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News Credits: 2 · Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:23 pm

Seeker sets = Beating a dead horse

Ho hum...

Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:32 pm

Awesome, these are great

News Credits: 1 · Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:12 pm

First-Aid wrote:Seeker sets = Beating a dead horse

Ho hum...

No one's making you buy them.

News Credits: 2 · Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:54 pm

omega666 wrote:
First-Aid wrote:Seeker sets = Beating a dead horse

Ho hum...

No one's making you buy them.

Whoops, sorry, I am. I'm holding everyone at gunpoint until they buy three of each.

Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:05 pm

Although secondly, it'll be really annoying how it'll be people who don't even do anything with Transformers and they'll just end up having these really good figures! I am SO bidding on one of these!!! :twisted:

News Credits: 1 · Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:04 pm

I sure like it, but I don't think they're real.

All Movie characters have realistic coloring in them, hence why Starscream was tan instead of red white and blue, Ironhide was Black instead of Red, Bonecrusher was brown instead of green and purple, Scorponok was silverish instead of green purple or whatever he was in G1. Why would there all of a sudden be a purple and black F-22 or red and white?

Now, if these AREN'T in the movie, and just extras like Thundercracker was, I understand.

News Credits: 335 · Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:18 pm

It's hard for me to not like Skywarp when Tekka loves it so much. Ramjet on the other hand can toss my salad.

Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:04 pm

I'm going to guess they're not actually in the movie, but repainting as Seekers is the best way for Hasbro to still get use out of that mold. And put more money into making decent new molds like the ones we've seen of the forklift and such.

I have no problem with redecoing the same mold as different characters to 'expand' the universe. It's when they do the stupid 'lets do the same guy in different colors' like the multiple different Moviemus's that we saw last time that annoys me.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:06 pm

Anyone else think there might be more movie toys this go around than last time? I mean they had to hold some characters back for the sequels...I wouldn't be surprised if we get an OP repaint into Ultra Magnus unless they're saving UM for the third movie.

Anyway, back on topic, I like these and am hoping they're legit and I also hope for Dirge and Thrust sometime in the future too.

News Credits: 150 · Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:11 pm

I doubt these will be in the movie because Ramjet is more of a second line character. I really would like to see Thundercracker or Skywarp in the sequel though.

News Credits: 5 · Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:58 pm

I hope these are someone's customs. The F22 mold was shockingly bad, and shouldn't be wheeled out again.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:19 pm

I might buy that Skywarp just to have the trio, but I still think that mold looks like a flying Dorito...

News Credits: 38 · Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:01 pm

Although I do not want them, they doo look nice.

News Credits: 5 · Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:46 am

I just hope that this doesn't mean that they arn't going to give us an updated/new Starscream mold. I would really like to see this character as a leader with hands. I would settle for a voyager with hands, but they could do so much more with a leader class figure. Can't wait to see what they are cooking up. Hopefully we get a few new leaders and not just a new Leader Megs and a bunch of Prime repaints. Hopefully we also do not see more leader Brawl repaints (hopefully he is dead for good).

News Credits: 4 · Sun Dec 28, 2008 2:05 am

GetterDragun wrote:These are going to be BotCon Exclusives.

I thought the same thing as soon as I saw them.

Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:23 am

I'd like to think they're legit. Didn't Ramjet appear in Reign of Starscream and he's got one of those fast action battler toys.

After seeing the Legends 2 pack of Night Watch Prime and Stealth Starscream, I could not understand why they didn't call them Nememis Prime and Skywarp. At least now, there's a Skywarp.

News Credits: 1082 · Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:40 am

Look nice, but I movie toys are so two years ago...

They don't garner room on any of my shelves. No thanks, but you guys can enjoy.

News Credits: 5 · Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:45 am

Wasn't there some licensing reason why Movie toys couldn't be used for Botcon?

News Credits: 241 · Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:12 am

Sledge wrote:Wasn't there some licensing reason why Movie toys couldn't be used for Botcon?

That's what I said.

Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:52 am

Naw. I think I lost my Movie Starscream while moving and was hoping for a leader class version this time around. This is a decent mold but I've got G1 Seekers, Classics Seekers, Masterpiece Seekers and Animated Seekers, so I'll be passing on these. If they make a leader class Starscream he'll be one of only a very small handfull of ROTF toys I buy this next year.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:02 pm

YRQRM0 wrote:I sure like it, but I don't think they're real.

All Movie characters have realistic coloring in them, hence why Starscream was tan instead of red white and blue, Ironhide was Black instead of Red, Bonecrusher was brown instead of green and purple, Scorponok was silverish instead of green purple or whatever he was in G1. Why would there all of a sudden be a purple and black F-22 or red and white?

They DID do a red/white repaint of that mold for a G1-ish Starscream...I imagine these two are in that same vein...

News Credits: 2 · Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:06 pm

[quote="Point"]Naw. I think I lost my Movie Starscream while moving and was hoping for a leader class version this time around .[/ quote]

Wasn't Takara going to do a Leader Starscream last time year? I've been waiting for that one myself.

I know this is sacrilige, but I really am starting to get sick of Seeker repaints. Not that I don't like the originals, but my goodness they milk the heck out of them. A bit of hypocrisy I think from the fans who complain about getting repaints constantly but shell out for Seeker repaints whenever they can. I just find it odd.

News Credits: 5 · Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:20 pm

First-Aid wrote:A bit of hypocrisy I think from the fans who complain about getting repaints constantly but shell out for Seeker repaints whenever they can. I just find it odd.

Personally, I've got no problem with repaints when there's history behind it. So repaints of Starscream into Skywarp, Thundercracker, etc are fine. Likewise Prowl, Smokescreen and Bluestreak. Outside that sort of thing, it needs to be a good repaint. Universe Sunstreaker and Sideswipe, yeah, good stuff. Universe Acid Storm... not so much.