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News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:37 am

The Master Blaster wrote:Rumour has it that in the second movie, all the sharp things wll have corks on the ends of them, and absolutely EVERYONE- tf and human alike- wear padded suits stuffed with incredibly double velvet toilet roll.

And Prime's smokestacks are cut of!

Like Prowl76 on Facebook · by **Prowl76** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:38 am

Chill out people. There are WAY more important issues in the world. Simply put if you don't like it don't buy it.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kayevcee** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:44 am

Au contraire, Silver Wind! Some pressure group tried to get Teletubbies taken off the air because of the overt homosexual symbolism surrounding Tinky Winky. I really wish I was making that up.

Yeah, Harry Potter, Spider-man, X-men, Revenge of the Sith- all 12A certificates. All merchandised in fast food places. All the British reviews I've seen of TF so far have hammered it into the ground, while US reviews were mixed but positive. It's almost as if there's some sort of country-wide vendetta going on. Either that or all the go-USA pro-military bollocks (that I only occasionally noticed) offends non-US residents more than we realised.

-Nick

News Credits: 7 · by **Optimus Frimal** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:53 am

Ravage XK wrote:I had no idea that BK were running any kind of promotion. Will have to get up there and buy a couple of kids meals. Are the toys any good?

Aargh! Some be okay and some be not okay! Aargh!

News Credits: 38 · by **Sunstar** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:05 am

Very good response from Burger King. Anyway, some of us Adults want the toys too!

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:07 am

Optimus Frimal wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:I had no idea that BK were running any kind of promotion. Will have to get up there and buy a couple of kids meals. Are the toys any good?

Aargh! Some be okay and some be not okay! Aargh!

A little off topic, but what's up with all the eye patches. Is conjunctivitis going around the forums, or did we have a group of pirates Transformers join, and I was unaware?

News Credits: 1 · by **Agent 007** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:11 am

Stupid lazy parents! :MAD:

Why is it they have to find fault wit every childs toy?! I mean they have spiderman toys and it has violence and the same goes for superman. Its called lazy parents putting the blaim on other people instead of themselves. We might as well start blindfolding our kids and wrapping them in buble wrap! Jeez y do we have all these freaken soccer moms banning everything!!? :-x

by **Primus C-00** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:13 am

What hooey!

12A has basically replaced PG, stating that anyone under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

It's the UK equivalent of PG-13

News Credits: 7 · by **Optimus Frimal** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:16 am

tigertracks 24 wrote:
Optimus Frimal wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:I had no idea that BK were running any kind of promotion. Will have to get up there and buy a couple of kids meals. Are the toys any good?

Aargh! Some be okay and some be not okay! Aargh!

A little off topic, but what's up with all the eye patches. Is conjunctivitis going around the forums, or did we have a group of pirates Transformers join, and I was unaware?

Aargh! Head over to the Official Disgruntled Brits thread and voyage through stupid amounts of pirate talk pages and ye'll find your answers... sorta Gargh!

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:17 am

tigertracks 24 wrote:
Optimus Frimal wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:I had no idea that BK were running any kind of promotion. Will have to get up there and buy a couple of kids meals. Are the toys any good?

Aargh! Some be okay and some be not okay! Aargh!

A little off topic, but what's up with all the eye patches. Is conjunctivitis going around the forums, or did we have a group of pirates Transformers join, and I was unaware?

I dont know who started it but it seems to have come from the Disgruntled Brits thread.

by **Roboto750** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:28 am

"A Burger King spokesman said: "We are pleased to be able to make these popular toys available in our restaurants so that children who are perhaps too young to see the film can still enjoy the magic of Transformers."

Very well put, Burger King person! :APPLAUSE:

by **Kevimus_Prime** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:31 am

sums up the UK - turned into a bloody nanny state....

by **microclone** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:22 am

so are they afraid the kids might choke on the toys or that they may be morally corrupted by the evil barricade?

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:41 am

There is no such thing as bad press. Ridiculous as this is it's still Transformers in the editorial of a national newspaper. I believe the last time that happened was either when Richard Branson guest starred in the Marvel UK comic or when TFs where branded as promoting Ayrian stereotypes (WTF!!?) also back in the 80s.

by **kendragon** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:32 pm

if the classification says that children under 12 can see it with an adult then what is the effen problem... just someone trying to make a name for herself. they are toys for crying out loud.

by **CircaNOW73** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:39 pm

funny how the parents rant and rave about the dumb toy in the meal but makes no bones over the absolutely unhealthy wicked processed food that is in the meal the toy came with. stupid parents raise stupid children. damn em all.

News Credits: 70 · by **Sideshow Sideswipe** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:21 pm

I heard the UK was becoming a "nanny state" at least that's what the unhappy brits call it. this is rdiculous. would the toys be okay if the violent movie was given a PG rating?

by **OptimusShr** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:53 pm

CircaNOW73 wrote:funny how the parents rant and rave about the dumb toy in the meal but makes no bones over the absolutely unhealthy wicked processed food that is in the meal the toy came with. stupid parents raise stupid children. damn em all.

You win for speaking the absolute truth.

News Credits: 1 · by **softimus_prime** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:49 pm

this is weird... when i watched the film i even see kids that got pacifiers that doesn't speak yet and it's not vilence that the kids should not see it's meagan's flesh!!! :grin:

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:49 pm

I wouldn't take young kids to see the film. But even with a PG-13/12A rating, it's nothing that a 10 year old couldn't handle.

Kids see more violence on TV, in the News, and in Video Games.
There's more gore in a single episode of CSI (take your pick).
I could go on, but you get my point.

The innuendo...no. I wouldn't want my kids (if I had any) to be subjected to that...it makes for an uncomfortable "what does that mean?" conversation. However, kids have voracious learning appetites these days, and I'm sure that by the age of 10, they pretty much know now what the people are talking about.

I think these people are being too extreme about this, it's ridiculous.

*sighs* Does anyone remember when kids were allowed to be kids, and that was just fine?

News Credits: 1 · by **softimus_prime** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:06 pm

well at least "****" is the only thing you'll hear...

kinda reminds me with the robocop issue before...

by **CyberCustomizer** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:24 pm

My son is 2. He could play with these!!! He has Megatron and another. We even bought him those 3 car wacker things (Baracade, Bumblebee and Optimus). He loves them and he could give a Sh8t about the movie.