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which car makers you desperately wanted to see the most in the binatech/alternators toy line?

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which car makers you desperately wanted to see the most in the binatech/alternators toy line?

Postby Altertron » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:39 am

i would really want to see ferrari enzo, porche, lamborgini cars to transform into a robot. i want to see a 1:12 scale exclusives just for these exotic cars if they were ever considered to be release.
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Postby Skowl » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:42 am

Well, Alternators are dead, so I guess it really doesn't matter anymore...


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Postby Altertron » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:45 am

but will either hasbro or takara get licences from ferrari, porche, and lamborgini to make their transformer toys. do you think will that deal ever happen?
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Postby kirbenvost » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:47 am

Porsche and Lamborghini are both a definite "no.", because they are owned/associated with Volkswagen, who do not want their vehicles associated with war.

Stupid, but true. We would've seen a really nice Alt Bumblebee if this hadn't been the case.

I'm kind of sad the Alts have ended, but honestly, the last few waves were practically impossible to find, and they were getting tired... nothing original was happening it was all just repaint after repaint. They were too expensive anyway.
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Postby Altertron » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:56 am

which alternate mode that hasn't been made or seen on cartoon series before. but i never see a transformer boat, battleship, or submarine. in fact all alternate modes that has to function on sea had never been made.
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Postby CecilValiant » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:59 am

wasnt Seaspray a boat? he talks like he is talking through bubbles or something =P even had a whole episode of him falling in love with some girl and turning human for a little bit
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Postby kirbenvost » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:00 pm

There are boats and battleships, all throughout G1, Armada, Energon and Cybertron.

G1 Seaspray for example. And one of the triplechangers, don't know his name...

Armada Tidal Wave...huge battleship.

Energon Mirage & that Cybertron fembot are both military boats.

There may have even been a submarine at one point, I just can't think of any.
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Postby Agent 007 » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:05 pm

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Postby Altertron » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:17 pm

which mode can you think of that hasn't been realize in the cartoon and toys. this will be your opportunitity to let the hasbro and takara producers to know that they forget one last mode.
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Postby Nujevad » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:22 pm

What about a 1986 Toyota Corolla?
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Postby kirbenvost » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:26 pm

this will be your opportunitity to let the hasbro and takara producers to know that they forget one last mode.


I don't know if you realize...Takara and Hasbro probably don't visit this site, and they certainly aren't going to listen to whatever we post. They do what they think will be profitable, nothing more. The only reason we got an Anime-accurate Masterpiece Starscream is there is a huge demand for it everywhere... they're sure to make a profit.

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Postby Overcracker » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:37 pm

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If you truly want an ALternator type transformer with a Lamborghini alt mode, then Maybe you should consider Hapywells Lambo Roadbot.


Happywell makes few bots with different car alt modes. There's one with a Toyota Ladncruiser as an alt mode. and several others.

I'm almost positive there's a Lamborghini one. Anybody have the url to Happywell's website, and/or a pic to the Lambo Roadbot?
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Postby Sherade » Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:00 pm

I wanted more Ford's, Dodge's, and a Plymouth Prowler.
No more Honda's, Mazda's, or other crappy imports.
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Postby JTKranix » Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:09 pm

I want a Saturn Outlook like the one I drive!

...except mine is "Midnight Blue" :)
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Postby Sloptank » Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:12 pm

'85 Citation. Rust-brown.
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Postby Bee-otch » Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:31 pm

I think the one that I wish Hasbro would have pushed harder for is the Volkswagon Bumblebee. Then we could have also gotten one in red as Cliffjumper.
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Bee-otch wrote:I think the one that I wish Hasbro would have pushed harder for is the Volkswagon Bumblebee. Then we could have also gotten one in red as Cliffjumper.

I don't think any amount of pushing is going to change VW's mind on that. Shame considering they money they could have made off the movie....

For my shame I would have liked to have seen an MG Metro Alternator as a true homage to the 80's, very british though...
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Postby 0ctane » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:09 pm

Nujevad wrote:What about a 1986 Toyota Corolla?


Woo Yea!!! the AE86 :lol: It would have to be the white and black panda version though :wink:

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Postby Railspike » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:12 pm

80's Trans-AM or a Delorean.

I wanna see KITT from Knight Rider as an Alternator. I should hire someone to make it happen, lol.
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Postby VonSchlitzy » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:33 am

personally i would have liked to see some classic American muscle cars: 69 Dodge Chardger, 67 Mustang GT500, 67 Nova SS....and/or some classic cruisers: 49 Merc, 55, 56, or 57 Chevy BelAir, or the ultimate (IMO) 59 Cadillac DeVille...i really think this approach of combining transformers with licensed vehicles of Americas rich automotive history really could have helped this line out quite a bit. it would have been something different at least. classic hot rods meets transformers. makes sense to me. but i might be really alone on this one!
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Postby teroh1988 » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:42 am

Sloptank wrote:'85 Citation. Rust-brown.


yes!! it can be Wreck-Gar!!!!
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Postby The Time Traveller » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:00 am

How about Alternators of the movie vehicles? That'd be awesome.

Also, would Unicron as Planet Earth count? :lol:


Why do people keep saying Alternators are dead? I heard they're waiting for the movie craze to finish!!!
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Postby 0ctane » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:30 am

The Time Traveller wrote: Why do people keep saying Alternators are dead? I heard they're waiting for the movie craze to finish!!!


The following was announced at botcon. It seems they will be dropping those lines because the returns were not too good.

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No mentions of Alternators or Titaniums - had to make some choices based ... $2 million dollars invested in Alternators and die-cast in Titaniums ... Hasbro wasn't getting a return on their investment with those lines so they decided to focus on Classics 2.0.
Larger scales for Classics.
Similar number of figures as wave 1 in last fall's Classics line.
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Postby The Time Traveller » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:53 am

Star Jammer wrote:
The Time Traveller wrote: Why do people keep saying Alternators are dead? I heard they're waiting for the movie craze to finish!!!


The following was announced at botcon. It seems they will be dropping those lines because the returns were not too good.

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No mentions of Alternators or Titaniums - had to make some choices based ... $2 million dollars invested in Alternators and die-cast in Titaniums ... Hasbro wasn't getting a return on their investment with those lines so they decided to focus on Classics 2.0.
Larger scales for Classics.
Similar number of figures as wave 1 in last fall's Classics line.


Well thats cool, I'd like to see Wheeljack and the other Autobots made into Classics.
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