Transformers Movie Deluxe Arcee Gallery Now Online

I really like Arcee, but I would love her even more if she didn't have those stupid wheel shoulders.

I cannot wait to get my hands on this figure. Awesome gallery Ryan!

Great gallery. Im glad she didnt get in the movie hew that would be the most horrible character ever. The only fembot i like is BA but the rest of them i find to be weird. Im glad shee will never make it into the movie either scence the already released her toy.Other wise great gallery you are a master of the camera ryan A MASTER!!

I don't really like the look of the figure, nor the colour of the bike. But that's a nice bike.

Ryan, I love the Joes fighting Blackout, but you should have given Duke Gung-Ho's grenade launcher!

Damn, that's one nice figure. But if she was in the movie, I wonder if she would be portrayed like Armada Sideways, whose mini-cons were the rider of the motorcycle.

Blurrz wrote:Damn, that's one nice figure. But if she was in the movie, I wonder if she would be portrayed like Armada Sideways, whose mini-cons were the rider of the motorcycle.

There ARE no Mini-Cons in the Movie. She'd just have a hologram projector which would make it look as though she had a rider.

She was taken out because of what the fanbase had to say??? THE FANBASE NEEDS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP!

1337W422102 wrote:

Blurrz wrote:Damn, that's one nice figure. But if she was in the movie, I wonder if she would be portrayed like Armada Sideways, whose mini-cons were the rider of the motorcycle.

There ARE no Mini-Cons in the Movie. She'd just have a hologram projector which would make it look as though she had a rider.

I know there aren't any Mini-cons in the movie, but ya, you pretty much summed up what I meant(being that the Bicycle transformer has a fake rider)


edit: BTW, can someone tell me where I can pick up Arcee. I know the scout class is a Target Exclusive, but how bout the Deluxe size?

I like the figure. The only thing i dont like is that the wheel parts cant look into place in robot mode. I would like to know why the "fans" didnt want her in the film. Granted we got Ironhide but they still could've put her in. I still have a feeling there was more to her rejection than just the "fan base".

EDIT: after seeing those pics i have to go and buy a GIJOE figure. Id use one of mine but i have no clue what box they are in.

That's pretty funny with the Joes fighting blackout, especially since one of my friends keeps saying that Bay did a Transformer AND G.I.Joe movie at the same time.

His thoughts are, you can take Lennox and team and just start cranking out G.I. Joe movies and have TF1 be the prequel movie for BOTH franchises. And while the Autobots are fighting Starscream and the decepticons in the TF franchise, Lennox and the boys (G.I. Joe) are fighting Cobra, who has salvaged an advanced alien robot from the ocean and has started cranking out back-engineered weapons.

Back on topic: I like this design for Arcee, and am sad that she was taken out of the movie due to "Poor fan reaction"

I'm with Noisemaze, Sometimes the fans need to SHUT THE F*** UP!

Nice Gallery.

Was she really removed due to the fan vitrol, or because she just didn't work plot wise? (I tend to be skeptical concerning the information that appears on the web, especially at sites like Wiki and IMBd)

(I think we also have a caption contest entry for next week with that top photo )

Thunderscream wrote:Nice Gallery.

Was she really removed due to the fan vitrol, or because she just didn't work plot wise? (I tend to be skeptical concerning the information that appears on the web, especially at sites like Wiki and IMBd)

If I remember correctly, it was a combination of alot of things.

1)Fans didn't like her (they didn't like the lips or flames on Prime either, but that got in),

2) they thought it would be too much for a first movie to have to explain why there is a female robot (as opposed to why there are "male" robots and a "black" robot),

3) and they thought her small size would look weird, since they wanted the robots to seem like giants (except for Frenzy and Scorponok... not to mention Arcee is still, according to the concept art, 9 feet tall, which is still tall considering she's only a motorbike, besides, I don't think Bumblebee in G1 was much taller than 8 or 9 feet compared to Spike, and that worked fine).

Love that first pic. Joes and TFs showing a sweet scene from the movie. Very creative Ryan! Nicely done!

Skowl wrote:
2) they thought it would be too much for a first movie to have to explain why there is a female robot (as opposed to why there are "male" robots and a "black" robot

Well, they could have explained all of those away the same way they did them learning language, and slang...the internet.

tigertracks 24 wrote:

Skowl wrote:2) they thought it would be too much for a first movie to have to explain why there is a female robot (as opposed to why there are "male" robots and a "black" robot

Well, they could have explained all of those away the same way they did them learning language, and slang...the internet.

Yes... the internet is the best teacher

Skowl wrote:

tigertracks 24 wrote:

Skowl wrote:2) they thought it would be too much for a first movie to have to explain why there is a female robot (as opposed to why there are "male" robots and a "black" robot

Well, they could have explained all of those away the same way they did them learning language, and slang...the internet.

Yes... the internet is the best teacher

Well you can certainly learn a lot...whether it is true, or a warped truth, or total lie, it is a plethora of...stuff.

So I assume they could have Arcee take a feminine form because she saw it on the net, and thought it was more her style. It's not above my realm of possibility, but I'm rather open-minded when it comes to entertainment. I mean this is the guy who's had to watch the Detroit Lions all of his life, and the Detroit Tigers who have been absolutely dreadful until lately.

well, i still dont have mine, but after looking at ryans awsome gallery, i can honestly say this

her head sculpt isnt anywhere near as bad as initial pics showed, its the way its painteds that makes the details look like crap on a crap cracker.

as for the fanbase throwing a fit, well, i never saw it here, apperently it was a fan fit thrown on dmnet (don murphy's boards) so all those of you who want arcee to be in the sequal, start makeing yourself known and heard, and it just might happen...




.... or not..


whats realy funny about ryans pics of the joes vs blackout is that the arcee bike was the bike that lennox rode when he attacked blackout like thet

I don't know guys, I've been following the movie since it was announced way back in 2004 and I don't remember any announcments on Don Murphy's board or anywhere else that Arcee was cut due to "negative fan reaction". Roberto Orci even said on the official site that she was cut because of the size difference and the fact that they felt it was too difficult to explain why she was the only female. He never said anything about fan's.

Most fans I know are pissed she wasn't in the film so I don't know who they talked to but I honestly don't think the "fan reaction" thing is true. Somebody put it on Wikipedia and then everyone started quoting it as fact. Two years later everyone's forgotten where they heard it and just assume it to be true. Show me something from the producers that says she was cut because of the fans and then I'll believe it but until then can we please stop quoting it as if it's the absolute truth?

tigertracks 24 wrote:

Skowl wrote:
Yes... the internet is the best teacher

Well you can certainly learn a lot...whether it is true, or a warped truth, or total lie, it is a plethora of...stuff.

So I assume they could have Arcee take a feminine form because she saw it on the net, and thought it was more her style.

If Arcee takes the feminine form from women she sees on the interent, the next movie risks being rated "R".

Immortal Starscream wrote:as for the fanbase throwing a fit, well, i never saw it here, apperently it was a fan fit thrown on dmnet (don murphy's boards) so all those of you who want arcee to be in the sequal, start makeing yourself known and heard, and it just might happen...

The Don Murphy boards did influence alot of the first movie, I'm sure, and I think a large part of the anti-Arcee crowd was there, and very vocal about it. If you want to support Arcee, just do what I do and put something in your sig. It's simple, gets the point across and it's always there, it won't die away like threads do.

Hm ... it seems that a lot of us should stand corrected. Here's a quote I found from Bob Orci:

http://seibertron.com/news/view.php?id= ... word=arcee

Roberto Orci wrote:I hope that all those who hate Arcee will be gracious to those who love her. And to all those who wanted to see her, you should know the decision was not based on a mere dislike of the character, nor an attempt to defeminize the franchise. The decision is, at this point, story driven

The original link to Don Murphy's old forums no longer works but the quote is still here on Seibertron.com.

Whats.... Ironhide... doing.... XD nice gallery!

SnipeShade wrote:Whats.... Ironhide... doing.... XD nice gallery!

He's running over her!

Seibertron wrote:

SnipeShade wrote:Whats.... Ironhide... doing.... XD nice gallery!

He's running over her!

...Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

I hated the toy originally, and was also against the idea of having Arcee in the movie, but now after seeing this toy i wish they had kept her in there.

I really want this toy now and really hope she makes it for the sequel!

Well done to whoever took those pics too, you got some awesome effeminate poses of her. But damn you as now i need to somehow get more money together so i can buy her!

I've had this figure from the first day this wave came out. I'm something of a sucker for Motorcycle molds and, personally, am an Arcee fan.
What ever the reason for keeping her out of the movie I would like to hope she'll have a crack at getting into the second one.

Seibertron wrote:Hm ... it seems that a lot of us should stand corrected. Here's a quote I found from Bob Orci:

http://seibertron.com/news/view.php?id= ... word=arcee

Roberto Orci wrote:I hope that all those who hate Arcee will be gracious to those who love her. And to all those who wanted to see her, you should know the decision was not based on a mere dislike of the character, nor an attempt to defeminize the franchise. The decision is, at this point, story driven

The original link to Don Murphy's old forums no longer works but the quote is still here on Seibertron.com.

See? I knew it, that's just what I said like two or three posts ago.

What other toys in that wave did she come out with?

bossmonkey74 wrote:What other toys in that wave did she come out with?

With Dreadwing and '08 Bumblebee. A very colourful wave of Deluxe figures this is...

ACH! It is a return of the ugly bitches from Beast Machines!

I love the pic in the gallery of Arcee with movie Jazz. Reminds me of those awful sitcoms with the young fit wife and the fat slob husband.

Skowl wrote:

bossmonkey74 wrote:What other toys in that wave did she come out with?

With Dreadwing and '08 Bumblebee. A very colourful wave of Deluxe figures this is...

That is an interesting pose for her. Very feminine looking, and interesting how the tire halves are placed. Very creative Ryan.

tigertracks 24 wrote:

Skowl wrote:

bossmonkey74 wrote:What other toys in that wave did she come out with?

With Dreadwing and '08 Bumblebee. A very colourful wave of Deluxe figures this is...

That is an interesting pose for her. Very feminine looking, and interesting how the tire halves are placed. Very creative Ryan.

I believe that's how the tire halves are supposed to go, at least according to the concept art. The only difference is that the original design has each wheel splitting in half, one half in the front, the other half in the back - on each side. It was probably too complex to recreate on the toy.

Still they did an amazing job recreating the design for the figure. Even the way the bike parts on her knees resemble the wheels, the even have the orange trim representing the "hubcap-things" on the tires.

See the original concept here for comparison.

They were really clever with how the manage to get the wheels in the front, while still keeping the "wheels" on her knees without actually using the bike tires. The only thing she's really missing from the design is that gun on her left arm.

I couldn't figure out how the front tires were supposed to be transformed. I looked at looked at some other websites which had her transformed like the instruction booklet, but then you couldn't have the tires in place when you would move her arms to aim her weapon (hence the tires out to the side look which is more reminiscent of the Energon version). Then while I was posing her, I noticed the tires actually clicked into place when I posed her in the manner above (which reminds me of a shawl). I'd like to know how the designer of the figure intended for those tires to be transformed because I have a feeling that the instructions are not correct in this case since the tires snap into place like I have them in the picture above.

Seibertron wrote:I couldn't figure out how the front tires were supposed to be transformed. I looked at looked at some other websites which had her transformed like the instruction booklet, but then you couldn't have the tires in place when you would move her arms to aim her weapon (hence the tires out to the side look which is more reminiscent of the Energon version). Then while I was posing her, I noticed the tires actually clicked into place when I posed her in the manner above (which reminds me of a shawl). I'd like to know how the designer of the figure intended for those tires to be transformed because I have a feeling that the instructions are not correct in this case since the tires snap into place like I have them in the picture above.

I'm going to put mine like that. All my E-Arcee and variants have the wheels out, so this will be a cool change.

Seibertron wrote:I couldn't figure out how the front tires were supposed to be transformed. I looked at looked at some other websites which had her transformed like the instruction booklet, but then you couldn't have the tires in place when you would move her arms to aim her weapon (hence the tires out to the side look which is more reminiscent of the Energon version). Then while I was posing her, I noticed the tires actually clicked into place when I posed her in the manner above (which reminds me of a shawl). I'd like to know how the designer of the figure intended for those tires to be transformed because I have a feeling that the instructions are not correct in this case since the tires snap into place like I have them in the picture above.

I really wish Hasbro would make official annoucements on their site in regards to things like this, especially when the instructions aren't clear...

Dear Transformers Fans,

You're all transforming Arcee wrong, it's suppose to go like this:

*insert photo here*

Thank you, keep buying our stuff,
Hasbro

Skowl wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I couldn't figure out how the front tires were supposed to be transformed. I looked at looked at some other websites which had her transformed like the instruction booklet, but then you couldn't have the tires in place when you would move her arms to aim her weapon (hence the tires out to the side look which is more reminiscent of the Energon version). Then while I was posing her, I noticed the tires actually clicked into place when I posed her in the manner above (which reminds me of a shawl). I'd like to know how the designer of the figure intended for those tires to be transformed because I have a feeling that the instructions are not correct in this case since the tires snap into place like I have them in the picture above.

I really wish Hasbro would make official annoucements on their site in regards to things like this, especially when the instructions aren't clear...

Dear Transformers Fans,

You're all transforming Arcee wrong, it's suppose to go like this:

*insert photo here*

Thank you, keep buying our stuff,
Hasbro

Their instructions are rather vague at the best of times anyway. I mean these toys are made for kids of ages 5 and up, yet i, a 22 year old man, even has trouble transforming the damn things at times because their diagrams are soo poorly laid out. If i have trouble with em then primus knows how much trouble a kid would have.

They should at least add text instructions along with the diagrams.

Sonray wrote:

Skowl wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I couldn't figure out how the front tires were supposed to be transformed. I looked at looked at some other websites which had her transformed like the instruction booklet, but then you couldn't have the tires in place when you would move her arms to aim her weapon (hence the tires out to the side look which is more reminiscent of the Energon version). Then while I was posing her, I noticed the tires actually clicked into place when I posed her in the manner above (which reminds me of a shawl). I'd like to know how the designer of the figure intended for those tires to be transformed because I have a feeling that the instructions are not correct in this case since the tires snap into place like I have them in the picture above.

I really wish Hasbro would make official annoucements on their site in regards to things like this, especially when the instructions aren't clear...

Dear Transformers Fans,

You're all transforming Arcee wrong, it's suppose to go like this:

*insert photo here*

Thank you, keep buying our stuff,
Hasbro

Their instructions are rather vague at the best of times anyway. I mean these toys are made for kids of ages 5 and up, yet i, a 22 year old man, even has trouble transforming the damn things at times because their diagrams are soo poorly laid out. If i have trouble with em then primus knows how much trouble a kid would have.

They should at least add text instructions along with the diagrams.

Of course, then they would have to pay for translators to translate the instructions. More avoidable expenses. Diagram instructions like we have now can be re-used all the time, regardless of where in the world toys are sold.

Man I'm still on the fence about getting movie Arcee. I had intended only to get Autobots that actually appeared in the movie. But, she is a pretty sweet looking toy.

Plus if I get one I can proxy in some figs and recreate a horribly ironic scene of Bumblebee and Arcee making out on top of Sam... [/b]

Ragnorok64 wrote:Man I'm still on the fence about getting movie Arcee. I had intended only to get Autobots that actually appeared in the movie. But, she is a pretty sweet looking toy.

Plus if I get one I can proxy in some figs and recreate a horribly ironic scene of Bumblebee and Arcee making out on top of Sam... [/b]

I could see that winning some sort of "Irony" photo contest.

I was just messing around with my movie figures and i found out that legend Barricade can can also be used as a rider. He fits perfectly. Now i dont have to go and buy a GIJOE figure or look for mine.

The body is fair, but with that head sculpt... Holy Jeez! It looks like Brundlefly actually got Geena Davis to get into the telepod with him!

I have to say I like Arcee's movie design, and I also can understand the reasons she is not in the first TF film.
However, as they still have her in the movie prequel and created a design for her and the Deluxe Movie Arcee, I am hoping and praying it looks good for her to be in the 2nd film. She is a motorcylce, so the female human lead (Makayla) can team up with her and ride her as Sam does with BumbleBee.
We ALL know Susan Blu would be back to do her voice!

That's a great gallery. I love how every post is somewhat feminine

Her robot mode is actually starting to look better to me after viewing this gallery. Guess I should have snagged her at Target last month when I had the chance!

mwanders4 wrote:the female human lead (Makayla) can team up with her and ride her

Now thats a movie. Id pay to see that.

I had to say it.

Talk about scale differences in one class. I figured Arcee to be 1/14 scale as a Buell Firebolt, while Dreadwing is 1/102 scale as a MiG-29! She's about 7 feet tall, and he's about 50 feet tall!

Arcee is taller than Bonecrusher.

Bonecrusher cries himself to sleep.

I REALLY wish they had kept her in! The choice of gender could be easily explained (just like Jazz's ethnic preference), and I'd LOVE to have seen a Buell in another blockbuster movie (Johnny Blaze's stunt bikes in "Ghost Rider" were older, modified Buells, JFYI). They didn't have a size problem with Frenzy, now did they?

PUT ARCEE IN THE SEQUEL!!!!!!!!!