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News Credits: 665 · by **Skowl** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:08 pm

S250 has posted some new images of the blue motorcycle Transformers from the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen toyline. The figure is likely one of the three "Arcee" motorbikes that will appear in the film (one blue, one pink, one purple). Details on whether or not the bikes merge together, are all the same character, or are individual characters with individual bot modes are unclear at this time - though stills from this past sunday's Superbowl TV spot reveal a decepticon being chased by three robots with a similar build.

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And, for comparison's sake, a screen capture of what we can assume may be the same character from the ROTF Superbowl spot:

News Credits: 349 · by **Bed Bugs** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:17 pm

The head looks like a nice step in the right direction compared to the previous Arcee.

News Credits: 150 · by **GetterDragun** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:19 pm

Looks like part of a combiner.

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:20 pm

I certainly hope it's part of a combiner for the toy's sake. As far as the film goes, I'm kinda worried this means everyone will be combining with everyone else in some insane finale.

News Credits: 2 · by **starfish** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:24 pm

If that's a picture of the robot correctly transformed, I'll eat my hat.

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:25 pm

GetterDragun wrote:Looks like part of a combiner.

Sledge wrote:I certainly hope it's part of a combiner for the toy's sake. As far as the film goes, I'm kinda worried this means everyone will be combining with everyone else in some insane finale.

It is part of a combiner. It combines with two other motorcycles. Together, all three of them form the robot known as... Arcee.

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:26 pm

Ooh "The return of BeastMachines Thrust" Down to the arm cannon.

I can see Kitbash potential there.

Seems weird though. The head seems to be a little small considering there's supposed to be 2 more bikes incorporated into that for the final robot mode.

Speaking of which why haven't we seen pictures of the other 2 bikes yet?

by **JaZzTaStIc** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:28 pm

beautiful bike mode tho

i'd say all 3 have weaker bot modes like this then combine to form arcee in some insane way

plus i hope there all sold packed together as this "uncombined" form isn't much to look at

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:31 pm

And the theme of this movie is.....wheeled feet. I know its a combiner but you know this is going to happen. One or both of the other parts is going to get destroyed and then we have BM Thrust. Head looks good. Actually looks like some thing youd expect to see on a TF.

News Credits: 2 · by **starfish** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:31 pm

Given what we've seen in the trailer, I assumed that each of the three bikes would have an individual robot mode AND combine into Arcee.

The fact that this fella has a head in proportion to its size would indicate that it is designed - at the very least - to have its own robot mode.

But it looks so bad - the oversized gun arm, the wheel leg... I'm sure that's mistranformed.

by **lowman_x** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:37 pm

Holy crap! That robot mode looks like... well... crap!! The bike mode is sweet looking though.

I kinda get the impression that the whole "one wheel as legs" thing was the "in thing" in Hollywood this year... What 2 legs not good enough for ya? :-P

News Credits: 19 · by ***Soundwave*** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:55 pm

starfish wrote:If that's a picture of the robot correctly transformed, I'll eat my hat.

I'll help you eat your hat =)

I'm pretty hungry, is it a big hat?

News Credits: 665 · by **Skowl** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:58 pm

I hope at least one of the three bikes has actual legs in robot mode - and I hope it's the pink one, it's the coolest of the three bikes.

I'm starting to think the pink bike might be Arcee, will the other two are different characters... at least that's what I hope.

News Credits: 3 · by **Giant Purple Griffin** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:01 pm

If you look at the screenshots of the trailer during the parts with the Audi you can see a one-wheeled robot in pursuit jumping up in the background.

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:06 pm

Overcracker wrote:Ooh "The return of BeastMachines Thrust" Down to the arm cannon.

I was thinking the same

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:07 pm

So if these three bikes each have a robot mode and then combine, could we say that Chromia, Moonracer, and Firestar combine to form Arcee? (hypothetical names, not official)

News Credits: 1 · by **YRQRM0** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:14 pm

Megatron_Wolf wrote:And the theme of this movie is.....wheeled feet. I know its a combiner but you know this is going to happen. One or both of the other parts is going to get destroyed and then we have BM Thrust. Head looks good. Actually looks like some thing youd expect to see on a TF.

That's what I was thinking. Sideswipe had wheel feet to. Megatron has treads all over his legs, he might do some rolling. All this plus that monster constructicon.

News Credits: 1 · by **KingLionForce** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:21 pm

What's going on here? What's up with these unicycle bots? Are bi-pedals not good enough to be robots in 2009? That has to be incorrectly transformed. The original is waaay better than this besides the new face, but still? I don't know if I can take this seriously, it's like the goofy transformations of the Go-Bots I'm seeing here.

by **Nightwalker** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:39 pm

When will we finally see all three of them TOGETHER instead of a third part from Arcee....

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:43 pm

And naturally anything new is evil.

Good grief, they've decided to try a little something different; they're allowed...after all it is THEIR property, not ours. Personally I think this is a very interesting direction: it's more an emphasis on speed and agility rather than brute power. Even a giant bot mode with motorized treads can move faster than one on two feet. Let's see how things go before we all condemn them forever. Just because it's not on two feet doesn't mean it's evil...allow them their creative inspiration.

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:57 pm

Ménage à trois Arcee. :grin:

Website · by **DMSL** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:21 pm

The headsculpt looks good, the bikemode looks good, but 3 bikes combining into 1 robot just defies all that TF stands for. It's plain and simple, robot picks an alternate mode of the same mass he can't break himself into pieces. If they can then bring back Bonecrusher.

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:27 pm

KingLionForce wrote:What's going on here? What's up with these unicycle bots? Are bi-pedals not good enough to be robots in 2009? That has to be incorrectly transformed. The original is waaay better than this besides the new face, but still? I don't know if I can take this seriously, it's like the goofy transformations of the Go-Bots I'm seeing here.

I don't recall a Gobot with a unicycle robot mode... are you sure you aren't thinking of Giszmoduck? :???:

First-Aid wrote:Even a giant bot mode with motorized treads can move faster than one on two feet.

I don't know about that... I think that would depend a lot on the length of the stride and the mechanisms powering the respective moving parts.

I don't mind 1/3 of the character having a less than stellar bot mode, and BM Thrust was cool... however, I don't find the idea of unicycle botmode very realistic.

The power consumed to remain upright would make it inefficient but I could forgive that because a bipedal design isn't much better in that regard.

But that gun! How is she supposed to fire that gun balanced on one wheel?!

I guess maybe if it's a laser it wouldn't be a problem... :-?

News Credits: 2 · by **Decepticon Spike** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:31 pm

I see the BM Thrust like wheel, and all I can think is "Gizmoduck".

News Credits: 1 · by **D-340** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:54 pm

Skowl wrote:I hope at least one of the three bikes has actual legs in robot mode - and I hope it's the pink one, it's the coolest of the three bikes.

I'm starting to think the pink bike might be Arcee, will the other two are different characters... at least that's what I hope.

That's what I'm thinking. Arcee plus the other two bots combine into someone bigger.

As far as this blue bike, NICE! :grin:

Very BM Thrust, I likes.