Prelude to Transformers Combiner Wars - Machinima Series Teaser Trailer (Links fixed)

For some reason it's not letting me see the video despite being logged into FB. Is it restricted to North America?

Hey Doc! That link needs surgery. STAT!

Neither link is working...

It's working fine for me, you may have to be logged in on Facebook to see it though (just thought of that, no idea if it's true).

I tried tinkering with the post, but can't do much else at this stage..

Links have been corrected.

Kurona wrote:For some reason it's not letting me see the video despite being logged into FB. Is it restricted to North America?

I'm thinking yes. I'm in Malaysia on a business and it won't open for me either. FB says the link has expired or that I'm not in the target audience.

I don't suppose there is a source to view it for those that do not have facebook?

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Kurona wrote:For some reason it's not letting me see the video despite being logged into FB. Is it restricted to North America?

I'm thinking yes. I'm in Malaysia on a business and it won't open for me either. FB says the link has expired or that I'm not in the target audience.

Nope, I'm in New York and it's not working.

The links have been fixed. Please try again.

The correct video link is https://www.facebook.com/transformers/videos/1072564262813767/

If the direct video link doesn't work, please visit the Transformers Facebook page directly: https://www.facebook.com/transformers/

I really hope this is not representative of the final product.

Looks good to me.
But the BIG PROBLEM IS - Its Tuesday the 28th,,,, thus WHERE's THE PROLOGUE ??????
The Machinima Dickheads Twitter acct., YouTube page, & Website DOESN'T MENTION ONE THING ABOUT
"Combiner Wars" anywhere........ WHY Not ???

Ya know,,,, WtF. Right. IMO that's what ya call TERRIBLE, unforgiveable [Machinima] Marketing..

Fireback wrote:Looks good to me.
But the BIG PROBLEM IS - Its Tuesday the 28th,,,, thus WHERE's THE PROLOGUE ??????
The Machinima Dickheads Twitter acct., YouTube page, & Website DOESN'T MENTION ONE THING ABOUT
"Combiner Wars" anywhere........ WHY Not ???

Ya know,,,, WtF. Right. IMO that's what ya call TERRIBLE, unforgiveable [Machinima] Marketing..

You do know this is the prologue right?


This is all we are getting until August it literally says so in the video.

karyuudo wrote::-(
I really hope this is not representative of the final product.

The stop motion part seems to only be for the preview according to those screen shots from a few weeks ago which looks like normal animation.

Deadput wrote:

karyuudo wrote::-(
I really hope this is not representative of the final product.

The stop motion part seems to only be for the preview according to those screen shots from a few weeks ago which looks like normal animation.

I do hope you're right. It would be a shame if the whole thing was done like this, especially considering some of the other animated stuff that Machinima is known for.

karyuudo wrote:
I do hope you're right. It would be a shame if the whole thing was done like this, especially considering some of the other animated stuff that Machinima is known for.

If it turns out this was cheaply made then how comes Machinima got a Japanese animating studio to do it and how come it has taken so darn long for this series to actually come out?


Guys I doubt Hasbro will disappoint us that badly.

The link still doesn't work and when I go to the Transformers FB page, the latest post is from the 25th and says "Bruticus may just pack the biggest punch in the Combiner Wars," which I do wish more people would read when they're complaining about him having no weapons because he's basically the hulk of Transformers.

Still nothing. Either get a nothing there message or that I ain't the target audience.

Well, I'm a bit underwhelmed. I did more animation of comic books when I did my own War Within animation for YouTube (and I actually had Jon Bailey on board to voice Primus, too, at the time, though the 3rd part was never finished).

I have a bad feeling that this was somewhat rushed so that it would be available while there are at least SOME Combiner Wars toys on the shelf (as Titans are what will be shipping out soon).

That said--congrats on my boy Jon for scoring an official Optimus Prime role!

Quite disappointed, animation was quite poor, no Combining or Windblade, Prime's animation model looked off, it looked like he was carrying his own legs on the back of his vehicle mode and it didn't excite me at all.

Jon finally gets to voice Optimus in an official capacity! Neat! The motion comic-style animation is neat as long as it stays confined to the prologue. But this prologue itself didn't really say anything, just more ominous "everything changed blah blah blah" like all the buzz has said.

That Bot wrote:Jon finally gets to voice Optimus in an official capacity!

Its all alleged

But yeah that looks to be the case and i could not be happier!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4i9u_H ... e=youtu.be

It's up on youtube for people still having problem with the link.

I'm fine with it as it's in that kooky sorta, flashback-being-a-lower-grade-of-animation sort of thing you often see. That's my take on it anyway.

The description also has dates for three more preludes - focusing on Victorion, Starscream and Windblade.

Youtube description releases more prolgues

Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Optimus Prime: June 28
Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Victorion: July 5
Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Starscream: July 12
Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Windblade: July 19
Transformers: Combiner Wars series launch: August 2

I watch Honest Trailers every week, and I had no idea who the guys real name was until now . That's cool if he does the voice, a worthy stand in for Peter Cullen.

Slightly OT...If he's a big a fan as you guys say, that gives me even greater hope that come early August, we may get a "retro" 30th anniversary Honest Trailer for TF:TM.

karyuudo wrote::-(
I really hope this is not representative of the final product.

Its a web series of 5 minute clips, what did we expect really? There isnt a huge budget on this thing or else it would have been handled by one of Hasbro's actual studios.

So really, this does not tie into IDW Combiner Wars in any way, shape or form, right? That's a curious direction to take.

william-james88 wrote:

karyuudo wrote::-(
I really hope this is not representative of the final product.

Its a web series of 5 minute clips, what did we expect really? There isnt a huge budget on this thing or else it would have been handled by one of Hasbro's actual studios.

Final product will not be a Motion-Comic. This animation style is for the preview only.


https://twitter.com/SilverOptimus/status/747821227775950849

mooncake623 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

karyuudo wrote::-(
I really hope this is not representative of the final product.

Its a web series of 5 minute clips, what did we expect really? There isnt a huge budget on this thing or else it would have been handled by one of Hasbro's actual studios.

Final product will not be a Motion-Comic. This animation style is for the preview only.
https://twitter.com/SilverOptimus/status/747821227775950849

Thats great news, thanks!

mooncake623 wrote:

Final product will not be a Motion-Comic. This animation style is for the preview only.


https://twitter.com/SilverOptimus/status/747821227775950849

Called it.


Guys have some damn fate in Hasbro for once.

Deadput wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

Final product will not be a Motion-Comic. This animation style is for the preview only.


https://twitter.com/SilverOptimus/status/747821227775950849

Called it.


Guys have some damn fate in Hasbro for once.

Let's not kid ourselves here. Hasbro doesn't exactly have the best track-record of faith-inspiring decisions.

o.supreme wrote:I watch Honest Trailers every week, and I had no idea who the guys real name was until now . That's cool if he does the voice, a worthy stand in for Peter Cullen.

Slightly OT...If he's a big a fan as you guys say, that gives me even greater hope that come early August, we may get a "retro" 30th anniversary Honest Trailer for TF:TM.

He's a member of this site, he used to chime in on the podcast (he still does the pre-recorded intro and outro), and he got his start making TF parody videos. So yeah, he's a fan.

HOLYT SHIT JON!!!!
I knew you were in it, but I didn't know you were... IN IT!
Congrats Bro! Now on to your next dream.

I have a good feeling the actual show will deliver the goods.

Delta Magnus wrote:Let's not kid ourselves here. Hasbro doesn't exactly have the best track-record of faith-inspiring decisions.

Their human beings with their own lives and jobs and putting in some darn effort to make something for us older folk that they did not need to make so boo hoo if it doesn't meet your standards because this is the most we are going to get.



This show's existence in the first place is a privilege.

Deadput wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:Let's not kid ourselves here. Hasbro doesn't exactly have the best track-record of faith-inspiring decisions.

Their human beings with their own lives and jobs and putting in some darn effort to make something for us older folk that they did not need to make so boo hoo if it doesn't meet your standards because this is the most we are going to get.



This show's existence in the first place is a privilege.

People like you that will accept anything regardless of how sh*tty it is are why we can't have nice things. Here's a hint: All the time you are fed sh*t and say "this is fine" they'll continue to feed you sh*t. Only by saying "no, this isn't good enough, step your game up" will you get the quality you deserve. And if they can't deliver that quality, well, it's no great loss when they go under and someone more competent picks up the license.

Also, for god's sake learn to type. Take English classes, do a typist's course, ANYTHING. People will take you a lot more seriously if you actually take the time to format your posts properly and add punctuation to your sentences. All the while you type like...that...your posts are a chore to read.

The debate over the quality of the cartoon is a viable one.

The personal criticism/attack on another user is NOT!

Keep it civil and about the topic.

Delta Magnus wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:Let's not kid ourselves here. Hasbro doesn't exactly have the best track-record of faith-inspiring decisions.

Their human beings with their own lives and jobs and putting in some darn effort to make something for us older folk that they did not need to make so boo hoo if it doesn't meet your standards because this is the most we are going to get.



This show's existence in the first place is a privilege.

People like you that will accept anything regardless of how sh*tty it is are why we can't have nice things. Here's a hint: All the time you are fed sh*t and say "this is fine" they'll continue to feed you sh*t. Only by saying "no, this isn't good enough, step your game up" will you get the quality you deserve. And if they can't deliver that quality, well, it's no great loss when they go under and someone more competent picks up the license.

Also, for god's sake learn to type. Take English classes, do a typist's course, ANYTHING. People will take you a lot more seriously if you actually take the time to format your posts properly and add punctuation to your sentences. All the while you type like...that...your posts are a chore to read.

The forums have a built in swear filter, you do not need to self-censor yourself. In fact I consider such action to be a blatant attempt to circumvent the forum filters.

And then you turn around and attack a member for their spelling and grammar? You ... the person who needs to resort to profanity to get his point across!

Like Cobotron said, attacks on other members will not be tolerated. Next time you get an official warning.

Delta Magnus wrote:People like you that will accept anything regardless of how sh*tty it is are why we can't have nice things. Here's a hint: All the time you are fed sh*t and say "this is fine" they'll continue to feed you sh*t. Only by saying "no, this isn't good enough, step your game up" will you get the quality you deserve. And if they can't deliver that quality, well, it's no great loss when they go under and someone more competent picks up the license.

Who said I accepted it?


I'm saying that they are people with jobs and people make mistakes they can't read our minds or tell what we specifically want so they just have to wing it and try something and see if we like it.


Also lol on the quality we "deserve" we are not owed anything by Hasbro this series is a present for us sorry if it is not to your liking at least they tried.

Delta Magnus wrote:Also, for god's sake learn to type. Take English classes, do a typist's course, ANYTHING. People will take you a lot more seriously if you actually take the time to format your posts properly and add punctuation to your sentences. All the while you type like...that...your posts are a chore to read.

And moving on now I have some mental disabilities and combined with somehow through my school years no teachers have ever teached me how to write or anything I had to learn all the stuff myself and you can't be an efficient teacher to yourself that's why we have Teachers in the first place.


Sorry my writing skills are not fit to your specifics not all of us are Shakespeare but thank you for critiquing me you really showed me eh?

Thanks for the new sig Delta I appreciate having a reminder about my lack of "skillz".

This is the SECOND time Jon has voiced Optimus in an official capacity. His first time was his voicing TransTech Optimus Prime in this video (Alternate link).

Deadput wrote:

Fireback wrote:Looks good to me.
But the BIG PROBLEM IS - Its Tuesday the 28th,,,, thus WHERE's THE PROLOGUE ??????
The Machinima Dickheads Twitter acct., YouTube page, & Website DOESN'T MENTION ONE THING ABOUT
"Combiner Wars" anywhere........ WHY Not ???

Ya know,,,, WtF. Right. IMO that's what ya call TERRIBLE, unforgiveable [Machinima] Marketing..

You do know this is the prologue right?


This is all we are getting until August it literally says so in the video.

What "Video" are you referencing to, Because if you READ the description- THERE ARE 4 Separate PoV PROLOGUES ((One PROLOGUE every Week till August 2nd))..

Thus,,, YOU NEED to pay better attention to the subject matter.

ALSO, when I wrote my initial comment @7:30 am. (Not 3 am.) they're was NOTHING up on the Machinima website, NOTHING up on their Twitter page, Nor their YouTube channel (as I refrenced in my Original comment). - Now on YT their is (((this stop-motion crap))).

I don't know why SOME of YOU PEOPLE always want to argue.. But In this case YOUR Dead Wrong.
You couldn't be any more wrong, how does it feel...

Fireback wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Fireback wrote:Looks good to me.
But the BIG PROBLEM IS - Its Tuesday the 28th,,,, thus WHERE's THE PROLOGUE ??????
The Machinima Dickheads Twitter acct., YouTube page, & Website DOESN'T MENTION ONE THING ABOUT
"Combiner Wars" anywhere........ WHY Not ???

Ya know,,,, WtF. Right. IMO that's what ya call TERRIBLE, unforgiveable [Machinima] Marketing..

You do know this is the prologue right?


This is all we are getting until August it literally says so in the video.

What "Video" are you referencing to, Because if you READ the description- THERE ARE 4 Separate PoV PROLOGUES ((One PROLOGUE every Week till August 2nd))..

Thus,,, YOU NEED to pay better attention to the subject matter.

ALSO, when I wrote my initial comment @7:30 am. (Not 3 am.) they're was NOTHING up on the Machinima website, NOTHING up on their Twitter page, Nor their YouTube channel (as I refrenced in my Original comment). - Now on YT their is (((this stop-motion crap))).

I don't know why SOME of YOU PEOPLE always want to argue.. But In this case YOUR Dead Wrong.
You couldn't be any more wrong, how does it feel...

Your attitude ... tone it down.

Animated cartoons based on toy robot cars and trucks are srsbzns, y'all.


But as far as what we "deserve" vs what we're getting, it's a complex issue. If you take the time to think about it, you'll realize that Transformers today is not what it used to be. It's not the monster it was in the 1980s or even the early 2000s. If you walk down the toy aisle you'll see that Ninja Turtles is the big thing with boys right now, and Marvel/DC superheroes are a close second. Even Power Rangers is bigger than Transformers. Plus, technology is replacing toys as the go-to entertainment for kids. There will always be a place for toys, but it's a more crowded marketplace now and TF is not dominating it. So Hasbro, seeing that some of its other brands are more successful, only gives so much focus to TF and that's reflected in the secondary output. We get reworked versions of classic characters, but not to the quality level everybody would like. We get a dedicated independent animated series, but since Hasbro figures that it's only going to make a small profit, they don't pour all their resources into it. The question is, if they made the Combiner Wars series 10 times higher quality, would they get a comparable return? Probably not. We can speculate that if they made the series higher quality, they would see better profits, but perhaps not enough to justify the investment compared to what they're spending now. I would love for them to go the route of DC and have a feature-length high quality animated film every few months, but I don't think the brand is able to support that right now without bleeding money.

But this is all being said without even seeing the proper animation for the main production, so let me not get ahead of myself with the speculation.

After the bizarre crosslinking yesterday with the first prelude clip for Transformers: Combiner Wars from Machinima, we have some more information from the producers themselves in the form of a video clip. Find out what they have to share here and below, and check out the Optimus Prime prelude motion comic clip again, too!

UPDATE: The four-episode, motion graphic Prelude to the TRANSFORMERS: Combiner Wars gets us ready for the full 3D series by revealing the current state of Cybertron. There will be 3 more episodes in the coming weeks, each in a slightly different style, told from the perspective of an individual character.


Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Optimus Prime: June 28
Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Victorion: July 5
Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Starscream: July 12
Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Windblade: July 19
Transformers: Combiner Wars series launch: August 2

That Bot wrote:Animated cartoons based on toy robot cars and trucks are srsbzns, y'all.


But as far as what we "deserve" vs what we're getting, it's a complex issue. If you take the time to think about it, you'll realize that Transformers today is not what it used to be. It's not the monster it was in the 1980s or even the early 2000s. If you walk down the toy aisle you'll see that Ninja Turtles is the big thing with boys right now, and Marvel/DC superheroes are a close second. Even Power Rangers is bigger than Transformers. Plus, technology is replacing toys as the go-to entertainment for kids. There will always be a place for toys, but it's a more crowded marketplace now and TF is not dominating it. So Hasbro, seeing that some of its other brands are more successful, only gives so much focus to TF and that's reflected in the secondary output. We get reworked versions of classic characters, but not to the quality level everybody would like. We get a dedicated independent animated series, but since Hasbro figures that it's only going to make a small profit, they don't pour all their resources into it. The question is, if they made the Combiner Wars series 10 times higher quality, would they get a comparable return? Probably not. We can speculate that if they made the series higher quality, they would see better profits, but perhaps not enough to justify the investment compared to what they're spending now. I would love for them to go the route of DC and have a feature-length high quality animated film every few months, but I don't think the brand is able to support that right now without bleeding money.

But this is all being said without even seeing the proper animation for the main production, so let me not get ahead of myself with the speculation.

I agree with your points on waiting to pass judgement and the increase of electronics compared to physical toys, but I'm not seeing how you think Transformers gets less media than Hasbro's other brands. Who is getting more?

Also, I think your history has some flaws:
1) Today, we have a profitable and long-running movie franchise, multiple TV serieses, and an expansive comic franchise, well beyond what existed in the 80's, and certainly more expensive and technically competent.
2) We have a significant adult fandom which obviously didn't yet exist in the 80's.
3) Hasbro did not have dominance in the 80's. All of its major competitors (Mattel, Lego, and Bandai) were already successful then, along with additional competitors that would only later be absorbed into Hasbro (Tonka and Kenner).
4) You mention Marvel, DC, and TMNT figures, but all of these existed in the 80's. Transformers also had to complete with brands similar to themselves like Gobots, Robotech, and M.A.S.K.
5) We didn't get "reworked versions of classic characters" because nothing was classic yet. (And yet, there was PMOP, Classic Pretenders, Goldbug, and half the original Targetmasters.)

You're right that the market is more crowded, but Transformers doesn't seem to get less than it's share compared to my childhood. When you consider that they now run up to 3 product lines at once, plus take the media into account, they aren't declining faster than any other physical toy, nor is Hasbro giving them the short shrift.

Now G.I. Joe, on the other hand...

I sure hope that the animation is way better than this…ugh! (I did read that the motion comic animation was just for the previews…) And the voice actor…yikes! Sounds like Jon Bailey but when I hear his Optimus voice, I think of his goofy honest trailers and his Prime Reviews. I couldn't take this trailer seriously...

crazyfist wrote:I sure hope that the animation is way better than this…ugh! (I did read that the motion comic animation was just for the previews…) And the voice actor…yikes! Sounds like Jon Bailey but when I hear his Optimus voice, I think of his goofy honest trailers and his Prime Reviews. I couldn't take this trailer seriously...

Its better, the animation is just like this for the prelude

Fireback wrote:
What "Video" are you referencing to, Because if you READ the description- THERE ARE 4 Separate PoV PROLOGUES ((One PROLOGUE every Week till August 2nd))..

Thus,,, YOU NEED to pay better attention to the subject matter.

ALSO, when I wrote my initial comment @7:30 am. (Not 3 am.) they're was NOTHING up on the Machinima website, NOTHING up on their Twitter page, Nor their YouTube channel (as I refrenced in my Original comment). - Now on YT their is (((this stop-motion crap))).

I don't know why SOME of YOU PEOPLE always want to argue.. But In this case YOUR Dead Wrong.
You couldn't be any more wrong, how does it feel...

The prologue composes of 4 videos which is what we get before August I'm not wrong.


And just like you at the time of the comment there was no evidence of there being 3 more prologue videos.



Jesus why does everyone act like they have to be right all the time?

Deadput wrote:And just like you at the time of the comment there was no evidence of there being 3 more prologue videos.

Yes there was. The press release posted awhile back said there would be four preludes.

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:And just like you at the time of the comment there was no evidence of there being 3 more prologue videos.

Yes there was. The press release posted awhile back said there would be four preludes.

Really then why was it not a news article at the time I Posted?

Guess my computer somehow gets updates later then everyone else eh?

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:And just like you at the time of the comment there was no evidence of there being 3 more prologue videos.

Yes there was. The press release posted awhile back said there would be four preludes.

Really then why was it not a news article at the time I Posted?

Guess my computer somehow gets updates later then everyone else eh?

It WAS - http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/high-res-images-and-press-release-from-machinimas-transformers-combiner-wars-animated-series/35685/

Thursday, June 23rd 2016 11:52am CDT

Additionally, Davis and Gutstein announced that a prelude series to TRANSFORMERS: COMBINER WARS will launch on June 28 on YouTube, Facebook and go90. The four-episode PRELUDE TO THE COMBINER WARS will help prepare fans for the full series by revealing the current state of Cybertron from the distinctive points-of-view of four characters.

Guess I was on a different website at the time and did not notice the article.