ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie"

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Special thanks to Seibertron.com member Blurzz for compiling a list of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen toy releases (both currently released and upcoming) whose characters have appearances within the movie itself.

Deluxe:
Wave 1:
-Soundwave, the Grey Satellite in the Movie
-Bumblebee, the Yellow Camaro, repaint of Deluxe Bumblebee, in the Movie
-Breakaway, the Brown Plane, part of the Revenge of the Fallen Videogame, and not in the movie.
-Rampage, the Yellow Bulldozer, and part of the Constructicons, in the Movie.
-Sideswipe, the Corvette Stingray in the Movie
-Sideways, the European Car in the Movie

Wave 2:
-Chromia, the Blue motorcycle in the Movie.
-Deep Desert Brawl, the Brown-camo, tank, repaint of Deluxe Brawl, not in the movie
-Smokescreen, the Blue Solstice, repaint of Deluxe Jazz, not in the movie.
-Autobot Skids, the Green Chevy Beat in the movie
-Autobot Wheelie, actually a Blue decepticon spy, who is in the movie.

Wave 3:
-Interrogator Barricade, remold/repaint/retech of the original Deluxe Barricade, not in the movie (Debatable, you'll know when you see the movie)
-Cannon Bumblebee, retool of Deluxe Bumblebee with new upper torso.
-Ravage, Decepticon infiltrator and Panther, in the movie.
-Mudflap, Orange Chevy Trax in the Movie.

Future waves (To be categorized later):
-Arcee, red bike in the movie
-Dead End, repaint of Sideways, not in the movie
-Ice Cream Truck: Skid and Mudflap in the movie
-Jolt, the Blue Chevy Volt, in the movie
-Swerve, repaint of Sideswipe, not in the movie
-Stalker Scorponok, repaint of Deluxe Scorponok, in the movie

Voyager:
Wave 1:
-Optimus Prime, the Long Nose truck, repaint of Voyager Prime, in the movie
-Starscream, the F-22 Raptor in the movie
-Ironhide, repaint/remold of Voyager Ironhide, the GM Topkick in the movie
-Demolisher, the Red Constructicon in the movie

Wave 2:
-Desert Tracker Ratchet, repaint of Voyager Ratchet, in the movie
-The Fallen, in the movie

Wave 3:
-Stratosphere, a non-movie character, based on a non-transforming Grey Cargocarrier.

Wave 4:
-Mixmaster, cement-truck, in the movie
-Megatron, the Green-ish tank, in the movie

Future waves (To be categorized later):
-Grindor, repaint of Voyager Blackout, in the movie
-Long Haul, the Green Constructicon, in the movie
-Bludgeon, the ???, a non-movie character
-Jungle Ironhide, retool of Voyager Ironhide

Leader Class:
Wave 1:
-Optimus Prime, the long-nose truck, in the movie
-Megatron, the Grey tank, in the movie.

Future waves (To be categorized later):
-Jetfire, the Blackbird, in the movie
-Starscream, the F-22 Raptor, in the movie

This list could be very helpful to collectors who wish to buy only "screen characters" from this toyline as it is very hard to sort all of that out by just looking at ROTF toy packages.

Credit(s): Blurrz

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Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939772)
Posted by NuclearConvoy on June 20th, 2009 @ 10:53pm CDT

Why is Sideways listed as 'European Car"?
He is CLEARLY an Audi R8.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939774)
Posted by skywarp-2 on June 20th, 2009 @ 10:58pm CDT

NuclearConvoy wrote:Why is Sideways listed as 'European Car"?
He is CLEARLY an Audi R8.

isn't audi a euro car?? wasn't it that movie the one with robert di nero?? Ronin! that was awesome, it had Audi's everywhere!!

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939781)
Posted by Doubledealer93 on June 20th, 2009 @ 11:21pm CDT

so is grindor actualy called grindor in the movie? or is just black out? if not then i wont get the toy.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939785)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 20th, 2009 @ 11:25pm CDT

Blurrz wrote:Sigh....

Deluxe:
-Stalker Scorponok, repaint of Deluxe Scorponok, in the movie

Voyager:
-Optimus Prime, the Long Nose truck, repaint of Voyager Prime, in the movie
-Ironhide, repaint/remold of Voyager Ironhide, the GM Topkick in the movie
-Desert Tracker Ratchet, repaint of Voyager Ratchet, in the movie
-Megatron, the Green-ish tank, in the movie

So what you're saying is that all these characters appear in the movie in these color schemes?

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939787)
Posted by roll out on June 20th, 2009 @ 11:29pm CDT

wtf all the constructicons are in the movie duh

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939788)
Posted by Blurrz on June 20th, 2009 @ 11:29pm CDT

Of course not. Hasbro repainted them so that they could look 'different' than the originals, as the saying is 'to sell toys'. In fact, figures like Voyager Optimus Prime and Ratchet were deco'd differently, subsequently becoming less movie-accurate than their originals. Megatron is movie-accurate in his sculpt, however the 'Green' colour that he has on himself is quite odd, definitely not movie-accurate from what we can all see.

I can't exactly reveal Scorponok, his presence is a bit of a spoiler, just wait till Wednesday!

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939790)
Posted by atleast1 on June 20th, 2009 @ 11:47pm CDT

Audi is part of volkswagen, that company has a long-standing opposition to having their products involved in a "war". That's why it's a "euro car".

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939817)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 21st, 2009 @ 1:17am CDT

Blurrz wrote:Of course not. Hasbro repainted them so that they could look 'different' than the originals, as the saying is 'to sell toys'. In fact, figures like Voyager Optimus Prime and Ratchet were deco'd differently, subsequently becoming less movie-accurate than their originals. Megatron is movie-accurate in his sculpt, however the 'Green' colour that he has on himself is quite odd, definitely not movie-accurate from what we can all see.

I can't exactly reveal Scorponok, his presence is a bit of a spoiler, just wait till Wednesday!

That's what I figured, but the bit about Scorponock sounds interesting.

As for Grindor, are you sure it's him? Cuz I've heard that a nameless helicoptor that looks like Blackout/Grindor appears, but he isn't actually confirmed to be Grindor.

Plus, here's something. Why do all of Grindors pic from the game (as well as ll the pic of this nameless guy) show the bot to be colored light blue like the fist Blackout toy (the non-Premium one), wheras all of Grindor's toy are more towards a tan color?

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939823)
Posted by Blurrz on June 21st, 2009 @ 1:32am CDT

I'm pretty much in the blue as much as you are. I'm not sure why that's the case. I'm guessing Grindor appears to be white so he can be 'different' from the original Movie Blackout. Like I said before, 'to sell toys'. Since he never does have a speaking role in the movie(or so sources tell me), there isn't confirmation through there. I guess our best bet is to ask them through Hasbro's monthly Q&A sessions.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939838)
Posted by leokearon on June 21st, 2009 @ 2:18am CDT

Grindor is in the movie, so is Bonecrusher.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939848)
Posted by christo on June 21st, 2009 @ 3:27am CDT

wait, wasnt arcee pink?

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939854)
Posted by ACIDSTORM on June 21st, 2009 @ 3:51am CDT

They have a good reason fo making the voyager constructicons not combine.The constructicons that form devastator do not turn into individual bots in the film.There are many clones of the constructicons that do transform but they do not form devastator.
Also it's definately not blackout he doesn't get resurected so i think we should just presume his name is grindor.
The film was awesome guys,if anyone wants any other info message me.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939856)
Posted by christo on June 21st, 2009 @ 3:55am CDT

ACIDSTORM wrote:They have a good reason fo making the voyager constructicons not combine.The constructicons that form devastator do not turn into individual bots in the film.There are many clones of the constructicons that do transform but they do not form devastator.
Also it's definately not blackout he doesn't get resurected so i think we should just presume his name is grindor.
The film was awesome guys,if anyone wants any other info message me.

no there was no clones it was just the same.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939858)
Posted by Blurrz on June 21st, 2009 @ 4:13am CDT

Please add something that identifies *Spoilers* in your posts if you're going post something that reveals anything in the movie. Remember that this is a toy forum, and not a movie forum. Some visitors may not appreciate it.

Anyways, on topic of Spoilers

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There are clones. They are not the same. The red individual forming Devastator is not Demolisher. Demolisher gets killed by Prime. The yellow construticon forming Devastator is not Rampage, Bumblebee kills Rampage.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939873)
Posted by Mykltron on June 21st, 2009 @ 6:46am CDT

That list is very good but not complete. He has missed out the legends and scout class which I know a lot of us are in to. He's also missed out FABs all the other kiddy bots. As many of us like the legends and scouts here is a list:

Legends Class

Wave 1

* Bumblebee
* Jetfire
* Optimus Prime
* Autobot Springer (not in the film)

Wave 2

* Starscream
* Sideswipe
* Megatron
* Autobot Ratchet

Wave 3

* Enforcer Ironhide
* Mudflap
* Grindor
* The Fallen

Future waves

* Arcee
* The Fallen
* Sideswipe
* Tankor (not in the film)
* Autobot Skids
* Recon Bumblebee
* Jolt
* Autobot Wheelie
* Soundwave

Scout Class

Wave 1

* Dead End (not in the film)
* Dirt Boss (not in the film)
* Knock Out (not in the film)
* Rollbar (not in the film)

Wave 2

* Ransack (not in the film)
* Depthcharge (not in the film)

Wave 3

* Dune Runner (not in the film)
* Reverb (not in the film)
* Scalpel in the film but I don't think he is shown to transform)
* Ejector (possibly in the kitchen scene but it's hard to see what's going on)

I don't know what the next four are so I can't say anything about them.
* Nightbeat
* Brakedown
* Scattorshot
* Skystalker

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939892)
Posted by ACIDSTORM on June 21st, 2009 @ 8:34am CDT

Mykltron wrote:That list is very good but not complete. He has missed out the legends and scout class which I know a lot of us are in to. He's also missed out FABs all the other kiddy bots. As many of us like the legends and scouts here is a list:

Legends Class

Wave 1

* Bumblebee
* Jetfire
* Optimus Prime
* Autobot Springer (not in the film)

Wave 2

* Starscream
* Sideswipe
* Megatron
* Autobot Ratchet

Wave 3

* Enforcer Ironhide
* Mudflap
* Grindor
* The Fallen

Future waves

* Arcee
* The Fallen
* Sideswipe
* Tankor (not in the film)
* Autobot Skids
* Recon Bumblebee
* Jolt
* Autobot Wheelie
* Soundwave

Scout Class

Wave 1

* Dead End (not in the film)
* Dirt Boss (not in the film)
* Knock Out (not in the film)
* Rollbar (not in the film)

Wave 2

* Ransack (not in the film)
* Depthcharge (not in the film)

Wave 3

* Dune Runner (not in the film)
* Reverb (not in the film)
* Scalpel in the film but I don't think he is shown to transform)
* Ejector (possibly in the kitchen scene but it's hard to see what's going on)

I don't know what the next four are so I can't say anything about them.
* Nightbeat
* Brakedown
* Scattorshot
* Skystalker

scalpel does transform

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939901)
Posted by DMSL on June 21st, 2009 @ 8:59am CDT

Ravage is not a panther, he's a jaguar.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939903)
Posted by Diem on June 21st, 2009 @ 9:05am CDT

DMSL wrote:Ravage is not a panther, he's a jaguar.

No, he's a cyclopean alien cat-like spined robot.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939911)
Posted by NuclearConvoy on June 21st, 2009 @ 9:25am CDT

atleast1 wrote:Audi is part of volkswagen, that company has a long-standing opposition to having their products involved in a "war". That's why it's a "euro car".

While, yes, Volkwagen has had a history as to such, to use the car in the film they would have been required to get a license, especialy to make toys, and they didn't remove his logos or alter him in any way. He's an Audi R8, very clearly, and I think that Volkswagen has very little to do with this list calling him a European Car.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939915)
Posted by Diem on June 21st, 2009 @ 9:35am CDT

NuclearConvoy wrote:
atleast1 wrote:Audi is part of volkswagen, that company has a long-standing opposition to having their products involved in a "war". That's why it's a "euro car".

While, yes, Volkwagen has had a history as to such, to use the car in the film they would have been required to get a license, especialy to make toys, and they didn't remove his logos or alter him in any way. He's an Audi R8, very clearly, and I think that Volkswagen has very little to do with this list calling him a European Car.

On the other hand, the toy is clearly not licensed.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939936)
Posted by dragons on June 21st, 2009 @ 10:31am CDT

i missed some the toaster deccepticon scraple, & megatron & fallen of course.

the other constructicons coming out in 2010 im soory for saying this but ill believe it when i see more information on it so far hasbro hasnt givin us the other constructions for devastator that froms his arms which is odd.

maybe its just where i live but the revenge of the fallens figures havnt been seling to well where i live & i live in the city theres not one empty space on the shelves anywhere toysrus, walmart, target this series is starting to become shelf warmers here yeah there are a few missing figures from the shelves last time i went to tyosrus but not as much figures when the first film of toys came out.

either samll kids couldnt transform them or poepel didint want to buy the same figure or something i dont know & i find it hard it to belive that the toys will start selling more after the movie comes out but i still could be surprised by the outcome to see what happens

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (939954)
Posted by Swiftpaw on June 21st, 2009 @ 11:15am CDT

NuclearConvoy wrote:Why is Sideways listed as 'European Car"?
He is CLEARLY an Audi R8.

Some of the toy version of characters are genericed away from their actual named vehicle so Hasbro doesn't have to pay more licening fees. Notice Sideways' toy doesn't have any of the Audi's company logos or such on it, and even the packaging just calls him a 'sports car'.

With the way the economy is, they're only licensed the 'big names' for their vehicles, namely the Autobots. And Barricade. Sideswipe got licensing, but it was probably cheap because he's only a concept car (then again, so was the new Camero before Bumblebee came....)

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (940019)
Posted by NuclearConvoy on June 21st, 2009 @ 2:22pm CDT

Swiftpaw wrote:
NuclearConvoy wrote:Why is Sideways listed as 'European Car"?
He is CLEARLY an Audi R8.

Some of the toy version of characters are genericed away from their actual named vehicle so Hasbro doesn't have to pay more licening fees. Notice Sideways' toy doesn't have any of the Audi's company logos or such on it, and even the packaging just calls him a 'sports car'.

With the way the economy is, they're only licensed the 'big names' for their vehicles, namely the Autobots. And Barricade. Sideswipe got licensing, but it was probably cheap because he's only a concept car (then again, so was the new Camero before Bumblebee came....)

AH, okay.
I havent had an opportunity to heavily investigate the Sideways toy, because I don't much want it at the moment. Didn't notice the lack of logos.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (940112)
Posted by xxx55dogan55xxx on June 21st, 2009 @ 5:54pm CDT

oh yeaaah but ı dont get starscream leader class is this real or not please answer this i need to know

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (940116)
Posted by Blurrz on June 21st, 2009 @ 5:57pm CDT

xxx55dogan55xxx wrote:oh yeaaah but ı dont get starscream leader class is this real or not please answer this i need to know

Leader RotF Starscream was confirmed to be in production at Botcon. Expect it in 2010.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (940195)
Posted by JayDee on June 21st, 2009 @ 9:45pm CDT

This is great info, guys!
I can't wait to see the movie... now, you've talked about available (and future) character figures that are part of the movie and all the info fits great for us collectors' shopping needs, but I have a question: are there any movie characters that DO NOT HAVE as of now a toy representation? For example, if you watch the theatrical trailer at minute 1:46, in the scene where there's a battle at the desert, you can spot two decepticons that seem to be twins and that look a lot like the first movie version of Megatron, but they are definitely not him nor The Fallen... who are they? Skywarp and Thundercracker, or what? Will they have a toy version? Again, thanks for the info Blurzz!

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (940198)
Posted by Blurrz on June 21st, 2009 @ 9:55pm CDT

JayDee wrote: are there any movie characters that DO NOT HAVE as of now a toy representation? For example, if you watch the theatrical trailer at minute 1:46, in the scene where there's a battle at the desert, you can spot two decepticons that seem to be twins and that look a lot like the first movie version of Megatron, but they are definitely not him nor The Fallen... who are they? Skywarp and Thundercracker, or what?

Actually I'm pretty sure they are just Megatron... and the Fallen. XD

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (940204)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 21st, 2009 @ 9:59pm CDT

Blurrz wrote:
JayDee wrote: are there any movie characters that DO NOT HAVE as of now a toy representation? For example, if you watch the theatrical trailer at minute 1:46, in the scene where there's a battle at the desert, you can spot two decepticons that seem to be twins and that look a lot like the first movie version of Megatron, but they are definitely not him nor The Fallen... who are they? Skywarp and Thundercracker, or what?

Actually I'm pretty sure they are just Megatron... and the Fallen. XD

I've heard that there are a bunch of nameless protoform Decepticons in the film. I'd suspect that these ones would qualify as "non-toy movie characters".

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (940207)
Posted by Diem on June 21st, 2009 @ 10:02pm CDT

JayDee wrote:This is great info, guys!
I can't wait to see the movie... now, you've talked about available (and future) character figures that are part of the movie and all the info fits great for us collectors' shopping needs, but I have a question: are there any movie characters that DO NOT HAVE as of now a toy representation? For example, if you watch the theatrical trailer at minute 1:46, in the scene where there's a battle at the desert, you can spot two decepticons that seem to be twins and that look a lot like the first movie version of Megatron, but they are definitely not him nor The Fallen... who are they? Skywarp and Thundercracker, or what? Will they have a toy version? Again, thanks for the info Blurzz!

SPOILERS!

As already mentioned, a couple of Constructicons don't yet have seperate toys with bot modes (apart from the EZ collection versions) There's the third bike sister. There's a bunch of small Decepticon drones including a bird made of blades (who may or may not be Laserbeak), some tiny balls that turn into robots, some aborted fetus-bots, some brain slugs and a small mechanical mosquito. There's Alice. There's a load of household appliances that get Allsparked. There are the Ancient Primes (who mostly just look like the Fallen) and there a whole bunch of generics seen both in flashbacks and in the scene you mention. Alice, the mosquito, the generics, the fetuses and the Primes don't transform at all.

I don't know of any plans to make toys of these guys.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (940208)
Posted by JayDee on June 21st, 2009 @ 10:07pm CDT

Aaaah, Ancient Primes!? Damn! They look cool.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (941048)
Posted by xxx55dogan55xxx on June 23rd, 2009 @ 12:55pm CDT

hello everyone ı must say tomorrow is revenge day so sit tight and enjoy the film

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (942093)
Posted by PoweredConvoy97 on June 25th, 2009 @ 9:22am CDT

D'ya recon if they have a refresh line, they'll make a canon or stealth cliffjumper? 'cos in that comic he was in, arcee and smokescreen seemed to die but they came back in rotf.
Sunstreaker would be cool too!

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (942507)
Posted by metalface on June 25th, 2009 @ 7:02pm CDT

SPOILER-ish

everybodies is talking bout devastator and the constructicon toys and how they made seperate robot toys and then the non transforming devastator with only alt modes. although for anyone who seen the movie clearly the constructicon and devastator are seperate, notice how devi is seen with mudflap and skids, while long haul, scrapper, mixmaster and rampage are off finding sam and what not
in short i think the seprate toys and the non transformin dev. is accurate :-?

btw
bonecrusher is in the movie he is seen in the last battle seen!yay!

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (948327)
Posted by JediJones on July 4th, 2009 @ 4:26pm CDT

Thanks for the list, this is just what I was looking for.

I noticed someone said the new ROTF Voyager Ratchet and Prime are actually less movie-accurate because of the repaints. Would there be any reason to get the ROTF Voyager Ratchet, Voyager Prime, Voyager Ironhide, or Preview Bumblebee if you already have the Premium versions of the originals? Were any improvements or major mold changes made to these new versions or are they either the same as the originals or even less accurate?

Am I correct that Cannon Bumblebee and Interrogator Barricade have had some significant mold changes from the previous Deluxe versions?

Am I correct that Smokescreen and Deep Desert Brawl are straight repaints of the original Deluxe versions? And it sounds like the upcoming Dead End, Swerve, Autobot Gears and Thrust are likewise just repaints of previous figures?

Finally, I'm not clear on the differences in Grindor or Stalker Scorponok. Are these just repaints of the first movie figures or will there be sculpt differences?

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (948337)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 4th, 2009 @ 5:13pm CDT

JediJones wrote:Would there be any reason to get the ROTF Voyager Ratchet, Voyager Prime, Voyager Ironhide, or Preview Bumblebee if you already have the Premium versions of the originals? Were any improvements or major mold changes made to these new versions or are they either the same as the originals or even less accurate?

Well, Bumblebee's head and arm cannon are more movie accurate. And Ironhide's head and arm cannons are more correct. But that's it.

JediJones wrote:Am I correct that Cannon Bumblebee and Interrogator Barricade have had some significant mold changes from the previous Deluxe versions?

Cannon BB has some significant mold changes. His entire upper torso and arms are completely new. His arms are more accurate, but they come with no hand weaponry at all. And his torso is less accurate.

As for Int. Barricade, there are zero changes to this figure. The only thing new is that claw accessory he comes with. He doesn't even have Frenzy anymore.

JediJones wrote:Am I correct that Smokescreen and Deep Desert Brawl are straight repaints of the original Deluxe versions? And it sounds like the upcoming Dead End, Swerve, Autobot Gears and Thrust are likewise just repaints of previous figures?

Deep Desert Brawl has his shoulders fixed, Dead End and Swerve have new headsculpts. Thrust is rumored to have a new head, but nothing has been confirmed. The rest are straight redecoes.

JediJones wrote:Finally, I'm not clear on the differences in Grindor or Stalker Scorponok. Are these just repaints of the first movie figures or will there be sculpt differences?

Both are straight redecoes (but Grindor was in the movie, so...).

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (948342)
Posted by Blurrz on July 4th, 2009 @ 5:33pm CDT

JediJones wrote:Thanks for the list, this is just what I was looking for.

I noticed someone said the new ROTF Voyager Ratchet and Prime are actually less movie-accurate because of the repaints. Would there be any reason to get the ROTF Voyager Ratchet, Voyager Prime, Voyager Ironhide, or Preview Bumblebee if you already have the Premium versions of the originals? Were any improvements or major mold changes made to these new versions or are they either the same as the originals or even less accurate?

I'd say the Premium Versions are a bit better. Ratchet's Metallic Finish is superior to RotF, as well as Target's exclusive Voyager Prime. Voyager Ironhide's best rendition has to be the original 2007 Movie version. The Premium version is odd because it has snow detail on the windows. For the best Bumblebee, I guess the Premium Version would have to do. Really depends on your preference of having a Missile gun, or a Gun/Blade

JediJones wrote:Am I correct that Cannon Bumblebee and Interrogator Barricade have had some significant mold changes from the previous Deluxe versions?

Cannon Bumblebee has a completly altered chest, arms, etc. nterrogator Barricade has simple 'Light arms' added to the chest of the car, so it's really just the same mold.

JediJones wrote:Am I correct that Smokescreen and Deep Desert Brawl are straight repaints of the original Deluxe versions? And it sounds like the upcoming Dead End, Swerve, Autobot Gears and Thrust are likewise just repaints of previous figures?

Yes, Smokescreen and DD Brawl are straight repaints. Dead End, Swerve, and Thrust are repaints, however they have different head molds. Gears is a straight repaint.

JediJones wrote:Finally, I'm not clear on the differences in Grindor or Stalker Scorponok. Are these just repaints of the first movie figures or will there be sculpt differences?

There are no changes to these figures mold-wise, so it is correct to say they are straight repaints.

Re: ROTF toy characters that appear "in-movie" (948483)
Posted by NuclearConvoy on July 5th, 2009 @ 12:31am CDT

Deluxe Dead End's head looks like a M.A.S.K. homage to me