To be fair they're pretty good at saying "no" to stuff. They just have trouble saying "yes".GuyIncognito wrote:Why do they ever offer to answer our questions if they're not actually going to answer them? Every answer is the same: "We will continue to look for opportunities to make figures when it makes sense to do so."
Stormrider wrote:Regarding the movie repaints - I am starting to get the feeling that the characters in the movie are dilebrately a different color than their G1 counterparts, just so that Hasbro can release a G1 repaint version later. Am I being too cynical?
Saber Prime wrote:Sabrblade wrote:
- 24. ~S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy*
~ And all this time I thought S.U.V. stood for Sports Utillity Vehicle.
Will the Transformers Animated show or toy line continue past season 3, even under a different name?
First, thank you for your interest in Transformers Animated! While we cannot discuss the long term vision for the Animated series, we are excited about the upcoming launch of Season 3 in a couple of weeks and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. As for plans post 2009, it is still a little too early to discuss get into specific details.
What were the hardest engineering problems in the Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen toys?
As with the Movie 1 product line, the Transformers styling creates unique challenges for the design of the transformation. The real challenge is to continue to raise the bar even further from in capturing realism in both robot and vehicle modes. We hope that you will agree with us that we have surpassed our goal when you see the entire Revenge of the Fallen line!
Besides Bludgeon, what other characters did you want to get into the Universe line that had to be shelved for whatever reasons?
Our design team certainly has favorite such as Perceptors, Soundwave and believe it or not Wheelie. We added Wheelie into the line as a Legend because we thought it was a good fit for his character. But moving forward we would love the opportunity to redo Wheelie (paying homage to the G1 character) in Deluxe and really making him a very cool robot with an extremely cool vehicle mode. I think that would be a great design challenge and it would be interesting to see people's reactions to an awesome Wheelie! Hopefully we will be able to get this figure into an upcoming release.
Our design team certainly has favorite such as Perceptors, Soundwave and believe it or not Wheelie. We added Wheelie into the line as a Legend because we thought it was a good fit for his character. But moving forward we would love the opportunity to redo Wheelie (paying homage to the G1 character) in Deluxe and really making him a very cool robot with an extremely cool vehicle mode. I think that would be a great design challenge and it would be interesting to see people's reactions to an awesome Wheelie! Hopefully we will be able to get this figure into an upcoming release.
Stormrider wrote:Our design team certainly has favorite such as Perceptors, Soundwave and believe it or not Wheelie. We added Wheelie into the line as a Legend because we thought it was a good fit for his character. But moving forward we would love the opportunity to redo Wheelie (paying homage to the G1 character) in Deluxe and really making him a very cool robot with an extremely cool vehicle mode. I think that would be a great design challenge and it would be interesting to see people's reactions to an awesome Wheelie! Hopefully we will be able to get this figure into an upcoming release.
Hasbro, we'll give you a hint what our reaction would be: "What the....?!! Wheelie a second time!" Who is going to buy a second Wheelie?
Come on, give the fans what they want. I just read the translated interview with the Henkei designers and really seems like Hasbro is holding group back with characters and designs that the fans want (Ex - Voyager Galvatron).
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/general-articles-25/translated-version-of-the-takara-tomy-transformers-henkei--classics-staff-interview-167073/
Prime Riblet wrote:Stormrider wrote:Our design team certainly has favorite such as Perceptors, Soundwave and believe it or not Wheelie. We added Wheelie into the line as a Legend because we thought it was a good fit for his character. But moving forward we would love the opportunity to redo Wheelie (paying homage to the G1 character) in Deluxe and really making him a very cool robot with an extremely cool vehicle mode. I think that would be a great design challenge and it would be interesting to see people's reactions to an awesome Wheelie! Hopefully we will be able to get this figure into an upcoming release.
Hasbro, we'll give you a hint what our reaction would be: "What the....?!! Wheelie a second time!" Who is going to buy a second Wheelie?
Come on, give the fans what they want. I just read the translated interview with the Henkei designers and really seems like Hasbro is holding group back with characters and designs that the fans want (Ex - Voyager Galvatron).
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/general-articles-25/translated-version-of-the-takara-tomy-transformers-henkei--classics-staff-interview-167073/
You are totally right. There is a huge stock pile of awesome characters that EVERYONE wants, and they talk about making a "better/cooler" Wheelie. To say they want to see what the reaction will be just seems kind of stupid as far as marketing. Why would a company not make a figure of a character that they know for an absolute fact will sell, as opposed to second guessing the public. Maybe they think the Wheelie character will appeal with a new generation of TF buyers, even though older folks like me will likely pass on it since Wheelie is kind of a bozo. I just don't get it.
MagnusPrimal wrote:There aren't many Universe/Classics figures I feel compelled to pass on.
Wheelie would be an easy one though.
I take it you've not read the literary classic "Wild Boy of Quintessa" where it reveals that Wheelie is a nutbar hardcore survivalist orphan? If you can look past him rhyming gimmicks he's one of the most intense and interesting characters in the movie and season 3.Stormrider wrote:MagnusPrimal wrote:There aren't many Universe/Classics figures I feel compelled to pass on.
Wheelie would be an easy one though.
What, you don't want another Wheelie? He's an awesome character.
Diem wrote:I take it you've not read the literary classic "Wild Boy of Quintessa" where it reveals that Wheelie is a nutbar hardcore survivalist orphan? If you can look past him rhyming gimmicks he's one of the most intense and interesting characters in the movie and season 3.Stormrider wrote:MagnusPrimal wrote:There aren't many Universe/Classics figures I feel compelled to pass on.
Wheelie would be an easy one though.
What, you don't want another Wheelie? He's an awesome character.
He's a dick in Headmasters though.
But moving forward we would love the opportunity to redo Wheelie (paying homage to the G1 character) in Deluxe and really making him a very cool robot with an extremely cool vehicle mode. I think that would be a great design challenge and it would be interesting to see people's reactions to an awesome Wheelie! Hopefully we will be able to get this figure into an upcoming release.
I believe the more correct term to describe his character in The Headmasters would be a "punk".Diem wrote:He's a dick in Headmasters though.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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