Star Wars Transformers Darth Vader / Death Star first look!

Very Primus like....

*Nods in agreement*

Might be interesting to see him displayed alongside an Armada Unicron and Cybertron Primus....

is this unicron or primus body?if its primus's body im getting this one.

P.S.:if you know what i mean about the body.

There also appears to be 4 figures hidden in the body...1 on each leg and then 1 above each shoudler on the "inner death star section"

TBH The thing doesnt look all that bad at all!

Air Commander Starscream wrote:There also appears to be 4 figures hidden in the body...1 on each leg and then 1 above each shoudler on the "inner death star section"

TBH The thing doesnt look all that bad at all!

Does that mean there's the possibility it might be a kind of triple-changer? Darth Vader, Death Star and playset?

turbomagnus wrote:

Air Commander Starscream wrote:There also appears to be 4 figures hidden in the body...1 on each leg and then 1 above each shoudler on the "inner death star section"

TBH The thing doesnt look all that bad at all!

Does that mean there's the possibility it might be a kind of triple-changer? Darth Vader, Death Star and playset?

It could be a mini playset... But then again every SWTF comes with a mini figure to sit in the cockpit. It could be that the Deathstar is so big that they decided to give it 4....the MF had a mini Chewwy and Han Solo figure. It will be interesting to see when we get more images of this guy.

Hm, yes, but the Falcon was also two figures, a Han and a Chewie, that combined into one vehicle, hence two mini-figs. As far as we know at the moment, this Vader appears to be a single figure.

Of course, it could be like you said, a matter of sheer size.

Huh. Whaddayaknow. For a SWTF, that doesn't look half bad.

Quiller-Bee wrote:Huh. Whaddayaknow. For a SWTF, that doesn't look half bad.

Indeed. For once it's not a robot with a SW character head slapped on top of it.

Looks very good. Are there any pic of him in planet mode?

Not that bad, might actualy pick it up, on clearance ofcoarse. XP

Easily the best SWTF so far.

It looks like he has a cape.

Air Commander Starscream wrote:Theprivateuniverse.co.uk has posted some images of the upcoming Star Wars Transformers Darth Vader. This time he will be transforming into the might Death Star. The figure was displayed at the Hasbro Toyfair in the UK.

Now I could get this and like it, but the plastic still needs to be better than was on the SWTFs previously.

Looks like the figs are Darth (duh), and a couple Stormtroopers (whether they are Han and Luke in disguise is yet to be seen). The fourth could be anyone, the Emperor, Tarkin, Obi Wan... who knows???

Pretty cool.

That look simply awesome and the mould is very much Primus like which is good since that mould simply ROCKS! Definite pick up!

Definetly another must have for me.

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That's pretty nice. But I don't buy into SWTF shit, so pass.
Give us Classics Jazz and co!

....Damn, there goes my money........

Wow, that looks amazing!

I only have one little complaint... why the hell would Darth Vader need a gun? He's friggin' Darth Vader. That's so unlike him.

And at first glance, it seems like a new mold, or a very least a MASSIVE remold of the Primus design.

I never thought I'd say it, but there's finally a SWTF figure that I want.. hopefully there'll be enough produced so I can pick one up on clearance, but when looking that good, it might be hard to pass up if I see it at all.

looks pretty awesome, although i'll never be able to afford it.

SKowl wrote:I only have one little complaint... why the hell would Darth Vader need a gun? He's friggin' Darth Vader. That's so unlike him.

Maybe it's the station's superlaser. Wouldn't be much of a Death Star it didn't have the ability to blow up a planet, insignificant though it may seem to him.

wow a SW/TF fig that looks good... im shocked.

I like it! It's the only planetformer(well, it's almost a planet) with handheld weapons. Maybe not for full price, but that's the only Star Wars Transformer I actually want.

HOLY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is asum!

I both love it and hate it

I agree Primus should sue for his image being stolen by Vader, the little guys in the shoulder bulk are pretty intereating, but the gun throws me off.

Anyhow, I just might get one because A. I don't have a DeatStar, and always wanted one to go with my other Star Wars ships. B. Both Primus and the Unicrons could always use someone else to beat on.

I think the backround story that I'd use would be something like:

In Darth Vader's experience with the nameless Cybertronian protoform that scaned both his image and his TieFighter, Vader amassed enough knowledge of the aliens robotics to tie his own cybernetics into this most recent DeathStar. Now as it's center, he is in complete control of the massive battle station traversing the spaceways, and using The Force to control this technological monstrosity to enforce the will and law of The Empire.

Vader mode looks great but with only fold-out panels on his arms and legs I wonder if he can actually form a complete Death Star. Maybe he'll be like Unicron and only form an incomplete Death Star?

This is the first Swtf I have even been mildly interested in. Looks surprisingly appropriate.

Thunder_breaker wrote:Looks surprisingly appropriate.

You mean other than the fact Darth Vader didnt think very much of the origanal death star?

It is entirly the wrong choice of charecter for this toy, the empirer would have made far more sence (and we've only had one of him so far, compaired to two DVs).

Redimus wrote:

Thunder_breaker wrote:Looks surprisingly appropriate.

You mean other than the fact Darth Vader didnt think very much of the origanal death star?

It is entirly the wrong choice of charecter for this toy, the empirer would have made far more sence (and we've only had one of him so far, compaired to two DVs).

Or even Grand Moff Tarkin, since he was technically the one in charge of the Death Star.

turbomagnus wrote:

Redimus wrote:

Thunder_breaker wrote:Looks surprisingly appropriate.

You mean other than the fact Darth Vader didnt think very much of the origanal death star?

It is entirly the wrong choice of charecter for this toy, the empirer would have made far more sence (and we've only had one of him so far, compaired to two DVs).

Or even Grand Moff Tarkin, since he was technically the one in charge of the Death Star.

Yeah, but he was an overtly menacing charecter, not an out and out shit your pants scary charecter. I HAS to be that kinda charecter to work with the death star.

He looks nothing short of powerful. And he is strikingly detailed!

Point.

What about one of the Death Star Gunners that operated the Superlaser? (Probably not, though...)

turbomagnus wrote:Point.

What about one of the Death Star Gunners that operated the Superlaser? (Probably not, though...)

Could work I supose... Still wouldnt actually want this POS mind.

Say... this doesn't look half bad!

Redimus wrote:

turbomagnus wrote:Point.

What about one of the Death Star Gunners that operated the Superlaser? (Probably not, though...)

Could work I supose... Still wouldnt actually want this POS mind.

Hey, if nothing else you could keep it in Death Star mode and beat up on it with a Unicron figure.

turbomagnus wrote:

Redimus wrote:

turbomagnus wrote:Point.

What about one of the Death Star Gunners that operated the Superlaser? (Probably not, though...)

Could work I supose... Still wouldnt actually want this POS mind.

Hey, if nothing else you could keep it in Death Star mode and beat up on it with a Unicron figure.

I intend to get Primus to play the role of 'getting bullied upon'...

Why does Vader need a blaster?

Burn wrote:

Quiller-Bee wrote:Huh. Whaddayaknow. For a SWTF, that doesn't look half bad.

Indeed. For once it's not a robot with a SW character head slapped on top of it.

I'm not so sure of that. That chest design IS Primus. It's even got the front flares that slide around. But I think I'll be getting this.

Ok. Does anyone have that old artwork of a Darth Vader Death Star transformer? I remember seeing that like 5 years ago and this looks almost identical to it.

EDIT: Found it!

They should have made it Transform into the Deat Star pilot. Also, the upper half of the mold looks Primus based, has this been confirmed as a Primus remold or a new mold?

Alright so I'm not the biggest Starwars fan but compared to the rest of the line he is pretty impressive. I only have two problems with this guy.

1) The Death Star mode looks like it's going to have alot of seams and hinges all over it going by the bot mode.

2) I know Vader is a very popular character and all but come on. How many Vaders are there in this line already?

GetterDragun wrote:They should have made it Transform into the Deat Star pilot. Also, the upper half of the mold looks Primus based, has this been confirmed as a Primus remold or a new mold?

It's a new mold. He looks nothing like Primus, even I can see that with my glasses

He looks like the Prowler 974 artwork

This must be mine

You know, I really like it. It looks nice and thick, unlike the rest of the SWTF line. For once, Darth Vaders head isn't top heavy.

I wonder if Hasbro would ever put out a D2DVD Video about SWTF. I think it might be intersting.

it seems like a hybrid of unicron and primus. he has primus' top planet halves, and unicrons side leg things.

I know a lot of people are saying Vader is a stupid choice because he didn't want anything to do with the Death Star, nor did he ever use a gun.....but throwing some Star Wars "logic" in here, assuming this line has any in the first place....If the Empire (& the Emperor, himself, naturally) were to make a robot version of any Impirial figure..it'd probably be it's menacing second-in-command. I mean, Vader is like their champion....why not plaster his visage all over a Death Star mech, even if he dosen't like it? Same thing with the gun. Who says he likes it? Dosen't mean the Emperor can't order it to have one anyway.

.....of course, in reality....it's simply because out of all the Star Wars characters, Vader is by far the most popular, & slapping his head on that technological terror ensures Hasbro will turn a profit.

If the Empire (and as you said, the Emperor himself) were to make a robot version of any Imperial figure it'd be the Emperor himself. You can't go past the guy's ego.

But like NC said, this is about profits, Vader Star will sell, Palpatine or Tarkin wouldn't.

Depending on the price, I'll have to buy this one!