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[killer]

Comicbookresources reported that a cartoon spinned off from the movie is at work. The cartoon will look different from te movie to keep fans loyal....



http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=13

[the purifyer]

ROBOTS IN DIS GUISE

[Yellow Light]"Transformers 2" is being prepped for 2009, as is a new cartoon series to spin off the upcoming movie.

The reason given to licensors as to why the robots look so different in the film is so that hardcore fans will stay loyal and keep buying the old toys, which they're relaunching, even if they hate the new movie.

Licensing has explicitly stated that companies doing merchandising have to avoid doing anything too similar to the original Transformers line, so as not to mix the two separate and profitable properties.

That's...strange to say the least. Are they re-issuing G1?
Or more likely talking about the direction Heroes to go back to the G1 roots as previously stated that it would be a re-imaging of G1?

[Leonardo]

Good question! "Old toys, which they're relaunching,"? Reissues? We've had them for a while.

[killer]

Somehow it just don't feel the same as those old classic toys. Rerelease with the same name, but different feel.

[Leonardo]

Really? I quite enjoy the reissues, except for Skywarp's nosecone...