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News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:34 am

An auction on eBay would give us a better look at an upcoming Revenge of The Fallen Grindor figure. Grindor is a redeco of Blackout (later retooled into Evac) from the first film's toy line. To view the auction, click here.

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:41 am

I could have sworn I saw Blackout in one of the trailers... perhaps he appears in the movie?

This figure seems a little lazy to me, but I missed Blackout (and Evac) the first go around so I guess it's not too bad.

by **harvester** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:06 am

I hope the movie doesn't have many of those "looks like the same exact guy but their different, they just have the same chassis" sort of thing. For toys I guess I guess it's ok, though I'd love always love a new head. The black little Scorponok looks nice [for what it is].

News Credits: 12 · by **nemesis-prime** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:24 am

Is that Grindor in the trailer, or is this just another repint toy i'll pass on? We saw blackout destroyed in the first movie but not scorponok.

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:53 am

harvester wrote:I hope the movie doesn't have many of those "looks like the same exact guy but their different, they just have the same chassis" sort of thing.

Yeah, like we never saw that in the cartoon in the 80's.. :-P

If that's his new head sculpt, I like it.

by **TheAllSpark** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:14 am

Oh boy! Its the Attack of the Clones all over again :-P

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:55 am

How is this a new character? Doesn't even look like a repaint...just looks like Blackout.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu May 21, 2009 12:09 pm

How can they just re-name a character in the movie like that? That's just retarded. Now the movie line is going to have two identical figures with different names. Why not package the Bumblebee figure as "Sunstreaker" then?

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Tha'fuuu???????? :???:

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Thu May 21, 2009 12:42 pm

The color looks nice but I don't think I'll be getting this.

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:27 pm

Grindor = Blackout

In the movie, Blackout will be ressurected in this faded color scheme along with Megatron. That was Blackout that we saw in the trailers.

The reason for the name change is because Hasbro had wanted to keep his return a secret and so changed to the toy's name to keep the fans from being spoiled by a another ressurection.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:42 pm

Wait Blackouts in the movie so why is the toy named Grindor? Is he just a repaint being put out as a new bot or are they changing Blackouts name for some odd reason?

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:49 pm

Maybe this is an Brawl/Demolishor mix up like before, Hasbro messed up again i say..

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:52 pm

Megatron_Wolf wrote:Wait Blackouts in the movie so why is the toy named Grindor? Is he just a repaint being put out as a new bot or are they changing Blackouts name for some odd reason?

See my previous post.

by **Newtilator** » Thu May 21, 2009 2:51 pm

Damn!
I can't read his bio. And i must....
Can anyone help?

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Thu May 21, 2009 2:58 pm

Stockade wrote:Maybe this is an Brawl/Demolishor mix up like before, Hasbro messed up again i say..

You are entirely too optimistic. This isn't Hasbro screwing up again (well, in a way it is) this is Hasbros next attempt in a long, sad history of attempts to treat us like we are freaking idiots.
This makes me respect the companies that are producing KO's because at least some of them are actually putting effort into pulling a fast one on us. Hasbro has gotten so complacent that they aren't even trying to hide it.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Thu May 21, 2009 3:22 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Grindor = Blackout

In the movie, Blackout will be ressurected in this faded color scheme along with Megatron. That was Blackout that we saw in the trailers.

The reason for the name change is because Hasbro had wanted to keep his return a secret and so changed to the toy's name to keep the fans from being spoiled by a another ressurection.

In that case, this is a DEFINITE buy! :roll:

by **Blackout 101** » Thu May 21, 2009 4:00 pm

another reason this has to be blackout s because in the film u find that scorponok is hiding waiting for his master to return, he wouldn't dare serve anyone else, he's blackout's minion

lol, i luv blackout

:grin:

News Credits: 1 · by **Agent 007** » Thu May 21, 2009 4:27 pm

why the hell are they calling him Grindor?! #-o

if my old blackout breaks I might buy this one. Oh and for those that can't read the bio:
GRINDOR is a born soldier. He is both a highly talented fighter, and an instinctive strategist. Every moment of a battle is laid out in his head before the first shot is even fired. He is so talented at anticipating his enemy's moves that he is almost never surprised. Whenever he can, he ensures himself a place at the direct center of a fight so that he can bring his powerful weapons to bear on the AUTOBOTS around him, destroying as many as he can as quickly as possible.

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu May 21, 2009 6:11 pm

Agent 007 wrote:why the hell are they calling him Grindor?! if my old blackout breaks I might buy this one.

See my first post above.

by **Rijie** » Thu May 21, 2009 6:29 pm

Lame. At least the Evac-to-Whirl repaint will go well with my G1-Homage movie Autobots.

But I still think it is cool that Blackout is returning for the second film.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:25 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Agent 007 wrote:why the hell are they calling him Grindor?! if my old blackout breaks I might buy this one.
See my first post above.

I think what he meant was why is Hasbro doing the same, unispired recyled b.s. they are always pulling on us? Grindor is so far removed from original that it's going to give Wheelie a good rep. and it's twice the insult given that it was recycled most recently from a min-con. An undignified move against an otherwise decent mold.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Fri May 22, 2009 2:24 am

His name could easily be Grindor in the movie, not Blackout. We don't know what's official so we can't exactly assume what is right and what's wrong.

IMO, It'll be Grindor. Different Identity. Perhaps related to Blackout. Heck, maybe it is Blackout, as Galvatron is to Megatron. Who knows.

BTW, All of the movie bots have face boxart from the Movie. This one is just toy CGI.