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Toyfare Issue #140 was released today at comic book shops and includes two cover stories on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. One article is an interview with executive producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. He provides confirmation on the origin of The Fallen, provides a time frame for when the movie takes place, and confirms that Devastator will be over 100 feet high in the movie. The second interview is with Hasbro's Aaron Archer and Greg Lombardo. Within the interview, the toy launch date of May 30th is confirmed, the Gravity Bot assortment is defined, some names of figures from the first wave are revealed, along with other upcoming toy information.






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Toyfare 140 is out in comic book shops today. Among the coverage is an interview with Lorenzo di Bonaventura and an interview with Aaron Archer and Greg Lombardo.

Important details of the coverage:

- Images of ROTF toys for Leader class Optimus Prime, Preview Bumblebee, Preview Soundwave, and the Voyager Class Starscream repaint.
- Lorenzo believes the timeframe of ROTF is about one year after Movie #1.
- When asked about the challenge of creating Devastator on screen, Lorenzo mentions that Bay had the challenge in the first movie of having 30 foot robots. In the second movie, Bay has the challenge of having a robot almost four times that. Expect Devastator to be 100 to 120 feet tall in the movie.
- Archer said he couldn't give away the plot point, but there's a reason that Soundwave is designed the way he is for the movie. Hasbro had a more basic toy need. So, the two were blended together.
- Toy launch date confirmed as May 30th. A few weeks before, Bumblebee and Soundwave will be released.
- Characters mentioned in the initial wave are "Sideswipe, Sideways, Bulldozer, Voyager and many others". Promise of more off-screen characters.
- Robot Heroes will have better articulation
- Bumblebee helmet has voice mixer
- Bumblebee converting pulse cannon
- Big ticket deluxe item for the year is still "top-secret"
- Gravity Bots are geared towards younger kids. Convert automatically when you pick them up.
- A Megan Fox Human Alliance figure is on Archer's "wish list".

The Fallen's origin confirmed:
He is one of the original 13 Transformers. Lorenzo said to think of the 13 as "apostles". The Falen is the one who turns and is the reason Transformers split into Autobots and Decepticons.

Some pretty interresting stuff to mull over there A couple of things really caught my eye though..

Lorenzo wrote:- When asked about the challenge of creating Devastator on screen, Lorenzo mentions that Bay had the challenge in the first movie of having 30 foot robots. In the second movie, Bay has the challenge of having a robot almost four times that. Expect Devastator to be 100 to 120 feet tall in the movie.

Im looking out of the window at the 40, 50ft building across the road.. then upwards.. alot.

Devastator is going to look pretty awesome on screen

Lorenzo wrote:- Archer said he couldn't give away the plot point, but there's a reason that Soundwave is designed the way he is for the movie. Hasbro had a more basic toy need. So, the two were blended together.

Curious, what two things were blended together for Soundwaves toy form and how will it differ to his appearance on the big screen?

Lorenzo wrote:- Characters mentioned in the initial wave are "Sideswipe, Sideways, Bulldozer, Voyager and many others". Promise of more off-screen characters.

Sideways?.. hmmm.. I wonder if its just a name or if he will be close to his roles in Armada and Cybertron in the respect of him being an agent of Unicron, spreading confusion amongst the ranks of the Autobots and Decepticons.. or perhaps he's even working with or for The Fallen?

Lorenzo wrote:- Big ticket deluxe item for the year is still "top-secret"

Big ticket huh?.. Perhaps like Concept Camaro Bumblebee was for the first film? Or is this perhaps a character or vehicle we so far havent heard of at all..

Lorenzo wrote:- Gravity Bots are geared towards younger kids. Convert automatically when you pick them up.

Sounds abit like the Activators from Animated. My fiancee is already excited about them though

Lorenzo wrote:A Megan Fox Human Alliance figure is on Archer's "wish list".

Wonder who she would be paired with? Seeing as Sam is of course with Bumblebee..

Lorenzo wrote:The Fallen's origin confirmed:
He is one of the original 13 Transformers. Lorenzo said to think of the 13 as "apostles". The Falen is the one who turns and is the reason Transformers split into Autobots and Decepticons.

This is quite curious.. if The Fallen is so old that no-one knows his name and is the reason the Transformers split into the two factions.. how come Megatron and Optimus ruled Cybertron side by side?.. Unless Im looking into it too much, but the more I think about it, the more confused I get

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I wonder what the Big ticket deluxe item for the year is still "top-secret" is


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-Toyfare #140- Just released on Wednesday to comic book stores, Toyfare #140 has a few pages teasing upcoming Transformers ROTF movie toys, and movie plotlines. Containing interviews with movie producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, as well as, Hasbro senior design director for TF and GI JOE toy lines Aaron Archer, and Hasbro's marketing director, Greg Lombardo.

**You should note that there are a few movie spoilers, and confirmations of previous rumors ahead, so caution is advised if you want to be oblivious to movie information (good luck!).**

-MAJOR CHARACTER INFORMATION SPOILER!The Fallen character is an original member of the race, one of the famed original 13, similar it seems to his Dreamwave comics origin. He is credited with having split the Transformers race into Autobots and Decepticons, as is being hinted at in the new IDW Transformers movie prequel series, [i]Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Defiance. (Resize for information)

-The film's timeline is said to take place approximately one year after the original movie takes place.

-In the film, when Devastator makes his appearance you can expect him to be a whopping 100-120 feet tall.

-The Soundwave and Bumblebee preview toys will be released approximately two weeks before the rest of the line is to be released on May 30th.

-Soundwave's toy design is a combination of his movie design, and Hasbro's need for the toy to be a bit more basic. There is a reason for the way he is designed in the film, but that would be telling, which they are not.

-Pictures of the new ROTF leader class Optimus Prime toy adorn one of the magazine's covers, and is also shown inside along with the NEW Voyager Starscream toy.

-As we have seen, there will be more 'off-screen' characters included in the toy line than for the previous movie.

-A 'big ticket' deluxe sized item is hinted at, but no details are given. TOP SECRET.

-The first wave of characters includes: Sideswipe, Sideways, and more...

-Archer would like to see a Megan Fox Human Alliance set. It's on his famous 'wish list'.

-Robot Heroes will have better articulation

-Gravity bots are for young kids and convert automatically when picked up.

Check out the latest of issue of Toyfare to read the article for yourself!

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No Biggie!... It never hurts to post the same story twice. They can always be merged and hopefully Seibertron members are not relying on other members to post stories that they found themselves, or else we might not ever get the news around here LOL!

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You have GOT to be kidding me! MORE off screen figures than the first movie? Either someones misinformed, or Hasbro is REALLY starting to push it. I mean how many off screen figures were there?

JesWal wrote:You have GOT to be kidding me! MORE off screen figures than the first movie? Either someones misinformed, or Hasbro is REALLY starting to push it. I mean how many off screen figures were there?

Well, that really depends on what you count as off-screen.

Off the top of my head:

Off-screen Repaints of Onscreen Characters

Nightwatch Optimus

Stealth Bumblebee
G1 Jazz
Rescue Ratchet
Arctic (?) Ironhide
G1 Starscream
'Sheriff' Barricade
Jungle Bonecrusher
Desert Attack Brawl
(Protoform Starscream sort of belongs on this list)

Repaints of Onscreen Characters as Offscreen Characters

Cliffjumper
Thundercracker
Evac

Offscreen characters created from Onscreen Vehicles

Landmine
Stockade
Incinerator
Longarm (also in the Game)

Completely Offscreen Characters

Arcee (from concept art)
Wreckage (also from concept art IIRC)
Payload (from the game)
Swindle (from the game)
Camshaft
Dropkick (from the game)
Salvage (from the game)
Dreadwind (loosely from the game)
Overcast
And all of the Real Gear Transformers

And then there were the scads upon scads of store exclusive repaints of older figures: a couple ultra-class repaints from TRU, a couple voyagers and six or eight deluxes from Wal-Mart, and even more basics from Target. I wouldn't count these though, as, personally, I wouldn't consider these to be "true" movie figures.

"-Gravity bots are for young kids and convert automatically when picked up."

Sounds pretty cool. Wonder how it works? Ill have to get one just for the novelty of it. Soundave is the only figure im looking forward to other than leader prime.

- When asked about the challenge of creating Devastator on screen, Lorenzo mentions that Bay had the challenge in the first movie of having 30 foot robots. In the second movie, Bay has the challenge of having a robot almost four times that. Expect Devastator to be 100 to 120 feet tall in the movie.

Lol. Most directors get around this issue by using wide angle shots, which should have been done more often in the first movie.

See...working in retail does have it's advantages.

Not only will I have first picks on the preview figures of Soundwave and Bumblebee, I'll have first picks of nearly any figures (except the twins - looks like their faces melted - so pass on those two, LOL) But May is still a LONG ways off....LOL