New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 2:02PM CST
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The Transformers Collectors Club have updated their magazine preview section. In this update we can see the new Transformers Animated characters Strika and Rodimus Prime that are rumored to be in Season 3. It also shows us Rodimus Primes weapon of choice a bow and arrow. To see the preview and the images click here.
The Transformers Collectors Club have also posted a PDF version of the last TFCC Magazine, containing the previews of upcoming Universe figures, Transtech Character Profiles, and part 5 of the Club Comic "TRANSCENDENT". To can check out the TFCC Magazine PDF please click here.
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The Transformers Collectors Club have also posted a PDF version of the last TFCC Magazine, containing the previews of upcoming Universe figures, Transtech Character Profiles, and part 5 of the Club Comic "TRANSCENDENT". To can check out the TFCC Magazine PDF please click here.
Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers related news.
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Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (832847)
Posted by Omega Charge on November 12th, 2008 @ 2:08pm CST
Posted by Omega Charge on November 12th, 2008 @ 2:08pm CST
Wow, Strika looks very Beast Machines. And Hot Rod/Rodimus looks very cool. Season 3 should be good.
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (832860)
Posted by GuyIncognito on November 12th, 2008 @ 2:28pm CST
Posted by GuyIncognito on November 12th, 2008 @ 2:28pm CST
I'm not a fan of the Robot Heroes figures, but that Laserbeak RH is awesome!
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (832862)
Posted by Hard Hacker on November 12th, 2008 @ 2:29pm CST
Posted by Hard Hacker on November 12th, 2008 @ 2:29pm CST
That's a very interesting colour take on the Rodimus character. It looks good.
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (832880)
Posted by Scaleface on November 12th, 2008 @ 3:16pm CST
Posted by Scaleface on November 12th, 2008 @ 3:16pm CST
If you click on it you also seem to get a PDF file of the entire last issue of the TFCC magazine, which includes profiles of Transtech Prowl and Starscream, as well as the ongoing comic featuring Alpha Trion and the club combiners. Not bad.
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (832903)
Posted by gantzrunner on November 12th, 2008 @ 3:44pm CST
Posted by gantzrunner on November 12th, 2008 @ 3:44pm CST
They look awesome! On another note: did Hasbro loose the rights to the name Slag or what?! The new robot heroes Slag is again misnamed Snarl, just like animated Slag. So what is Snarl's name now?! Maybe they just realized that since Beast Wars "slag" seemed to be used as a curse, and they are afraid to offend someone. Hell, they cut off the least dangerous parts of Optimus ( stacks) when his trailer corners are so much more dangerous 
. It doesn't have to make sense.
. It doesn't have to make sense.
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (832904)
Posted by Scaleface on November 12th, 2008 @ 3:48pm CST
Posted by Scaleface on November 12th, 2008 @ 3:48pm CST
Slag is now called Snarl. Snarl is now called Sludge, Sludge is now called Fred. Fred is now called Barney. Barney is now called Grimlock, Grimlock is called Snarl... no wait, they already moved Snarl... Slag it! I give up figuring out Hasbro.
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (832906)
Posted by JaAm on November 12th, 2008 @ 3:52pm CST
Posted by JaAm on November 12th, 2008 @ 3:52pm CST
It seems pretty obvious to me that Strika is gonna be a Bulkhead Retool, but Rodimus looks like a new mold. Wonder what they'll be like personality-wise?
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (832921)
Posted by Lapse Of Reason on November 12th, 2008 @ 4:23pm CST
Posted by Lapse Of Reason on November 12th, 2008 @ 4:23pm CST
Maybe the Angry Archer wears a Rodimus Pretender shell.
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (832962)
Posted by Sledge on November 12th, 2008 @ 5:36pm CST
Posted by Sledge on November 12th, 2008 @ 5:36pm CST
Slag is a swear word. Hasbro figured that putting out a toy with a rude name would be a problem. Sadly, this has killed plans for the Bitchmasters line.gantzrunner wrote:They look awesome! On another note: did Hasbro loose the rights to the name Slag or what?!
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (832970)
Posted by trence5 on November 12th, 2008 @ 5:56pm CST
Posted by trence5 on November 12th, 2008 @ 5:56pm CST
Where? I didn't see any previews of Rodimus in the PDF 
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Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (833010)
Posted by Zek Patterson on November 12th, 2008 @ 6:41pm CST
Posted by Zek Patterson on November 12th, 2008 @ 6:41pm CST
Oh wow. Wonderful. THEY'RE IN SPACE!!!! Rodimus looks amazing, and Strika is lookin pretty B.A.! I can't wait for this season to kick off!
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (833014)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on November 12th, 2008 @ 6:50pm CST
Posted by Megatron Wolf on November 12th, 2008 @ 6:50pm CST
At least Hot Rod looks like he should. The bow and arrow thing is kinda retarded but at least its better than any thing Bay would do. Now will they call him HotRod like they should or are we stuck with this Rodimus Major crap?
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (833030)
Posted by Foallen on November 12th, 2008 @ 7:25pm CST
Posted by Foallen on November 12th, 2008 @ 7:25pm CST
Neither of those animated pics are doing anything for me, unfortunately. Maybe once we actually see the cartoon or the figures I'll grow to like them, but for now, it's just not doing it for me.
I generally like Rodimus, but I don't like the looks of this one. To me he looks purple and orange where I'd prefer it a bright red and orange. Also the purple and orange just don't mesh here to me (like they do with Galvatron for example). I also don't like the bow and arrows (especially 2 arrows). When I looked at him, he reminded me of some character of Teen Titans cartoon (Speedy?), which wasn't good.
I guess I can live with Strika as seen in that picture, but generally not anywhere near a character I care about.
Oh well, we'll see what they do with it all. I'm open minded enough and content to be wrong if the cartoon or figures come out and they are mind blowing.
I generally like Rodimus, but I don't like the looks of this one. To me he looks purple and orange where I'd prefer it a bright red and orange. Also the purple and orange just don't mesh here to me (like they do with Galvatron for example). I also don't like the bow and arrows (especially 2 arrows). When I looked at him, he reminded me of some character of Teen Titans cartoon (Speedy?), which wasn't good.
I guess I can live with Strika as seen in that picture, but generally not anywhere near a character I care about.
Oh well, we'll see what they do with it all. I'm open minded enough and content to be wrong if the cartoon or figures come out and they are mind blowing.
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (833049)
Posted by Keeperofthespark on November 12th, 2008 @ 8:12pm CST
Posted by Keeperofthespark on November 12th, 2008 @ 8:12pm CST
Look awesome!
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (833096)
Posted by emeraldbeacon on November 12th, 2008 @ 9:29pm CST
Given that 'Prime' is little more than the title of a relatively high-ranking officer in the Animated universe, he'll probably be Rodimus Prime (and command a small crew, like Optimus Prime, Sentinel Prime, and 'Longarm Prime' do/did).
They might take the route they did, the first time they tried the "Universe" line. One of the BW Neo toys, a stegosaurus, was named "Dinobot Striker". So, Striker could be Snarl's new name... although they'd need to be careful not to cause too much confusion between him and Animated Strika.
Posted by emeraldbeacon on November 12th, 2008 @ 9:29pm CST
Megatron_Wolf wrote:At least Hot Rod looks like he should. The bow and arrow thing is kinda retarded but at least its better than any thing Bay would do. Now will they call him HotRod like they should or are we stuck with this Rodimus Major crap?
Given that 'Prime' is little more than the title of a relatively high-ranking officer in the Animated universe, he'll probably be Rodimus Prime (and command a small crew, like Optimus Prime, Sentinel Prime, and 'Longarm Prime' do/did).
gantzrunner wrote:They look awesome! On another note: did Hasbro loose the rights to the name Slag or what?! The new robot heroes Slag is again misnamed Snarl, just like animated Slag. So what is Snarl's name now?!
They might take the route they did, the first time they tried the "Universe" line. One of the BW Neo toys, a stegosaurus, was named "Dinobot Striker". So, Striker could be Snarl's new name... although they'd need to be careful not to cause too much confusion between him and Animated Strika.
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (833155)
Posted by RoboFunk Prime on November 12th, 2008 @ 11:24pm CST
Posted by RoboFunk Prime on November 12th, 2008 @ 11:24pm CST
Finally, it looks like Rodimus Prime is going to be given the spotlight (and backbone) he should have had and always deserved.
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (833174)
Posted by Oilspill on November 13th, 2008 @ 1:05am CST
Nah, I'd bet money she gets a new mould. Based on the fact that we've seen her animation model and it is completely different from Bulkhead, and this show has so far kept the animation pretty close to the toys.
And also Eric Siebenaler (Animated toy designer guy) said recently that they're doing a Bulkhead repaint and it is going to be called xxx Bulkhead (like Atomic Lugnut). So I doubt they'd do a repaint of Bulkhead if they were going to repaint/retool him again into Strika.
That's my theory anyway.
Posted by Oilspill on November 13th, 2008 @ 1:05am CST
JaAm wrote:It seems pretty obvious to me that Strika is gonna be a Bulkhead Retool, but Rodimus looks like a new mold. Wonder what they'll be like personality-wise?
Nah, I'd bet money she gets a new mould. Based on the fact that we've seen her animation model and it is completely different from Bulkhead, and this show has so far kept the animation pretty close to the toys.
And also Eric Siebenaler (Animated toy designer guy) said recently that they're doing a Bulkhead repaint and it is going to be called xxx Bulkhead (like Atomic Lugnut). So I doubt they'd do a repaint of Bulkhead if they were going to repaint/retool him again into Strika.
That's my theory anyway.
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (833186)
Posted by Savage on November 13th, 2008 @ 2:49am CST
Posted by Savage on November 13th, 2008 @ 2:49am CST
Strika looks quite reminiscent of her BM self. Pretty cool.
Rodimus looks really good. The Animated style really works with him. First Rodimus in a long time that I might actually like!
Rodimus looks really good. The Animated style really works with him. First Rodimus in a long time that I might actually like!
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (833202)
Posted by munkimus prime on November 13th, 2008 @ 5:04am CST
Posted by munkimus prime on November 13th, 2008 @ 5:04am CST
Rodimus prime looks nice as does Strika I can't wait for season 3.
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (833267)
Posted by dj_funk_gut on November 13th, 2008 @ 9:02am CST
Posted by dj_funk_gut on November 13th, 2008 @ 9:02am CST
poor Cy kill and scooter took a harsh shot by alpha trion:(
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (835668)
Posted by schmungbeen on November 17th, 2008 @ 11:08pm CST
Posted by schmungbeen on November 17th, 2008 @ 11:08pm CST
What I like is that each 'prime' has had some form of medieval weapon
Optimus -axe
Sentinel - lance
Rodimus - bow and arrow
UM - hammer of thor (yes hes not a prime, but had to have been at some point)
Optimus -axe
Sentinel - lance
Rodimus - bow and arrow
UM - hammer of thor (yes hes not a prime, but had to have been at some point)
Re: New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus (835670)
Posted by Oilspill on November 17th, 2008 @ 11:17pm CST
Nice observation. That's kinda cool, I wonder if that is intentional or not.
Oh, except for Longarm Prime, but he may not count since..well, you know why.
Posted by Oilspill on November 17th, 2008 @ 11:17pm CST
schmungbeen wrote:What I like is that each 'prime' has had some form of medieval weapon
Optimus -axe
Sentinel - lance
Rodimus - bow and arrow
UM - hammer of thor (yes hes not a prime, but had to have been at some point)
Nice observation. That's kinda cool, I wonder if that is intentional or not.
Oh, except for Longarm Prime, but he may not count since..well, you know why.
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