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Transformers On the Come Back

Posted by Hotrod Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:42 pm

Since the news that there would be a new live action Transformers Movie broke, Transformers has been receiving a lot of attention from the media. There have already been a number of articles published. Now there is yet another. Yahoo.com has a new news article that talks about the Transformers revival. Read the entire article here.
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Posted by Milanion Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:52 pm

Nice to know TF is still on a huge media roll, even 5 months out.
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Posted by Zeedust Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:08 pm

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Er... I think the comeback really started with, depending on who you ask, G2, Beast Wars, or RiD. I tend towards saying Beast Wars, but that's just me.

Anyhow, I'll be the first to say this in this thread... Don't call it a comeback.
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Posted by Noisemaze Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:21 pm

Yeah, Transformers has been kicking ass since Beast Wars. You can't say comeback when it never went anywhere! Transformers is one of the rare "constants" in the toy & animation industry.
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Posted by ShGarland_1383 Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:45 pm

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There's a comeback? I didn't know Transformers really went away, except maybe for a year between G2 and Beast Wars.
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Posted by Autobobby1 Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:36 pm

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They really mean that TF is getting popular again. For a while, it hasn't really been extremely popular. Now everybody will be talking about it again.
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Posted by ShGarland_1383 Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:45 pm

Motto: "Be brief of speech and long on action."
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Posted by Liege Evilmus Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:59 pm

Well, Movie=Hype=Intrest=Money.

But even without that, I've always noticed that the retro trend of any era is based on 20 prior.

ie, the 90's revolved around the 70's

So even with shows like the Unicron Trilogy trying to bury the franchise, the toys still rocked. Top that with the fact that the kids being told "NO" by Mom all those years ago now have money of their own. You gotta expect it.

What concerns me is the year 2010 when the 90's retro fad hits, what are we going to do, base everything on everything we remembered :???:
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Posted by muddyjoe Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:49 pm

Yeah, the comeback will probably last until the movie comes out and sends the franchise straight to hell. Oh well... it was fun while it lasted!
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Posted by MaikeruSama Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:51 pm

Best thing scince beastwars era.(p.s. just my opinion)
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Posted by MaikeruSama Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:52 pm

muddyjoe wrote:Yeah, the comeback will probably last until the movie comes out and sends the franchise straight to hell. Oh well... it was fun while it lasted!


when i read this i couldnt stop laughing but i think its the best wars era the other thing is your right they will have nothing planed and hasbros tranformers will die along with the franchise.
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Posted by First-Aid Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:39 am

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Liege Evilmus wrote:Well, Movie=Hype=Intrest=Money.

But even without that, I've always noticed that the retro trend of any era is based on 20 prior.

ie, the 90's revolved around the 70's

So even with shows like the Unicron Trilogy trying to bury the franchise, the toys still rocked. Top that with the fact that the kids being told "NO" by Mom all those years ago now have money of their own. You gotta expect it.

What concerns me is the year 2010 when the 90's retro fad hits, what are we going to do, base everything on everything we remembered :???:


My only concern in the year 2010 is that we actually CAN remember things considering how old some of us will be getting...:-P
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Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...


Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
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Posted by NightFall Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:03 am

Cool, but I don't think Transformers can go away, even with the awful designs in the movie, people will still be here loving the old with the new TFs.
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Posted by Noisemaze Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:15 am

The movie is gonna rock! It's gonna be huge & it will bring in more & more fans! The one movie that'll be remembered from 2007 will be Transformers!
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Posted by Alex Kingdom Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:02 am

No comeback here just a media sell out.

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Posted by Tigertrack Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:48 am

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The article failed to mention the 25th anniversary of the GI Joe 3 3/4 inch line...(sad).

Too much stuff to spend money on!!!
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Posted by Liege Evilmus Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:00 am

First-Aid wrote:
Liege Evilmus wrote:Well, Movie=Hype=Intrest=Money.

But even without that, I've always noticed that the retro trend of any era is based on 20 prior.

ie, the 90's revolved around the 70's

So even with shows like the Unicron Trilogy trying to bury the franchise, the toys still rocked. Top that with the fact that the kids being told "NO" by Mom all those years ago now have money of their own. You gotta expect it.

What concerns me is the year 2010 when the 90's retro fad hits, what are we going to do, base everything on everything we remembered :???:


My only concern in the year 2010 is that we actually CAN remember things considering how old some of us will be getting...:-P


Hell, I'm suprised I even remembered writing that :P
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Posted by City Commander Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:39 am

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When did it ever stop? I do remember a period a while back when tfs were rarer than Francium, and pretty much non-existant element. At least I think it's francium. They are becoming huge again, and this could do wonders for availability here in the UK.
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Posted by Nico Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:54 am

Well...transformer wasnt gone, it was just largely ignored!
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Posted by Megatron Wolf Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:17 pm

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Transformers has always been and will never go away. Hasbro and Tarkara make to much money off the figures. The only thing we might see is the death of the TV shows. Since they have all sucked one way or another since the end of Beast Wars. From RID on they have jumped for channel to channel and have been thrown in all timeslots. The show is a dieing art but the toys shall live on.
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Posted by Ninja Sixshot Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:45 pm

its funny reading these posts(ive been smoking for an hour now). seriously, i cant see transformers after 40 years. star wars has lasted 30 years(for some reason)
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Posted by Autobobby1 Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:22 pm

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Ninja Sixshot wrote:its funny reading these posts(ive been smoking for an hour now). seriously, i cant see transformers after 40 years. star wars has lasted 30 years(for some reason)


The prequel movies came out after a long hiatus. Star Wars is a huge franchise.

What will happen to the TF franchise, though?
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Posted by Megatron Wolf Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:30 pm

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Autobobby1 wrote:
Ninja Sixshot wrote:its funny reading these posts(ive been smoking for an hour now). seriously, i cant see transformers after 40 years. star wars has lasted 30 years(for some reason)


The prequel movies came out after a long hiatus. Star Wars is a huge franchise.

What will happen to the TF franchise, though?


Kids are always going to like transforming robots. And seeing as how the Japs love there transforming robots Transformers will always be around in some shape or form.
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Posted by chuckdawg1999 Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:35 pm

Motto: "The man, the myth, the legend... yeah right."
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I think the comeback pertains to the G1 era of characters and archetypes, which really started with Dreamwave doing the new G1 line.
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Posted by 1337W422102 Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:28 pm

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In many ways, Transformers never left. It still offers high-quality toys at competitive prices.

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