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MantaScorp wrote:Just so everyone knows, the Optimus prime voice changer has two versions: one features Peter Cullen's voice and other features a knock-off voice. The packaging is almost identical except that when looking at the packages, on the left side, the Peter Cullen one has a yellow sign that says "TRY ME! Feturing the REAL Movie Voice!" and the knock-off voice one says "TRY ME! Press buttons for Battle Phrases!"



Target had the knock-off, while Toys R Us had BOTH versions side-by-side!

Be aware! I bought the wrong one first and then found the other one (of course, I'll keep both!).

And, to have the european customers satisfied, there's a third type of packaging, telling "TRY ME! Press Buttons for Conversion Sounds and Battle Phrases!" (didn't try it in the store whether it has Cullens voice or not, but I will after this):
http://www.jatektoys.hu/imageview2.php?id=899

Phenotype wrote:Bwahahaha! All you guys are talking trash about the "knock-off" voice and it's Gary Chalk.

I've always been in the camp that says Gary Chalk is a Peter Cullen knock-off anyway. So I stand by my initial assessment of the voice.

Did anyone find Bonecrusher and leader Megatron? I could not find them. Every one else toys r us had and target. What with that are they the two most popular toys or what

osubot20 wrote:Did anyone find Bonecrusher and leader Megatron? I could not find them. Every one else toys r us had and target. What with that are they the two most popular toys or what

I haven't seen Megs yet, but the Target near me had Bonecrusher, but didn't have Wreckage or Scorponok out yet, then again they hadn't put anything out but the Deluxes as of yesterday. I stopped by a Wal Mart to pick up Bumblebee vs Barricade, and they seemed to have most of the toys, save for Megs and a few FABs, though I didn't look too carefully.

My last paycheck was rather lean, so three deluxes is a nice haul all things considered.

Actualy, and I can't tell if it's just from the angle, but the Cullens version looks alot better with painted eyesa and all, I know which one to hold out for now!

1337W422102 wrote:

Liege Evilmus wrote:I don't know which I'd want more

Heh heh, sarcasm, nice!

Actualy, I was looking purely at the paint. One of the first things I do with new merchandise is take out the batteries(assuming Hasbro shelled out for some). The reason being, A, you don't want to forget about them and have them corode, and B, the sound gimmicks get old and anoying fast.

That with the fact that, even though Cullens was the first Prime, Gary Chalk is my personal prefered(the man earned it) Optimus.

But as I just mentioned in a post right before this, the Cullens version has a better paint scheme, so, seeming as that I don't care about the sounds, I will get that one, if not both.

osubot20 wrote:Did anyone find Bonecrusher and leader Megatron? I could not find them. Every one else toys r us had and target. What with that are they the two most popular toys or what

I have seen many Bonecrushers, no leader Megatron though and i'm kind of glad. I have spent $500+ this weekend on movie stuff.

I just gotta ask...WHY?

Damn! The one time I pressed the button and didn't hear cullen, I haven't touched one since (I first saw them on Tuesday). I probably would have bought the cullen voice.
Now I think I have to.

I'm actually wearing the Cullen one right now! ^_^

when i went to kmart last sunday, they had the fake voice version. im going to try to find the good version.

My Target and Toys R Us were stocked up on the "Fake" one. Didn't see any with the "Featuring Real Movie Voice" on it.

In New Zealand i've been to heaps of places and they only have the KO one. poos...

I got mine. I was with a friend and telling him "They f'ed up and put Gary Chalk's voice, check it" and was surprised to hear the real Prime, Mr. Cullen. I bought it immediately. I got leader Prime too so a very good day.

I thought it was Chalk when I saw the helmets in Target. Should I tell people not to buy it for that reason. "If you buy that, you are only supporting the cheap nasty Prime and not the real(and the best) actor". Or would I been seen as crazy?

Why is the "knock off" called the "Janitor version"?

Thanks for the heads up. I thought they took the Cullen voice away when I checked them yesterday morning. Now I know what to look for when I get one.

I got mine early and it had the Gary Chalk voice. I saw the Peter Cullen one with my girlfriend yesterday at TRU and I got so pissed when I heard it speak! Chalk's voice is acceptable for the helmet, but Cullen's is the right way to do it. I might just have to get 2 of these in the end. But, like I said, I'm really pissed about the whole thing. I almost think this is along the lines of "bait and switch" on Hasbro's part, yet it doesn't quite meet all the requirements of such.

We have a problem people. While at TRU yesterday picking a few figures up I decided to check the voice on a couple in the KO packaging....They had Cullens voice. The other 9 though had Chalks. So it seems like while you can be positive that the one package will contain only Cullens voice, the other might also have his voice. And oddly enough it had the orange eyes as well. Hmm.

Nightwatcher wrote:We have a problem people. While at TRU yesterday picking a few figures up I decided to check the voice on a couple in the KO packaging....They had Cullens voice. The other 9 though had Chalks. So it seems like while you can be positive that the one package will contain only Cullens voice, the other might also have his voice. And oddly enough it had the orange eyes as well. Hmm.

I couldn't tell between the two packaging that there was any difference when I was at TRU today. This might explain it.

Nightwatcher wrote:We have a problem people. While at TRU yesterday picking a few figures up I decided to check the voice on a couple in the KO packaging....They had Cullens voice. The other 9 though had Chalks. So it seems like while you can be positive that the one package will contain only Cullens voice, the other might also have his voice. And oddly enough it had the orange eyes as well. Hmm.

Hmmm... orange eyes. If there's a varient with orange eyes and Cullen's voice, it might just be 2 variations enough to warrant me to pick up another one.

Walmart had 3 of the poopy ones. Blegh.

Sorry if this has already been asked -

Why would Hasbro put out two versions? What do they gain? Is the nonCullen voice better? Could it be a contractual issue with Cullen?

Stormrider wrote:Sorry if this has already been asked -

Why would Hasbro put out two versions? What do they gain? Is the nonCullen voice better? Could it be a contractual issue with Cullen?

I was wondering the same thing. I almost think that the Chalk one was made before the Cullen one (which is why there appears to be more of these in circulation, at least in my area). If this is true, Hasbro probably figured out that they should've used Cullens voice for this product (or became able to) after many of the first run of these had been produced and/or shipped. Just my theory. It was either an after thought or a correction. I would like to hear the official reason though.

anyone have a voice clip of the cullen one... i cant seem to find the helmet anyhwere to hear the difference. i have the other chaulks one.

thanks