Robot Heroes Optimus Prime and Ravage and Rodimus and Insecticon Photos

Hmmm... So is "Shrapnel" just not kid friendly, or too vague to trademark?

Sorry 'bout the triple post. I got a MySQL Error or something when I tried to respond through the news section.

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These look like fun. I hope they make some kind of playset to go with these.

Cool, super deformed style. Now, I want to see the UMagnus set. Hopefully, he's not the Prime repaint.

You know, I might just have to get some of these.
It looks like Prime's pose is the same as his Basic Titanium pose. Sigh.

Woah, error message. Sorry 'bout the doublepost.

Wow. Ravage is...

cute.

What can I say besides,

"REGGAE HAIRSTYLE, ROCK N' ROLL!"

Some of you almost get it, the rest are on your own.

kind of wired, but thats the style of the heroes line

Σ Prime wrote:Wow. Ravage is...

cute.

No matter how cute (or ugly) he is, Ravage will always kick ungodly amounts of ass.

Imma have fun with these toys

SD Gundam Force!

Seriously though, I kinda wish they'd reissue the Insecticons.

I was thinking Chibi Transformers have finally arrived.

I was thinking Chibi Transformers have finally arrived.

I gave these things a hard time the with the last ones we saw, but I like Shrapnel. I guess I'll have to see them with my own eyes first.

lol i love em... another prime and hotrod to add to my collection. But does this mean we wont be seeing any of the other insecticons?

LilFormers has toys out now, huh?

Seriously though, I like Transformers and super-deformed characters, so this is cool. I might pick a few up.

And whatever happened to the name "Hot Rod?" They're calling him Rodimus now!

Caelus wrote:Hmmm... So is "Shrapnel" just not kid friendly, or too vague to trademark?

It could be an "unfriendly" name in the same vein as Wheeljack not being used for an Autobot, but it could just as easily be the name was lost. There's never been a Shrapnel since G1.

We do know Bombshell is gone, by virtue of the GI Joe character of the same name. Kickback somehow charmed his way into getting his name reused, and Ransack's the most reused name - nice deal, for a non-show 'Con. I don't know how, if at all, Hasbro could swing the use of Venom, even with the rights to Marvel's stuff.

EDIT: Oops, yet another double-post in this thread. Dang error.

Kamen Rider Chosen wrote:

Caelus wrote:Hmmm... So is "Shrapnel" just not kid friendly, or too vague to trademark?

It could be an "unfriendly" name in the same vein as Wheeljack not being used for an Autobot, but it could just as easily be the name was lost. There's never been a Shrapnel since G1.

We do know Bombshell is gone, by virtue of the GI Joe character of the same name. Kickback somehow charmed his way into getting his name reused, and Ransack's the most reused name - nice deal, for a non-show 'Con. I don't know how, if at all, Hasbro could swing the use of Venom, even with the rights to Marvel's stuff.

G.I. Joe is a Hasbro brand though so I'm pretty sure they still have Bombshell and have just opted not to use it for Transformers.

Insecticon Shrapnel......is that really so hard to do? Seriously, hasbro has some great "title" names to add on that would let them cover just about every name trademark out there simply by adding a faction title, like Autobot Hot Rod, Insecticon Bombshell, Terrorcon Blot(I think?), Cybertron Primus......& so on.......but just make sure people keep in mind that these are not names but placeholder titles. I think Aron Archer one time made a comment that he'd rather give a character a different but similar name than have the other bots that meeted one say, "Hey, Autobot Jazz....say Autobot Jazz, have you seen Decepticon Shockwave around here?" "Yeah, He's over there next to Insecticon Shrapnel & Combaticon Onslaught." "Hey thanks a lot Autobot Jazz." No problem, Minibot Powerglide."


....but as I said, if you see these as merely faction titles & not names, such problems are completely avoided.

AbsumZer0 wrote:

Kamen Rider Chosen wrote:

Caelus wrote:Hmmm... So is "Shrapnel" just not kid friendly, or too vague to trademark?

It could be an "unfriendly" name in the same vein as Wheeljack not being used for an Autobot, but it could just as easily be the name was lost. There's never been a Shrapnel since G1.

We do know Bombshell is gone, by virtue of the GI Joe character of the same name. Kickback somehow charmed his way into getting his name reused, and Ransack's the most reused name - nice deal, for a non-show 'Con. I don't know how, if at all, Hasbro could swing the use of Venom, even with the rights to Marvel's stuff.

G.I. Joe is a Hasbro brand though so I'm pretty sure they still have Bombshell and have just opted not to use it for Transformers.

That's just it. Hasbro can't use the name for its GI Joe character. Bombshell had to be renamed Bombstrike for the 2005 ARAH figure.

Hasbro has no problems with a name being shared between a Joe character or vehicle and a TF.

Kamen Rider Chosen wrote:

AbsumZer0 wrote:

Kamen Rider Chosen wrote:

Caelus wrote:Hmmm... So is "Shrapnel" just not kid friendly, or too vague to trademark?

It could be an "unfriendly" name in the same vein as Wheeljack not being used for an Autobot, but it could just as easily be the name was lost. There's never been a Shrapnel since G1.

We do know Bombshell is gone, by virtue of the GI Joe character of the same name. Kickback somehow charmed his way into getting his name reused, and Ransack's the most reused name - nice deal, for a non-show 'Con. I don't know how, if at all, Hasbro could swing the use of Venom, even with the rights to Marvel's stuff.

G.I. Joe is a Hasbro brand though so I'm pretty sure they still have Bombshell and have just opted not to use it for Transformers.

That's just it. Hasbro can't use the name for its GI Joe character. Bombshell had to be renamed Bombstrike for the 2005 ARAH figure.

Hasbro has no problems with a name being shared between a Joe character or vehicle and a TF.

Ah, you're right. I completely forgot about them having to rename her. In my head I've always just referred to her by the comic name. Or Boobies McRubbinstuff.

I was hoping to see Optimus and Megatron packaged together, and Rodimus and Galvatron. That would make sense. I guess from a marketing perspective, it makes more sense to have a really popular character packaged with a lesser character, though. If they put Shrapnel with Cosmos, for instance, not as many people would pick it up as would Shrapnel with Hot Rod / Rodimus. So Megs and Galvs will be packaged with lesser Autobots.

If Hasbro is wondering if the toys will win over any female Transfans, well...

They've snagged this one.

As I mentioned in a previous thread, I think this is an insanely cool line.

For sure, I'll have to buy Optimus and Megatron!

Nice. Shame about Shrapnel's name though.

Very cute, despite the lack of transformations. (Hopefully, they'll do bigger Robot HEroes toys later like they did fro the Star Wars Galactic Heroes. Maybe those will transform)

Anyways, these are adorable, especially Ravage.... But I hope they venture beyond just using G1 characters at some point... I;d love a chibi Waspinator or Jetstorm.

Still...ah shot, let me stop frontin'. I will buy the Prime robot...Damn you Hasbro!!!

those are adorable. also?

optimus says: "OBJECTION!"

I'll get these. I have some of the Star Wars, and am tempted by some of the Marvel, but with them being G1 Transformers, well, how can I resist?

Where's Arcee? And then Paradron Medic? We have to have some girls so the boy toys can catch cooties from someone...(sorry about the generalization).

Can't wait to see Sharkticons & Quintessons. And larger-scale figures for Combiners and such--ah crap, I'm getting carried away with this.

Can't wait to see Sharkticons & Quintessons. And larger-scale figures for Combiners and such--ah crap, I'm getting carried away with this.

Aw Shrapnel? I got all excited when someone said it would be Kickback.

I see me buying damn near all of these. There goes multiple paychecks this summer.

Once again, MUST HAVE THESE! Kickback would have been awesome but Shrapnel's cool, too.

Awww, that Ravage is adorable!

I was hoping the Rodimus v Insecticon set would have been the Energon versions... I'm kinda getting sick of all this G1 stuff wherever I look.

And, here I thought this line was actually going to be cool. Rodimus and Insecticon... Give me a break! Oh, well, guess I will have to buy these and rename them for who they really are. Anyone want to guess if that is Rodimus Prime or Hot Rod?

Wow, quite a lot of good reactions on these products. Didn't expect that. Personally I don't really like them, I got the idea that Hasbro is still looking for even more ways to sell...

ppfffft. Make me laugh they do. Give us more Classics!

ppfffft. Make me laugh they do. Give us more Classics!

ppfffft. Make me laugh they do. Give us more Classics!

ppfffft. Make me laugh they do. Give us more Classics!

Sorry bout that, got the same MySQL error as Caelus

Wy not Shrapnel? I like it better. And what about when Bombshell & Kickback come around? They can't call all three of 'em 'Insecticon'......whatever............

I'm going to have to get my hands on that Ravage.

Operation Ravage wrote:I'm going to have to get my hands on that Ravage.

I can't wait to see how you'll incorporate him into a sig!

I know a lot of people don't like the non-transforming Transformers but I personally like them. Just wish they'd use a different pose on that Prime, already have the 3" Titanium one.

I really don't like how some of the guys in this line have 4 fingers, while others still have the normal 5.

It's like there were different parties working on individual characters and noone in between keeping check on continuity.