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W-w-w-what happened to Soundwave?!? I was so excited to see his design, too! This is such a serious let down...... Over-all I'm still excited and I think these are some pretty cool designs.... but poor Soundwave... He looks like some sort of mutant flying squirrel.... with maybe a bit of cockroach thrown in. I'm disappointed. Very, very disappointed. I'm kind of sickly curious to see what they do with these "Deployers" though.

Well, I'm still quite happy with Starscream, Ratchet, and Arcee. And the other designs are certainly growing on me. Though, I'm just going to have this sick dread over Soundwave now. Ugh, I'm gonna go sit in my emo corner and pout about this.

I'd get a toy of Bulkhead, I think that's the only one I want to own as a toy.

I am hopeful for the show though. Counting down the days...

Wait, so we will be seeing toys from these designs? I thought this series was not gonna have any. Either way I'm thrilled cuz these look fantastic and I'll be getting them all for sure. Do we know when they will be released?

Looking forward to this series. This only hyped me up.

Megatron's basically just movie design....His head's even in the same place in his alt-mode, lol. You can still see his optics. I wonder if it were turned into a toy if they used the same transformation as TF1 Megs. o_O

Happy to see Soundwave a UAV. Means he can be the all-seeing-eye, but still get into fights on the ground. His design reminds me of BM Nightscream for whatever reason. (Hah)

Sad Bumblebee will be beeping.

SUPER EXCITED to see Starscream [basically] an F-16! Next year I won't feel bad spending a few hours in this costume again.

Bulkhead amused me. I was expecting something different. (Guess designs from every canon can be copied...shoulda' realized that).

But still happy Cliffjumper is different. And every time I think of what voice he'll have.... LOL.

Here's hoping!

SlyTF1 wrote: But the bios are just stealing from freking everything else!

But...but...but...isn't that what we want? G1 redux? Same characters, similar designs?

Soundwave is a "stealth drone". I don't think he's a drone in personality, I'm betting his alt mode is something like a Predator or futuristic stealthy observation plane. At least he gets minions, right?

Energon Is My Drug wrote:One complaint though...ENOUGH with the "Cybertronian Jet" Megatron. I just don't like him in that alt mode. That's for the Seekers, IMO. Give us something different!

It IS different! What would you like, some kind of modified slightly rusted out semi?

larenzo177 wrote:Sure these guys look funky, but don't worry! Next year we'll be getting 1516718191908336545367289384762789 new Bumblebee toys!

I think you're underestimating the number...

As for "upsetting the fans", who cares? It's on a kids network, anyways. As ALWAYS, this is aimed at KIDS and not FANS. That's what the Generations line is for.

starscream looks part female, he has hooker boots

My initial thoughts:

• The image of the Decepticon Troopers' altmode is labeled as "Eradicon"
• The image of Arcee's altmode is labeled "RC"
• Jack's full name is revealed to be "Jackson"
• Miko's surname of "Tezuka" has been oddly changed into Nakadai
• Soundwave has even less of a face than ever (resembling the visor faces of the G2 Cyberjets).

Upon futher reading...

Main Page:

• What is this "rare element" that Megatron supposely has? Is it Dark Energon, or something movie-inspired?
• "Team Prime" - how original
• "...needs human help more than ever." - Oh, that sounds promising.

Image Galleries:

• Megatron's eyes are peering out of his spaceship mode. And his cannon become its thruster.
• Prime's altmode looks kinda... bland.
• Starscream, on the other hand, is one sleek jet!
• Bulkhead's one big bruising ATV!
• Huh? The image of Soundwave's altmode shows a bigger image of his robot mode instead of a bigger altmode pic. Woops.

Character Bios:

• Arcee is "least 'flawed'" of the Autobots and their "best soldier"? EAT THAT, JAPAN! Also, she has a bond with Optimus and teams up with Jack. Umm... okay.
• You can so tell that Prime's bio was written by a fanboy. XD
• They actually say that Soundwave HAS NO FACE?!! And he has Deployers (instead of Mini-Casstte bots) in his chest, as well as... TENTACLES?!! Oy vey, no hentai allowed. Please!
• Ratchet knows Optimus the best? But it was Jazz who was Optimus' best friend in the book. Is this friendship something from the game? Also, he DOESN'T want the Autobots to bother with protecting humans? Our medical hero, ladies and gentlemen.
• Unlike the Movieverse homages of most of the other bots, Bulkhead is definitely an Animated homage. Though, given his bio and voice actor (Kevin Michael Richardson), it doesn't seem like he'll have the slightly-dimwitted persona his Animated counterpart had. Oh, and he's partnered with Miko. Seriously, why all the human partner stuff?
• DARN IT, BUMBLEBEE! WHY CAN'T YOU SPEAK NORMAL ANYMORE?!! He was fully capable of clear ununciated speech in the game (done by Johnny Young Bosch to boot!)! How is Josh Keaton supposed to make him speak if all he does is sound like a censorship frenzy?! And he's partered with Raf, what a surprise!
• Raf's bio page ain't working, so: skip
• Bland Megs bio, moving on.
• Jack's bio just made me lose a good chunk at whatever preliminary interest I had in the guy.
• Anorexic Screamer looks cool and sound decent. Especially considering his voice actor: STEVEN BLUM!!!
• Miko's into "American pop culture" and "wild punk outfits". And she's a "bad" girl. Erm... somehow I'm now all the more nervous about what Raf's persona will be like.

"...Soundwave's far-reaching tentacles..."
What the crap?

prime = just meh, and too bad its a long nose cab again
bat-wave = ninja Soundwave, cool, and im down with the "cyberjet helmet" look but no cannon/gun?
bulkhead = a transforming bolder....great
ThinScream = its the ghost of ....erh skeleton of Starscream, and is that a paper thin null-ray ?
Arcee - blue ? high-school super anime teen girl techno blue...
BB - *yawn*
Ratchet - nice
Megatron - another "cyertronian whatsit alt mode"

I like Starscream's high heels.