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by **Quaternion** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:45 am

Up until now i hadn't seen any that I actually liked. Lockdown looks pretty cool.

Also, for some reason I think Bulkhead is incredibly cute. I don't know why. He's like Crumplezone's fat little brother.

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:59 am

Bulkhead's retractable warflail may sell me on that figure.

Lockdown will be Cybertron Downshift's archnemesis.

by **Iron Prime** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:01 pm

Caelus wrote:Lockdown will be Cybertron Downshift's archnemesis.

ooooo... I like this....

News Credits: 2 · by **Head Shot** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:12 pm

Meh, so far I'm passing on all of these. Don't really like this style of design (although its not bad. Just too anime/teentitan-ish for my liking.

I'll just stick with classics.

News Credits: 1 · by **Silent_Magnus** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:13 pm

looks like they didn't transform lockdown's hand correctly,
if he is going to be displayed with the hook, his hand should probably be folded in.

by **OptimusIsHot** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:19 pm

Bulkhead and lockdown are ok but I'm just glad I don't have to waste my money on this new series. The movie pretty much put me in the poor house so I'm good on these. Just need MP Starscream and I'll be happy.... for now lol.

by **OptimusIsHot** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:20 pm

Bulkhead and lockdown are ok but I'm just glad I don't have to waste my money on this new series. The movie pretty much put me in the poor house so I'm good on these. Just need MP Starscream and I'll be happy.... for now lol.

by **Bouncy X** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:24 pm

who`s gonna pay those prices when they can just wait til its in stores or do pre-orders online and pay like 15$ or less each..i mean really..lol

by **Wes Crayon** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:32 pm

These new guys are cool! I'll probably pass on all except BB and Lockdown, but that's because I'm not made of money.

Bulkhead would be a definite buy as a deluxe, but I dunno about him as a voyager -- from the pics, he looks to be way shorter than the others if he only measures up to 15cm even with the "wings". He does seem quite a bit wider than the others, but still.

by **darth reven** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:18 pm

i really hate them bloody hell lock down is crap and i m not going to wacth it.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:28 pm

We're still cooking with non-mirrored pics?

:-(

by **Glitcher** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:31 pm

sliverbrich wrote:i really hate them bloody hell lock down is crap and i m not going to wacth it.

Is it just my imagination, or does every negative comment I read fail to specify why that person hates Animated? It's just this kind of random flaming that gives fanboys a bad name.

News Credits: 7 · by **Geekee1** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:32 pm

I sooo can't wait for these to come out.

by **Malikon** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:46 pm

Bulkhead reminds me of Trapjaw from He-Man.

I'm digging Prowl a lot. I liked Lockdown until I noticed his legs are the whole side of the car.

So far Bumblebee and Prowl are the only ones that look interesting to me. The transformations look like they'll be cool.

by **Cyber-Kun** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:51 pm

Prowl is by far the best Bike-former ever

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:55 pm

I don't like them, the only one I like is Prime, the rest are just Meh.

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:10 pm

Counterpunch wrote:We're still cooking with non-mirrored pics?

Mirrored:
Car Mode:

Robot:

by **Wes Crayon** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:11 pm

Malikon wrote:Bulkhead reminds me of Trapjaw from He-Man.

Bulkhead? Really? I guess I can see it in the face -- Lockdown was really the one who put me in mind of Trapjaw (but I didn't realize he was who I was thinking of until you mentioned the name). Must be the hook.

And I just looked at the new pics of Prime -- he looks a LOT better with his arms properly transformed in the back and the addition of the ax back there to cover up the hands. If the more attractive Earth mode weren't on the way, I'd be all about that guy.

News Credits: 1 · by **bookofjunon** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:22 pm

Skowl wrote:eBay sellers heerotoysmaker has again posted auctions for new Transformers figures. This time the auctions are for new Transformers Animated figures, based on the characters of the upcoming new series.

Check out images of deluxe-class Optimus Prime, Voyager-class Bulkhead, deluxe-class Bumblebee, deluxe-class Prowl and deluxe-class Lockdown by clicking the links below.

Optimus Prime (deluxe)

Bumblebee (deluxe)

Prowl (deluxe)

Bulkhead (voyager)

Lockdown (deluxe)

Wow, some dumbass actually overpaid for Bulkhead and Lockdown. What a waste of money. These will be in the stores by Feb I'd bet.

by **Deceptiwho?** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:28 pm

Lockdown is a musthave in my book!

by **bairdduvessa** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:44 pm

these toys are really doing nothing for me

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:05 pm

Still not likeing Bulkhead, but the others look pretty good. Only real problem I can see is they won't display well with TFs from other lines. They're so clearly a different style, you'd be hard-pushed to identify them as Transformers if you didn't know what they were.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:23 pm

Sledge wrote:They're so clearly a different style, you'd be hard-pushed to identify them as Transformers if you didn't know what they were.

Bingo.

I had not read that thought in words yet, but yes, quite true.

by **Mandamus** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:24 pm

I don't like Lockdown too much, but I don't usually get many Decepticons. Although I will def get the Megatron and Starscream from this line. The Autobots look great.

This line needs to hurry up and get here, but having some time to financially recover from my movie-line spending spree is appreciated.

News Credits: 1 · by **No Death for Prowl** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:35 pm

My 2 pennies on the subject at hand:

Prowl: Not usually a big motorcycle TF fan, but that was probably due to there not being many good representations of such until Movie Arcee came along. And since it's Prowl, it's a must for me....

Lockdown: Car mode definitely has style and character, the robot mode will need time to grow on me. The skinny waist and arms don't seem like great Decepticon material, considering his muscle car alt mode.

Bulkhead: I'm not sure why, but I'm attracted to the rotund fellow. Such "bulk" definitely will stick out amongst the more slimmed down style of other figures in this line.

Bumblebee: Still on the fence with this one, a little TOO "cutesy", particularly after we just saw BB as a warrior in the movie.

Prime: Looking forward to the voyager more than this deluxe since the latter just doesn't do it for me.

Still, I'll likely end up buying them all! :oops: