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News Credits: 665 · by **Skowl** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:00 pm

Man, Waspinator looks wicked! finally some love for Beast Wars that doesn't come in the form of repaints! He'll look great with Animated Blackarachnia!

And the new Prowl looks all kinds of yummy!

by **Dachande** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:10 pm

-Wrek-Gar is interesting. Definately a must buy if for nothing else than to have the original standing next to him and have imaginary conversations as to who's 'dumber'. I just feel bad that he looks so much like Weird Al.
-Waspinator is a total win in my book. Seeing that picture made my day.
-Prowl just got even better. The first one had amazing articulation, and this one just looks amazing.
-Atomic Lugnut looks good, but I'd have been more impressed with a bigger figure, befitting of the character.
-Dinobot needs to be seen in person. He looks good, but non-enhanced pictures or actually holding the toy will be the telling point.
-Smokescreen... pass. Sorry, not a fan of another G1 racecar. Please, no lynchmob.
-Leo Prime looks nice, but another one I'll need to see up close.
-Overload... pass. Not a fan of the mold.

by **Zek Patterson** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:13 pm

It looks as though New Prowl CAN in fact take out his throwing stars, look closely at the hubcaps, you can see the gears, although they are black.

3 months to wait....it's Super Smash Bros Brawl all over again (I didn't say just "Brawl" cuz there's already a guy named that in Transformers and....nevermind.)

News Credits: 7 · by **shortround** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:15 pm

I will be picking up smokescreen and dinobot can't wait for those two also will pick up Waspinator and prowl with armor.

News Credits: 4 · by **Bumblethumper** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:24 pm

I'm actually super disappointed with Wasp. I'd been hoping they'd do the Wasp design from Autoboot camp. I really loved that design, and it had excellent retooling potential.

This just seems like a waste of a mold. As beastformers go, it's not so bad, but I was very much looking forward to an eventual Cybertronian Bumblebee, and I guess there's little chance of that now.

Samurai Prowl looks ridiculous.

Atomic Lugnut is a surprisingly terrific repaint.

by **AdventPrime** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:48 pm

I'm glad that Waspinator is gonna be a wasp instead of being a Bumblebee repaint. Samurai Prowl looks awesome, happy that change the mold up a bit (like the front of his motorcycle). Wreck-Gar's alright, looks kinda Playskool-ish in alt. mode. But at least it's much better than the original G1 toy.

News Credits: 1 · by **Mechabreaker** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:03 pm

So it looks like Prowl's sidecar DOES transform and become his armor. I think he looks fantastic!

I will gladly sell my soul to Beelz :twisted:

for Animated Waspinator! HE LOOKS FOOKING AMAZING!!!

by **Robot4762** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:05 pm

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News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:07 pm

Im loving that samurai prowl, looks like they've either done a comprehensive retool, or an entirly new toy with a similer transformation for the bike portion, and I love that, gives me an excuse to buy another example of what is easily my favourite bikeformer.

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:18 pm

So, unless I'm mistaken, Samurai Prowl ISNT just the regular Prowl with extra armour in the sidecar? Meaning I need to buy two damn Prowl toys?

Waspinator is gorgeous, and so is Wreck-Gar.

by **Pyrostrata** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:39 pm

WOW! A Waspinator that doesn't look like epic fail! I will own that! =P~

News Credits: 12 · by **robofreak** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:47 pm

SailorCybertron24 wrote:ZZZailor cybertron lovezzz wazzzpinatorzzzz new toy. I wazzz hoping they would redo wazzzpinatorzzz original toy for tranzzzformerzz animated.

That gave me a headache in my whole body.

I'm definitely going to buy Prowl and Waspinator. And here I thought I'd be done with Animated once I got my hands on Ultra Magnus. #-o

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:56 pm

Oh joy! I can't wait for these 2. But does Waspy even have any weapons? I may replace his Decepticon symbol with a Predacon one.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:01 pm

Cool. Wasps alt mode looks a little meh but i like em both. There're no classics but they'll do.

News Credits: 2 · by **[JRX]** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:10 pm

DavidT wrote:I'm assuming that since Wasp isn't a car like Bumblebee, that we will see more of his character in Season 3 where he takes on a actually Wasp alt. mode?

Yeah, what's up with that?

I'm not complaining, or anything. I'm totally psyched that Wasp isn't just a green repaint of BB, but I don't remember anything in the show about him taking on a bug (okay... insect) alt mode.

Website · by **DMSL** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:44 pm

Prowl looks meh, he's not sleek he's just fat here. Was hoping they'd make the armor so that the proportions were still good.

by **Galvatronus** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:07 pm

Prowl looks awesome. Even tho I have the first I will more then likely get this one as wee.

Waspinator is a MUST HAVE. They did a great job with this one. Give me some more Beast Wars Animated

Leo Prime is a wait and see. I love the new head sculpt but I will have to see how my wallet is doing before I get him.

Dinobot is another MUST HAVE. Really like the look of him and will go nicely with Cheetor.

As for the other repaint, not really interested in them. Wasn't really a fun of those molds in the first place and these repaints don't do much to change my mind.

by **dabattousai** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:09 pm

Animated continues to show off some amazing designs and I really want Wreck-Gar. I always loved garbage trucks as a kid and now they finally made a TransFormer fifteen years later

by **Mirage22** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:35 pm

Holy crap! They're...they're...BEAUTIFUL! I am stunned. These look amazing. WAspinator looks frickin' sweet. For Prowl, even if they don't release the side car seperatly, It's a win for me. I also saw Wreck-Gar's photos. FLIPPIN' AWESOME! Now if you will exscuse me, I must go change my pants because of all this excitement.

News Credits: 5 · by **Oilspill** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:13 pm

Wreck-gar looks like he is a bit back heavy, seems like they are using the garbage truck forks to keep him balanced.

Having said that, he still looks awesome. Will definitely be getting him, Wasp, Smokescreen and will wait and see more pics for Prowl. I usually try not to get more than one of each character for any one toy line (e.g. only getting leader Bulkhead and not the voyager)... but may have to make an exception for Prowl.

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblebeast** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:48 pm

Sh*t ! I saw Leo Prime dissapear in front of me ! I refreshed the page and it was already sold out.

:sad:

And no hope of getting Wreck Gar. :sad:

News Credits: 88 · by **DavidT** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:05 pm

.

I guess we'll get a repaint of Wasp into Buzzsaw

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News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:17 pm

Fender Bender wrote:Damn, both those look nice. I'm glad that I passed on the first Prowl, but I may still pick it up as it looks quite different compared to this new one. A good question is if the new Prowl will have removable throwing stars or not. Here's some pics I slapped together for a comparison:

Interesting, so the bikes are different molds. It looks like the new bike does still have the throwing stars.

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:18 pm

Skowl wrote:Man, Waspinator looks wicked! finally some love for Beast Wars that doesn't come in the form of repaints! He'll look great with Animated Blackarachnia!

And the new Prowl looks all kinds of yummy!

No, no... don't eat them. They don't taste good.