Haha. I could just quote you again. Ktulu, let us be allies in the cell phone resistance.

TK I for some reason feel the need to curtsey in response. It means "yes, yes I would like that." I am then going to rub my hands deviously as I begin to ponder our scheme.

I am not a big fan of cell phones but they are pretty useful and I will probaly never have a land line again.

I am not a big fan of cell phones but they are pretty useful and I will probaly never have a land line again.

I never use my for calls usually. But I use texting a lot. If I do call people. I usually do it in a block. Sorta call everyone I wanna call in one go and get it over and done with.

I am not a big fan of cell phones but they are pretty useful and I will probaly never have a land line again.

hogan u should get a-rod's cell and pretend u r cashman and say he sucks and all and that the yankees want him gone so he will go out and say that kind of stuff and lower his value so the angels can get him from figgins only

Back to topic, look what I found - Optimus head.

The ultimate crossover comic.



Symbiote spidey might actually stand a chance.

Back to topic, look what I found - Optimus head.



Yep that was posted at pretty much all the TF fan sites. I didn't see the need to show it really. It's a stand in to help the actors I believe, and it's blue so it's easy to replace with the CGI version.

http://www.harbx.com/archives/2006/10/bumblebees_gun.html

^ Here's something interesting. Concept art for Bumblebee's gun. No idea whether or not it's going to make it into the movie or not.

So now I have classics Optimus, Hot Rod, Astrotrain, and Megatron. They were out of Bumbles and Screamer so I'll go back for those later.

Hot Rod is a dream come true. I think he is going to look absolutely brilliant standing next to the 6" Titanium Rodimus. Astrotrain is the weakest of the classics I've gotten so far (and I expect to like Bumbles and Screamer better than him as well) but I actually think the negative opinions about him get exaggerated somewhat... he's the worst of the classics probably but imo is still a great figure. The train mode isn't nearly as borked as people act like it is, and I have absolutely no problems whatsoever with his robot mode, which I think looks badass.

I got Megatron because I decided I definitely do want to give him a custom paint job. I think he's gonna look really cool. At the same time I'm gonna get paint to recolor my Cybertron deluxe Optimus into Rodimus. Wish me luck!


The ultimate crossover comic.



Symbiote spidey might actually stand a chance.

I expect that he would win even without his alien suit. I think he's faced worse, to be honest. Megs wouldn't be able to hit him, and the great thing about Spidey is that when he can't physically overpower his enemies (i.e. most of them) he comes up with a way to outwit them, and I'm sure he could beat Megs by a longshot in that department.

Now if we were talking about BW Megatron that might be a different story.

I refuse to believe G1 Megatron is actually inadequate, it's all just a result of the damn writers having to dumb down the "evil" and resorting to the bad guys always running away in the end to make the show more "friendly." Bah.

Anyway, cool that you're finding and liking Classics so far TK. How do you feel about Megatron's mold itself now that you have it in hand?

I bought Swerve today, I am totally trying to figure out how to make him into Hot Rod.

I want his exhaust pipes to plug into his back and have yellow highlights for his fin thingos.

Did they release Excellion in Australia? You'd be better off going with him.


I refuse to believe G1 Megatron is actually inadequate, it's all just a result of the damn writers having to dumb down the "evil" and resorting to the bad guys always running away in the end to make the show more "friendly." Bah.

I don't think he's inadequate. I think he's a cunning leader. He just wasn't nearly as smart as Spider-Man, or as BW Megatron, I don't think.


Anyway, cool that you're finding and liking Classics so far TK. How do you feel about Megatron's mold itself now that you have it in hand?

The mold itself is pretty tight, I think. I'm still not super thrilled about his wings, but they are tolerable since they can be flipped up. He'd definitely Megatron, at any rate.

I bought Swerve today, I am totally trying to figure out how to make him into Hot Rod.

I want his exhaust pipes to plug into his back and have yellow highlights for his fin thingos.

What I loved about the original Hot Rod was the exhaust pipes were painted chome. This new one I have, although kicks ass, is just matted silver. kinda a downer. :notgood:

I'm just a bit too lazy to go searching through this entire thread to see if this has already been brought up, but since it puts a smile on my face I'll link it anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Vdcasm4kY

^^ haha.. that was cool

Did they release Excellion in Australia? You'd be better off going with him.

They might have the store was kinda running low.

They were all reduced so I think the store is either going to stop selling tf's for a bit or they have a new line to sell.

2 things:

1) I found starscream and he is now in my collection. whoo hoo!

2) THEY ARE NOW SELLING OPTIMUS PRIME, THAT BIG-ASS JAPANESE FIGURE FOR $89.99 AT TOYS R US. I HAVE NO MONEY AND NOW LIFE SUCKS!!!

Yes, it is like saying that. The point of this movie is to be based on and inspired by the original transformers. It's hardly a "spin-off" of any kind.
It only means Hollywood is going to mess half of it up.


Dear lord, I hope you are wrong Prak. Defiling nostalgia is a horrendous crime. :(
The only adaption of something or rather that Hollywood hasn't royally screwed up lately is The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe and the Harry Potters.


I refuse to believe G1 Megatron is actually inadequate, it's all just a result of the damn writers having to dumb down the "evil" and resorting to the bad guys always running away in the end to make the show more "friendly." Bah.

I always figured Megatron was an 'anti-gun' idea. The evil bad-ass Transformer turns into a gun, ergo guns are evil. PUH-LEEZE! At least Bey could have had the cojones to keep Movie Megatron a gun. What's next? A GI Joe movie where the weapons are water ballons and peashooters?

2 things:

1) I found starscream and he is now in my collection. whoo hoo!

2) THEY ARE NOW SELLING OPTIMUS PRIME, THAT BIG-ASS JAPANESE FIGURE FOR $89.99 AT TOYS R US. I HAVE NO MONEY AND NOW LIFE SUCKS!!!

Yeah, you'd be looking at far more than that if you wanted the one with the trailer. This is just the cab.

I'm actually getting one of those, even though I can't afford it. But I'm going to hunt around and see if anybody has a better price than TRU. If I find one I'll let you know.


They might have the store was kinda running low.

They were all reduced so I think the store is either going to stop selling tf's for a bit or they have a new line to sell.

Probably. According to the TF sites, the new line is already out in some places in Australia, so your store is probably getting rid of its Cybertron stuff.

If you do happen to find an Excellion you should definitely get him, though. He's a great Hot Rod homage. Has the "wings" that move to his back in robot mode, is mostly red, turns into a slick flaming sportscar, and even has blasters on his wrists despite the fact that they don't become the car's exhaust pipes like in the original.


I always figured Megatron was an 'anti-gun' idea. The evil bad-ass Transformer turns into a gun, ergo guns are evil. PUH-LEEZE! At least Bey could have had the cojones to keep Movie Megatron a gun. What's next? A GI Joe movie where the weapons are water ballons and peashooters?

Actually, the reason why Megatron was a gun is that the Transformers toy line existed in Japan as a completely different entity long before the "Transformers" brand has come up. That toy was just one of many Japanese toys made that transformed from various things into robots. The toys were later reused and turned into the Transformers brand, and then they were all given their iconic characters. So if TFs had been created specifically to be TFs from the get-go, Megatron almost definitely never would have been a gun, since that is a really awkward thing to work into a story in which the robots coexist with humans. The show's way of having him mass-shift worked for a children's cartoon series, but for a live-action movie it would be horrendously cheesy, and really this is the same reason why all later incarnations of Megatron have not been guns (even Galvatron was changed into a cannon to fix the problem.)

In my opinion, making it so Megs isn't a gun is pretty much the only thing Bay has done right.

And you missed some entries on your "adaptations that haven't been botched" list. Spider-Man movies!

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2) THEY ARE NOW SELLING OPTIMUS PRIME, THAT BIG-ASS JAPANESE FIGURE FOR $89.99 AT TOYS R US. I HAVE NO MONEY AND NOW LIFE SUCKS!!!

It was already released in the US before, sans the ridiculous electronic base that makes it cost 20 dollars more than it originally did. Also, as TK alluded to, this re-release has no trailer, whereas the Japanese re-release does. We get a base where the voice doesn't even sound like Prime and they get an awesome trailer :(

The real :( inducing thing is that it didn't just come with a trailer, both US and Japanese versions, to begin with.

Other companies made some pretty decent trailers for him that were sold seperately. If I'm not mistaken though they were all a bit pricey.

However, the original Japanese version does allow you to create a makeshift cardboard trailer for it, lols. The original US one had a cardboard version of the trailer's medical bay mode. I'm not sure if the US re-release is packaged the same way or not.


The show's way of having him mass-shift worked for a children's cartoon series, but for a live-action movie it would be horrendously cheesy, and really this is the same reason why all later incarnations of Megatron have not been guns (even Galvatron was changed into a cannon to fix the problem.)

The mass-shifting is not necessarily the primary reason why Megatron only just now got another gun mode for the Classics line - it was actually that toy laws changed, making it very, very hard to release gun toys that weren't completely orange or something like that. So instead of releasing countless orange gun-Megatrons (Hasbro showed pictures of the version they came up with for a G1 re-issue that would've been eligable for release, he was completely orange and blue. They thankfully realized it was not a good idea to release it like that) they just opted to give him other alternate modes until finally creating a version unrealistic enough to pass, and look at it, it still has goofy bright colors. That whole thing even had a negative effect on Armada Laserbeak, who had a gun mode which was essentially a camera with a handle, but a gun mode all the same, thus leaving the original red and black colors to be changed to...you guessed it, orange and blue for the final release. As a toy-based franchise I'd say it's safer to say the main reason for Megatron being changed around so much is that his original format is so difficult to homage within the bounds of what Hasbro is actually allowed to release.

I'm not correcting you, sorry if it seems I'm rubbing a point in your face or anything, I just figured it was something else to consider.

Well yeah, that is certainly true, but I always figured if Hasbro had really wanted a gun Megatron they could have simply done what they've done now with classics. It just makes a lot more sense to have him come out as a tank, or a huge cannon or something, so that he'll fit in with all the other TFs.

Although the Cybertron version sucked. Megatron should not turn into a Batmobile. ;_;

I like the Cybertron one well enough really. I didn't think I really would but once I had him out of the package I became pretty fond of him. The batmobile mode is goofy indeed and the plane isn't any better but I like the robot mod enough not to care. The G1 Megatron colors on the Galvatron repaint look pretty neat too, to me.

Still, if it had been more articulated and sans the goofy stickers (and perhaps not quite so bright,) I think G2 Megatron would've probably been the best version of the character released, even still. Some fans have altered it with more movement and it really does look great.

I agree that G2 Megs was pretty fantastic. I had him and got rid of him, and I've been smacking myself in the head over it for a long time. I'm not crazy about his unposable legs but the rest of him was great. That's part of why I like the tank classics Megatron that's coming out. Sort of a second chance!

And that's fair enough, I don't really have a Cybertron Megs so I guess I can't say completely... but he's never appealed to me at all.

Good Movie news - Megatron's head has been completely changed from the original design we've all seen according to Don Murphy.

That is...it's good news unless it's even worse this time, haha.

Now if only they could change...oh, everyone else's head too :o

wait I thought it said it was Optimus's head ?_?

oh well I don't really care enough to check 'cause I still think the movie is borked no matter what

Says Megatron. You're right about the film, but at least maybe with a few aesthetic changes the bots won't look like such shit, assuming again that the changes are for the better. The movie though will probably...definitely be terrible. It's Michael Bay. Michael fucking Bay. I needn't remind you of that. Oh, ok, I will again. MICHAEL BAY.

GOD DAMN IT!!!!!!

Well it looks like classics have been released in AUS cause I saw them in a toys r us catalogue.

I might go pick up Bumblebee.

You toooooootally should.

I still have to get my Bumblebee and Starscream. Will probably do this (also OTHER SHOPPING) when I get my next check only I am working friday and saturday so I guess I will probably do this sunday when I should be doing my homework ?_?

Bumblebee is the only classics I really, really want.

If I don't end up getting the others I don't mind but Bumblebee is a MUSTHAVE.

i should get some toys too i have $ to spend

got my starscream. :p

i should get some toys too i have $ to spend

You could give me some, I need to upgrade my bullpen.

sorry but no give money for bullpen

i say u can make a good one cheap maybe except closer he is paid big dollars now a days

but everybody else i say a failed starter may be a good reliever seriously u need like my 2 or 3 pitches and u r set

Well than how about I trade you some prospects and a 5 starter for some catching help and a veteran outfielder.

Depends on the prospects.

A FOR pitching prospect is what I am looking for

My Classics (whole 1st wave of deluxes) have been shipped by Hasbro finally, yay.

sw33t. Post some impressions when you get them~

Impressions of my ass on the scanner LMAOLMAO

Marvelous here is a chromed Rodimus for you:




Pumpkin Tart here is a touched up Megatron for you:

That Rodimus is A1 happy for you.

Awesome. That is quite similar to how I'm planning on doing my Megatron.

http://www.tfsource.com/Reissues/Quint-01/quint-01.htm

Crazily expensive Quintession custom figure, but cool.

Target has Cybertron Leaders and Ultras on sale right now. Hooray.

I may take advantage of that to finally get a Metroplex. Maybe.

It's a cool toy and for 20-25 bucks I'd say it's definitely worth it. Take into account that I gladly paid 40 :D

Also there are cool modes you can put him into aside from the official one, even one that looks a bit similar to the original base mode.

I was hoping that would be the case actually, since his official alt mode looks like... him kneeling, basically. =/

<3

Hey Marvinstraight, Target has that 20th anniversary Optimus figure for 70 bucks instead of 90 like TRU. Just a heads up.

MEGA

TRON

Hey Marvinstraight, Target has that 20th anniversary Optimus figure for 70 bucks instead of 90 like TRU. Just a heads up.

Haha that's crazy. I imagine if Wal-Mart carries it their price will be more along the lines of Target's as well.

TRU doesn't always play ball on prices. For instance, their ultra-class TFs are almost always 5 bucks more than at Wal Mart.

NEWSES

Sony is releasing their own G1 Box Sets next year. Supposedly they are to be superior in various ways to the Rhino ones, but is that enough to get people to buy these new ones if they already have a complete set from Rhino? I doubt I will.

Hasbro has a new Trademark...the Starscream Barrel Roll Blaster. Barrel Roll. I kid you not. http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76666695

I actually don't have the Rhino ones, so this is interesting. I have actually heard a lot of bad stuff about Rhino's releases, like it's not very good image quality or something? I don't remember, this was a while ago. I've been wanting to get them for a while so I might just see what the deal is with Snoy's and if people are happier with them.

And the "Starscream barrel roll blaster" sounds... ominous. I'm inclined to think it is related to the Heroes series, and that just furthers my suspicions that the Autobots are going to be a teenage rock band.

Also, I have the Optimus 20th Anniversary figure now. I'm about to open it. This is very exciting. I'm also very afraid to press the button on his stand as I have heard it once before, and I know that if I hear it again I am going to burst out laughing so loud that I will wake up everybody in my house.

Also also: neither of my local targets have any Metroplexes... or any leader or ultra class figures left at all! So either the clearance happened and they all get snapped up right quick, or they got rid of them all and didn't need to clearance them anyway. Oh well. I'll cross my fingers for a TRU clearance, because my local TRU has like fifty gazillion Metroplexes sitting around.

I don't know what's wrong with the Rhino ones, they all seemed fine whenever I watched them.

TRU will probably get another sale at some point, no worries.

Enjoy the Prime. He's marvelous.

I forgot to post that I got cast as more parts in a Headmasters fan dub. Aside the tiny part of Long Haul I now also get to be Ratbat, Scattershot, Hot Spot, Bruticus, and Computron. Should be fun.

Nice! Man make sure that we all get linked to a torrent of this thing when it's done, yes?

Oh and I also picked up that Bumblebee and Starscream, so basically I've almost got everything that's out that I want now. I've got all the wave 1 classics, and now I still want Metroplex, Sideways, and alternators Jazz and Wheeljack, and that will be everything I need. I don't think I'm gonna find a Wheeljack in a store but I have seen Jazzes. I really hope I can find these because then I can finally just not worry about it until the next wave of classics/titaniums. And I am really hoping to get some of this stuff on clearance because damn it I have spent too much money on transformers already.

Jazz/Meister was just re-released in the weird bubble packaging I believe, so you should definitely be able to find one. I'm not sure about Wheeljack though, but hopefully you won't have to resort to evil online prices. I got lucky and found one at Media Play. I never saw one anywhere else. Alternators, with a few exceptions, are pretty hard to find generally.

Money is a bastard.

About the fandub, I'll link if it actually turns out worth a damn.

First preview of TF Movie toys: Prime and Starscream pre-Earth modes.

Interesting.





http://www.actoys.net/bbs/read.php?tid=138274&fpage=&toread=&page=1

They transform into trash heaps :(

And why does Optimus have bird feet?

Ha HAa hahaa !

I honestly don't know what to say.

Someone had to.

Oh man.

Fuck that.

oh dear me. ;_;

A package arrived today. Hasbro sent me the Decepticon half of my wave 1 Classics. The receipt reads "Classics Astrotrain & Classics Starscream."

In the package...were two Astrotrains :(

Hopefully if I return the extra they can send a Starscream my way.

Still, Astrotrain is awesome. I like him even more than I thought I would. Very solid toy.

Ah man that blows. They better send you the right one, yeah. =(

Also, apparently those cybertron deluxe 3 packs we saw a while ago are not a deal at all. They are 29.99. Which, hilariously, is actually a couple cents more than you'd pay to buy the figures individually. I'm quite put out by this as the only thing I really want is Sideways and I don't want to have to buy two other figures I don't especially want at normal price just to get him. >=/

What the hell, that's really surprising. It must not be Hasbro's decision for that price, as they almost always price stuff like that down. Weird.

Hasbro got back to me: At present time they can't send a replacement, I'll have to reorder Starscream if I want him, but they're currently out, and I'd have to buy it for more than I paid originally, so I'm just going to get a refund, or take it to some store where I can trade it for credit without the need of a receipt. I'm not sure if Wal-Mart still does that or not.

thats shit Ktulu, sorry to hear it :(

It's fine, I really don't mind. They offer the replacement option but it will take a lot more waiting plus the re-order thing which I can't do because it's not in stock.Their straight to consumer website is really new still so I'm not angry about a few things that haven't been really worked out yet (such as changing a shipping address after ordering, even if the items haven't shipped, not being possible.)

What the hell, that's really surprising. It must not be Hasbro's decision for that price, as they almost always price stuff like that down. Weird.

Yeah, I'm hoping that they will be marked down properly at another store. This was at a TRU that somebody reported it so maybe it's just them. They did have 20th Optimus at 20 bucks more than Target!

The more I look at these movie figures the more I hate them. The details on them give them this "mutated into some kind of crazy killer thingie" look that I've always hated every time I've seen it ever since I was a kid. I would just generally dislike them if not for the fact that they are what we get in place of what should have been amazing new designs for the characters. This movie and everything about it represents more wasted potential than I have ever seen before. It's so depressing. =/

TRU was taken over by new people recently, the same assholes that closed down so many stores resulting in shit loads of lost jobs, thousands, so I wouldn't doubt if their prices are going to get higher and higher. Seems they're that kind of company now, unfortunately.

I don't like those movie designs either, and it doesn't help any that the toys just look poorly made. The plastic looks cheap and the paint schemes are incredibly, incredibly bland. Optimus' face and chest are ok, and Starscream's feet, but that provides quite a horrible ratio of decent to shit in the designs doesn't it? Prime's bird feet (or monkey feet as some fans call them) and Starscream's jumper cable hands just look ridiculous and out of place. The worst offense is still that god awful head they've designed for Starscream though.

I think the scariest part is how many people are being all like WOW THESE ARE SO COOL on forums. ;_;

I think the scariest part is how many people are being all like WOW THESE ARE SO COOL on forums. ;_;

D:

I can say this, one positive is whenever the next TF "main line" roles in with Heroes or whatever it'll be called, if it indeed follows a different design style than the movie bots, it'll make them that much cooler in comparison after all the ugly product.

hahaha. That is so true.

At this point, even the Autobots being a teenage rock band is sounding pretty good.

I'm not happy with those figures. And why DOES Optimus have large tallons. That's my 2 cents.

Whenever a new Optimus is about to debut we can now ask: Does the Optimus have large talons?

:D

bad jokes based on lame references are funny because they are made in poor taste

Yeah, but I get the joke so that makes it funny to me. Also, Optimus also has nice sleeves. They're really big.

Cool news today:

The entry in the Masterpiece line will be Megatron. No news on his alt mode though. If they're going to keep it open for American release, obviously it's either going to be another nerf gun or simply a tank. Perhaps if it does turn into a G1 accurate gun though, the fact that it'd be too large to be real might possibly mean they could release it, who knows? Knowing Hasbro though, I doubt it. It could just end up being a Japanese only thing. (This is all just my speculation obviously)

The next Transformers cartoon has it's Optimus cast...David Kaye, the voice of Megatron since Beast Wars with the exception of the RiD series. Very interesting twist. I wonder who'll take his place? Gary Chalk would be a hilarious choice for complete role reversal, but I doubt he's got it in him to fill that role.

Clear images of Classics Jetfire with and without out his extra armor:






Clear pics of Alternators Rumble (who unfortunately has no real hands)




Not so great news:

The new Alternators Ravage still looks weird.



Finally, new Target listings have come up for future product, one of which is called Transformers KARATE FIGHTERS.

What the fuck :o

wtf? David Kaye as Optimus? That's... interesting, I guess. But if Optimus starts saying "yes" after everything I'm gonna be ticked!

I don't have any idea how I feel about this really. I guess I'm just going to keep crossing my fingers that this means we're heading in the Beast Wars direction again.

I'm glad to hear there will be a masterpiece Megs. With the way that line is, I'm sure it will either be like a real handgun, or they'll just go with a tank. What I'd really like to see is a tank, so that he can match masterpiece Optimus. If they make him a gun, I think they will undoubtedly have to make it normal handgun size... it would just be too utterly useless to have a gun alt mode that you can't even hold properly.

And yeah, I don't like Ravage or Rumble, but Jetfire looks amazing.

Kaye is a really talented voice actor so I'm sure he can pull it off. He's pretty diverse.

I'd hoped for Galvatron in the MP line rather than Megatron personally. I love the design, and there's no reason a funky futuristic cannon wouldn't be eligible for American release.

That's true. They probably would have said Galvatron if that's the case though, wouldn't they?

Actually to be honest I think I'd rather just have a tank megs to go with Optimus. Galvatron goes with Rodimus in my head, so it seems wrong not to complete the Optimus/Megs thing first. But a Galvatron would certainly be cool. I hope there's at least a classics one.

The new Alternators Ravage still looks weird.




Naigh. Ravage looks friggen awsome! :shock:

When I cover the middle/back it looks fine to me, but that section...folded car parts, just doesn't work for me as the body of a feline :(

Galvatron is on the "short list" of Classics, so I guess maybe that is possible. I still hope for a MP one though.

News at TFW says MP Megatron is confirmed as a gun. Sorry :(

yerp. It is a shame. A tank would have been much better.

I guess he's probably going to be the height of MP Screamer. And will probably never come out in America.

They could always choose another gun design similar but not exactly the same, one that might give him more size in robot mode. After all, Starscream departs from the original design in a few ways, i.e. hip armor.

The only way it'll come out in America is if it's colored orange or if it's another nerf gun, I guess.

I guess they could always use some larger gun, but to me, that sort of defeats whatever point there would be in having him be a gun in the first place... to keep it G1 accurate. If they're going to embellish then they should have just gone with a tank. ;_;

I agree with you completely, I was just listing possibilities.

Some Japanese site has word that MP Megatron will be the same gun as the original, and oversized so the robot can be the same size as MP Optimus. No word on whether it's true or not.

K-Mart in Australia has released G1 reissue Astrotrain.

Wal-Mart is selling Cybertron leaders (such as Metroplex) with scout(basic) bonuses attached to the box.

lol, a huge megatron gun would be ridiculous. x_x

If the robot mode is spot on I won't care too much. I think one point to raise is that it really shouldn't have to be able to be held like a real gun. That was the intent of the original toy in the Microman line, yes, but once the toy became Megatron in the Transformers line, that functionality ceased to be relevant. Every vehicle transformer obviously is far too small for a person to climb inside of and mimic operating it, so why should it be required for a toy that has a gun for it's alternate mode to be of realistic proportion to humans?

Plus, if it's oversized, it may make a US release more feasible.

Boy I sound like an ass. I understand it may potentially look silly, but for some reason that lame point is something that just popped in my head.

Anyway, it's not like it's even official that he will indeed be an oversized walther p-39.

yah. I hope it is just them being hot air. Honestly though I will just be so effing pissed off if that's what happens. Having him be a gun is utterly useless in itself... it doesn't go with the alt modes of any of the other TFs. I AM MEGATRON FEAR ME I TURN INTO A GIGANTIC PISTOL AND FLOP ON THE GROUND

If it's an oversized gun, the only possible use for it is completely eliminated. I don't know how you would even display an oversized pistol. They might as well make him with just his robot mode since his alt mode would have absolutely no purpose whatsoever. =/

Oooh. I'm telling.



Is this even remotely humorous?

haha... kind of, yeah.

If Jennifer Love Hewitt was a transformer lol wot would she turn into?

Love. ^_^

*sighs* that was pretty cheesy, TK. lol

Got Rodimus and Bumblebee ^^

I'm still waiting to get Rodimus Prime titanium.

Got Rodimus and Bumblebee ^^

Me too. My Rodimus' gun handle broke off already. Pretty pissed about it :o

:O

I haven't posed him with his gun at all as I don't like it. I've just kept it stuck on his back. Man, the only thing I don't like about that figure is how his arms hardly move out to the side. So frustrating when trying to pose him! But oh well. He is still amazing. I think titanium Rodimus is going to be even more so.

I got my Jazz today. He is cool looking as shit and overall I am pretty pleased, but I do wish that he was constructed just a little more solidly. I don't expect him to hold together as well as TFs that are actually meant to be toys, but holy shit, I can't even transform him without his arms breaking off about ten times.

What you talkin bout, Alternators Meister?

yuuuuuuuup.

sorry, I always instinctively use their real names. Also, the robot mode picture on the back is hilariously mistransformed. It's quite lol.

I never had a problem with his arms, maybe yours is wonkity. Hasbro isn't known for having great quality control so I wouldn't doubt it.

Meister/Jazz is cool but I like the Shockwave repaint even more personally.

http://www.actoys.net/bbs/read.php?tid=140094

Click pictures for bigger versions

TRIPLE POST AHAHA

Something you may want to take advantage of -

http://shop.famvid.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=237694

Transformers the Movie 20th Anniversary DVD for 14 bucks.

But wait :D

Enter the code NEWMEM96 upon checkout for 5 dollars off, making the total just under 10 dollars including shipping.

This is a $20+ DVD. I'm taking advantage of this deal, as I am a cheap ass. Anyone care to join me?



Jetfire is about the same size as Optimus but a bit taller with the helmet on apparently. I thought he may be bigger due to the vehicle mode looking pretty big, but the size works regardless.

I am so totally taking advantage of that.

Good. Good. Hopefully it'll ship soon.

The best, and one of the best ever :D

I love how he makes Cybertron Optimus look like a little kid in comparison.

So you're fine with his large size I take it?

oh yeah, totally. That's part of what makes him so cool, in my opinion.

OK so what awesome thing did Gigan do to get the honor of chillin with awesome Primes?

Not to say he isn't awesome himself, but you know.

Mostly he just happened to be sitting there. I think he was trying to make himself out to be a little more important than he actually is. I mean I don't think he really knows his place. How many times did he get his ass kicked by Godzilla & friends, and how many times does he keep coming back? Dude needs to get a clue.

EDIT: And speaking of Optimus, I've got <a href=http://www.myspace.com/thetoysoldiers>a new little project in the works</a>. The track that's up there is just filler (don't worry, it is supposed to be ridiculous). When I create the actual songs, they are going to be made entirely with toy instruments from my CVS (even the drums).

At least he looks cool. Final Wars Gigan ftw

This is getting off topic ho noes

I'm confused. I just got the 20th anniversary Optimus Prime (the giant kick-ass one) at Target for $69, I thought Starscream was in the flip-out datacom interface? On mine, the right arm is Grimlock and left arm is Megatron.

There are different versions of the figure. I think this is technically its third release?

On the original release which I have the wrist communicators show Bumblebee and Starscream. The other difference is the new DVD version is all plastic with brighter colors where as the original one has die-cast and chromed parts.

How is the DVD version it's third release? Are you counting Japanese releases as well? If so it'd be the fourth release.

I wasn't really going on anything more than a vague recollection.

This thing definitely isn't all plastic though. As far as I'm aware it's metal in all the same places. Bottoms of his legs and most of his torso are all metal.

I see, not what I read, even the initial news about him said it'd be all plastic, but that's cool. The comparison pictures I saw looked as if it was all plastic as well, but I guess I'm a retard. Still, it did lose the chrome and was painted brighter.

I love what it says on the side of Optimus Prime's box in regards to the movie DVD.

"Twenty years ago, that battle against evil reached its greatest pitch, and Optimus Prime exemplified heroism and sacrifice in the animated adventure Transformers: the movie"

Interesting how it was 20 years ago and yet it took place last year. lol.

BTW, did everyone else know it's going to be another teaser on the dvd?
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/news/articles/3103.asp

How would you be able to tell if it's metal by looking at a picture ?_?

How would you be able to tell if it's metal by looking at a picture ?_?

The way it looked compared to the Japanese one (the comparison was between the new American one and the new Japanese one), plus like I said I'd read other people say it was all plastic, and it was announced as all plastic, so I just figured it was. Whatever, I'm stupid.

Umm... I'm pretty sure that doesn't actually make you stupid but I could be wrong

I guess Bumble Bee has sholder missles. ()

that's so ugly it hurts.

It hurts me from all the laughing I did.

Hurr guess that armcannon drawing I showed was real then. Crezzy.

FUCKING SAME TRAILER WE'VE ALREADY SEEN!!!
:notgood:

edit: And why is Hotrod orange and hotpink then later orange and red???

Hot Rod's official colors in G1 were pink and orange with maroon, if you ever see red in place of the pink it's a mistake. Rodimus though is supposed to be red. I suppose the slight color change from Hot Rod to Rodimus was to help symbolize the maturing along with the increased size and older face.

Ok, but this still doesn't explain why we didn't get a new trailor.

I'm sorry?

I'm sorry?

lol.

This thread has died.

TK, on the most horrifying day of the year, the day after Thanksgiving, your beloved Cybertron 3 Pack will be 15 bucks at Toys R Us. That's like getting one free and another half off. :D

No, I don't think you're that desperate for them to get out into that kind of traffic and wade through all the moms buying Elmos and shit and wait in the long ass checkout lines.

I'm telling you this becauseeeeeee

Maybe they'll have some left afterwards for even cheaper, or at least the same price if TRU isn't feeling evil. One year there was a Wal-Mart exclusive (box set of RiD Landfill combiner in new colors) on Black Friday which I knew I would miss. I ended up going on Sunday and they still had a few left. As a bonus, they were marked down to just 5 bucks. So, yeah, maybe that sort of thing can happen for you with the 3 pack.

Also, giant Starscream is going down to 25 bucks that day.

Considering the way TRU is now days though I'm doubtful that the low prices will stay, but who knows?

Crazy! I'll have to check it out.

The thing is, I really want a Sideways. I might actually brave the day after thanksgiving if it means the potential to get one. I know, ridiculous, but I'd much rather do this than go for ebay.

I don't really want that gigantamundo Starscream though. Never liked the design. I don't think my TRU has any of them left anyway. I'd be really happy if they'd mark down their ten thousand gazillion Metroplexes though.

I went to TRU today and saw the 3 packs there, as well as a lot of crap I didn't have which I very sadly had to turn down, not due to money, but due to the fact that it's just going to be a bitch to have things shipped home as it is when I move back to GA, so I really don't need to pile even more stuff on top of my belongings here you know? Also, I had bought a few things earlier elsewhere anyway, so more was totally out of the question. More on that in a second. Anyway, maybe I won't miss out on all of it totally. I'm sure when I'm back there I'll still be able to find the same stuff.

I also went to a comic store which had the 6 inch Titaniums, the first time I'd seen them in person, as well as Classics Optimus and Megatron, also the first time I'd seen those in person. The prices were pretty crummy though. The cool thing though was that they had 2 mint on card Machine Wars figures in perfect shape for 6 bucks each, and 2 mint on card G2 figures in really good shape for 7 and 15 bucks. I knew there's no way I'd ever find them elsewhere cheaper so I threw cash at them and now they're mine, hooray. The purchases were justified due to the rarity of their low price, and also due to how little space they take up, unlike Cybertron Menasor and Wing Saber, both of which I had to leave behind at TRU :(

There and at TRU I also saw the new version of the MP Optimus, and I'm still skeptical about the diecast parts after seeing it in person, haha. I may be nuts but it didn't look or feel like diecast to me at all.

Uhhhhhhhh, that's about it I guess. It was kind of a big deal though, as it's the first time I've actually been "toy shopping" out in real life since I've been here.

What do you think about the "write a line for Optimus" contest ending with the quote from the G1 techspec as the winner? I think it's lame that they didn't choose something original, but on the other hand, hearing Cullen say that will be pretty cool, and it's nice that it's a nostalgiac nod to the original series, so it goes both ways. I think overall it's fine, and it's not as if one line is going to make the movie any worse or better anyway.

Oh man, that's awesome. I love crazy finds like that. I can't believe they priced them that way. You must be quite happy.

I was expecting plastic when I took that Optimus out of the box, but he's cold to the touch and way too heavy to be plastic. Did you actually touch the thing? I even just did a comparison test with metal objects and it's the same shit as far as I can tell.

EDIT: I'm beginning to wonder if there's some kind of actual variation in the manufacture or something. To verify that I'm not crazy I went and looked around and found <a href=http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=8747>this</a> which includes a report basically the same as mine ("dunno where you heard it was all plastic but mine is a few pounds of metal" and Amazon.com's product description even lists it as having die-cast parts. But if you actually touched one and it was all plastic, I am now confuzzled and am wondering if some plastic and some metal ones came out or something. ?_?

And I actually never followed that contest. What was the line that won?

"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings"

Same as the G1 tech-spec quote.

Anyway, yeah I actually touched the Prime, via the "TRY ME" part of the box.

So.

Tits Soundwave is a giant pile of suck then.

The original shits all over this one. That shouldn't be.

Edit- Just checked the mail and my 20th Anniversary DVD has arrived. GIANT YAY BALLS

AHAHA. He really needs his diapers changed in that picture.

=(

Man, there's a dirth of good new TFs news lately. We need more material for the thread!

Maybe I'll get a camera of my own for my birthday and take a million pictures.

Get the DVD and we can gay it up about how awesome it us ok~

I want a camera too, but so expensive for a nice one :(

OK aside from the time I spent being horribly sick, the last 7 hours or so of my life have been dedicated to going through everything on the DVD set and it's pretty damn great. The quality of the restoration is quite incredible, and it probably looks better than it did on it's original printing. The sound has also had a nice uphaul. I'm not sure if it's been improved from the older DVD or not, but it's nicely done either way. It's all presented very nicely, with much nicer menu screens than you'd imagine judging from the screens I posted earlier in the thread, and the packaging itself is amazing. Interestingly, the lenticular cover isn't a part of the actual DVD case, but a completely seperate piece. I didn't really expect that and I have no idea what to do with it accordingly, but it's still damned cool. If you're buying the set retail and care about the lenticular cover, make sure you've got that version first, as some stores are carrying them with just the case itself for some reason. Anyway, obviously a lot of care was put into presenting the film as masterfully as possible and it's really nice that it's been given such great treatment.

As for the extras, the only disappointments for me were in the commentary with the director, writer, and Susan Blu (Arcee), as it's got a lot of lulls and you can tell they've forgotten a lot over the years. Nelson Shin's (director) comments are mostly in the attitude of "LOOK AT THAT LOL" rather than "we did this shot this way because..." sort of things, which I would've found a lot cooler. He only gave one such insight the whole film, and it took all the way through to hear it! His English isn't great and he's probably forgotten most of those kind of details anyway so it's understandable that there wasn't more of it. It was still a good commentary over all though, but the fan commentary is a lot more entertaining. The trivia commentary has similar lulls to the creator one but it's still got some really neat things on it. If you're not the type that digs commentaries, I guess I'll say skip the creator one but at least check out the other two eventually.

Aside from commentaries, there's plenty of other neat things to look at, such as the storyboards and promo footage, giving a look at some of the different things dreamed up for the film that never really made it. There's more storyboards online that show missing scenes than what are shown on the DVD, but what's shown is still quite rare and will be totally new to most people. One thing I found cool were some character models, mostly due to lists all around them citing which parts of the designs were responsible for what powers, most of which were never seen used. A lot of it's pretty amusing, such as random parts of Megatron's ass apparently being stored hand grenades. Then you have the insane toy commercials, the commentary only Scramble City (Japanese only offshoot between season 2-3), the ad campaign for the movie, and a few featurettes as well. There's really a lot to check out, and I'm really glad so much was put into it.

I doubt anyone else will go through all of it at once like I did, and I don't honestly suggest it as there's more than enough to spread out into multiple viewings, but I do definitely suggest looking at everything eventually. Don't just buy this to watch the film and ignore the extras. It's a great set and well worth the money.

That sounds awesome. I can't wait to get mine. I absolutely love commentary, so I'm going to be watching pretty much everything on it.

They totaly ripped soundwave off of....

Lols

http://movies.about.com/od/bobby/a/bobbysl111006.htm

^ New Shia LaBeouf interview, says he's signed on officially for 2 more TF films (surprise surprise)

Wal-Mart is also getting in on the Black Friday sales, with the Primus featuring bonus mini-cons marked down to 40 bucks. I believe Target is also having a sale but it's apparently just on Star Wars TFs so fuck dat shite.

When are you bastards getting the new DVD? If you have a Costco near by and a membership or a MOMMY witta membership the Costco version has a bonus disc attached to the package with the first three episodes of the cartoon. I don't mind not having that as I have the Rhino DVDs anyway, and will probably end up getting the upcoming ones as well if they really are that much better.

Wal-Mart is also getting in on the Black Friday sales, with the Primus featuring bonus mini-cons marked down to 40 bucks. I believe Target is also having a sale but it's apparently just on Star Wars TFs so fuck dat shite.

When are you bastards getting the new DVD? If you have a Costco near by and a membership or a MOMMY witta membership the Costco version has a bonus disc attached to the package with the first three episodes of the cartoon. I don't mind not having that as I have the Rhino DVDs anyway, and will probably end up getting the upcoming ones as well if they really are that much better.

Dude. My 20th anniversary Optimus set me back. I won't be buying toys for a while because of that expensive bastard. As for Costco - I already got my copy from Target so I don't get a bonus first 3 episodes disc. :(

The 3 episodes thing is no big deal really, and it's not even an official part of the DVD, just a tacked on thing, and you can probably find the same episodes online if you haven't seen them anyway.

Don't worry, I know this crap gets expensive. I've been actively collecting toys for most of my life, lolz. Cherish your sanity. I'm sensible with my money for the most part, but I have thrown quite a lot at the toy hobby, and to most people, it probably seems totally nuts.

I've collected toys for most of my adult life myself and I need to prioritize. I love the new TF toys, but I know a seller who's getting ready to make his original FFVIII GF figures with Ragnarok pieces available. My FF toy collection is insane and dworfs my 5 TF toys. That's why I'm passing on the japanese Starscream.

Just check elsewhere for a better price (online in that case) before you buy anything.

Sony is going to extend the DVD extras via the DVD Rom weblink on the 2nd disc. Why do they have extra stuff anyway, it seems they would've put it all on the initial release eh?

This is interesting, there's going to be a TF chess set -

Autobot side:

King - Optimus Prime
Queen - Rodimus (What? Elita 1 anybody?)
Knight - Grimlock
Bishop - Ultra Magnus
Rook - Jazz
Pawn - Bumblebee

Decepticon side:

King - Megatron
Queen - Galvatron
Knight - Starscream
Bishop - Soundwave
Rook - Shockwave
Pawn - Kickback

oh man, that is frickin' awesome. I want that chess set.

Link plz

I will have that. I may already have half a dozen chess sets, but a Transformers chess set trumps them all.

No chess set images yet, but there is an image of an early MP Megatron now:



That is, if it's even real. It may be fanbuilt, apparently. If it IS real, it's early and subject to change some. MP Starscream definitely changed a lot from the first photos onward.

If it's real, if they just get those legs thickened up it'll be cool by me.

Yeah, if those legs don't change it'll be a problem.

I think his arm cannon is too big as well. I really hope that is fan-made because I know they can do better.

THIS WAS ON PAGE 3 YOU NOOBS

Looks like the Megatron was real. Is it me or does the scope look a bit smaller in this one?

Too bad the U.S. version would have to be sold with that lame orange tip.

edit:

Lawls

haha.

I'm not too happy about that Megatron. =/

Cos legs?

Yeah. It seems so dumb that he's got those wimpy-ass legs when they obviously went to great pains to make sure that Optimus looked show-accurate in both vehicle and robot mode. Looks like pure laziness, imo. I realize legs are hard to make out of a gun's grip by splitting it in half, but for cryin' in out, he didn't have to transform that way!

That combined with the fact that they made the silly decision of making him a gun in the first place just makes the whole thing suck in my opinion. Even more wasted potential than the Ultra Magnus Titanium 6", and that's saying something. Classics Megs shits all over this one, which shouldn't be.

I <3 my G1 Megatron.

Anyway, I'm not as unhappy as you are obviously, but I agree the legs could be much better. I'm just holding out til I see the final product before I make any real judgment though.

Enough with the white Convoys/Primes as Magnus already :(

Quite. =/

Is that a statue?

Looks like the Megatron was real. Is it me or does the scope look a bit smaller in this one?

Megatron's legs look like they are too far apart.

The Magnus is a repaint of a Convoy in the Revoltech line which feature highly articulated figures.

That Megatron looks like it's been crotch kicked extreamly hard and dented.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=116000

Alt modes for a lot of the upcoming movie toys. The vehicles, save for the protoform toys of course, look fine, but there's no telling what horrors lie in their robot forms.

Haha. I shudder to imagine.

I finally got my Sideways. You were right on about Black Friday. There it was, the three-pack at fifteen smackers. I didn't really want either of the other ones so I really am just paying fifteen dollars for Sideways, but oh well. I'm just happy I didn't have to ebay for him. Heck, I might not even open the other two (they're still sealed) and sell them on ebay myself later.

While I was there, I picked up the Optimus & Megs classics two pack. I really detest that Optimus, but I love tank Megs to death. Didn't see Jetfire or Grimlock, so I'll have to come back for them.

As for the new DVD, I've only watched the movie without commentary so far. Hot Rod's brightness definitely pisses me off. I know he's supposed to be magenta, but this is such bright magenta it really looks almost completely pink most of the time. Not cool, imo. Other than that, I love what the restoration has done, and it definitely looks way better on the whole than Rhino's DVD. That dance scene on the junk planet was astonishing... I was so used to the shitty VHS rip.

I'm excited to check out the special features now.

Scorponok looks like it can glow in the dark.

I'm still curious to see how those TF look in robot form.

TK what were the other two figures? I'm sure I have them because I don't think the three packs had any current deluxes in them, which are the ones I'm missing.

Anyway, the DVD restoration is indeed great. As for Pink Hot Rod, it doesn't bother me, I relish it in all it's 80s Oh Shit Hasbro Is About To Go Fucking Nuts glory.

I haven't seen the Megs/Optimus 2 pack in person yet. Since you hate Optimus maybe you can customize him somehow.

I'm thinking the movie toys will be slightly better looking in design than the movie counterparts due to the need to be simpler. The whole "ahahaha I have 1 million sharp pieces of shit all over me" theme will probably be much less extreme.




Despite being based off of Pat Lee's puffybot look, I really like this thing. The Revoltech line is really cool in general, for instance:

The other two in the pack are Brimstone and Thunderblast. Neither one looks particularly interesting imo.

Those Revoltech things do look rather cool. It would be nice if Optimus didn't have the DW look though.


I haven't seen the Megs/Optimus 2 pack in person yet. Since you hate Optimus maybe you can customize him somehow.

Maybe. I can't for the life of me think what I'd do with him though. Maybe if I have something else I want to do he will provide parts.

It's funny, on message boards people are complaining about that Prime's DW look, but when the DW stuff was out, that was the only way most people accepted TFs looking. I was doing a lot of TF fan art back then and no one liked it because it didn't look "right" merely because it deviated from the puffybot style. "It's just not cool like DW" and such. Silly bandwagon jumpers.

Anyway, those two figures are definitely not the best. It's too bad you didn't get a Crosswise or something in there.

Haha. Maybe you should try now and everybody will like it!

MAYBE



Lollin

Okay, the commentary with the staff people is truly hilarious. Nelson Shin keeps interjecting with completely worthless comments ("Now, Unicron is attacking this planet! He eats it up! You can see him eating it here.") right when the other two people are trying to explain something actually worth hearing about the characters or the story or whatever. At the end he even interrupts Susan Blu's "sign off" message to deliver his own. I was guffawing like a maniac.

I told you Nelson Shin's comments were hilariously worthless :(

I think it's a) his difficulty with English and b) him not remembering anything about the movie so it was like him watching it for the first time.

Oh well, he is a pretty cool director though, even though it's a cheesy 80s action cartoon it's got some cool shots and sequences.

Yeah, I am sure the language barrier had a lot to do with it. He probably just couldn't put most of what he would have said into words. I just found it hilarious how he would interrupt the others to deliver his silly observations. To be honest I'm almost glad it wasn't a better commentary because it wouldn't have been nearly as funny to me.

Shin made one good comment, explaining the whole "haha here is Rodimus opening the matrix 20 times" sequence. I like those kind of "here is why we did this this way" explainations that from directors in commentaries, I wish he had been able to remember more things like that.

Anyway, I agree that one wasn't a great commentary, but it's still interesting to see into how much differently the fans and the people that worked on this amidst a million other things look back on it though, for sure.

Armada Unicron painted to look even more G1 accurate, pretty neat.

That is awesome indeed!

Man, I want that Unicron.

I used to buy Transformer toys from Pic 'n Save

AND I SAVED

Gun mode and accessories (including handheld gun that killed de Optimus)

Some report on it's specifications mention it's die-cast and that the transformation is different from the original to insure good proportions. How do they explain the spindly little legs then?

Yeah, "good proportions" my ass. About a third of the mass from his blaster should be removed and added to his legs. =/

If these nimrods had half a brain they would have set him up so that the handle of the gun splits in half with the front becoming one leg and the back another, rather than doing it sideways. Ugh. He looks so stupid, and he's gonna look even stupider in gun mode when you can see it compared to a hand and it's way too freakin' big.

What is the little... guy that he is holding in his hand?

Kremzeek, an insane character from one of the G1 episodes.

Hehe, I wonder if they are going to make him purple and green.

Yellow with blue polka dots

Here comes Scorponok! ()

lol ktulu just posted that on the last page you n00b

oops, wrong pic. Crap! I can't find the original link.

I'm such a giant nerd. This morning my very first thought was how much I can't stand that Optimus' death scene in TFTM didn't have Blaster and the Dinobots in it. We know they were there :( We also saw Hound and Sunstreaker (a mistake in itself) arrive with Prime, so where were they? They could have at least drawn them into the damn background. I understand only the new guys and Perceptor were there so as to say "KIDS KIDS LOOK AT THESE NEW COOL GUYS HAAHAHA AND HEY HERE'S THAT MICROSCOPE ONE YOU DIDN'T WANT TOO" but damn it :(

Ya, I wish Blaster didn't get totally left behind when they evacuate Autobot City 'cause it's getting attacked by Galvatron.

^ At least Blaster didn't disappear forever though, like Hound and Sunstreaker :(

Anyway, here's a look at the TF Collector's Club exclusive toys, Astrotrain and Airazor, repaints of Armada Jetfire and Energon Slugslinger with new heads. The prices are fucking nuts, over 80 for Astrotrain, and 40 for Airazor.

From tfw2005 - a look at Ratchet's robot mode from the coming movie



Still awfully generc imo, but it's better than some of the others.

lols ()

man why are all these tfs so UGLY?!!! i think they are making them TOO ALIEN!!!
this movie is gonna suck!! >:(

That masterpiece megatron looks pretty cool but his legs are too thin to be supporting that big Fusion cannon!! Kermzeek is wiht him too? cool!!

Yeah, these beings from another planet are far too alien looking.

I think the real problem is they are trying to make giant alien robots that turn into vehicles realistic.

Which is a very silly thing to do IMO.

They're just too generic to me. They look like they could be in any random sci-fi video game ever made. There's nothing iconic about the designs. I don't mind that they don't resemble the original characters, I didn't expect them to, but I did expect them at least be cool enough to live up to who they're supposed to be, which they fail at pretty badly. Skinny scrap heaps aren't too exciting to look at, not for me.

SEX!




how horribly disproportinate :(

WOPW that Unicron is awesome!! is that the masterpiece one or a new statue?!! where can i get it?!!

It's not part of the "masterpiece" series, though I guess it might as well be. It came out years ago with the Armada line, and the only place you can get one now is basically eBay. It's not a statue though, it's fully articulated and transforms and everything.

That one, though, is a fan customization with new paint. Check it out in the original colors <a href=http://www.bwtf.com/armada/toys/unicron/>here</a>.

oh that's the Armada Unicron. i now saw the wings nd noticed the feet that were recolorded. it's a really good custom repaint!! would like to see the planet mode too.

I like that whoever made it got rid of the clear hand. I never liked the "hahaha! one of his hands is going to glow" gimmick. It just looks goofy :o

u ppl buy me toy 4 x-mas

whatever you say Garamond ~~~

that is good to hear

I can barely afford to buy my own toys :(

http://www.jalopnik.com/photogallery/BayTransformers

Some new leaked images from the coming movie, and a clearer image of an earlier picture we got of Prime.

Ooooh. <a href=http://seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=8991>New pictures of movie toys.</a>

Looks like you were right Ktulu... these designs don't look nearly as "busy" as in the in-movie ones. Not surprising. But even so, they still wreak of the movie aesthetic, imo. Creepy bug heads and a certain amount of noncharacteristic spindlyness. No cool mecha look at all. =/

They're a little too simple really, kind of cheap looking, particularly Bumblebee. There's gonna be a lot of people upset probably that they're no where near as detailed as the movie models, those that actually like the movie designs anyway. These are for kids primarily though so I'm sure that audience will eat them up. Maybe the final products will look better somehow. Anyway, I guess Barricade is the best of the bunch, but as I looked at the other two, they reminded me a lot of something that might be find in the Beast Machines line, which is a horrible step back.



Someone's edit of Bumblebee's head. I don't like the regular one but the battle mode one, to me, is way better than what we really have. With sleeker heads alone, these designs would be so much better.

Yeah, I'd still be pissed about how skeletal they look, but it wouldn't be nearly as bad.

Why, why, oh why couldn't they just have used character designs that look like Transformers for this movie. =/

http://www.jalopnik.com/photogallery/BayTransformers

Some new leaked images from the coming movie, and a clearer image of an earlier picture we got of Prime.

I can't believe I'm actualy saying this, but Optimus is starting to grow on me. :erm:

Skorponok (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280057587612&ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr3_PcY_BID_Stores_IT&refitem=280057174722&itemcount=3&refwidgetloc=active_view_item&usedrule1=StoreCatToStoreCat&usedrule2=UpSell_LogicX&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget). UGLY.

also, news on new trailor later this month.
http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1277

error.

CGI render of Barricade.

What gets me is on tf website message boards, there are lots of people totally amazed by what we've seen the past two days and are praising it up and down. I don't get it, this shit is, like I said, Beast Machines caliber ugly.

There are a lot of weird people on TF sites who love Beast Machines though.

I don't get it at all.

It's all just personal taste, but it's weird to see people complain about certain things and love others. It'd suck to be on the TF design team for Hasbro or Takara, transfans are an insane, difficult to read bunch.

Edit - People aren't liking the Scorponok robot mode too much, though some are. Apparently it's not even in the movie though. I certainly hope not because it looks retarded.

Good news, if true: The Beast Wars writers may be writing the next TF cartoon.

That would be news that would melt my heart with pure joy. There is nothing else that could happen regarding Transformers that I would like more, in fact.

This is totally going to be my room one day

Haha. That is awesome. I would love to just walk along the walls and gaze at them all.

If that was Lego it would be cool. Actually, basically any sort of toy would look cool when displayed like that. BUT LEGO WOULD BE SUPREMELY COOL.

I suggest we form a team and break into that room and reap the rewards. ;)

If I had all those I would set up the largest battle scene outside somewhere with all my toys, then invite a whole bunch of people to play with them. But then I bet a bunch of my toys would go missing,so id put racking devices in all of them.

[QUOTE=Chrissss;706255]If I had all those I would set up the largest battle scene outside somewhere with all my toys, then invite a whole bunch of people to play with them.[QUOTE]

That happened to me when I was little, more or less. One day to get me out of the house my dad set up a tent outside and poored all of my action figures into it. A lot of kids from the neighborhood came around and started taking shit. Thieving bastards.

Kickback at tfw2005 found out some things about Heroes, somehow:

-Animation studio NOT Gonzo ... rather it's Answer and Mook. Whether they're associated with Gonzo, no idea.
- Not "anime"
- Only TF related writer that's even submitted details/info is a guy who did some story editting on Beast Machines (ie: NO BEAST WARS WRITERS)
- Character design ... guy from Teen Titans, Legion of Superheroes, Fosters...
- Director ... did work on Teen Titans, X-Men Evolution
- Cartoon Network is partner in the show, not just the airing network

Sounds interesting, depending on whether or not you like any of the shows mentioned. It's really too bad that the Beast Wars writers rumor is false though (however, couldn't all this possibly be wrong?) It not being another kid anime made by the same people as the last few shows is definitely good news though. I love anime, but not that style of it. Cartoon Network being more involved worries me, as they're very cancel happy, and if the show ends up being good and gets tanked out of nowhere I'll be really pissed.

Yeah I saw this but I don't really put stock in either version of the rumor at this point. I'd rather it was the first one though.

Kickback is pretty reliable so I value his info, though it could still indeed be false, or perhaps even a combination of both rumors. It's still pretty early.

I wonder if that David Kaye as Optimus thing was true?

Are you guys refering to the new Transformers Heros series coming on CN soon. It's gonna be kinda wierd seeing the TF's drawn in the style of Legion of Superheros though. I've been used to the highly detailed 3d anime style drawings of the Cybertron, Enerjon and Armada series.

Man it would be awesome if the Beast Wars guys will be writing out the series?
I wonder who will be the leaders? Will it be still Prime and Megatron or a new set of leaders like in the old Transformer V series?

The earlier rumors state that Optimus is in it, he's a firetruck, he's going to be a younger, less experienced version of himself than in past series, and he's going to be voiced by David Kaye, who voiced Megatron in the Beast Wars series.

How much of that is true is anyone's guess.

I'm thinking Hasbro will probably keep Optimus/Megatron in every TF series from now on, they're the poster boys, just like they're making sure G.I. Joe will always have Duke, Snake Eyes, and Cobra Commander. It's largely in part so that when they release the corresponding toys, kids will want them because they know the characters already. It's the same reason why the 90s X-Men, Spider-Man, and Batman toylines had millions of variations of Wolverine, Spidey, and Bats. Also, they want to make sure they never lose the trademarks to the names to other companies.

Oh, yeah. I pretty much take it for granted that Optimus and Megs will always be there. I mostly meant the other stuff.

i remember liking transformers i think i was mabie 2 or 3 after that it seemed like the worlds stupidest and gayest thing

You are the dumbest.

i remember liking transformers i think i was mabie 2 or 3 after that it seemed like the worlds stupidest and gayest thing

Says the guy who lies about his age on the internet for financial gain personal gain ... some reason.

I think he has some kind of complex about his age

I AM A BIG BOY TRANSFORMERS IS GAY

gj tk I rofl'd

I like how people are hating on the upcoming movie but for goofy reasons, such as "these aliens look too alien" complex and "THE DECEPTICONS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE CARS OSHIT I FORGOT ABOUT THE STUNTICONS" complex. If you're not hopeful just based on thinking the designs suck though, a lot of people are saying you're some hardcore G-Wunner not open minded enough. God fanboys are so silly eh :(

Honestly, even though I'm sure the movie is going to stink because of Michael Bay, I'm probably going to see it anyway unless I see reports of massive sucking all around. The fact is, there aren't a lot of giant robot movies out there and this one gets some points just for novelty value, even if it doesn't live up to the franchise name.

It does have some fairly key elements of the basic story still, so I'm not making my mind up that it's absolutely going to suck (in terms of being Transformers only in name) just yet, I'll wait to see it as well. I'm not hopeful, but I'm not going to be an ass about it either.

jizz

Want. That. Now.

holy mother of god.....

Want. That. Now.

It is in stores right now. You can have it.

Yes, this news is a couple days old, but no one has commented on it yet, so I'm posting about it.

For anyone who doesn't know, Peter Cullen was the original voice of Optimus way back in the Generation 1 era. He will be returning to the role in the new movie due out next summer. This has actually sparked a minute bit of hope in me that the movie may not suck completely. I realize that hope will likely be crushed though.



u think thats becouse no one cares

sain you don't really understand how forums work do you

HOGAN LURKS THE TF THREAD GUYS

u think thats becouse no one cares

Way to quote the first post.

If no-one cared this thread would not be 30 pages long.

You don't need to crap up this thread just because you are a faggot that doesn't like giant transforming robots.

Maybe he has split personality disorder

this would account for his erratic behavior and multiple ages

Tit Rodimus size comparison with Classics toys

He fits in fairly well I think.

HOGAN LURKS THE TF THREAD GUYS
This is true. Which is wierd because I am pretty indifferent towards Transformers in general.

Tit Rodimus size comparison with Classics toys

He fits in fairly well I think.

AWESOME. I was hoping he'd be a bit taller than classics Hot Rod. Looks fantastic.

Is this out? Where'd the picture come from?

I believe the picture originated from a Hong Kong forum. It's out there and some US eBay sellers have it in stock so expect it in stores soon.

Moving on in Tit land:



Lawl, if you don't look directly at him he almost looks cool with the others, but the crotch still just totally ruins it. This photo was edited to show the legs slid further down to fix a potential mistransformation. Still looks goofy though :(

I want someone to figure out some way to kitbash that soundwave so it doesn't have diapers anymore, but I really can't fathom how it would be done.

It seems like Titaniums keep having figure designs that WOULD kick ass if not for one horrible flaw. It's just like WW Megatron's pathetically tiny arm, and Ultra Magnus's stupid hunchback look. Why can't the people designing these things just look at them and make the necessary minor adjustments? Man. Figures that would be awesome if not for one easily fixable flaw make me so much angrier than figures that just all-around suck.

There's some really talented kitbashers out there. Don't worry, someone is going to devise some crazy fix for him, without a doubt.

I share your frustration with the Tit figures. For Soundwave, the big crotch thing wouldn't be half as bad if not for the trapezoid shaped bit underneath. Why is that part necessary? I doubt it was absolutely essential for the toy to transform you know?

I got my Classics Mirage in the mail today. He's a lot cooler in person. Skinny waist aside, it's a really solid toy. The vehicle mode is really sleek, and the articulation is great. If you can find one for 7.99, I believe Target has them that cheap, I suggest picking it up.

I want someone to figure out some way to kitbash that soundwave so it doesn't have diapers anymore, but I really can't fathom how it would be done.



Cut along the purple line, and make it so his lower crotch opens out like saloon doors.

The blue shows where they will open out to.

HIP GUARDS?

I don't know ideally the diaper would fold out and be similar to classics starscream's hip guard.