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[BombshellDaBug]

The smallest of the Energon Igniters, the 3-inch Speed series transforms between modes in 7 steps or less. Unlike previous small movie figures, this series has a lot of detailing and articulation.

Looks exactly the same as any previous Legion and equivalent we've gotten in the past.


Emerje

My thoughts exactly. Especially since Barricade and Hot Rod are literally just retools of the 2007 Legion Barricade.

[william-james88]

The smallest of the Energon Igniters, the 3-inch Speed series transforms between modes in 7 steps or less. Unlike previous small movie figures, this series has a lot of detailing and articulation.

Looks exactly the same as any previous Legion and equivalent we've gotten in the past.


Emerje

My thoughts exactly. Especially since Barricade and Hot Rod are literally just retools of the 2007 Legion Barricade.

Some do have elbows though, so thats more articulation than before.

[Emerje]

The smallest of the Energon Igniters, the 3-inch Speed series transforms between modes in 7 steps or less. Unlike previous small movie figures, this series has a lot of detailing and articulation.

Looks exactly the same as any previous Legion and equivalent we've gotten in the past.


Emerje

My thoughts exactly. Especially since Barricade and Hot Rod are literally just retools of the 2007 Legion Barricade.

Some do have elbows though, so thats more articulation than before.

We've seen that before.


RotF Legends Optimus Prime


DotM Legion Flak


DotM Legion Ratchet

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

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Look at all that shelfwarming...

Maybe ALL of these will be out early enough that parents-that-don't-know-better will just buy it all up for Christmas and get it out of the way.

Thou of little faith.

Seriously, even the gimmick toys look pretty good. Light years ahead of the trash that is Cyberverse. The deluxes look solid and have a gimmick akin to the Unicron Trilogy. Plus those legends/legions look amazing. I may get a few.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Those little legion dudes look pretty nifty! If there is one thing I am really digging so far, it's the classics making it into toy form as alt modes. That is pretty sweet.

I may have to get some of those little legions. Hopefully they are easier to find than the TLK ones past wave 1

[Brokebot]

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Look at all that shelfwarming...

Maybe ALL of these will be out early enough that parents-that-don't-know-better will just buy it all up for Christmas and get it out of the way.

Yeah. They'll look great next to all those movie toys that didn't sell, even when the movie was out, and the NEW movie toys no one is buying because the movie was a schizophrenic mess.

[Carnivius_Prime]

DotM Legion Ratchet

Emerje

woah, I somehow missed that one. I had the 2007 mold which was fine for a little figure but this one is much more accurate. May have to track one of those down.

I do love that RotF Legends Optimus Prime too. Probably my favourite mini-Optimus Prime figure of any line. The amount of grey on the Hasbro version spoils it a little. I've wanted the japanese 'battle damaged' version but always been too rare/expensive for me.

EZ Collection one is nice too.

Disappointed that when Hasbro re-used the mold several times for the TLK line he was almost completely blue each time. Why not one of the above Takara ones, eh?

[Ultra Markus]

Any car nuts here that can link the closest equivalent to what Barricade and Hot Rod transform into?

I don't think any of them are licensed since I don't spot any logos on the toys. Nevertheless, I found a match for Barricade, though it's a bit off the beaten path: the Plymouth Sapporo aka Mitsubishi Galant Lambda, a variant of the Dodge Challenger:

Mitsubishi Galant Lambda on Wikipedia.

Good grief, the world of car models is confusing. Worse is, my dad's a nut and I'm following in his footsteps slowly

I think its much closer to the 1974 Dodge Monaco. Its means to be those boxy 70s sedans and the fact that they made it in a police deco cements it for me (there is Blues brothers homage going on here)

too bad they didnt do the ford falcon interceptor for barracade that car is so him

[Emerje]

I just want to point out that if I were a kid I would think this was the coolest thing ever.



It's neat that the little engine cores that come with the Nitro and Power Plus classes can also be used with the Speed and Power classes. Best I can tell pushing down on the gray button on the core makes the wheel on the bottom spin propelling the Speed figures forward and maybe causing the wheels to spin when inserted into the other figures. It's the kind of crossover play feature we've seen in Prime Wars and far more practical than some of the stuff we've seen in previous movie lines. As an adult it isn't something I'd want to spend a lot of money on, but as a kid I would have loved this!

Emerje

[Deadput]

Guys, we had a ROTF Megatron and G1 Prowl in the AOE toyline, and we had AOE Strafe in the TLK toyline along with, so a characters being in a toyline is not really indication that they will be in the film. Especially in this movie which only has 5 bots.

Oh I know it's likely Hot Rod isn't in the movie, I just presenting my opinion of how it could be if he is in the movie.

The wording from the statements we have gotten (As well as the guy from TFW2005) seems that it's more like only 4 robots will star in the movie, not there will only be 4. (This ultimately means that either the Seeker or Barricade do not count in this statement and considering that the leaker said that The Seeker died at the start of the movie and wasn't in it for too long it's probably him.

I think that cameo roles like Optimus do not count, so it's possible that Hot Rod isn't in the movie for long hence my theory that the toy is a retool because his appearance in the movie would be a model reuse.

Plus Peter Cullen and Martin Short have voice roles in the movie and one of them has to be the Seeker (Maybe played by Short based on rule of elimination)

[Carnivius_Prime]

DJ Bumblebee. Seem to recall a similar gimmick toy in the 2007 line? Eh it's cute for what it is.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlV-rxUBJRD ... asbropulse

[Tyrannacon]

Gameinformer has our first look at the Dancing and Singing Bumblebee toy that's coming out as part of the Bumblebee movie toyline. What does he do and what makes him so special? Well he can record one's voice and remix it into a variety of tunes from Aerosmith and even the Transformers film. From here he dances. This terrifying piece of plastic will be available in the winter of 2018 to annoy many parents with small children who love Bumblebee. We've included a description of the toy below as well as a picture of it in and out of the packaging.

Transformers: Bumblebee – DJ Bumblebee
Drop the beat with the DJ Bumblebee figure. Using Sing-Back Tech, this figure records kids’ voices, and then plays back the soundbite in sync with 1 of 3 awesome tracks. Kids control the mix – move the figure’s left arm to switch songs and right arm to control the tempo. Figure comes pre-loaded with music clips Walk This Way, originally by Aerosmith, Bust A Move, originally by Young MC, and the original G1 Transformers Robots in Disguise theme song. The DJ Bumblebee figure also dances to the beat during playback. Product does not convert, but can still mix it up.

[Brokebot]

Oh, dear God.

[Kyleor]

I can't wait for video of people recording 'inappropriate' audio in and what the result is, some 'Angry Video Game Nerd' catchphrases would be excellent.

[DecepticonFinishline]

Remember the Sqweeks toy that didn't totally shelf-warm until clearance?!?!

[Blitzwing is bae]

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE! THATS SO WRONG! ! what will they come out with next?

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

Remember the Sqweeks toy that didn't totally shelf-warm until clearance?!?!

That thing is still shelfwarming around here.

[ZeroWolf]

That's horrifying...the kids will love it

[-Kanrabat-]

Remember the Sqweeks toy that didn't totally shelf-warm until clearance?!?!

That thing is still shelfwarming around here.

Maybe because it was a repaint/remold of the "superior" BB-8?

That Bee though WILL sell. That I'm pretty sure. It's great looking, it talk, and it's BEE! Kids still love the Bee.
...R... Right?

[RotorstormNZ]

Just remember, team, less than a day until the Hasbro TF panel. Fingers firmly crossed for SS Bug Bee!

[william-james88]

Just remember, team, less than a day until the Hasbro TF panel. Fingers firmly crossed for SS Bug Bee!

We didnt even have to wait that long

[#Sideways#]

I can't wait to make it sing Pink Guy's greatest hits.

[RotorstormNZ]

Just remember, team, less than a day until the Hasbro TF panel. Fingers firmly crossed for SS Bug Bee!

We didnt even have to wait that long

My afternoon has been a lot happier than I expected!

[Carnivius_Prime]

Think it best to post pics of both versions of Studio VW Bee (yellow and gold) just to relieve folk that the backpack looks to be mistransformed on the pic of the yellow one and is much more compact looking the way it's been transformed on the gold.

[Carnivius_Prime]

nice rustic look on vw bee