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News Credits: 251 · Fri Apr 19, 2013 12:50 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:THE POLAR BEARS CAN ALL DIE FOR ALL I CARE!!!

I don't know why, but this made me laugh.

It's Kanrabat; he always makes us laugh. Well, he makes me laugh, at least.

News Credits: 3642 · Fri Apr 19, 2013 12:50 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:No durr, but what I'm talking about is weren't they supposed to be released later this year?
Well, we're nearing that point in time pretty shortly.

Just need the FOC Wreckers to come out to end the FOC figures, and then we can move into the IDW toys.

The Wreckers aren't even released yet? Wow.

Could have sworn that the Thrilling 30 toys were to be released around the fall/winter, not late spring/early summer.

The language used at Toy Fair insinuated that it would be the typical summer to early fall release (July to September). Right after Toy Fair, BigBadToyStore.com posted pre-orders for the first waves of the 30th anniversary figures with an April release date.

News Credits: 251 · Fri Apr 19, 2013 12:52 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:No durr, but what I'm talking about is weren't they supposed to be released later this year?
Well, we're nearing that point in time pretty shortly.

Just need the FOC Wreckers to come out to end the FOC figures, and then we can move into the IDW toys.

The Wreckers aren't even released yet? Wow.

Could have sworn that the Thrilling 30 toys were to be released around the fall/winter, not late spring/early summer.

The language used at Toy Fair insinuated that it would be the typical summer to early fall release (July to September). Right after Toy Fair, BigBadToyStore.com posted pre-orders for the first waves of the 30th anniversary figures with an April release date.

Guess I missed the memo. :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 7 · Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:01 pm

Odd thing: Nowhere on Hasbro's own Transformers site does it mention this poll. You'd think they'd want people to know about this, but apparrently not...

News Credits: 4 · Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:22 pm

Va'al wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Probably because they figured out you're outside the United States, and were all like "LOL that dude's not in America, he isn't worth it" and let you get away with just putting your city/town.

Sigh. Although it seems that a lot of the signatures so far are from outside the US, for one reason or another.

wow? really? there's an "outside the US"? and people there like Transfomers?

(we kept the damned line alive whilst Merucah's buying habits migrated to...something else. I'm not even bothered what.)

I'd have no problem with a "gender" option on the poll. An "accent" one would be nice too. If only to get a Yorkshire sounding TF.

News Credits: 4 · Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:05 pm

craggy wrote:
Va'al wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Probably because they figured out you're outside the United States, and were all like "LOL that dude's not in America, he isn't worth it" and let you get away with just putting your city/town.

Sigh. Although it seems that a lot of the signatures so far are from outside the US, for one reason or another.

wow? really? there's an "outside the US"? and people there like Transfomers?

(we kept the damned line alive whilst Merucah's buying habits migrated to...something else. I'm not even bothered what.)

I'd have no problem with a "gender" option on the poll. An "accent" one would be nice too. If only to get a Yorkshire sounding TF.

I want a THICK Scottish or a Liverpool accent. Those haven't really been done, Plus the Scottish would be perfect for all the Scotty fans from Star Trek.

"I'M GIVING ALL SHE'S GOT OPTIMUS/MEGATRON!!! THE ENERGON TANKS CAN'T TAKE THAT MUCH MORE PRESSURE!!!"

Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:10 pm

MasterSoundBlaster wrote:
craggy wrote:
Va'al wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Probably because they figured out you're outside the United States, and were all like "LOL that dude's not in America, he isn't worth it" and let you get away with just putting your city/town.

Sigh. Although it seems that a lot of the signatures so far are from outside the US, for one reason or another.

wow? really? there's an "outside the US"? and people there like Transfomers?

(we kept the damned line alive whilst Merucah's buying habits migrated to...something else. I'm not even bothered what.)

I'd have no problem with a "gender" option on the poll. An "accent" one would be nice too. If only to get a Yorkshire sounding TF.

I want a THICK Scottish or a Liverpool accent. Those haven't really been done, Plus the Scottish would be perfect for all the Scotty fans from Star Trek.

"I'M GIVING ALL SHE'S GOT OPTIMUS/MEGATRON!!! THE ENERGON TANKS CAN'T TAKE THAT MUCH MORE PRESSURE!!!"

Beam me up RoboScotty! :grin:

News Credits: 4 · Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:16 pm

RAcast wrote:
MasterSoundBlaster wrote:
craggy wrote:
Va'al wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Probably because they figured out you're outside the United States, and were all like "LOL that dude's not in America, he isn't worth it" and let you get away with just putting your city/town.

Sigh. Although it seems that a lot of the signatures so far are from outside the US, for one reason or another.

wow? really? there's an "outside the US"? and people there like Transfomers?

(we kept the damned line alive whilst Merucah's buying habits migrated to...something else. I'm not even bothered what.)

I'd have no problem with a "gender" option on the poll. An "accent" one would be nice too. If only to get a Yorkshire sounding TF.

I want a THICK Scottish or a Liverpool accent. Those haven't really been done, Plus the Scottish would be perfect for all the Scotty fans from Star Trek.

"I'M GIVING ALL SHE'S GOT OPTIMUS/MEGATRON!!! THE ENERGON TANKS CAN'T TAKE THAT MUCH MORE PRESSURE!!!"

Beam me up RoboScotty!

Weapon of choice: The bagpipes :lol:

News Credits: 462 · Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:36 pm

MasterSoundBlaster wrote:I want a THICK Scottish or a Liverpool accent. Those haven't really been done, Plus the Scottish would be perfect for all the Scotty fans from Star Trek.

"I'M GIVING ALL SHE'S GOT OPTIMUS/MEGATRON!!! THE ENERGON TANKS CAN'T TAKE THAT MUCH MORE PRESSURE!!!"

Every single inhabitant of the planet Gigantion all had Scottish accents in the Cybertron cartoon, which was indeed done as a tribute to Scotty.

News Credits: 4 · Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:54 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
MasterSoundBlaster wrote:I want a THICK Scottish or a Liverpool accent. Those haven't really been done, Plus the Scottish would be perfect for all the Scotty fans from Star Trek.

"I'M GIVING ALL SHE'S GOT OPTIMUS/MEGATRON!!! THE ENERGON TANKS CAN'T TAKE THAT MUCH MORE PRESSURE!!!"
Every single inhabitant of the planet Gigantion all had Scottish accents in the Cybertron cartoon, which was indeed done as a tribute to Scotty.

Sabrblade...You never cease to amaze me with your vast knowledge of all things Transformers related. :BOWDOWN:

News Credits: 4 · Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:03 pm

if my nationality or location was shown on my profile I'd consider the majority of this page as trolling. :-$

wasn't there a bot or two in Animated that had a Scots accent as well?

News Credits: 462 · Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:20 pm

craggy wrote:wasn't there a bot or two in Animated that had a Scots accent as well?

That's a good question. I can't recall any atm (mind's exhausted from a long day's work), but there might have been.

News Credits: 4 · Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:05 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
craggy wrote:wasn't there a bot or two in Animated that had a Scots accent as well?
That's a good question. I can't recall any atm (mind's exhausted from a long day's work), but there might have been.

Highbrow's the only one coming to mind right now, but his was more English than Scottish...

News Credits: 251 · Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:07 pm

MasterSoundBlaster wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
craggy wrote:wasn't there a bot or two in Animated that had a Scots accent as well?
That's a good question. I can't recall any atm (mind's exhausted from a long day's work), but there might have been.

Highbrow's the only one coming to mind right now, but his was more English than Scottish...

Pip, pip, cheerio!

News Credits: 6188 · Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:54 pm

Apparently (unsurprisingly), vehicles are winning in the poll.

Transformers Official Facebook Page wrote:Were you hoping for a new Beast-form Transformers character? Well right now, vehicles are dominating the “Fan Built Bot” poll! Share this status and vote every day for your choice!

News Credits: 251 · Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:03 pm

Va'al wrote:Apparently (unsurprisingly), vehicles are winning in the poll.

Transformers Official Facebook Page wrote:Were you hoping for a new Beast-form Transformers character? Well right now, vehicles are dominating the “Fan Built Bot” poll! Share this status and vote every day for your choice!

Welp, there goes any chance of a possible Beast Wars homage, out the window.

News Credits: 7 · Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:05 pm

... why did they have to word it like that?

And I'm going to leave this here:

News Credits: 1452 · Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:29 pm

And the name will be Drift!

...Oh wait.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:23 am

I'm a little disappointed we couldn't choose a Water-based alt mode. I kinda wanted to have a Submarine.

Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:15 am

Everything can be rigged. No doubt Hasbro's team is doing the same to suit it's needs.

News Credits: 7 · Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:17 am

... or vehicles are simply more popular, which is pretty obvious anyway.

News Credits: 7 · Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:33 am

Or it could be that there's just way more vehicle choices than there are beast choices, so even if everything is getting about the same amount of votes, vehicle options would be getting the lion's share simply because there's more of them.

News Credits: 7 · Fri May 10, 2013 12:52 pm

Oh snap! It's onto the second round. Now you can vote for the name, hometown, role, and, most interestingly, gender!

News Credits: 6188 · Fri May 10, 2013 12:56 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:Oh snap! It's onto the second round. Now you can vote for the name, hometown, role, and, most interestingly, gender!

Yes! Very pleased to see that!

News Credits: 6188 · Fri May 10, 2013 1:06 pm

The first round of the "Transformers Fan Built Bot Poll" is over, and a second has opened! For the next week, fans get to vote on the following characteristics:

Name
Gender
Origin
Specialty

As a reminder, the results of this poll will be used to create a brand new Transformers character that will be featured in an upcoming Transformers comic series and appear in the "Thrilling 30" figure line. We will also get to see the character come to life through sketches and concept art throughout the design process, which will be shared on Transformers.com.

Transformers fans - you did an amazing job voting on the first five questions of the Fan Built Bot Poll, but our designers still need more information! We have four more important questions we need your votes on. Remember to vote every day! Voting will close end of day on May 17, 2013!

Click here to cast your votes and check out the press release below for further information!

IMPORTANT BULLETIN! HASBRO'S "TRANSFORMERS FAN BUILT BOT" POLL ENTERS CRUCIAL FINAL PHASE
Fans Helped Design a New Transformers Character…Now They Must Help Name It and More!

The first round of voting is complete in the Fan Built Bot poll, which for the first time in history allows fans of the Hasbro, Inc. TRANSFORMERS brand to help create a new TRANSFORMERS character that will be forever added to the TRANSFORMERS world. In anticipation of the TRANSFORMERS’ brand 30th anniversary in 2014, the “Fan Built Bot” Poll now enters its second and final voting phase, allowing fans to select the Fan Built TRANSFORMERS character's name, gender, origin and specialty!

Hasbro's designers are busy reviewing the fan choices from the first phase of the poll and designing the visual look of the new TRANSFORMERS character that will be introduced into the brand's rich lore, and will be produced as an action figure in next year's "TRANSFORMERS Thrilling 30" anniversary line. Voting on the four new questions begins today at TRANSFORMERS.COM/vote, and fans are encouraged to vote every day until this round of polling closes on May 17th.

The results of both rounds of the poll will be announced by Hasbro at this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego, as part of the official kick-off to Hasbro’s TRANSFORMERS “Thrilling 30” anniversary celebration. While results of the first round of voting are a tightly held secret, a careful reading of Round 2's questions may provide some hints. "We're not prepared to say which alt-mode won the polling in round one," said Jay Duke, vice president of the TRANSFORMERS brand at Hasbro. “But a close reading of the name choices may provide a hint at what we’re designing. Stay tuned to find out more!"

For further information visit the official polling page at TRANSFORMERS.COM/vote as well as the TRANSFORMERS Facebook page at Facebook.com/Transformers.