The Energon Pub

Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:21 pm

So on the Galvatron, was he just mentioned or actually shown, I am wondering what they would make his alt mode these days, is it some kind of mobile weapons platform at all?

News Credits: 2 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:24 pm

At least there´s still hope to get the Arcee, Shockwave and Cosmos molds. Ah well.

Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:30 pm

Great! They decide to continue the Classics but Thundercracker, Dirge & Thrust will NEVER be a part of my collection. Not really interested now.

News Credits: 665 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:31 pm

DeathAura wrote:Any word on the Seacons? :/

bigprime wrote:WHAT ABOUT THE SEACONS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

judging from what the Collector's Club panel jokingly said last night, they may end up end as club exclusives... maybe...

... I hope.

Then again, every year they basically say "They're on the way", but every year it's the same 'ol thing, or else I would have the set in my hands right now.

Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:45 pm

Noisemaze wrote:Great! They decide to continue the Classics but Thundercracker, Dirge & Thrust will NEVER be a part of my collection. Not really interested now.

hold out and watch ebay the prices are coming down as more sets are put up and the people willing to pay high are running out.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:09 pm

*crosses fingers* leader class blackout

News Credits: 3 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:20 pm

*crosses fingers* leader class blackout

Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:20 pm

This is great news! I wish I could of been there.

Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:25 pm

All I care is that they are doing a GENUINE, NON-REPAINT Galvatron.

And Classics is not dead after all.

Thank you, Hasbro.

Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:29 pm

This is all too much to take in at one sitting. But that guy at Morphicon was right! There will be more Classics! YAY!! All this news about the animated series is good, I knew it couldn't be all bad. I love that there will be more Robot Heroes, I love those things. Too bad for Titaniums & Alternators though, I would've loved to see Soundwave. And for once in like......20 years, Galvatron isn't a Megatron re-paint!! YAY!! Cannon mode, that's all he should have though. Never really liked the gun mode. Maybe there is hope for Arcee after all. Who knows...........you have made me very happy though Ryan. Thanks to you.

News Credits: 7 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:46 pm

Just doing the math and given that they've said they'll do around the same number of toys in Classics 2/Universe as there were in Classics they've pretty much anounced or hinted at most of the line right there.

Vovagers:
Ultra Magnus,
Galvatron.

Deluxe:
Jazz (Stepper repaint potential),
Prowl (Bluestreak and Smokescreen retool potential) those repaints assuming that Jazz and Prowl aren't variations of the same mould,
Sideswipe,
Sunstreaker,
(Arcee),
(Cosmos),
Octane,
Blitzwing (Overcharge repaint potential),
(Shockwave),
Sunstorm(?).

Throw in some basic (love to see updated Insecticons) and sub-basic price point figs, a recoloured (and please, oh please slightly retooled to give 5 different bots) Bruticus as a store exslusive to bring the cons numbers up a bit and another exclusive or two and that'll pretty much be the whole line.

Of course it's (very) early days with this. We may not see those cancelled Titaniums at all and it'll probably be around this time next year before we're getting a good look at the actual toys. All things considered though thats not a bad (potential) line up to pimp up the Classics line.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:50 pm

Wow! Lot's of awesome stuff there. Can't wait to see it all.
Thanks for the hard work Seibertron!

News Credits: 2 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:57 pm

holy ****. After sitting through that and getting home i thoroughly **** my pants with joy. Classics 2.0? F*** YEAH!!! animated being ALOT like g1? holy ****, the art doesn't bother me now that I've heard from them specifically what the show will be like. This is all some very good news, hell I think I'll bust out some of my 4th of july fireworks out now. :grin:

(on a side note, I kinda am disapointed i didn't bump into seibs, but theres always next year.)

News Credits: 3646 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:00 pm

If I recall correctly, I'm pretty sure they said there weren't going to be any Voyager class figures in the Transformers Universe (Classics 2.0) line and that the larger figures would be Ultra class. They mentioned that it didn't seem to make a lot of sense to do Voyagers and Ultras in that line because they're relatively close to the same size. Octane and Galvatron would be Ultra class figures.

News Credits: 7 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:14 pm

Woot.

News Credits: 8 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:37 pm

I do have to say I like the idea of nonstock footage transformations.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:51 pm

Classics was likely changed to Universe because calling them "classics" was looking too much in the past as if they're admitting a mistake with new designs. Those are two things corporations don't like to do: look to the past, and admit a mistake.

I'm willing to give the Animated line a chance. I rarely watch TV anyway, but I found the last few incarnations of Transformers to be incredibly banal and below my intelligence. If they can offer something that's more like Beast Wars or even the first couple seasons of Batman Animated, I'll be pleased. As one person said, it all comes down to the toys.

Robot Heroes are a big hit = DUH. My local Wal-Mart had two columns full of them and they were empty in a week. The next shipment lasted about two weeks. I hadn't seen a response that big since Classics were first released. Not even the movie line is selling as fast as those little guys.

I'd like a little more stylized Arcee for the Clas—I mean Universe line. One whose hips don't look like she's retaining water.

I highly suspect the alt mode for Universe Galvatron will be a cannon, since that was his primary alt mode in the old cartoon and guns are a little too hard to get away with in America. It's easier to get a real gun in America than it is to get a decent Transformer that looks like a gun.

"Realistic Transformations," next line "one will have a "Tazmanian Devil-like Transformation." Yeah, because that's realistic...

That's all the notes I can remember for now.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:08 pm

The Animated stuff sounds great, from what's listed here. And it makes me happy that they're continuing Classics. I think figures like Galvatron, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker should have been done to begin with; I'm just glad they're getting done at all though.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:12 pm

Seibertron wrote:They mentioned that it didn't seem to make a lot of sense to do Voyagers and Ultras in that line because they're relatively close to the same size.

I agree. If they're relatively close to the same size, there's no point in doing both Voyager and Ultra. Seems to me like Ultra would be a bit more expensive than Voyager, but if the quality is the same as "Classics 1.0", my being willing to pay a bit more for the good stuff is pretty much a gimme.

Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:20 pm

well I think the other different in Voyager to Ultra is more parts in the toy an $5 so would make sense for more complex designs. I just hope they won't be much bigger than the rest or they will seem out of place.

Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:22 pm

YAY!

Just... YAY!

Classics is the only line I've bought almost all of. I'm looking forward to more of it!

While I'm not sure how I feel about the "squash and stretch" animation look for the cartoon- ti DOES sound like they've been listening, and are going back to "good stories" and "strong characters."

THeir complete disinterest in continuing the movie line past a couple figs is also heartening.

As far as the cartoon toys go, look at it this way. For all the crazy bendy action the cartoon might have, the toys are made of plastic, and thus will retain the robot (i'm made of metal and such) look.

YAY!

News Credits: 3646 · Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:23 pm

Blozor wrote:Classics was likely changed to Universe because calling them "classics" was looking too much in the past as if they're admitting a mistake with new designs. Those are two things corporations don't like to do: look to the past, and admit a mistake.

I'm willing to give the Animated line a chance. I rarely watch TV anyway, but I found the last few incarnations of Transformers to be incredibly banal and below my intelligence. If they can offer something that's more like Beast Wars or even the first couple seasons of Batman Animated, I'll be pleased. As one person said, it all comes down to the toys.

Robot Heroes are a big hit = DUH. My local Wal-Mart had two columns full of them and they were empty in a week. The next shipment lasted about two weeks. I hadn't seen a response that big since Classics were first released. Not even the movie line is selling as fast as those little guys.

I'd like a little more stylized Arcee for the Clas—I mean Universe line. One whose hips don't look like she's retaining water.

I highly suspect the alt mode for Universe Galvatron will be a cannon, since that was his primary alt mode in the old cartoon and guns are a little too hard to get away with in America. It's easier to get a real gun in America than it is to get a decent Transformer that looks like a gun.

"Realistic Transformations," next line "one will have a "Tazmanian Devil-like Transformation." Yeah, because that's realistic...

That's all the notes I can remember for now.

Optimus Prime is the one with the Tasmanian Devil transformation. You could see him still transforming though while he was spinning around. We also saw another transformation sequence with Prime that looked more like what we are used to. Both transformations were pretty slick.