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News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:08 am

Starscreams bad comedy wrote:Garbage line is garbage.

I really hope this line fails horribly. Maybe then they can stop with the jagged cracked out looking designs.:

First movie line did well enough to quadruple Hasbro's profits, so someone must like it...oh yeah! Kids like it! I completely forgot!

News Credits: 12 · by **nemesis-prime** » Wed May 06, 2009 5:17 am

NO!! when you click the links it says product not found. How do you go to loding zone toys any way?

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Wed May 06, 2009 7:55 am

I was very impressed with the twins, Dead End and Swerve and very much look forward to purchasing them. Everything else interested me to a certain degree as well.

I'm buying both versions of the new twins. I find them oddly interesting and amusing, really impressed with these guys.

I also love Dead End's head... I think it will even blend with my non-movie figures.

News Credits: 1 · by **Mechabreaker** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:00 am

Well I am all for the new toys, I always have loved the intricacy of the movie designs, so these are right up my alley.

As for Wal-Mart getting rid of the new product images, well, it sounds like Hasbro got wind of this.

News Credits: 12 · by **nemesis-prime** » Wed May 06, 2009 12:11 pm

Mechabreaker wrote:Well I am all for the new toys, I always have loved the intricacy of the movie designs, so these are right up my alley.

As for Wal-Mart getting rid of the new product images, well, it sounds like Hasbro got wind of this.

yea my guess too only thoe 5 toys evryone is preselling were aloud

by **TheFallenKing** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:23 pm

wow i like this figures alot more than i thought. to bad im only getting the ones in the movie. dead end and swerve look nice. to every one who dosent like these, maybe they are not made you? you every think of that. hasbro wants money, kids might beg their parents for these and hasbro might make more money off them.

plus we all know g1 was great but g1 was g1, let it be g1, this is something new its not g1. LET IT GO. :-x

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:27 pm

TheFallenKing wrote:wow i like this figures alot more than i thought. to bad im only getting the ones in the movie. dead end and swerve look nice. to every one who dosent like these, maybe they are not made you? you every think of that. hasbro wants money, kids might beg their parents for these and hasbro might make more money off them.

plus we all know g1 was great but g1 was g1, let it be g1, this is something new its not g1. LET IT GO.

Hmm. It's like you came into a sparkly clean room, saw a fan and thought; "I just have to throw a turd at that!".

by **Dinobot Prime** » Wed May 06, 2009 2:47 pm

Tekka wrote:
TheFallenKing wrote:wow i like this figures alot more than i thought. to bad im only getting the ones in the movie. dead end and swerve look nice. to every one who dosent like these, maybe they are not made you? you every think of that. hasbro wants money, kids might beg their parents for these and hasbro might make more money off them.

plus we all know g1 was great but g1 was g1, let it be g1, this is something new its not g1. LET IT GO.

Hmm. It's like you came into a sparkly clean room, saw a fan and thought; "I just have to throw a turd at that!".

Well done sir, well done indeed. :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 3 · by **muswp1** » Wed May 06, 2009 2:48 pm

Ok, why is it that they can make a decent motorcycle figure for Animated (Samurai Prowl), but they fail twice now in making a motorcycle for the movie??

News Credits: 12 · by **nemesis-prime** » Wed May 06, 2009 3:22 pm

muswp1 wrote:Ok, why is it that they can make a decent motorcycle figure for Animated (Samurai Prowl), but they fail twice now in making a motorcycle for the movie??

They let Bay give too much imput

News Credits: 1 · by **Agent 007** » Wed May 06, 2009 3:51 pm

ugh so much negativity! I like most of these new molds except for the biker chicks unless the combined mode is awsome I'll pass on them jolt actually looks pretty cool but I hope his legs are mistransformed. Jetfire looks really sweet too I hope he has cranky old man phrases! it's also nice that at least this time around the repaints actually have new head sculpts.

News Credits: 8 · by **LiKwid** » Wed May 06, 2009 5:45 pm

None of the links work for me

The image of the twins is a must have for me.. I'll probably get both versions of them... Dead end does look awesome..another must buy..

News Credits: 2 · by **Cryo Prime** » Wed May 06, 2009 8:39 pm

I could see Arcee working if you transformed her differently. im thinking twist the spine and bring the chest to the hip and then split the wheels and its almost a normal bot :-?

by **Warbreaker** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:42 pm

First-Aid wrote:OKay I know I'm going to be villified for saying this but I have to:

I'm really enjoying this line. As robots, the TF's are able to do things that normal humanoids can't normally do. Arcee looks like she is able to rotate 360 degrees at the waist, allowing for different firing angles while maintaining forward movement. The wheels for their feet is also a logical extension. Humanoids can only move as fast as their legs can pump back and forth; with wheels as feet, they can dramatically increase their speed and agility. The perfect example there are roller skates/blades and ice skates. With a minimum of action you can move with more speed and agility than normally. Hasrbo, Bay, and ILM are finally starting to incorporate the true capabiilities of robotic life forms into the Transformers, creating extremely unique and different robots- much different than we've ever seen before. And it's getting the typical human response- "different is EVIL!!" Maybe it took an outsider like Bay to come up with these ideas...who knows. I think kids are going to enjoy the figs- which is really all that matters as they still provide for 95% of sales.

As for the individual figs, Arcee could have been done better. I don't really like her colors. Do we have any word on the name for the third bike yet? Jolt looks awesome, though i think the legs are mistransformed. Repaints already? Greeeaaattt. Blaze Master looks awesome and the twins look fantastic. One thing on those two: is each figure deluxe sized, meaning the vehicle mode is more Voyager sized? Or do they come in a two-pack of scout-sized figs that make a deluxe sized vehicle? All in all, I love this line

So do I! You're now my hero, need an extra hand in barricading/fireproofing your house from the angry mob?

Couldn't agree more on the "practicality over appearance" theory. Point being, is it a golden, unbreakable rule where all transformers in all continuities MUST have a 1-to-7 head-to-body size ratio, 2 arms, 2 legs, 2 optics, 8 fingers with 2 thumbs (where exceptions apply to either have a part missing or look like robotic versions of Earth animals)? If that were the case the live movie might as well just be a rehash of G1, Megatron is a gun, Soundwave is a tape deck, mass shifting flies across the screen 24/7, the Constructicons have their G1-accurate but highly unrealistic purple and green colour scheme, etc. etc. etc.

As it's been said, the greatest fear is a fear of the unknown, the different. Because Transformers have been heavily associated with humanesque or animal statures for over 2 decades since the G1 series until now we all have come to stereotype their appearances as mostly human. So yeah, Mr. Bay comes along, throws in alot of wacky designs that break the mold and out comes the knee-jerk "DIFFERENT IS EVIL" mentality. Give it a little breathing space, watch some of the online reviews (and see the mostly positive outlook on the toys by Sean Long and Peaugh), borrow a figure and fiddle with it, then proclaim your conclusion of "THIS LINE IS FAIL" (if you can by that point).

That said, it's a good thing that movie deluxes are cheaper than the animated counterparts, there's so many nice things coming out in this line

by **prowl123** » Sun May 10, 2009 9:04 am

The only ones of the above that I might get are Blaze Mster and Swerve

. Arcee had better be mistransformed lol :cry:

!!!!!!!!!!!

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:07 pm

Looks like the listings have been taken down.

News Credits: 103 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:20 pm

UltraPrimal wrote:Looks like the listings have been taken down.

Yup, linkee no workee any more.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Tue May 12, 2009 6:20 pm

Any one have the pics for Interrogator Barricade?

by **Aluus** » Tue May 12, 2009 8:09 pm

who's the blue autobot and what's his alt mode? chevy volt?

by **NewFoundStarscreamLuv** » Wed May 13, 2009 11:05 pm

Warbreaker wrote:Couldn't agree more on the "practicality over appearance" theory. Point being, is it a golden, unbreakable rule where all transformers in all continuities MUST have a 1-to-7 head-to-body size ratio, 2 arms, 2 legs, 2 optics, 8 fingers with 2 thumbs ...

I kinda like it when my transformers all kinda look alike after transformation. Goes with the whole "same race"/"kinda human" thing. It also shows they put some planning into the toy. Its not too hard to make a vehicle transform into something else. just my .02

on a differnt note, I actually really like the ice cream truck figures, they're one of the few from ROTF that the robot form looks kinda cool/playful/like a real robot. Anyone up for an A-team repaint/mod...?

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Wed May 13, 2009 11:31 pm

Aluus wrote:who's the blue autobot and what's his alt mode? chevy volt?

The Blue Volt's name is Jolt. He is one of the three Autobot brothers..

News Credits: 439 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:39 am

Blurrz wrote:
Aluus wrote:who's the blue autobot and what's his alt mode? chevy volt?

The Blue Volt's name is Jolt. He is one of the three Autobot brothers..

Say what? Who said he was someone's bro? And who are the other two? Skids and Mudflap are Twins, but there's nothing about them having a third brother.

News Credits: 4 · by **starscreamprime1010** » Thu May 14, 2009 1:34 pm

I am so going to buy the icecream twins... just because I love ice cream! But, the only I don't get is if the ice cream twins are Mudflap and Skids! Could someone clerify?

News Credits: 439 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu May 14, 2009 2:05 pm

starscreamprime1010 wrote:I am so going to buy the icecream twins... just because I love ice cream! But, the only I don't get is if the ice cream twins are Mudflap and Skids! Could someone clerify?

Yes, they are. TRhey start off as a single ice cream truck, and them get their new forms as the Trax and Beat.

by **Cobalt Prime** » Thu May 14, 2009 6:21 pm

Starscreams bad comedy wrote:Garbage line is garbage.

I really hope this line fails horribly.

With all due respect, Sbc, that is exactly what we DON"T want to happen. If this were to happen, Hasbro wouldn't say "Wow, we better improve our designs so the fans will buy them again", but would be more likely to say "Wow, sales of the Transformers franchise are at an all time low, we'd better put it away for a few years until an opportunity comes to refresh the line." #-o

Do you remember the nightmare that was the 90's? The decade where we had NO vehicular TFs until Beast Machines (bad example, but it was a big deal at the time!)? It was no fun having to buy crappy off-brand transforming robots from the dollar stores and sticking home made faction decals on them for lack of new TF product that wasn't animal-based.
Even if you don't buy these figures, which is certainly your preference and right, we WANT this line and any other TF line to SUCCEED so that the franchise continues. We are very lucky that it has lasted as long as it has since its revival with RID, and I think that a lot of people here take that for granted.
Now, I will get off my soapbox. :lol:

I am stoked for this line. Many of the designs like the twins and Arcee are off the beaten path, but it just marks another chapter in the evolution of the toy line we all love. Seeing these pics, the 30th can't come too soon for me. =P~