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News Credits: 12 · by **nemesis-prime** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:45 am

El Duque wrote:I don't know I kind of like the little guy. He's so ugly I can't help it, and he turns into a mini monster truck.

i kinda like hime too cause i feel sorry for him...im gonna find a mini bigfoot decal to apply to him...whats up with have both bot logos?

News Credits: 8 · by **Forgotten** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:06 am

I really like Wheelie in this verse. I absolutely loathe the G1 version but this one looks like he might have an attitude and maybe mumble and groan and play mean pranks instead of being all happy stupid and rhyming. By the way, he's an autobot spy that's why he has the faction switch on his chest. I need a peace out smiley.

EDIT: I hope that they make a robot replicas Ravage so I can have my RR Frenzy ride him chasing Wheelie. That would be fun. :grin:

by **Urzu Six** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:43 am

So, with Wheelie, did they just throw some Meccano at a Frenzy bits box or what?

News Credits: 9 · by **Zeds** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:04 am

Well it can't get any fuglier!

News Credits: 2 · by **munkimus prime** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:45 am

Which part is his head? :-?

Well theres another figure from this line I don't wan't.

Leozak I like but shame I won't be getting him.

by **syphonn** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:55 am

$10 says he does the Wall-E 'eye expressions' and communicates with beeps and boops

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:34 am

Another movie line winner.

News Credits: 1 · by **karellan** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:56 am

He's basically an autobot version of Frenzy from the first movie. Small spy bot with weird gangly-looking hands and such. Frenzy was a decepticon, so of course he's going to look like a demonic bug with saws and machine guns all over, but since Wheelie's an autobot it makes sense that he's a little softer and more goofy than evil (so the WALL-E look fits pretty well). He's probably comic relief just like Frenzy was in the first movie.

When it comes to stuff like this, you can't really think of it in terms of toy design. Michael Bay is going to come at it from the perspective of the movie first and the toys second, regardless of how involved Hasbro is in the process.

That's why Frenzy was such a big part of the first movie even though all the toy versions of him totally suck. He was designed as a movie character first and the toys were kind of thrown together afterward, because seriously, you can take one look at Frenzy in the movie and you just KNOW he wasn't designed with a toy in mind.

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:09 am

When designing a cute kiddy character, go by age old adage:
KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID!
I can't get over that stupid mouth.

News Credits: 3 · by **Giant Purple Griffin** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:10 pm

His card back was posted a while ago and his bio said he was a Decepticon, but only because he's afraid of them and they bully him around. He definitely does look 'con-ish.

It definitely is ugly, but I've got no problem with ugly

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:26 pm

I don't know about you guys but I would rather meet Freddy Krüger in a dark alley then that thing! :shock:

Damn I must buy Wheely just cos he's so fugly!

by **sideswipe_95** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:34 pm

whellie have a ugly face
leozak looks cool B-)

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:16 pm

God that thing is horrible. I think thats the worst TF of all time. I really feel bad for Wheelie he never gets a break. Each iteration we see is worse than the last. Thing looks like Jonny 5 and Beast Machines Rattrap had a kid and then ditched it in a scrap yard where it scanned a pile of junk thinking thats what it should look like. Well thats another $11 saved. Thanks hasbro. This movie is going to have more fail then the last one.

by **Windsweeper** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:33 pm

This thing makes G2 Staxx look good. Can't believe it's a deluxe.

What is it with the new look Transformers in the last few years.

Movie TF's horrible heads.

Star Wars TF's horrible heads.

Robot Heroes.

Mini-cons.

Bring back the traditional TF aesthetic. At least Armada had that.

Still, I'm saving some money.

Between this and the Unicycle Constructicon, I'm ready to boycott the movie.

No, I'll go see it and worse I'll enjoy it like I did the last. But not liking Wheelie, Scavenger, 'cyclops' Ravage and Frenzy. Designs bad enough to be Mini-cons.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:07 pm

Seems the ROTF designer just could not get over wheel-feet...

Wheelie is only as hideously ugly as the other movie bots, but I think the name and rather ridiculous alt mode make him seem worse than the other movie designs.

by **eldritch** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:14 pm

It needs racing stripes. D= everything looks better with racing stripes.

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:22 pm

Megatron_Wolf wrote:God that thing is horrible. I think thats the worst TF of all time. I really feel bad for Wheelie he never gets a break. Each iteration we see is worse than the last. Thing looks like Jonny 5 and Beast Machines Rattrap had a kid and then ditched it in a scrap yard where it scanned a pile of junk thinking thats what it should look like. Well thats another $11 saved. Thanks hasbro. This movie is going to have more fail then the last one.

The toy is ugly but I'd still like a piece of that $708,272,592 failure. :grin:

by **Rated X** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:45 pm

O.K. this is just too ugly...Its basically based on Jonny 5 from Short Circut. Whats next...R2D2 ??? Who was responsible for the concept of "wheels for feet" ???

by **glazer** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:07 pm

JONNY 5 ---is Alive!! get the buck out of here! bring on some real bots!!!!!

News Credits: 3 · by **Highbeam** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:13 pm

They could try repainting it in Wall-E colors *bricked*

XD Good lord that thing is uuuuggggglllyyyyy!!! I hope the movie critter doesn't look that craptacular at least... Either way, I hate it already :roll:

by **Jaz-Zen** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:44 pm

Seriously, Wheelie is crap. Frenzy you could forgive, because being a small boombox, there was little mass to work with. But Wheelie's a monster truck for goodness' sakes. There's NO excuse for this Johnny 5/Wall-E bastardization piece of crap.

I DO hope the movie is cool, but I doubt I'll get many figures.

-J-

by **Prime Riblet** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:43 pm

I wonder if this Wheelie toy will work as a replacement for R.O.B. with my old NES?

by **Nightwalker** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:13 pm

Wheelie is..... very unusual (spelled wrong, greetings from Amsterdam).
Therefor I really like him!

News Credits: 3 · by **Highbeam** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:44 pm

Jaz-Zen wrote:Seriously, Wheelie is crap. Frenzy you could forgive, because being a small boombox, there was little mass to work with. But Wheelie's a monster truck for goodness' sakes. There's NO excuse for this Johnny 5/Wall-E bastardization piece of crap.

I DO hope the movie is cool, but I doubt I'll get many figures.

-J-

He's just an RC toy sized monster truck...