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acchillyaout wrote:I am really digging these figures. They have been inspired by the live action Michael Bay Transformer movies. Glad to see some people out there are finally giving him the credit he deserves. It's like they took movie Optimus and turned him into a cartoon. Simply amazing. I will buy all these on first sight! Might have to sell off some Classics figures to make room on the shelf. Oh well, never really liked them anyway. Just cheap plastic.

I would just like to say...not really. The designs are a combined effort of 5 designers that did not work on the movies. There was a team of designers working with direction from the script writers and Hasbro to get their designs. Although Optimus shares some similarities, and Bumblebee continues to be a mute warrior, I think the similarities end there. PERSONALLY, the Prime design team managed to remove most of the things I did not like in the movieverse designs. The faces, crushed soda cans, gorilla arms and foul language. I do like Prime and the toys, but not because it has anything to do with the movies.
Character Designer Augusto Barranco

Transformers Prime toys spotted in USA =

Transformers Prime toys spotted in USA at TRU with price hikes =

Not even worth going to my TRU..Mine still has ROTF stuff out..

Voyager SKU is 362813, Deluxe is 363356. I called my local TRU and they said it showed up as "Manifest Pending", which basically means the company has (thus far) made no plans to even ship the items to the store.

GetRightRobot wrote:

acchillyaout wrote:I am really digging these figures. They have been inspired by the live action Michael Bay Transformer movies. Glad to see some people out there are finally giving him the credit he deserves. It's like they took movie Optimus and turned him into a cartoon. Simply amazing. I will buy all these on first sight! Might have to sell off some Classics figures to make room on the shelf. Oh well, never really liked them anyway. Just cheap plastic.

I would just like to say...not really. The designs are a combined effort of 5 designers that did not work on the movies. There was a team of designers working with direction from the script writers and Hasbro to get their designs. Although Optimus shares some similarities, and Bumblebee continues to be a mute warrior, I think the similarities end there. PERSONALLY, the Prime design team managed to remove most of the things I did not like in the movieverse designs. The faces, crushed soda cans, gorilla arms and foul language. I do like Prime and the toys, but not because it has anything to do with the movies.
Character Designer Augusto Barranco

Thanks. Couldn't have said it better myself.

To be honest, outside of a few major aspects on Prime and BB the rest of the cast draws more from War for Cybertron when I look at them. Although I have to disagree about one thing you said, I don't think they did away with everything I disliked about movie designs, particularly BB's. I like how it looks and all, but Bumblebee got his name because he was a yellow beetle. I'm not saying he needs to be a Volkswagen specifically, that would be too geewun, I'm just saying when I think of Bumblebee I don't think Muscle Car, that's more like Hot Shot or Sideburn territory.

'bout time.

TRU is still going to charge $13.99 for these? yeah ill wait for walmart to get them so i can pick up the few i want at normal prices. And if walmart never gets them then oh well guess i wont have any of these in my collection, no skin off my back just more money in my wallet for video games, Thundercats & predator figures.

Considering I started my collection buying from TRU (yey for Animated?) I don't mind their price *too* much (annoying when they get exlusives, yes, but not enough to ward me way on things under $30), but I do agree Megatron Wolf, it would be nicer to get them from Walmart where you can save $4+ a pop.

I just want these fragging things to start showing up, preferably the FE's, but I think that's asking a little much at this point -__-

If the Japanese one's were so blasted expesnive I've buy them but at about $45 for a single figure (a little less if I buy a bunch and combine the shipping) it's too much for my wallet... but that FE Cliffjumper is very, very tempting... if it weren't backordered >__< Fuu. Should have known Hasbro would be a prat and pull something like they did. Then again, knowing my luck, had I ordered one they would have shown up in stores -__-

Hot on the heels last night's Transformers Prime "Robots in Disguise" Deluxe wave one retail sightings we now have confirmation that the new Powerizers (Voyager) wave one are also out. The Allspark's Rhinox purchased Powerizer Megatron from a Toys"R"Us in Topeka, Kansas.

I love how Cliffjumper has his arm gun on the box, but only th FE toy actually has them. What is this blasphemy?
Currently looking for FE Figss now, because (Almost) all the powerizers and Robots in disguise look like garbage! Megatron, Wheeljack, and the prototypes of skyquake, and knockout give me hope though, that with a mixed bag of Powerizer, FE, and RID, we can have the Perfect prime cast, but it'll be difficult to obtain them all...