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by **starhorse** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:11 pm

I finally picked up an Optimus voice changer helmet this weekend and I really fell in love with it. Just a ton of fun, especially since I took it to the office to torture my friends and co-workers.

I have no idea how well these are doing sales wise, so I'm not sure if it's reasonable to believe Hasbro might make additional helmets. Regardless, I thought I would post my thoughts on what I'd like to see should it happen, and then open up the discussion for everyones thoughts.

After an Optimus helmet I think the next logical character to do would be Bumblebee. The helmet could reach levels of "super" awesomeness if it included a fold down face blast shield, like in the movie.

And you gotta have a bad guy, so a Megatron helmet would be quite cool as well. Seems like the voice changer aspect would be a better fit for Megatron, since it just comes of sounding more like an evil voice to me.

Anyway... does that sound like an interesting idea to anyone else, or am I the only one?

by ***RATBAT*** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:16 pm

uhhhhh...count me out. No thanks.

by **Rushie** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:04 pm

I'd love to have a Movie Megatron voice changer helmet. But in all reality Hasbro probably wouldn't make another TF voice changer.
They only made Darth Vader for Episode III and repackaged it the next year. So I figure Prime will see a rerelease with the second movie, but no new helmets..

by **Slumble B** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:45 pm

You are right, a Bumble Bee voice changer would be super awesome. I would love it and probably sleep in it. I really need to get the Prime one.

I would like to see a cartoon Starscream one made. His voice is so shrill and annoying that it would be awesome to torture people with.

I don't see why Hasbro wouldn't capitalize on the outstanding popularity of Bumble Bee.

SB

by **Ironhide Texas** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:32 pm

The OP VC is always in stock and falling off the shelves so i dont know if they are selling.

by **King Starscream89** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:31 am

Go go starscream voce changing mask

by **Bonger** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:22 am

Umm, one is enough for me, thanks.

by **starhorse** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:46 am

Meh... I guess I'm in a minority then. I kinda forget that most of the die hard tformer fans only seem to like toys that actually transform. Thanks for your comments though...

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:20 pm

I'd buy a G1 Prime voice changer if it had the Peter Cullen sound effects. B/c the movie one with the real voice is impossible to find.

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:23 pm

UltraPrimal wrote:I'd buy a G1 Prime voice changer if it had the Peter Cullen sound effects. B/c the movie one with the real voice is impossible to find.

Theres about 9 at my TRU.

And I would love to have more of these helmets. Only complaint I have is that this one doesn't completely wrap around the back. Because of that I don't think they should call it a helmet. I'd love to make the back of it out of styrene or something though.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:53 pm

I want a Bumblebee voice changer! No matter how loud you scream no one can hear you and the buttons say random bits from XM satelitte radio!

All kidding aside, a Bumble one doesn't make sense as a voice changer. Now a Battle Helmet roleplaying toy would work with the pulldown face shield.

A voicechanger for Prime works for the same reason as Vader: no mouth. Megs, Jazz, Ironhide, Starscream? They all have mouths. To do them, they'd show the kids face and the voice changer wouldn't work. They'd be the ugliest bike helmets of all time. That and how can a simple voice changer make you sound like Jazz? It's all infletion and umm, ethnocentic dialog.