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News Credits: 665 · by **Skowl** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:32 pm

Good news for all you fans of the Transformers Robot Heroes line! Images have surfaced of the new wave of figures, based on the characters from this summer's Transformers Movie. According to Entertainment Earth, this wave will be released in December '07.

The packs are divided as follows:

Optimus Prime (with blade arm) VS Scorponok
Bumblebee VS Starscream
Ironhide VS Bonecrusher
Protoform Jazz VS Brawl

See all the images, including in-package pics, by clicking here or view some higher resolution images on TFormers by clicking here.

News Credits: 1 · by **Maju Garzett** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:36 pm

Huh... Well... Is that Proto Prime or Jazz?

by **Uniprimus** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:36 pm

*horrified at Bonecrusher*

by **Trelve** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:38 pm

Is there any way to see these images without having to sign up?

News Credits: 2 · by **Justicity** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:49 pm

Trelve wrote:Is there any way to see these images without having to sign up?

Seconded

by **megamega323** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:10 pm

go to the image gallery if you don't have a Tformers account (Trelve and Justiciy)

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:26 pm

These are massivly ugly... and way too many Primes.

News Credits: 4 · by **BluePhirePB** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:28 pm

megamega323 wrote:go to the image gallery if you don't have a Tformers account (Trelve and Justiciy)

Where's that? :oops:

News Credits: 665 · by **Skowl** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:31 pm

Maju Garzett wrote:Huh... Well... Is that Proto Prime or Jazz?

Fixed. I also added the link to the TFormers gallery, the pics are in higher resolution.

Weird, it looks so much like the Prime... I can't believe they did protoform Jazz before Prime?!

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:32 pm

I loved the G1 guys, but the movie characters aren't doing much for me. I look forward to the Beast Wars guys though.

News Credits: 1 · by **Agent 007** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:35 pm

Bonecrusher hates hasbro fo mkain him poopy figs

News Credits: 4 · by **BluePhirePB** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:09 pm

Mr.Bond007 wrote:Bonecrusher hates hasbro fo mkain him poopy figs

They need to turn him into a Leader Class.

by **Susinko** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:15 pm

I'm only so-so on these guys (except Starscream who I would get just on principle), but I'm still going to get them. I need some more troops for my Mini Army of Doom! I'm training them to make me sandwiches. :grin:

by **lanzajr26** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:18 pm

Scorponok looks absolutely hilarious. Overall they look like fun additions to the series.

by **Rushie** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:25 pm

Movie TFs are way too detailed for this simplified style. It showed with Attacktix and definitely with these. So much detail and characterization is lost with these figures.
But should these ever show up in the Netherlands (tough change, because Galactic and Marvel Heroes were never released here) I would pick them up.

by **cellshock** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:29 pm

Wow, even Robot Heroes can't make the movie designs look cute. Just yet another example of how badly those designs translate from from over-the-top CGI movie props to toy form. They still look like... nothing.

I'll be sticking with my G1 Robot Heroes, thank you very much. At least they actually look like the characters that they're supposed to.

News Credits: 38 · by **Sunstar** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:49 pm

I haven't even seen wave 1 but I will be watching. Screamer will be mine

News Credits: 1 · by **xxaMaxx** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:51 pm

The movie designs are just too complex to be represented in such simplified forms. I do like Scorponok, though. I might pick him up.

by **jaws** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:08 pm

I like these guys; Hasbro finally gave OP his sword and BB a battle mask

by **Kimmer** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:17 pm

can't we just skip these disgraces and move onto the next batch of g1 robot heroes please.

News Credits: 665 · by **Skowl** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:23 pm

I really don't buy all these people who are saying the movie designs don't translate well to the SD form.

I think they do. They are simplified, but they keep all the key features that make the movie designs recogniseable. I don't know, I just (as usual) don't understand my fellow fans. I look at Robot Heroes Starscream, I see Starscream. I look at Bumblebee, I see Bumblebee. I look at Brawl, I see Brawl. They're simplified, they're cute, but nothing in the design element is missing.

I'll admit that some are better sculpted than others (what the hell happened to Bonecrusher's face? He looks like a friggin' monkey) and the paint job is lacking (Brawl looks like a green blob, no detailing whatsoever... same goes for Bonecrusher), but still, this guys are nowhere near as bad or as unfaithful to the movie designs as fans think. I think people exagerate the complexities of the movie designs, here's a trick, try to draw the movie models, but only draw the key elements that really stick out, don't bother with all the tiny gears and pistons, and you'll see that you can "shrink" the movie designs as much as you want. As long as you keep the most important characteristics of each bot, they'll retain they're "movie" look!

News Credits: 23 · by **1337W422102** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:25 pm

These look terrible. How the hell is that 'protoform' dude supposed to be Jazz? Looks nothing like him! And is Bonecrusher flipping someone off?

This chibi look doesn't work for the movie characters. I'd much rather have them release the BW RHs rather than these.

by **DoubleOScorpio** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:28 pm

Hey, this Scorponok is just as transformable as the Deluxe version. (j/k).

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:42 pm

These guys are painted as lazily as the actual movie figures...

Not impressed with these guys in the slightest. Wave 1 was far better.

by **Nemesis Cyberplex** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:48 pm

Look pretty spiffy, for little cutsy versions of these guys. They must also be added to my collection so my robot hero army can grow!!!!

.......why did just get a mental image of transformers versions of those little squishy figurines that you stick in water overnight & they grow??