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Tue Jun 14, 2016 2:43 pm

If any of that ends up being accurate this could be even worse than Age of Extinction, (which was easily one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life).

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 2:48 pm

Bleak5170 wrote:If any of that ends up being accurate this could be even worse than Age of Extinction, (which was easily one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life).

I still find ROTF and DOTM worse than Age of Extinction. At least I could tell what was going on with the action. Those other 2 are a blur.

News Credits: 23 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 2:56 pm

Optimus Prime is headed for Cybertron, and will have to revive it using an artifact

I smell another Deus ex Machina to add to the steaming pile.

Artifact has something to do with Merlin (from King Arthur lore), magic and Transformers

Hm, let me guess, magic sword...and Merlin was a Pretender

Bumblebee is now in a leadership role on Earth

Oh god we're going to have even more toys...

Hound, Crosshairs, and Drift are returning and are based in South Dakota

Oh jeez, I was hoping Hound would be the only returning cast member...

Also returning are Dinobots, plus... "mini-dinobots" (??)

Kill me, just, kill me.

Three new Transformers characters will feature, with a generic British background/accent: The Creator, an Aston Martin Cogman, a Vespa Squeaks

Creator? Cogman? Squeaks? Wow, those are some crappy names. On the plus side, an Aston Martin Transformer will be cool, not that he'll get much attention.

Megatron will be back as a jet fighter

Why can't he just pick a dumb form and stick with it? It works for every other character...

News Credits: 174 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 2:56 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Bleak5170 wrote:If any of that ends up being accurate this could be even worse than Age of Extinction, (which was easily one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life).

I still find ROTF and DOTM worse than Age of Extinction. At least I could tell what was going on with the action. Those other 2 are a blur.

Yeah, plus, I found the narrative's for both rotf and dotm kind of a sloppy mess; at least aoe had a contiguous narrative

Tue Jun 14, 2016 2:58 pm

1. Not happy about an autobot transforming into a vespa.
2. The Aston Martin autobot is very much cool.
3. Not a very big fan of the story but let's see what unfolds.
4. Bumblebee as leader is ok as long as he takes the autobots for some cool showdowns with decepticons, not just sounds and explosions.
5. Megatron being a jet is very well, just Want him to be the center of the plot, not any artifact or whatsoever.
6. Need some prominent decepticons. Since barricade is returning, more named ones should join him, not drone robots.
7. Just wanted to know what's the courtesy for such news to joblo, from where this comes?

News Credits: 174 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:03 pm

Nightblade09 wrote:Just wanted to know what's the courtesy for such news to joblo, from where this comes?

Not entirely sure what you're asking, if it was for their source, they likely won't say, as it's probably illegal to have leaked these things to them (if indeed any of it is true)

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:10 pm

Madeus Prime wrote:
Optimus Prime is headed for Cybertron, and will have to revive it using an artifact

I smell another Deus ex Machina to add to the steaming pile.
Artifact has something to do with Merlin (from King Arthur lore), magic and Transformers

Hm, let me guess, magic sword...and Merlin was a Pretender

I loved reading your post. And yeah, another film, another mguffin. And I still cant beleive that Megatron/Galvatron has been present in all the films so far but gets relegated to being a side character everytime.

Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Bleak5170 wrote:If any of that ends up being accurate this could be even worse than Age of Extinction, (which was easily one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life).

I still find ROTF and DOTM worse than Age of Extinction. At least I could tell what was going on with the action. Those other 2 are a blur.

Yeah, plus, I found the narrative's for both rotf and dotm kind of a sloppy mess; at least aoe had a contiguous narrative

Yeah and it also showcased the bots a lot more. Optimus truly felt like the main character in that one instead of it being a human.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:22 pm

Madeus Prime wrote:Oh jeez, I was hoping Hound would be the only returning cast member...

Ugh, I freakin' hated Hound. Don't get me wrong, John Goodman was an inspired choice for a Transformer voice, but I'm pretty sure his dialogue was them just taping John Goodman on a drinking bender. It's nonsensical even by these movies' low standards.

News Credits: 13 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:22 pm

I'm happy that crosshairs and drift are coming back, I hope they both get more development. I'm curious about the mini dinobots too, hopefully it translates to legends sized dinobot toys.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:38 pm

If anyone is scared about more Bumblebee toys, just wait till we get the tie in toys for the BUmblebee movie spinoff.

News Credits: 61 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 4:21 pm

william-james88 wrote:If anyone is scared about more Bumblebee toys, just wait till we get the tie in toys for the BUmblebee movie spinoff.

Bring em on! I can't wait.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 5:24 pm

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
william-james88 wrote:If anyone is scared about more Bumblebee toys, just wait till we get the tie in toys for the BUmblebee movie spinoff.

Bring em on! I can't wait.

I don't usually collect the movie line... they can all be Bumblebee for all it matters to me. :twisted:

What's it been... 3 years... since the last BB in Generations?

I keep hearing folks talk about Galvatron disappearing or changing back into Megatron. Am I the only one that thinks Megatron might be resurrected from his old head and the two villains will exist together?

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 6:28 pm

Randomus wrote:
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
william-james88 wrote:If anyone is scared about more Bumblebee toys, just wait till we get the tie in toys for the BUmblebee movie spinoff.

Bring em on! I can't wait.
I don't usually collect the movie line... they can all be Bumblebee for all it matters to me. What's it been... 3 years... since the last BB in Generations?

I keep hearing folks talk about Galvatron disappearing or changing back into Megatron. Am I the only one that thinks Megatron might be resurrected from his old head and the two villains will exist together?

Naw, Galvatron and Megatron living in the same reality? Neeeeeeever.

but, ya know what, anything is possible. My motto says it all

News Credits: 13 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 6:41 pm

I 100% doubt that this is all true. When Age of Extinction started filming, there was a "spoiler rumor" that Unicron recreated the Decepticons and Galvatron so they could destroy Earth.

williamjames88 wrote:If anyone is scared about more Bumblebee toys, just wait till we get the tie in toys for the BUmblebee movie spinoff.

Might as well place a bottle of honey with all the figures. You can't have a hive and expect no honey to be made.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Tue Jun 14, 2016 7:15 pm

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:2) don't forget folks initial names are hardly any indication of the real name. Topspin was initially named Temptest; another wrecker Warpath; Crosshairs was Slingshot (the shite that was raised over that for a while).

This is a very good point that people should really listen to. For AOE most of the characters had code names based on the Rocky movies. It wouldn't surprise me at all if "Merlin" was really Alpha Trion or "Squeaks" was Rattrap.

BTW, anyone else feel like we've seen some potential Legends class figures outlined here? There's that silver motorcycle, the Vesper, and even mini Dinobots. Seems like they're putting an emphasis on smaller characters this time around.

Emerje

News Credits: 3 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 7:39 pm

It's dated December 4th.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 7:46 pm

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:1) Will they actually remember that Cybertron appeared in Dark of the Moon and that part of it was amputated by the Space Bridge? Is that why it's dead, or was it already dead and Prime had something to do with that initially and the space bridge simply clipped some of the corpse off?

Pretty sure the planet was already dead prior to DOTM what with Sentinel wanting to enslave humanity so that they could rebuild Cybertron. As for what killed the planet, most likely Optimus's ejecting the AllSpark out of Cybertron into space.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 7:53 pm

Randomus wrote:I don't usually collect the movie line... they can all be Bumblebee for all it matters to me. What's it been... 3 years... since the last BB in Generations?

There have been a few generations bumblebees released within that time but none of them were deluxes or usual releases. Like these:

And plus there are the dozens of bumblebees from the RID line where he is leader of the team.

So just to say that there have been plenty of bumblebees in the past few years for everyone's needs.

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 8:46 pm

Emerje wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:2) don't forget folks initial names are hardly any indication of the real name. Topspin was initially named Temptest; another wrecker Warpath; Crosshairs was Slingshot (the shite that was raised over that for a while).

This is a very good point that people should really listen to. For AOE most of the characters had code names based on the Rocky movies. It wouldn't surprise me at all if "Merlin" was really Alpha Trion or "Squeaks" was Rattrap.

BTW, anyone else feel like we've seen some potential Legends class figures outlined here? There's that silver motorcycle, the Vesper, and even mini Dinobots. Seems like they're putting an emphasis on smaller characters this time around.

Emerje

Movie Alpha Trion and Rattrap. Interesting thought to me

News Credits: 419 · Tue Jun 14, 2016 9:13 pm

Emerje wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:2) don't forget folks initial names are hardly any indication of the real name. Topspin was initially named Temptest; another wrecker Warpath; Crosshairs was Slingshot (the shite that was raised over that for a while).

This is a very good point that people should really listen to. For AOE most of the characters had code names based on the Rocky movies. It wouldn't surprise me at all if "Merlin" was really Alpha Trion or "Squeaks" was Rattrap.

BTW, anyone else feel like we've seen some potential Legends class figures outlined here? There's that silver motorcycle, the Vesper, and even mini Dinobots. Seems like they're putting an emphasis on smaller characters this time around.

Emerje

Hmm, what could Cogman be code for?
Gears?

News Credits: 23 · Wed Jun 15, 2016 1:44 am

JazZeke wrote:
Madeus Prime wrote:Oh jeez, I was hoping Hound would be the only returning cast member...

Ugh, I freakin' hated Hound. Don't get me wrong, John Goodman was an inspired choice for a Transformer voice, but I'm pretty sure his dialogue was them just taping John Goodman on a drinking bender. It's nonsensical even by these movies' low standards.

Agreed, and while love Goodman's iconic voice, he just felt wasted as Hound (besides, he's my fantasy voice actor for Ironhide).

SillySpringer wrote:

Not quite sure how legit that is, he's pretty generic, though the head is totally Liege Maximo. Can anybody make out the Cybertronian on this thighs?

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Wed Jun 15, 2016 4:05 am

The concept art leaked this early rarely looks just like the final design. This could be close, but it could be entirely different from the final character's look if he's even used at all.

Emerje

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Jun 15, 2016 8:13 am

Considering it is from December though, I'd not put too much faith in that design right there.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Jun 15, 2016 8:16 am

SillySpringer wrote:

Fake or not, I hereby dub thee "Ramulus".

Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:27 am

JazZeke wrote:
Madeus Prime wrote:Oh jeez, I was hoping Hound would be the only returning cast member...

Ugh, I freakin' hated Hound. Don't get me wrong, John Goodman was an inspired choice for a Transformer voice, but I'm pretty sure his dialogue was them just taping John Goodman on a drinking bender. It's nonsensical even by these movies' low standards.

I hate all the new Autobots. I can't believe these idiots were the replacements for Ironhide, Ratchet, and Jazz. Very disappointed to see them all, (supposedly), returning.