The Energon Pub

Here's an interesting question:

In a little over a year, the toys for Transformers 2 will begin to hit the shelves. We can expect the obvious mainline toys, and since the first film was such a hit, we can sure as hell expect more sub-lines of figures.

So, of all the sub-lines of figures, which one do you want to return for TF2?

Fast Action Battlers?



Legends?



Robot Replicas?



Cyber Slammers?



Robot Heroes?




Real Gear?



Screen Battles?

Screen Battles. They look really great in their boxes.

Legends and real gear!

Real Gear!

I really want the movie Robot Heroes to come back. Alot of fans complained that they couldn't simplify the movies designs to Heroes form, but I think they did just fine. All the essential elements of each design are there, and the characters are easily recognizeable.

Bring on more Movie Robot Heroes for number 2!

Real Gear.

I liked the Screen Battles myself. A pretty cool concept, but the Robot Heroes are a close second.

I'll take another set of Robot Heroes. I love those little guys!

Uh, none. I could do without all that stuff. But if I had to pick one, I would say Screen Battles, because it's nice to have representatives of the human characters.

Legends

I consider Legends figures part of the main line. It's just a different size class. Thus I'd want to see them return, so that we can have the TF2 cast in mini-size as well.
Neat little figures, I'd like to see them return.

Fast Action Battlers

Got all 11 unique molds in the movie colours. The FABs are pretty cool , moreso than most people think. Many have weapons and features which appeared in the film but weren't included with the mainline figures.
Ratchet's miniguns; Bumblebee's built-in-gun instead of a hand-held gun; Megatron's head actually stowing away in alt-mode; Starscream's blade from the concepts and the TF Game; Blackout's chest gun; Barricade's spiked wheel weapon and Frenzy's firing disc and correct alt-mode.
I'd say bring back the FABs =D

Robot Replicas

Eh. Only got Megatron. Pretty much a forgettable line. The transforming figures look fine and in some instances better than these poseable but rather bland figurines. They go nicely with Revoltech TFs though.
Hasbro can skip this one.

Cyber Slammers

I'm collecting the unique molds in their proper colors, but there isn't really much to them. They're cute and kinda fun, but they're really all the same. If you're not a completist, get your favorite character, 'cause they all transform and speed off in the same way.
Not much point in revisiting them.

Robot Heroes

Meh, I'm not into these. Not transformable and barely movable. The cuteness of the G1 Robot Heroes is somewhat lost with the insectoid movie aesthetics. I never saw any point in buying these (that, and they never appeared around here) but I know many collectors like them. More power to them.
If they're really popular, sure do them again Hasbro.

Screen Battles

They never appeared around here, but I don't care. The human figurines don't appeal to me at all and the TFs are fortunately minor repaints (if that) and thus easily passed. The concept is nice and the packaging looks good, but they appeared late in the game, with many collectors already owning the original figures. If I hadn't yet bought these Deluxes, I would've picked these up instead of the single packs.
But they're not unique enough, so I'll pass on them next time as well.

T.E.C.H. (Transformers Electronic Combat Hardware)

I've got two of them and are planning on getting the remaining three eventually, but there's not much to them. Oversized and underdetailed 'electronic devices' transforming into undersized weird-looking weaponry. I like the instant-transformation and the acompanying G1 sound effect, but they aren't really figures.
Just don't do them next time, Hasbro.

Real Gear

I like these alot. Got 7 out of 8 unique molds and still looking for Zoom Out. The repaints got excessive though (three mobile phones and only one version of the video camera?) Give us new molds please, next time. They're great little buggers although I don't see them as part of the movieverse. Just like the Target Scouts and the Deluxe/Voyager/Ultra repaints (such as Big Daddy, Wingblade and Inferno) these look like figures from the Unicron Trilogy and don't fit in with the movie figures. Thus, I don't want them back for TF2.
Just make them a Scout series for Universe 2.0, Hasbro.

Screen Battles and then maybe Robot Replicas done right. Think Revoltech - more poseability, better detail, more accessories.

I think all sub lines will reappear, but I like the Replicas. Disappointingly, they didn't do all of the characters.

Robot Heroes are just plain great collection-complimenters. I'd like to see some repaints(Stealth BB, for example), and another round of G1 characters like Devastator, Omega Supreme, in some sort of scale, like the Marvel sets.

FABs are a brilliant idea: durable little toys that are fully transformable and loaded with gimmicks. They have Automorph, firing missles, and a punching gimmick, all in one toy. Perfect for very young children who actually play with them.

Screen Battles and Legends are also very cool and should return.

Robot Heroes! But not movie ones.

Screen Battles for sure.

Robot Heroes, with a G1 combiner!!!!
However, I hope they go back to the designers that first did molds for them.
The latest ones (that haven't been released yet) don't have the same quality of sculpts imo.
They just seem a little off and cheap compared to all of the others.

I was surprised at how much fun G1 Robot Heroes are; I only started collecting them because they were free with some movie figures I got at K-mart, now I'm kind of addicted to them and waiting for the next ones to be released.

I want to see a Brestforce gestalt.

The premium line.


And once they've done that, they can scrap the standard line.

Real Gear and another Ultimate TF.

I want them to announce that there redesigning all the robot forms for transformers 2 and they will be waiting untill 2010 or 2011. because they want see how the new G.I Joe movie does so they can maybe get the direcetor for the G.I Joe movie to replace Michael bay. Oh wait you want to know what sub-line I want for next movie toy line hum screen battles.