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by **microclone** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:02 am

i appreciated the excellence of these things the moment i saw them, many didnt.

who now is ready to shell out $$ when at first they were crying hate for animated toys?

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:18 am

I cant see that anybody has really changed their minds yet.

Admitedly a lot of us cried fowl when we saw one crumby pic of a style of tf we had never seen before, but once that settled down, and we saw more pics, a lot of us (myself included) realised that it might be ok. The we started to see photos of the toys and I think most people's opinions (good or bad) stayed pretty much the same. No one's really gonna change their opinions about the toys until they come out in the shops.

by **Bonger** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:26 am

So true. At this point, I can't imagine anyone's mind is going top be changed without seeing the toys in hand.

I am personally straddling the fence on this one and am reserving final judgement till I have seen a few more shows and have the the toys in my hand.

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:29 am

After the very innitial shock, I have really liked what ive seen, the cartoon is good fun, with an actual plot, most of the charecters are pretty good, and the toy photos I've seen look very interesting. I cant wait.

by **Bonger** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:35 am

Redimus wrote:After the very innitial shock, I have really liked what ive seen, the cartoon is good fun, with an actual plot, most of the charecters are pretty good, and the toy photos I've seen look very interesting. I cant wait.

I am almost there. I have a few isues with the show though. I do enjoy watching it, but I find Bumblebee, and Blitzwing to be incredibly annoying, and Prime to be rather lacking in personality. Also, the animation of the humans is a little too extreme for my tastes.

On the flip side, what I saw of Megs and SS made me love them and the shows have been largely entertaining.

Similarly, I am torn on the toys. On the one hand they look amazingly anime accurate and poseable. But, I am not super keen on the way they look and historically I have preferred TFs that transform into real indentifiable cars and objects, and not into furturistic looking stuff. WW might be the one exception to that. ;-)

Still, I am eagerly awaiting the toys to hit shelves so that I can see first hand, what we are in for.

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:36 am

Bonger wrote:Still, I am eagerly awaiting the toys to hit shelves so that I can see first hand, what we are in for.

Amen.

News Credits: 1 · by **Agent 007** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:39 am

Still sticking to my guns sence I know what I can save my $ for Clasics 2!

They just don't look syimetricle. The alt modes are all out of proportion. Gimmmi somethan better hasbro!

by **Gutter Bunny** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:55 am

i'm yet to change my mind on the toys. At this point, I intend to pick up soundwave and maybe one or two others...but there is still time for me to change my mind.

News Credits: 1 · by **ChrisR291** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:05 am

Honestly, if I hadn't of broken my leg, I wouldn't of watched it. The show is pretty good and I have enjoyed it for the most part. It completely changed my way of thinking and this will be the first TF show I follow religiously since Beast Wars.

News Credits: 7 · by **Omega Charge** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:50 am

During the beginning of the Movie line, I was falling in love with the movie designs. I saw the Animated pictures and I was plain disgusted. But the Animated cartoon is really enjoyable, and it's got me wound up for the toys. It happens with every new series.

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:20 pm

At first, I didn’t think it was too bad, but as time went on and we saw more of it, I began to hate it. Unlike most people I actually liked gimmicks and repaints and what I miss the most is the traditional style. Animated not having any of these qualities makes me sick.