New Roll Call Video Shows Arcee, Soundwave and Wheeljack in Transformers Earthspark

I really am a huge TF whore. All I needed was less than a second of arcee and soundwave and I already wanted to have a toy of those designs in my hands.

Designs that are...new and interesting?

Love the Soundwave and Arcee designs, especially with Arcee's car being an old-car style that's a treat to see!

Soundwave gives TFP vibes in his design.

Soundwave being that thin and flat in stealth bomber mode might make a toy challenging to engineer without it being very breakage prone, but I wanna' see 'em try!

And Megs harkening back to his Animated alt did my heart good.

Arcee's vehicle mode screams toy-design to me, with its solid blockiness. Her original alt was effectively a futuristic pink Cadillac convertible, so it's about time we had a toy of her that turned into a 20th century one, as close as Has/Tak can approximate legally.

william-james88 wrote:I really am a huge TF whore. All I needed was less than a second of arcee and soundwave and I already wanted to have a toy of those designs in my hands.

This, except throw in Skullcruncher and Megatron. helicopter Megatron is my bad boy

I am 100% on board with Arcee being an old-style car. My mom had a car like that when she was a kid except it was a light blue colour.

Deadput wrote:Designs that are...new and interesting?

I know, right?! What is this madness?!

The designs here look very good. The toys that have so far been revealed look rather promising, so I'm betting the toys of the rest of the cast will be just as interesting too.

Did anyone else notice what appeared to be a seeker or some kind of Jet getting hit by prime? It's the 1st 2 seconds.

Soundwave superior, Autobots inferior

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I am 100% on board with Arcee being an old-style car. My mom had a car like that when she was a kid except it was a light blue colour.

Oh GOD, that Arcee!

I must prepare myself for that giant-ass backpack though.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I am 100% on board with Arcee being an old-style car. My mom had a car like that when she was a kid except it was a light blue colour.

Oh GOD, that Arcee!

I must prepare myself for that giant-ass backpack though.

Such is the life of some Arcees, huh? We'll probably get Cyberverse Arcee levels of shellforming, seeing that Elita's toy was quite kibbly.

SpaceEagle wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I am 100% on board with Arcee being an old-style car. My mom had a car like that when she was a kid except it was a light blue colour.

Oh GOD, that Arcee!

I must prepare myself for that giant-ass backpack though.

Such is the life of some Arcees, huh? We'll probably get Cyberverse Arcee levels of shellforming, seeing that Elita's toy was quite kibbly.

If it gives us that alt mode, I am ok with that.

But just to temper expectations, Hasbro was quite clear when they said that as far as toys with traditional transformations (ie. what fans would expect in a generations TF line) only deluxes are planned. So, while that can make for some really nice deluxes, like what we saw with Twitch, it will also result in small faction leaders like the Megatron we also saw. And I gotta say, that deluxe does not do this Megs design justice. It needs a voyager class or even leader class to give us that wonderful presence he has, along with his giant cannon, his beefy alt mode which should move its rotors (they are static on the deluxe toy) and extra steps/complexity to further hide his arms and not rely on a fake chest.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I really am a huge TF whore. All I needed was less than a second of arcee and soundwave and I already wanted to have a toy of those designs in my hands.

This, except throw in Skullcruncher and Megatron. helicopter Megatron is my bad boy

You'll see above why I need more than the Megs we are getting from this line. As for Skullcruncher, while his design is cool, it is closer to his standard look than many of the other designs. We see that with Wheeljack too. So since I already have the TR deluxe and Cyberverse ultra, I don't feel that huge need for another similar skullcruncher. Don,t get me wrong, I will still 100% get a new Skullcruncher toy if it's good and looks good, it's just not as high on my list of demands when seeing these designs.

Honestly the only thing I don't like are the faces. It feels like they're trying to get the same look as the G1 characters where there was little detail in a very human face with just a few lines and blocky noses to show that they were robots, and it doesn't really work in 3d.

Soundwave looks amazing. But he usually does.

That Arcee though! That design is astonishing! Love it!

~ Grim

please, Lords of Light, (and Hasbro) make sure that the figures are TFP quality or better. Please! I beg of you!

Okay, those are new ideas. Frankly, I'm stunned. Love the Soundwave with a little TF:Cybertron homage, but (stealth fighter) but that is going to be a pain to try and replicate.

I've been hoping for ALL new stuff (characters, etc) with new bots and alt modes. I can live with this as a halfway point.

Bumblevivisector wrote:Soundwave being that thin and flat in stealth bomber mode might make a toy challenging to engineer without it being very breakage prone, but I wanna' see 'em try!

If they could pull it off with his Prime incarnation, I think they can do it here.

A breakdown of the "Roll Call" video (plus the full video is included if you don't fancy using Facebook video) is below:

- https://youtu.be/1HpXTr81ocQ

Soundwave, Arcee, and Elita-1 are the real standouts to me, especially Arcee and Elita-1 getting more rugged vehicle forms than in WFC.

All the designs look really impressive. I hope for context as for why Soundwave sounds like a brute. Maybe it is a line that belongs to someone else in the scene?

I still don't understand the fetish for giving them "faces" underneath face plates. It makes the existence of the faceplate itself redundant. Will Wheeljack and Soundwave have gross mouths too?

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I still don't understand the fetish for giving them "faces" underneath face plates. It makes the existence of the faceplate itself redundant.

First off, it humanizes them for the kids. I know, I know...."we didn't need them back in the day". But you have to remember, the kids of today have not had the social interactions we did when G1 came out. Studies have proven that today younger generation does not have the capacity to read body language, voice inflection (thank you, inventor of the text message...), and expression at the level of Gen X and prior because they simply haven't had the exposures. This is worse for those who were essentially in their formative years during Covid and are now struggling to catch up with their learning. The younger generation's interactions have all been digital. Facebook, Instagram, etc. This is why Millenials and younger generations are having such an issue in the workplace relating to older people. They don't understand body language and associated nuances because they've spent the majority of their lives with their faces in their phones or so focused on themselves (thank you, inventor of the "selfie"...) that interaction has not been a priority.

Putting faces on bots allows the toons to subliminally teach expressions, interactions, and body language to the younger generation- something that Gen X and the previous generations learned by actually going outside and interacting face to face. That may not have been the intent, but it's logical based on the most recent psychological research.

It may not be that complicated, but that's my guess.

That's all well and good. Although I am sceptical that Nickelodeon/Hasbro look all that deeply into psychology studies. But then surely it seems at odds with the fact that this "rule" doesn't apply to everyone with a faceplate. Grimlock, Wheeljack, most Soundwaves etc

Pretty grim reading for this generation of kids to be considered that deficit to their predecessors.

Cannot get enough of these designs. I love them. I agree the faces are a bit off, but overall they are a lot of fun. So happy to have creativity in this

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:That's all well and good. Although I am sceptical that Nickelodeon/Hasbro look all that deeply into psychology studies.

Hasbro surely looks into psychological studies for kids when it comes to toy development.

william-james88 wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:That's all well and good. Although I am sceptical that Nickelodeon/Hasbro look all that deeply into psychology studies.

Hasbro surely looks into psychological studies for kids when it comes to toy development.

Hence why, beginning with Robots in Disguise 2015, they switched from making primarily "normal"/"traditional" Transformers toys with full articulation and size classes, to primarily simplistic and gimmicky Transformers toys in the TV series toylines.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:That's all well and good. Although I am sceptical that Nickelodeon/Hasbro look all that deeply into psychology studies.

Hasbro surely looks into psychological studies for kids when it comes to toy development.

Hence why, beginning with Robots in Disguise 2015, they switched from making primarily "normal"/"traditional" Transformers toys with full articulation and size classes, to primarily simplistic and gimmicky Transformers toys in the TV series toylines.

It's very interesting to see how psychology has been used in the past. Going back and looking at the credits of shows like Silverhawks, Thundercats, and TF among others, there are psychological consultants for all of them. This may be one of those hidden things that we don't know goes on in the background a lot.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:That's all well and good. Although I am sceptical that Nickelodeon/Hasbro look all that deeply into psychology studies.

Hasbro surely looks into psychological studies for kids when it comes to toy development.

Hence why, beginning with Robots in Disguise 2015, they switched from making primarily "normal"/"traditional" Transformers toys with full articulation and size classes, to primarily simplistic and gimmicky Transformers toys in the TV series toylines.

To be fair, they were simply giving children of today toys with the same complexity that were given to kids on the 80s.

According to the brief description on the new toys on hasbropulse.com, Megatron is described as the redeemed leader of the Decepticons.

Post war Megatron, confirmed

Black Bumblebee wrote:According to the brief description on the new toys on hasbropulse.com, Megatron is described as the redeemed leader of the Decepticons.

Post war Megatron, confirmed

Well. Thats different.

First-Aid wrote:

Black Bumblebee wrote:According to the brief description on the new toys on hasbropulse.com, Megatron is described as the redeemed leader of the Decepticons.

Post war Megatron, confirmed

Well. Thats different.

He reformed after the war in IDW1, gave up being evil at the end of the epilogue of Prime, and agreed to a peaceful ceasefire in Cyberverse season 3.

Talking about spoilers the synospis of each episodes has leaked.I will only ask some futuristic questions:

Is Mo the writer's incarnation?Be vigilant if she doesn't act like a true child,100% of the time at least.

Is PerfectVision highly perspicace or it is higly prédictable?"you see the ennemies coming,every strangers are even if they try to hide it".

New trailer from Nickelodeon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nickelodeon/status/1579147748536111105

Dot actually called him "Megs". Awesome.

After watching the new trailer, I think this show might be good. I think it is interesting how Megatron is being portrayed in this series.

Interesting. not sure how I feel about the overly silly stuff but I'll be kids will love it, and THAT is what matters. Get the kids hooked on Transformers and the rest will fall in to place for our favorite hobby.

It looks like, despite Megatron having seemingly reformed, he still has no qualms with beating up his old Decepticon comrades, and even relishes the chance to be so violent with them.

Auto-Megs was a terribly conceived and implemented concept in IDW. I'm not entirely convinced it will work onscreen either. Not looking forward to that.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Auto-Megs was a terribly conceived and implemented concept in IDW. I'm not entirely convinced it will work onscreen either. Not looking forward to that.

If they can play out the inner conflict of being a Decepticon for millions of years and finally making the decision to stop conquering well, I'll be happy. This could ALMOST be a sequel to Prime where Megatron changed and left the 'Cons after Unicron subjugated him...

First-Aid wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Auto-Megs was a terribly conceived and implemented concept in IDW. I'm not entirely convinced it will work onscreen either. Not looking forward to that.

If they can play out the inner conflict of being a Decepticon for millions of years and finally making the decision to stop conquering well, I'll be happy. This could ALMOST be a sequel to Prime where Megatron changed and left the 'Cons after Unicron subjugated him...

Prime did it well. I'm dreading that they will draw from the IDW version. Which cut corners to push the story forward. That was completely at odds with all prior in-universe characterisation.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Auto-Megs was a terribly conceived and implemented concept in IDW. I'm not entirely convinced it will work onscreen either. Not looking forward to that.

Megs is not an Autobot on this show.

william-james88 wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Auto-Megs was a terribly conceived and implemented concept in IDW. I'm not entirely convinced it will work onscreen either. Not looking forward to that.

Megs is not an Autobot on this show.

He may be affiliated with them in some way though, judging by the responses of the characters.

Yes!He's charitable now!
I thought about him as a contrarian like Sentinel but there's a worse possibility:to be inconsequent,swappable with a strong autobot,a bit of particular backstory but that's all.

Édit:he sounds very heroic for a anti charitable leader,the explanation would be that he has never been that crual not as much as some previous incarnations,wrong references,maybe Starscream is more disgusting for exemple.

First-Aid wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Auto-Megs was a terribly conceived and implemented concept in IDW. I'm not entirely convinced it will work onscreen either. Not looking forward to that.

Megs is not an Autobot on this show.

He may be affiliated with them in some way though, judging by the responses of the characters.

To me, it kinda feels like how it was when he teamed up with Optimus and Windblade back in the Combiner Wars cartoon.

First-Aid wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Auto-Megs was a terribly conceived and implemented concept in IDW. I'm not entirely convinced it will work onscreen either. Not looking forward to that.

Megs is not an Autobot on this show.

He may be affiliated with them in some way though, judging by the responses of the characters.

He's affiliated to the humans, as are some autobots.

He remains a Decepticon and is not an Autobot

We thank Sabrblade for letting us know of a new trailer for the upcoming Earthspark show. This show will be on Paramount Plus first, and then on Nickelodeon (both owned by the same company). This trailer gives us a lot more Megatron. There seems to be some confusion regarding this character switching sides, but he still retains his Decepticon symbol, is himself a Decepticon, and still sounds very much like Megatron. The "change" here though is that after his war against the Autobots, he allies himself with humans to take down the new enemy Mandroid. The trailer also shows us Swindle and Hardtop and we get to hear Nolan North, who voices them.

No way, Hardtop?! Cybertron Hardtop was my first ever Transformers toy! I had him stand in as leader of my Decepticons until I got a proper Megatron, and head-canoned him into being a high-ranking and powerful member. As one of the line's toy-only characters, I figured he was forever destined to remain obscure. I can't believe he's finally getting some action, and that they've even retained his relationship with Swindle. That is some deep-core lore this show is getting into. I'm becoming increasingly excited for this show with every new thing they reveal about it!

Hadn't been paying to much attention to this show, but the trailer looks fun. will have to check this one out.

Looks like it'll be quite the fun show, especially for the younguns. Maybe I'll check it out when I can but I'm still more excited for the toys

So Hardtop is the purple swindle?

Is Mandroid mind controlling the Decepticons? The way he's talking in this trailer makes it sound like it. I'm looking forward to this show more than I though I would.

I thoroughly enjoy hearing a human call Megatron "Megs".

Emerje

I am loving what I am seeing with this Megatron. I am so excited to get more into him!

Also, Hardtop is such a deep cut and I love it so much.