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News Credits: 8 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:30 pm

some parts of it are good others are terrible, the terrible outweigh the good

News Credits: 1452 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:40 pm

Dat chest

Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:41 pm

Well it's obviously mistransformed. I actually like it. I'm a fan of the character and plan on getting this guy as soon as I see him.

Actually, I can honestly say I plan on getting the entire cast of these guys. Maybe it's a testament to how good the actual show is, but this is the first time I've ever bothered to collect the whole cast of characters of a Transformers TV show.

News Credits: 11 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:42 pm

Not too bad, but not great either. Obviously mistransformed. Needs more white and silver. I'm worried they're going to ruin it with the paintjob, it looks like some sort of dumb electrical flame deco they have there... Plus if they neglect to paint his wheels it'll really kill the look. His sweet rims are part of what makes him so awesome! :lol:

News Credits: 17 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:56 pm

Diem wrote:
cannonfodder4000 wrote:
Diem wrote:
Bumblevivisector wrote:

Not that he acts anything like Terrorsaur. His personality seems to be Evil-Tracks-with-an-MD, making him probably the most unique character in all of Prime so far.

In fact he's perhaps the only interesting character in Prime.

Please tell me that you somehow missed everything that every other character did, at the very least Soundwave.

Prime is a pretty bad show. Knockout is the only point of interest in it.

That said some of the toys do look good. Terrible a character though Prime Wheeljack is his toy is sweet looking.

Man, I'd hate to know you in real life, no offense though!

News Credits: 217 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:59 pm

cannonfodder4000 wrote:
Diem wrote:
cannonfodder4000 wrote:
Diem wrote:
Bumblevivisector wrote:

Not that he acts anything like Terrorsaur. His personality seems to be Evil-Tracks-with-an-MD, making him probably the most unique character in all of Prime so far.

In fact he's perhaps the only interesting character in Prime.

Please tell me that you somehow missed everything that every other character did, at the very least Soundwave.

Prime is a pretty bad show. Knockout is the only point of interest in it.

That said some of the toys do look good. Terrible a character though Prime Wheeljack is his toy is sweet looking.

Man, I'd hate to know you in real life, no offense though!

None taken. For some reason Prime just rubs me the wrong way. It's the parts I like least about the franchise in one package.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:24 pm

cannonfodder4000 wrote:Man, I'd hate to know you in real life, no offense though!

I can't see how anyone could possibly take offense to such a statement.

Diem wrote:It's the parts I like least about the franchise in one package.

"Merge to form Suckostator!"

Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:26 pm

he looks ok, im just happy to see a toy of him! CANT WAIT!!!!! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:30 pm

This doesn't look as good as I had hoped, but if the vehicle mode's good, I'll still get it.

Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:42 pm

Diem wrote:Prime is a pretty bad show. Knockout is the only point of interest in it.

That said some of the toys do look good. Terrible a character though Prime Wheeljack is his toy is sweet looking.

I wouldn't exactly call TFPrime bad, just badly mediocre. Everything about it just seems terribly predictable, unoriginal and completely bland in every way, but at the same time not completely unwatchable. It just seems like something I would watch casually if it happens to be on at the time, but I wouldn't go out of my way to see it or even bother timer recording it.

As for Knockout here. Gotta say I was hoping he'd make a cool toy with his design, but alas this just looks incredibly mediocre, much like the series.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:17 pm

Vicalliose wrote:I wouldn't exactly call TFPrime bad, just badly mediocre. Everything about it just seems terribly predictable, unoriginal and completely bland in every way, but at the same time not completely unwatchable. It just seems like something I would watch casually if it happens to be on at the time, but I wouldn't go out of my way to see it or even bother timer recording it.

You hit the nail on the head.

It has a fair number of interesting robot designs and a few interesting characterizations, but overall it's pretty... generic. I suppose this is a step up from the majority of Transformers storytelling, but Beast Wars still outclasses it by a fair margin.

Knockout is particularly noticeable because he isn't a retread. I hope one of the versions of the toy turns out well.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:31 pm

cannonfodder4000 wrote:Man, I'd hate to know you in real life, no offense though!

Lol, just because he doesn't like TF: Prime? That is a really dumb comment. No offense though! :wink:

Knockout looks kinda meh, just going by that one picture. I'll need to see more pictures.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:44 pm

metaphorge wrote:
Vicalliose wrote:I wouldn't exactly call TFPrime bad, just badly mediocre. Everything about it just seems terribly predictable, unoriginal and completely bland in every way, but at the same time not completely unwatchable. It just seems like something I would watch casually if it happens to be on at the time, but I wouldn't go out of my way to see it or even bother timer recording it.

You hit the nail on the head.

It has a fair number of interesting robot designs and a few interesting characterizations, but overall it's pretty... generic. I suppose this is a step up from the majority of Transformers storytelling, but Beast Wars still outclasses it by a fair margin.

Knockout is particularly noticeable because he isn't a retread. I hope one of the versions of the toy turns out well.

No one is expecting anything to ever be Beast Wars quality again. I feel some people are just to jaded anymore.

The first season, as they said, was a trial run. They either weren't allowed, or choose not to get to deep into the fiction, so some character development here and there to introduce the players, some shallow investments into future fiction and that was what season 1 was supposed to be. Maybe that's not what you want from a 26 episode season, but it makes it easy on the watcher if their time investment isn't wasted because Hasbro changes it's mind on Prime.

Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:11 pm

Lord Onixprime wrote:No one is expecting anything to ever be Beast Wars quality again. I feel some people are just to jaded anymore.

Except I feel even Animated told a better story than TFPrime, and it was primarily intended for younger audiences than TFPrime.

Lord Onixprime wrote:The first season, as they said, was a trial run. They either weren't allowed, or choose not to get to deep into the fiction, so some character development here and there to introduce the players, some shallow investments into future fiction and that was what season 1 was supposed to be. Maybe that's not what you want from a 26 episode season, but it makes it easy on the watcher if their time investment isn't wasted because Hasbro changes it's mind on Prime.

I'd feel better about that if they hadn't delved into the backstories of the characters. Even the Optimus/Megatron origin story was completely mediocre. Then you have the origin of dark energon being Unicron inside the Earth, which is not so much mediocre as actually being completely dumb. So yeah, all the huge setups that affect the series in the future are not exactly a good sign. Then you have the writers themselves, who's work in the past completely varies from director to director, but when they've worked more on their own in the past it has also been mostly mediocre.

I should make a drinking game out of this.

Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:17 pm

kirbenvost wrote:Not too bad, but not great either. Obviously mistransformed. Needs more white and silver. I'm worried they're going to ruin it with the paintjob, it looks like some sort of dumb electrical flame deco they have there... Plus if they neglect to paint his wheels it'll really kill the look. His sweet rims are part of what makes him so awesome!

he does have that electric pain job its just hard in his alt mode...

the most noticeable time you see that is in T.M.I.

News Credits: 11 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:34 pm

Oh, he does have it? Well, if that's the case and it's screen-accurate, I don't mind too much...

News Credits: 5 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:53 pm

I'm hoping he is mistransformed.

I like the sculpting though.

News Credits: 4 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:16 pm

wow, it's like Hasbro's marketing people do the opposite of what celebrity magazine covers do.

still, looks like it will be decent enough. not anywhere near the top of the wants list, but if I see him in-store when I get a hankering for TFs I won't necessarily pass him up.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:28 pm

One of my all-time favorite 'Cons...

MECH *ahem* HASBRO, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM? :sad:

Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:36 pm

GOD DAMN!!! THAT IS SO FREAKIN SEXY!!!!!! HE IS THE ONLY DECEPTICON I LOVE!!!!
Summer Prime

News Credits: 15 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:22 pm

The only thing that isn't perfect, letalone screen accurate (so far from what I can tell) is that torso area. Everywhere else seems okay to me.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:29 pm

Vicalliose wrote:
Lord Onixprime wrote:No one is expecting anything to ever be Beast Wars quality again. I feel some people are just to jaded anymore.
Except I feel even Animated told a better story than TFPrime, and it was primarily intended for younger audiences than TFPrime.

Animated took quite a while to get into the story too, if you'd like my honest opinion. It lingered and was, more or less, muted for the vast majority of the 1st season, not really picking up until the end. It was in the second season and third season were it really started kicking off. I found the 1st season to be a comical and cutesy welcome into the series where all the core relationships were set up with a smattering of a plot line. Once all that was put aside they dove in and took off.

Don't get me wrong, I like Animated. Quite a bit actually (the highly exaggerated and kiddy manner in which it was crafted has a special place in my heart). I just wanted to put in my two cents since a story discussion popped up ^^;;

Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:37 pm

El Duque wrote:Starting today the Transformers facebook page will be revealing a new Transformers Prime figure every day until February 12th. Today's reveal, Deluxe Knockout! Check him out below.

:O awesome!

News Credits: 17 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:53 pm

Galvatron X wrote:
cannonfodder4000 wrote:Man, I'd hate to know you in real life, no offense though!

Lol, just because he doesn't like TF: Prime? That is a really dumb comment. No offense though!

Was sarcasm, though I know it's kinda hard to get across in text format. :oops:

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:04 pm

cannonfodder4000 wrote:
Galvatron X wrote:
cannonfodder4000 wrote:Man, I'd hate to know you in real life, no offense though!

Lol, just because he doesn't like TF: Prime? That is a really dumb comment. No offense though!

Was sarcasm, though I know it's kinda hard to get across in text format.

Yeah, it definitely is sometimes!

I'm sorry, man. I didn't pick up on the sarcasm.