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by TCracker » Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:34 am
Yahoo Japan recently listed a new Cyberverse figure that we have no prior knowledge about. This was not debuted in any toy fair in recent memory.
Judging from its looks, probably an animal transformer that turns into a jet! But we can't really tell due to the angle of the figure placed in the box.
As we know, it is a Decepticon and will it be appearing in the movie?
Let the speculation begin!
The full listing can be seen here
http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b121726665
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by Bumblevivisector » Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:59 am
Not crazy about his design, but love the concept! Since so many Bayniverse TFs have had such ungainly, misshapen humanoid modes, it's about time some more just made robot mode an indistinct animal mode.
I'm a little confused about the name though: I'm guessing this guy won't actually be in the third movie, and therefore won't be named in anything other than his packaging. If that's the case, why was Hasbro so in love with the name "Hatchet" that they stuck with it despite trademark problems preventing them from using it without "Decepticon" attached? It's one thing to do that for established names, but here you'd think they'd have just called him something else. Or has there been a guy named Hatchet before?
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by kirbenvost » Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:39 am
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This looks pretty cool. I dunno about the color scheme or who I'd use it as, but still looks interesting.
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by Counterpunch » Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:43 am
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Nope.
It makes me feel old not to be on board with this new stuff, like I'm getting left behind or that I'm being closed minded.
Where is the line that separates those things? I really try to look objectively at new designs and toys, but I can't help but look at this and think (like many other upcoming toys) that Transformers has maybe gone a step too far out of the norm.
I know...I know...Transformers change with time and series. But don't forget that change has at times been rejected. Beast Machines is the strongest example of that. While it was a good show, the vast majority of fans did not like where it took the overall franchise. The course correction was RiD and Armada in place of Transtech. When the movies are through, will we see that again?
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by Downbeat » Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:56 am
- Motto: "Can't think and I'm feeling fine."
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Love it. Scout Commander sized jet Decepticon that turns into what looks like a winged and upgraded Ravage? Fantastic.
There is no previous use of Hatchet according to the TFWiki, anyway, so Hasbro must really have wanted to use the name if they were willing to add the Decepticon prefix. Maybe the name's gonna be used on Transformers Prime, who knows?
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by Carnivius_Prime » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:22 am
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Looks pretty decent. I like it.
Counterpunch wrote:Where is the line that separates those things? I really try to look objectively at new designs and toys, but I can't help but look at this and think (like many other upcoming toys) that Transformers has maybe gone a step too far out of the norm.
I dunno. I like to see new and interesting designs that don't always just stick to the overused humanoid form and try something different. The Movie stuff in particular certainly got me more interested in Transformers than I ever was even when I had all them G1 toys as a kid. Without the movie stuff I certainly can't imagine myself ever having bought Transformers as an adult as the relatively simplistic blocky designs of other TF lines just don't do it for me at all (oh and I hate, HATE human-like faces on TF's these days. Fine if it's a nostalgic upgrade of a G1 character but I find it too overdone and ridiculously stupid looking in some of the IDW comics and crud like Animated)
Mainly TF movieverse toy collector.
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by tigertracks 24 » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:54 am
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That's pretty cool. NIce to see clearer images at some time.
CP, you're just old. But I have to agree there are certain aesthetics that belong with certain toy brands...there's a Gundam design, an EVO (or whatever eats called I'm not a watcher as one can imagine), a Robotech/Macross look, and there WAS definitely a TF look, until Beast Machines, and then again, in the movie, and then again with Animated.
Looks like the latter more than the former CP. AS in it will keep morphing, and not going back to the G1/Armada/RID aesthetic (if there is such a thing).
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by Lord Onixprime » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:57 am
Freaking awesome. Reminds me of a version of Laserbeak I once drew when I was in middle school where he transformed into a fighter jet.
Now, make a white, blue and red space shuttle that turns into a dragon! Hatchet vs Skylinx.
I'm loving the cyberverse stuff.
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by Down_Shift » Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:06 am
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I hate to say this but I like it! I usually don't like beast mode anything but this doesn't look too bad. Zoids fans will flip when they see this.
Hatchet appears to be, to Ravage, what Buzzsaw is to Laserbeak
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