one of his eyes seems to be bigger than the other, giving his appearance that little extra splash of retard.

His witto daggers are kinda inpracticle with his huge wheel hubs in the
way.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TFCT10000&mode=retail

Heh

holy shit I want that.

That is so cute! <3 Wish it was a bit cheaper. If it was $20 I'd seriously think about ordering one!

I must be missing the reference, or something.

I must be missing the reference, or something.

I don't think there is a reference.

It's just japanese cat optimus wearing a diaper.

It's just japanese cat optimus wearing a diaper.

Spelling it out that way makes it perfectly clear why I'm not interested. gjgj.

I'm batman...transform into Bruce Wayne.

It's super effective.

The Classics Rodimus kit finally shows up in physical form:





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Even the battle platform :swoon: :swoon: :swoon:

Oh man. DO WANT ;_;

Any of you ever heard of Kiss Players?

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So basiclly the Autobots get powered up by having girls kiss them. The girls are actually women ages 18-26 but they're drawn as little girls. To top it all off one of them is the daughter of a G.I. Joe charater and is a pretty big wimp.

haha yeah, we discussed this extensively when it came out. It's... very Japanese. =/

haha yeah, we discussed this extensively when it came out. It's... very Japanese. =/

Though the idea of having figurines in scale to the robots themselves was something that should be done more often.

Any of you ever heard of Kiss Players?

You insult me

Zipdisk made me fall in love with the very lovely idea of Kissplayers.

To think I originally thought it involved TF with paint jobs of Gene Simmons :o

Venom has the colors and tongue for it~~~

PS ohshit

fuck you, hasbro. If all these fans can make amazing looking combiners in their basements, you can do it too, assholes.

Coming out in September. Totally tempted to get it for my birthday. ; ;

Still need Animated Roddy. MAKE WITH IT, ALREADY.

And yes, that Hasbro sticks us with combiners like Movie Devy is DEATH WORTHY.

Out in August. You'll have to import him, though.

What? o_O

Those are the Takara versions there Neg.

However, Rodimus is coming to N. America in the fall as a TRU exclusive, along with Ironhide. Hasbro wants to put out all the remaining stuff, it's just that TRU is the only store willing to release them. Wal-Mart, Target, and K-Mart only want movie stuff.

Been a long time since I've been in a Toys R Us.

Once we have Rodimus and Ironhide, the only toys with new tooling left unreleased will be Wingblade Optimus, Blackout, and Hydrodive Bumblebee. That leaves a repaint or two unaccounted for, but the other three are the "important" ones. However, they're all voyagers, so I don't know if that bodes well for them.

Since Takara is definitely releasing those voyagers though, at least those that want them will at least have the choice of importing if Hasbro never gets to put them out. Better than not being able to have them at all.

Which is funny, because when the news came that Rodimus/Ironhide would be TRU exclusive like Arcee and Cybertronian Ratchet, a lot of fans were like FUCK THIS SHIT I WISH THEY WEREN'T COMING OUT AT ALL IN THAT CASE.

Lawl. I reiterate a recurring point though - it's not everyone

What the hell? How far do they live away from a TRU that they'd think something that butt-stupid?

I think the biggest fuel is that Arcee has been notoriously hard to find. She's scalper bait, but honestly, with a little patience, or even just asking around, putting it out there that you want one - you can get it. There are a lot of nice, reasonable fans that will buy extras for others with no bullshit markups involved. My friend GogDog from TFW was able to find one for me. People just make this stuff worse than it has to be.

It's definitely wrong for anyone to hate on Hasbro though. They're at least putting effort into getting these things released. The show has been canceled for a year now, the fact that they're bothering with any more toys at all is pretty admirable. The ones that deserve the hate are the other retail stores that won't back anything but the movie stuff.

There's always eBay. But, I guess that's what you mean in terms of scalpers, though.

Even so, the guy that really wants Rodimus, can't find one, and gets it for 40 bucks on eBay, the big point is that - at least he has the thing. Some people saying they'd rather them not come out at all is pretty nutty.

I concur. I'd probably be willing to pay $40 for Animated Roddy. It's not a SUPER toy, but it's my favorite character from my favorite TF line.

I'm sure he'll be one of those that's better in-hand. It's always hard to judge by the first few pictures.

What the hell? How far do they live away from a TRU that they'd think something that butt-stupid?

My closest TRU is 2 hours away but if I really wanted one I'd get it some how, store exclusive is better than convention exclusive.

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My closest TRU is 2 hours away but if I really wanted one I'd get it some how, store exclusive is better than convention exclusive.

Mine too, Tom. I wish I could get out there more. I worked at a Toys for years, so I get pretty sentimental about it, and I always always always find something I want when I go there. It's easy to go to the toy department of other places and not even be tempted, especially now that Animated toys are gone.

Here is something cool:

Mine too, Tom. I wish I could get out there more. I worked at a Toys for years, so I get pretty sentimental about it, and I always always always find something I want when I go there. It's easy to go to the toy department of other places and not even be tempted, especially now that Animated toys are gone.

Here is something cool:



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It's not that we wouldn't be willing to traval that far but it's not something you can just do at random and traveling farther increases the risk of disappointment when you don't get that one thing you're after.

Nice find by the way, I love scale charts and the like.... here's Jeff Russell's starship dimensions (http://www.merzo.net/)

Note to Dreamwave: Devastator is perhaps the size of 5 Optimuses, but he is not the size of 500 Optimuses

Maybe everyone else is tiny. You know, when a show goes on long enough they just gotta have a shrinking episode, even Deep Space Nine had one and that was the most serious and well written Trek series.

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I'm still in the 500x-taller-one-is-cooler club.

I'm still in the SHUT UP NEG

Everyone's in that club.

oh cut it out you melodramatic goofball

Apparently you all DO have the time to listen to me whine about nothing and everything all at once ;)

Apparently you all DO have the time to listen to me whine about nothing and everything all at once ;)

You're neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it.

As long as no rock opera BS enters into this I'm completely okay with everything that's transpired.

Sh'yeah @ both.

What is this "the rock opera BS" of which you speak dear friend?

Apparently American Idiot is a broadway show now, or something.

It was always a "rock opera." Like a Who album. It's very artistic.

This is true as well. 21st Century Breakdown is too, to a slightly lesser degree.

Takara is releasing yet another MP Prime repaint. That one is..."Complete Sleep Mode" Convoy - you know, from when his colors faded after dying.

It's apparently part of their celebration of the importance of "2010" for Transformers, lawl, 2010 of course being Japan's subtitle for G1 season 3. How charming.

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Completely awesome, but is it $200 awesome? I durno ;;

http://www.removethelabels.com/2010/01/07/final-fantasy-xiii-play-arts-kai-odin-transforming-action-figure/

Alexander'll be a parts former if he's made. TF fans will rage XD

Takara is releasing yet another MP Prime repaint. That one is..."Complete Sleep Mode" Convoy - you know, from when his colors faded after dying.

It's apparently part of their celebration of the importance of "2010" for Transformers, lawl, 2010 of course being Japan's subtitle for G1 season 3. How charming.

A Buzz Lightyear? NO WAY!

I had to do it.

Next step: make video asking for help identifying the weird toy you just got from eBay, upload to Youtube, let me promote it

I have Vanille wallpaper, Mark.

Hi5

We should double date. You bring Vanille, I bring Lightning.

Who's man enough to bring Fang?

/looks in Ktulu's direction

Woah look at the texture on her leg it's all leg like and stuff.


Airport staff stop passenger boarding for wearing Transformers T-shirt (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2065320/Airport-staff-stop-passenger-boarding-for-wearing-Transformers-T-shirt.html)

The bullshit we come up with in this world. May it end swiftly.

The bullshit we come up with in this world. May it end swiftly.

And apparently you need to own a gun permit in australia to own a master work Megatron because he looks like a gun.

Of this I was aware.

They also banned a cup breasts becose small naked breasts= child porn.

roflwot? seriously?

What about people who have a flat-chest fetish?

All I know is someone introduced it as part of some bill to kombat child pornography.

I gotta admit that the texture on Fang's leg does look real, but not real enough. Isn't this thread about Transformers and not the laws of Child Pornography?

It's whatever we make it about. Naganootch!

And now it's about Transformers again

They originally came together?

Pro: Whole set is a sure thing.

Con: You need a bigger amount of money, can't get them 1 at a time, might sell out by the time you save up.

And apparently you need to own a gun permit in australia to own a master work Megatron because he looks like a gun.

at least that means they let it get released there. It will never come out here at all for the same reason.

I don't feel it's appropriate to be bitter about this though, partly because MP Megatron is stupid looking, and partly because, even though I don't actually agree with the laws regulating the appearance of toy guns, it's difficult for me to be angry at people for being concerned with the safety of children.

at least that means they let it get released there. It will never come out here at all for the same reason.

I don't feel it's appropriate to be bitter about this though, partly because MP Megatron is stupid looking, and partly because, even though I don't actually agree with the laws regulating the appearance of toy guns, it's difficult for me to be angry at people for being concerned with the safety of children.

I don't think it was released in Aussie land, they just take it away from you at customs if they find it and you don't have documentation.

I know a Canadian guy that had his Megatron held up in customs, and the price for FREEING IT was way more than the thing even cost, which he didn't find out until months and months of phone calls and paper work. I think he just ended up doing a return-to-sender thing, not sure.

Most G1 combiners had gift set versions, though some were only released that way in Japan, like Predaking.

PS



sigh

maaaaaan. ;_;

Not too shabby, but the red on the feet looks a little random, like he has shoes :o

hey is that the city commander special set for the TF classics Ultra Magnus?!! where can I get it?

can you all join

http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?groupid=35

we can transformer it to number one

What we all need is loads of money and a team of smartass people to make us a giant robot that can transform. That is what we need lol.

I love the idea of transformers taking the form of older vehicles and not just whatever new car that's from 1 of the sponsors. Would like to see some WWII and steam punk like stuff like the biplane guy. Also TF used to come with little guns and stuff why don't any of the new ones have weapons?

ktulu who is that red car, he looks boss

where can i get

Hubcap, scout class, June-ish release in the US (so whatever that means for yo country), GET IT EVERYWHERE

Hubcap, scout class, June-ish release in the US (so whatever that means for yo country), GET IT EVERYWHERE

i will purchase it neext weeeeek

Captain Planet should have a Transformer...

Captain Planet is a ghestalt.

Naw he should turn into a bulldozer.

Al Gore does not deserve a transformer.

Al Gore does not deserve a transformer.

He'd be a beast wars and turn into Man-Bear-Pig!

TK has linked me to the wikipedia page for that, or w/e it was, and I still don't get it.

At this point, I don't even care to know. I'll just keep making Captain Planet jokes and calling him a damn dirty hippie.

Ted Turner, He's a hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero
Gonna colorize the moon, and point out when it goes both ways like a bisexual!
(You'll pay for this Ted Turner!)
We're the Ted Turnerters, you can be one too!
'Cause saving our planet is the thing to do
Dumping in the grand canyon is not the way
Here's what Ted Turner has to say:

Recycle or I'll fuck ya up! I'm Captain Planet bitches!

Man there is nothing to get Neg. Al Gore thinks there's a beast called ManBearPig and he goes around trying to create awareness of it, which is funny!

I'M TOTALLY CEREAL ABOUT THIS

ManBearPig is half man, half bear, AND half pig.

I love Utada Hikaru's Automatic.

Aren't we in an inter-glacial period?

ManBearPig is half man, half bear, AND half pig.

How can that be? that's 3 hole halves. It must be half man and half bear-pig.

Yes, that is the joke...

And the rest of the joke was that you would now say "No, he's half pig and half bearman" and so on and so forth but you ruined it buddy.

Sup

Is Season 3 of Animated even on DVD? I was looking and couldn't find it.

when i was kid i try transform into dinosuar like dinobot!

that is why i only have four toe on right foot

Is Season 3 of Animated even on DVD? I was looking and couldn't find it.

It didn't even have a dvd release date last I checked. :( Hopefully we don't get screwed out of it.

Man :( I was like why wait for a complete release, might as well get it the way I can. But, I guess that's what I need to keep holding out for.

Hasbro does bi-monthly Q&As with various websites. Usually they pick boring stuff to answer and even then only give vague, unhelpful answers. Last time's answers indicated there are still no plans for a season 3 dvd set. The quote is "Unfortunately, there are no plans to release Animated Season 3 or to re-release Season 1 or 2 at this time. Granted, all plans are always subject to change, but we do not want to promise anything at this point in time."

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WAR FOR CYBERTRON SIDESWIPE?

He looks pretty cool.

Looks a lot better than most of the War For Cybertron stuff. I don't like how he's all DARK AND... DARK and stuff though. But that pretty much goes for the whole aesthetic. =/

Transformers is truly dead to me.

I said that about Final Fantasy for years...

Bludgeon becomes Banzaitron:



Too bad it's just a straight repaint, but I guess it works

PS Banzaitron was a G1 Action Master

They used....Energon? Mirage as the mode for last year's botcon version, iirc?

Energon



I think the color palette on the upcoming one matches the G1 toy more. I don't think I'll miss the pricey ass Botcon one at all.

U out ninja'd me.

Finally, my forum life is complete

I know Fast Fu...ud XD

I'm not quite sure how this would transform into anything that looked half way good.


Capsule figures that look like the Heroes line.

I'm not quite sure how this would transform into anything that looked half way good.


That's a really old picture, from back when we thought the tail might not come off of the hand

Turns into this:





Fun fact - the site watermarked in the robot mode picture is fairly shit, run by a total douche (actually threatened to kill a customer at Botcon because he dared post about one of his products - a golden Classics Prime - being faulty on TFW) and the pictures of pre-release toys (stolen) are often terrible anyway

That looks better. This is ment to be the animated version of the chopper from the movies right?

Quite right

I'm surprised Bay didn't incorporate the fact that it's a large Russian woman like how it sounded in the toon.

You're thinking of Strika

Oh the walker thing. Why is it that purple is kind of a villain color?

Purple has been a villain color in TFs for a long time! Think about it, how many purple Autobots are there? None I can recall. Decepticons had Shockwave right off the bat, plus Rumble, and then purple was the color for Galvatron and his gang. I can't think of a purple good guy character in Transformers until TM2 Blackarachnia in Beast Wars, though I bet Ktulu can without much trouble.

One likely reason is that it's a "regal" color, which has connotations of power. Some view it as somewhat flamboyant as well, which works well for "crazier" characters, The Joker being a classic example. In shows for kids it's also a less threatening go-to than black, although this isn't utilized as often anymore. It's interesting to note that it's a secondary color as opposed to the primary colors (blue, red, yellow) that many heroes often have. Maybe on some subconscious level that effects the designers.

For Transformers specifically though, it's majorly just sort of following the trend at this point since purple was such a heavily used color for the G1 Decepticons.

TK - Huffer has a purple body



It teeters that "is it blue or purple?" line though. In the cartoon and comics it leaned towards purple, for the toy it was definitely blue.

Not just Transformers but also Skeletor & the Shredder are purple themed with their capes and stuff.

I think the primary colors thing probably has a lot to do with it... I bet that if you looked at a lot of different movies and cartoons you'd find purple is used much more often for bad guys, and that good guys usually have primary colors associated with them. No idea what the psychological reasons for this would be though.

Could be less psychological and more basic primaries like red are easier for the kiddies to pick out and identify as apose to a redish blueish color like purple.

I doubt anyone else cares but Classics style Red-Alert (repainted Universe 2 Sideswipe) is confirmed for Hasbro release now as part of "Generations." No pictures yet, but I'm sure it's close to the Henkei one:



I wish Generations was getting a voyager assortment so Inferno could be retooled as Grapple :( Ah well.

In a past Hasbro Q&A, they said Red Alert would not be released, period, so this shows that those sometimes need to be taken with a grain of salt. To go back to a recent topic, "No plans for Animated Season 3 on DVD" could possibly be untrue.

That sentence is full of negatives.

ktulu i'd totally be buying it but i had to change to money save mode so no transformers for me ;-;

I'll see what I can do

money save mode sucks. ;_;

i am totally buying myself that red scout though because

its a scout so itll be cheap

and i want to reward myself for finally paying off my huge debt

I just paid off my debt too! Well... my more immediate one. >_>

Bout 1300 dollars. Feels good to have it lifted!

haha shit tk mine was 1300 too!

O_O

well 1300 AUSTRALIAN so like 600 dollars probably

But I mean the 1300 is still equally coincidental...

Latest movie3 casting rumor is...Jamie Kennedy! Yeah! More humans, more wacky cameos!

......

Let's not even bother with Bayformers 3. We'll go down the toy isle when they get put out and look over what's been made and that'll be it.

Let's go one step further and just watch Peaugh's reviews of them.

They're starting next week :smrt:

This is the video review for ______

It's a ________ vehicle (if it's a car, it probably rolls good!)

You transform it like this (this is really interesting)

This part pops off a lot

Ok adjust camera, wait for auto focus, because - here is the robot!

It moves here and here

It has these colors

Here it is compared to deluxe Classics Starscream, now you know how big it is

Buy it

He really has been having a problem with his auto-focus.

If someone has trouble focusing wouldn't you be able to fix that by focusing in and marking where the subject was so you can just put it back in the focus area?

That rundown works for most people that do video reviews. There are the variables, the ones with character rundowns and zany comedy bits thrown in, but it's all usually wrapped around that general outline. My early attempts were certainly no better. I think I saw a "video review" for the first time in 06, when it was guys like "MatrixPrime" doing exactly what Peaugh does now, only more drawn out. I know it probably seems like I'm being a dick, but I honestly have no ill will towards anyone that does it at all. I'm just over it, tired of seeing the same thing over and over.

Mostly.

Video reviews are something you don't watch every one of just because, you watch them when you need an opinion of a particular item.

Watching them saves me money, I guess. They really do just sit here. Maybe TK has a point.

Not subscribed to nearly as many as I was. Vangelus and TJ are mostly all I ever see vids from anymore. Besides that King Laffo fella~

Man, T3, I watch them mainly to hear people talk about TF. I like hearing people talk.

Video reviews are something you don't watch every one of just because, you watch them when you need an opinion of a particular item.

I go to picture/text reviews for that. Given that many video reviews seem to stick to that "outline" above, especially the guys that get the toys early on, genuinely well-thought out opinions feel scarce. The majority of the commentary is fairly stock. "The detail is nice." "It's very articulated." "The colors are great." Those phrases are becoming very diluted. For me, checking out a nice gallery with a few honest thoughts written before or after (what works and what doesn't) feels more constructive. It's quicker, you see the toy without some dude's hands in the way, blah blah.

I know showing them off on camera allows the viewer to form an initial opinion on whether or not they'll buy it, and that's wonderful. I'm sure I'm just being snooty about how the reviewers are putting it together, but it's hard for me to get past how mundane it can be.

That said, there are still videos out there I enjoy. I'm not vehemently against video reviews at all, I just wish more of them felt less cut and paste in composition.

Lawl, standards for guys talking about pieces of plastic. I'm ridiculous.

You're not being snooty, that's just how most of them work out for you.

Rare Action Master goes for maaaaad bucks:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290428560513&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Watching them saves me money, I guess. They really do just sit here. Maybe TK has a point.

Not subscribed to nearly as many as I was. Vangelus and TJ are mostly all I ever see vids from anymore. Besides that King Laffo fella~

Man, T3, I watch them mainly to hear people talk about TF. I like hearing people talk.

I scanned over this post and saw TK, TJ, T3 and TF in each line. It amused me.

Abbreviation gloty :)

I watch a lot of video reviews with the sound off, tbh. :( I mostly just care about seeing the toy.

I <3 Vangelus though. And King Laffo, of course!

King Laffo did the best toy review ever made:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZL-wS_5nj0

Sean Long's review of......Onslaught? is pretty lol. He's clearly drunk.

Now he's got Neck Beard man yelling at him for something like discussing pornography with minors. OR SOMETHING. I assume it's Sean from the linked videos and such. Optibotimus can be so damn vague in his SERIOUS BIDNESS videos. You gonna give me the skinny, GIVE ME THE SKINNY, MAN.

Also, I forgive davet for killing SarahMLP. He looks so sad...and smexy.

I could tell you all about the drama if you want, but man, there's a good many details.

Not sure it'd be of any benefit. Thanks, though.

I just like to talk about stuffs.

I want to know about the drama

I'm hesitant :(

In other news: OH BOY http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/302962-patrick-dempsey-transformers-3-a.html

I'm hesitant :(

In other news: OH BOY http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/302962-patrick-dempsey-transformers-3-a.html

I'm betting a Decepticon that has 2 lines and gets killed out of frame.

I think most of those were posted back during ToyFair, barring Banzai-Tron since he's newer.

The Powercore line is all over the place, some look ridiculous, some really cool

The Rally bots look cute, I don't know if they come together in a set that connects or if they're just the single card tiny ones.

Did you just call TF cute? I THINK I LURVE YOU.

Some of the tiny ones are cute like first Bumble Bee or the orginal mini transformers.

Animated Bumblebee is pretty cute, I guess.

"Rallybots" is one of the sets, PCC will be comprised of two packs and five packs

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a243/HostedByChrist/HT19823lg.jpghttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a243/HostedByChrist/HT19822lg.jpg

So far the arms on the combined modes are really weird

From TFW, here's a bunch of art from the vidya game:












And a teaser for the Multiplayer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWEqCXhcsUs

Looks like superion could show up in the game then?

From what's been stated, they're not getting into combiners yet. If true, it's still clear they're setting up for it in the inevitable sequels.

The live action concept art never does anything for me, I always feel it's very generic. Doesn't really feel like "Transformers" to me. I find the design work from this game is much more successful in that field.

Unnamed transformers?

Sideswipe?
Jetfire definitely
Arcee definitely
Alpha trion maybe?

Smaller pictures list green tank as Thumper.

Lady plane is probably ninja robot from g1 I bet

I want to see Unicron in HD :(

10 More Bewilderingly Awesome Minutes of Transformers: War for Cybertron Footage (http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/05/10_more_bewilderingly_awesome_minutes_of_transform .php)

Unnamed transformers?

Sideswipe?
Jetfire definitely
Arcee definitely
Alpha trion maybe?

Smaller pictures list green tank as Thumper.

Lady plane is probably ninja robot from g1 I bet

The tank has been revealed as Brawl, and if I had to guess about the female plane - the colors are very much like Slipstream from Animated.

The big unnamed warrior Autobot might be the one that precedes Optimus as leader, Zeta Prime

The big unnamed warrior Autobot might be the one that precedes Optimus as leader, Zeta Prime

Maybe it's Ultra Magnus?

SOON WE SHALL SEE

I want Dark Skyfire:



Damn expensive Japanese exclusives

Check out this Transformers Animated fan re-dising of Skids & Mudflap.

(http://www.pimpandhost.com/image/3806744-original.html)

"Another (re)design for Transformers Animated - Skids & Mudflap from Revenge Of The Fallen!

My goal with these character was to make them likeable, since they were a pretty crazy couple in the movie...some might even say..tasteless?

I don't think their gangster wannabe characters would fit in TFA, so I designed them to be younger, friendlier characters, keeping their 'bumbling' clumsiness while at the same time give them something unique to set them apart from those OTHER TFA twins, Jetfire & Jetstorm.

If Jetfire & Jetstorm are the early teen twins, then Skids & Mudflap are the kiddy twins..and they're not nearly as powerful as those guys, though, far from it.

In short: Skids & Mudflap were protoformed in a facility that was under attack by the 'Cons, resulting in their 'faulty' forms. Skids is deaf, while Mudflap is blind. When they work together though, they're quite a pair..when they're loafing around or in an argument with each other..not so much! They will (accidentally) mess things up! But that's how brothers are, right? Helping each other out one minute, fighting each other the next!"

Source (http://digilaut.deviantart.com/art/TFA-Skids-and-Mudflap-159565442)

Not a fan of the deaf/blind part. I think acting wanksta would work even better in TFA.

Just don't let them say pussy~

Jazz is my favorite I think.

Bumblebee and Arcee have a certain charm, too.

I have a Decepticons one too:



tbh I have a ton of stuff like this, but I feel lame that almost all my contributions to this thread are pictures. ; ;

I can't speak for anyone but me, but pictures are always coooooo~

As always, Starscream, ftw.