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Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy

Transformers News: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011 10:11AM CST

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If you've been underwhelmed by the various images that have appeared for Transformers:DOTM Deluxe Starscream, Deluxe Dread, and the unnamed Human Alliance style Dune Buggy maybe these new images over at ACToys will change your mind. These images are higher quality and the figures appear to be transformed properly, or at the very least much closer than some of the previous images we've seen. For those who were unhappy about those giant pinchers sticking out of the front of the SUV in alt mode it appears they do neatly fold away!

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Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172854)
Posted by dirk2243 on January 23rd, 2011 @ 10:17am CST
Wow, I'm wondering if it is the same person transforming all of them. Starscreams transformation is a fail, which makes me wonder if the others are done right?

However Dreads and the buggy don't seem to bad so they could be done right.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172855)
Posted by DevastaTTor on January 23rd, 2011 @ 10:19am CST
Awe crap, I was just writing this up. Beaten to the punch again!

While these pictures do look better, I still haven't seen anything that makes me say, "I gotta have that!"
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172860)
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on January 23rd, 2011 @ 10:23am CST
Actually I am starting to like all three. Not sure if I would display Starscream with those huge weapons on his arm. Dread is looking badass in my opinion. Looking forward to him. The HA dune buggy is also a must get for me.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172863)
Posted by El Duque on January 23rd, 2011 @ 10:27am CST
DevastaTTor wrote:Awe crap, I was just writing this up. Beaten to the punch again!

While these pictures do look better, I still haven't seen anything that makes me say, "I gotta have that!"


Sorry bro :P

I will admit these images have taken me from "Hell no" to "Well maybe" on Deluxe SS and the SUV. I was planning on getting the mini-HA's anyway.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172864)
Posted by mtma on January 23rd, 2011 @ 10:28am CST
Damn, I said to myself I was NOT gonna spend any money on anyone that was not Megatron, but Dreads is Appealing to me...

He's very well done, but I can't stand the huge ass weapons of the line. I mean, if they had the effort to hide them, I would not mind, but the way they are exposed on the vehicles is just lazy...

That's why I want Megatron, his weapon is concealed, and for the first time on the movies he is a real life vehicle
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172868)
Posted by ConBotFormer on January 23rd, 2011 @ 10:30am CST
I'm starting to like the dread. But, I'd only buy it/or the 3 dreads if they came in voyager class. Now, lets start to see some videos! I hope we see some leader class figures soon...and I hope they're not crappy like the rest of these DOTM figures.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172870)
Posted by Noideaforaname on January 23rd, 2011 @ 10:32am CST
Now we're talking, they look loads better.

The Dread has a similar color scheme to the "Shadow Command" Leader Megatron. Bet that Megs would look neat with a posse of the Dreads (still hoping there are a few different forms of them).
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172873)
Posted by ConBotFormer on January 23rd, 2011 @ 10:33am CST
I'm starting to like the dread. But, I'd only buy it/or the 3 dreads if they came in voyager class. Now, lets start to see some videos! I hope we see some leader class figures soon...and I hope they're not crappy like the rest of these DOTM figures.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172874)
Posted by Doubledealer93 on January 23rd, 2011 @ 10:33am CST
the dreads are bad ass! but i still dont like the deluxe SS. but i will be getting all the HA.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172881)
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on January 23rd, 2011 @ 10:45am CST
I hate to admit it, but I'm starting to like some of those mechtech weapons. Like Linkara says "guns that turn into melee weapons are friggin awesome" The only downside is they're too big, but I can live with that.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172885)
Posted by Alex Jones on January 23rd, 2011 @ 10:55am CST
DOTM Starscream looks good but we already have a perfect Voyager class from the ROTF line. I am thinking why purchase a deluxe version.

Like everyone else has said, the weapons look too exaggerated, but I wondering if this has to do with trying to make the weapons look more unrealistic to appease poltically correct parents.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172890)
Posted by T-Macksimus on January 23rd, 2011 @ 11:10am CST
The HA Dunebuggy is still a "maybe" with a slightly stronger tilt towards a "yes". Was hoping that better pics of SS would change my mind and indeed they have me "almost tempted". I find the whole 'bot with dreadlocks' concept to be an insult to my intelligence in much the same manner as the twins' personalities were in RotF and those Mech Tech weapons are just the Lame icing on a 3 layer Fail Cake in my opinion. I'm all for a BFG if it's decently designed but these things are freakishly over-sized and totally ruin the aesthetic of the figure.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172897)
Posted by WheelJacked on January 23rd, 2011 @ 11:30am CST
While I like the look of Dread, if that is the proper transformation for him there is going to be a ton of back kibble. I wish they would have shown that.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172900)
Posted by WarGraver on January 23rd, 2011 @ 11:35am CST
The Dune Buggy is pretty good. For a movie figure, anyway. I still don't want it, but I wouldn't hate having it. I'm a little curious if his missile rack can be opened in robot mode.

Dread, as always, has a kind of cool robot mode utterly ruined by an alt mode that has nothing in common with it.

Still... I at least now believe that the HA figures have some potential. So that's good.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172901)
Posted by Solrac333 on January 23rd, 2011 @ 11:36am CST
Rather than trying to be the first to post these, can people actually try to figure out how to transform them and THEN post them?
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172908)
Posted by Doctor McGrath on January 23rd, 2011 @ 11:50am CST
I will admit that the Dread looks a lot better in these photos than the previous but the goldie locks kill it for me. I'm on the fence with the Dune Buggy and not interested at all in Screamer.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172912)
Posted by ShardFenix on January 23rd, 2011 @ 11:57am CST
yep, still only feeling the dune buggy. what size are the HA figures?
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172917)
Posted by Alex Jones on January 23rd, 2011 @ 12:05pm CST
ShardFenix wrote:yep, still only feeling the dune buggy. what size are the HA figures?


Some have said around Deluxe and Scott size class. But I think there was a group a picture of HA with some of the DOTM deluxes and the dune buggy guy was slightly smaller, although he does look a bit thicker.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172920)
Posted by MGrotusque on January 23rd, 2011 @ 12:09pm CST
Still do not want any of these. Though Dread does have a refreshingly demonic and monstrous head sculpt that i can appreciate.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172922)
Posted by Rodimus_Major86 on January 23rd, 2011 @ 12:13pm CST
I'm still not too terribly impressed with what I have seen for DOTM yet

I may as well just stick with my ROTF figures, considering that they look a lot better than what has appeared so far.

One thing I'm wondering is what is with Starscream and big honkin' blade weapons all of a sudden, the one he has in the pictures looks kind of awkward. Also, why do they keep calling the SUVs 'the dreads' they may as well just start calling them the Insecticons right now, considering that I'm pretty sure taht's who they are supposed to be.

Either way, I'm still not too impressed, but I hope they make something worth getting from this toyline
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172932)
Posted by Swiftknife24 on January 23rd, 2011 @ 12:34pm CST
I'm really liking the look of the Dread now! (Also, the 'Dreads' are akin to Alice in ROTF!)

Don't see the point in a Deluxe Starscream at all...And my Leader would not approve anyway! :-B
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172939)
Posted by Mykltron on January 23rd, 2011 @ 12:46pm CST
Well yes, they certainly ARE better pictures but my mind isn't changed.

On a side note, is that Ted Danson in the buggy?
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172945)
Posted by Dead Metal on January 23rd, 2011 @ 1:04pm CST
You see better pixs and a better job at transforming them and they no longer look like FABs.
I can see potential in that SS, he might be better looking than he is in these pix, as I believe he's still miss-transformed.

I love the gold dreadlocks on the Dread, mand do I like that design.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172968)
Posted by Joker'sRequiem on January 23rd, 2011 @ 1:40pm CST
For a Deluxe, Starscream doesn't look that bad. I'm actually really liking the Dreads figure. The sculpt looks good in robot mode especially. So far though, the HA Buggy is the only one I really am considering buying as soon as I see it.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172969)
Posted by Ultra Markus on January 23rd, 2011 @ 1:40pm CST
i always knew those black suburbans were evil
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172971)
Posted by Autobot032 on January 23rd, 2011 @ 1:43pm CST
Still a nope.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1172986)
Posted by Rated X on January 23rd, 2011 @ 2:08pm CST
Wow...

I think this is where I draw the line when it comes to collecting movie lines. Dune buggy does nothing for me. I like the Burban, but Im not ready for a Rasta/Predator character. And canStarscream eve lift his new weapon. And Im so sick of the same whitish greyish plastic being used cause it looks so much like a toy instead of a real machone. The best voyager movie Starscream paint job was Deep Space Starscream.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173009)
Posted by El Duque on January 23rd, 2011 @ 2:55pm CST
I must admit I am kind of starting to like the Dread with the exception of the umm........dreads. Oh well I can probably remove them easy enough.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173012)
Posted by Joker'sRequiem on January 23rd, 2011 @ 2:58pm CST
El Duque wrote:I must admit I am kind of starting to like the Dread with the exception of the umm........dreads. Oh well I can probably remove them easy enough.

Same here. I've already decided that if the dreads just don't look that good in person, they're getting removed.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173014)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on January 23rd, 2011 @ 3:00pm CST
Loving the look of the Dreadlocked character in both modes though I'm not massively fond of huge silly weapons in vehicle mode. Far prefer when they can be hidden away.

Starscream is fairly impressive given the size class though I find him being a Deluxe somewhat redundant given the scale between him and other characters. This one looks better than the 2007 Voyager in both modes though. Nothing can top the near perfection of Leader Class Starscream though.

The lil Human Alliance figure is a bit of a 'dream come true' for me in a way. I had wanted more figures with little humans like a new form of M.A.S.K. and really had hoped to expand the line to include cheaper, smaller characters and this fits that perfectly. I know there's a helicopter character too and I hope it's a line that keeps on building.

I'll pass on Screamer as I don't see the point in him being a Deluxe but Dready and the little HA buggy could be among my first purchases making me want to buy Transformers figures again after the break I'm currently on. The wrecker guy I saw recently is a possible too but I'd like to see more pics of him.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173027)
Posted by Galvatrondestroyer on January 23rd, 2011 @ 3:15pm CST
Ok I've changed my mind on some of this I will be getting two from the new movie line..deluxe Screamer and voyager Megs seem to be the only good looking figures to me. Screams McCallahan seems to borrow alot from his voyager incarnation while trying to get some added bits from his leader version.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173030)
Posted by Autobot Megatron on January 23rd, 2011 @ 3:35pm CST
If I take the stupid dreadlocks off, the Dread might be a buy. Starscream is a no, and the HA, a maybe.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173036)
Posted by prowl123 on January 23rd, 2011 @ 3:57pm CST
Like all of these, but the only one I will definitely get is Dreads. Starscream is nice, but it's STILL MISTRANSFORMED!!! The dune buggy is nice, but it's just not winning me over. Maybe I don't need to melt down that Optimus Prime and turn it into a grave. :D
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173037)
Posted by prowl123 on January 23rd, 2011 @ 4:00pm CST
Crap...double post.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173039)
Posted by First-Aid on January 23rd, 2011 @ 4:07pm CST
It truly is amazing what a really good camera and good poses can do for figures. Liking all three!
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173046)
Posted by Crosshairs on January 23rd, 2011 @ 4:25pm CST
Not Starscream. ROTF voyager is way better than DOTM voyager.
Now i see a proper pic of the Dread i want it, looks exceptionally evil and full of win.
HA Dune Buggy- probably not.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173053)
Posted by Rated X on January 23rd, 2011 @ 4:46pm CST
I cant believe you guys are gonna give the dread a haircut.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173059)
Posted by MINDVVIPE on January 23rd, 2011 @ 4:59pm CST
The single one good thing in all of this: the suv's Head SANS dreads.... the rest sucks. More boring generic looking limb and body designs.
:CON:
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173098)
Posted by DarkJesterCyn on January 23rd, 2011 @ 7:51pm CST
Dreads, insecticons, glad I'm not the only one who thought those pincers reeked of Shrapnel. I can only hope that the other two get mocked up as the other two bugbots
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173106)
Posted by MINDVVIPE on January 23rd, 2011 @ 8:02pm CST
DarkJesterCyn wrote:Dreads, insecticons, glad I'm not the only one who thought those pincers reeked of Shrapnel. I can only hope that the other two get mocked up as the other two bugbots


Those pincers sure don't look organic to the design of the bot... kind of lame and tacked on, imo (not that I expect much from the rotf line in regards to making their figures appeal to the "realism" enthusiasts among TF fans). Thats more upto the RTS and Generations.. as well as FP.
In case anyone is wondering what I mean about looking organic to the figure; Wreck-gar's melee weapon.
:CON:
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173121)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on January 23rd, 2011 @ 8:42pm CST
I like starscreams weapon but not the figure, if hasbro does a skywarp repaint then i might get it but this iteration is a pass. The dread guy is a cool looking figure but the head sculpt is horrible could be a good kitbash base so hes a maybe. i really like the HA buggy,not a fan of the human so he'll stay in the box (or be impaled by a decepticon) but the robot and alt mode are awesome the weapon mode is meh but most are, him ill pick up. Out of all the DOTM figures we've seen so far ive only seen 1 thats really good and 2 that are ok the rest are crap.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173139)
Posted by Alex Jones on January 23rd, 2011 @ 9:26pm CST
Isn't the "Dread" named "Crankcase"?
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173140)
Posted by El Duque on January 23rd, 2011 @ 9:31pm CST
Lousy_Autobot_Lover wrote:Isn't the "Dread" named "Crankcase"?


Speculated, but unconfirmed to my knowledge.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173171)
Posted by amtm on January 23rd, 2011 @ 11:22pm CST
mtma wrote:I can't stand the huge ass weapons of the line...

That's why I want Megatron, his weapon is concealed, and for the first time on the movies he is a real life vehicle

You said it.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173258)
Posted by kirbenvost on January 24th, 2011 @ 2:09pm CST
These definitely don't look as terrible as initial pictures suggested, but they're still not purchases for me. The Dread thing is still ugly, I already have Leader Starscream, and the HA dune buggy guy looks cool, but I have no reason to get him because he's not a classic character and I don't collect HAs.
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173348)
Posted by alanburk on January 24th, 2011 @ 4:51pm CST
Liking the Dread! He's got some serious middle fingers, too!
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173392)
Posted by First-Aid on January 24th, 2011 @ 7:09pm CST
alanburk wrote:Liking the Dread! He's got some serious middle fingers, too!


Probably from saluting everyone for making fun of his cool dreads, mon!
Re: Better Quality Images of DOTM Starscream, Dread, & HA Dune Buggy (1173419)
Posted by OptiMagnus on January 24th, 2011 @ 8:33pm CST
These look great! My wallet is now starting to cry again.

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