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Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:12 am**

Honestly ... it's not that bad, it's a blurry pic, it's different, just have to wait and see the final product.

T-Macksimus wrote:Just be thankful I showed some restraint and consideration because I REALLY wanted to fire off about this design.

Real restraint would be not posting at all in your continuing quest to be "most hated poster on Seibertron.com". :wink:

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:24 am**

honestly, they took a character I really don't care about and made me look at it twice. If it actually changes into an alt mode I will be impressed with it. It looks like its just an action figure though. I kinda dig it, but yes, this does demand a bludgeon repaint. I mean it just does.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:35 am**

MINDVVIPE wrote:Don't bring up Bludgeon, he was a ninja-esque robot decades ago,

Was not.

noctorro wrote:First me was like hmmm... looks way to human proportioned and can't see alt-mode parts.

Shadowstream wrote:Looks far too human for something out of the Bay films,

autobot1979 wrote:Honestly, looks to human to me.

Optimizzy wrote:If it actually changes into an alt mode I will be impressed with it. It looks like its just an action figure though.

This pic is of a Halloween costume.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:38 am**

Ripoff of Robo-Warriors. :lol:

Add some neon blue highlights and call it a day. You can even see grimlock in the background.

looks like his legs are digitigrade-y from that picture, could be wrong (probably am if it's a costume). But whenever I see a dog legged samurai I think of this comic.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:10 am**

Really? This is Drift? This is insulting to our intelligence. Does Bay really think it is plausible that an HIGHLY advanced alien is going to take the physical form of a 1000 year old warrior from a lesser civilization who fights with a sword? Oh come on now. That is just outright stupid, let alone the actual look of this thing. It looks like the Japanese robot in Real Steel. Fine for that movie. Ridiculous for this one......

Is Hound going to be decked out in swat gear too? Is he going to use bullets rather than lazer tech against metal robots? This is almost comical if not sad that Bay and co are yet again dumbing down the TF franchise.

Surely he didn't screw up the Dinobots, the only thing I am buying from this toyline. From the way it is going, Grimlock is going to be the cybertronian representation of Barney.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:17 am**

ishigoto wrote:I'm...sure the final version will look much better than this. I bet his character model isn't even fully rendered yet. Even if the plots may be lacking, Bay-formers always *look* cool, and hey! At least we have an identity of the bugatti Veyron!

That is a cool car. Hopefully Drift says in alt mode for the whole movie.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:21 am**

shockblast2 wrote:Really? This is Drift? This is insulting to our intelligence. Does Bay really think it is plausible that an HIGHLY advanced alien is going to take the physical form of a 1000 year old warrior from a lesser civilization who fights with a sword?

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:22 am**

shockblast2 wrote:Really? This is Drift? This is insulting to our intelligence. Does Bay really think it is plausible that an HIGHLY advanced alien is going to take the physical form of a 1000 year old warrior from a lesser civilization who fights with a sword? Oh come on now. That is just outright stupid, let alone the actual look of this thing. It looks like the Japanese robot in Real Steel. Fine for that movie. Ridiculous for this one......

Is Hound going to be decked out in swat gear too? Is he going to use bullets rather than lazer tech against metal robots? This is almost comical if not sad that Bay and co are yet again dumbing down the TF franchise.

Surely he didn't screw up the Dinobots, the only thing I am buying from this toyline. From the way it is going, Grimlock is going to be the cybertronian representation of Barney.

Have you ever watched or read any Transformers media? It's about a group of beings who mimic things. I'm thinking you really haven't watched any of the movies, all of them have projectile weapons used by Cybertronains(even the 80's animated movie).

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:30 am**

shockblast2 wrote:Really? This is Drift? This is insulting to our intelligence. Does Bay really think it is plausible that an HIGHLY advanced alien is going to take the physical form of a 1000 year old warrior from a lesser civilization who fights with a sword? Oh come on now. That is just outright stupid, let alone the actual look of this thing. It looks like the Japanese robot in Real Steel. Fine for that movie. Ridiculous for this one......

No one complained when Bludgeon was a samurai. No one complained when Prowl was a samurai in Animated. Why complain now that Bay decides to make a samurai TF? Your logic is flawed.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:38 am**

This pic looks very organic, like a human in amour more than a robot.

EDIT:: Ah okay its a costume.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:04 am**

and kids are going to buy this crap?

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:28 am**

My love for robot samurai will not be deterred by the hate.

For the love of god, bring on the Bludgeon & Banzaitron repaints!!!

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:48 am**

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:49 am**

84forever wrote::lol: and kids are going to buy this crap?

No.

Their parents will.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:54 am**

Seems a tad OTT for a Halloween costume. Still if the actual character looks something like this, I'm all for it.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:06 am**

Sabrblade wrote:
shockblast2 wrote:Really? This is Drift? This is insulting to our intelligence. Does Bay really think it is plausible that an HIGHLY advanced alien is going to take the physical form of a 1000 year old warrior from a lesser civilization who fights with a sword?

They should rename him Bludgeon!

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:34 am**

Sabrblade wrote:
MINDVVIPE wrote:Don't bring up Bludgeon, he was a ninja-esque robot decades ago,
Was not.

he was a pretender in 1991, close enough.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:51 am**

MINDVVIPE wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
MINDVVIPE wrote:Don't bring up Bludgeon, he was a ninja-esque robot decades ago,
Was not.

he was a pretender in 1991, close enough.

"He was never ninja-esque," was my point.

And, 1991 didn't have any G1 toys in the U.S.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:04 am**

The last drift figure was a samurai and the last Bludgeon figure was a samurai and Prowl is a ninja which is totally different from a Samurai. These live action movie/bay haters should just imo say their comments/ hate opinions and leave out trying to say facts. Because those two things don't mix. And if you think that the Dinobots will be safe from Mr. Bay and company take on what they want transformers figure to be like, U R wrong :lol:

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:29 am**

EagleTron wrote:The last drift figure was a samurai and the last Bludgeon figure was a samurai and Prowl is a ninja which is totally different from a Samurai. These live action movie/bay haters should just imo say their comments/ hate opinions and leave out trying to say facts. Because those two things don't mix. And if you think that the Dinobots will be safe from Mr. Bay and company take on what they want transformers figure to be like, U R wrong

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:35 am**

SlyTF1 wrote:

A ninja wearing the armor of a Samurai does not a true Samurai make.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:49 am**

Sabrblade wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
A ninja wearing the armor of a Samurai does not a true Samurai make.

Though a lot of "ninjas" were just samurai doing wet work.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:00 pm**

SlyTF1 wrote:
EagleTron wrote:The last drift figure was a samurai and the last Bludgeon figure was a samurai and Prowl is a ninja which is totally different from a Samurai. These live action movie/bay haters should just imo say their comments/ hate opinions and leave out trying to say facts. Because those two things don't mix. And if you think that the Dinobots will be safe from Mr. Bay and company take on what they want transformers figure to be like, U R wrong

Everybody but you knows that Prowl was Ninja and that pic is with him with just samurai armor. If I put on samurai armor would that make me a Dedicated serve or parish Samurai, No.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:29 pm**

ECKH. New onomatopoeia to describe my reaction. The design is pushing my suspension of disbelief. I don't like how every movie it becomes more and more common to adapt weird human stereotypes with increasing cartoonishness. The second movie had lurching bearded old Jetfire, and Wannabe Gangster twins. The third movie had Albert Einstein esque (I just threw up a bit) Que, Sentinel, and the three Wreckers. This fourth movie appears to continue this trend with Bulkhead and Drift. My point is that it starts to look weird with Optimus Prime, the alien leader with a faceplate, and the new kid favorite Autobot with a beard and a hat.

Some people take issue with Transformers using human type weapons, but I don't mind that at all. It's not ridiculous for Transformers to have invented projectile weapons, or melee weapons and have use for them. In the case of melee weapons I'm even more forgiving as Transformers may have discovered new alloys that make melee weapons competent. I more so take issue with silly human stuff. As people have said, why would a million year old robot look exactly like a human ancient samurai.

I also enjoyed someone's comment about how Drift turns into a German/French car that can't drift :lol:

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:32 pm**

njb902 wrote:
shockblast2 wrote:Really? This is Drift? This is insulting to our intelligence. Does Bay really think it is plausible that an HIGHLY advanced alien is going to take the physical form of a 1000 year old warrior from a lesser civilization who fights with a sword? Oh come on now. That is just outright stupid, let alone the actual look of this thing. It looks like the Japanese robot in Real Steel. Fine for that movie. Ridiculous for this one......

Is Hound going to be decked out in swat gear too? Is he going to use bullets rather than lazer tech against metal robots? This is almost comical if not sad that Bay and co are yet again dumbing down the TF franchise.

Surely he didn't screw up the Dinobots, the only thing I am buying from this toyline. From the way it is going, Grimlock is going to be the cybertronian representation of Barney.

Have you ever watched or read any Transformers media? It's about a group of beings who mimic things. I'm thinking you really haven't watched any of the movies, all of them have projectile weapons used by Cybertronains(even the 80's animated movie).

The movies are the only media that incorporates bullets being used by TF's and that is one of the reasons why the movies are ridiculous. Eye candy, but still totally unrealistic, even for a story about transforming robots from a planet far away.

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