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[william-james88]

That design is certainly a choice for this new Cheetor.

Though, I definitely wouldn't call it Beast Machines-inspired, not in shape or color:

Maybe not colour, but transformation, yes. Of all the cheetor toys of old, this new one follows the beast machines one more than the others where the the cheetah stands up and replaces its head. And I see similarities in the shape for sure, with the shoulders and the parts where the cheetah spots are placed on the robot mode. even in alt ode I see the similarity, with the sleek cheetah type body retaining an organic colour scheme but with techonological components too. Cheetor's Transmetal designs were far removed from the organic cheetah design, either being fully robotic or becoming less cheetah like. When it comes to toys, Beast machines was the only time where we finally saw him with cheetah spots in alt mode along with mechanical components.

[Autobot_Benz]

I get Transmetal 2 Cheetor vibes from this figure. I wish he had his gun. But those Spears are kind of cool

[Rodimus Prime]

That face makes it seem like he will be older in personality. I could see this working better in a white tiger deco and be called Tigatron.

[o.supreme]

So... Cheetor being #98 fills in one gap. Scourge (Leader Class) will likely be #101

[william-james88]

So... Cheetor being #98 fills in one gap. Scourge (Leader Class) will likely be #101

Any number missing for you still?

[william-james88]

I'm really not feeling the beast toys, specially the Studio Series ones. The ROTB ones at least seem to have more interesting transformations. What little I've seen in the trailer hasn't really won me over either, honestly. I hope the movie comes out and I get to eat my words and really enjoy the Maximal's look onscreen, but I'm not very optimistic at this point. A shame, Beastformers are usually my favourite type of transformers, but these are just not hitting it for me.

I think being a pessimist is the best way to go into a film like this, we can only be pleasantly surprised or vindicated, and never disappointed. The beasts will be drab, in both modes, as we saw with primal in the trailer at the end. They are meant for a more earthy, older, rustic look. So tan and monochrome is the name of the game here. All four will be a variation of rusty brown in bot mode, kinda like how all the dinobots in AOE all went for a similar look and were not colour coded (unlike the fruit loops coloured toys).

I'm excited on a toy front though as I love beast formers and we will get 2 new toys for each beast character, making it another cool rendition of the characters in my collection. And it will be fun to see the shelves filled with these beast wars characters.

[william-james88]

I just noticed that SS Cheetor's bot mode chest is supposed to be the cheetah head flattened.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I just noticed that SS Cheetor's bot mode chest is supposed to be the cheetah head flattened.

I'm not really seeing that one

[blackeyedprime]

When people say its like beastmachines Cheetor and I'm like...

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but with out the color

[Rodimus Prime]

So... Cheetor being #98 fills in one gap. Scourge (Leader Class) will likely be #101

Any number missing for you still?

I think he said 97.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

So... Cheetor being #98 fills in one gap. Scourge (Leader Class) will likely be #101

Any number missing for you still?

I think he said 97.

97 is Airazor

[Rodimus Prime]

So... Cheetor being #98 fills in one gap. Scourge (Leader Class) will likely be #101

Any number missing for you still?

I think he said 97.

97 is Airazor

Then it's gotta be 94. That's the only one left unidentified IIRC.

[Rtron]

I'm really not feeling the beast toys, specially the Studio Series ones. The ROTB ones at least seem to have more interesting transformations. What little I've seen in the trailer hasn't really won me over either, honestly. I hope the movie comes out and I get to eat my words and really enjoy the Maximal's look onscreen, but I'm not very optimistic at this point. A shame, Beastformers are usually my favourite type of transformers, but these are just not hitting it for me.

I think being a pessimist is the best way to go into a film like this, we can only be pleasantly surprised or vindicated, and never disappointed. The beasts will be drab, in both modes, as we saw with primal in the trailer at the end. They are meant for a more earthy, older, rustic look. So tan and monochrome is the name of the game here. All four will be a variation of rusty brown in bot mode, kinda like how all the dinobots in AOE all went for a similar look and were not colour coded (unlike the fruit loops coloured toys).

I'm excited on a toy front though as I love beast formers and we will get 2 new toys for each beast character, making it another cool rendition of the characters in my collection. And it will be fun to see the shelves filled with these beast wars characters.

Yeah, the biggest thing for me is the lack of interesting silhouettes and transformations, and the silhouette thing seems to have affected the vehicular cast too.

I am glad that beastformers will be introduced to a new generation, as they were my entry point to transformers and one of my favourite bits of the concept. It's also nice that there'll be two slightly different versions, so they'll cater to different tastes. But for me, personally, these just don't hit the mark. The designs feel too safe and too bland in my eyes.

[william-james88]

I just noticed that SS Cheetor's bot mode chest is supposed to be the cheetah head flattened.

I'm not really seeing that one

there is a big gap in between the cheetah head in the film, so if you flatten it, you end up with the design on the chest, with the eyes being those nipple slits.



It's what it looks like in the film, but less obvious





Also, if people find this design drab, well, wait till they get a load of primal

[TulioDude]

Looking cool!
That's a nice design for Cheetor!

1120 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

[FordianL]

I feel like this design has more of a reformatted Tigatron feel over Cheetor. If (and when) I get the beast figures from SS and ROTB, I think I’ll just be repurposing them as characters on post-Reformatting Cybertron. That’ll add some flair to the shelf!

[Cyber Bishop]

Not feeling the ROTB line. Looks like I'll be saving some money!

[Rodimus Prime]

Not feeling the ROTB line. Looks like I'll be saving some money!

Yeah, practically nothing about this movie looks good. I had hopes for the beasts and Scourge, but I'll get him if I find him on sale only.

[Razorbeast88]

Wondering if I wanna headcanon this guy as Beast machines Cheetor or alpha trizer or something

[RodimusPrimeUkraine1]

That design is certainly a choice for this new Cheetor.

Though, I definitely wouldn't call it Beast Machines-inspired, not in shape or color:

Maybe not colour, but transformation, yes. Of all the cheetor toys of old, this new one follows the beast machines one more than the others where the the cheetah stands up and replaces its head. And I see similarities in the shape for sure, with the shoulders and the parts where the cheetah spots are placed on the robot mode. even in alt ode I see the similarity, with the sleek cheetah type body retaining an organic colour scheme but with techonological components too. Cheetor's Transmetal designs were far removed from the organic cheetah design, either being fully robotic or becoming less cheetah like. When it comes to toys, Beast machines was the only time where we finally saw him with cheetah spots in alt mode along with mechanical components.

The beast machines transformation is too lazy. Pretty must just standing up. Beast wars at least has a little variety.

Cyber Bishop wrote:
Not feeling the ROTB line. Looks like I'll be saving some money!
Yeah, practically nothing about this movie looks good. I had hopes for the beasts and Scourge, but I'll get him if I find him on sale only.

I like the "pre designs". The Airazor looked especially great, but the studio series version transforms into something resembling a vulture. And why the green highlights.
Also that head sculpt (I though the alternate mainline head sculpt actually looks good)

At the end of the day, the best we'll get is some more tooling for the trans metals

[RodimusPrimeUkraine1]

For those of you who like the transformation, look what I just noticed

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[Bumblevivisector]

IDR exactly what the term "chewed caramels" was originally targeted at, but that's what this beast mode brings to mind. I get that the beasts are supposed to be drab, even rusty, but casting him in that particular shade of plastic just conjures up bad memories from the '90s of multiple Batman toys that just screamed out: "WHY?"

And sculpting a ton of details that don't end up getting the paint wash they deserve is a proud Beast Wars tradition, so this Cheetor does honor his roots. But there's so much awesome here that just doesn't register at a glance...maybe Hasbro has some kind of stake in dry-erase markers, and they're counting on boosting sales by inspiring more collectors than ever to try their hand at making this sculpt pop?

[PhelesDragon]

I think we're gonna find that someone screwed up and this wasn't supposed to be the SS Airazor. This looks more like the Kingdom release retool, similar to what Cheetor has going on right now, with a more accurate Studio Series release. No way the image below isn't meant to be the actual SS Airazor.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Wondering if I wanna headcanon this guy as Beast machines Cheetor or alpha trizer or something

I saw someone else say Alpha Trizer, and to be fair that is not too bad an option.

[RodimusPrimeUkraine1]

I think we're gonna find that someone screwed up and this wasn't supposed to be the SS Airazor. This looks more like the Kingdom release retool, similar to what Cheetor has going on right now, with a more accurate Studio Series release. No way the image below isn't meant to be the actual SS Airazor.

The image below looks more simple. It is the ROTB Mainline Airazor, while the other is the studio series "accurate" Airazor. Though the one you have posted an image of definitely looks better than the final design, it sadly isn't the final design.