The Energon Pub

[Skowl]

Hong Kong newsgroup talk.transformers has posted images of the new Trans-Scanning Bumblebee and Optimus Prime figures. We had previously seen concept art for these two figures, but this is the first we see of the actual toys.

Both Bumblebee and Prime share the same protoform mold, but with attachable pieces that form the vehicle and earth robot modes.

See the original page for Prime here.
See the original page for Bumblebee here.

[Ironhider]

Those are so fugly.

[Ultra Magnus]

Pretty cool. They don't look exactly the way I thought they would; kinda "Shellformer-ish", but they're still pretty awesome. I think Bumblebee's a little cooler than Prime...

[jgilkinson]

from that crappy pic i kind of like primes final fully armored form. He finally gets that big gun from the teaser poster.

[Briggs]

Ah yes the big gun!

Id idn't knwo they were going to transform into alt modes too, that's a nice bonus, and they look pretty good. Need to see better photos though

[Agent 007]

mmm not bad, these are getting a US relase right?

[ashe5k]

I'd like to see them fully colored before I give a yay or nay either way, but I like the concept and from what you can see in these pics they look pretty decent. I'd love to see a few more of tehse like Ironhide or Starscream.

[olokin]

Definitely going to get those 2.

[BigDude]

I wonder if they're going to make different protoforms for Characters with different body-types like Bonecrusher or Ratchet.

[MegatronBomb]

Ill bite, they look good but I reserve complete judgement until I see the final product.

[Seibertron]

Hm ...

[Down_Shift]

I think those look just marvelous. Can't wait to get me hands on em'

[saintsfan1983]

I'm sold I just hope BBTS will be taking preorders for these.

[StryderPrime]

Playmates already got a line out with robots hiding in cars and usein the car parts as armor call R.E.V s.

i got SixGunner and Knox myself but puttin the armor off and on and fittin the bot in car mode is a real pain and i c y the became shelf warmers in my area.

They fun 2 play with the but 2 much armor 2 plug and attach

[Wheeljack35]

Why are they putting out new versions of existing toys?

[kirbenvost]

Oh, man, wow! That armored Prime looks awesome! Moreso than both leader AND voyager Prime!

[thedistinctroom]

Looks interesting enough.

[First-Aid]

That's a very cool idea...I need to see the final colored versions before I pass final judgement. But I'm impressed that they transform too...

[SnipeShade]

Their armored forms look cool, but too bad their proto forms aren't more personalized. A chance get some Protoform toys out there, but alas, I still have to wait.

[Hip-Hoptimus Rime]

Very interesting, I imagine they'll be Dlx-sized. The robot modes look substantially different from the existing toys, which is pretty natural given how these new ones work. Still a cool idea tho, I hope they won't be too expensive and have good articulation.

I wonder if they actually transform like the existing ones, or if you have to pull the armor off, tf, and add the alt-mode parts. FWIW that'd be OK w/ me.

One nit I'll pick: BB never scanned the Concept Camaro disguise from his protoform, he had already assumed the older Camaro look when he scanned the new one. FWIW

[City Commander]

That's more effort than Hasblo put into toys. Congrats TakTomy!
I suppose both are deluxe class?

[CMP]

Thats, interesting.

[craggy]

these look pretty nice. Prime in particular impresses in both armoured modes, hopefully the protoforms are painted differently enough to make them distinguishable. Not sure from the pics if they will be properly tranformable with the panels added or if they'll be kinda lego-like but either way, if BB transformers better than the normal one it can't be a bad thing.

[TFBuyer]

Yeah, I think I'll just stick with TF Animated...

[Talous]

These remind me of a try serise that was out earlier in the year. No idea what it was called but it was pretty much the same thing. A basic 'robot' that you put the peices of the vehicle on to make armor.