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Diem wrote:

Bouncy X wrote:so i take it they get somehow damaged or something in the movie and have to take a new form?

If I know Michael Bay, bad comedy and bad filmaking generally, they will start seperate and be forced to merge later on for an infiltration scene where they're "amusingly" arguing with each other the whole time.

Think "pantomime horse" and just enlarge it a bit...

What get's me is that they obviously have to trans-scan at some point for the different alt(s) but for all that advanced technology they still look like they got beat over their heads with the same ugly stick in either mode. Blows the theory that they must have scanned something "Picasso"ish when they came to Earth. I guess when their protoform split it was neither even nor kind. I'm not normally that superficial and certainly not with humans but I think the sibling rivalry and/or dimwitted gag would have sufficed for the audiences. I doubt we'll need the goofy appearance to be able to tell which ones are the comic relief. That pink and white should be a dead giveaway. If they play that damn obnoxious "Ice Cream Truck" music in their alt mode though, I will seriously have to consider walking out during the film!

Dead End is red.

Counterpunch wrote:Dead End is red.

His Deluxe toy is a black car.

The robot modes for the ice cream truck twins: please don't tell me that Michael bay is also going the way of Jar Jar or Disney sidekicks. Goofy comic relief is what hurt the first one. They look like they'd fit more in the world of Krofft's Magic Puppets World...

Sabrblade wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:Dead End is red.

His Deluxe toy is a black car.

I think that's what he's complaining about.

Diem wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:Dead End is red.

His Deluxe toy is a black car.

I think that's what he's complaining about.

Well, the Scout Class figure is red. Then again, Movie one Jolt (called "Dead End" in all fiction he's appeared in) was purple and silver.

Has anyone found the Ice Cream truck yet, or has there been a release date? Odd that BBTS doesn't have a preorder and I cannot find them on Ebay.

Random wrote:Has anyone found the Ice Cream truck yet, or has there been a release date? Odd that BBTS doesn't have a preorder and I cannot find them on Ebay.

"September 2009"

Diem wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:Dead End is red.

His Deluxe toy is a black car.

I think that's what he's complaining about.

This may help: they're separate characters, at least in Europe. The red Scout is called "Detour" here (may have to get one for confirmation), the black Deluxe will be called Dead End. Also, you shouldn't be so precise with names anyway, especially between lines I'm not, I just named the Purple Jolt "Road Hugger" and placed him with the G1 homages.

Am I the only one who thinks of MASK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh11NDMHVl0 when i see Deadend's head?

Can someone direct me to a thread (or better yet, post an image) where I can see the ice cream twins in their robot mode? Thanks.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Diem wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:Dead End is red.

His Deluxe toy is a black car.

I think that's what he's complaining about.

This may help: they're separate characters, at least in Europe. The red Scout is called "Detour" here (may have to get one for confirmation), the black Deluxe will be called Dead End. Also, you shouldn't be so precise with names anyway, especially between lines I'm not, I just named the Purple Jolt "Road Hugger" and placed him with the G1 homages.

I mean, like, G1 Dead End was dark red/burgundy with yellow stripes, Alternator and ROTF Dead Ends, despite being homages/updates have a totally different colour scheme. Weird.