The Energon Pub

I've had this figure from the first day this wave came out. I'm something of a sucker for Motorcycle molds and, personally, am an Arcee fan.
What ever the reason for keeping her out of the movie I would like to hope she'll have a crack at getting into the second one.

Seibertron wrote:Hm ... it seems that a lot of us should stand corrected. Here's a quote I found from Bob Orci:

http://seibertron.com/news/view.php?id= ... word=arcee

Roberto Orci wrote:I hope that all those who hate Arcee will be gracious to those who love her. And to all those who wanted to see her, you should know the decision was not based on a mere dislike of the character, nor an attempt to defeminize the franchise. The decision is, at this point, story driven

The original link to Don Murphy's old forums no longer works but the quote is still here on Seibertron.com.

See? I knew it, that's just what I said like two or three posts ago.

What other toys in that wave did she come out with?

bossmonkey74 wrote:What other toys in that wave did she come out with?

With Dreadwing and '08 Bumblebee. A very colourful wave of Deluxe figures this is...

ACH! It is a return of the ugly bitches from Beast Machines!

I love the pic in the gallery of Arcee with movie Jazz. Reminds me of those awful sitcoms with the young fit wife and the fat slob husband.

Skowl wrote:

bossmonkey74 wrote:What other toys in that wave did she come out with?

With Dreadwing and '08 Bumblebee. A very colourful wave of Deluxe figures this is...

That is an interesting pose for her. Very feminine looking, and interesting how the tire halves are placed. Very creative Ryan.

tigertracks 24 wrote:

Skowl wrote:

bossmonkey74 wrote:What other toys in that wave did she come out with?

With Dreadwing and '08 Bumblebee. A very colourful wave of Deluxe figures this is...

That is an interesting pose for her. Very feminine looking, and interesting how the tire halves are placed. Very creative Ryan.

I believe that's how the tire halves are supposed to go, at least according to the concept art. The only difference is that the original design has each wheel splitting in half, one half in the front, the other half in the back - on each side. It was probably too complex to recreate on the toy.

Still they did an amazing job recreating the design for the figure. Even the way the bike parts on her knees resemble the wheels, the even have the orange trim representing the "hubcap-things" on the tires.

See the original concept here for comparison.

They were really clever with how the manage to get the wheels in the front, while still keeping the "wheels" on her knees without actually using the bike tires. The only thing she's really missing from the design is that gun on her left arm.

I couldn't figure out how the front tires were supposed to be transformed. I looked at looked at some other websites which had her transformed like the instruction booklet, but then you couldn't have the tires in place when you would move her arms to aim her weapon (hence the tires out to the side look which is more reminiscent of the Energon version). Then while I was posing her, I noticed the tires actually clicked into place when I posed her in the manner above (which reminds me of a shawl). I'd like to know how the designer of the figure intended for those tires to be transformed because I have a feeling that the instructions are not correct in this case since the tires snap into place like I have them in the picture above.

Seibertron wrote:I couldn't figure out how the front tires were supposed to be transformed. I looked at looked at some other websites which had her transformed like the instruction booklet, but then you couldn't have the tires in place when you would move her arms to aim her weapon (hence the tires out to the side look which is more reminiscent of the Energon version). Then while I was posing her, I noticed the tires actually clicked into place when I posed her in the manner above (which reminds me of a shawl). I'd like to know how the designer of the figure intended for those tires to be transformed because I have a feeling that the instructions are not correct in this case since the tires snap into place like I have them in the picture above.

I'm going to put mine like that. All my E-Arcee and variants have the wheels out, so this will be a cool change.

Seibertron wrote:I couldn't figure out how the front tires were supposed to be transformed. I looked at looked at some other websites which had her transformed like the instruction booklet, but then you couldn't have the tires in place when you would move her arms to aim her weapon (hence the tires out to the side look which is more reminiscent of the Energon version). Then while I was posing her, I noticed the tires actually clicked into place when I posed her in the manner above (which reminds me of a shawl). I'd like to know how the designer of the figure intended for those tires to be transformed because I have a feeling that the instructions are not correct in this case since the tires snap into place like I have them in the picture above.

I really wish Hasbro would make official annoucements on their site in regards to things like this, especially when the instructions aren't clear...

Dear Transformers Fans,

You're all transforming Arcee wrong, it's suppose to go like this:

*insert photo here*

Thank you, keep buying our stuff,
Hasbro

Skowl wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I couldn't figure out how the front tires were supposed to be transformed. I looked at looked at some other websites which had her transformed like the instruction booklet, but then you couldn't have the tires in place when you would move her arms to aim her weapon (hence the tires out to the side look which is more reminiscent of the Energon version). Then while I was posing her, I noticed the tires actually clicked into place when I posed her in the manner above (which reminds me of a shawl). I'd like to know how the designer of the figure intended for those tires to be transformed because I have a feeling that the instructions are not correct in this case since the tires snap into place like I have them in the picture above.

I really wish Hasbro would make official annoucements on their site in regards to things like this, especially when the instructions aren't clear...

Dear Transformers Fans,

You're all transforming Arcee wrong, it's suppose to go like this:

*insert photo here*

Thank you, keep buying our stuff,
Hasbro

Their instructions are rather vague at the best of times anyway. I mean these toys are made for kids of ages 5 and up, yet i, a 22 year old man, even has trouble transforming the damn things at times because their diagrams are soo poorly laid out. If i have trouble with em then primus knows how much trouble a kid would have.

They should at least add text instructions along with the diagrams.

Sonray wrote:

Skowl wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I couldn't figure out how the front tires were supposed to be transformed. I looked at looked at some other websites which had her transformed like the instruction booklet, but then you couldn't have the tires in place when you would move her arms to aim her weapon (hence the tires out to the side look which is more reminiscent of the Energon version). Then while I was posing her, I noticed the tires actually clicked into place when I posed her in the manner above (which reminds me of a shawl). I'd like to know how the designer of the figure intended for those tires to be transformed because I have a feeling that the instructions are not correct in this case since the tires snap into place like I have them in the picture above.

I really wish Hasbro would make official annoucements on their site in regards to things like this, especially when the instructions aren't clear...

Dear Transformers Fans,

You're all transforming Arcee wrong, it's suppose to go like this:

*insert photo here*

Thank you, keep buying our stuff,
Hasbro

Their instructions are rather vague at the best of times anyway. I mean these toys are made for kids of ages 5 and up, yet i, a 22 year old man, even has trouble transforming the damn things at times because their diagrams are soo poorly laid out. If i have trouble with em then primus knows how much trouble a kid would have.

They should at least add text instructions along with the diagrams.

Of course, then they would have to pay for translators to translate the instructions. More avoidable expenses. Diagram instructions like we have now can be re-used all the time, regardless of where in the world toys are sold.

Man I'm still on the fence about getting movie Arcee. I had intended only to get Autobots that actually appeared in the movie. But, she is a pretty sweet looking toy.

Plus if I get one I can proxy in some figs and recreate a horribly ironic scene of Bumblebee and Arcee making out on top of Sam... [/b]

Ragnorok64 wrote:Man I'm still on the fence about getting movie Arcee. I had intended only to get Autobots that actually appeared in the movie. But, she is a pretty sweet looking toy.

Plus if I get one I can proxy in some figs and recreate a horribly ironic scene of Bumblebee and Arcee making out on top of Sam... [/b]

I could see that winning some sort of "Irony" photo contest.

I was just messing around with my movie figures and i found out that legend Barricade can can also be used as a rider. He fits perfectly. Now i dont have to go and buy a GIJOE figure or look for mine.

The body is fair, but with that head sculpt... Holy Jeez! It looks like Brundlefly actually got Geena Davis to get into the telepod with him!

I have to say I like Arcee's movie design, and I also can understand the reasons she is not in the first TF film.
However, as they still have her in the movie prequel and created a design for her and the Deluxe Movie Arcee, I am hoping and praying it looks good for her to be in the 2nd film. She is a motorcylce, so the female human lead (Makayla) can team up with her and ride her as Sam does with BumbleBee.
We ALL know Susan Blu would be back to do her voice!

That's a great gallery. I love how every post is somewhat feminine

Her robot mode is actually starting to look better to me after viewing this gallery. Guess I should have snagged her at Target last month when I had the chance!

mwanders4 wrote:the female human lead (Makayla) can team up with her and ride her

Now thats a movie. Id pay to see that.

I had to say it.

Talk about scale differences in one class. I figured Arcee to be 1/14 scale as a Buell Firebolt, while Dreadwing is 1/102 scale as a MiG-29! She's about 7 feet tall, and he's about 50 feet tall!

Arcee is taller than Bonecrusher.

Bonecrusher cries himself to sleep.

I REALLY wish they had kept her in! The choice of gender could be easily explained (just like Jazz's ethnic preference), and I'd LOVE to have seen a Buell in another blockbuster movie (Johnny Blaze's stunt bikes in "Ghost Rider" were older, modified Buells, JFYI). They didn't have a size problem with Frenzy, now did they?

PUT ARCEE IN THE SEQUEL!!!!!!!!!