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Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:11 am

Wow....Starscream is fail. Just downright F-A-I-L! :SICK:

Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:28 am

I like the metallic finish.

News Credits: 9 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:44 am

Figures, they give Starscream hands and a better looking alt mode and... people still hate it. I think it looks a lot better than the last, kinda why I held off getting so many of the first line. No matter what they (Hasbro) say I bet we get everyone that was in the first movie PLUS the new guys. Devy is worth it though :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:55 am

I'll expect a full review out of the box before making a decision. The changes made to Starscream are well appreciated, this is how the figure should have looked in first place. Hands ! And the feet look different too. However i guess it would be better to see him in person.

It seems that the first half of ROTF will be about Starscream and his new band of Decepticons. THAT CAN'T BE COOLER !

News Credits: 198 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:12 am

The detais on SS are better, especially the head. However, the old addage applies: you can put a fresh coat of paint on a turd... but it's still a turd. They'd better have a leader version in the works.

Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:22 am

well, the starscream is an improvement; so a must buy. but idk about the optimus.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:23 am

ugg why must they not give him hands!!!? v :-x

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:24 am

He has hands! :grin:

News Credits: 5 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:26 am

Good grief. Starscream has been designed by someone who's actually seen an F22! I might pick this one up. Voyager Prime is probably a miss. First Strike is the best version of that mold.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:31 am

omega666 wrote:He has hands!

yeah just noticed that he's still too fat thought and images of retooled ironhide DAMN U HASBRO!!! :-x

my wallets gonna suffer this summer... :sad:

EDIT: Starscream also has landing gear!

Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:33 pm

Starscream was already a poor mold, who wants a WORSE version with a new pointless gimmick? The only cool things is the weird space tribal detailing, and that the bio sounds to be semi-referencing Starscream's Reign.

But over all, two retools I can skip in favor of the new figures. Yay.

News Credits: 5 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:22 pm

Worse? How is this worse? They've got rid of the godawful launchers!

News Credits: 4 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:47 pm

SS looks just as stupid, if not stupider, as the original one...Thankfully this is going to be an inexpensive year for me at the store-level...I'll be able to catch up on some previous stuff I missed

News Credits: 129 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:19 pm

His legs are just bent in the picture.

Looks like he has hands now.

Might actually be an improvement.

News Credits: 5 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:19 pm

Of all the stuff revealed today, this is the one I'm most interested in. Voyager BB? Yeah, that'll scale well with the other toys. Ironhide? Didn't think much of the mold to start with, new weapons don't address any issues with it. But Starscream actually looks like someone paid attention to what was wrong with the first one.

News Credits: 8 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:17 pm

Prime is just a repaint so ill pass but since i never considered or called that thing "Starscream" i may pick that one up. Have to see more before im 100% sure.

News Credits: 5 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:18 pm

I wonder if we'll see as many repaints as we did with the original? I might hold out for a more interesting paint job.

Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:59 pm

THIS IS A SCAM.... WHY DONT THEY JUST MAKE THE NEW ROBOTS IN THE MOVIE LOOK BAD ASS SINCE WE ALREADY GOT PRIME AND THE GANG THE FIRST TIME AROUND... I FEEL ITS A SLAP IN THE FACE.....THATS MY OPINION

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:09 pm

Starscream has a cooler alternate mode, but I'm hoping the robot mode has some kind of mistransformation to it. You can't judge box art with all the mistransformations, photoshopped paint apps, or unrleased versions. I'll wait and see I geuss.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:13 pm

He still looks like a giant dorito XD

News Credits: 4 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:30 pm

GAHHHH !!! I thought they`d come up with a better mold for starscream in this movie ..GRRRR !!! :evil:

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:49 pm

martez9000 wrote:THIS IS A SCAM.... WHY DONT THEY JUST MAKE THE NEW ROBOTS IN THE MOVIE LOOK BAD ASS SINCE WE ALREADY GOT PRIME AND THE GANG THE FIRST TIME AROUND... I FEEL ITS A SLAP IN THE FACE.....THATS MY OPINION

Yup, a grand scam by Hasbro to get you to buy more toys, and break your caps lock key :roll:

Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:17 am

I don't know if any one answered this question at all as my net is being really slow. The markings on this star scream are from the "reign of star scream" comics where he marks him self with the markings of the all spark. Not only this but I must admit that with them FINALLY fixing star scream hands. The first one had stupid over sized hands and now this ones is more accurate. Not what i would like to see considering they put the stupid missle launcher in the middle of the hand it would of been better if it re attached to the side of the arms but any ways. The bot is fat and that's just dumb

Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:43 am

I have to vent this out: ROTF Starscream is NOT a repaint nor a retool of the first Movie Starscream. He's a new mold with a new transformation.
The most obvious things to notice are the hands. They're much more CGI accurate. But another thing is that his legs are formed differently in that they are from the middle of the jet between the back tail-fins, instead of the first toy's legs being under the jet.
The tail-fins are different as well in that, instead of being on balljoints, they're actually on hinge/swivel joints.
Furthermore, the automorph gimmick from the first toy seems to be abandoned for the new MECH ALIVE gimmick, which will make his inner gears move when you turn his head.
That being said, I will buy the toy because he's not only more CGI-accurate, but a new toy as well.