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Anyone here who is legitimately surprised by this obviously didn't pay attention when I tallied the votes yesterday and told you that Impactor was winning by over 100 votes.

ScottyP wrote:What if they only do the zombie one from City of Fear? Will this cause riots?

I ain't gonna complain! An actual zombified TF? Hell yeah!
That being said, if they go non-zombified I still expect to see zombie customs within a week of his release.

Aimless Misfire wrote:The fandom chooses the option that gives us 2 Autobots & deprives us of a new Decepticon.

Hasbro should have made a choice for Optimus Prime vs. Bumblebee to give this stupid fandom what it really wants/needs.

No, the fandom chose a character that has been long overdue his very own mold. I get that you want more Decepticons, I agree, but it's been 30 years, Impactor DESERVES this. (Mirage not so much)

As for "this stupid fandom" ... yeah well ... you're part of it too. Just sayin'

I voted Needlenose vs Tracks, and I have to be honest that this was my least favourite out fo the options (not because I dislike Impactor but just because I don't think a Deluxe will do him justice) but I'm still looking forward to seeing how Mirage and Impactor turn out. I just hope we do still get the others as well.

Well, If I'd remembered I would have voted Impactor as, so bully!

Wheeljack and Tracks already have good toys available and I wouldn't have minded a Needlenose or Spinister. If I could only choose one (and that was the deal) it would have been Impactor. The one thing that always bugs me about these types of votes is...



I've been living under a rock for the last few months. These aren't dreaded two-packs are they? I really don't need/want another Mirage.

Personally the Autobot didn't matter to me(I have a great 3rd party Impactor), I wanted a new Needlenose or Spinister, guess I'm odd man out.

carytheone wrote:Well, If I'd remembered I would have voted Impactor as, so bully!

Wheeljack and Tracks already have good toys available and I wouldn't have minded a Needlenose or Spinister. If I could only choose one (and that was the deal) it would have been Impactor. The one thing that always bugs me about these types of votes is...



I've been living under a rock for the last few months. These aren't dreaded two-packs are they? I really don't need/want another Mirage.

No, two separate deluxe toys in the same wave.

Like Cobo I don't have social media, so I could not vote, and I really didn't have a *dog in this fight* so to speak since none of these characters really appeal to me. It would have been kind of nice to get a generations Tracks (the only one of this group I don't have a toy of...) , but oh well.

Good, glad impactor won, and it will be interesting to see what Cybertronian mirage looks like (and if hasbro will give us a new crash-I mean, fracture...as a redeco)

You know I almost sort of wish it was the WFC game style because I've wanted to see what a WFC style Mirage would look like, the Transformers Online version is a good stand in though.

Aimless Misfire wrote:The fandom chooses the option that gives us 2 Autobots & deprives us of a new Decepticon.

Hasbro should have made a choice for Optimus Prime vs. Bumblebee to give this stupid fandom what it really wants/needs.

I get that Decepticons do need more figures but I can't be too mad when I consider the fact that Impactor does not have many figures. I'm bummed I didn't get my pick but I also realize that this sounds like hasbro might be drumming up interest in the others. It was mentioned in the last Seibertron podcast that they chose characters that are relevant in the IDW comics. In the last 30 minutes of the podcast someone who was interviewed at toyfair was also speaking about how they wanted to start conversations about characters. You never know.

Sabrblade wrote:Why is he saying Impactor's name so weirdly like that?

He's saying Mirage funny too, but I think it's just his East Coast accent( no offense John ). But he's certainly putting some "He-Man" on the "ore" In Impactor.

Yesssssssssssss Impactor!!!!!!

Woo!!! Yeah! Victory! I mean... real sorry for everyone that didn't get what they voted for. It's very sad. Ahem... Woooooo!!!

This two-pack thing seems really dumb.

Look at this thread -- no one gave a damn about a new Mirage, all anyone cared about was Impactor.

No one's going "Boo hoo, no Spinister", but lots of people wanted to see More Than Meets The Eye Part 1 Wheeljack.

Why not just have us vote on individual characters and make a two-pack of whichever two came out on top?

TheForgottenTaxi wrote:No one's going "Boo hoo, no Spinister"

TheForgottenTaxi wrote:This two-pack thing seems really dumb.

Look at this thread -- no one gave a damn about a new Mirage, all anyone cared about was Impactor.

No one's going "Boo hoo, no Spinister", but lots of people wanted to see More Than Meets The Eye Part 1 Wheeljack.

Why not just have us vote on individual characters and make a two-pack of whichever two came out on top?

Good thing this wasn't a vote for a two pack, rather a vote for two toys that will be sold separately.

Also I would bet some small amount of money that we'll see at least one of the other four. Probably the space-mom-van Wheeljack.

ScottyP wrote:

TheForgottenTaxi wrote:This two-pack thing seems really dumb.

Look at this thread -- no one gave a damn about a new Mirage, all anyone cared about was Impactor.

No one's going "Boo hoo, no Spinister", but lots of people wanted to see More Than Meets The Eye Part 1 Wheeljack.

Why not just have us vote on individual characters and make a two-pack of whichever two came out on top?

Good thing this wasn't a vote for a two pack, rather a vote for two toys that will be sold separately.

Also I would bet some small amount of money that we'll see at least one of the other four. Probably the space-mom-van Wheeljack.

If it's not a two-pack then it makes even LESS sense that we had to vote for two figures as a unit instead of just voting for our favorite individual toys.

TheForgottenTaxi wrote:

ScottyP wrote:

TheForgottenTaxi wrote:This two-pack thing seems really dumb.

Look at this thread -- no one gave a damn about a new Mirage, all anyone cared about was Impactor.

No one's going "Boo hoo, no Spinister", but lots of people wanted to see More Than Meets The Eye Part 1 Wheeljack.

Why not just have us vote on individual characters and make a two-pack of whichever two came out on top?

Good thing this wasn't a vote for a two pack, rather a vote for two toys that will be sold separately.

Also I would bet some small amount of money that we'll see at least one of the other four. Probably the space-mom-van Wheeljack.

If it's not a two-pack then it makes even LESS sense that we had to vote for two figures as a unit instead of just voting for our favorite individual toys.

Because you are voting for the story not just the toys

very pleased with this outcome.

can someone tell me how much these kinds of figures usually go for?

oh and the announcer’s accent is definitely not “east coast” in nature lol. we all know east coasters don’t know how to pronounce their “r’s“.

Jack Hallows wrote:can someone tell me how much these kinds of figures usually go for?

I think we've all just assumed they'll be deluxes, so ... deluxe price point. These aren't going to be exclusives, they're for general wide release.

Delighted Impactor won and I'm glad to see Mirage getting a Cybertronian mode.

Sabrblade wrote:Why is he saying Impactor's name so weirdly like that?

He's not saying it weird at all, that's how you say that word, if you are saying it differently, you're saying it wrong.

I tend to agree that it should phonetically sound like Impact-ore, and not like "Impact-err". If they wanted it to sound like Impacter, that's how they would have spelled it.

Buut, we may never know, unless someone knows how to ask the original writers who created him?