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News Credits: 2024 · by **Hotrod** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:26 pm

Images of some new upcoming Transformers Movie toys have surfaced. TFormers.com has posted the first images of Cyber Slam Brawl, Tight Shot, and Flash Bang. Click here to view the photos.

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:35 pm

I would really rather pay a little more for the "Real Gear" toy is they actually did something. Like making them a working flashlight, or a cheapo digital camera, or having the video gamer one actually play a cheap LCD game.

by **Ricky_Stream** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:45 pm

those 2 take batteries so... at least the flashlight works! don't know about the cam

News Credits: 665 · by **Skowl** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:26 pm

'Tight Shot' eh?

I think Erector is gonna have some competition when it comes to 'most unfortunate name ever'

EDIT: WOOOOOO! 2000th post!!! :grin:

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:49 pm

Skowl wrote:'Tight Shot' eh?

I think Erector is gonna have some competition when it comes to 'most unfortunate name ever'

EDIT: WOOOOOO! 2000th post!!!

Erector? Definetly don't want to see what that looks like.

News Credits: 1 · by **Heavy B** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:50 pm

Skowl wrote:'Tight Shot' eh?

I think Erector is gonna have some competition when it comes to 'most unfortunate name ever'

EDIT: WOOOOOO! 2000th post!!!

worse is still windbreaker.

tight shot says it doubles as a camera so....maybe i'll get it

News Credits: 23 · by **1337W422102** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:01 pm

Flash Bang is a great name, too bad the toy sucks.

News Credits: 1 · by **sideswipe6520** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:06 pm

what the H#ll are those? Do they have bot modes? Or are they just basically branded CRAP I will ignore

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:14 pm

CS Brawl: The throttlebot from HELL.

by **tentagil** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:17 pm

They are Roleplay toys. Like the Voice changing helmet and the transforming blasters. We've seen several of them so far. No bot modes, just switch from a toy phone, camera, flashlight, etc, into some kind of toy weapon.

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:46 pm

Blurrz, grats on post 2000!

This is an interesting idea from Hasbro. It's obviously not going to appeal to us as adult collectors that much...but I suspect that the age group the toys are aimed at (5-10 y/o) will like them....something they can pretend with. If they function then all the better. Doubt I'll get em myself (at least until they are on clearance and only for wall decoration)...

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:55 pm

Congrats on the 2000 post Skowl.

Don't bash poor poor Erector. He's a yellow crane, its not his fault they came up with a name worthy of the Kiss Players line.
http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Erector/erector.htm

Anyway, Brawl I like him more in the larger size, just love the arm cannon.

Not much for the role playing sub line. so I'll probably pass on these. They both look like they light up with 3 triple a batteries apparently

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:11 am

First-Aid wrote:Blurrz, grats on post 2000!

That, would actually be Skrowl

Overcracker wrote:Don't bash poor poor Erector. He's a yellow crane, its not his fault they came up with a name worthy of the Kiss Players line.
http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Erector/erector.htm

Heh... they could have thought of a bettor name for a Yellow Crane. Maybe Liftarm, Liftor,.. like c'mon.. Erector?

News Credits: 2 · by **jsmith41** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 7:14 am

So Real Gear are T.E.C.H. now? So people couldn't distinguish the wave 1 toys from the actual electronics they're modeled after? I wonder if the same people wanted to open Jazz and drive him home from Target.

by **Dagon** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:29 am

jsmith41 wrote:So Real Gear are T.E.C.H. now? So people couldn't distinguish the wave 1 toys from the actual electronics they're modeled after? I wonder if the same people wanted to open Jazz and drive him home from Target.

I wondered that too. Who would buy a toy for $10 thinking that it really was a working digital camera?

by **Riotflea** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:46 pm

Better question, why not put some budget into it and make a more expensive robot that is ACTUALLY a working digicam?
It wouldn't even need to be 1 megapixels in quality, just the resolution of a super-cheap webcam.

So, so, SO many missed opportunities...