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Blurrz wrote:Down_Shift is a god...
Blurrz wrote:Down_Shift is a god...
Down_Shift wrote:Hey everyone, please bear in mind that we are working through some problems with new posts on the boards so anything news worthy regarding TFCon will be posted in this thread. I hope no one still has dial up...
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Down_Shift wrote:First on the chopping block this year was Derrick J Wyatt, the Art Director and Lead Character Designer for Transformers Animated. Here are just a few things that we got out of it.
- Hasbro to comment on Animated season 4 and it's cancellation "at another convention"
- Derrick really wanted to do a Shattered Glass episode if only to have Fanzone say "This is why I love MACHINES!"
- Grandus will be in an episode, if only for a moment.
- Liked the idea of more Dinobots in later season, but didn't know what to do with "two Snarls"
- I asked if they had ever considered Downshift or any of the Omnibots for the Elite Guard. For some reason Derrick never once considered the Omnibots for Elite Guard members. Oh well, I suppose I can dream.
Next up was to bat was Dan Gilvezan, the unmistakable voice of Generation 1 Bumblebee. Not to mention Hot Spot, Outback, Snapdragon and a slew of others.
If anything was learned at this panel, it's that Dan has a sense of humor a mile wide. He was very comfortable in front of his fans and was very humble and grateful that he has touched so many over the last 25 years. He had many stories to tell, most of which were about Frank Welker screwing with the sound techs and Wally Burr boot camp stories.
He was very interactive with the fans, even getting up from behind the podium to come down and goof around with the fans.
One thing that really stands out to me and clearly the crowd was when Dan said he would love to get together with the remaining cast members and do a 90 minute special. We want that too Dan, we really really want that too!
Last but not least was the Hasbro Product Preview Panel. We were shown the official images of the first wave of figures and they're approximate street dates.
- Movie Preview Figures: May 15th.
- Wave one Scout, Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader are due out May 30th. Right on par with Botcon (and my birthday;))
- Vehicle only Devastator Gift Set will be released in late fall. Will consist of the following.
- Scavenger - Leader Class
- Mixmaster - Ultra
- Longhaul and Scrapper - Voyagers
- Hightower and Rampage - Deluxes.
- Store Exclusives - Released approximately the same week as the movie
- Autobot Whirl and Decepticon Bludgeon (Toys R' Us)
- Skywarp and Ramjet (Walmart)
- Non-movie combiners Superion and Bruticus (Zellers/Target)
- Teletoon Retro to start airing G1 season 1 starting May 18th @ 8:00 PM. Airing first 48 episodes during 24 marathon on June 13th.
I was not expecting them to be coming out that late... A bit of a shocker.- Movie Preview Figures: May 15th.
That's odd. We've seen reports of Robot Replicas and Robot Heroes being sighted. My guess is they're due out with Wave 2, and some stores will put them out as well, by accident.- Wave one Scout, Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader are due out May 30th.
- Vehicle only Devastator Gift Set will be released in late fall. Will consist of the following.
- Scavenger - Leader Class
- Mixmaster - Ultra
- Longhaul and Scrapper - Voyagers
- Hightower and Rampage - Deluxes.
- Store Exclusives - Released approximately the same week as the movie
- Autobot Whirl and Decepticon Bludgeon (Toys R' Us)
- Skywarp and Ramjet (Walmart)
- Non-movie combiners Superion and Bruticus (Zellers/Target)
- Teletoon Retro to start airing G1 season 1 starting May 18th @ 8:00 PM. Airing first 48 episodes during 24 marathon on June 13th.
Autobot032 wrote:All in all, I'm not really that impressed with the news so far.
Autobot032 wrote:As for ROTF:I was not expecting them to be coming out that late... A bit of a shocker.- Movie Preview Figures: May 15th.
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Autobot032 wrote:All in all, I'm not really that impressed with the news so far.
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Mkall wrote:Autobot032 wrote:All in all, I'm not really that impressed with the news so far.
Wellm we are in Canada, being told stuff by Greg who was told what to tell us, there wasn't even an interactive Q&A
I think botcon will have more info
It Is Him wrote:Autobot032 wrote:As for ROTF:I was not expecting them to be coming out that late... A bit of a shocker.- Movie Preview Figures: May 15th.
It's only 3 weeks away.
Down_Shift wrote:Autobot032 wrote:All in all, I'm not really that impressed with the news so far.
I think they are saving the big info for the bigger con. They even said they are saving the heavy answers for "another convention". In other words, Botcon.
I gotta say the ballsiest thing there was the guy selling the ROTF wave 1&2 legends figures.
Autobot032 wrote:
Oh sorry, I didn't mean to make it seem like I was aiming that toward you guys.
I meant the info and the amount of news given to you was pure crap. For a convention with Q&A that costs money...I'd expect a bit more.
No, you guys did fine.
Autobot032 wrote:And the FP interview? Excellent info, excellent questions, but I detected a bit of an attitude from the FP guy (and I could be wrong since it's the internet, but I still get that..."feeling") and as for the projects themselves...impressive, but the more and more I see of Rodimus, the more and more I see he's like Ultra Magnus (I.E. not needed in my collection.)
Autobot032 wrote:I realize they've done an impressive job of updating him, and that Hot Rod pulling a trailer/camper thingamajig is pretty much what Rodimus has always been about, plus I realize they can only do so much with what they're given, but he really does look like Hot Rod pulling a trailer.
At least Rodimus (in '86) had some kind of a "truckish" thing going on there...this guy, not so much.
I'm sure the final product will look even better, but I was expecting like an add on piece that would convert the tail end of Hot Rod and fuse him with the trailer, while keeping the nose intact, but giving the appearance of an entirely different vehicle.
As it is now, you can clearly tell it's Hot Rod (spoiler sticking out, and all) shoved into the bottom of a box on wheels.
I know, I'm not explaining it right, but hopefully someone will get it and word it better.
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Down_Shift wrote:Autobot032 wrote:
Oh sorry, I didn't mean to make it seem like I was aiming that toward you guys.
I meant the info and the amount of news given to you was pure crap. For a convention with Q&A that costs money...I'd expect a bit more.
No, you guys did fine.
Honestly, I did expect just a touch more of something else. Maybe in regards to more exclusives because that's something Canada gets boned on a lot.
Down_Shift wrote:Autobot032 wrote:And the FP interview? Excellent info, excellent questions, but I detected a bit of an attitude from the FP guy (and I could be wrong since it's the internet, but I still get that..."feeling") and as for the projects themselves...impressive, but the more and more I see of Rodimus, the more and more I see he's like Ultra Magnus (I.E. not needed in my collection.)
To tell you the honest truth, he was very polite. He was actually a lot of fun to talk to. I think he was just as excited to talk to us as we were to talk to him. There were even a few things talked about off the books that he's really excited about. I'd love to tell you all more but MKall and I were told not to say anything just yet. But I think everyone will be impressed.
Down_Shift wrote:Autobot032 wrote:I realize they've done an impressive job of updating him, and that Hot Rod pulling a trailer/camper thingamajig is pretty much what Rodimus has always been about, plus I realize they can only do so much with what they're given, but he really does look like Hot Rod pulling a trailer.
At least Rodimus (in '86) had some kind of a "truckish" thing going on there...this guy, not so much.
I'm sure the final product will look even better, but I was expecting like an add on piece that would convert the tail end of Hot Rod and fuse him with the trailer, while keeping the nose intact, but giving the appearance of an entirely different vehicle.
As it is now, you can clearly tell it's Hot Rod (spoiler sticking out, and all) shoved into the bottom of a box on wheels.
I know, I'm not explaining it right, but hopefully someone will get it and word it better.
Ha ha ha, I get what your saying. I was hoping to see a prototype here this year, but I'm happy with the images. But for me, I love seeing stuff like that.
Autobot032 wrote:
Autobot Twins Cloudraker and Fastlane? YES. (Double yes.)
Rodentus Prime wrote:Autobot032 wrote:
Autobot Twins Cloudraker and Fastlane? YES. (Double yes.)
Looks more like a Broadside figure to me....
and is that a weapon kit pack for grimlock,hound and mirage I see in one of the pics - I hadn't heard about that before.
Delicon wrote:Great work, Down_Shift and Mkall!
Seeing that Springer will indeed be a Triple Changer is very awesome and I can't wait for that Wreck Gar, either!
You gave us a lot of info, especially the Fans Project tidbits.
I'm already looking forward to Botcon where we will know a lot more.
(Of course, Brian Savage will just grimace every time someone asks him a question but oh well)
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