Video Review - Transformers: Age of Extinction Voyager Autobot Hound

KirbyForce1 wrote:

Siger wrote:

KirbyForce1 wrote:Wish he was fatter.

You mean wish he was more beefcake? I'm sure you don't want to see a huge beer gut and rolls of fat on this guy like 36% of Americans.

I do actually, because that's how he looks in the movie.

Oh, my mistake then. I didn't see him in the trailer. Didn't know he's an obese-bot.

Why are they making Mega/Galvatron suffer from 'Truck Envy' in these last couple of movies? If Megs thought that a semi truck was somehow more battle-grade than a cybertronian jet or tank, then DoTM ought to have taught him better. He was a semi truck in DoTM - just like Optimus. But his 'fight' with Optimus (when they FINALLY got around to it) was only about ten seconds, with Optimus easily ripping Megatron to shreds using only one arm.

Clearly having a semi-truck alt mode is no guarantee of power and toughness, at least not in the Bayverse.

All in all, I've been extremely let down by Bay's treatment of the Decepticon bosses in ALL of his Tformer movies to date.

Shockwave7 wrote:Why are they making Mega/Galvatron suffer from 'Truck Envy' in these last couple of movies? If Megs thought that a semi truck was somehow more battle-grade than a cybertronian jet or tank, then DoTM ought to have taught him better. He was a semi truck in DoTM - just like Optimus. But his 'fight' with Optimus (when they FINALLY got around to it) was only about ten seconds, with Optimus easily ripping Megatron to shreds using only one arm.

Clearly having a semi-truck alt mode is no guarantee of power and toughness, at least not in the Bayverse.

All in all, I've been extremely let down by Bay's treatment of the Decepticon bosses in ALL of his Tformer movies to date.

Yeah, the extremely cool truck mode of Megatron in DotM was COMPLETELY WASTED.
This is what I expected from DotM:

>Optimus is in truck mode. He carry precious humains and/or the McGuffin Device.
>Out of nowhere, Optimus is rammed from the rear!
>Humain check the side-way mirror and see a very, VERY menacing looking truck gaining on them and about to ram again!
>Some epic truck chase ensue, with lots of stuff crashing/exploding everywhere.
>IMPASSE!
>Optimus stop, the humans exit the vehicle, and Optimus transform to face the threat.
>The evil looking truck speed up, and as it ram Optimus, TRANSFORM INTO HIS ARCH-NEMESIS, MEGATRON!
>The battle go on, but this time, between the robot titants.

Y U NO LET ME SEE THAT IN DOTM, BAY?

Hopefully, the fact that Galvy change into a truck in AoE, it will make my dream scene happen.

Shockwave7 wrote:Why are they making Mega/Galvatron suffer from 'Truck Envy' in these last couple of movies? If Megs thought that a semi truck was somehow more battle-grade than a cybertronian jet or tank, then DoTM ought to have taught him better. He was a semi truck in DoTM - just like Optimus. But his 'fight' with Optimus (when they FINALLY got around to it) was only about ten seconds, with Optimus easily ripping Megatron to shreds using only one arm.

Clearly having a semi-truck alt mode is no guarantee of power and toughness, at least not in the Bayverse.

All in all, I've been extremely let down by Bay's treatment of the Decepticon bosses in ALL of his Tformer movies to date.

to be fair he was actually trying to hide in dom and a cybertronian tank doesnt exactly fit in here lol

Yep, that was Megatron's evasion mode of shame.

Hound is easily, most definitely one of the stars (if not the star) of Age of Extinction. I can't say the same about Galvatron.

Only things I wish were different on Hound are the odd shape of his forearms and his size class. Hound definitely should be a Leader-class figure. Even if his some-what easy transformation was retained, I'd eat him up. Will definitely look into picking him up.

As for Galvatron... ugh, it's just awful. Needs more paint, especially on his face and weapon, the simplicity of his transformation kills it for me, visible robot parts in vehicle mode, and the small size irks me.

Seriously, Hasbro, step up the game. If Galvatron, Leader-class Grimlock, and First Edition Optimus Prime are anything to go by, Age of Extinction is becoming more and more unsatisfactory (though I will say I like this line better than Dark of the Moon). >:oP

Siger wrote:Yep, that was Megatron's evasion mode of shame.

Evasion Mode of Shame is my new band name.

Mindmaster wrote:Hound is easily, most definitely one of the stars (if not the star) of Age of Extinction. I can't say the same about Galvatron.

Only things I wish were different on Hound are the odd shape of his forearms and his size class. Hound definitely should be a Leader-class figure. Even if his some-what easy transformation was retained, I'd eat him up. Will definitely look into picking him up.

As for Galvatron... ugh, it's just awful. Needs more paint, especially on his face and weapon, the simplicity of his transformation kills it for me, visible robot parts in vehicle mode, and the small size irks me.

Seriously, Hasbro, step up the game. If Galvatron, Leader-class Grimlock, and First Edition Optimus Prime are anything to go by, Age of Extinction is becoming more and more unsatisfactory (though I will say I like this line better than Dark of the Moon). >:oP

Yeah I agree with you on pretty much all points. Hound is pretty good except for the forearms and beard for me. Personally not into robot beards or that particular beard shape. Why couldn't they give him a 5 o'clock shadow like Wolverine? Galvatron is too simple and too small of a truck. Backpack and cross eyed look also ruined it for me.

Diem wrote:

Siger wrote:Yep, that was Megatron's evasion mode of shame.

Evasion Mode of Shame is my new band name.

I would like a percentage of any royalties you may earn from that brand.

Hey Curly! Where is Larry and Moe? Derp derp derp

Honestly, I'm excited for whatever craziness comes out after the screen characters are done. Designers get more daring in Movie years. For ROTF we got a biplane, an icecream van and a frickin toaster. For DOTM we got a snowmobile, a Spider Trike and whatever the hell Thunderhead was.

Garbage.

I can't wait for both to come in the mail. Hound looks fantastic, but I'm looking forward to Galvatron as well. If I have any complaints/grievances, I'll air them.

Galvatron's truck mode looks pretty cool, actually. Not very "Galvatron" though. More like Motormaster, who I've always seen as Optimus Prime's "evil twin" -- but not in the unimaginative way (e.g. Scourge / Black Convoy.)

I kind of like how the cab collapses. Hound seems like a rather clever toy.

MINDVVIPE wrote:Garbage.

Hey, I can say a random word too, without context or anything. Brace yourself, this gonna be epic...

Stadium


See? I'm good.

Galvatron needs a bit of TLC from unboxing. Wicked jet pack though

Great year to be a kid looking to score some Transformers. Absolutely crappy year to be a collector looking to find one that's worth a damn.
I'll hand it to Hasbro, they made some excellent kid oriented stuff for the Movie line, which was their goal all along. Kids aren't going to care one bit how badly off the mark the paint job is or how they dropped the ball with the lack of detail in the paint apps or how much that issue with his gun should irritate them (the kids are going to lose or break the gun anyways) or any of the half-dozen other things wrong with this toy. I have to admit that I do like the truck design. I would have bought it for that alone if they hadn't f'd up the color scheme.
So, once again Hasbro comes oh so close to getting another sale out of me but falls short, this time for the dumbest of reasons on their part. That's ok, there's thousands of kids out there to take up the slack of the stuff I'm not buying this year and that's the whole point of Hasbros marketing anyways.

That's to Takara Tomy's Shogo Hasui and TF Yuki we have in-hand images of Transformers: Lost Age's AD-01 Leader Class Optimus Prime and AD-03 Voyager Class Grimlock. Like most of their releases these feature alternate decos compared to their Hasbro counterparts. Check out the images mirrored below:

After having fiddled with Scorn for a while it's safe to say that he's one of the best figures in this initial lineup and is legitimately a great figure on his own merits.

In beast mode he has nothing on him that suggests his robot mode. Sure, one side of his torso is obviously a robot mode chest but that's more down to my own presumptions and not a flaw in the design. His arm is perfectly integrated into his beast mode head (as a bonus this means the beast mode can look side to side in a very sinister fashion). With the exception of the tail which is just one big chunk he's got all the right posability in this mode.

The transformation isn't about to puzzle anyone (though if you're the type who doesn't use instructions you might encounter a few "oh, I never realised that could peg in there" moments) but it's just involved enough to be interesting. In robot mode he's fantastic too. The "black knight" head design won't be to everyone's taste but I love how stand-offish and menacing it makes him look. His sword clips smoothly into his tail and his back sail, now in the form of huge, spiky shoulder fins looks great. Again my only concern is lack of flexibility on his tail arm but in this mode at least it's a huge pointy lance.

Can anything be done for Scorn's super tiny knee joints? (the black connecting part)

for the amount of money we're paying for hasbro's leader prime.. it should've looked like this.. it sucks that takara understands the brand better than hasbro does.

MINDVVIPE wrote:Can anything be done for Scorn's super tiny knee joints? (the black connecting part)

They're actually double-jointed so in robot mode his "real" knee is at the top of his red boot section while the visible part acts as the lower half of his thigh (which admittedly is tiny, but works with the knight in armour appearance.

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I'm getting a Heavy from Team Fortress 2 vibe from Hound which is awesome, but Galvatron is covered in lazy grey (good I hate Galvatron, more reason to hate him). Hound is now a must buy, if only to stand him around yelling CRY SOME MORE!

I'm sarting to see FoC Onslaught's grill in his chest and am startign to want an Onslaught repaint now...

Repaints of figures that came out 15 years ago
Hasbro what the hell?
Actually these guys look better than some of the new stuff!

Diem wrote:
The transformation isn't about to puzzle anyone (though if you're the type who doesn't use instructions you might encounter a few "oh, I never realised that could peg in there" moments)

That describes me so well, I am glad to know I am not the only one out there to think that so many times.

Bluespindash97 wrote:Repaints of figures that came out 15 years ago
Hasbro what the hell?

You might be alone on that. We loves us some repaints of figures that came out 15 years ago.

william-james88 wrote:

Diem wrote:
The transformation isn't about to puzzle anyone (though if you're the type who doesn't use instructions you might encounter a few "oh, I never realised that could peg in there" moments)

That describes me so well, I am glad to know I am not the only one out there to think that so many times.

I'm one of the ones that DOES read the instructions, but I know my audience.

El Duque wrote:That's to Takara Tomy's Shogo Hasui and TF Yuki we have in-hand images of Transformers: Lost Age's AD-01 Leader Class Optimus Prime and AD-03 Voyager Class Grimlock. Like most of their releases these feature alternate decos compared to their Hasbro counterparts. Check out the images mirrored below:

There's one more pic o the Japanese toys that TF Yuki Tweeted - https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/466138827007201280

Sabrblade wrote:There's one more pic o the Japanese toys that TF Yuki Tweeted - https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/466138827007201280

Can anyone identify them all?

On the bottom I see Jolt, Ratchet, optimus Prime and Starscrea but I cannot make out the last one

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:There's one more pic o the Japanese toys that TF Yuki Tweeted - https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/466138827007201280

Can anyone identify them all?

On the bottom I see Jolt, Ratchet, optimus Prime and Starscrea but I cannot make out the last one

'S Dispensor.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:There's one more pic o the Japanese toys that TF Yuki Tweeted - https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/466138827007201280

Can anyone identify them all?

On the bottom I see Jolt, Ratchet, optimus Prime and Starscrea but I cannot make out the last one

Easily.

Top row, left-to-right:

• AD12 Revenge Optimus Prime
• AD08 Battle Blade Bumblebee
• AD01 Optimus Prime
• AD03 Grimlock
• AD02 Classic Optimus Prime
• AD13 Devastator

Middle row, left-to-right:

• AD05 Scorn
• AD04 Classic Bumblebee
• AD06 Crosshairs
• AD07 Dinobot Slug

Bottom row, left-to-right:

• AD14 Jolt
• AD15 Ratchet
• AD09 Protoform Optimus Prime
• AD10 Starscream
• AD11 Dispensor

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:There's one more pic o the Japanese toys that TF Yuki Tweeted - https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/466138827007201280

Can anyone identify them all?

On the bottom I see Jolt, Ratchet, optimus Prime and Starscrea but I cannot make out the last one

Top row: Revenge Optimus Prime (aka Battle Blades), Battle Blade Bumblebee Leader Optimus Prime, Voyager Grimlock, Evasion Mode Optimus Prime, Devastator

Middle Row: Scorn, High Octane Bumblebee, Crosshairs, Dinobot Slug

Bottom Row: Jolt, Ratchet, Protoform Optimus Prime, Starscream, Dispensor.

In short, AD01 though AD15. And may I say, putting Battle Blade Bumblebee in a Voyager box is a big cheat. He almost costs as much as a Voyager in yen!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Top row: Revenge Optimus Prime (aka Battle Blades), Battle Blade Bumblebee Leader Optimus Prime, Voyager Grimlock, Evasion Mode Optimus Prime, Devastator

Middle Row: Scorn, High Octane Bumblebee, Crosshairs, Dinobot Slug

Bottom Row: Jolt, Ratchet, Protoform Optimus Prime, Starscream, Dispensor.

In short, AD01 though AD15. And may I say, putting Battle Blade Bumblebee in a Voyager box is a big cheat. He almost costs as much as a Voyager in yen!

Thanks! Too bad there was no lockdown, that surprised me

If I were a wealthy man that Optimus would be mine Oh well, I probably will wait for a sale and get the american version at a fraction of the cost. It doesn't seem like alot of people like the toy, but from the moment I saw it I liked it.

Sorry if I will sound ignorant, but I noticed that both AD 26 Bumblbee and AD 27 Lockdown have the same blacked out shape.

Does this indicate that they are the same mold? Or is it just there as a stock preorder pick before being revealed fully?

http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transformers-age-of-extinction-ad26-lockdown-takara/

http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transformers-age-of-extinction-ad27-new-bumblebee-takara/

this looks pretty kewl

william-james88 wrote:Sorry if I will sound ignorant, but I noticed that both AD 26 Bumblbee and AD 27 Lockdown have the same blacked out shape.

Does this indicate that they are the same mold? Or is it just there as a stock preorder pick before being revealed fully?

http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transformers-age-of-extinction-ad26-lockdown-takara/

http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transformers-age-of-extinction-ad27-new-bumblebee-takara/

It's the latter.