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News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:07 am

I_AM... MEGATRON! wrote:WOAH WOAH WOAH! Whats this I hear about there not being a toyline for Prime? A show with good designs after the trash that was Animated (IMO), and no toyline? WTF!

Just because it hasn't been official announced doesn't mean there won't be one.

I like these except for Arcee but that might change.

Ratchet looks very WFC just with an earth alt-mode now and Cliffjumper is BOSS!

by **EyeOfTheTigatron** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:09 am

Awesome!

They all look awesome! but why is Megs cannon on the left arm? and if they do make toys for this series i dont think we will get a show accurate Arcee

News Credits: 1 · by **Elita One** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:06 am

Burn wrote:Looking at those pictures i'm back to not being overly impressed.

But then I look at the animation sample and I am impressed.

sheesh.

Gees ya can't please some people all the time can you? I like how Arcee and Cliffjumper looks.Ratchet looks nice as well.

News Credits: 5 · by **Rodimus2006** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:18 am

I love the designs also remember this showing said not final this is just s preview demonstration of what to expect Prime to be like this also said NOT FINAL meaning the final product will be much diffrent.

I new about Miko I knew she was a girl but unknown on what she will really look like to me Miko looks like to be 15 or 16 sort of like Ben 10 teens she seems to be like a tomboy of sorts.

Rafeal seems to be a little younger also seems to be a bit of a tech geek.

The other seems to be cool and collected or cocky and smug unknown on him also all three seem to be in the early teens.

So Prime takes places years after the movies. Also to me Prime seems to be lookin more like Beast Machines more than Beast Wars although the two were almost indentical I pick Beast Machines.

I love the designs from Megs looks awesome like Movie 1

Prime seems to me mixed with Animated and crossed with Cybertron with a blend of Live Action.

Optimus seems to be a mixed with Cybertron and Animated.

Megs is more Movie 1 than anything.

I am liking what I see of Prime I can wait to see more on Prime.

I also love Cliff Jumper and Arcee remember these arent final versions expect to be much diffrent.

by **griftimus prime** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:44 am

why the boobs on rc? so sick of this crap. she even has the bra thing going.

ratchet is pure win.

by **hinomars19** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:11 am

shoot me if you want but these desigsn (bar jumper) are cheap and lazy.

if it was a toon FOR the movies then fine. but no.

also, a randomly named japanese girl does not please 'anime' transformer fans, nor does it make you cool or homaging the heritage.

I would also be more impressed if Rafael esquivel's nickname was 'the squirel' but no...let's show our creative genius and call him 'Raf'!

if the story is good (which it seems to be going toward) I'll give it a go. Fave voice actors back in the chair means I 'll definetly watch. But, come on?

News Credits: 1 · by **Cheetron** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:12 am

I kinda like them. I want to see them in action to be sure. But now I wish I had that channel. I've got to upgrade to get discovery kids. Man, the choices.

News Credits: 1 · by **Jesterhead** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:17 am

I'm liking what I'm seeing so far. I'm really hoping for a toyline, but I guess they are gonna pull an animated and release the toys a year later (if at all). I think a convincing toyline will be hard to achieve, I'm think a lot of kibble and shellformers, but if the shows good I'll easily overlook those and pick up some toys!

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:32 am

I like these designs better than Prime and BB but I don't think they'll manage to do a good MegaToy from this. Or Arcee.

by **kriksix** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:49 am

me likey

by **UM Prime** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:08 am

yay a cliffjumper thats not just bumblebee

by **SwindleBot462** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:41 am

I_AM... MEGATRON! wrote:WOAH WOAH WOAH! Whats this I hear about there not being a toyline for Prime? A show with good designs after the trash that was Animated (IMO), and no toyline? WTF!

Hasn't almost every TF cartoon had a toyline?
I highly think we are going to get a toyline. For example, A kid watches Animated and he really likes Starscream. He's gonna want a Starscream toy. Besides, with such badass CG designs, who WOULDN'T want a toyline?

by **Jaw Crusher** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:58 am

I suspect for lack of an actual toyline, Hasbro will probably shoehorn TFP toys into Generations, much as they're doing with WFC.

News Credits: 1 · by **Heavy B** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:02 am

wow, cliffjumper isnt a straight recoloring of bumblebee. nice

News Credits: 1 · by **Jesterhead** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:16 am

Jaw Crusher wrote:I suspect for lack of an actual toyline, Hasbro will probably shoehorn TFP toys into Generations, much as they're doing with WFC.

That imo would make a good toyline even better! I would not me mad at that.

News Credits: 2 · by **Requiem Prime** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:29 am

Much better, I figured the statue of Prime was in an awkward position. I'm very pleased. The faces look like they were kept simple so it's easier to express with.

Megatron turned out well; it's like they actually pulled it off the jet mode the movie tried to do. I iike they have general troopers, that means there will be more effective fighting and taking down enemies without losing anyone vital.

Bumblebee was obvious, Ratchet is logical, wasn't expecting Cliffjumper not be Bumblebee. Arcee has legs!

News Credits: 2 · by **X3ROhour** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:54 am

THANK U ROBOT-JESUS!!!!!!

:APPLAUSE:

by **DTR69** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:19 am

Dead Metal wrote:
I_AM... MEGATRON! wrote:WOAH WOAH WOAH! Whats this I hear about there not being a toyline for Prime? A show with good designs after the trash that was Animated (IMO), and no toyline? WTF!

Just because it hasn't been official announced doesn't mean there won't be one.

I like these except for Arcee but that might change.

Ratchet looks very WFC just with an earth alt-mode now and Cliffjumper is BOSS!

True but like the movie designs, the alt modes don't technicaly transform to their robot mode, so unlike animated, we will not have a line that looks like the show. Just like the movie toys, they will be a poor compramise.

I actually think these look like GUNDAM inspired designs. There is some movie influence, bu they are more armoured, which is a plus for me, they look very animated, I just wish some of the faces were better, but overall, this is very nice.

I like the fact that they have developed the designs. We are given something new and different, and alot of the times it's rubbish, but they don't sitt and dwell on it they move on, so I have to give Hasbro props. I know they don't want transformes to go stale, I just wish that with all this drive to breather life into an already lively franchise, that they would take a bit more care, becuase they put out as much ribbish as they do good, if they could adress the balance I wouldn't feel so much shame in admitting to people I'm a transformer fan. I hate being associated with being a fan when people think of what Michael Bay has put out there.

by **Julie85** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:25 am

Arcee looks cool but she should be pink. I prefer her as a car, but at least now she's one motorcycle instead of three.

They need to stop making Bumblebee so kick-ass and make him the cute friendly little guy again. More importantly, he needs to have a mouth.

Where's Starscream? I really want to see Starscream! I'm worried because they totally screwed up his design in the live action movies and Animated.

News Credits: 1 · by **Jesterhead** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:29 am

Julie85 wrote:Arcee looks cool but she should be pink. I prefer her as a car, but at least now she's one motorcycle instead of three.

I agree on the pink vs. blue. However,I quit like Arcee as a bike, it gives her a smaller/lighter, and female feel imo.

News Credits: 1 · by **Lord Onixprime** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:42 am

SwindleBot462 wrote:
I_AM... MEGATRON! wrote:WOAH WOAH WOAH! Whats this I hear about there not being a toyline for Prime? A show with good designs after the trash that was Animated (IMO), and no toyline? WTF!

Hasn't almost every TF cartoon had a toyline?
I highly think we are going to get a toyline. For example, A kid watches Animated and he really likes Starscream. He's gonna want a Starscream toy. Besides, with such badass CG designs, who WOULDN'T want a toyline?

The panel at botcon said not toyline. Think about it though, first, these things would make aweful toys, the robot modes do not look anything like they transfer into the vehicle. Plus, It just looks like cartoony versions of movie characters, and with RotF clogging the shelves, and not to mention the new movie next summer, the thought of another toyline probably doesn't make sense to them. They'd just abandon it for Transformers 3 and never bring it back even though they said they'd finish off the series with the mold they already had designed and planned. Stupid Hasbro.

News Credits: 1 · by **Jesterhead** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:53 am

I don't think there has been a definitive "No" in regards to a toyline. I think Hasbro is waiting to gauge the popularity of TF:P and the demand for the toys before they go full steam ahead on production. Hasbro has had amazing engineering in the past, I don't see why decent looking toys for these designs are not possible. Of course they can't be 100% toon accurate, but I don't think thats a good enough reason for Hasbro to not cash in on a toyline.

by **Jaw Crusher** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:09 am

Jesterhead wrote:I don't think there has been a definitive "No" in regards to a toyline. I think Hasbro is waiting to gauge the popularity of TF:P and the demand for the toys before they go full steam ahead on production. Hasbro has had amazing engineering in the past, I don't see why decent looking toys for these designs are not possible. Of course they can't be 100% toon accurate, but I don't think thats a good enough reason for Hasbro to not cash in on a toyline.

This. IIRC from the Botcon panels Hasbro wouldn't answer questions about a toyline except to say that their focus was strictly on the show at this point. I agree that the lack of development on a toyline for TFP might have to do with Hasbro wanting to see how the show fares first.

I don't get the "zero show-accuracy" argument, either, especially in light of Animated (and especially some of the ROTF figures in comparison to their counterparts from the first movie's line).

by **Machtiron** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:11 am

I don't know about you but that is a really great Arcee design. But she's blue. Which means at least one other different character will have to be pink.

And last time, Starscream was pink. I see where this is going. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 1 · by **Lord Onixprime** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:55 am

Jaw Crusher wrote:I don't get the "zero show-accuracy" argument, either, especially in light of Animated (and especially some of the ROTF figures in comparison to their counterparts from the first movie's line).

Animated's designs were simple, the only iffy part at first was them just capturing the cartoon look, which they pulled off.

In this case, Optimus goes from a blocky Semi to what only can be described as Optimus Primal for beast machines but with windows on his chest. These things would have more kibble than the BW Neo toys. At best they would be very kibbly, at worst complete shell-formers.

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