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News Credits: 7 · Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:44 am

So, two decepticons walk peacefully, one sees a coin on the ground, tries to pick it up, when Bumblebee comes, crying "MIIINE!" and mugs them.

Typical Bayformers

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:03 am

Burn wrote:Now THAT i'm liking!

And you said it would be crap when the va cast was announced. Hmmm how opinions change huh Burn? My opinion? Looks real nice from the tiny amount of footage out there atm.

News Credits: 767 · Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:07 am

Chaoslock wrote:So, two decepticons walk peacefully, one sees a coin on the ground, tries to pick it up, when Bumblebee comes, crying "MIIINE!" and mugs them.

Typical Bayformers

News Credits: 226 · Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:28 am

Elita One wrote:
Burn wrote:Now THAT i'm liking!

And you said it would be crap when the va cast was announced. Hmmm how opinions change huh Burn? My opinion? Looks real nice from the tiny amount of footage out there atm.

Opinions can change yes, and I think you'll find that even though i've said "I don't like" along the way, i've also said that i'll wait until I see the final thing.

Unlike some, I try to keep an open mind and give things a chance and NEVER write anything off completely until i've seen the final product.

News Credits: 9 · Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:36 am

If the entire thing is animated in that style it'll be nice to look at. Let's hope the script and story are as good.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:37 am

I really wish this trailer showed more. I'm more impressed with the character art than the trailer at this point lol!

Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:13 am

Today was the first I've every seen of this (Thanks to my ever wonderful girlfriend <3)

I'm upset that we're getting more bayformers. The designs are vomit inducing. Oh well, last time I hated the designs, the show kicked so much butt. I'll hope this one surprises me the same way.

I'll just still hate the designs. Cept Ratchet. He's boss.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:20 am

These designs don't scream bayformer to me. Sure, optimus has a similar chest and head, and BB is a straight copy, but other than that, these seem like unique designs. Unlike bayformers, they are quite a bit "chunkier", and no insectoid face (luckily).

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:21 am

was that a cylon?

Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:04 am

HOLY **** dude this is what i have been dreaming of seeing since beast war/beastmachiens ended

JESUS EFFING CHRIST **** ON A STICK THIS IS GONNA FOCKING ROCK HARD

News Credits: 2 · Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:26 am

sabrigami wrote:It looked alright. The animation did look a little stiff though. But with the clip being so short, it's a bit hard to say for sure. Can't wait to see more

I agree, I hope the transformations are a bit faster and natural in the final.

Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:30 am

Wow, this was good :grin:

I have yet to see the other designs (the Tfw2005 .gif link didn't work) but hopefully they will be just as awesome.
I only hope that the story is good, and that Hasbro shows the espisodes on it's site (for those of us who don't have working Tvs)

Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:45 am

1. Bumblebee (presumably) looks like the movie version. Yuck.

2. The 'Con looks like a Cylon.

Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:23 am

this is sad. maybe im one of the only people who thought they were getting it right on the last animated series. just from the look of it the toys will look alot like the recent movies. :SICK:

i will watch but were the ratings really that bad on the last series it was awesome.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:52 pm

Zetatron wrote:Looks more like a proof of concept than a trailer, but it's more than we've gotten since they first announced they were doing a new series. Between this and the character sketches they released it looks like it should be pretty good.

It's not a full fledged trailer, it's a teaser that uses a work in progress animation test sequence for its footage.

Simply at face value, I like the prospects for this series more than TFA when I first saw promo information for it. However, I ended up loving TFA once I began to watch it. I hope the opposite doesn't happen with Prime.

The single thing I didn't like was the slowed down transformation sound effect. It just sounds odd to me.

I like BB's design, though I would rather see WFC styled designs for a TF cartoon...perhaps the next one down the road.

Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:43 pm

That's quite... shiny. Reserving judgement.

Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:40 am

I don't like the movie designs, because I don't think they matched their characters. I hate how Bay's movie influence is interfering with Transformers so much, but besides all that, nice computer animation. Too soon to say it's epic.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:44 am

"will be very similar to CGI of Transformers Beast Wars and Beast Machines"

I hope not. It should be BETTER!

News Credits: 273 · Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:45 am

A few days ago we showed you the Transformers: Prime teaser trailer, courtesy of IGN.

Now the fine folks at The Hub have been kind enough to send us the same video, this time in HD.

We've posted it on the Seibertron.com Facebook page, which you can check out here.

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Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:38 pm

Looks nice. I'm not really over the top excited, but I don't feel any irk toward it. I'm sure it'll do fine, and at least we'll get some new TF tv-time.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Pepsimus · Sat Jul 24, 2010 1:15 pm

Animation I can take or leave. What "I" want to see, is some of the writing. The writing, for me, is what makes a show worth loving.

Give me a reason to like the characters, and I will by association, like the toys.

Give me Michael Bay, or Unicron Trilogy, and I will avoid the toys.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:00 pm

I'm giving a reserved "Yes". I want to see more, which is a good thing.

Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:12 am

I'm a little disappointed that Prime is taking its cue from Michael Bay on Bumblebee's design* rather than getting back to the more human G1-style character most recently seen in War for Cybertron. I also wonder if he will talk. If so, I hope the producers have called Johnny Yong Bosch. Speaking of humans, it will also be interesting to see how they are portrayed in Prime. The less "Clone Wars" the better, IMO.

* Yeah, I also realize that Megatron is a jet and Arcee is a motorcycle. A blue motorcycle at that, which I don't think is an improvement on Bay.