The Energon Pub

The folks over at the CYBERGEEKS Alliance Facebook page have managed to get a hold of a solicitation for the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction figures. The list includes Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader Class figures. Check them out below:

Deluxe:

• Bumblebee Classic/High Octanne
• Crosshairs/Slingshot
• Dinobot Slug
• "Southpaw"
• Lockdown
• Drift
• Strafe
• Dinobot Slash
• PDQ
• Snarl
• Rally Car
• Decepticon Stinger

Voyager:

• Optimus Prime "Evasion Mode"
• Grimlock
• Hound
• Galvatron
• Slog
• Drift
• Optimus Prime and Grimlock

Leader:

• Grimlock
• Optimus Prime

so Galvatron is officially involved? is he a new character or are they following G1 and he's a resurrected Megatron?

Bouncy X wrote:so Galvatron is officially involved? is he a new character or are they following G1 and he's a resurrected Megatron?

The only 'Bots or'Cons that are positively confirmed as being in the movie are Optimus, Bumblebee, Hound and the Dinobots, all of whom were confirmed by Michael Bay himself or by the producer, Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Anything else is technially unconfirmed at this point, though I don't think anyone will know about the others for sure until the movie comes out, or if Galvatron is a resurrected/reformatted Megatron. I mean, it IS safe to say at this point that he likely is. But even having a Voyager figure isn't a guarantee. There have been Voyagers before that weren't in the movies (Stratosphere, for one).

That's awesome.

Galvatron!? Please make him a Leader class one day, Hasbro, please...

SlyTF1 wrote:Galvatron!? Please make him a Leader class one day, Hasbro, please...

Shhhh! Not so loud, or they'll downscale the voyager!

Im so sick of grimlock always being bigger than the other dinobots. There not a freaking combiner team. Make them all the same scale for once hasbro...

Interesting to see Snarl's name on the list. This can be just a nameslap for someone else and not the classic Dinobot snarl but who knows? However why isn't Scorn on the list? I'm seeing Slog on there but isn't Scorn's supposedly the Spinosaurus? Unless the Spinosaurus IS actually Slog that is I'm confused.

Drift is the Bugatti right? It seems weird they'd that a voyager figure.

I would dearly love for Lockdown to be like his Animated counterpart. That character would kick ass in these movies.

If Galvatron is just Megatron resurrected, I'm going to flip And I agree that the Dinobots should be closer to the same size. Heck, a Spinosaurus is BIGGER than a Tyrannosaurus Rex. C'mon guys. IS Bay ironically the only one here that cares about scale?

Rated X wrote:Im so sick of grimlock always being bigger than the other dinobots. There not a freaking combiner team. Make them all the same scale for once hasbro...

Exactly.

If Galvatron is in this movie we shall be needing a leader class toy or bigger, Hasbro. Get on it. Do it properly this time. Let's not have any more of your lacklustre rushed jobs based on old, unused, ugly concept art.

Rated X wrote:Im so sick of grimlock always being bigger than the other dinobots. There not a freaking combiner team. Make them all the same scale for once hasbro...

If they were a combiner team Hasbro would make them all the same size and the body would be way too small

Is it not just based on commercial appeal, though?

Giant (space) transforming T-Rex is bound to go down with kids more than the other dinos, so they make it bigger and more expensive.

And why is no one else rejoicing at the lack of Bumblebees (bar one)?

Aren't these just some of the same lists we saw from Hasbro's customer service system? I mean, there's even Scorn's Rocky codename "Southpaw" listed here.

This is NOT a Solicitation.

This is a list that my friend and I made, based on "the Hasbro listing a while back." http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... ed-178696/

We originally posted it on http://www.tfclub.com/art/20140108212807_9446.html

So, thanks to CYBERGEEKS Alliance Facebook page for not mentioning the source and causing some confusion.

man, this toy line is gonna be big. i need to put some toys away. but i cant wait for that galvatron

Interesting list.

Bounti76 wrote:The only 'Bots or'Cons that are positively confirmed as being in the movie are Optimus, Bumblebee, Hound and the Dinobots,

And Decepticon Stinger.

littleiron wrote:This is NOT a Solicitation.

This is a list that my friend and I made, based on "the Hasbro listing a while back." http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... ed-178696/

We originally posted it on http://www.tfclub.com/art/20140108212807_9446.html

So, thanks to CYBERGEEKS Alliance Facebook page for not mentioning the source and causing some confusion.

Aw, I see. Thanks for letting us know.

Can someone tell me what exactly a "solicitation" is? I see that term here all the time but I don't know what it means in the context of toys.

GuyIncognito wrote:Can someone tell me what exactly a "solicitation" is? I see that term here all the time but I don't know what it means in the context of toys.

Put simply, it's a form sent to stores by companies, advertising their product (you know the phrase "No Soliciting", right?). They should include pricing as well, so the list in the original News Item is off in that aspect.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:Can someone tell me what exactly a "solicitation" is? I see that term here all the time but I don't know what it means in the context of toys.

Put simply, it's a form sent to stores by companies, advertising their product (you know the phrase "No Soliciting", right?). They should include pricing as well, so the list in the original News Item is off in that aspect.

Ah, thanks! Would it be correct to assume that solicitation lists ONLY lists products that are definitely being manufactured? Or does the manufacturer use the solicitation list to gauge retailer interest and make production decision based on that?

Rated X wrote:Im so sick of grimlock always being bigger than the other dinobots. There not a freaking combiner team. Make them all the same scale for once hasbro...

I think the dino modes should be to scale, in which case Grimlock should be the biggest.

GuyIncognito wrote:

Rated X wrote:Im so sick of grimlock always being bigger than the other dinobots. There not a freaking combiner team. Make them all the same scale for once hasbro...

I think the dino modes should be to scale, in which case Grimlock should be the biggest.

Yeah and, besides, Optimus is usually taller than his teammates yet you never complain about that, X.

Sabrblade wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:

Rated X wrote:Im so sick of grimlock always being bigger than the other dinobots. There not a freaking combiner team. Make them all the same scale for once hasbro...

I think the dino modes should be to scale, in which case Grimlock should be the biggest.

Yeah and, besides, Optimus is usually taller than his teammates yet you never complain about that, X.

I'd rather have them different sizes, as you like to say x it keeps it "real".