"Movie Preview" toys preorders and PICTURES!

Alseides Prime · Post by **Alseides Prime** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:01 am

I think they did a fairly good job on both the robot and alt. modes.
Though it does bug me why they havbe an alternate mode solely for atmospheric entry purposes.

Noticeably cybertronian but yet very alien. Its the best of both worlds.

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:27 am

Of course. That's why Rob Orci was saying it was silly that they had a spaceship for interstellar travel when they can turn into whatever they want - Hasbro wanted to get another set of toys out of it.

Angelophile · Post by **Angelophile** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:58 pm

I imagine Hasbro would have found a way to get more toys out of it, whatever the concept.

another tf fan · Post by **another tf fan** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:20 pm

hasbro is in the toy buisness. at least thats what i heard.

Darth Zax · Post by **Darth Zax** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:35 pm

Originally posted by Denyer
The similarities to Optimus Primal and Jetfire (despite the very different colours on the latter -- look at the back of box pic for where I'm coming from) aren't accidental, are they?

okay, i've looked at the pics three times and i still don't know what you're talking about, plz explain.

Post by **Denyer** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:49 pm

Prime has paws with toes, and is generally ape-like and prehensile. The head sculpt is a bit more fluidly shaped and closer to the Primals than to classic Op.

Jetfire:
http://www.actoys.net/bbs/attachment/Mo ... 65ff6e.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Csjetfire.jpg

Valkyrie lines and stylings in there as well as the Seeker chest turbines. Someone amongst the designers likes Japanese mecha, at a guess.

numbat · Post by **numbat** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:08 pm

Someone amongst the designers likes Japanese mecha, at a guess.

Certainly not a bad thing, at least in my books!

I do like the robot designs, and I have nowt against the alt modes - I just can't get round the colours, and I do think they look to have very similar transformations... something no amount of mecha worship can remedie!

And they really need a lotion for that back problem...

But, all things considered, I reckon I could easily end up picking them up, if it weren't for the apparent price!

DrEvil · Post by **DrEvil** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:00 am

No way are these worth anything near £17. Maybe a tenner at a stretch but thats it.

These remind me of Beast Wars a lot and not just cause they're protoforms. Prime has a Cheetor-esque look to him, and Starscream more of a Waspinator. Typical sneak-preview stuff though. These'll be the things that will warm shelfs for months.

Fallen In Darkness · Post by **Fallen In Darkness** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:37 am

Originally posted by Denyer

Jetfire:
http://www.actoys.net/bbs/attachment/Mo ... 65ff6e.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Csjetfire.jpg

Wait man.First link is not jetfire ... its the link with optimus and starscream...or did I misunderstand something???

Post by **Denyer** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:26 pm

Originally posted by Fallen In Darkness
did I misunderstand something???

*nod*

It's the back of box pic has the mecha, Valkyrie-ish stylings. The toy itself doesn't look a lot like anything, due to the flat plastic tone.

(On a side note, Hasbro's airbrushed stock photography is probably going to land them in hot water for wrongful advertising one of these days, in the UK at least...)

Clogs · Post by **Clogs** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:15 pm

Screamer! Slurp! Gimme!!!!!!!!

Colours might not be so hot, but he's looking good and is more like what I might have expected. Guy needs wings.... Anyways, according to G1, Screamer can fly into space (Fire in the Sky), and he does same when carrying Arkeville; suppose I can live with Shi'ar styling in the movie until he gets to be a F22.

Prime is way cool. Might even be tempted to splash a little cash on him, but colours are, again, a bit off. And I will not believe Prime as a spaceship. It's kinda....wrong.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:55 pm

New pics of Starscream from one of the usual suspects.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/b ... eam_11.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/b ... eam_12.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/b ... eam_13.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/b ... eam_14.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/b ... eam_15.jpg

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:02 pm

Ztarzcream haz planz.

Clogs · Post by **Clogs** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:18 pm

Ah, Nevermore. You pander to my obsession...

Alseides Prime · Post by **Alseides Prime** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:15 am

Hmm, I do like it, but Screamer HAS to have wings. He has almost no similarity to the original design except for the name.
I also like the transition of the Waspinator-esque face to the f-22 body.

Im curious as well to see what they do for Megsy.

Darth Zax · Post by **Darth Zax** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:48 pm

his head reminds me of TM2's terrorsaur's

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:16 am

New pics:

http://www.actoys.net/bbs/read.php?tid=142495

Mirrored:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/b ... ime_11.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/b ... ime_12.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/b ... ime_13.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/b ... ime_14.jpg