The Energon Pub

[Blurrz]

Oh, make me over..

The two most popular characters in the Transformers Movieverse are getting makeovers. Sci Fi Wire reports that Optimus Prime and Bumblebee will be re-done for the third and perhaps final Transformers Live film. How big will these changes be? Check out a snippet of thh article below...

"Our two lead characters, Optimus and Bumblebee, needed to be updated for the next chapter in the Transformers series," said animation supervisor Scott Benza in an exclusive interview Sunday at the Visual Effects Society Awards in Century City, Calif., where he and visual effects supervisor Scott Farrar were nominees. "Bumblebee's matured a little bit, so I would just say look for subtle changes to his physique that have him look more mature."

..while the rest can be seen at Sci Fi Wire here. Remember to take these rumours with a grain of salt, as nothing is final at this stage of the game.

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[decepticonblitz77]

maybe the makeover will include a voice. Ratchet should get his it together and fix it already

[Cliffjumper Prime]

bumblebee will be all pimped out so he can be all hulking in robot mode and prime will be a rusty piece 'o crap like jetfire and he'll have a farting problem. Prime will be too old to lead the autobots and pass the role onto the new, tougher "mature" (overly aggressive) bumblebee... sorry to spoil the plot so soon lol I'm still excited, I just hope the studio reigns in Bay this time and keeps him from going nuts. But considering the 2nd one was the top grossing film of the year, the execs probably don't care...

[alexison]

So Bumblebee matures and Optimus starts having to wear depends? Uncle Ironhide should be older than Prime..

[decepticonblitz77]

Bumblebee Prime

[Editor]

BB needs to look older, Prime needs to look more heroic.

Sounds like it's Showtime Synergy!

[ButtZilla]

I say they remake all the bots to more G1 like.

Less jokes and more story continuity.

[Swiftknife24]

Oh for the love of...!

WHY!

I know that they are the two most popular of the film Transformers, but others do exist! Why must these two get so much attention! What happened to the 'team' that was being built up in the first film?

Might has well have killed the rest in the final explosion in ROTF; they hardly got a look in, anyway.

I hope to Primus that Ratchet, Jolt, Sideswipe and Ironhide will get more prominent parts in #3.

[SlyTF1]

Cant wait to see this! They looked a little different in ROTF than in the first, but it was just slight color changes in some areas. I hope Optimus looks more like his War for Cybertron self. That so far is my favorite Optimus look!

[First-Aid]

I say they remake all the bots to more G1 like.

Ummmm......no. Let's let sleeping generations lie, shall we? Let's let the movie be itself and let G1 be itself.

[Bouncy X]

well there is a new camaro coming so i'm sure thats the change Bumblebee will take. from the small photo i saw, it looks almost like the mustang from the Knight Rider reboot so that could explain their "mature" look ideas.

[Serpent O - R]

Wow, good thing too.

We just wouldn't shut up about having to buy the same old prime and bb molds for the last 3 years, so they are going to give us whole new primes and bbs to buy for the next 2!

Oh, dammit, I forgot... we're talking hasbro here...

We're going to get whole new re-toolings of the same old prime and bb molds.

[zenosaurus_x]

NOOO! I liked their designs as they were....
You all know why their doing this...

To sell more toys....I bet neither of them will come close to the awesomeness of ROTF Prime and Camaro Concept though...

[Gasket]

Bumblebee Prime

Rodimus-wrinkly?

[Mykltron]

I say they remake all the bots to more G1 like.

Ummmm......no. Let's let sleeping generations lie, shall we? Let's let the movie be itself and let G1 be itself.

Isn't that what Classics and MP lines are for?

Sounds like Hasbro have run out of repaint ideas and need a fresh mold so they can start the cycle again

[Chaoslock]

Well, that means another 1000 Bumblebee molds...

As for Prime: Since Rotf leader was very faithful to the movie model, they need to make another model for the new molds... no parent/collector will buy the same fig in two different packaging.

[kirbenvost]

At this point I kind of hope they kill Bumblebee off, actually, if only to avoid the endless stream of new figures. But I suppose if it's only minor changes, they'll all be minor remolds of the existing toys and I won't have to bother purchasing them.

As for Prime...well he better be badass enough to warrant buying a THIRD leader class.

[Serpent O - R]

I was thinking about this...

Ready for Fire Engine Prime?

, yeah right... Fire Engines are red and Bay is allergic to red. See Sideswipe.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Wow, good thing too.

We just wouldn't shut up about having to buy the same old prime and bb molds for the last 3 years, so they are going to give us whole new primes and bbs to buy for the next 2!

Oh, dammit, I forgot... we're talking hasbro here...

We're going to get whole new re-toolings of the same old prime and bb molds.

You are far too hopeful. They'll be simply redecos of the old molds.

[Autobot032]

Oh good. I'm so glad to know that it won't be a drastic redesign like the title would lead you to believe. I know I'm in a small, but growing minority of people who love the Optimus design for the movies, and I'd hate to see them change it. A few updates here and there are fine, but a complete redesign would just suck.

Bumblebee's a perfect example of this. They changed his wheels and nosepiece, but the car's basically the same design as in the first one. Changes made where needed, but nothing too drastic.

One thing that caught me off guard about that article, they say it could be the final TF film, but we all heard that Bay signed on for like five of these. So...it makes you wonder, do they know something we don't and they just let us know that this one going to be the last?

If it is the last (which I'm not sure of), I would hope that Hasbro gives us an Optimus that blows away the ROTF version.

No Automorph or Mech Alive features (except like what's on Bludgeon's legs), no battery compartment except a button cell battery, so they can slim the torso down, and instead of spending money on electronics and gimmicks like that, they could give him TWO swords, two sickles, and two transformable rifles.

I realize that's probably cheaper to manufacture the electronic components, but for the last hurrah (if this is it), I'd really like to see them top the ROTF mold.

[nemesis-prime]

should be interesting

[UltraPrimal]

In other words, don't bother buying any of their existing or upcoming toys because they'll be obsolete when TF3 comes around.

[Serpent O - R]

Final thought on this...

What if ray park is voicing bumblebee who is going to be that firebreather thing from the other story?

Ray's voice is about right for bumblebee... if you ignore those 2 lines at the end of the first movie.

Like I said, final thought...

[Megatron Wolf]

a permanent faceplate for prime and a real head for bumble bee?

[Ultra Markus]

so bumblebee becomes goldbug and prime gets a trailer/battle station