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Several new high quality galleries of upcoming Transformers DOTM figures have been posted to HK-TF: Deluxe Jolt, Deluxe Bumblebee, Deluxe Roadbuster, Deluxe Crankcase, and HA Whirl with Sparkplug Witwicky. While we've gotten pretty familiar with these guys over the past few months through various galleries, auctions, and reviews, these galleries offer some up close high quality images. Of note the poster has HA Whirl transformed into a "mini-gun" configuration that can be wielded by larger figures. Whether it's a "fan-made" mode or not, it looks impressive. As you can see in the images his helicopter blades do seem to be able to interlock, maybe the original poster is on to something? Click any of the images below to be whisked away to the full galleries.

Damn, they look pretty great. Loving that Whirl gun mode held by Prime and Bee. The wreckers look superb too and Crankcase looks suitably menacing and bug-like. Very, very cool. If I had money I'd buy them all on sight. Jolt looks a little bland colorwise but I can easily fix that and it's an improvement on his RotF mold.

What's the Bee figure with the gun hole on the front of the car and those booster things on the back? I haven't seen that one before.

That shot of Roadbuster and Topspin standing together looks fantastic. Even just standing there they look very well designed and stylish. Loving the DotM line a hell of a lot despite a couple near misses (Prime's toys seem a bit basic and a step down from RotF Leader and the later scaled down Voyager, but hey, trailers at last!). Best looking TF line in ages.

Roadbuster is mine.

I don't want a single one of those.

MINDVVIPE wrote:I don't want a single one of those.

Good for you. More for the rest of us.

And I really like Roadbuster's robot proportions - and that minigun mode for Whirl is awesome!

Wow...Talk about a waste of plastic. There's nothing at all appealing about any of these figs. And here I thought the last movie line was terrible. At least that line had a couple of figures I bought on clearance. This line though, not one fig I'd pay a penny for.

Valandar wrote:

MINDVVIPE wrote:I don't want a single one of those.

Good for you. More for the rest of us.

And I really like Roadbuster's robot proportions - and that minigun mode for Whirl is awesome!

I only hope your right, since the last time movie figures took up shelves here in van, they took aaaaaaaages to leave. I.e. sea attack ravage, rotf dirge, jolt, etc etc.

Abraxsis wrote:Wow...Talk about a waste of plastic. There's nothing at all appealing about any of these figs. And here I thought the last movie line was terrible. At least that line had a couple of figures I bought on clearance. This line though, not one fig I'd pay a penny for.

So don't. I think the same way about all of the Animated toys and the vast majority of Generations/Reveal the Shield so I just don't waste my money on them. These though I really do want. Some of these are absolutely superbly designed and highly detailed. These are my Transformers and I hope similar lines of TF's continue to come out long after the movie's run ends.

The Wreckers look great, but I'm going to be really displeased if Leadfoot, the #42 car, doesn't get a kick-ass Deluxe like the others.

Those HA basics look like alot of fun.

And the Dread SUV has some awesome poseability! Need me a couple of those at least.

Which figure comes with the clip-on miniguns? I wants em.

I have not seen one Bay movie Transformers that I would buy. So far all are horrible. Serious...not one. How many versions of Bumble and Prime are they gonna make? Horrible. Let's get some War for Cybertron figures please.

MINDVVIPE wrote:

Valandar wrote:

MINDVVIPE wrote:I don't want a single one of those.

Good for you. More for the rest of us.

And I really like Roadbuster's robot proportions - and that minigun mode for Whirl is awesome!

I only hope your right, since the last time movie figures took up shelves here in van, they took aaaaaaaages to leave. I.e. sea attack ravage, rotf dirge, jolt, etc etc.

There's still a quite a few movie figures in certain stores here in Van unfortunately. Well.....ANY of those abominations is too many in my opinion but i agree with you for the most part about the DOTM line so far.

Most of these figures look like shite but these photos do them some justice and i have zero desire for anything from this line. Save for Megatron.

It seems to me that each figure has something sorta cool about them but certainly not enough cool for me to buy them.

I just hope they don't sit around for 2 years like ROTF.

Finally, finally something shine my eyes. Whirl's gun mode. If and only if I get him, he will be in that mode forever and held by my random classics figures.

MINDVVIPE wrote:

Valandar wrote:

MINDVVIPE wrote:I don't want a single one of those.

Good for you. More for the rest of us.

And I really like Roadbuster's robot proportions - and that minigun mode for Whirl is awesome!

I only hope your right, since the last time movie figures took up shelves here in van, they took aaaaaaaages to leave. I.e. sea attack ravage, rotf dirge, jolt, etc etc.

I'm still seeing Ravage everywhere in my little neck of the woods. Most likely. as with the previous movie figs, they'll be on the racks a long time (oh, and still have a lot of Primes too), and we'll never see any of the othe lines.

I like the HA basics, but that gun mode just kicked Whirl way, way up the ladder.

I'll be getting several of those to display in different modes.

And I kind of like jolt, crummy gray plastic notwithstanding.
I'll hold out for the inevitable repaint on that one.

headsortails wrote:I'm still seeing Ravage everywhere in my little neck of the woods. Most likely. as with the previous movie figs, they'll be on the racks a long time (oh, and still have a lot of Primes too), and we'll never see any of the othe lines.

And I was kind of appreciated that. Recently all the sudden my son told me he wants the movie Ravage for his birthday. I'm honestly glad I can still find it on the shelf so I don't have to fight on eBay.

Like ROTF, the Scout-sized (HA) figures are some of the most promising. I might just get some of those anyway because they're cool little TFs. Aside from the Wreckers, Skyhammer & Sentinel Prime, not much is interesting me. It's also a sad day when Bumblebee looks cooler than Optimus Prime.

Sparkplug?

(I mean, I know who he is. I'd be surprised if it actually came up in the movie)

I think I know what puts me off about these figures; Its the way the limbs are molded in most cases. They seem to have that squigly bunch of detail lines that are meant to look like complex parts, but really just look like chunky alien muscles, or 'crumpled can' aesthetics. Which is why I would say Whirl has the best looks, if not for those ugly child bearing hips. And of course Skyhammer looks good if not for the ugly stock face paintjob.

So guess who just decided they're going to buy all of these? I was pretty harsh on DOTM so far, but these are looking mostly great. I'm Bumblebee fatigued like everyone else, probably more so, since I own all of them, but the Wreckers, Basics, Skyhammer, and a few other look really fun.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:So guess who just decided they're going to buy all of these?

I did Well, the figures in this thread at least. I'll buy them when I head for the States in Fall for a family reunion. I just hope to be able to tell all Deluxe Bumblebee versions apart...

Of course I naturally hate all of these.
Still, HA Whirl kinda hits a soft spot for me. If he isn't actually in the movie I might pick him up. And then burn the figure he comes with...

Wait, who is that figure he comes with? "Sparkplug Witwicky"... wot de eff?

To think i was gonna pass on the whole DOTM line.

All of the HA basics look really nice, and i'm eagerly awaiting the other HA offerings.

Oh, and LC Ironhide is a definite buy for me.

My wallet just punched me in the nuts...

Out of these, Roadbuster is the only one I want.

Wow, man. Crankcase looks great!

That pincer looks pretty stupid in SUV mode, but it works well in robot mode. He looks like he has great posability - that picture with Megatron is badass (I saved it, lol).


So if one Dread is Crankcase, who's the other one? Are there more? It's almost too bad they named him; Transformers could use a couple army-builder figures.