Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More

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Instead of splitting this newsie up in parts, we've decided to make a round-up of these official images! All images courtesy of the ever-infamous Transformers Columbia Facebook page, we have official images of an Age of Extinction One Step Changers Giftset, Hero Mashers Soundwave and Slug, the Titan Bumblebee figurine, and package variants of Power Battlers Optimus Prime!

To start off, here are the images of the One Step Changers giftset, comprised of Lockdown, Drift, Slug, Grimlock, with Silver Knight Optimus Prime being included as an exclusive bonus.

Next up on the agenda is the Titan Bumblebee figure, which is based on his 2014 Camaro design and comes equipped with a plain black weapon.

Also revealed are Hero Masher figures of Soundwave and Slag Slug, who takes after Grimlock and is based on his dinosaur alternate form.

And to wrap things up, we have some official images of package variants of Power Battlers Optimus Prime.

Credit(s): Transformers Columbia Facebook page

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Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583213)
Posted by Peridot on June 17th, 2014 @ 5:41pm CDT

I find it funny that the Power Battlers Optimus has a more cohesive robot mode than the $40 Leader version.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583214)
Posted by Shockwave7 on June 17th, 2014 @ 5:41pm CDT

My first thoughts on seeing Lockdown's 'face' - what's with the puffy lips? Is the VA a black guy, and they're thinking, 'Well, guess we'd better make his face LOOK like a black guy after what we did to Jazz....'

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583215)
Posted by Rated X on June 17th, 2014 @ 5:43pm CDT

Talk about ugly. Is lockdown in the same wave that dinobot snarl is in ? Thats what im waiting for...

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583216)
Posted by Mindmaster on June 17th, 2014 @ 5:46pm CDT

Rated X wrote:Talk about ugly. Is lockdown in the same wave that dinobot snarl is in ? Thats what im waiting for...

According to other sources, Lockdown will be with the 2014 Camaro Bumblebee and "Hot Shot", who is speculated as being Shane's rally car.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583218)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 17th, 2014 @ 5:57pm CDT

Why so much hate on Lockdown? This is one sexy, sexy guy! I'll cough up the 20$ when I'll see him in store for sure.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583219)
Posted by ScoutBumblebee on June 17th, 2014 @ 6:01pm CDT

Shockwave7 wrote:My first thoughts on seeing Lockdown's 'face' - what's with the puffy lips? Is the VA a black guy, and they're thinking, 'Well, guess we'd better make his face LOOK like a black guy after what we did to Jazz....'

Shockwave7--I may be reading your context wrong, and if that's so, my apologies. But this comment reads in such a way that there is a definite undertone of racism, and we really don't want to get down that road. So let's keep the topic of Lockdown's appearance to just that, and avoid speculations that are racially offensive in tone.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583223)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on June 17th, 2014 @ 6:11pm CDT

that one step slag actually looks pretty good, its the only one with a good alt & robot mode. If the prices stay down & he gets released on his own i might get one. As for deluxe lockdown i dont know why but for some reason i like him, its no where near lockdown to me but as a figure looks pretty good. Coloring doesnt look dull & the car parts look like they integrate well into the robot mode. I will wait til i seem more cause if most of the car is just slapped on the back then ill probably pass, if the bits fold up into a nice size back pack then ill probably pick one up and use him as lockdowns rival. Since the head looks like a gobot maybe ill steal one of their names & give it to him.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583226)
Posted by Gallifreyan Autobot on June 17th, 2014 @ 6:26pm CDT

VioMeTriX wrote:boy did Hasbro get downgraded technology to give us transformers worse than in the 80's???

I am being completely honest and think that UT and Prime had some good designs while thinking prime should had a season 4 unless you count the 2015 series as season 4 :???:

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583227)
Posted by TimothyR on June 17th, 2014 @ 6:33pm CDT

Megatron Wolf wrote: its no where near lockdown to me

what does that even mean?

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583230)
Posted by craggy on June 17th, 2014 @ 6:38pm CDT

when Hero Mashers are the nicest looking toys in a news post, you know something's wrong.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583231)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 17th, 2014 @ 6:39pm CDT

TimothyR wrote:
Megatron Wolf wrote: its no where near lockdown to me

what does that even mean?

Translation: Baawww, it's not Animated.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583235)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 17th, 2014 @ 6:43pm CDT

ScoutBumblebee wrote:
Shockwave7 wrote:My first thoughts on seeing Lockdown's 'face' - what's with the puffy lips? Is the VA a black guy, and they're thinking, 'Well, guess we'd better make his face LOOK like a black guy after what we did to Jazz....'

Shockwave7--I may be reading your context wrong, and if that's so, my apologies. But this comment reads in such a way that there is a definite undertone of racism, and we really don't want to get down that road. So let's keep the topic of Lockdown's appearance to just that, and avoid speculations that are racially offensive in tone.

Yeah I'll be honest, I don't see minstrel show, I actually see Transformer vladimir putin, the Sagging mammaries formed from carparts, the "Hairline" formed by the the helmet pulled back, the no nonsense characterization, i'm just making things up for the fun of it now

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583236)
Posted by Mindmaster on June 17th, 2014 @ 6:45pm CDT

craggy wrote:when Hero Mashers are the nicest looking toys in a news post, you know something's wrong.

This. A majority of Age of Extinction (nay, a majority of decisions the new team's making, i.e oddly colored Sunstorm) toys in a nutshell.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583238)
Posted by Doubledealer93 on June 17th, 2014 @ 6:53pm CDT

damn. its horribly mis transformed.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583239)
Posted by KapikoArt on June 17th, 2014 @ 7:02pm CDT

Remember when even the deluxe class rocked? Well Now it sucks big time!

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583241)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 17th, 2014 @ 7:09pm CDT

Kapiko Customs wrote:Remember when even the deluxe class rocked? Well Now it sucks big time!

No it don't. Far from it. The dinobots alone are amazing. The cars are very great too! There's lots of paints aps, the figures dont feel as cheap as the early Generations FOC deluxes, and they even are getting bigger!

I just don't understand what the hell you guys are whining about. The fawk do you want? Tiny MPs for 9$?!

Good grief. :BANG_HEAD:

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583244)
Posted by slugfest200x on June 17th, 2014 @ 7:18pm CDT

like how they made one of soundwaves blasters look reminiscent of buzzsaw

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583252)
Posted by Zeedust on June 17th, 2014 @ 8:06pm CDT

craggy wrote:when Hero Mashers are the nicest looking toys in a news post, you know something's wrong.

Let's be fair, the Hero Mashers don't have to transform, so they can basically look however they dang well please. Decent sculpts, I guess, but not my thing. I might pick up the Bulkhead one, but other than that, nah.

Lockdown seems... Adequate, I guess? There' nothing there that really seems any worse than the average movie toy, but at the same time, there's nothing that really captures my interest, either. It's a fairly standard moviebot design.

I do kinda like the looks of that one-step Slug. I'll probably go for it once it's released on its own, but I'm not particularly interested in any of the others in that set (except Grimlock, who I have already).

Power Battler Optimus has four arms. Weird.

...And does ANYONE actually want those Titan Hero/Titan Guardian figures? I mean, if they're going to be making non-transforming Transformers toys, they can at least put some effort into it. The Robot Replicas figures from the first two movie toylines are a case in point, as is the Power Bots Bumblebee from the Animated toyline.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583255)
Posted by ILL-Star on June 17th, 2014 @ 8:14pm CDT

Looks good to me. I don't feel it's right to compare the AOE figures to the first trilogy figures. Those had plenty enough screen accurate kibble to work with. In my opinion, this Lockdown does a good job of storing any kibble. Especially when his character model is one of the most human looking among the new designs that show hardly any vehicle mode parts at all. Unfortunately, It looks as if this may be the first Lockdown to not include his hook hand. Or at least I don't see it.

Looks good. Has gun face. He's a Lambo. And I can probably get him for $10. I'm happy.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583257)
Posted by Zeedust on June 17th, 2014 @ 8:21pm CDT

I'm not comparing the AOE figures to the ones from the first three movies. I guess all I'm really trying to say is that to me, that Lockdown looks a tad, well, generic.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583264)
Posted by KapikoArt on June 17th, 2014 @ 8:39pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Kapiko Customs wrote:Remember when even the deluxe class rocked? Well Now it sucks big time!

No it don't. Far from it. The dinobots alone are amazing. The cars are very great too! There's lots of paints aps, the figures dont feel as cheap as the early Generations FOC deluxes, and they even are getting bigger!

I just don't understand what the hell you guys are whining about. The fawk do you want? Tiny MPs for 9$?!

Good grief.

Well some people like it more detailed and complex and some easy and cheap! I don't know which cars you're referring as "great" with lots of paint apps.I haven't seen those anywhere! And all recently released AoE toys are very cheap looking compare to the first two movie figures.Starting with scout all the way to leader class!
Just my opinion!

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583267)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 17th, 2014 @ 9:07pm CDT

Va'al wrote:

Let us compare to the Movie Advanced Series version's official pics:

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583270)
Posted by megatronus on June 17th, 2014 @ 9:39pm CDT

See, the Japanese Movie Advanced line makes Lockdown look really nice! I'm sure folks will like the Hasbro version once we get him in-hand, and have the chance to transform him properly.

I don't understand folks who make blanket statements like "these AOE toys look cheap and don't even compare to the first Movie Trilogy" - that's willfully ignoring a lot of missteps throughout the 7 years of movie toys we've gotten. DOTM was as bad as ROTF/HFTD was great. For every Battle Blade Bumblebee, you're going to have a handful of Rampages.

Given Hasbro's goal of simplifying the toys to make parents & kids less frustrated, and what we thought that would mean for us, I have to give Hasbro a lot of credit for not leaving collectors in the dust. So far, the dinobots have exceeded my expectations, the voyagers have generally bene very, very well done, and the Leaders to be, though smaller, very nice overall.

None of the figures are perfect by any means, but I am very excited for Deluxe & Voyager Drift, and Lockdown, too. I just hope I'm as impressed with the movie, but that might be a longer shot.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583278)
Posted by DEANO85 on June 17th, 2014 @ 10:32pm CDT

If only we got more human alliance sized toys from the new movie. Need more cars the size of the alternators

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583293)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 17th, 2014 @ 11:49pm CDT

megatronus wrote:I don't understand folks who make blanket statements like "these AOE toys look cheap and don't even compare to the first Movie Trilogy" - that's willfully ignoring a lot of missteps throughout the 7 years of movie toys we've gotten. DOTM was as bad as ROTF/HFTD was great. For every Battle Blade Bumblebee, you're going to have a handful of Rampages.

The voice of reason!
I'm just tired of the one who scream FIRE when they smell toasts baking.

DEANO85 wrote:If only we got more human alliance sized toys from the new movie. Need more cars the size of the alternators

This. I'd also really like some proper new Cyberverses but the AoE line is trying something new with all those instant-change lines. Whatcha gonna do...

So far, the only thing I truly hate are those "dollar store" action figures that are mainly unpainted, unposable bricks. WHO BUY THAT?! Those horrible hunk of plastics sell for a premium too!

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583297)
Posted by Manterax Prime on June 18th, 2014 @ 12:10am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Va'al wrote:

Let us compare to the Movie Advanced Series version's official pics:

Ha ha, Takara failed big time. Seriously, all that black. Why? Hasbro wins for making Lockdown look like his on-screen counterpart.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583303)
Posted by OmegaPrime273 on June 18th, 2014 @ 12:49am CDT

Tbh I was a bit worried how his toy was gonna come out, I'm diggin' it the more I look at it.

I'm hoping....hoping they make a voyager Lockdown..since he's TF4s main baddy, and I'd like a slide on/off mask, face cannon and his battle blade

....or even a Leader class Lockdown???? I'll definitely get all 3, voyager first but yknow

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583304)
Posted by Cyclonus43 on June 18th, 2014 @ 12:49am CDT

Metro Prime wrote:
Cyclonus43 wrote:Great, the main villain is a GoBot.

...How is he a Gobot?

Extremely generic and boring looking.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583308)
Posted by MINDVVIPE on June 18th, 2014 @ 1:11am CDT

Looks like garbage. ROTF Lockdown owns this POS.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583311)
Posted by Zeedust on June 18th, 2014 @ 2:00am CDT

OmegaPrime273 wrote::CON: Tbh I was a bit worried how his toy was gonna come out, I'm diggin' it the more I look at it. I'm hoping....hoping they make a voyager Lockdown..since he's TF4s main baddy, and I'd like a slide on/off mask, face cannon and his battle blade ....or even a Leader class Lockdown???? I'll definitely get all 3, voyager first but yknow

They don't seem to like making expensive Decepticon toys any more, other than in the Masterpiece and Platinum lines. The only Decepticon larger than a Voyager in the Dark of the Moon line was Human Alliance Soundwave, and that saw a somewhat limited release (I know it was never released stateside, but I'm not sure what other countries were intended to get him but wound up not getting him). Likewise, the entirety of the Transformers Prime toyline had not a single Decepticon larger than a Voyager (unless you count Predaking, but he's a Predacon so I count him separate). Not to rain on your parade, but I highly doubt a Leader class Lockdown is forthcoming.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583312)
Posted by Shuttershock on June 18th, 2014 @ 2:38am CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:
OmegaPrime273 wrote::CON: Tbh I was a bit worried how his toy was gonna come out, I'm diggin' it the more I look at it. I'm hoping....hoping they make a voyager Lockdown..since he's TF4s main baddy, and I'd like a slide on/off mask, face cannon and his battle blade ....or even a Leader class Lockdown???? I'll definitely get all 3, voyager first but yknow

They don't seem to like making expensive Decepticon toys any more, other than in the Masterpiece and Platinum lines. The only Decepticon larger than a Voyager in the Dark of the Moon line was Human Alliance Soundwave, and that saw a somewhat limited release (I know it was never released stateside, but I'm not sure what other countries were intended to get him but wound up not getting him). Likewise, the entirety of the Transformers Prime toyline had not a single Decepticon larger than a Voyager (unless you count Predaking, but he's a Predacon so I count him separate). Not to rain on your parade, but I highly doubt a Leader class Lockdown is forthcoming.

It's disappointing how little the villains of the movies are regarded, in both the films and in the toylines. The Big Four went down like nothing in the last movie, especially Megatron who was barely in it. They gave Skids, Mudflap and Jolt DOTM toy updates, but Soundwave got NOTHING domestically.

And now, Stinger is going to be a repaint, Galvatron is only a voyager, and Lockdown (the advertised villain) is a deluxe going up against 2 Leader heroes and an army of Dinobots. I'm worried we're going to get another Shockwave; all hype with minimal activity, screentime, or payoff.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583323)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 18th, 2014 @ 4:35am CDT

Shuttershock wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:
OmegaPrime273 wrote::CON: Tbh I was a bit worried how his toy was gonna come out, I'm diggin' it the more I look at it. I'm hoping....hoping they make a voyager Lockdown..since he's TF4s main baddy, and I'd like a slide on/off mask, face cannon and his battle blade ....or even a Leader class Lockdown???? I'll definitely get all 3, voyager first but yknow

They don't seem to like making expensive Decepticon toys any more, other than in the Masterpiece and Platinum lines. The only Decepticon larger than a Voyager in the Dark of the Moon line was Human Alliance Soundwave, and that saw a somewhat limited release (I know it was never released stateside, but I'm not sure what other countries were intended to get him but wound up not getting him). Likewise, the entirety of the Transformers Prime toyline had not a single Decepticon larger than a Voyager (unless you count Predaking, but he's a Predacon so I count him separate). Not to rain on your parade, but I highly doubt a Leader class Lockdown is forthcoming.

It's disappointing how little the villains of the movies are regarded, in both the films and in the toylines. The Big Four went down like nothing in the last movie, especially Megatron who was barely in it. They gave Skids, Mudflap and Jolt DOTM toy updates, but Soundwave got NOTHING domestically.

And now, Stinger is going to be a repaint, Galvatron is only a voyager, and Lockdown (the advertised villain) is a deluxe going up against 2 Leader heroes and an army of Dinobots. I'm worried we're going to get another Shockwave; all hype with minimal activity, screentime, or payoff.

Overquoting to say YEAH, WHERE THE HELL ARE MY

TOYS?! So far, only Lockdown and Galvatron are announced. That's fwaking it.
By the way, for a voyager carformer,

, they should bring back the Human Alliance back. This is the only way this could work. As for now, the HA line is pretty much gone and show no signs of coming back.

HASBRO, Y U HAET

SO MUCH?
Seriously.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583358)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 18th, 2014 @ 9:06am CDT

Manterax Prime wrote:Ha ha, Takara failed big time. Seriously, all that black. Why? Hasbro wins for making Lockdown look like his on-screen counterpart.

What trailers have you been watching? Since when is Lockdown brown in the movie?

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583364)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 18th, 2014 @ 9:26am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Manterax Prime wrote:Ha ha, Takara failed big time. Seriously, all that black. Why? Hasbro wins for making Lockdown look like his on-screen counterpart.
What trailers have you been watching? Since when is Lockdown brown in the movie?

He's not brown on the figure, either. All that plastic is the same color. The picture of car mode is the best representation of the color, but the robot mode picture shows that the chest and other bot parts are made of the same plastic color as the visible car kibble.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583370)
Posted by GuyIncognito on June 18th, 2014 @ 10:07am CDT

So what is it, brownish-gray? Charcoal?

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583400)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 18th, 2014 @ 12:12pm CDT

GuyIncognito wrote:So what is it, brownish-gray? Charcoal?

My screen shows it to be close to the gun-metal I use for miniatures with an ever so slight shift towards a warmer grey/steel.

But that's my eyes. Remember, not everyone's eyes detect color gradations and shades the same way(see those "men see fewer colors than women" studies for an example).

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583405)
Posted by GuyIncognito on June 18th, 2014 @ 12:32pm CDT

Midnight_Fox wrote:
But that's my eyes. Remember, not everyone's eyes detect color gradations and shades the same way(see those "men see fewer colors than women" studies for an example).

Not to mention the fact that different monitors display colors differently. I use two monitors at work and it's remarkable how different certain colors can look when I move a document back and forth.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583407)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on June 18th, 2014 @ 12:40pm CDT

GuyIncognito wrote:
Midnight_Fox wrote:
But that's my eyes. Remember, not everyone's eyes detect color gradations and shades the same way(see those "men see fewer colors than women" studies for an example).

Not to mention the fact that different monitors display colors differently. I use two monitors at work and it's remarkable how different certain colors can look when I move a document back and forth.

Excellent point.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583411)
Posted by william-james88 on June 18th, 2014 @ 12:57pm CDT

Midnight_Fox wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:So what is it, brownish-gray? Charcoal?

My screen shows it to be close to the gun-metal I use for miniatures with an ever so slight shift towards a warmer grey/steel.

But that's my eyes. Remember, not everyone's eyes detect color gradations and shades the same way(see those "men see fewer colors than women" studies for an example).

Wait, are you calling me a woman?

Just messing. I didnt know about that study, its interesting.

Anyways, Kanrabat had said that we should not expect deluxe sized masterpiece figures all the time, in reference to our comments and Lockdown and I wanted to get back to that. While I do see where he is coming from, with the Prime line it was easy to see that there were two types of figures Hasbro could do. There were the first editions and the RID. And when looking at the Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, the first editions were like mini deluxe sized masterpieces so we know that Hasbro can do great stuff at that size (hell, we are all talking about ROTF Lockdown). Just look at Cliffumper's chest. One actually used the alt mode parts and the other was just a fake cheat panel.
What those toy lines thaught me is that there are definately gradients of quality with figures and it seems that for these movie toys, Hasbro went the RID way and not the first edition way.

While I think this deluxe lockdown is ok (I like his chest but hate that large amount of back kibble)I do not think that expecting more from Hasbro is wrong either, especially when looking at the quality toys they have done in the past.

Someone said earlier that this is the golden age of transformer toys and though some of us laughed at that idea, I dont think he's too far off. We now have masterpieces coming out routinely, we had the Human Alliance line in the third film, and we have a growing collection of reimaginings of classic toys and characters in the form of the CHUG line. With all this beauty around, and this seeming golden age, .......

...it does annoy me that these AOE car toys have so much damn back kibble :BANG_HEAD:

But guys, you never know, there may be better stuff coming out later.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583442)
Posted by Autobot032 on June 18th, 2014 @ 2:08pm CDT

Va'al wrote:
It Is Him wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Though now it's pretty definite that his weapon is meant to fit over his noggin.

Im greatful for this. Finally a chance to shoot autobots in the face using someone's face.

Him and Optimus can have a great exchange:

O - "Give me your face!"

L - "Sure." *hands gun*

O - "No, your actual face!"

L - "I just did."

O - "That's a gun."

L - "Transformers, changing things into things.. that's my face."

O - "..."

L - *smiles up from OP's hands*

Well, this is nightmare fuel. Thank you so much for that.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583479)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 18th, 2014 @ 4:30pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
...it does annoy me that these AOE car toys have so much damn back kibble

That's the compromise they have to do for the movies aestetics. Since the very first Movie line, the car bots have the whole top of the car folded onto their back. Why you ask? simple: This is a form of SHELLFORMING. With the budget a deluxe have and mostly because we cannot replicate with 100% accuracy a Movie Transformation, they have no choices but to cheat and shellform.

Maybe in another 30 years we will get toys that auto-morph radically and magically at every steps, making them 100% kibble free and 100% screen accurate.

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Posted by Peridot on June 18th, 2014 @ 4:48pm CDT

Va'al wrote:Him and Optimus can have a great exchange:

O - "Give me your face!"

L - "Sure." *hands gun*

O - "No, your actual face!"

L - "I just did."

O - "That's a gun."

L - "Transformers, changing things into things.. that's my face."

O - "..."

L - *smiles up from OP's hands*

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Posted by Va'al on June 18th, 2014 @ 4:49pm CDT

Precisely.

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Posted by shocksound96 on June 18th, 2014 @ 9:21pm CDT

I'm going to buy two of these. one to keep as lockdown the other to repaint as my OC transformer Shocksound

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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 18th, 2014 @ 10:58pm CDT

I like how Lockdown looks outside of that head but I've always had a problem with "Organic" looking heads. As for why there aren't more Decepticons it was mentioned earlier in the thread that most car companies don't want their vehicles portrayed as bad guys.

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Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 19th, 2014 @ 1:13am CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I like how Lockdown looks outside of that head but I've always had a problem with "Organic" looking heads. As for why there aren't more Decepticons it was mentioned earlier in the thread that most car companies don't want their vehicles portrayed as bad guys.

Bunch of sissies... FAWK IT. Why not unique cars à la Vehicon or more planes and tanks? Does every single bot need to have a licenced vehicle deal, for crying out loud?! :sad:

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583588)
Posted by noctorro on June 19th, 2014 @ 2:15am CDT

Shuttershock wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:
It's disappointing how little the villains of the movies are regarded, in both the films and in the toylines. The Big Four went down like nothing in the last movie, especially Megatron who was barely in it. They gave Skids, Mudflap and Jolt DOTM toy updates, but Soundwave got NOTHING domestically.

True,

A hero is only as good as his villain.

I love villains like Bane, Winter Soldier, Joker, Loki. And I think they actually did Sentinel Prime very well in the last TF movie, even Megatron I liked (even for the short time he had).

Things like Devastator in ROTF, getting defeated by 2 minibots and a human boat, is so Not Done. But I think they're learning.

Always give the main villain a great toy in scale with the main hero. DOTM was terrible in that, Buster Prime vs little voyager Megatron?

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583717)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 19th, 2014 @ 12:24pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I like how Lockdown looks outside of that head but I've always had a problem with "Organic" looking heads. As for why there aren't more Decepticons it was mentioned earlier in the thread that most car companies don't want their vehicles portrayed as bad guys.

Bunch of sissies... FAWK IT. Why not unique cars à la Vehicon or more planes and tanks? Does every single bot need to have a licenced vehicle deal, for crying out loud?!

Some companies have a certain public, family friendly, image that having one of their cars portrayed as a villain in a movie, doing absolutely abominable things could damage. My big issue is why we don't see more real cars, the kind that don't stand out like an Altima, or Sonata. If I see a Bugati on my block that's going to stand out to me, to the point that I just might call the police since my area is a poorer neighborhood and that car might bring the wrong kind of attention.

Re: Official Images: One-Step Giftset, Hero Mashers, Titan Bumblebee, and More (1583785)
Posted by Mindmaster on June 19th, 2014 @ 3:06pm CDT

Knock-knock. Who's there? Transformers Columbia! Once again, the infamous Facebook page has uploaded images of new Transformers product, this time featuring Construct-Bots Galvatron and, oddly, Starscream! Does this mean that Starscream might make a return in Age of Extinction? Or is this simply just a case of a character receiving a toy just for the sake of getting a toy? Chime in at the Energon Pub forums of what you think!

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Posted by Deadput on June 19th, 2014 @ 3:12pm CDT

Look at Screamer's left eye

it looks like damage like perhaps boom stick damage?

Starscream has been known to come back from the dead or survive things he should not.

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