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News Credits: 12 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:22 pm

Sentinel Prime looks AWESOME in both modes! Definite buy for me! The Ark looks cool, too. I'd have to see the bot mode to decide, but I have a feeling it will be good.

News Credits: 19 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:29 pm

Looks decent enough but a bit japanese looking for my tastes. I may get it after Shockwave, Ironhide, the Wreckers, Optimus Prime (mainly to display in truck with trailer unless the command centre looks any good too, Buster Optimus Prime from RotF is still easily the best damn Transformers figure ever made), Megatron, Human Alliance stuff, the helicopter, Dreadbots and such... I'm trying to quit buying toys but some of these Dark of the Moon toys are too tempting for me. Still don't like the huge mech gear weapons in alt modes but other than that they certainly have appealed to me a hell of a lot more than any other non-movie related Transformers which I just fine I've either grown out of (G1 type stuff) or just find plain ugly (the majority of Prime toys 'cept maybe Bumblebee but that's largely due to him resembling the movie Bee).

News Credits: 18 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:30 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:Sentinel Prime looks AWESOME in both modes! Definite buy for me! The Ark looks cool, too. I'd have to see the bot mode to decide, but I have a feeling it will be good.

I thought the Ark was a Cyberverse/Legends playset

Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:36 pm

i just had a happy moment with prime O_o

Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:52 pm

Dear Hot Rod, Spoiler Alert!!!!!
Jeez,

// totally awesome, bigger then prime & no armor drone

News Credits: 3 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:57 pm

Alright!~ This is the type of "wow" I got when I saw the TFP figures for the first time. And someone pointed out a "less skeletal" aesthetic on this guy - he definitely has the more "large chunks of armor" look that movie Prime has a little bit of in his forearms and lower legs - which tug a lot at TFP aesthetic. No complaints for me, my first look at this guy is very positive.

No comments about the Ark yet. *shrug*

News Credits: 8 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:02 pm

And another gundam has been added to the transformer ranks. It has a slight Alpha Trion vibe to it but whether thats enough to warrant a buy has yet to be determined, ill wait til i see more pictures.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:15 pm

WOW!!!

The first DotM toy I am actually excited about! :APPLAUSE:

While I'll definitely get their version of Shockwave, and a couple others have looked OK so far, this guy will be going on the shelf and staying there.

I see repaint potential into Alpha Trion and/or Springer.

Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:15 pm

Wow, that's actually pretty good. Very tempting at first glance. Much better than that Prime-trailer we've been seeing.

Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:17 pm

After seeing this, makes me think there is hope for DOTM toy line being good, I will get one if it looks that good on the store shelf.

Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:19 pm

Looks pretty good.

I'm most intrigued about the Ark. I sure hope it's bigger than leader class. I'm not interested in buying it but i'd really like to see what it's all about. I bet it's deluxe size.

I really think Hasbro should step it up on the paint apps for that Megatron. I really like the figure but from what i've seen, it's lack luster at best! Hasbro should make an attempt to spruce it up a bit with richer colour like the product shot.

Shame on them if they give us the "full embodiment" of DOTM Megatron looking like what we've seen so far of the figure.

News Credits: 668 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:21 pm

Ooooh....he looks fantastic. The vehicle mode's a bit busy with the shield piece, but other than that, he looks definitely buyworthy.

That's TWO figures out of the line to buy.

And the Ark? I'll need to see what all it does, but I'm intrigued.

News Credits: 32 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:22 pm

So Sentinel Prime is a triple changer? Fire truck to robot to...half-assed helicopter thing?

News Credits: 9 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:28 pm

AT LAST! A figure that interests me on first sight!

I doubt the ark will find its way into my home though.

Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:29 pm

wow, first thing that caught my eye from the whole DotM line thus far. might get it for a generations alpha trion!

News Credits: 9 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:40 pm

Joetx wrote:
Overcracker wrote:Getting some serious Brave Series or even Webdiver vibe from Sentinel.

That's what I thought as well. Maybe that's why this is the first Bay Movie toy I actually look forward to purchasing.

Wouldn't it be kickass if The Ark transformed into the Last Autobot? Squee!

Why would a "tomb" need an array of guns (big ones at that)?

Because it's a spaceship in which he's in suspended animation. It's merely acting as a tomb.

UltraPrimal wrote:So Sentinel Prime is a triple changer? Fire truck to robot to...half-assed helicopter thing?

No, that's just his scary attack mode!

Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:44 pm

the ark is a playset. look at those giant hinges.

Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:14 pm

Uuummm...well, all i can say is:

"I TOLD YOU SO" :grin:

You guys were so sure it was Unicron (LMAO!) or Alpha Trion...i said it was Sentinel all along, but noooooooo....no-one wanted to believe me!

Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:17 pm

Wow that looks absolutely amazing. The rest of the form line, shockwave aside has been awful, but this makes up for it in so many ways.

Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:27 pm

Wow that looks absolutely amazing. The rest of the form line, shockwave aside has been awful, but this makes up for it in so many ways.

Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:27 pm

Sweet, best DOTM figure so far, might just have to pick up sometime.

News Credits: 6 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:27 pm

Would make a great Alpha Trion figure for my collection (although the earth-alt is a little odd for AT), but he's just too big.

I'm disappointed re: the Ark. Hasbro's prior announcements had made it sound like the Cyberverse line was going to be the continuation of Classics/Universe/Generations/Reveal the Shield in a smaller scale, so I was looking forward to a (small) G1 Ark playset. This ship, however, just looks like a generic sci-fi ship - there's nothing iconic about its look to drive me to make the space for it. And of course, if Cyberverse is just down-sized movie figures, I'm much less interested in general.

News Credits: 15 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:43 pm

Well, so far, most of the DOTM toys FAIL. I personally think that the fail wreckers we see are the fast action battler-type things, but whatever. Sentinel Prime will be mine. He looks too cool and I loved him in the teaser trailer. But, ah, The toy he has a red face, and the teaser he has a gold face. Oh wait, duh, he hasn't come to earth in the teaser. Anywho, so far, I'm buying:

Sentinel Prime
The Ark
Optimus Prime
Shockwave
Megatron
Silverbolt (I'll have to see his toy mode first)
Deluxe Starscream

Bring on the toyz!!! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:44 pm

Sentinel's robot mode looks really good! I'm still not sure if I'll get this, but I'm a lot more likely than when I had only seen the vehicle mode (not that I don't like the vehicle mode, I just don't think it's as good as everyone else seems to think). I especially like the cape and shield. The Ark looks cool too, but assuming it doesn't transform into a robot, I most likely won't get it.