Transformers movie toys
Transformers movie toys
Posted by Saber Prime Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:22 pm
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Re: Transformers movie toys
Posted by AbsumZer0 Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:52 pm
Saber Prime wrote:Why do the toys for the Transformers movie have pictures of Cybertron characters on them? The digital camera shows Ransack, the video camera shows Override, and the hand held game has Jetfire.
I think a lot of people have been wondering the same thing. I suspect they may have been planned and held-over from the Cybertron line the same way the new Mini-cons released as Classics were. It's not just the pictures, but the designs themselves (especially the heads) just don't mesh with the film designs.
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Posted by Emperor Primacron the 1st Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:12 pm
Nico wrote:Yup...they are too classic to fit whit the movie!
Meaning they look too good to fit in with the movie.
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Posted by Autobobby1 Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:18 pm
I like the object-formers a lot.
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Posted by Windsweeper Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:58 am
Seconded.
Have the movie designers ever seen a Transformer. Never seen a movie based on a pre-existing licence differ so much from the original.
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Posted by Tigertrack Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:01 pm
Redimus wrote:I also think it may be an aid to helping kids make the link between the movie and cybertron. There is quite a departure in design and everything apart of the name of the brand, so anything to help smooth over the change will help.
I definitely agree with you. I do not think the objectformers are 'left over', they are 'in' the movie so to speak, as has been rumored.
Since they are kids toys it makes sense to link them with pictures from the last kids toys/cartoon produced.
The pictures of movie autobots and decepticons would be too detailed, or scary for the kids. Having said that, I know they are making children's books from the movie, so you'd think at least Bumblebee could have made it on one. So scratch that 'scary' theory...
Perhaps they did not have finalized movie designs to put on as stickers when they needed to get these into production?
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Posted by Duke of Luns Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:52 pm
tigertracks 24 wrote:The pictures of movie autobots and decepticons would be too detailed, or scary for the kids. Having said that, I know they are making children's books from the movie, so you'd think at least Bumblebee could have made it on one. So scratch that 'scary' theory...
They were marketing "scary movies" to kids back in the 90's. They made Terminator 2 action figures, Aliens and Predators, Jurassic Park, etc. It's not quite the same, but it's similar in a sense.
Uh, why DID they market R rated movies as children's toys back then anyway?
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Posted by Saber Prime Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:54 pm
The movie character's pictures on on the boxes of their toys so that rules out the scarry therie too.tigertracks 24 wrote:Redimus wrote:I also think it may be an aid to helping kids make the link between the movie and cybertron. There is quite a departure in design and everything apart of the name of the brand, so anything to help smooth over the change will help.
I definitely agree with you. I do not think the objectformers are 'left over', they are 'in' the movie so to speak, as has been rumored.
Since they are kids toys it makes sense to link them with pictures from the last kids toys/cartoon produced.
The pictures of movie autobots and decepticons would be too detailed, or scary for the kids. Having said that, I know they are making children's books from the movie, so you'd think at least Bumblebee could have made it on one. So scratch that 'scary' theory...
Perhaps they did not have finalized movie designs to put on as stickers when they needed to get these into production?
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